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Bespoke brows for London Fashion Week

February 18th, 2011
Whether you go the salon route or take the bottle approach, matching your collars with your cuffs is always a bit of a tricky one. Lets face it, eyebrows just never come out the same colour and the mismatch that is the end result is always a bit of a giveaway.
Quite why nobody has come up with a solution to this two tone dilemma is really beyond our reckoning but news this week of a London salon who are rolling out a range of brow colours in time for London Fashion Week has had us quite intrigued.
Using a hand painted palette of custom dye which features around fifty shades, the treatment from the people at Blink Bar promises a match to any colour and to  any tone and is so accurate we are also assured it can even be matched to highlights. Since the problem with dyeing your hair and not your eyebrows is the difference in colour, L’Onglex did wonder whether the dye could be used on lashes as well … it can.
Having worked out that we’d really like a go of this to see if it works were probably going to have to wait for a little while until the salons in Ireland get round to making up a batch or two of their own dyes for our colouring pleasure. As much as we love getting our ducks in a row, getting on a Ryanair to London to have our brows dyed does seem to be a treatment too far for the moment.
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Whether you go the salon route or take the bottle approach, matching your collars with your cuffs is always a bit of a tricky one. Lets face it, eyebrows just never come out the same colour and the mismatch that is the end result is always a bit of a giveaway

Quite why nobody has come up with a solution to this two tone dilemma is really beyond our reckoning but news this week of a London salon who are rolling out a range of brow colours in time for London Fashion Week has had us quite intrigued.

Using a hand painted palette of custom dye which features around fifty shades, the treatment from the people at Blink Bar promises a match to any colour and to  any tone and is so accurate we are also assured it can even be matched to highlights. Since the problem with dyeing your hair and not your eyebrows is the difference in colour, L’Onglex did wonder whether the dye could be used on lashes as well … it can.

Having worked out that we’d really like a go of this to see if it works were probably going to have to wait for a little while until the salons in Ireland get round to making up a batch or two of their own dyes for our colouring pleasure. As much as we love getting our ducks in a row, getting on a Ryanair to London to have our brows dyed does seem to be a treatment too far for the moment.


In praise of tweezerman

August 26th, 2010

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Regular readers will know we at L’onglex are quite passionate about matters brow related. Having trawled through the lookbooks, tested what’s on the market and generally preened and pranced we can now declare our undying affections for Tweezerman.

Whilst we won’t gush too much on the subject we feel we must also mention we spooted something rather good we thought we ought to share. Our belated but beady beauty eye has noticed that said Tweezerman have teamed up with Benefit Brow Bars to produce some rather fabulous 70’s inspired tweezers.

Teaming cuter than cute designs with the fact that Tweezerman is thus far the only thing that can prevent our brows looking like a  mangy cat we know we were a bit late in finding this but we are delighted we got their eventually.


L’Onglex scrubs up

August 10th, 2010
Flip flops followed by wedges followed by a bit too much time in the sand has left L’Onglex’s feet looking a little scrappy. It’s not that we’re complaining as such but at present my precious tootsies are so dry they wouldn’t look out of place either side of something with two humps scampering through the Sahara.
Given there’s a good month or so before we put them back in the woolies we’ve been rooting around our ever growing pile of things to try for something to bring them back to life ! Enter the MS Pedicure Smooth & Sweet Sugar Foot Tool.
Doing exactly what it says on the tin this girly foot file is coated with sugar which works a treat at sloughing away the dry bits and this gadget works best on moist feet it’s best used after a good soak. At €—— it’s not too bad on the budget brownie points and works out a fair bit cheaper than a pedi.

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Flip flops followed by wedges followed by a bit too much time in the sand has left L’Onglex’s feet looking a little scrappy. It’s not that we’re complaining as such but at present my precious tootsies are so dry they wouldn’t look out of place either side of something with two humps scampering through the Sahara.

Given there’s a good month or so before we put them back in the woolies we’ve been rooting around our ever growing pile of things to try for something to bring them back to life ! Enter the MS Pedicure Smooth & Sweet Sugar Foot Tool.

Doing exactly what it says on the tin this girly foot file is coated with sugar which works a treat at sloughing away the dry bits and this gadget works best on moist feet it’s best used after a good soak. At €6.49  it’s not too bad on the budget brownie points and works out a fair bit cheaper than a pedi.


Beautiful and environmental … but mostly beautiful

July 20th, 2010
Beautiful and environmental … but mostly beautiful
When it comes to the environment it occurred to us at L’Onglex that when looking at the world of beautification we might be able to do a bit more. Being the curious types we are we’ve been casting around for products to review with an environmental twist so when we came across an eco-friendly range of make-up brushes we thought it might be well worth having a look.
The range in question are called EcoTools ( http://www.parispresents.com/EcoTools_s/70.htm ) and the above picture is the earth friendly retractable Kabuki powder brush. The casing is made from 100% recycled aluminium with cruelty free bristles and we loved the minimal packaging. As we also managed to cast our discerning eye over the Bamboo Concealer Brush and both came out super soft, great for application and by virtue of their size pretty much vanity case friendly.
Obviously we understand that the a brush or two isn’t exactly going to save the planet and claiming that we’re doing our bit with foundation is slightly akin to turning up at an earthquake with a dust-pan and brush, but on the other hand but none the less it’s a step in the right direction. If anyone knows of any other green beauty products which might be worth us looking at leave us a comment or recommend some on our facebook ( http://www.hs.facebook.com/longlex ) page. In the meantime we can safely give these the L’Onglex seal of approval.

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When it comes to personal beautification the environment it occurred to us at L’Onglex that we might be able to do a bit more. Being the curious types we are we’ve been casting around for products to review with an environmental benefit so when we came across an eco-friendly range of make-up brushes which are also cruelty free we thought it might be well worth having a look.

The range in question are called EcoTools and the above picture is the earth friendly retractable Kabuki powder brush. The casing is made from 100% recycled aluminium with 100% cruelty free bristles and the minimal canvas packaging also doubles as a storage pouch. If this weren’t enough we also managed to cast our rather discerning eye over the Bamboo Concealer Brush and both came out super soft, great for application and by virtue of their size pretty much vanity case friendly.

Obviously we understand that a brush or two isn’t exactly going to prevent environmental armageddon and claiming that we’re doing our bit with some brushes for  foundation is like turning up to help at the site of an earthquake armed only with a dust-pan and brush. On the other hand it is a step in the right direction and the small things add up !

If anyone knows of any other green beauty products which might be worth us looking at leave us a comment or recommend some on our facebook page. In the meantime we can safely give these the L’Onglex seal of approval.