tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-60845579893046495082024-03-13T03:34:37.169+00:00Beauty Bible BlogJo Fairley and Sarah Stacey take you behind the scenes of the beauty industry: the launches, the pros we meet - and all our latest beauty 'finds'Jo Fairleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04426425270436216253noreply@blogger.comBlogger466125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6084557989304649508.post-29813840615804776042012-05-21T11:09:00.000+01:002012-06-24T22:45:41.256+01:00Taking a little blog break...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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You see, Sarah's on her honeymoon.<br />
Amy's on holiday.<br />
And annoyingly, Jo's broken her wrist. (Again.)<br />
So we'll be reappearing here as soon as we can, but to ensure a regular beauty fix, do check out our daily <a href="http://www.beautybibleloves.com/">Beauty Bible Loves</a> blog, <a href="http://www.beautybibleloves.com/">here</a>, for all our latest fave raves...<br />
Would we let our beauty-hounds down...? <br />
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The weekend has almost arrived.</div>
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And tomorrow afternoon, what Jo and our friend Gill Sinclair at <a href="http://www.victoriahealth.com/">Victoria Health</a> labelled Sarah's 'Big Fat Horsey Wedding' takes place. </div>
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Not unsurprisingly, Sarah's got better things to do than upload blog postings, so Jo and Amy have sneaked this one in.</div>
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Along with a photo of what we're guessing the bridesmaids will be wearing. (We found it on our new social network guilty pleasure, <a href="http://www.pinterest.com/">Pinterest</a>. Also known as: how to fritter away the rest of your life in a truly pleasurable, albeit entirely shallow, way...)</div>
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So we'd just like to wish Sarah and Alex every happiness, from the rest of the <a href="http://www.beautybible.com/">Beauty Bible</a> team.</div>
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You so deserve it!</div>
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And yes, we've packed hankies. </div>
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Er, and pony nuts...</div>
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Yes, please.<br />
Oh, yes, pretty-please.<br />
What we wouldn't give to be whisked to somewhere we could bathe, semi-<i>al fresco</i>, beneath a shower head like this. (We're reliably informed it's one of <a href="http://www.zucchettikos.com/tool/home.php?s=0,264,265,276&dfa=do1974&pg=&diditem=1673">Zucchetti</a>'s LED-illuminated shower heads.)<br />
Can <a href="http://www.beautybible.com/">Beauty Bible</a> Bathroom Bliss get - well, more blissful...?<br />
Perhaps if <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Clooney">George Clooney</a> was just out of shot on the left.<br />
But otherwise, we're not sure.<br />
And with that thought, we wish you happy bathing.<br />
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PS Normally we share a fabulous bathing interior - or in this case, exterior - just before the weekend. But watch this space for a rather special posting, on Friday...!</div>Jo Fairleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04426425270436216253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6084557989304649508.post-89768414247117688032012-05-14T11:10:00.000+01:002012-05-14T11:10:00.054+01:00What Jo did in Corsica...!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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It's just a week to go till <a href="http://www.rhs.org.uk/shows-events/rhs-chelsea-flower-show/2012">The Chelsea Flower Show</a> - and there's one particular garden we're looking forward to visiting.<br />
It's the <a href="http://Skip to site navigation HomeCoursesGardeningPlantsChildrenBlogs & forumsShows & eventsGardensShopping Become a member Members’ area About us Contact us Jobs HOME | Shows & events > RHS Chelsea Flower Show > Gardens > Garden directory > L'Occitane Immortelle Garden 12 days untilRHS Chelsea Flower Show May 22–26th Buy tickets Gardens Find a garden Search or browse the Garden Directory What's new RHS and Groundwork join forces Fresh show gardens unveiled The inspiration behind this year's M&G garden The Great Pavilion Find a nursery Search or browse the Plant Directory Special reports Pavilion highlights Duel and the Crown New plants galore Plan your visit Getting here Travel Ticket prices When you are here Food & drink Facilities Accessibility Corporate hospitality About