Clarins Spring Summer 2013

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Aloha Sprinklerinos,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">If you are a hardened beauty junkie like me, you will understand how I feel when I tell you that I think makeup is beautiful. As well as assisting in achieving beauty, I often feel that the products themselves are things of great visual delight and the <a href="http://www.clarins.co.uk/Spring%20Make-Up%20Collection/Spring_Makeup,en_GB,sc.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Clarins Spring Summer Collection</a><span style="font-size: xx-small;">*</span> is no exception.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I have not yet tried all of these products and the ones that I have will feature in next weeks FOTD with mini reviews, but I felt that this treasure was too lovely to not photograph and feature, as much for it's 'hey, here's a new collection' as for it's art. Yes, I decided it to be a form of art. Call the Tate, I'm coming in.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqbziPX6WTW1_EKqn6FLsZoE4nTcJOL53VdHGFGuVVeAqFi20Jy5sM0IcCyuUie8pNwx8nIJdy-mMYszqxmFuMhKEcBPVniBNSLvVe2Czv58aBLkRVNMrPgEnOjzy48CEQBFbqHzMQ1tGr/s1600/Clarins+SpringSummer.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Clarins Spring Summer Collection 2013" border="0" height="396" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqbziPX6WTW1_EKqn6FLsZoE4nTcJOL53VdHGFGuVVeAqFi20Jy5sM0IcCyuUie8pNwx8nIJdy-mMYszqxmFuMhKEcBPVniBNSLvVe2Czv58aBLkRVNMrPgEnOjzy48CEQBFbqHzMQ1tGr/s640/Clarins+SpringSummer.jpg" title="Clarins Spring Summer Collection 2013" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyaqJyrs6rwbq3csGKXlvtTpjjNPw6zH4GRGB3EXlGO-8PJNtwLTIVRhQqcu2g1A0LtEsmPXmCwwJg-ybd5ekA5pWfizvA36KdvuSnT__Xf_Zti70rHLkkmZOZOSOols1HWyvjaxq-vHBl/s1600/clarins+springsummer2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Clarins Spring Summer Collection 2013" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyaqJyrs6rwbq3csGKXlvtTpjjNPw6zH4GRGB3EXlGO-8PJNtwLTIVRhQqcu2g1A0LtEsmPXmCwwJg-ybd5ekA5pWfizvA36KdvuSnT__Xf_Zti70rHLkkmZOZOSOols1HWyvjaxq-vHBl/s640/clarins+springsummer2.jpg" title="Clarins Spring Summer Collection 2013" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSrojweMIe88JdCGt02bcbnt2eTSvPiq6MGgCfv7iNF3SexQ7fLxgFgV21zHxDZLisTtshnLgJkK8CFtoJBUaP3GN1ZgQVdeGdUleb8tXc3RX2s2FyTuQM48ZRbNsxsol_BbIqAlCVU2SK/s1600/clarins+springsummer3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Clarins Spring Summer Collection 2013" border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSrojweMIe88JdCGt02bcbnt2eTSvPiq6MGgCfv7iNF3SexQ7fLxgFgV21zHxDZLisTtshnLgJkK8CFtoJBUaP3GN1ZgQVdeGdUleb8tXc3RX2s2FyTuQM48ZRbNsxsol_BbIqAlCVU2SK/s640/clarins+springsummer3.jpg" title="Clarins Spring Summer Collection 2013" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWAOMhKjuZ3JuEKAtQfALedxWwt9edbLpLMQIc9es9rcGczoBglTc9IVoL50OMlLh02ymsYb_DV_uSCmgVmGfJgRmOygix9WYC-I0r0eZhJLmnp3zbJvRMu0s8DK7C40eLVxefmmpxzgd/s1600/clarins+springsummer4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Clarins Spring Summer Collection 2013" border="0" height="422" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggWAOMhKjuZ3JuEKAtQfALedxWwt9edbLpLMQIc9es9rcGczoBglTc9IVoL50OMlLh02ymsYb_DV_uSCmgVmGfJgRmOygix9WYC-I0r0eZhJLmnp3zbJvRMu0s8DK7C40eLVxefmmpxzgd/s640/clarins+springsummer4.jpg" title="Clarins Spring Summer Collection 2013" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcf3RC3xmMu4MNgd63BIBgoEzEyP3xW4RqAzqAoqxVmcJ72W5NiyLziwzdAu2FgNBU7G519hkpzgKbnaUL9o7VE0CQand_EM3b18HEXtlLGJIHrI8yNYkeA42Hqg5o6XdRyORb7LZSBYCl/s1600/clarins+springsummer5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Clarins Spring Summer Collection 2013" border="0" height="430" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcf3RC3xmMu4MNgd63BIBgoEzEyP3xW4RqAzqAoqxVmcJ72W5NiyLziwzdAu2FgNBU7G519hkpzgKbnaUL9o7VE0CQand_EM3b18HEXtlLGJIHrI8yNYkeA42Hqg5o6XdRyORb7LZSBYCl/s640/clarins+springsummer5.jpg" title="Clarins Spring Summer Collection 2013" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Palettes beautifully encased in gold, lipsticks reminiscent of the 1940's and powder pots you'd be pleased to display on your dresser, this collection is gorgeous.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">With prices ranging from £15.50-£30, I'm excited to share reviews next week and enjoy these pieces throughout the next season.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Are you excited by any of these? 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Clarins Spring Summer 2013

