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Red soles… for your lips. Louboutin lipstick is coming
Image: Sofie Valkiers (Instagram)
Oooh, Loubi… oooh…
It looks like some fabulous Louboutin Lipsticks in matte red have been peppered around the world. With the successful launch of the nail polishes, no wonder Mr. Louboutin would venture into more beauty, after all, his works are beauty itself (yes, yes, I am a fan).
Changing foundations: discovering Hourglass Immaculate
10 years. The time I stuck to the same brand of foundation. Admittedly between different types, but mainly one for more than half of that time.
Shoe love: the latest
Came across this lovely Topshop pair over the weekend and I am slightly obsessing about it.
Dani’s Little Book of Fashion: Life is a holiday
As promised, this is my second holiday look post. The weather was really hot and I wasn’t visiting any mosques, so I decided to wear shorts.
Bronde, strobing, baking and clown-contouring: are they really new?
Recently we have seen “new” beauty “trends” popping up everywhere: strobing, bronde and clown-contouring.
Friday Fixation: Christmas in July
Yes. You heard it. I did say Christmas. In July. Honestly, with all companies having the Christmas press events over July, there is no way I cannot obsess about it.
There are so many lovely things (see what I did there?!) coming up from amazing brands, I just cannot wait.
Glowing with the Inika Light Reflect Highlighting Creme (review)
Highlighters are a essential part of my makeup routine; on a daily basis, I always wear it on the top of my cheekbones.
I am always looking for the next go-to product, so I was very happy to get hold of the Inika Light Reflect Highlighting Creme.
To bra or not to bra
The bra – often an outfit’s unsung hero – has been under fire recently.
Turns out that our always supporting friend could be not that supporting after all. A French study shows some evidence that bras are actually sagging our breasts more! Shock, horror.
Professor Jean-Denis Rouillon from the University of Franche-Comté says that his studies, involving of 330 women between the ages of 18-35 over the last 17 years, show that wearing the garment could actually make the nipples drop 7mm more per year (!!!) than if not wearing it.
Apparently breasts will not develop support tissue when a bra is worn, thus sagging quicker. On top of that, some of the participants also said their posture was improved and they were breathing better.
Although he found evidence that bras don’t help keep our breasts perky, Professor Rouillon said he would not advise straight away that we all go bra-less.
I am not sure how I feel about this one; I certainly welcome removing that restriction, but I don’t know if I could adopt it 24×7.
What about you? Would you revolutionise and burn you bras to free your boobs for good?
Nails of the week: a whole lot of blue
I know the “nails of the week” title is currently a bit of a lie. They haven’t been coming weekly, but they are still coming.
Do not despair, I haven’t been walking around with appaling talons, I promise, but lately I have been going back to basics more often than not. Not sure why, but my love of plain red and nude has been reignited big time, and there isn’t anything exciting to show every single week.
Having said that, I did get quite excited about this one. First because I love blue. Second, because the enjoyed my previous metallic dot manicure. Third, there are five shades of blue.
I used, from thumb to pinkie: Collection Blue My Mind, Kiko 385, GOSH Sea Foam, Nails Inc Oxford and Topshop Boy Next Door.
Topped off with the gorgeous Nails Inc Electric Lane holographic topcoat and added lovely silver dots from Seekers of the Sun temporary metallic tattoo, which are of great quality on skin and on nails, I have to say.
Seche Vite sealed all off.
Quite happy with this one!
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