Cheryl Storm Flower

Not since Lady Gaga released Fame have I been so excited about a celebrity fragrance launch.

The UK’s favourite Geordie has finally launched her hotly anticipated debut fragrance, Storm Flower.

This unique scent was created to capture the many facets of Cheryl’s personality and she was clearly keen to be very involved in the process.

“For my debut fragrance I wanted to achieve two goals: to create something that both looks beautiful and smells gorgeous. The development has been really intense but inspirational and I have absolutely loved being so involved in the creative process.” 

The result is simply stunning. In fact, my immediate thought when I first smelt Storm Flower was ‘I bet this is what Cheryl smells like.’ Seriously, it smells just like I’d imagine her to smell!

 

The fragrance is very distinctive and worlds away from the more saccharine- sweet  fragrances that are so often released by female celebs, designed to appeal to the masses. 

Notes of mandarin, nectarine, freesia and peach offer a sophisticated and delicate sweetness which is both enticing and feminine.

Vanilla, white musk and sandalwood blend perfectly together to offer a warm and ‘grown-up’ element to the fragrance.

The bottle is as unique and beautiful as the fragrance, with its soft rose gold curves and romantic flower cap.  Gorgeous yet understated. Much like Cheryl!

I’m seriously impressed with Storm Flower. I love its addictive uniqueness and urge you to try it for yourself. Like me, you might just love it.

Cheryl’s Storm Flower is available now and costs £29.95 for 50ml.

Get The Look: Cheryl Cole A Million Lights Tour

 Last night saw Cheryl Cole shine on the opening night of her A Million Lights tour in Belfast.

  Think what you like about Chezza’s music career but her beauty is undeniable and she was on top form as she sang and danced her way through her first show.

 

 L’Oréal Paris’ Celebrity Hair and Make-up artist Lisa Laudat  was on hand to create Cheryl’s  look and I can reveal the products she used and that you need to get the authentic Cheryl look!

 

Steal Cheryl’s flawless complexion with L’Oreal’s  True Match Foundation £9.99 (Cheryl wears shade N5, Sand)

   

Create beautiful, seductive eyes with L’Oreal Colour Infallible eye shadow in Sahara Treasure £6.99 and Superliner Perfect Slim £6.99. 

 Add a warm glow to your complexion and gently contour to recreate Cheryl’s killer cheekbones with L’Oreal’s Glam Bronze Wild Instincts Bronzer £9.99.

To finish the look apply L’Oreal’sColour Riche Lipstick in Nude £8.16 et voila!

Back to Beauty Basics

With the thousands of beauty products available to us these days it is easy to be sucked in to buying these beautifully, glossy packaged, celebrity endorsed, mass advertised items. Lets face it, every week, be it in magazines or newspapers there is always that article about the new miracle anti-wrinkle cream or the new fantastic all singing all dancing lotion which has just been discovered by scientists and made from a rare type of algae only found in one particular lake, hidden deep in the middle of the Amazonian jungle which can only be accessed by a canoe! Or something like that.

When faced with such exotic and fantastic looking (and sounding) products, it is easy to forget about the basic beauty essentials. The ones that you pay little attention to as they don’t catch your eye in the supermarket. The ones that aren’t beautifully and expensively marketed. And yet in reality, it is these products that deserve out attention and admiration!

Take the humble Vaseline for example. This product can be used on babies dry skin, on your sore chapped lips, to smooth stray hairs, or to add a touch of shimmery gloss to your eyelids on a night out. I even use it to remove my eye make up as it leaves my lashes so well conditioned.

I believe that it is without a doubt, one of the most versatile, reasonably priced and yet most under-valued products on the market.

It seems that I am not alone in my appreciation for the basic, staple products either. Earlier this week Cheryl Cole revealed that a pot of £2 E45 cream is her moisturiser of choice. Cheryl told a magazine ‘My skin can get very dry so I use E45 moisturiser. You don’t have to use mega-expensive products, you just need to find the right products for your skin type.’

She is right- I have used E45 cream for as long as I can remember- and no its not fancy, no the packaging isn’t all that, but it is a truly great product that works and doesn’t cost the earth!

All hail the humble Vaseline and E45 Cream. Long may you prosper!