the show Find a tradestand Search or browse the Product Directory Product of the Year finalists Sponsorship About our sponsor M&G Investments Timeless Investment Principles 'The M&G Garden' 2012 More from M&G Investments Past shows 2011 2010 All coverage L'Occitane Immortelle Garden L’Occitane en Provence The L'Occitane Immortelle Garden Sponsored by L’Occitane en Provence Designed by Peter Dowle Built by Peter Dowle Plants & Gardens Ltd The L’Occitane Immortelle Garden recreates the Corsican maquis (Mediterranean vegetation) and brings it to life in the heart of Chelsea. L’Occitane has chosen this magnificent island to inspire their garden as it is the home of their award-winning skincare collection. To recreate the wild landscape of the maquis, designer Peter Dowle has constructed an uphill rocky terrain framed by typical Corsican trees and plants. The bright yellow Immortelle flowers Helichrysum orientale provide the garden’s main focus. The design features an outdoor seating terrace, a small lagoon and a sandy beach footpath. Other gardens with similar themes Show GardenCorsica Get involved Buy tickets Tickets are still available now but extremely limited. Join the RHS Treat yourself and your garden and save 25% off a year's membership. Visitor information Plan your visit to this year's show. SKIP TO TOP Advertise with usPressDisclaimerExplore the RHS GARDENING Grow your own Gardeners’ calendar Community gardening Sustainable gardening [ More in gardening ] SCIENCE National Plant Collections at the RHS Plant registration RHS Herbarium RHS Horticultural Database [ More science ] PRESS Media Centre PLANTS RHS Plant Finder RHS Plant Selector RHS Publications Featured plants Plant trials & awards [ More in plants ] GARDENS Harlow Carr Hyde Hall Rosemoor Wisley Partner gardens Find a garden [ More gardens ] COURSES Qualifications Leisure learning Horticultural training Bursaries Careers Voluntary internships [ More courses ] SHOWS & EVENTS RHS Chelsea Flower Show Hampton Court Palace Flower Show RHS Show Tatton Park RHS Show Cardiff Find an event [ More shows & events ] CHILDREN For families For kids For schools Campaign for School Gardening [ More for children ] ABOUT US Who we are What we do Support our work Jobs RHS Lindley Library Contact us Feedback & complaints [ More about us ] ADVICE Advice search RHS Advisory Service Videos Garden design [ More advice ] MEMBERSHIP Join the RHS Manage my membership [ More in membership ] SHOPPING RHS Plants RHS Books & gifts RHS Prints [ More shopping ] © The Royal Horticultural Society 2012 RHS Registered Charity № 222879/SC038262">L'Occitane Immortelle Garden</a>, where designer Peter Doyle has recreated the Corsican <i>maquis</i>, where a very special flower grows: 'Immortelle', a.k.a. the 'flower that never dies', which also happens to be the key ingredient in their <a href="http://usa.loccitane.com/FO/immortelle-divine-cream.htm">Divine Cream</a> - not just the top-scoring miracle product in our book <i><a href="http://www.victoriahealth.com/product/The-Anti-Ageing-Beauty-Bible/9118/0/">The Anti-Ageing Beauty Bible</a></i>, but the highest we've ever had in that category to date.<br />
So it made sense for Jo to follow the journey of Immortelle from field-to-jar: from Corsica to Provence, <a href="http://www.loccitane.co.uk/">L'Occitane</a>'s home, where it's transformed into powerfully anti-ageing skin treats, and where she also met the company's inspiring founder, Olivier Baussan. You can watch Jo's little 'movie', <a href="http://loccitanechelsea.com/jo-fairley-peter-dowle-video-corsica">here</a> (and we'll let you know when Part 2 is 'live'.) <br />
Meanwhile for a bit of fun, do also check out the '<a href="http://loccitanechelsea.com/explore-the-garden">Explore the Garden</a>' page: click <a href="http://loccitanechelsea.com/explore-the-garden">here</a> to visit - then click on different features for a preview of what the garden will look like.<br />
Though what a picture can never convey is the amazing, aromatic scent of what's now become one of Jo's favourite plants...<br />
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Today's <a href="http://www.beautybible.com/">Beauty Bible</a> Bathroom Bliss is for anyone who finds tiled bathroom floors a bit 'brrrrrrr'. (That means us.)<br />
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The Dutch Arts & Crafts dresser, for displaying lotions and potions.<br />
And who needs a towel rail when you have a distressed vintage chair to stack your white fluffiness on...?<br />
Have a wonderful weekend soak, wherever you're spending it...<br />
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As 'greenies' from way back, we travel with our own soaps.<br />
