Too Faced - Tanning Bed In A Tube

One of Too Faced's best sellers is 'Tanning Bed In A Tube', as a devotee of Benefit's Jiffy Tan myself I was very impressed with this product.. It works in a similar way as the classic 'Jiffy' & gives you an instant bronze on the skin however it has the extra benefit of some self tan too so it will build a gradual light tan as you use, excellent!!! Best tip is to blend thoroughly especially on pale skin, it's looks very dark when it comes out the tube but blends into a natural bronze shimmer... It won't rub off on you clothes either or streak (most importantly!!) also it smells good enough to eat - like a Caribbean cocktail!!!! Also a make-up artist favourite, available from Boots £16.

Revlon to Launch New Shade to Top Selling Foundation 'Beyond Natural'

With the summer season soon to come to an end (if it even started!!) we still all want to keep our flawless holiday skin and Revlon can now promise that you can keep your summer glow all year round with their Beyond Natural Foundation!! The weightless foundation comes out white on application & then adapts perfectly to your skin tone! Following it's amazing success Revlon have now introduced a new shade 'Light/Medium' to the range so it should now be easy for everybody to get a perfect match to their skin tone!!! Available in Light, Light/Medium plus Medium & Deep, the new Light/Medium shade launches in September. £8.79

Intelligent Gloss - Too Faced 'Mood Swing'

Topping the LipGloss Polls this week is Too Faced's 'Mood Swing', a gloss that starts off crystal clear & then blossoms into countless shades of pink depending on your emotions, so whether you're in love, just happy, furious or even jealous the tell tale signs will be written all over your lips!!!!! The gloss also has a blend of essential oils plus extracts to improve elasticity & rejuvenate while the natural sunscreen protect. On application it smells like bubble gum, is soft & not too sticky on the lips, it may make them feel a little numb at first but the pink stays on for hours! £12.

Foreign Exchange Made Simple!!!!!!!!!!

With the Met Office predicting that the rest of the summer in the UK will be a washout, a holiday abroad offers value for money in more ways than one.
To help sun-seekers looking to save pennies when going abroad, Simple, the UK’s No. 1 Facial Skincare brand1, has teamed up with TUI Travel to give all customers a FREE holiday skincare pack worth £25 when spending £500 on currency.
Available throughout August from any First Choice or Thomson foreign exchange, the limited edition Simple holiday skincare pack contains 3 products to help achieve naturally gorgeous looking skin this summer, plus a Simple Skin Health Check and a Simple half-price Summer Holiday Essentials discount voucher. With no perfume, no colour and no harsh chemicals, all Simple products are suitable for all skin types, even the most sensitive. The pack includes:

Simple Kind to Skin Cleansing Facial Wipes (7 wipes)

The UK’s best selling facial skincare product² with one pack sold every 5 seconds! 1 A quick and effective way to cleanse, refresh and tone the skin, they remove all make-up, even waterproof mascara, yet are non-drying as they contain no alcohol. The wipes are pH balanced, working in harmony with the skin and are oil-free so leave no greasy residue. A firm favourite among celebrity circles - Alicia Keys and Erin O’Conner are fans.

Simple Sun Sensitive Protecting Facial Hydrolotion SPF25 (10ml)

Formulated with the anti-oxidant goodness of Sunflower to help naturally protect against sun damage. It is oil-free and suitable to be worn underneath make-up as it won’t block pores.

Simple Regeneration Age Resisting Vitamin E Serum Pads

A unique innovation in skincare. The pad format – the first of its kind – ensures you are applying the serum directly to the skin, guaranteeing you won’t transfer any dirt from your hands, so are ideal when travelling or on holiday! The pads are formulated with the goodness of Vitamin E and are the perfect way to give your skin a daily dose of this anti-oxidant to help fight the signs of ageing.

