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lockdown lippy!

As well as having that all essential hot-hue wardrobe you will need to think about what make-up to wear with such attire. Hot lips, eyes and nails are certainly in this season and boast a look that screams ‘look at me!’

If you are the kind of girl who loves to be centre of attention then work those hot hues! And why save those glam lips for evening? A bright pout will certainly shine in the day! Try investing in a longwear lip crème as appose to a gloss or lip stick, as this will stay matte throughout the day! Plus a gloss isn’t the best look for the beach, especially if its’ windy as you will often find your hair sticks to your lip-gloss, which isn’t a good look.

If you are however working this look during the day, keep the rest of your face simple. Too much make-up will make you look over dressed and will more than likely melt in the heat of the summer sun! Just add a slick of mascara and make sure its waterproof!

Choose from hot pinks or lighter pinks to really make a tan pop, making you glow! Try a long lasting lip shade complete with lip liner to create even fuller lips or a water proof pencil to create a long lasting lip colour!

Glam lips are most definitely a fashion forward statement that can be worn to any occasion as long as you keep the rest of your look simple.

Bumble and Bumble DeFrizz

Every fashionistas worst nightmare is a frizz full mane, especially when on holiday enjoying an evening out on the tiles! Thankfully there are a few hair helping remedies that will assist you in taming that unruly mane, one such remedy is the Bumble and Bumble spray!

This clever little product not only come in a mini size, pertfwct for your holiday, it also goes on damp locks an dry hair an will avoid humidity encouraged frizz!

Other mini handbag sized products include the likes of the Kevin Murphy’s mini luxury wash and the Kevin Murphy’s mini luxury hair friendly conditioner!

Priced at just £4.95 each, these are the perfect products to back in your suitcase and are also great for shorter trips or over night fmget aways!

As well as the hair styling care and tools, there are also a range if mini heat hair tool on the shop shelves, such as the many travel hair dryers, travel mini curling tongs and most importantly travel straighteners!

These are great essentials for those party holidays! Getting dressed up on an evening out is now as simple as choosing which cocktail to have next!

Five minute fixs

Holiday locks are sometimes more trouble than they are worth! Especially when you are met with sand, sea and sun!

However there is help available and you can tame that holiday head in no time if you know how!

A few fast styles that require little effort include the likes of an exceptionally high top knot or a cutesy beachy braided style!

The high top knot is the perfect hair do to keep you cool in the humid weather, it also shows off those new earrings perfectly as well as looking reasonable elegant! In order to create such a super style, simply tie your hair into a high pony tail and secure it with a hair band. The next stage requires you to twist the pony tail around the base of the band and pin it up with hair grips! Voila beach hair competed!

For the beachy style braids, you will need to have some seriously tousled locks! The best bit about this trend is that the hair can be taken from day to night, simply loosen the side braid after a day at the beach and let those sexy tousled curls and waves free.

If all else fails and your are really having no look what so ever with your locks then you can don the headband and shades! There are an assortment of super bright headbands on the shop rails, orange and pink slays look good with a sun kissed complexion! Even though this may be a lazy option, it will keep you up to date in the trend sector as hair bands are hot filir 2011!

Lunchtime beauty!

If you have an hour or two to take on your lunch break, why don’t you top up your make-up must haves! Lunch time buying means you won’t miss the train home and you also won’t be bombarded with the after work crowds!

So what should you invest in this season? Well the make-up connoisseurs L’Oreal have only just introduced an innovation in mascaras! This innovation comes in the form of the much anticipated new 4D lash Architect Mascara! Yes you heard us right, 4D has now surfaced! The 4D Lash Architect from L’Oreal boats to define and maximise the lashes in order to create a look that screams ‘hello!’. The formula comes in a stylish uniquely created silver tube with a purple applicator that offers a lot more bristles than the usual brush!

Lashed look extremely colonised, lengthened, textured and best if all curved! This is certainly a must-try product as it is noticeable from every angle! Team with a rock style sultry eye shade in a grey colour, add a little gloss and you are good to go! Let your eyes do the talking this season, the all new mascara is instore at many beauty counters across the globe! However we imaging they may sell out pretty soon so male sure you get in their quick and buy yours today!

Luscious lip shades

If there is one of item of make-up to keep in your handbag at all times, it should be a super bright lip gloss, lip stick or a coloured juicy lip balm! Even with no pterosaur make-up such a lip gloss, colour or balm can instantly recharge your look!

There are a number of brand this season that all boast to have a great collection of super bright lip colours! If you want something more matte, opt for a lip stick, if you want something that dresses your pout up in an over the top fashion choose a super shiny lip gloss and if you want something with only a little colour then choose a coloured lip balm. Gloss is probably the most popular lip choice this season! All of the above are available in a range of colours and one particular brand this season is boasting a total of six luscious shades that will leve you with perfect pout in no time!

Maybelline New York has released a number of hot hues in a juicy luscious lip gloss style, choose from a variety of shades or alternatively collect all six! All in all there is a peach shade, a freshly sliced hue, a treat me sweet colour, cherry pink kiss, month sheer and cocoa.