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Lou's Reviews || Clarins Instant Smooth Crystal Lipbalms

<div style="text-align: center;">Aloha Sprinklerinos,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I'm a bit late to the party on this one but I couldn't let summer slip through my our fingers without showcasing these b-e-a-utiful lip products over here in Glitter Land.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You may remember them from my June or July Favourites video (I've been loving them a while), but really I wanted them to be on here too because frankly, they just look so dagnam pretty!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">These are the Clarins Enchanted Summer<b><span style="color: magenta;"> </span><a href="http://www.clarins.co.uk/Instant%20Smooth%20Crystal%20Lip%20Balm/C050303010,en_GB,pd.html?dwvar_C050303010_color=02%20crystal%20violet" rel="nofollow" style="color: magenta;" target="_blank">Instant Smooth Crystal Lip Balms</a></b><span style="font-size: xx-small;">*</span> and I have loved them!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTpT7YUG3459Wtt7eDXYyxWpeJJeg8IqxYynrr7Kgz64YnEupvJdZtxoWJLMG5L8zHIkkoYLqbrhvGzs2Z4bMWUGWi2vvZvFPkmRVWbU8Z7G-xgByk2SIVtVExSynofKXx3lPS-KvsRdao/s1600/clarins1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="428" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTpT7YUG3459Wtt7eDXYyxWpeJJeg8IqxYynrr7Kgz64YnEupvJdZtxoWJLMG5L8zHIkkoYLqbrhvGzs2Z4bMWUGWi2vvZvFPkmRVWbU8Z7G-xgByk2SIVtVExSynofKXx3lPS-KvsRdao/s640/clarins1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">They are luxurious lip product consisting of an inner core of lipstick, encased in a beautifully fruity scented lipbalm. If you are after something incredibly pigmented, these are probably not for you (with the exception of 'Cystal Violet -second from the left- which I think will look fabulous this Autumn). However, if you are looking for a lipbalm with a bit of pep in it's step and feel happy forking out a somewhat hefty £16.50, then these will be right up your street. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">On application they leave a hint of colour and my lips feel nourished for hours. Kissy kissy!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvjhNsQz63NHJUBRndeuyEKavzxf1LFuhD9K_uzqloRiJ9kAbkedd8x8kCQoUCIsguwKUBvC6YiHzkUAvmjbzAvZOmheenspd1Rd6XXNK9ctVwVKdozdUn1XFlyaaXBjOjYW7kW-W03CD/s1600/clarins2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="358" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmvjhNsQz63NHJUBRndeuyEKavzxf1LFuhD9K_uzqloRiJ9kAbkedd8x8kCQoUCIsguwKUBvC6YiHzkUAvmjbzAvZOmheenspd1Rd6XXNK9ctVwVKdozdUn1XFlyaaXBjOjYW7kW-W03CD/s640/clarins2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">As you can see from the above swatches, these are a wash of colour with low opacity rather than a heavy duty lipstick. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What I enjoy about these are the colours, scents (I'm usually very fussy but really liked these), the packaging (terribly important to a hard core makeup addict and these are a pleasure to pull out of my handbag) and the fun factor of the actual product.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What I didn't enjoy was the price. To me, £16.50 is a lot of money for a balm, but I can appreciate that Clarins is a luxury brand so would view this as a treat or special gift to myself, as opposed to a 'kit essential'. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">These are sadly limited edition items but are still stocked on the website so now is your chance to treat yourself or someone lovely in your life.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Is this the sort of product that tickles your pickle?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Toodlepip!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">xx</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="ecxapple-style-span"><span style="font-family: "Calibri","sans-serif";"><span style="color: #444444;"><br /></span></span></span></span> This month my <i>Ultimate Advertiser</i> is <a href="http://www.ladyofvintage.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Lady of Vintage</b></a>. 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Lou's Reviews || Clarins Instant Smooth Crystal Lipbalms

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