tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-47645584303420453882024-03-19T23:39:25.510-07:00i love lipstickthe digital journal of beauty industry insider sophie beresinerUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger172125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764558430342045388.post-55340972521961337252013-01-18T01:27:00.001-08:002013-01-18T01:27:48.728-08:00Generation M
Aside from my obvious and much (self) publicised love of lipstick, I am also a lover of photography. It's a side effect of the job. I see everything as a picture. This has it's upsides (natural art direction skills, ability to make my shoots the best they can be, gives a workaholic impression), but it has downs too. I've bought many a useless piece of detritus at a market because it looked as Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764558430342045388.post-33746566429736174622011-11-25T08:31:00.000-08:002012-01-23T04:51:23.823-08:00Karl Lagerfeld does MakeupAHEM! This is the most exciting O M (for makeup) G news I've stumbled across in a loooong time. If like me you're a bit shamefully obsessed with Karl Lagerfeld and his monochrome, slightly cartoonish caricature iconic genius version of himself, you will be wondrously overjoyed to hear that Dear Santa has answered my letter and delivered Karl designed makeup and accessories to Sephora, just in Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764558430342045388.post-8092078906700042972011-11-04T12:36:00.000-07:002011-11-04T12:36:10.656-07:00S is for SHOES
it's not uncommon for me to commandeer a camera and shoot my shoes. On my iPhone whilst sitting on the bus, a particularly sparkly sun ray glinting off my glitter boots, mid-walk across a rope bridge in Northern Ireland in green soled brogues, yes even at Katie Selby's wedding where she found about 12 shots of my shoes, her shoes, collective groomsmen shoes, nestled among her official photos.
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764558430342045388.post-81150778627735699172011-10-21T09:09:00.000-07:002011-10-21T09:09:33.985-07:00Laced UpThe nail wrap thing is still going strong. We've had offerings from Bespoke Look Rebel Nails, to Gallo Wine scented Merlot ones, and having covered them in the mag (er, not those ones) on many an occasion, I thought I'd be a bit bored of them by now.
Seems not, I love how easy they are and since I am generally a bit crap at my own beauty maintenance, anything easy is a winner.
I also loveUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764558430342045388.post-55037900651072203332011-09-21T07:22:00.000-07:002011-09-22T03:22:30.604-07:00Introducing: LOOK MAKEUP! Yes you heard me right...
I am beyond excited to finally be able to tell you about this culmination of a project I've been working on throughout my illness, Look is launching its own makeup range!! (worthy of both those exclamations).
The very best thing about this range, and contrary to the opinion of a lot of cynics out there, is it is basically mine and Katie's dream makeup. As in we developed the range and worked onUnknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764558430342045388.post-52689224931571194242011-08-26T02:16:00.000-07:002011-08-26T02:16:21.000-07:00Going Stella
There are a lot of things Stella that I tend to love. McCartney - of course, goes without saying. she loves sharp shoulders and chunky cable knit and all the animals for goodness sake.
Tennant, the supermodel - so much so that I drew her in charcoal 6 feet high for my A-Level art piece and, ahem, got an A thank you.
The name in general, I wonder if I can sway Dadjokes in that direction when Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764558430342045388.post-21175569160917522242011-08-08T06:26:00.000-07:002011-08-08T06:26:34.784-07:00I Love Lip Mix
Mac professional do these amazing tubes of super bright pigment paint, which can be mixed to make an oil paint masterpiece worthy shade, most suitable for shows and editorials.
My extreme love of lipstick has seen me hoard a few of these over the years to make my own bespoke colour at home, but as with most pro products, they're more suited to shoots than every day wear. They're a bit drying - Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764558430342045388.post-74241508929867894642011-08-05T03:44:00.000-07:002011-08-05T03:44:24.087-07:00The Future of Advertising
The beauty guinea pig trials continue in the Look office. Now that I'm back, lovely assistant Sam gets more gets regular requests (for 'requests' read 'demands'), to try out the slightly more unusual desk drops. This morning? Bespoke SCRATCH N SNIFF nail wraps. These are pretty outstanding without the added olfactory bonus. Wearable? hmm, maybe not so much, but for very far reaching and portableUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764558430342045388.post-43054783492917342522011-07-27T02:10:00.000-07:002011-07-27T02:10:19.739-07:00Violent Lips
While the largest portion of our working day is taken up, well, working, there is always time alloted for trying out. Which technically falls under the work remit too.
