Katie, Author at Lady From A Tramp

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OOTD – 15.08.11

So, todays outfit of the day is pretty plain but well suited to work and the super changeable UK weather at the minute.

Black cropped cigarette chinos
White scoop neck top with long sleeves
Red patent ballet pumps
Black swarovski skull ring (worn on index fingers)
Black frame glasses (as always)
Leopard print pashmina (worn as a scarf)
Leopard print satchel (worn across the body)

Would love to know what you all think?

Katie Beauty

Review : 17 Mirror Shine On – Nudist Peach

Now before we start, I’ll apologise for the fuzzy photos, seems I have had a distinct absence of my beautiful EOS 1Ds but the hub keeps leaving it at work where he has been using my camera…. anyways if anyone would like better pics I can set about snapping some more later.

After reading all the furore and hype over Beehive, I thought I’d better take a look at these Mirror Shine On lippies in Boots.

I was more drawn to Nudist Peach because it was a slightly orangey red toned neutral brown and I do love my good old neautral browns. It is by no means a peach colour, but from the orangey red caste to it, I can see how it leans towards that.

I am loving the bright blue metallic packaging with the pink 17 logo. Very bright without being gaudy… also it makes finding it at the bottom of your bag much easier as it’s so shiny… which if anyone had seen the size of my handbag and the amount of sh*te I cart round, you’ll know how much of a bonus that is, for me at least!

In the bullet, the side that doesn’t touch you lips is quite a satin finish but on the side that you apply from, it is transformed in to a super shiny glossy side, hence the name Mirror Shine. You certainly do get high shine once it’s applied!

The colour in the bullet by no way translates to the colour pay off you will receive from the Mirror Shine On lipstick but then again I knew what the product was like before I bought it so it was no surprise.

When swatched on the back of my hand it is a beautifully soft delicate glossy pinky neutral brown. I can see a bit of reddy brown, then in another light it’s definitely a pinky brown then in another it’s a light neutral brown gloss. It’s a very complex colour on the swatch I must say and for £4.59 it works as a great light lippie.

10 double swipes on left, 1 double swipe on the right

I do have quite dark pink lips to start with so when I don’t have a lip base on, it gives me a barely their pink brown tinge to my lips – my lips but better – with a beautifully soft gloss effect without being sticky or claggy.

It’s a perfect colour for summer touch ups or with natural make up as it’s obvious you are wearing a product but it’s neither heavy or over done.. And re-application without a mirror is an absolute doddle. It feels so glossy and moisturising on the lips which I love, especially in the recent warm spell we’ve been having. It does however have a slight “cheap” taste and smell to it… I’m sure you’ll know the one I mean…. The one that you usually get with super cheap lippies.

I have been using this more as a tinted lip balm than a normal lipstick due to the lack of pigmentation compared to a normal lippie but it’s perfect for that. Quick slick brightens my face through out the day. It also looks great as a refresher for a longer lasting lip stain, I wear it over my Revlon Just Bitten to moisturise.

For £4.59 I’m sure there are products that would deliver similar results at possibly a cheaper price, say perhaps from the Natural Collection range, but the winner for me is that 17 always has some kind of special offer on if you make a purchase… and that truly is the only reason I bought this (Free Eye Dazzle Dust!).

You can buy the 17 Mirror Shine On lipstick in the following ways :

Instore – £4.59

Boots website – £4.59

Katie Beauty

Congratulations to me!

Big headedness aside, I was privileged to be awarded blogger of the week by the lovely folk over at Immediate PR

Here’s the official blurb taken from their website’s blog

Immediate PR’s Blog of the Week – #6

Posted on August 9, 2011 by admin

Holiday fever has hit the Immediate PR offices this month with all of
us heading abroad to enjoy the sun and a few pina coladas, and this week’s
Blog of the Week got our attention with her fabulous post on holiday
beauty on Lady From a Tramp.

Her practical approach to looking great on the beach was perfect, as we all know a
suitcase crammed with endless products isn’t what we all need! The way Lady From a Tramp helps you to simplify your beauty routine for a portable and easy fix is refreshing and realistic, and showing what she would be taking away is a great indicator for beauty lovers in need of
some advice and guidance before panic buying.

Congratulations Lady From a Tramp, you’re our Blog of the Week (and we hope you have a
lovely holiday!)

So, yes, I’m grinning ear from ear and I am over the moon.. needless to say, whether I pack the goody bag in my holiday travel bag remains to be seen 😉

Katie

x

Katie Beauty

Holiday Beauty?

