Frontcover A/W Preview

Gorgeous cupcakes, with Frontcover imagery and edible glitter

The set up at Karine Jackson salon

Dark Arts

One of my fave sets from the A/W collection

Lovely, highly pigmented lipsticks

The gold/navy twist on the smokey eye is stunning!

Waiting to get my nails done

Getting my nails did :)

The end result, Laser Cut Leather Nail Stickers

Gemma getting her nails done

Gemma's dotted nails

Blogger friends :)

The event was a great success, well done Frontcover!

Champers :)

Beautiful cakes!

Edible lip glitter on the gorgeous and very yummy cupcakes!

I trimmed the edges of the nail foils down

 

Such a great design!

A second cupcake, included in the bag we were given.

Sometimes, I am just this cool.

Yesterday, I attended the Frontcover Cosmetics A/W Launch at Karine Jackson salon.

I met up with my blogger friend Gemma Bellfield just before the event and headed there.

We had a warm welcome and were offered Champagne.

We met Michelle, the Co Founder and Director of Frontcover.  Michelle showed us round each of the new sets, whilst giving us a history of the company, the concepts behind their ideas and how they only use photographs which include the products in the sets.

It was great to actually meet one of the people behind the brand and Michelle was lovely!

Something that really stands out about Frontcover to me is the fact that they put instructions/how-to guides and images in the sets.  Rather than just having the product or a very brief ‘to achieve this look…’ Frontcover have easy-to-follow guides.

All the new sets are great.  When we were asked to choose a Gold, Silver and Bronze set, I really struggled to choose favourites!

I’m particularly loving Party Queen, Dark Arts and Sparkler.  I awarded these the medals.

Anything and everything that sparkles is a winner with me :)

They even have edible lip glitter; yes…you read that right…EDIBLE LIP GLITTER!

They used the lip glitter on the cupcakes, which was a great touch.

The cupcakes themselves were fab, with Frontcover imagery printed on them and oh, so tasty!

Another thing that stood out to me, was the golden Cupid's bow lip art, in the Kissogram set.  So simple to do, yet so different and effective!

We were offered to have our makeup or nails done, so like everyone else, Gemma and I went for the nails.  We all know how big nails and nail art are at the moment, right?

The leather cut nail stickers caught my eye as soon as I saw the Dark Arts set earlier on, so I chose to have these.

Gemma had black nails, with some bronze/gold dots.

We grabbed a cupcake to take out with us.

We had such a great time at the launch.  After this, we headed on to another event, which I will be posting about following this :)

Unfortunately, Frontcover will not be sold in Boots stores this year but you can buy it from the website, Sephora, or look out for the ladies making their QVC debut very soon!
The collection is now available to pre-order and prices range from £14-35.

Last year, I purchased the Style Queen set (after a mad hunt for it!), I did a short review and swatches of that, which you can read here.

Thank you, once again, to the lovely people of Frontcover Cosmetics for a fabulous event.

Have you tried Frontcover Cosmetics?

Does anything from the new collection catch your eye?

xXx

Lush VIP Haircare Launch Party at Lush Telford

Last night, my sister and I went to the Lush store in Telford for the VIP Haircare Launch Party.

Champagne, strawberries and some very tasty chocolate truffles, spoilt.

Even better, the event was free to attend.

To start with, we had an introduction to the 8 new haircare products.

Some of the products I wasn't keen on scent-wise but a few I really want to try!

After the presentation, we were then let loose on the store, trying out different products and sniffing everything, as you do in Lush, haha!

We then had arm massages. I chose Soft Coeur Massage Bar, which was massaged in to my arm, followed with some Vanilla Puff dusting powder. My arm still smells amazing today! I was trying not to spend any money due to saving for London on Monday but I couldn't resist. I bought Soft Coeur and Vanilla Puff! I did good though, as there was SO much I wanted, including a few of the new products :)

We were then shown the Emotional Brilliance collection and had a go on the wheel.

My results were:

Drive, Calm and Decisive.

I tried Drive as a lipstick, as I love purple lips.

One of the guys had 2 of the Emotional Brilliance colours in his hair, which I originally thought was actual hair dye, it looked very cool!

Here's some photos from the night:

Donna wearing Charm as lipstick

I dislike this photo, but this is Drive.

 and here's my goodies:

Purchases:

Soft Coeur Massage Bar £4.75

Vanilla Puff Dusting Powder £4.50

Samples:

 I also picked up a copy of Lush Times, to tempt me even more!

Donna and I had a fab couple of hours at the party.

Thanks to the lovely guys and girls at Lush Telford :)

Go check out the new haircare products when you can, there's some good ones!

The products are also available online on the Lush website.

xXx

(I'm going to do a Weekend in Outfits post for this weekend, so details about my OOTN will be in that :) I'm now going to get ready and head off for an afternoon and evening in Blackpool. Road trip, Illuminations, yay!)

Vichy Normaderm 3 in 1 Cleanser, Scrub & Mask

Tonight’s post is a review of a product which I have been testing over the past month.  I gave this product a month, to allow me to truly test run it and give an overall review.

Vichy Normaderm 3 in 1 Cleanser, Scrub & Mask.

I was very excited when I received an email from Steph at Vichy, saying that she had seen my blog and felt that this new product would be of interest to me.  I read the email, checked the press release information and thought that this sounded great for me, as it is aimed at 'sensitive imperfection-prone skin'.  My skin is problematic, I am 25 and still my skin has 'teenage' moments.  So I was very excited to give Vichy's cleanser a try :)

This product can be used either as a face cleanser and scrub, or as a face mask, which I think is a great idea.  I mostly use it as a face wash on a daily basis, then use it as a face mask once a week.

The packaging is simple, yet bright and fresh looking.

I really like the fresh smell, a slightly mild apple scent.

Another great thing about Vichy Normaderm 3 in 1 is that the micro beads in it are soft but feel as though they are working wonders.  I have previously used cleansers in which the beads have felt very rough on the skin but Vichy's beads are very gentle to the skin.  The product foams, so this adds to the comfort and ease of use.

 After use, my skin is left feeling clean, fresh and radiant.

My pores look minimised after use and my spots do improve, however, it does not have much of an affect on my oily skin.  The battle against oil continues on…

This product goes a long way, you only need to use a tiny amount to get a lot out of it.  I still have loads remaining, so I will continue to use this and see how I get on with further use.

The only thing that does put me off a little is the price.  Priced at RRP £11, it is a little expensive in comparison to other cleansers on the market but you have to remember that this is more than just a cleanser.  Considering I have been using this for just over a month, I would say that I have at least another month, maybe longer of use in this, so £11 is a good investment for your skin.

If you can get past the slightly high price, give this a try!

RRP £11.

Available at Boots and other pharmacies.

Have you tried Vichy Normaderm 3 in 1?
Are you interested in trying Vichy Normarderm 3 in 1?
I'd love to know what you thought of it!

xXx

Disclaimer: Product kindly sent to me to test by Vichy. This product was felt to be relevant to my blog and my skincare/skin type. All opinions are 100% honest.