Imagine our (my) delight when these lip transfers came in from Violent Lips. Not so much assistant Sam who gets her outstanding hard work and dedication rewarded with guinea pig duties.
The idea is this; Cut out lip shape (Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764558430342045388.post-8794987034836119932011-05-06T09:54:00.000-07:002011-05-06T09:54:24.544-07:00Lacquered LipsticksDear Danielle Scutt,
The world needs a hair accessory made of rows of lipsticks. Maybe some dangly earrings, dangling lipsticks. Plus, and most importantly, a brooch with a bunch of grape-esque lipsticks. Available in Topshop you say? Duly noted.
Yours Sincerely,
i love lipstick xxx
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764558430342045388.post-3261873655261573902011-04-25T12:02:00.001-07:002011-04-25T12:02:22.505-07:00Have Your Cake And Eat It
Just a quick one for Easter Weekend. I won't lie, it wasn't as fun as last year, when I'd abstained from chocolate AND sweets for six whole weeks, then was handsomely rewarded, by myself, with a Betty Crocker Chocolate Fudge Cake mix (suspiciously similar to the Pizza Express one btw, a DIY tip off which shouldn't be taken lightly since I used to waitress there).
Which brings me neatly Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764558430342045388.post-76290765744696549542011-03-18T10:05:00.000-07:002011-03-18T10:05:39.827-07:00From A (sos) to B (urberry)Its no secret I spend a lot of my time on asos.com. I should take out shares. At the very least get a uniform allowance (nice try?), but since I am a workaholic, even when I'm shopping I'm working. Sort of.
The humongous ginormous retail site has a lot of people behind it. I would love to be one of them - a styling spot - that would be a great job, but even while I'm thinking I'd love it, Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764558430342045388.post-71354874415772122172011-03-06T01:58:00.000-08:002011-03-06T08:29:21.106-08:00Do Not DisturbWe just moved from the 5th to the 7th floor at Blue Fin Building. Going up in the world eh? (sorry), Although this news was met with the usual fear of change feelings, in actuality, its really nice and refreshing. And I get to chat to the InStyle beauty desk every time I go to the toilet now, which is always nice...
The not so nice part was the packing. I HATE moving, this was particularly Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764558430342045388.post-90306153244236298062011-02-25T05:26:00.001-08:002011-02-25T05:26:37.499-08:00The LOOK show everlasting maniIt is a full week since the LOOK show SS11. there's web tutorials up on look.co.uk already (I haven't watched yet, always takes me a while to get over the cringe factor), but what I am most obsessed about is the quality of my show manicure.Katie and I always sneak in a colour before all the models get there, we have to represent! This season nails were courtesy of wonderful Nails Inc in their Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764558430342045388.post-35485968198219064642011-02-20T14:27:00.000-08:002011-02-20T15:05:45.317-08:00The LOOK Show, Season 3Like America's Next Top Model, the LOOK show gets better and better every season. This time we were back to Spring/Summer, which is always a mood lifter when you're freezing your bits off trying to get to Bloomsbury Square mid February. Once backstage in Victoria House (new venue, amazing results) we launched into lovely brightening S/S makeup looks, and the Urban Decay makeup team demo'd on Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764558430342045388.post-25683363291179636062011-02-17T07:55:00.001-08:002011-02-17T07:55:37.710-08:00The Other OneI'm in no no way neglecting ilovelipstick (you'll see), but I've branched out into a sister blog. It's in conjunction with cancer support charity Look Good...Feel Better, such an amazing cause, and of course very apt in my situation as beauty editor, makeup obsessive, wardrobe addict, chemo patient! Don't want to touch on that latter part in this blog, so the other one can, and hopefully help Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764558430342045388.post-53571133225188025672011-02-17T03:39:00.001-08:002011-02-17T03:39:32.601-08:00Ridiculous BrightI'm on a full on lip shoot today - my favourite kind of course, with Kolbrun Ran from Frank who keeps saying 'I LOVE lip colour, I just love lip colour. I so love lips' so obviously she and I get on very well.And the perfect makeup artist for this story. The model is TWO HOURS late so far, so Kolbrun, instead of sitting around eating croissants as is normal procedure in this kind of