Beauty Blog Link Love

Do you want a lip product that's both long-lasting and hydrating? Get the best of both worlds with MAC Kissable Lipcolour, as reviewed by My Lips But Better. Madame B Fatale trials some Cellnique products,with some lovely results! Physician's Formula Happy Booster Glow and Mood Boosting Powder and Blush is making Tracy at Beauty Reflections smile! Fabulous eyeshadows for a bargain price? Claire reckons she's found some from Collection 2000. Socialite Dreams is celebrating Black History Month with the 28 Days of Black Beauty: a series showing a black female celebrity each day and recreating her famous look with makeup! Valentine's Day is almost here! Check out Musicalhouses' funky Valentine's Day eye and funky Valentine's Day nails! Makeup Morsels finds a spot-on dupe for her favorite Asian gel eyeshadow. Over at Queen of Turquoise Rachel shows off some of ELF's lovely lippies! Retrodiva was asked how to do a cat eye, so she explains how in a new tutorial video. Gouldylox desperately wants longer hair but doesn't want the damage and hates how clip-in locks feel. These look like a gimmick, but actually deliver. Phyrra raves about a new indie company, Brazen Cosmetics. She shares a 20% off coupon code, too! Jellyminx embraces her inner rock chick and share a super easy smokey eye look. A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away the Pink Sith tells of her experience with Guerlain Meteorites Illuminating and Mattifying Pressed Powder in 01 Teint Rose. Are you ready for your Valentine? .. Why not check out Sleek MakeUP's Stiletto Collection, It's Limited Edition, and especially for Valentines! Jo at Music and Makeup talks about her experience at the Academy Of Freelance Makeup. The Lip Print combines two of her favourite things: celebrity makeup and red lipstick. Beautywoome shares the things she dropped from her beauty routine in 2010 and why they've been given the boot! Anita gets excited about the details and promo pictures of MAC’s gorgeous, girly, "Quite Cute" collection over at Pleasureflush! Amy Antoinette showcases her perfume collection Fabulous eyeshadows for a bargain price? Claire reckons she's found some from Collection 2000. *** To celebrate her 2 year blog anniversary, Audrey Dao is giving away Urban Decay’s Naked Palette, 15 year 24/7 Eye Pencils and much more! Want a chance to check out some of theNotice's favourite products? You're in luck - Rae's giving away five of her favourite products! Krasey Beauty is celebrating her two year anniversary with a huge giveaway ! Naturally, it's packed with her favorites from Make Up For Ever, Zoya, Hourglass, and more! Will Mr. Postman bring YOU a package from the Cargo Spring 2011 Voyages collection? Enter the giveaway at Prime Beauty but hurry, the giveaway ends Monday, Feb. 14th! Beautifully Addicted To are saying thank you to their beautifull followerswith a host of goodies include OPI, Bliss, and MAC as a giveaway!

Beauty Blog Link Love

Rachel finds out if a body lotion can be energizing with Liz Earle.

Makeup Morsels finally tries out those famous Urban Decay Liners.

Looking for a similar powder to the Magic Cool Powder from MAC? Look no further – Sleek Makeup have one for half the price!

Check out Audrey Dao’s review of Zoya’s Spring 2011 Intimate Collection along with photos and swatches!

Daily Polish shows off sneak pictures of China Glaze’s Holiday 2011 Collection Let It Snow!

Phyrra tells you about Shadow Transformation. She compares four products from Fyrinnae, Hi-Fi, Sobe Botanicals, and Medusa’s Makeup. See which one comes out on top!

Kelly of Gouldylox Reviews finds a new love at the drugstore. It’s quickly becoming a foundation favorite!

What do you do when your bosses go on leave? Why, wear crazy turquoise fishnet nails to work of course – Musicalhouses did it!

Retrodiva shares her five favorite tinted moisturizers that can be used even on oily skin.

One palette; how many looks can The Lip Print create? It’s a Palette Challenge!

Sarah from IHeartCosmetics bypasses Bella Bamba and goes straight for Benefit’s Prrrowl and Magic Ink.

Jo at Music and Makeup finally had a play with MAC Club eyeshadow and liked the results!

Are China Glaze Channelesque and China Glaze Below Deck dupes or not? Check out this post at Beauty addict’s blog to find out!

Big pores? You need this! Hellcandy shares her love for Benefit’s Porefessional.

Craving the new Make Up For Ever Lab Shine lip glosses? Well, you’re in luck because Krasey Beauty has swatches of the full collection!

