If you follow me on Twitter, you may already have spotted that I’m a lot less “orange” these days
I took the decision around a fortnight ago to embrace the pale me, the “real” me, and lay off the fake tan for the forseeable. Yes I agree my timing isn’t great…. coming into the height of summer n all but its something I have been thinking about for a while, and now I’m doing it, it feels good
I’d really just had enough of the whole fake tan process, the orange bed sheets, the streaky hands and wrists, the un-natural colours and smells! I truly believe that no fake tan looks as good as a natural tan, but knowing the dangers I just wasn’t willing to use sunbeds, or sit out with a low factor on to inevitably burn and peel anyway (I’ve learnt that particular lesson this year, ouch my poor feet…)
One thing I’ll admit in regards to a tan is I did feel A LOT slimmer in the body & I guess look healthier…. but most of the time, I simply felt grubby and dirty looking as it wore off unevenly no matter how much exfoliating I did. To put it bluntly, I looked like shite and I see people every day who look the same, serving me in shops with their white hands and patchy orange arms, or orange necks and white faces. What on earth are we doing girls??
I’ve been scrubbing like a mad thing and I’m almost back to my natural skin colour barr a few stubborn patches. Already I feel cleaner, tidier and more classy. I also feel a bit more interesting, I’m able to experiment with different make-up and colours than the standard ones I’d gravitate towards with a tan.
As part of this new experiment I ordered some Dainty Doll Cosmetics by Nicola Roberts (the ghostly one from Girls Aloud) from ASOS. I remembered that she had released a line specifically for the fairer skinned peeps last summer. A lot of the range is vastly reduced, and so I picked up a Concealer, Eyeshadow and 2 Lip Glosses for £20. Not bad, but is it any good???

The packaging is undoubtly cute and kitsch on the exterior, its a bit more disappointing inside where the plain black packaging is simply imprinted with yellow/ gold blurry writing. It all feels a bit “cheap” and Oriflame esque….

The Concealer I bought was in Natural as I’m obviously not white in skintone, just pale. This is lovely, very light and moisturising, I’m not entirely sure this won’t move about and collect in my fine lines though, I’ll keep you posted.

The Eyeshadow is called Honey Bronze, the left side is actually an eyeshadow base/ primer and the shimmery brown eyeshadow is on the right. Its very silky and has a lovely veluxe pearl type finish to it, but the colour is similar to a lot of other shadows I own. It is flattering though and easy to wear.

I got two of the Lip Glosses (the only 2 colours I could see for sale), top one is Rosebud, and bottom Hibiscus. These are plumping glosses and therefore sting quite noticeably just after you apply. I can’t decide if I dig this or not. There is no noticeable taste from them good or bad and that gets a thumbs up from me. They don’t last very long though and I’ve had to reapply every half hour or so with Rosebud. I don’t really mind this though, although I know that would drive some people mad!

L-R; Honey Bronze, Hibiscus, Rosebud
Apologies for the picture quality but I can’t find my camera for the life of me!
To be honest this seems like a nice cruelty free range, but colour wise it would definitely only suit who it is designed for, fair skinned people. Funny that
The eyeshadow colour would be lost on any type of swarthy skin and the concealer would be WAY too light.
I’m a bit confused about the availability of the range…. is it being discontinued? Does anyone know? When I searched for it online I was directed to Jellypongpong, although they actually haven’t sold the range since February 2009. The products that I received from ASOS still carried the Jellypongpong labeling though, so I’m assuming they bought their remaining stock?
If anyone else tried the range I’d be particularly interested in knowing what the foundation is like.
xoxox