Sponsored Post by Schwarzkopf - Schwarzkopf’s new LIVE Color XXL Ultra Brights collection

Schwarzkopf’s new LIVE Color XXL Ultra Brights collection is the ultimate in neon bright and extra vibrant hair colours.

 

LIVE Color XXL Ultra Brights is a collection of three brand new semi-permanent strikingly intense and colourful shades including Fiery Copper, Raspberry Rebel and Pillar Box Red.

Apply to pre-lightened hair for the brightest colour, use on your normal hair for a vibrant colour boost, or mixed with your daily conditioner for pretty pastel results. Be brave. Be Bright. Get noticed.

The semi-permanent formula gives you electrifying, bright and colourful shades full of vivid shine. 

LIVE Color XXL Ultra Brights washes out in 6-15 washes dependent on the colour you apply your Ultra Brights shade to. For a colour refresh, in between permanent home-hair colouring, save a small amount of colour crème; when hair colour starts to fade, mix the remaining colour crème with the contents of the second conditioner sachet and spread the mixture evenly onto your hair. Leave in for 20 minutes. After rinsing, your hair colour will be significantly recharged!

Schwarzkopf LIVE Color XXL Ultra Brights (SRP £5.49) is available from Boots, Superdrug, Asda, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, Savers, Tesco, Wilkinson, Bodycare and Independent Chemists nationwide. For more information visit www.livecolor.com or ‘like us’ at www.facebook.com/schwarzkopflivecolorxxl.

For the very latest news and hair colour trends check out our blog www.livecolor.com.

NOTE: It is very important that an Allergy Alert Test is carried out 48 hours prior to colouring hair, even if you have used hair dye before. Instructions can be found on the leaflet inside the pack

Have you tried the new Schwarzkopf's new Live Colour XXL Ultra Brights Collection? Let me now in the comments below what you thought.

Ems xo 

Green Jeans: The Next Big Trend?

 

Denim giant Levi’s recently announced that their new green clothing range, Waste Each product in the Levi’s Waste

James Curleigh, global president of the Levi’s brand, said, “From the beginning, we have designed our products with purpose and intent. By adding value to waste, we hope to change the way people think about recycling, ultimately incentivizing them to do more of it. This collection proves that you don’t have to sacrifice quality, comfort or style to give an end a new beginning.”
The eco-jeans, available for both men and women, will make up part of Levi’s Spring 2013 collection, representing the next chapter in the company’s on-going commitment to sustainable design. Previously, their Levi’s Water

They also introduced their ‘A Caretag For Our Planet’ scheme in 2009, which educated consumers about how to clean clothes with less environmental impact. The company is a member of the Better Cotton Initiative, an agreement to reduce water and pesticide use during the cotton growing process, which is better for the planet and the cotton farmers. So far Levi Strauss &Co have blended this cotton into 5 million pairs of jeans.

While it’s a few months before this new collection hits UK stores, you can still buy Levi jeans at Very.co.uk. They have skinny, bootcut and straight leg designs, so whatever your style and whatever your shape, you can look great for autumn/winter 2012. The purple pair, especially, will go great with tan boots or heels to create a bang on trend autumnal look.

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Happy New Year Ghostbuster Style!

Who ya gonna call?

 I hope you all had a brilliant New Year and are all looking forward to 2013.

We had an amzing night spent at The Haunt in Brighton for their Ghostbusters New Years Eve Party and even had a 30ft Marshmallow man. I rolled in at 6am and my lipstick was still fully in place, I bloody love MAC's Russian Red!

I thought I would share some of the pictures from our night out, I hope you enjoy.

Ems xo

The Instagram Pic!

The Outfit and stupid pose!

My Amazing top :)

pretty party posing

More posing

Me and My baby Sister

The 30ft Marshmallow Man, me and George

And the fun starts....

YouTube Debut with George

Hey My Lovelies,

If you haven't already seen I posted my first YouTube video! Its not a tutorial as I still don't have my set up sorted so, George and myself did the Best Friend Tag if you fancy a laugh have a watch below.

 

Make sure you subscribe to the channel so that you automatically get notified when tutorials start being posted.

Have a great week and I will speak to you all soon :)

Ems xo

The Beauty Playground Event by NBPR

London near Christmas is so Pretty

Last week I was invited to NBPR's Beauty Playground event which gives Beauty Bloggers and other people in the Beauty industry to have a little preview of new products from Lee Stafford, Myface Cosmetics, Lulu's Timebomb, Colour Xtreme, Skin Art and Nail Art.

