Clarins New Colour Breeze Spring Make-up Collection Part 1

Welcome to Clarins New Colour Breeze Spring make-up Collection.  A combination of delicate colours to enhance and illuminate your complexion.

Ever Matte Foundation with SPF 15 is described as a light weight skin perfecting fluid foundation.  It contains a blend of minerals and plant extracts to deliver all day protection against shine, with a long lasting natural finish.

The foundation comes in 10 shade choices from Ivory through to Chestnut.

I was sent 110 Honey to try, it is a tad too dark for me at this time of year, but will be perfect for the summer months.  The foundation is light but gives a good medium coverage that lasts all day.  It lives up to it's Ever Matte claim and this is due to the Tanaka Powder, which acts like a sponge and absorbs excess sebum.  Although this is a matte foundation it does have a special light-optimising pigment complex and this gives the skin a radiant glow.  The foundation has a gorgeous melon like fragrance.

Available February 2012 30ml £24

Ever Matte Mineral Powder Compact is a shine stopper powder that can be applied throughout the day without build up.  The powder comes in a beautiful pale gold compact, it has a decent sized mirror and it's own sponge.

The powder is available in 4 colour choices 00 Transparent Opal, 01 Transparent Fair, 02 Transparent Medium and 03 Transparent Dark.  I was sent the Transparent Fair and it was the perfect colour match for me.

As you can see from the photograph, the powder is made up of 4 blocks of colour, in real life there is only the slightest difference between all of the colours.  It applies perfectly with no ashy residue and most importantly for me it does not settle in my fine lines and wrinkles.

Available February 2012 £25

Limited Edition Colour Breeze Face & Blush Palette is such a cute palette.  Three shades of skin enhancing blush are embossed into the powder, they can be used alone or mixed together.  When mixed together they make a beautiful skin highlighter.

I found that there was not quite enough colour to use as a stand alone blush, but used over the top of my usual blusher I ended up with a gorgeous subtle sheen.

As you can see this comes in the pale gold compact and again has a decent sized mirror.

Available February 2012 £30

The collection is available at all Clarins counters and from www.clarins.co.uk

Look out for the rest of this collection on my blog tomorrow.

*PR Sample

Manatomicals For The Men In Your Life

It can't be easy being the husband/boyfriend/partner of a Beauty Blogger.  I mean, I'm on first name terms with my postman, there is a constant stream of goodies being delivered that I have ordered off the internet, products arriving that have been recommended by other beauty bloggers, products that I have purchased in blog sales and PR samples.  Every now and then my husband's little face lights up when he sees that I have been sent some 'manly products' for him to try.

Manatomicals is packaged specifically for men and I just love the messages that are on each product.

My husband absolutely loved the products, he said that the exfoliating face wash was very refreshing with a mild minty fragrance and it was perfect as a pre-shave scrub.  The balm was very soothing and kept his face moisturised all day.  He used this when we went to New York in December and the balm really helped to protect his skin from the elements.

The products contain no Parabens.

There are 6 products in the range.  

There are 3 hair and body washes priced at £3.50 for 300ml.

The exfoliating face wash is priced at £4.50 for 100ml

The after shave balm is priced at £4.00 for 100ml

The Shave Gel is priced at £4.00 for 125ml

How fantastic are the prices for these products.  These would be great starter products to get the men in your life on a skin care regime, with masculine and fun packaging along with the minty fragrance I'm sure most men would enjoy using them. 

These products would make fabulous gifts for your husband, son, nephew, male friends and colleagues.

The full range is available at Boots and selected Waitrose Stores.

*PR Sample

Sephora Lip Gloss Collection Giveaway

In December I went on my annual pilgrimage to New York City to pray at the altar of Tiffany & Co.

I won't bore the pants of you with all of my holiday snaps but I will share this one with you.

Ahh Times Square, if you look to the left above the Starbucks sign you will see the Sephora sign, this is my second favourite shop in New York.  I purchased quite a few items from there for myself, for gifts and I couldn't leave without buying a little something for my lovely followers.

So without further ado here is what you can get your perfectly manicured mitts on.

Not one but eight gorgeous Sephora lip glosses, four of them are exclusive shades.  Would you like a closer look?

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This giveaway is open to UK and Ireland only.

The giveaway will end on Thursday 26th January 2012 at midnight.

The winner will be chosen using Random.Org