situation, isUnknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764558430342045388.post-86067350333041217992011-02-08T06:46:00.000-08:002011-02-08T07:51:05.956-08:00'The Luella'......is what I shall be naming the (or I should say 'my') colour combo of choice for as soon as the weather allows it.Pink and orange was Luella Bartley's hero duo - remember the s/s 09 pastel confection fest? I cannot seem to forget it, even almost two summers later and after the labels sad demise. So sad. I did get a wicked bag and trench out of the closing sale though...So at today's first hint Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764558430342045388.post-92056531498885435672011-01-27T04:12:00.001-08:002011-01-27T04:13:11.798-08:00A message from the kittensYes this is a more obscure blog post, but it couldn't go unposted. At great risk to my iPad screen's safety, I downloaded the Cat Toy app (anyone with cat and iPad, get this. It's the best party trick ever), so now my cats are able to use an iPad, their intelligence knows no bounds. It shouldn't have been too surprising then when Columbo calmly turned on my blog app with his nose, watched by Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764558430342045388.post-47265295324613364452011-01-26T08:16:00.000-08:002011-01-26T08:30:24.739-08:00Happy Australia DayThat's what's going on in the office today at least. In honour of our friends down under I'll be giving away all the delicious treats I was sent, even though I want to eat them all in one sitting (seriously people, this is like sending booze to Lindsay Lohan in her rehab suite), and instead using Aussie 3 Minute Miracle like I used to when I was a teenager. If for nothing other than the nostalgicUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764558430342045388.post-72923198202878993052011-01-19T06:40:00.000-08:002011-01-19T08:34:00.099-08:00At Last! some beauty newsMy back to work glow wore off after about twenty minutes of looking at this: A LOT piles up in the beauty department when its editor is a part timer...Also, there were no less than three deliveries of chocolates. Yes I know, so ungrateful, but you don't understand how much it hurts to give up something you love as much as I love chocolate for six months. It hurts a lot more when you get sent Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764558430342045388.post-35560380956196328932011-01-17T05:23:00.000-08:002011-01-17T05:58:23.507-08:00Today I'm wearing...my PJ's. Again.This post could have been called 'I miss work', but I'm following the positive trip, so its a 'today I'm wearing...'Sadly chemotherapy has allayed my makeup preoccupation - only on a 'two week on, one week off' basis, but since this is my one week off, I have no real TIW to report. Don't be fooled though, these are no ordinary PJ's, they are in fact M&S cashmere ones (I didn't even mean to Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764558430342045388.post-14372149903266596502011-01-13T02:20:00.001-08:002011-01-13T02:20:17.236-08:00Today I'm wearing... The original retro redOne of the more advantageous aspects of being a woman is the happy ability to nail paint, paint, paint to our hearts content. The opposite sex can also do so of course but generally with varying connotations of gay, grunge, goth - all the g's really.This week I have been reapplying (I'm not very good at taking off and starting again) Revlons original 1952 shade in its 2010 reincarnation, All Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764558430342045388.post-14012909628336905562011-01-11T10:45:00.001-08:002011-01-11T11:09:44.331-08:00Move Over Henry The Hoover...I'm a frankly rubbish housewife, and with all my shoot experience I quickly realised the iron was obsolete and the humble steamer would be well worth the £100 I spent as soon as I moved in with dad jokes. Wrong. My first foray into home steamer territory was the internet special from Supersteamer.co.uk Unfortunately I believed the hype on the super steamer website. This thing leaks on the floor,Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764558430342045388.post-7490780686991365332010-12-26T06:33:00.000-08:002010-12-26T06:47:37.035-08:00The Sales The SalesSome things never change, boxing day would normally see me en famille bedgraggedly trudging to the local pub (20 minute walk kind of local) to stand, shiver and watch Claygate's morris dancers show us their years efforts. Weird but really sweet, with some kind of bitter (dad and his fellow dad friends), hot chocolate ('the kids' - thats us 30+ year olds) and mulled wine (the rest).This year Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0