0 a facet a day {soap edition}

Via Gift Lab

These gem inspired soap stones are handmade in Brooklyn NY by a company called Pelle, there are 7 stones to choose from with differing scents in 3 sizes. How could you bring yourself to use them though?

4 glossy box/lust have it final delivery

i decided that i am over beauty product subscriptions so i cancelled my last one, glossybox lust have it. this last bag i received was pretty good, it had: 1 x l'eau de chloe perfume spray sample, 1 x marc jacobs lola spray sample (i love perfume samples, they smell stronger), travel size batiste dry shampoo in blush, full size bloom shade & line 3 in 1 eyeliner in black (going to try this one), lonvitalite 24k gold eye mask and golden yulan oil facial mask all in a hideous purple case. for me, this was the best one yet! but i won't be fooled anymore, i know the next one will probably be full of crap - goodbye lust have it.

xxx c

8 glossy box has a new name

and it's lust have it. this was my first delivery: polyester pink beauty case (chuck), lush 'lust' soap (chuck), showface professional eyeshadow in a lovely pink (chuck), nicole by OPI ultimate trendsetter's lacquer in shiny purple (chuck), chloe l'eau de chloe spray sample (keep! super yummy), biore pore unclogging scrub, triple action toner and combo pore strips (keep - since going off the pill last year my skin has been crazy so i will try anything!). enough to keep me for another round.

xxx c

2 again, i know

pic: the coveteur tumblr

sorry to keep boring the shit out of you with my obsession with this jewellry i can't afford but i cannot resist these berbere cuffs from gaia repossi. it's probably because i am currently looking for my wedding earrings that need to be rose gold (any suggestions for where to look?) and repossi does rose gold best, so how can anything else compete? and how good would a berbere ear cuff look?

xxx c

5 beauty: what's in my makeup bag

Nars laguna bronzing powder, nars orgasm blush, nars pro prime multi protect primer spf 30 sunscreen, nars pure matte lipstick in tashkent, Kiehl's ultra moisturising eye stick spf 30, mac opulash optimum black mascara, trish mcevoy brightener stick in shell, chanel precision eye definer in black, mac select cover up in nw20, homeoplasmine, natio brow and lash mascara in clear, yves saint laurent touche eclat, dior lip maximiser collagen activ, benefit boi-ing industrial strength concealer in 01, chanel rouge hydrabase lipstick in splendeur 98, sephora professional bronzer brush, nude by nature powder brush and nars blush brush.

xxx c

1 glossybox

so so excited about this new (well for me it's new) service called glossybox - it's basically a website you subscribe to that sends you a customised (you fill out a beauty profile) box filled with 5 small sized beauty products once a month for $14.95 per month. they only deal with brands like YSL, biotherm, marc jocobs fragrance, essie, clinique, jurlique, shu uemura and more so you know you aren't going to end up with a whole lot of junky product. apparently it's HUGE in the states and just getting started here so my guess it the products will just keep getting better the more people use it. i just signed up and can't wait to get my first glossybox which i will share with you as soon as it arrives. click here to see how it all works and thanks hannah for showing me! 

xxx c

0 bathroom/delight

pics: intothegloss

i think my obsession with a good looking bathroom is becoming an issue, anyway, issue or not, this one from intothegloss is fab and exemplifies beautiful packaging - it's everything, i mean, i sometimes buy products just for the packaging...i know, i'm ill but i'm sure you can relate!

xxx c

0 product

pics: HBP and me

Into the gloss is the best blog. i never knew how much i liked to know what products other people used until this blog existed! my favorite posts are the 'Top Shelf' ones - a peep at cool girls (and sometimes boys) bathrooms. so freshly organised and full of so many exciting products. and how satisfying is it to arrange and rearrange your own products? maybe that's just me...

xxx c

0 get inspired

pics: intothegloss

some bathroom inspiration to get me in the mood to reorganise things, all courtesy of the obsessive into the gloss.

xxx c

0 product

pics: into the gloss

now that i am 30 i am really aware of what is happening to my skin and i want to do the best i can with the best products i can. i have one person to thank for my product obsession, hannah. she has always been on top of the absolute newest and best products. once, when i asked about a product i had seen in a magazines 'beauty awards' section, she laughed at me telling me that only suckers believe those articles and that it is all the advertisers products. she has since schooled me in what actually works and what is all hype.

besides the actual function of the product, there is the packaging to discuss. nothing gets my heart racing as much as good packaging. for me, diptyque is the absolute pinnacle of packaging and my cabinet is chock full of empty candle cups (baies is my scent of choice) full of brushes, glosses, cutips and cotton pads. as hannah will attest to,  i also love a good scientific package e.g. egyptian magic or the old terax packaging are my picks. 

once i get hannah around for another photo session i will add pics of my bathroom cabinet.

xxx c