Simple Skin Health Check is a revolutionary tool designed to help women across the country understand their skin better and how their lifestyle impacts on their overall skin health. With the help of leading Consultant Dermatologist, Dr Susie Morris and Simple Skincare Expert and Celebrity Make-Up Artist, Caroline Frazer with a team of Simple experts, this in-depth online skin health check offers personalised, expert lifestyle advice and educational beauty tips

The pack also includes a half-price Simple Summer Holiday Essentials discount voucher helping you save almost £15. Available from www.simple.co.uk the pack includes Simple Kind To Skin Hydrating Light Moisturiser (50ml), Simple Kind To Skin Refreshing Facial Wash Gel (50ml), Simple Kind To Skin Cleansing Facial Wipes (25 Wipes), Simple Sun Sensitive Protecting Facial Hydrolotion SPF 25 (75ml), Simple Sun Sensitive Protecting Suncare Lotion SPF 30 (200ml) and Simple Sun Sensitive Moisturising Aftersun Lotion (200ml).

The Simple holiday skincare pack is available until 31 August 2009.

Simply the best...again!!!

Simple, the UK’s No. 1 Facial Skincare brand* is delighted to announce yet another award to add to its impressive Hall of Fame.
This month essentials magazine announced its 100 Best Beauty Buys under £10, naming Simple Repair Anti-Wrinkle Day Cream the best day cream, coming ahead of 20 leading brands in this category.
Simple Repair is a revolutionary new anti-wrinkle range that delivers outstanding results, without the use of harsh chemicals or ingredients. Building on its brand heritage of ‘no perfume, no colour, no harsh chemicals’, the Simple Repair Anti-Wrinkle Day Cream has been carefully formulated to suit all skin types, even the most sensitive. What’s more, like all other products in the Simple Repair Anti-Wrinkle range, it is clinically proven to show results in just four weeks.
Formulated to repair and replenish throughout the day, it contains two vital vitamins and six skin-loving nutrients, including the goodness of Iris Extract to reduce fine lines and wrinkles and Pro-vitamin B5, which actively restores, softens and smoothes skin.
Simple Repair Anti-Wrinkle range comprises a day, night and eye cream, priced at £7.99 each and available at Boots, Superdrug and Sainsbury’s.

Andrew Barton Launches New Hair Appliances

Check out these fab new & affordable hair tools recently launched by Andrew Barton, these are the latest addition to his already hugely successful hair care range. Andrew Barton is one of the UK's best known & top Hair Stylists with an impressive celebrity client list including Robbie Williams, The Olsen Twins, Kylie, Elle Macpherson, Kate Moss and Penny Lancaster. Andrew has worked on many Catwalk shows for London Fashion week including Prada and Versace to name but a few. He was recently named best stylist by Tatler Magazine, best hairdresser by Cosmopolitan and British Hair Icon & is the resident hairdresser on the UK’s hit makeover show ‘10 Year’s Younger’.

Think Andrew Barton – think gorgeous, sexy looking hair! He knows the psychological value great looking, shiny happy hair has on a woman’s confidence and how great hair can be life changing, leaving women feeling rejuvenated, sexy and ready to take on the world. Whether he’s working with ultra chic celebs like Kylie or ElleMacpherson or doing a makeover on Channel 4’s award winning 10Years Younger, he believes that great tools are the key to creating any great style. Which is why the man known as the ‘TV’s favourite hairdresser’ has launched his first collection of hair appliances – designed to deliver a salon-styled hair makeover with ease every time.
The collection includes four fabulous no-nonsense tools - a high performance dryer, triple barrel waver, highheat straightener and a big barrelled curling tong designed to create shiny, glamorous, sexy new looks and a salon finish at home. Functional yet fun, the four products; Blown Away, Making Waves, Straight Answer and I Love Curls, are styled in sleek black and neon, ensuring your dressing table is as on trend as your hair.

“From TV makeover to celebrity hair dos, fashion catwalk to glitzy photo shoots, great tools are the secret togorgeous-looking hair! That’s why I’ve created my own professional range for you to achieve that fabulous salon lookeveryday. You’ll love them ! ” Andrew Barton

BLOWN AWAY (£30)

A fab blow-dry can make a woman’s day, giving her the confidence to hold herhead up high. For hair that looks red carpet-ready every time you style it, thishigh specification 2000W dryer boasts an advanced motor to deliver highpressure air-flow for ultra-fast drying, even on thick hair. Ionic and heatbalancing ceramic technology promise frizz-free condition and shine. It’s light to hold and with its click on natural diffuser its perfect for creating boho curlsand waves!


