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This body balm came in that same gift/travelpack that I talked about in my review of the Botanics Nourishing Body Butter. The Botanics Moisturising Body Balm with ginseng and cocoa butter is indeed a balm. It contains beeswax but I have to say that the beeswax, fortunately, goes unnoticed in the product. The body balm essentially has the consistency of a thick, smooth lotion, though not quite

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"When I grow up, I want to be famous!" .......says many a child these days. Not a doctor, not a lawyer, not a teacher. Just "famous" would do, thank you. Here's the second polish from the upcoming KOH Fantasy collection. KOH Famous is similar to KOH Miracles in that they're metallics and they're both very pale colours. Famous is an uncontroversial light pink-lilac. Simple and soothing is the

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Le Couvent des Minimes (a much smaller and lesser-known sister brand of L'Occitane's) revamped its lipbalm range some months back. Oh, wait. That lipbalm range was really just one product - the Le Couvent des Minimes Nutritive Lip Balm. With the 'revamp', the new range called Smile Lip Balm now consists of four products: three Smile Lip Balms in tubes and one Le Couvent des Minimes Smile Lip

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We finished taking a look at the entire KOH Elements collection just recently and it's already time to move on to the next one! KOH Fantasy features another set of six limited edition nail polishes, with names that are ideals many of us fantasise about. I can't say that I agree with all of them but okay, I can see why they fit right in in this age of reality tv and the overabundance of talent

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Creamy Eyes E115 is another shade from the set of seven new ELLIS FAAS Creamy Eyes eyeshadows released last week. E115 is a matt medium purple. It's old news that the Creamy Eyes liquid eyeshadows are cast-iron lasting but if you're new to this range, please refer to my detailed ELLIS FAAS Creamy Eyes review. Creamy Eyes E115 swatches: Heavily applied (L) and lightly swatched (R) For the eye

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I spied this polish in a Douglas parfumerie store a few weeks back. Tucked away in a corner was a special Absolute Douglas display with five products: bronzing powder, kabuki brush, eye pencil, plumping lip gloss and this nail polish. Absolute Spicy is the name of this special collection, obviously meant for the coming summer. The Douglas Spice It Up nail polish with its copper-brown cap and

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These are the Catrice Revoltaire Smokey Eyes Palettes that I mentioned in the Revoltaire Velvet Matt Lip Colour post. Basically, each palette has one eye-popping colour, two 'supporting' neutral colours and, in the bottom right quarter, one dark-coloured eyeliner that is water-activated. Ah, what can I say about the palette casings? Sleek, stylish, glossy, gunmetal, they are perhaps the

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In case you haven't heard, ELLIS FAAS is now seven Creamy Eyes eyeshadows richer. Well, isn't that nice? The brand launched this new set of colours last weekend. Just like the existing Creamy Eyes range (E103 - E109), these new ones are liquid eyeshadows and run in the E11x series. This new set is certainly more colourful than the previous seven and it consists of: Creamy Eyes E113 - navy blue

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So, the Revoltaire Limited Edition Collection by Catrice has been making its rounds on websites here in Europe. I was very drawn to the sleek, glossy gunmetal casings with the Revoltaire 'emblem' when I saw them for the first time on the Limited Edition Preview section of the Catrice website some time back. To be honest, though, I think they would look even better in matt.....but never mind.

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I've saved the most interesting one of the lot for last. Finally, the sixth KOH Elements polish! If ever I had a pet dragon, this would be how I hope it would look - sinister and shimmering with green-gold-brown tones. Oh, just humour me, please. I would describe KOH Fire as a burgundy-brown jelly packed densely with tiny bits of yellow-gold, green and turquoise glitter. It has no flakies but

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Despite having used many products from the brand, this Burt's Bees Radiance Exfoliating Body Wash is actually the first bodycare product that I've tried from them. Burt's Bees says (excerpts): Wash away dull, reveal radiance. • Nourishes with Royal Jelly • Exfoliates with Jojoba Beads and Fruit Acid • Moisturizes with Safflower Seed Oleosomes 99.2% natural The Ingredients Water, decyl

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KOH Earth is the second last KOH Elements polish to be featured here. It's a khaki brown with fine silvery shimmers. The formula was on the thick side and I needed just the usual two coats. If anyone's curious, this is how KOH Earth looks compared to KOH Eat Purely from the Balance collection that was out in the final quarter of last year. Eat Purely is a glossy khaki brown crème. Compared

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Here's yet another polish from the new KOH Elements collection. I'll keep this short. I've got three coats on. KOH Leaf can be described as a yellow-green, a chartreuse with shimmer. If you'd like a contemporary reference, think Shrek gone pale. This polish was provided by KOH Cosmetics. Previous Elements polish: KOH Mediterranean Sea Next Elements polish: KOH Earth