But even we're sometimes caught out and are guilt-struck by having to use those mini hotel soaps - which are technically designed for one stay, but in reality would last most people a week.<br />
So we're super-thrilled to hear about the <a href="http://www.globalsoap.org/">Global Soap Project</a>, set up in the States to collect and recycle soap from over 600 US hotels and counting, sending it to communities in the developing world (especially across Africa) who have sanitation problems, and little access to a commodity we all take for granted.<br />
A pat on the back, for sure, to hotel groups like Hilton, Wyndham, Marriott and more for getting with the soap programme.<br />
But what we'd really like, now, is for some enterprising <a href="http://www.globalsoap.org/">Beauty Bible</a> devotee to set up the UK arm of <a href="http://www.globalsoap.org/">Global Soap Project</a>...!<br />
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Another reason for finding your perfect red lipstick...<br />
Sarah just stumbled across a study (published in the <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0278431912000497"><i>International Journal of Hospitality Management</i> </a>and carried out by the University de Bretagne-Sud) which reveals that waitresses who wore red lipstick encouraged bigger tips from male patrons. (Though not from females - surprise, surprise...!)<br />
Sounds sexist. Maybe a bit controversial, too.<br />
But since red lipstick is all about enhancing a secondary sexual characteristic (the lips themselves), it's probably just hard-wired into men's DNA, in some way. <br />
Fascinating, whatever. And a good opportunity for us to share our favourite-ever red-lipstick-selection secret. Which is to try shades on the pads on the inside of the fingertips, since they're are closest in colour to the lips themselves. <br />
So: thanks to Mary Greenwell, for the kind of red lipstick tip everyone - not just waitresses - can take advantage of...!<br />
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Actually we WILL be wearing tiaras this afternoon because it's - well, the closest Sarah's getting to having a hen party before her wedding later this month. <br />
Our friend the lovely <a href="http://editorial.victoriahealth.com/author/gill-sinclair">Gill Sinclair </a>from <a href="http://www.victoriahealth.com/">Victoria Health</a> is very kindly hosting Sarah's 'Tiara Tea' and we'll be bringing along our own tiaras from a previous celebration...! (<i>Faux</i>, not real...)<br />
However, if you don't happen to own your own tiara yet, you might want to slip into <a href="http://www.selfridges.com/">Selfridges</a> between now and the Diamond Jubilee, where (aptly enough) they're opening a pop-up Tiara and Queen shop, showcasing a selection of fabulous tiaras - fake and genuine - at all prices.<br />
We adore tiaras because they're incredibly flattering, actually. Can <u>quit</u>e understand why HM gets hers out at any opportunity. <br />
And after all, we are on record as suggesting that to brighten your day, you even do the vacuuming while wearing one! <br />
Never mind for sipping on a cup of Lapsang or nibbling a dainty cucumber sandwich...<br />
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If you read yesterday's <a href="http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/home/you/article-2135061/CEW-The-2012-Beauty-Awards.html">YOU Magazine</a>, you'll have seen the coverage of this year's <a href="http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/home/you/article-2135061/CEW-The-2012-Beauty-Awards.html">Cosmetic Executive Women (UK) Awards</a>, with 'gongs' going to names like<a href="http://www.clarins.co.uk/"> Clarins</a>, <a href="https://www.balanceme.co.uk/">Balance Me</a>, <a href="http://www.esteelauder.co.uk/">Estée Lauder</a>, <a href="http://www.st-tropez.com/">St. Tropez</a> - 26 categories, in all, including Best British Brand for <a href="http://www.moltonbrown.co.uk/store/index.jsp">Molton Brown</a>, and Most Revolutionary Beauty Product in the Past 20 Years for <a href="http://blog.lizearle.com/lizearle/2012/04/a-magnificent-award.html?_s_icmp=home_TXT4a">Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish</a>. (Now, there's a surprise...!) <br />
Do click <a href="http://www.mailonsunday.co.uk/home/you/article-2135061/CEW-The-2012-Beauty-Awards.html">here</a> for the full coverage (and <a href="http://blog.lizearle.com/lizearle/2012/04/a-magnificent-award.html?_s_icmp=home_TXT4a">here</a> for Liz's excited blog!)<br />
<a href="http://www.cewuk.co.uk/">CEW</a> - our industry's networking and mentoring organisation - wouldn't be what it is today, though, without its tireless President, Caroline Neville.<br />