MAKING WAVES (£30)

This fun, easy-to-use triple barrel waver is the perfect tool fortransforming hair into long-lasting slept-in curls, from sexymermaid locks to retro waves. The waver has nano-ceramiccoated barrels for a smooth and glossy finish, a toptemperature of 180ºC for perfect professional performanceand ultra-fast heat up to ensure it is ready to use as soon asyou are. And with ten different temperature settings, thecorrect temperature can be selected for all hair types.


STRAIGHT ANSWER (£80)

For super straight, salon sleek hair that lasts, this highperformance straightener with advanced nano-ceramic platesfeatures a super-charged Advanced Ceramics TM heater andfor ultra-fast heat up and heat recovery to maintain aconstant high temperature for quick and easy styling. With atop temperature of 230ºC, Straight Answer offers theultimate straightening and smoothing power and has five temperature settings shown on an LCD display sothe heat can be altered for different hair types. Hair will look healthy and shiny, leaving you with theultimate confidence boost.


I LOVE CURLS (£20)

From beautiful soft tousled curls to glamourous glossyringlets, this high performance curling tong will give hair aHollywood make-over.Featuring a 38mm ceramiccoated barrel for a finish that’s natural and glossy, thewand has a top temperature of 200ºC and ten differenttemperature settings to cater for different hair types.With I Love Curls you can customise your curls whateveryour hair type and create head-turning luscious locks.
Exclusive to Argos

Finally to mark the launch of celebrity hairdresser Andrew Barton’s inaugural range of hair appliances, check out these great 'how to' guides to get chic up to the minute hair styling, we've included his full step by step guide as well as two great videos where Andrew shows you how to achieve the looks yourself!

GET THE LOOK: BOHEMIAN CHIC
Introducing the New Straight Answer Hair Iron from Andrew Barton
Step One
Spray dry hair with a heat protection spray to lock in moisture (Andrew Barton The Straight Answer Heat Protection Spray £3.89), take random ½ inch thick sections of hair from all over the head and twist into cable effect.
Step Two
Hold tip out of hair out from head and spray another layer of heat protection spray. Starting at the root, clamp the Andrew Barton Straight Answer straightening iron and hold for 2-3 seconds. Repeat in sections moving down the hair length.
Step Three
Once all twists are complete, use fingers to unravel the sections and finish with a polishing serum from the middle to the ends of the hair (Andrew Barton Gloss Boss Shine Serum, £4.84)
Customise the look by taking varying sizes of hair sections – smaller sections will create a detailed, more textured effect, while larger sections will leave a less defined natural finish.
Straight Answer (£80) exclusive to Argos
Check Out the 'How To' Video - Bohemian Chic

GET THE LOOK: THE NEW NATURAL
The new Making Waves triple barrel waver from Andrew Barton
Step One
Apply a frizz control cream to wet hair (Andrew Barton Frizz Tamer Styling Cream £3.89) then blow dry hair smooth using a paddle brush.
Step Two
Separate the hair into two sections – one underneath and one upper section on top of the head. Spray the hair with a heat protection spray (Andrew Barton The Straight Answer Heat Protection Spray £3.89) until evenly coated.
Step Three
Randomly take lengths of hair and hold at the root. Using the Andrew Barton Making Waves triple barrel waver clamp the hair and hold for six seconds. Move down the length of the hair to the ends.
For added volume start clamping from the root or for a more natural rippled effect, clamp from the mid-section down.
Step Four
Gently unravel the waves using the fingers for a Gisele styled bed head finish, brush through the waves for a less structured loose wave or leave ravelled for a smooth defined wave. Finish with a polishing serum (Andrew Barton Gloss Boss Shine Serum, £4.84) on the mid to ends of the hair.
Making Waves (£30) exclusive to Argos
Check Out the 'How To' Video - New Natural

Happy Birthday J'Adore!

It’s the 10th anniversary for J’Adore and Christian Dior Perfume’s is launching its first official retrospective exhibition, titled Christian Dior: Couturier Parfumer at Iguatemi, Sao Paulo on Friday, July 31st.
The exhibition, which is to travel around the world after its debut in Brazil, focuses on the story of Christian Dior (the man) and will showcase the cultural history at the time of each scent’s creation, as well as the social impact each fragrance had on the world – starting with Miss Dior in 1947 to today. So keep your eyes peeled for a location near you!