Miu Miu AW10: All About Eyes

Is anyone else fanning themselves over the sterling eye shadow work going on in the Miu Miu campaign? Never mind the clothes, just give us the macquillage please...

Lace for your face?

Sheesh, those designers don't miss a trick to splash their signature motifs here there and everywhere, do they? Burberry's new make-up range features - what else? - their iconic check imprinted in their make up palettes and lipsticks while Dolce & Gabbana's The Sicilian Lace bronzer is zhuzhed up with a surface pattern of lace. Well why have a plain palette when you can have pretty?

BURBERRY


DOLCE & GABBANA


[Pic: British Beauty Blogger]

Pat McGrath for Le Sportsac

We love make-up and we love Le Sportsac so of course we were destined to fall in love with Le Sportsac's latest mini-collab. It's a three-way linkup between Le Sportsac, Covergirl and make-up artist royalty Pat McGrath (the in-demand make-up artist matched the colours to Covergirl's Lashblast Length mascara).

There are two pieces - a make-up bag and a vanity case. The best bit is the price, a super-reasonable $28 for the make-up bag and $62 for the vanity case. Buy them here.

Topshop makeup gets interactive

Oh we do love a bit of fashion interactivity! As if playing with Topshop's new make-up range wasn't enough fun (we recommend the lip polishes), we're being treated to its online makeover tool. You can either upload your own photo and try out the make-up on your own face, or get creative with the official campaign shots.

As if that's not impressive enough, Topshop has also made its own make-up tutorials which you can watch on Youtube. We are mostly going to spend this week replaying the Statement Lip video. 'Scuse us while we pucker up...

Festival Face

It's May! And that means festival season is mere weeks away. *Cue unearthing of wellies and rain poncho from depths of wardrobe.* Make-up brands are getting in on the action good and proper with their cheap and chic face paints. Top Shop's range is imminent but for now, we're impressed with this W7 Neon Eyes 5-colour eyeshadow set. That's a lot of crazy colour options for £3.49. Go create!

Five facts about Topshop make-up

♥It's launching in May

♥It's created by Topshop make-up artist Hannah Murray

♥It will have the same experimental flair as Topshop's fashion is known for (think festival face-paints and creative colours)

♥The polka dot packaging is awesome

♥It's affordable! Lipsticks are £8, eyeshadows are £6

All Aliced Out? Not Quite...

Has there ever been a bigger merchandiser's dream than Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland? We think not. But Alice fatigue hasn't quite kicked in for us yet. We're lusting after Paul & Joe's whimsical Alice beauty merch spotted at ASOS.com.

This £25 handbag kit contains blotting paper and a lip treatment stick in the cutest little tin. Sweet and chic...

THE OSCARS Our 5 favourite beauty looks...

1. SJP for her uber-glam up-do

2. SANDRA B for daring-to-dress in hot pink lips

3. KATE WINSLET for her lady(we)like retro-waves




4. CAREY MULLIGAN for embracing her girl-next-door


5. NICOLE RITCHIE for giving us an a laugh and an eyeful (yuk!)

Make-up to look out for in 2010...

We had a sneaky-peak to spring at the Revlon launch on Tuesday... and we loved their new spring/summer collection of sherbert-dab pinks, parma-violet lilacs and baby blue make-up shades! Unfortch we're gonna have to wait until Feb to buy them, but we took this 'teaser' snap so you know what to look out for. Check out the new ad campaign too - it's their first one shot by uber-fash photographer, Mario Testino. How hot does Jessica Biel look?

Also launching in Feb, is Revlon's new PhotoReady foundation, which contains the same technology as those light-adjusting glasses, helping skin look flawless even under hideous bright photo-booth light. Does it work? Hell yeh, and we have the evidence to prove it! If you look closely in the pic above, you can see me, (that's Donna, the brunette) with the gorgeous Revlon PR, Nicola, showing off our glowing PhotoReady complexions in some cheesey passport snaps taken at the launch! Jessica Biel, eat your heart out...

Gift guide #3: Bourjois' Little Round Pots Trio

It's Dec 1st which officially marks the party season, otherwise known as 'smoky eye season'. It's the most oft-asked question to beauty editors and make-up artists - 'how do I create a smoky eye?' (No, getting someone to blow fag fumes in your face is not the answer.)

To help things along, Bourjois has produced the sweetest little trio of eyeshadows in their own individual pots, complete with oh-so-simple 3-step instructions. Get one of these and you'll be the one giving out smoky-eye advice.

Approx £15, Available from House of Fraser, ASOS and HQ Hair

We love...

...the arty farty style of Dior's new Love Dior compact but is it just too pretty to use? Oh the dilemma! Get a closer look when it launches on October 22nd exclusively at Selfridges' new Dior counter.

Lipgloss-watch

Spotted at Urban Outfitters. Cute packaging, fruit-scented, £5 - what's not to love?

Lip Service

What is it about lip balms that is just so irresistible? We have shelves-ful of Carmex, Kiehls, Blistex and Burts Bees. Gloopy, creamy or even the humble Chapstick, you name it, we can't resist smothering our lips in it. Latest on the lip balm conveyor belt is Elizabeth Arden's Eight Hour Cream in this glamorous wee pot. At only £10 we think this is a bargain, therefore, or course we have to have it.

Try this!

"To fit loose powder into a clutch, peel apart a cotton pad, spoon some powder inside and press it together"
Amanda Bell (Lancome's senior make-up artist), In Style magazine

Lip service

We were bowled over at the Manish Arora for Swarovski CRYSTALLIZED launch yesterday, to see the models all made up by MAC in crystal eye make-up and even lip-art. Our favourite look was the model styled as Lakshme the godess of luck, but we're not sure if she loved it as much as we did.

Out now!

We weren't sure about YSL's black lip trend last season but this season we're loving their Gloss Pur in No 4 Raspberry - perfect for complementing a Luella-esque cocktail suit. (Don't know what a cocktail suit is? Neither do we. We made it up but it sounds good, no?)

We're also excited about the MAC-meets-Hello-Kitty collab which is on sale now. We saw it unveiled at London Fashion Week in Febuary where we also nabbed a very generous goodie bag. Mmmm, thank you MAC!