At this time every year, I go in to holiday overload in the run up to mine. I have a little holiday count down on my phone and as it’s not roughly 4 weeks I am just about at bursting point with excitement (Yes… like a small child)

Yeah, I’m going here! Eeee!

I am currently engrossed with blog posts & youtube videos of peoples holiday wash bags and holiday make up bags.

It always amazes me what people take on holiday as an essential. I don’t know if it’s because on my only summer holiday of the year I strip back on personal grooming or whether these other people are a bit OTT with holiday grooming?

For a beach holiday, I wouldn’t dream of wearing make up during the day, and on a night time i’d also never put on a full face of make up. Bit of bronzer, slip of lippie and a dash of eye colour an i’m done. For all these make up bag videos I watch I genuinely wonder if these ladies wear full foundation and slap whilst they are away. I also never take all my good make up, meltage, damage, loss… I stick with a very tried and tested range of basic staples and then add colour items to this to jazz it up.

This isn’t by all means the exact list of what I’m taking but it probably will be. On laying it out like this it does look a lot, but it’s very conservative compared to most I’ve seen!

And don’t get me started on body products… In the last few videos I watched for beach holidays…. the ladies were packing exfoliators, face masks, fake tan, 5 different perfumes…. lordy!

I suspect if I was going on a city sightseeing holiday i’d take a different selection of product, but maybe I’m the odd one for only taking the bear minimum of products so that I can spend the least time to look holiday-presentable whilst i’m away.

I’m also transfixed by all these in-flight beauty articles. Have these people never flown with a package tour operator full of lairy stags and hens,crammed in to a hot, stinky miniscule cabin? It’s not exactly the best environment to remove make up, put on a face mask and PJs and then relax for 5hrs. Have you ever actually seen anyone do this? The closest I get to in-flight beauty is a lipbalm and wet wipes for hands and cooling down hot sticky necks and some eye drops for my lenses.

I like the idea of removing your make up at the start of a long haul flight and then re-applying at the end because I always feel slimy and icky, but really, in all my years I have never seen anyone following these so called ‘experts’ advice. Isn’t it hard to take your full on skin care routine with you in your clear baggy?

Do articles like this fuel womens need to up the holiday grooming or am I just making myself sound like a slobby tramp?

I would actually LOVE this year to try out some of the in-flight beauty tips just as a point of comparison to know what it’s all about. I’m on the hunt for these so called marvellous products that I need to make myself more presentable

What do you think? Do you take a lot of beauty products away with you, or like me do you tone down your routine?

I’d love to know what you all think and what you’re holiday must haves are.

Katie

x

Katie Beauty

Sneaky peek : Sleek MakeUP Nude Collection

Well, despite a few small wobbles over the Pout Paints I am still super excited for the launch of the new Nude Collection. It looks so effortlessly simple but as usual with Sleek, no doubt the eyeshadows are amazing quality and highly pigmented.

I do wonder if MUA Pro got there first with their amazing heaven and earth neutral palette that everyone has been fawning over though. Similiar-ish colourway AND alot cheaper.

Looking at the pictures I will definitely be buying the full set as you can never have enough neutrals!

On with the official blurb from Sleek :

Sleek MakeUP’s NUDE COLLECTION resonates from the clean, fresh-faced beauty that reigns over the fashion industry, and no longer is this colour story all about beige. Sleek MakeUP’s new collection is a celebration of ethereal beauty, ranging from earthy browns, variations of tan, and pearly oysters. The dominant makeup trend emerging from the A/W ’11 shows is one of far fewer bold brights and many more neutral, taupe dustings of colour; now the focus is on perfect skin, natural shades of makeup, and a real sense of purity.

AU NATUREL I-DIVINE (RRP: £6.49) gives you soft, subtle eyes with a palette of fawns and champagne, or a smoky, sultry look with rich dark browns, highly pigmented to suit all skin tones.

SUEDE BLUSH (RRP: £4.29) and create contours and highlights with a shroud of natural colour.

BARE MINIMUM POUT POLISH (RRP: £4.29) live up to its name and pair with dramatically dark eyes for an enticingly chic look. SleekMakeUP’s tinted lip conditioning balm is enriched with Jojoba, Avocado and Sweet Almond Oil as well as having SPF 15, giving you gorgeous conditioned lips that are protected from harmful UV rays.

The Nude Collection launches on August 31st and it will be a pat of the permanent line which makes a change from all the ltd ed sets that have been whizzing out of late!

You’ll be able to buy the Nude Collection in the usual ways :

www.sleekmakeup.com

www.superdrug.com

Superdrug instore