COTW: Parabens

Hi all, hope you are enjoying our Chemical of the Week posts.

Any feedback you could give us on them would be very much appreciated, particularly if you could let us know if they're helpful and if you would look forward to reading more.

The previous two can be found here and here :)

Most people won't have heard of parabens, which when you consider that 90% of cosmetic products contain them is a little worrying!

What are they?

They come in many forms (ethylparaben, methylparaben and less commonly isobutylparaben and many more) and if you read the ingredients of whatever product you have at hand you will more than likely find that it contains at least one.

The Summer Lipstick - Virgin Vie Lady Marmalade

I am loving lipsticks lately, they were such a neglected item in my make up bag before, putting colour on my lips was never something I thought of but now I can’t buy enough. I keep getting them with my No.7 vouchers but find they’re colour range a little disappointing. I’m always on the hunt for a beautiful pink nude shade and it seems Mac wins in this. Mac seems to have lipstick shades normal drug store ranges can’t seem to compete with. I’m planning on getting my first Mac lipstick at the end of the month. I’m currently eyeing up crème cup. What’s your favourite shade.

As summer is coming I decided I’d try to find an orange shade that suited me. I love really dark colours but they are being put away for winter and I need to buy lots of new ones for spring/summer (any excuse to shop really)

Cocktail Hour!

I am SUPER excited to show you this week's cocktail...

I noticed the other day on Facebook of all places that Revolutions were doing an amazing deal of a FREE cocktail when you took a voucher in.

You even had the choice of either a Vodka Moonshine, or a Frozen Strawberry Daquiri!

Being the super savvy people that we are, we obviously had to claim these freebies and went for the most expensive out of the two which was the Vodka Moonshine.

March Freebies! Marie Claire and Neal's Yard Remedies

There are a number of freebies floating around in this month's magazines, I decided to pick up Marie Claire which has a Neal's Yard Remedies Rehydrating Rose Daily Moisture free with it.