So we thought we'd share yesterday's <a href="http://www.urbanretreat.co.uk/beautique/learn/We_Love_Sundays/CarolineNeville.aspx?utm_source=emailCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Copy+of+We+Love+Sundays+-+Caroline+Neville&emst=F4X7kGzduD_5712_199553_822">We Heart Sundays </a>feature on <a href="http://www.urbanretreat.co.uk/">The Urban Retreat Beautique</a>'s website, where this elegant, hard-working, eternally charming former PR executive - who, incidentally, it's almost completely impossible to say 'no' to - reveals her top health and beauty tips, alongside other secrets.<br />
We hope after last week Caroline's slipped off her Ferragamos and has her feet up today.<br />
Though we sincerely doubt it...!<br />
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As regular readers know, Friday is <a href="http://www.beautybible.com/">Beauty Bible</a>'s day for featuring swoonworthy bathrooms. <br />
But this takes it to a whole new level. <br />
Ignore the fact that the bath and the very bathroom itself seem to be constructed out of breezeblocks.<br />
Who wouldn't want to be topless in a tub with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_McQueen">Steve McQueen</a> and a bottle of wine...? (You wouldn't catch us making a great escape from that scenario...)<br />
Happy Friday.<br />
And happy fantasising, from us.</div>Jo Fairleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04426425270436216253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6084557989304649508.post-24325861152447254542012-04-26T11:16:00.000+01:002012-04-26T11:16:12.045+01:00The truth about lead in lipstick. (Definitively.)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We get lots of e-mails from women worried about lead levels in lipstick.<br />
As we've said before, beauty companies don't intentionally put it there as an ingredient, but lead contaminates many elements on the planet we live in (including the air - though much less so since unleaded petrol was introduced).<br />
We happened upon this brilliant chart the other day, which puts the risks into proportion, and actually compares lipstick levels to those in bottled water.<br />
The visual's a bit teensy-wee to read on our site, but if you're interested, <a href="http://figandsage.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/soapbox-is-there-more-lead-in-my.html">here</a>'s the link on a rather good natural beauty site in the US that we stumbled across called <a href="http://figandsage.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/soapbox-is-there-more-lead-in-my.html">Fig & Sage</a>.<br />
Something to chew over, for sure...<br />
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There's a week left of Earth Month. As authors of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1856268519/thebeautybibl-21/">The Green Beauty Bible</a></i>, we've been taking our cloth bags to the grocery store, upcycling old jewellery and turning into fanatical light turner-offers. (Even more so than usual.) Hope you have, too.<br />
An easy-peasy way to show you care, meanwhile, is to buy an <a href="http://www.aveda.co.uk/templates/products2/spp.tmpl?CATEGORY_ID=CAT12792&PRODUCT_ID=PROD100714">Aveda Light The Way Candle</a>. Every year, these are sold to raise funds for the <a href="http://www.greengrants.org/">Global Greengrants Fund</a>, to improve awareness of the need for clean water around the world. <br />
$16 million's been raised in just five years, with over 26,000 individuals benefiting from wells and water infrastructure. At the same time, 3,000 women have been trained in community environmental management.<br />
As for the candle itself: soy-based, it smells gorgeously <a href="http://www.aveda.co.uk/">Aveda</a>-esque, with its stress-easing blend of clary sage, lavender and lavendin, sourced in Provence. And the glass container's made from the 100% recycled bottoms of drinks bottles.<br />
From the £16 price of each candle, £13.33 goes to the Fund. (The other bit goes to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, in VAT.)<br />
Now, wouldn't it be nice if he did <u>his</u> bit for Earth Month, and threw the VAT into the pot...? <br />
That's just the kind of low-energy-lightbulb moment that could make a world of difference. <br />
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Find <a href="http://www.facebook.com/Aveda">Aveda</a> on <a href="http://www.facebook.com/Aveda">Facebook</a> - click <a href="http://www.facebook.com/Aveda">here</a><br />
Find the <a href="http://www.aveda.co.uk/templates/products2/spp.tmpl?CATEGORY_ID=CAT12792&PRODUCT_ID=PROD100714">Light The Way Candle </a>at<a href="http://www.aveda.co.uk/"> www.aveda.co.uk</a> by clicking <a href="http://www.aveda.co.uk/templates/products2/spp.tmpl?CATEGORY_ID=CAT12792&PRODUCT_ID=PROD100714">here</a><br />
