MizzWorthy let loose in London...AKA the Clarins Event.

Yesterday I was invited with Olivia and LipsAndLashes to an event in Selfridges in London by Clarins - ButtonSoph was also invited but her car broke down on the way! Lovely Olivia met me in the station and we navigated our way to Oxford Circus (all of two stops on the tube - we truly were explorers of the unknown lol!)...

When we arrived we were met by a couple of lovely PR peeps from Clarins, including Alexandrea who sent us the invites. We had a look at the new Autumn range called "Nude Inspirations", and a look around the new skin spa. At first I thought the idea of the skin spa in the middel of Selfridges seemed a little strange, but believe me, when the door is shut, that place is like a little have in the middle of London - blissful... I wanted every treatment in the book lol! They apparently have achair that scans your body and does a massage tailored to you while you have a facial - I want some of that!

We also each had a skin consultation and then went off for breakfast - We were told to expect a parcel by special delivery this morning, but I have to say I felt very sorry for the poor post lady who kindly lugged a huge pack of goodies up to the flat for me this morning;

I was totally bowled over when I opened it and saw all this!
So we recieved our skincare regimes (further posts and reviews to come about this as I am still testing another skincare regime at the moment!) - but yep, thats Beauty Flash Balm in there!
And on top of that we received absolutely loads of makeup!

I have to say, I wasn't expecting too much from these eye-shadow mono's as the last time I swatched them at a counter (a couple of years ago...), I thought they were poorly pigmented and the colour choices were a bit... safe? I have to say though, they have definately improved in terms of pigmentation and although the colours are still fairly safe, you could create a lot of different looks - nude, smoky and coloured. I'll be trying to create a few looks over the coming days and weeks to see how versatile these are! These retail at £12.73 each and also have a mirror in the lid which is always useful for us cosmopolitan girls on the go (well at least thats how I like to think of myself....)

They also sent this nude quad palette out - I can see this one being popular too! I'd personally use this with a fierce black winged liner and a bold red lip to get that classic pin up look, but I know a lot of people will be relieved to see such an easy to use combination of colours...This retails for £25.44.

We also recieved 6 shades of "Joli Rouge" Lipsticks. These are a lot better on than they look in the tubes - the one that looks brown (4th from the left) is actually a lovely sheer plummy pink. They have a lovely fruity scent (Blackcurrant with a touch of liquorice and vanilla apparently!) and are supposed to be extremely kind to the lips with skin loving goodies such as mango butter and vitamin e - stay tuned for a review!

We also recieved three tubes of their reformulated "Wonder Perfect" Mascara in three shades - Wonder Black, Wonder Brown and Wonder Blue - Coloured mascaras seem to be rocking right now! In fact though these are quite subtle - the blue is almost navy and not 80's at all - I tried it this morning in bed to see if it matched my PJs (as one does) and it makes the whites of the eyes look very clear... I still need to try the concealers too - they sent me three shades and I'm hoping one will be pale enough for me!

Finally we received a face an blush duo (retailing at £28) which is a lovely two tiered affair containing a face powder and illuminating powder on the top layer;

... and a peachy blush (this reminds me of NARS orgasm!) and a bronzer embellished with a golden powder section - very pretty! Can all obviously be used swished together or seperately...

The other great product in the collection they showed us was the eye brow pro palette - which I really liked the look of - it had three brow powders in good ashy colours (ie no red undertones - a giveaway in a bad brow powder!) - black, brown and blonde shades, a setting wax, highligher powder, mini tweezers, spoolie brush and sponge applicator - thats going to retail at £28, and I can see myself making a purchase...

My initial thoughts? I'm surprised by the improvements in quality in the Clarins makeup range, and I'm looking forward to the challenge of giving this neutral collection a MizzWorthy twist!

So, how did I spend the rest of the day? I met up for lunch with Alex from Illamasqua and had a good gossip about the next competition which we'll be launching soon! I was great to see her again for a catch up as I didn't get to speak to her at the Illamasqua masterclass - she was too busy being the model for Alex Box, so can't really blame her lol!

I also met a couple of lovely PR ladies - Jen from FuelPR and Lisa from Immediate PR, who have also furnished me with loads of other goodies to review including Sun Labs fake tan which smells of baby powder, (this is never a bad thing in my opinion), an anti acne range for Mr MizzWorthy to test, some new hair products and some BarryM - I am pleased to announce I finally have the lip paint in Peachy Pink - and I agree its a lovely colour - here is the obligatory lip close up!

I also made a trip to the Selfridges beauty hall (rude not to!) and picked up a couple of OPI shades - "I'm a Princess and You're Not" and "Done Out in Deco"... I also popped to MAC to get one of those Naked Honey Skin Salves and some clean up tips, and I was actually amazed by how bad the service was there - One girl behind the counter just ignored all the customers and the one who did eventually deign to serve me called me "babe" several times in a very patronising manner, and actually asked me "what colour" salve I wanted! Proof positive that they are bringing out too many collections - the poor dear clearly couldn't keep up. Poor service aside though, I am liking the salve...

I then had to hang about for my train so I painted my nails with OPI's "I'm a Princess and You're Not", which is a pretty colour but I fear it makes my hands look a bit dead... opinions please?

I have no idea what to play with first though, so please feel free to make requests etc!

MizzWorthy xxx