Raspberry Pie

When I saw Revlon's Raspberry Pie I knew it would be the fifth Lip Butter I would be adding to my collection. It's a very pigmented deep raspberry pink colour with no shimmer. It's so beautiful to wear and feels incredibly moisturising on my lips. This is a gorgeous Winter lip colour perfect for the days when I don't feel brave enough to wear my Black Cherry.

Other make up I'm wearing:

Foundation: YSL Le Teint Touch Éclat  (BR20) mixed with a bit of Benefit High Beam

Concealer: Collection Lasting Perfection 

Brows: Revlon Rich Sable 

Blush: Bourjois Lilas d'Or

Powder: No7 Perfect Light Loose Powder

Eyeshadow: UD Naked2 Palette Verve and Tease, Revlon Vintage Lace

Eyeliner: Boots 17 High Drama Intense Liquid Eyeliner 

Mascara: Boots 17 Wild Curls

Highlighter: theBalm Mary-Lou Manizer Luminizer 

If you want to read my other Lip Butter reviews you can find them here and here. 

Have you tried the Revlon Lip Butters yet? What's your favourite shade?

Emma x

PS. Excuse the mad eyeliner, I was wearing a nude lipstick earlier in the day!

Gift Guide- Dunhill

It's now less than two weeks to Christmas and if you're anything like me you may have left the hardest people to buy for last on your list. Here are a few more gift ideas for the men in your life, all of the items shown below are from the classic Men's brand Dunhill. 

 

All of these gifts are based on what I have heard the men in my life say that they would like to receive as gifts. My little brother is constantly talking about how much he wants his own lighter even though he doesn't smoke and a nice fountain pen for school. This Turbo Wood Lighter is a great gift for the man who aspires to be one of the Sterling Cooper Draper Price boys on Mad Men. I am a huge lover of stationary, speciafically pens. I adore fountain pens and used one all through school as it was easier on my fingers than a ball point. I'm sure this beautiful Sentryman Black Resin Fountain Pen would be a dream to write with and I can imagine it might make writing those long essays a bit more bearable for my brother, or anyone who does a lot of writing in their daily life. 

This gorgeous Tan Leather Ipad Case is the perfect accessory for the man who is into his gadgets. If you're carrying around an expensive ipad, you might as well have the best cover to go with it. 

Another scarf you say? You may have noticed my obsession. I love buying people scarves because I love them, I always find it easier to shop for people when I'm interested in what shopping for. This Block Stripe Scarf is yet another men's scarf that I would love myself. The colour palette of tan, navy and grey makes it so versatile and the fact that it's 100% cashmere gives it that little bit of luxury and cosiness on those freezing Winter days in December and January. A perfect accompaniment to the scarf would be these Club Dark Havana Sunglasses for those bright days in Winter when the sun is low in the sky. 

Lastly is this set of Mini Stereo Speakers in their own case. These can link to Smart Phones, mp3 players and laptops and they have a rechargeable internal battery. I think they are amazing and I kind of want them myself.

I hope these gift guides have been helpful! I've definitely gotten a lot of ideas while researching for them.

Emma x

***This post was written on behalf of dunhill.co.uk.

I Only Lent You My Body, You Lent Me Your Dream

I first saw Gattaca about ten years ago on television one night. My sister and I watched it and fell instantly in love with it. I went out and ordered the soundtrack in HMV straight away. It seems to be one of those films people either love or hate. I love everything about it, the music (Michael Nyman is a genius), the cinematography, the cast: Uma Thurman, Ethan Hawke and Jude Law, and the gorgeous retro-futuristic set design, locations and costumes and of course the story. It's just such a beautiful film. 

I adore the colours used in the film; blue, yellow, green and orange. Donnacha and I recently watched a Michael Winterbottom film called I Want You which had the same Colour scheme and we both realised about halfway through that the same Director of Photography, Slawomir Idziak, had worked on both films. It's written and directed by Andrew Niccol who wrote another one of my favourite films The Truman Show. 

Here's a screenshot of my flickr album of the film just to get a better idea of the overall colour scheme.

Have you seen Gattaca? What do you think? 

Emma x