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We're wallowing in this week's <a href="http://www.beautybible.com/">Beauty Bible</a> Bathroom Bliss offering (courtesy of the <a href="http://www.desiretoinspire.net/blog/2012/3/3/design-crew.html">Design Crew</a> blog, a new bloglove of ours). <br />
Imagine climbing out of the cool blue ocean and straight into this tub (preferably infused with a slug of <a href="http://www.victoriahealth.com/product/Deep-Relax-Bath-and-Shower-Oil/4044/0/">Aromatherapy Associates Deep Relax</a>. Now, that really <u>does</u> beat the blues...!)<br />
Personally, we'd move the coffee table within reach. And put something chilled and white on it. (No, we're definitely not talking about a polar bear here.)<br />
What could be more perfect for the weekend? So, from us: have a great one, wherever <u>you're</u> wallowing...<br />
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Unashamedly, we're a team of iPhone devotees, here at <a href="http://www.beautybible.com/">Beauty Bible Towers</a>.<br />
However, we do get pleading e-mails requesting news of Apps for those of you who are Android-lovers.<br />
To be honest, they're thin on the ground - but we thought you'd like to know that <a href="http://www.givaudan.com/webcom/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=12d36947862b8210VgnVCM1000004a53410aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default">iPerfumer</a> - the most useful perfume search App we've yet found - is now available for Android phones, too. It's been tweaked so that it's easier to use, and also allows you to create a Wishlist for friends/family, which will certainly make it a surer bet that you get a scent you like when your birthday next swings around. <br />
The iPhone version also offers those new features. (Download either version <a href="http://www.givaudan.com/webcom/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=12d36947862b8210VgnVCM1000004a53410aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default">here</a>.)<br />
Because we're reliably informed that there's no truth in the rumour that all Android-users simply wear <a href="http://www.boots.com/en/Thierry-Mugler-Alien-Eau-de-Parfum-Refillable-Spray-30ml_33751/">Thierry Mugler Alien</a>...<br />
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Cue rubbing of fingernails on collar, somewhere in Dorset...<br />
She's too modest to announce it herself, but the rest of us at <a href="http://www.beautybible.com/">Beauty Bible</a> want to shout from the rooftops that Sarah (Stacey) has been awarded the <a href="http://www.hfma.co.uk/">HFMA</a>'s Health Journalist of the Year Award. (That's short for Health Food Manufacturers Association, and the award is seriously prestigious...) <br />
It's recognition, of course, for the weekly <a href="http://www.beautybible.com/health_notes/sarahs_health_notes.htm">Health Notes</a> Sarah writes for the Mail on Sunday's YOU Magazine (you can read them archived <a href="http://www.beautybible.com/health_notes/sarahs_health_notes.htm">here</a>, on our website).<br />
Past winners have included Dr. Sarah Brewer, Dr. Tom Stuttaford, Amanda Ursell, Jennifer Harper-Deacon and Michael van Straten, so she's in seriously good company!<br />
HFMA Chairman Martin Last praised Sarah's 'dedication, knowledge and support' as he presented her with her gong. <br />
Of course, we knew it all along. But so lovely for Sarah to have it recognised...!<br />
And if she wasn't teetotal, we'd be insisting on champagne.<br />
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For Friday's <a href="http://www.beautybible.com/">Beauty Bible</a> Bathroom Bliss, here's evidence that a sprauncier bathroom needn't break the bank. (Thanks to <a href="http://www.thedecorista.com/">The Decorista</a>, for this.)<br />
Simply slap on a few coats of a Christian Dior-ish soft grey paint.<br />
Create a picture wall (the key is to use similar frames - and we've seen lots like this in <a href="http://www.zarahome.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ItxSolrSearchingDataCmd?storeId=84009906&langId=-1&catalogId=80209906&usarCookie=0&searchTerm=frame&searchBtn=">Zara Home</a>).<br />
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We couldn't agree more with this nugget from <a href="http://www.lauramercier.com/">Laura Mercier</a>, someone we've spent a lot of time with over the years (and someone we have a lot of time <u>for</u>...)<br />
Why, just this weekend, we were trawling through yet more rubbishy <a href="http://www.youtube.com/">YouTube </a>make-up videos, transfixed as a teen 'expert' smothered her whole face (every last pore!) with lavishly brushed-on foundation. <br />
