Bobbi Brown

Lovely foundation, only it comes off SO EASILY!!!! One swipe, powdered or not, and it's off! Otherwise, it's a fab product!!!

I agree with many other reviewers who say that this book is boring and she condescendingly pushes her opinions on to others. Considering this is a beginner's book, I found that the techniques were worded in a confusing way and set a lot if restrictions for what you "can" and "can't" do. (I thought makeup was supposed to be a creative outlet.) The only useful tips she mentioned were common sense knowledge. Everything she said "not" to do because it was "dated" has now become commonplace. This book just had a largely negative and condescending tone to it, I'm happy I only paid a dollar for it at Goodwill!

I was already using a good eye serum but at 51 felt I needed a richer formulation and this is perfect. Feels very comfortable on the skin and reduces my fine lines, and makes concealing under eye shadows easier because it's a good rich base. Would definitely buy again, it's not cheap but is only £10 or so more than my old eye cream so that's ok. I don't mind paying out if something works!

For those who yearn to wear a classic "Hollywood" red lip but pull everything pink, please meet your new lipstick. I am quite pale and most lip colors pull very pink on me. This red is one of those warm/cool straddlers. Today I'm wearing it over a tiny little bit of oil and when first applied it almost looked like it bore gold highlights, much like Chanel's Ecorce de Sanguine in the bottle looks to have gold. It has calmed to an almost blood red; it clearly has enough black to lend it gravitas. It's a swell color.

It's a swell color but this formula is by turns acceptable and appalling. It's not so drying you want to claw your lips off, but it isn't squishy and plush like newer formulas. That's okay; the color is great. It lasts like a non-heroic lipstick does, and that's okay with me, too. What is not okay is the disgusting toilet bowl cleaner fruit smell. People complain about the Estée Lauder fig; I would so much prefer that scent/flavor to this. Leaving it uncapped for a week did nothing. It's not that it lingers during wear - that would be a deal breaker - but it's just such a downmarket smell. I would buy it again.

What a disappointment. I usually like Bobbi Brown mascaras a lot - Smokey Eye is my favourite - but this one doesn't meet my expectations. It's very clumpy, so instead of either thickening or lengthening my eyelashes, it just leaves them spiky - not a good look. The only positive is that it doesn't smudge at the end of the day.