.Z Palettes.

I have wanted some z palettes for a while now, in fact I have wanted them for aaaages, ever since I saw Kandee Johnson with them!  We must be talking years in that case :/ but anyway when I got the email saying there were two days in February they were offering 20% off I thought I definitely couldn't hold off any longer and if anyone, like me, has ever worked for a makeup brand you will know how you get given loooaads of eyeshadows just in their pans and mine were just sitting in a draw so I went ahead and purchased the Z Palettes!

After the expensive shipping charge (they were coming from America) and the £20 customs charge plus the charge from the post office to get them re-delivered I might as well have bought them from PAM in Sheperds Bush (typical long-winded me) but anyhoo I have them now and can finally use some gorgeous colours I had from NARS, By Terry and Chantecaille that I absolutely LOVE.

This is what they look like - 

Anyone else own some Z Palettes?  Tell me what you think of yours!

x Lucy x

.Rosie Huntington Whiteley tutorial.

A tutorial of this look is up on my channel now!

You can watch it here.

x Lucy x

.LP Skin Therapy.

This week I was very kindly given this new range to try by Dr. Linda Papadopoulos PhD.  I have done Linda's makeup many times over the years, she is such a lovely lady and always a pleasure to paint as she is such a beauty!

Linda is a well known psychologist and also a leader in the field of psychodermatology, she believes there is a direct link between how you feel and how you look, something I completely agree with!  This skincare range tackles the external factors of ageing, such as pollution and sun damage but also the internal causes of premature ageing; stress.  This is the first skincare range to address this cause.

This range is for all skin types but when reading more in depth about it, I realised it was better for my skin type than I initially thought (my skin is prone to breakouts but also dry), as when the body is anxious it produces more of the hormone cortisol and this can result in blocked pores, breakouts and premature ageing, this is what LP Skin Therapy uniquely addresses - perfect!  It consists of a balancing face wash, an uplifting facial water, multi-task day cream, overnight replenish cream, refining lip exfoliator, lip rescue gel, untired eye cream (for under eyes) and re-affirm eye serum (for lids).

Head to the LP Skin Therapy site CLICK HERE to find out individual prices and descriptions of what each product does and can offer you.  Prices range from £15 - £47.  I highly recommend the refining lip exfoliator (the perfect primer before lipstick) and the day and night moisturisers!

Let me know if you have tried it already and what you think.  I shall update you in a month or so.

Thanks for reading!

x Lucy x

.London Studios.

I started back at 'The Alan Titchmarsh Show' today, a show I have been doing for 3 and a half years now, which is crazy when I think about it!

We have relocated to London Studios on the south bank which is gorgeous location to be at for the next couple of months, I'm already looking forward to my morning and evening walks along the south bank to and from work!  Evening though currently, its freeeeezing!

The studios are lovely compared to the BBC so thats nice too!  The pic above is me just after I had unpacked and before the other two lurvely makeup artists I work with got in, I was just trying to work out how my kit has now managed to take up three work stations!? 

We had Olly Murs and The Wanted in today on the music side of things, not my cup of tea but the screaming girls in the audience love them so thats what counts i spose!  Having said that I am looking forward to some of our guests coming up his week though!

x Lucy x

.My Current Favourite Lippie.

This week I have been loving Barry M's lipstick in shade 147, its a very matte formula and so is a bit drying for my lips but a thin coat of my Lucas' PawPaw is all it takes to fix that.

A swatch for you!

Whats your current favourite?

 x Lucy x

.My current favourite skincare.

The products above have all contributed to getting my skin in ship shape recently, I have always had difficult skin but a couple of months ago I was suffering from a lot more problems than usual.  The main culprits being; constant breakouts (hormonal and otherwise), severe dry patches, and sensitivity.  A very irritating combination I might add, but luckily, after a LONG period of trial and error I have found my 'life saving' products!


I have included two face cleansers, and I didn't decide to purposefully use these two separate cleansers for a specific reason, it was just because I spotted the Vichy one when desperate for a new cleanser on the way home one day and found this in a random pharmacy in Kensington and it looked perfect for my skin problems at the time.  I started using the Dermalogica one because I needed something that would remove my eye makeup and didn't want to use the Vichy one as it has scrubby particles in it, so to try and cut a very long winded and boring story short it seemed to me that the Dermalogica cleanser was excellent at removing a full face of makeup and then I could cleanse my makeup free face with the Vichy one targeted at acne prone skin!


I have to say I think the whole double cleansing thing may have helped to keep the breakouts to a minimum but they have both massively cleared up my skin.


After using two face wash cleansers my skin can feel a little tight afterwards but by no means uncomfortably stripped (which I can't stand) and once I put my moisturiser on it feels perfect.


One thing I quickly need to rave about is my Body shop facial buffer, its £3 and its is this little baby ALONE that has completely gotten rid of my dry patches, and trust me, I have tried nearly EVERY product out there that removes dead skin cells and dry patches; masks, peels, scrubs, muslins, you name it and although most have been pretty effective, none have been as good as the facial buffer, and at £3 it is by far the cheapest solution!


The Caudalie mask I have spoken about before but its basically my spot treatment whenever I notice a blemish appearing and it saves me every time.


I love the Jurlique Purely Age Defying eye cream simply because I normally react in some way to eye cream, by either developing dry sensitive skin under the eyes or by clogging up the pores and getting little bumps, but after using this eye cream I have not reacted at all and the skin around my eyes is just as it should be!  Plus this is an anti ageing product so I feel like I am preventing any unwanted fine lines.


I have saved the best till last.....Oilatum Natural Repair Cream, as recommended by Nic and Sam from Pixiwoo...this stuff is flipping amazing!  My skin type is so dry and tight that it needs a heavy duty moisturiser that penetrates in to the skin efficiently so it hydrates my skin properly but doesn't leave a greasy film so I break out, which my skin will do in an instant.  I have searched and searched, and after having just finished working at Space NK for 2 and a half years and trying every product under the sun I have finally found my saviour moisturiser!  The best thing is that its £7.49 from boots!  Slight downside at the moment being that as it was recommended by the Pixiwoo sisters there unfortunately now seems to be a mega shortage but I'm hoping this will be temporary and Oilatum will step up to meet their new demand!


I do use a serum but I find that any one is fine, I've never found any particular brand or product to do especially good or bad things to my skin, all i know is that I notice when I don't use one, my skin will be too dry and I will need to apply more moisturiser than usual.  Plus i like knowing that I am hydrating the layers of skin underneath the surface layer as the molecules are a lot smaller in a serum and will travel a lot deeper in to the skin.


That has turned out to be a massive ramble but I am really happy with my skin care routine at the moment and its taken me a long time to get here so I thought I should share!


Hope it was helpful to someone!

x Lucy x

.My Funniest Year with Al Murray.

Last Thursday I worked at the Hackney Empire to film a program for Channel 4 called 'My funniest Year: 1997' with Al Murray, including guests such as Melanie C, Charlie Dimmock, and D: Ream!  Hilarious flash backs from my youth occurred throughout the day as you can imagine.

Here is me at my work station, looking unusually tidy :)

 

This is what the set looked like

It will be on in the spring on Channel 4 so look out for it!

xxx