Laura's wisdom, by contrast, is (as above): that each of us should only use what we need. Which means, in terms of foundation: just a touch of base, judiciously applied on - say - redness, dark circles, uneven patches. (Or Laura's legendary, bestselling <a href="http://www.urbanretreat.co.uk/beautique/product/Laura_Mercier/Secret_Camouflage.aspx">Secret Camouflage</a> concealer, if extra coverage is needed...) <br />
Now as it happens, each Sunday, a bulletin from <a href="http://www.urbanretreat.co.uk/">The Urban Retreat Beautique</a> plops into our inbox. And this last edition featured a lovely interview with Laura about her fave raves. If you click <a href="http://www.urbanretreat.co.uk/beautique/learn/We_Love_Sundays/WlsLauraMercier.aspx?utm_source=emailCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=We+Love+Sundays+-+Laura+Mercier&emst=F4X7kGzduD_11574_186306_764">here</a>, you can discover her favourite Sunday lunch spot, top health tip - and what's inside her handbag. <br />
Which turns out to be surprisingly little.<br />
But then, as Laura says, less is often more...<br />
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Click <a href="http://www.urbanretreat.co.uk/beautique/content/newsletter.aspx">here</a> to sign up for <a href="http://www.urbanretreat.co.uk/">The Urban Retreat</a>'s weekly update</div>Jo Fairleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04426425270436216253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6084557989304649508.post-43184691517972189792012-04-10T11:01:00.000+01:002012-04-10T11:01:00.232+01:00Now find out what we're loving - every weekday...<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Fact: the bit of our website that readers love the most is our <a href="http://www.beautybible.com/we_love_apr12.html">We Love...</a> section, featuring our fave raves.<br />
So recently, we had a 'eureka' moment. We may not be able to update our <a href="http://www.beautybible.com/">www.beautybible.com </a>website every single day - but there are certainly enough gorgeous products around to fill an entire product-focused daily blog. So that's just what we started. <br />
The name says it all: <a href="http://www.beautybibleloves.com/">Beauty Bible Loves</a>. Because it only features products we genuinely, truly and honestly love. Haircare, bodycare, make-up, nails, and so on. Of course, we bring to each review 45 years of experience, and our in-depth knowledge of the industry.<br />
And what's more, because we know from feedback that you really want to read about things when you can get your hands on them, we focus on new launches as they become available (not months and months in advance) - as well as long-term favourite classics we've 'rediscovered'.<br />
This blog you're reading - which has always been news- and trend-based - will continue, three days a week. But on <a href="http://www.beautybibleloves.com/">Beauty Bible Loves</a>, we're sharing the love daily from Monday to Friday. (Find it <a href="http://www.beautybibleloves.com/">here</a>.)<br />
Of course, we know only too well how hard it is to keep up with blogs. So our tip is to sign up to <a href="http://www.bloglovin.com/">Bloglovin</a> - the easiest way to access all your favourite blogs, in one convenient place. <br />
We very much love <u>that</u>, too...<br />
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How better to wish our readers Happy Easter than - yes! - an egg-shaped tub, as this week's perfect example of <a href="http://www.beautybible.com/">Beauty Bible</a> Bathroom Bliss. (Courtesy of a quirky home site called <a href="http://www.designrumahku.com/bathroom-design/beautiful-egg-shaped-bathtub-design-by-mastella/">Design Rumakhu</a>.)<br />
Have a great choc-fest, from us.<br />
And watch this space for some very exciting new <a href="http://www.beautybibleloves.com/">blog</a> news...!<br />
We're calling it: The New Blogging.<br />
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How does your make-up drawer look...?<br />
Go on, be truthful.<br />
We have to admit there are times we're very glad The Make-Up Police hasn't descended on <u>us</u> lately.<br />
Spring, of course, is the perfect time of year for a cosmetics clear-out. And we wanted to share with you how one funky young woman organises her make-up drawer: with empty berry boxes, and pretty pastel cups. <br />
It obeys the Law of Perfect Organisation: like with like.<br />
And we'll bet it didn't cost the author of <a href="http://abeautifulmess.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/02/makeup-organization.html">The Beautiful Mess</a> blog, Elsie Larson, a penny. <br />
Just a rainy Saturday afternoon, maybe.<br />