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The Catrice Eye Liner Pen has left an impression on me and I'll tell you why. According to Catrice: Three new Eye Liner Pens for the trends of the summer: night blue, dark green and mystical grey to complement the classic black. All with a professional felt-tip for an accurate line and magical cat-like eyes. Ingredients Aqua, Polyglyceryl-2 Caprate, Acrylates/Acrylamide Copolymer, PVP/

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I know, so many KOH polishes here lately. I'm continuing with the new KOH Elements series with KOH Mediterranean Sea, not to be confused with KOH Mediterranean Green which is a much more intense green. Mediterranean Sea is a fresh mint green very similar to KOH Sensual. However, Mediterranean Sea is a crème and without the silvery glass flecks, it looks just a teeny, tiny tinge darker than

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It's Queen's Day here and I really should be wearing an orange polish today. But no, I went for nude nails (and a rust orange T-shirt). This is KOH Heavenly from the latest KOH Elements collection. Heavenly is a nude pink/lilac crème with a really thick formula. It was possible to get it opaque in one thick coat. I have two on here. This one was totally screaming for a traditional French

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To me, the Sebamed Liquid Face & Body Wash For Sensitive Skin is almost like my regular tube of toothpaste. It's a cheap, unglamorous, regular everyday product that I had been using twice a day, day in day out, for many years. You could say I took it for granted and never once thought of writing a post about it. It wasn't until I wrote my review of the MuLondon Organic Foaming Face Wash that I

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KOH Elements is the third special collection to be released by the brand this year. This first polish that I'm wearing here has been christened KOH Cloudy. To be honest, it doesn't look terribly cloudy to me. If anything, it's pristine white and quietly sparkly. With its glass flecks, it pretty much belongs in the same family as several polishes from the Sexy collection - KOH Pleasure (yellow)

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As mentioned the other day, ELLIS FAAS has come up with the Spring Set for 2012. The set consists of:Milky Lips L207 - nudish, a cross between dusty rose and coral brownLight E304 - metallic lilacCreamy Eyes E106 - matte light brown/lilac, taupeL-R: Milky Lips L207, Light E304, Creamy Eyes E106LipsFor more details/photos, please refer to my feature on the Milky Lips L207.EyesThe two eye products

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Actually, the full name is: TheFaceShop Face It Repair Nails Hologram BK901. As if things weren't complicated enough, there exists another TheFaceShop polish with the same number - TheFaceShop Face It Nails BK901 (it's a black-based polish, by the way). Gee, why so confusing, TheFaceShop?!Strangely, this holo nail polish falls under the Repair Nails range. I believe the Repair Nails range

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This is a little feature on the ELLIS FAAS Milky Lips L207, which is one of the three pens packaged in the brand's latest Spring Set 2012.I've loved the ELLIS FAAS lip products since Day One (come to think of it, it's been a good two-and-a-half years). I have a certain weakness for the Creamy Lips and the Milky Lips range (for those new to this brand: there is a third lip range called Glazed Lips

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I'll admit that I didn't immediately fall for this perfume. I had sampled it a couple of times at the Rituals stores but I had always found the scent too spicy for my liking.I ended up owning this Rituals No. 07 White Patchouli + Cedar Wood Eau de Parfum anyway when I bought that Perfume Collection for Women boxset which contained three mini (10ml) bottles of Rituals perfumes. The other two in

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Ah, finally, KOH Tease, the sixth and final polish from the KOH Sexy collection!It's a candy-sweet, pretty coral jelly and with the glass flecks, it has the same finish as KOH Pleasure and KOH Sensual. Again, you're looking at three coats.This polish was kindly provided by KOH Cosmetics.Previous Sexy polish: KOH SensualAll six polishes from the Sexy collection at a glance: KOH Nail Polish

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I mentioned the other day that, of the three Eye Aquarelle Duo Chalks from Catrice's feMALE collection, the set called Boys Are Back was my favourite. It's a neutral pair of shades - a mauve taupe and a black grey. It's the former that I especially like.This is an eye look that I wore last week and literally the final time I used the Make Up For Ever Aqua Smoky Lash Mascara before I binned it.I

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KOH Sensual is the fifth polish to be featured from the colourfully cheerful KOH Sexy collection. Just like the deep yellow KOH Pleasure, Sensual is a jelly with glass flecks. It's a pastel, a mint green that looks silvery, sparkly and lighter due to the dense flecks.I love how Sensual applied and I have three coats on here. I should mention that, of the six bottles of Sexy, this was the only one

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