Illamasqua's Naked Strangers collection

It's a winning combination from Illamasqua for the brand's new Naked Strangers collection. Nude tones and golds dish out just the right amount of shimmer and shine, wearable for the summer months.

Of course, what makes Illamasqua, Illamasqua is the creative concept behind each collection which is a work of art in itself. Speaking about the new collection Illamasqua's Creative Director, Alex Box says,

The Body Shop's Beautifying Oils

Summer sun brings it's own beauty issues - that's if we ever see the sun of course. But if you're heading off on your hols, don't forget to replenish from the top of your head to the tips of your toes.

New Shades of Clinique's Chubby Sticks

Summer makeup must-have alert: Clinique is launching EIGHT new shades of its fab Chubby Sticks.

Natural Skincare - Black Chicken Remedies

As funky-sound brands go, Black Chicken Remedies has got to be one of my favourites. The name comes from the legend of wise old ladies who knew how to heal with natural oils and home-grown goodness. Those ladies bizarrely got the title, Black Chickens.

Now an Australian skincare range has picked up where these wise old crones left off, using essential oils to create two super products. And so what better name for the brand than Black Chicken.

Estée Lauder Sumptuous Two Tone Eye-Opening Mascara

Occasionally there's a product that comes along that moves seamlessly from the runaway to makeup bags, cupboards, boxes and drawers around the world. The new Estée Lauder Two Tone Eye-Opening Mascara is one of them.

L’Occitane Almond collection

Not sure about you, but when the weather is grey and miserable it's hard to get in the summer spirit. But it is worth remembering, summer means, holidays and holidays means baring some flesh. So don't leave it until the week before to you set off on your holidays to get your bikini body. Start your summer skin preparation now. Handily then, L’Occitane is launching a new skincare range with that very ethos. The Almond collection is all about refinining and rescultping your figure, getting you and your body ready for your bikini season.

Max Factor's Flipstick

What the flip, what's this funky looking lip product? It's a Flipstick, a multi-coloured lipstick duo by Max Factor that allows you to mix and match with minimum fuss. The double-ended design allows you to go for a subtle lip colour, an irridescent shade or a bit of both. The range is made up of six shades: Swingy Brown (here on the far left); Salsa Red; Gipsy Red (here in the middle); Folky Pink; Boreal Mauve; and Bloomy Pink (here on the left).

Clarins Summer Makeup Collection - Enchanted Summer

Come, take a trip with me, Nifty readers, as we leave the grey, cloudy UK shores and head to somewhere altogether more exotic and beautiful. And thanks to the new summer makeup collection from Clarins, we don't even had to step on a plane.

Clinique Superbalanced Powder Bronzer

Hallelujah, the rain clouds have parted for more than a minute and I swear I caught a glimpse of the big ball of fire we call the sun. Surely, that is a sign that summer is coming. Well, even if that's all the sun I get this May it's a good job there's bronzers out there so I can fake my summer glow. So it's perfect timing that Clinique is adding a new bronzer to the range.

Matchy matchy -The matching lip and tip

As beauty trends go, this spring summer the matching lip and tips is big news. At Jason Wu Spring 2012, MAC makeup artist Diane Kendal painted models' lips a bright coral lip and then matched their nails with an identical shade of lacquer. At the Donna Karan show, Charlotte Tilbury, another MAC makeup artist, painted models' lips a chocolate burgundy lip that matched their Deborah Lippmann cocoa manicures.