Mz. More of The Glamorous Gleam tries out OPI Shatter Nail Polish. Is it all it’s “cracked” up to be?

Jenn over at Spiced beauty puts on her best glam face using BarryM Cosmetics!

theNotice chats about the new love in her life – that is, Clarins Rouge Hydra Nude lipsticks. Will you be picking up a tube before they’re sold out?

Amy Antoinette reviews ELF’s Studio Line blushes.

It’s all about glowing skin and pink hues this spring! Anita reviews (almost) the entire Guerlain spring collection over at Pleasureflush.

***

Beauty Crazed wants to solve your winter hair woes with $200 worth of Marc Anthony products! So enter the contest already!

Start the new year with a new you. Win a La Mav anti-age skin care pack and enjoy your new skin.

Help Cindy celebrate the one year anniversary of Prime Beauty. At this celebration the presents are for you!

Come by Jeweled Thumb to read a review of the Eyeko My Coral Crush Peachy Keen blush and also win one! Enter now to be one of the 2 lucky winners!

Socialite Dreams is hosting a giveaway of socialite approved goodies!

FAVOURITE | sites and blog finds of 2010

AND WE'RE back.

Yep after a long, wonderful, dreamy, snow-filled holiday in 2010. And maybe a few false starts in early Jan (loathe to let the holiday go). It was unapologetically, completely removed from my life online. for. once.

I learned how to Alpine ski (laptop nowhere to be seen), snow shoed, fell on my face (once... and on video), drank far too much, wore far too many sequins, snuck into one too many hot tubs in Vail, slept more than a toddler, wore red lipstick (Rouge Bunny Rouge courtesy of Zuneta) on the ski slopes (for a dash of flair), waxed my own underarms for the first time ever (the second done many days (and drinks) after the first. Ouch). Generally I relished that stage in life where I'm old enough -- and sometimes financially stable enough -- to enjoy the finer things and don't yet have kids to cover said finer things in a film of stickiness.

I cringed when I logged on today to see the unpublished backlog of (many) posts from 2010. Erm, Intraceuticals, Cowshed Spa, heavenly Alpha-H, a tour of the Burt's Bees factory in North Caronlina... all. sorts. Instead of getting on with that (which I will, promise, one day... soon... ish), I thought a recap of 2010 in order.

Thus here we go, starting with a list of amazing websites I found, stumbled on, clicked through to via other blogs I like, etc., etc., etc. in 2010. You  might already know them and love them. You might think they're shit.

Either way, these are the sites that I obsessively check when my eyeballs aren't surgically attached to the Daily Mail website (or, as I call it, web crack).

FAVOURITE WEBSITE FINDS OF 2010

La Tartine Gourmande - Mouthwatering recipes and photography. Taught me what to do with a Kuri squash.

Earth to Alys - Helpful videos, cool host, adorable sidekick (Jack Russell in a jumper). Makes me lust after the allotments in Queen's Wood by my old place and has caused me to put a Storm Kettle on my Christmas List for 2011.

Beauty and the Bullshit - Former beauty industry insider (on the corporate side) giving a no holds barred account of what happens behind The Wall of Silence.

Save The Words - Because I'd rather see Brochity than Frenemy in the dictionary.

Bodyrock.tv - Because I don't leave the house unless I have to after it goes below freezing (thus leaving me with the need to do something active within these four walls), and I detest the dreadmill and human hamster wheels (read: cardio machines) at the gym.

The Daily Connoseiur - Reminds me of lessoned I learned during a summer in Paris, and various other cultural observations that seem to confound non-French peeps sometimes (not to, erm, generalize the actions of an entire city of people).

Isabelle Dexter English Girl In Paris - Pithy love letter to Paris even with its many (comically described) faults.

A Model Recommends - Pretty dope model dishing on beauty. Great voice, particularly her post to Burt's bees.

But You're Like Really Pretty - 'Cuz. it's. awesome.

VitalJuice.com - As they say, like Daily Candy without the calories.

Inchmark - Former staffer at Martha Stewart has a blog. This is it. Visit for the crafts.

Stylist.co.uk - The weekly mag is a commuter godsend after the folding of London Lite and the London Paper eons ago. The site's just as good and makes it easy to quickly load the music they suggest to...

Groove Shark (or Spotify in Europe) - Free basic service lets you listen to, pretty much, any song for free.

Anti Duckface - Puts a name (and extensive gallery) to the voiceless, intense hatred I was feeling for the sexy pouts in pictures this visual travesty.