Beauty

Clinique 3-Step Routine

Clinique 3 Step Routine

Over the last few weeks I’ve been been putting Clinique’s 3 Step Routine to the test – substituting my regulars for their facial soap, clarifying lotion (a toner), and moisturiser. It’s a bundle of products designed to give your skin exactly what it needs – gentle, thorough cleansing, exfoliation, and moisture. Each step works together to give you your ‘best skin ever’ – or skin that’s clean, healthy, and bright. And having been on it for awhile now, I figured it was about time to post my results!

February 14, 2013 74 comments

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L’Oreal Professional Mythic Oil

L'Oreal Professional Mythic Oils

If I could only recommend you try ONE product this year – L’Oreal’s Mythic Oil would be it. It truly is fantastic and has worked with my bleached hair. I’ve been using the original Mythic Oil for a few months now – and It’s worked wonders with just a few pumps into my wet hair leaving it soft and smooth after a blow dry and straighten. So, when L’Oreal asked if I’d like to give the three new oils joining the range I was more than happy to give them a go.

August 29, 2012 170 comments

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Hair Care with Sebastian Hydre

Hair Care with Sebastian Hydre - Style by Joanne

If you’ve ever bleached your hair you’ll be familiar with the search for something that will restore your hair’s health and softness. I’ve found a few things that work for me, like using a protein enriched shampoo (I use Kerastase Bain de Force shampoo), using a mask/treatment at least once a week, and always, always, always using a heat protecting product before using a hair dryer or straighteners.

May 23, 2012 112 comments

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Giveaway: SAX Cosmetics (Win One of Four Makeup Kits!)

SAX Cosmetics are an Australian company with an awesome range of products at a very reasonable price point (between NZ$10 – $20). I was recently sent a number of products from the range to try out, including lip gloss, lipstick, blusher, and liquid eyeliner. I found each product to be of great quality, and gave good results. I was especially pleased to find that the products included nurturing ingredients such as Jojoba and Primrose oil, Aloe Leave Extract, and Vitamin E for added repairing, moisturising, and anti-ageing benefits.

Lip Gloss in Cherry NZ$14.90 | Rich Lip Colour Lipstick in Sheer Nude NZ$16.90 | Liquid Eyeliner NZ$16.95

Complexion Blusher in Coy NZ$19.90 | Eye Luxe Eyeshadow Quintette in Love at First Sight NZ$19.90

My favourite were the lipstick, and the complexion blusher. The lipstick was so easy to apply, with a super creamy formula. The whole range of lipsticks contains Evening Primrose oil, Jojoba oil and Viatamin E which help moisturise and keep lips soft and supple. The Complexion Blusher i’ve been using on a daily basis as I love the subtle pop of pink it adds to my cheeks. I brush it on softly and let the colour build up to a level that suits. The compact itself comes with a blush brush that makes applying the stuff super-easy (useful as I don’t have a proper blush brush!).

Giveaway: Win one of 4 Makeup Kits!

Thanks to the wonderful team at SAX Cosmetics, I have a four packs of my favourite products to giveaway! One pack includes a blusher, lipstick, and a mascara, while another two include a blusher, lipstick, and liquid eyeliner.

To Enter

1. Use this form below to enter, either click ‘Log in with Facebook’ or ‘Use your Email’ to get started (if you’re viewing this via RSS or another reader, you may need to visit the actual blog post here!.

2. If you choose ‘Use your Email’ the form will ask for a name and email address. Simply enter those, and you’re in the draw. Easy!

3. Through the “RaffleCopter” form, there are heaps of things you can do for extra entries, such as leaving a comment, ‘Liking’ Style by Joanne on Facebook, and ‘Following’ my blog on Google Friend Connect.

This giveaway is now closed.

This giveaway is open to international visitors. This giveaway will end on the 27th of May. Two winners will be drawn midway through on the 20th of May, and two winners will be drawn on close (May 27th). The winners will be chosen using a random number generator and be contacted shortly after (if you are a winner, please reply within three days time or I will need to draw an alternative winner).

Good luck!

May 9, 2012 308 comments

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Beauty Tip: A Touch of Peach

Here’s a little trick I learnt from the M.A.C Technique seminar I went to during NZ Fashion Festival: When in doubt, wear peach. I followed up on this last week by picking up a peach lipstick in ‘Ravishing’ and lip liner in ‘Summerfruit’. I’ve started asking the in-store M.A.C makeup artists to try the products on me before I buy. It takes a little bit longer, but I haven’t walked away with a regretful makeup buy since! Anyway, here’s my technique for the perfect ‘touch of peach.’

March 27, 2012 338 comments

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Beauty Wishlist

I’ve managed to come up with quite a beauty wishlist over the past couple of weeks – I think I’ve become a bit obsessed! However, beauty products aren’t cheap in New Zealand so this could become an expensive habit rather quickly. In actual fact, the thing I want the most is a beautiful vanity set-up… Unfortunately, there’s no hope of me getting one without moving houses first.

These are a few of the products topping my list of most-wanted’s.

Lancome Visionnaire Advanced Skin Corrector

I am SO curious about Lancome Visionnaire. It claims to smooth the appearance of fine lies and pores, and improve overall skin appearance – and has some pretty impressive stats to back it up. I’d love to give it a go to see if its all Lancome claims it to be.

January 26, 2012 32 comments

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