Pampered and Polished Nail polish and beauty product reviews

Chanel have released a beautiful new limited edition Chanel eyeshadow palette, created by Peter Philips, Creative Director of Chanel makeup, to celebrate the re-opening of the boutique on Avenue Montaigne, Paris. The new eyeshadow palette is called Ombres Matelassées and is an interpretation of the emblematic quilted Chanel fabric. The ... Read More »

The makeup at the Chanel Autumn/Winter Ready to Wear 2012-2013 Show was a super minimal makeup look, with over-the-top bold eyebrows, created by Maison Lesage in collaboration with Peter Phillips, the Creative Director of Chanel Makeup. Peter said: “I worked with the Maison Lesage to create sets of embroidered eyebrows. Each eyebrow consists ... Read More »

Cosmopolitan Magazine this month turns the grand old age of 40 – and as a special treat for it’s readers, they’ve paired up with Clinique to give us all some lovely free Clinique gifts with this month’s Cosmopolitan magazine! There’s 2 free Clinique gifts included in the April 2012 issue ... Read More »

Rimmel have just launched a new range of sparkling eyeshadows. The four palettes are Rimmel’s first range of ‘baked’ eyeshadows – aimed to give maximum colour impact and a smooth texture. Designed to be used dry for a more subtle colour, or wet for full colour impact, the range of ... Read More »

So as you know this half of Pampered and Polished has moved back to NZ, well let me tell you the weather Gods have not been kind to us this southern hemisphere summer and I have been trying to counter-act the gloom by wearing bright candy pink lipsticks, which will ... Read More »

Rimmel make my all-time favourite mascara, Rimmel Lash Accelerator mascara, so I was pretty excited when this wee beauty arrived on my desk; Rimmel Volume Flash ScandalEyes Mascara. Rimmel ScandalEyes promises maximum volume with no clumps and that the super chunky brush will reach every last lash. So does it ... Read More »

The lovely ladies at Chanel have sent me through pictures and information of the fabulous Chanel limited edition Las Vegas de Chanel makeup collection. I just had to pop them up straight away to show you, because, as you’ll soon see – this collection, while small, is just perfectly formed! ... Read More »

Yesterday I showed you the new Chanel Le Vernis Sky Line nail polish from the Chanel Spring Summer Haute Couture show and today I’ve got a whole host of lovely backstage pics of the hair and makeup and all of the information about the new Chanel Blue Illusion makeup collection. ... Read More »

It seems to be all about the MAC for me at the moment! I’m not sure why, but everywhere I go see or hear something else about MAC! The latest news is that MAC has signed up Beth Ditto to collaborate with on a makeup collection. Hmmm a Beth Ditto ... Read More »

I was lucky enough to test out three of the Iris Apfel for MAC lipsticks yesterday (unfortunately not lucky enough to buy any though – sold out!). The Iris Apfel for MAC makeup collection is a MAC collection that I could actually get really excited about, the fabulous bright colours ... Read More »