If you prefer a darker more dramatic lip colour go for cocoa as this is the more defined lip gloss of all six available, however there is another end of the scale. Month Sheer is the perfect hue to pit over another lip colour or for a natural look just on it’s own

Colours of the season, day to night

You may just be one girl, you can however create two very different looks with a few simple adjustments to your current make-up! Revamp your look with some of the most sought after products this year, you’ll be the bell of the ball that’s for sure!

There are an assortment of products on the Market this season and all boast to create a glamorous style, what ever the occasion!

If you want to create a day time glam face, then all you really need o a little bit of a defining look on the eyes! This is a great look for a day time holiday style, just make sure you invest in a good waterproof mascara if you intend to go anywhere near the water as otherwise you could end up looking like a panda!

Finish the look with soft waves, maybe accessorise this with a playful flower or headman in the hair for a Girly finish. Add a pop of hot colour to the lips in order to really tie te look together!

Shimmering shades ate certainly the way to glow this season and this applies to both cheeks and eyes, opt for gold enthused shades as this will make your tan come out even more or work to create a sun kissed look if you don’t already have one! For an evening style add lashings of mascara, a bolder lipshade and darker eyes! Pile your hair on top of your head for even more of a dressy do!

The beauty know how!

Brighter than you can imagine…this is exactly what you should have on your mind whilst creating any one of this seasons looks!

Both the eyes and the nails have received a serious colour injection this season and such a colour lucious look i most definitely not for the shy!

However if bright eyeshadow are a little too much for you and you think an all over hot shade is a little scary then try applying a little colour along the lower lash as appose to the full lid, this will allow you to still work the paint box trend without going over board! Make sure you finish the look with a great mascara, this will really male tour eyes stand out and the black shade against the colourful shadow will create a dramatic contrast!

In order to work this trend you will really need to invest in a paintbox palette of popping hues, a palette that features all of this seasons hottest catwalk shades is best!

Shade such as turquoise, lime green, brilliant blue, green, lemon, pink, purple and a black hue are all must-have shades and all will allow to crest one of this season’s top make-up trends for 2011!

Apply a nude lip colour or lip gloss to the lips in order to create a low key pout that won’t clash or run in competition with your eye shadow. Peach and nude creams are very much in this season and will create a natural looking pout!

Light moisturising body sprays

The Body Shop has recently introduced the all-new Moroccean Rose Body Milk, which has been given top marks by many beauty writers!

The prettily packaged spray is definitely a must on the beauty shopping lists and most definitely worth splashing out on as a little gift to you! Once pay day comes round we expect you to go and indulge in this lovely little skin friendly number!

Results include maximum even moisturisation and the best bit, there is no oily residue what so ever!

The lotion itself offers a super sweet and light formula with a lovely scent. The scent however won’t affect sensitive skin but will instead replenish it with goodness!

The Rose scented formula is super scented and very friendly to the skin, it also looks great standing on a dress table. The pink tinged bottle complete with maroon hued rose illustrations is just adorable and of course super Girly!

Priced at just £9 we really recommend this particular light moisturising body spray from the Body Shop! The stores are located nationwide, make sure you go and get one before they all go!

Marks and Spencer Lock it in Spray Body Lotion

This is a good option for those that have to contend with a hectic lifestyle as well as those who like to just get up and go!

It managed to get a high score in the beauty product poll and dries in record time. Basically if you always end up waking 5 minutes before you actually have to leave then this is the cream for you! Simply spritz to the desired areas of skin, get dressed an go.

This is probably the best cream moisturising spray for those that have normal skin that isn’t over dehydrated of in need of major skin re-hydration and care as it isn’t that strong!

It does however offer users with the sweetest scent that almost resembles cola bottle sweets, which certainly reminds many of us of our younger days. The formula works immediately and sinks in extremely quickly without leaving a sticky residue, nor will it stain or colour any of your clothing but will instead leave you smelling sweet and Girly and ready to face the day ahead! Priced at just a mere £5 this is a must have product that no one can refuse!

De puff your under eye shadows

We all get them and we all have to deal with them but there is hope, products are now on the shelves that boast to beat those under eye circles!

Some of the best include the likes of the Beauty Parlour Dark Circles and De-puffing Eye Treatment. This is a little thick in comparison to other creams so uses should allow a little linger for it to sink into the skin. If you don’t and try to apply make-up you may be met with s sticky oily complexion!

The metal roll on ball certainly allows for ease of application and feels very cool and also really quite invigorating on the skin, which is great news of you are feeling a little groggy when you first get up. This roll on eye invigorating treatment is priced at a total of £6, which in comparison to many of the other products on the Market is relatively cheap!

The L’Occitane Regard Radieux Eye Rollon is very much a favourite product of many beauty connoisseurs!

However it is one of the more expensive products on the market and comes on a little more in regards to others!

The L’Occitane Regard Radieux Eye is said to be worth the money and really gets to work on tired and unsightly eyes. The L’Occitane Regard Radieux Eye rollon also boasts to get rid of dark under eye circles in just one go! It is said to be the most cooling eye rollon of them all and and leaves the eyes feeling awakened instantly! Carry the neat little applicator around in your handbag and touch up your eyes when ever needed throughout the day!