For more rainy Saturday afternoon projects, <u>do</u> check out Elsie's <a href="http://abeautifulmess.typepad.com/my_weblog/2012/02/makeup-organization.html">blog</a>, devoted to 'Pretty things to make and wear'. It may be targeted at women a fraction of our age, but it's a cheerful, enchanting read.<br />
And it's certainly inspired us to roll up our sleeves and organise our lipsticks. Which can only be a good thing.<br />
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<a href="http://www.kaymontano.com/">Kay Montano</a> is one of <a href="http://www.beautybible.com/">Beauty Bible</a>'s Most Respected. A fantastic professional, a generally gorgeous woman and truly a fount of all make-up wisdom. <br />
So we're delighted to bring you news of her new(ish) blog - subtitled 'Adventures in make-up and other stories' - where she showcases interviews (not just beauty goddesses but people like shoe designer Georgina Goodman), gives insights on how to become a make-up artist, and features her latest finds (on <a href="http://www.kaymontano.com/2012/03/23/weekly-kaydar/">The Weekly Kaydar</a>).<br />
We also love any make-up artist who features a Man Ray photo (of Lee Miller, see above) a 'splash' picture from the Indian Holi festival to illustrate a story on Spring Brights, and - yay!!!! - Sam McKnight's <a href="http://www.kaymontano.com/2011/12/16/sam-mcknights-sticky-gingerbread/">Sticky Gingerbread</a> recipe!!!<br />
Because there's more to life than beauty, even for the most dedicated makeupophile. <br />
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What's it got to do with beauty...?<br />
It's beautiful, isn't it...? (And we are the authors of <i><a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1856268519/thebeautybibl-21/">The Green Beauty Bible</a></i>, after all.)<br />
Have a lovely spring day...<br />
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Today: a glimpse of rustic chic, for the latest bit of <a href="http://www.beautybible.com/">Beauty Bible</a> Bathroom Bliss.<br />
Can't tell you how much we adore this. From the distressed barn board walls to great-grandpa's gilt-framed portrait...<br />
The lantern, and the rusty urns...<br />
If we're not much mistaken, that's even a headless statue, on the left.<br />
And of course, invitingly, we really really really like the claw-footed tub. (Thanks are in order to <a href="http://www.thedecorista.com/">The Decorista</a> for sharing this...)<br />
We're not sure we'd like to bathe here every single day of our lives. But stylish, or what...?<br />
So we're soakin' it up.<br />
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<a href="http://www.thedecorista.com/">www.thedecorista.com</a></div>Jo Fairleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04426425270436216253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6084557989304649508.post-17741242483319266622012-03-29T11:01:00.000+01:002012-03-29T11:01:00.223+01:00End this salon scandal!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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We're horrified.<br />
As most of you know, we're all for sustainability in the beauty industry. So naturally, we were appalled to discover that 70% of salons and spas in the Birmingham area are throwing away glass, plastic, card and paper, with the rest of their trash.<br />
Though the study only covered the Midlands, we've a hunch it applies to the rest of the country, too. Indeed, it's estimated that each year, as much as 43 million litres of recyclable waste are headed straight from salons to landfill. <br />
And even when some salons <u>do</u> recycle, it's down to the efforts of their own staff, who take waste to recycling bins themselves. (Illegal, in some places. Though commendable, as far as we're concerned...!)<br />
Three cheers, then, for <a href="http://www.BeautyRecycled.org/">BeautyRecycled</a>: a non-profit campaign started by beauty therapists in the Midlands who are as outraged as we are. They've put together a 'pink to green' pack which outlines how spas and salons can recycle. <br />
What Beauty Bible is asking you to do is put pressure on the hairdressers, the beauty salons and spas that you visit to do more to recycle. And sign up to <a href="http://www.BeautyRecycled.org/">BeautyRecycled</a>.<br />
Currently, the situation's rubbish. But if we all join together to help bring out change, that would be a beautiful thing indeed.<br />
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<a href="http://www.BeautyRecycled.org/">www.BeautyRecycled.org</a><br />
<a href="http://www.twitter.com/">Twitter</a>: <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/search/%40beautyrecycled">@beautyrecycled</a><br />
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