The makeup I was wearing

Unfortunately I had the day from hell and arrived in London with no camera, hardly any phone charger and hardly any ipod battery, which meant that I didn't get you guys many pictures which I am sorry about.

NBPR arranged for a car to collect me from Victoria which was great as I don't know my way around London too well. I was one of the first to arrive which was great as it meant I could have a real good chat with some of the girls in a one on one capacity rather than with a group.

I was shown the new Lee Stafford Electrical collection and I must say he has created some really great tools especially the Long Tong which will make curling longer hair an awful lot easier and quicker. I must admit I didn't spend much time looking at the Lee Stafford products because I already use and know a fair bit about them and I wanted to give my attention to the things I knew less about.

The Lee Stafford Collection

My next stop was the Skin Art and Nail art section where one of the lovely girls applied some glitter tattoos whilst I had a great chat with Amy (one of the PR Girls and Makeup Artist) about some of her work, Amy did the Makeup on the Promo Images for Skin Art and Nail Art and one image in particular just screamed recreate me. Amy is going to be sending me the image with a list of products used so that I can attempt to recreate for you guys which is very exciting.

I then moved on to Lulu's Timebomb which I had never heard of, Its a line of Skin Care and Hair Care created by Lulu. I had the chance to have some of the new Miracle Glo applied to my skin, Miracle Glo is the first cosmetic in the line which works as a Highlighter and can be applied before or after makeup. I am very excited about this line which focuses on Anti Ageing, Its great that a funky new line has been created for us girls that are starting to get our first wrinkles.

Lulu's Timebomb Collection

I continued on to my new love Myface Cosmetics to have a little look at the new Italian Ice Eyeshadow Duo's and the Slinky Liquid Liners. I also got the chance to have a play with some of the other Blingtone Shadows in different shades which are so beautiful. The lovely girl that was showing me the new products (memory fails me on her name as I am getting old!) is going to be sending me some other goodies from the line to check out which is rather exciting as I really do like this brand.

The Myface Cosmetics Collection

Finally I was taken through to the plush bathroom to have my hair done. The Lovely hairdresser used Lee Stafford's My Long Tong to create some loose curls then, to give my hair volume he added some of Lee Stafford's Dry Shampoo and back combed my hair before setting it all in place with Hold Tight Hairspray. My hair looked so lovely and I will be investing in the Long Tong sometime soon as it was super easy to use and the loose curl looked so lovely.

After I had had my hair done I made my way back to the main room to say my goodbyes when I was given a huge goody bag of things to try and review so, expect a full review of all of these products over the coming weeks.

What I found in my goody bag

Have you tried any of the brands I got to see if so what have your experiences been?

Ems xo

FOTD - Hear Me Roar!

I visited my sister today for dinner and to stay the night and she asked if I could attempt to recreate From Head To Toe's Lion on her. If you dont know who From Head To Toe is, she is a Beauty Guru on YouTube and she is pretty awesome too!

Here is her tutorial:

 

And here is how sarah looked at the end

Unfortunately I forgot my camera so, we had to make do with the iPhone and that didnt work too well! Hopefully you can see what I did and at some point I will re do it using a decent camera!

Products used:

Yaby Daisy and Almond Butter Liquid Foundation

Elf Cream Eyeliner in Black

MUA Heaven and Eart Palette Top row number 1 and 5

MUA nude lipstick (shade name to be added)

Rimmel Brown Eyebrow Pencil

This is obviously not prefect as it was the first attempt but I am very pleased with how it turned out.

What do you think?

Ems

OCC Holiday 2012 Collection - Metallurgy Now On Sale

OCC's first Holiday Collection is now available worldwide and I have to say to say the new products look completely amazing, how can they not be when liptar and metallic have been put together in one little tube?

OCC had the following to say about The Metallurgy Collection 'After three years of intensive product
development, OCC is proud to introduce a whole new breed of Lip Tar. Infused with state of the art hi-resolution metallic pigments, the unparallelled opacity has gone high-voltage electric with a reflective shimmer finish.' And apparently you need even less that the original lip tar!!!

Here's a look at the new colours 

Authentic

Electric Grandma

Tryptich

Yaoi

Iced

Super NSFW

You can purchase the new liptars now on OCC's website for $16.00 or if you are Europe based you can pre-order the new shades at The Make-up Artist Boutique for £9.25.

Let me know your thoughts on the new collection.

Ems xo

All Images are from Obsessive Compulsive Cosmetics  (photo credit: David Phelps Photographer)