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SpaceNK are currently holding a sale, both online and in store. While perusing the array of products available at some seriously reduced prices, I noticed that most, if not all, of their Sonia Kashuk brushes are heavily marked down - maybe their high-end pricing didn't cut it with clued-up UK beauty lovers? Anyway, most of the brushes now fall between the £4.89 and £9.79 mark - much closer to their US prices. If you're looking to try these, the time is probably now!
Space NK give us an offer that should make all the British beauty lovers feel better about not getting any Friends and Family sales on our side of the pond.
Using the code "FF201", you can get 20% off every product online. The offer runs from Thursday, 19th November, to 11.59pm on Saturday, 21st November. Maybe I can afford that Clarisonic after all....
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Using the code "FF201", you can get 20% off every product online. The offer runs from Thursday, 19th November, to 11.59pm on Saturday, 21st November. Maybe I can afford that Clarisonic after all....
Sonia Kashuk's range of makeup brushes, which have won the hearts of beauty addicts in the US for their quality, have finally touched down in the UK. You can find them at Space NK, that emporium of lovely high end goodness. And therein lies the problem.In the US, Sonia Kashuk brushes are sold at Target, and are considered a fantastic budget brand, providing great quality at a lower pricepoint than the more expensive brand brushes. However, Space NK have slapped a premium brand price on them.
For example, the retractable Kabuki pictured above; Target's website lists it at $17.99 (£11.30, with today's exchange rate). Space NK are charging £23.49 for what appears to be the same brush. Since I'd heard such good things about Sonia Kashuk's brushes, I had considered trying one or two out when they made their way over here - but with the premium pricing on our shores, I suspect I'll be giving this a miss.
If you're interested though, you can find the brushes at Space NK.
Just a quick post to let you know that SpaceNK's sale - starting tomorrow in store - is now previewing online.
Looks like most of the Jemma Kidd and Lubatti ranges are selling at about 50% off. Most excitingly, NUDE's cult Cleansing Oil is selling at just £14 (usually £24) - I'll definitely be heading in store for that one.
Given that SpaceNK often offer sale prices of 50% off for lines they are discontinuing - I'm thinking Sonia Kashuk brushes last year - maybe this signals the end of Jemma Kidd and Lubatti at SpaceNK.
Either way, if you fancy a few bargains from either brand, now's the time!
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Looks like most of the Jemma Kidd and Lubatti ranges are selling at about 50% off. Most excitingly, NUDE's cult Cleansing Oil is selling at just £14 (usually £24) - I'll definitely be heading in store for that one.
Given that SpaceNK often offer sale prices of 50% off for lines they are discontinuing - I'm thinking Sonia Kashuk brushes last year - maybe this signals the end of Jemma Kidd and Lubatti at SpaceNK.
Either way, if you fancy a few bargains from either brand, now's the time!
Just a quick post to let you know that SpaceNK are currently offering free delivery until midnight Thursday with the code "MAYDAY". Given that their delivery costs are usually rather high, this is a great opportunity to pick up a few things if you live too far away from a store.
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Note that the link above is an affiliate link; if you buy something from SpaceNK after clicking it, we receive a small commission.
The Unicorn Queen appears, without ceremony, among the bloggers and PRs standing around in the white light of Space NK.
We are early. Only a few of us are here, and she is introduced to us much like anyone else in the room, a small figure in elegant fancy dress. She's remarkable perhaps for her flame-red hair (curly but without a hint of frizz), her flounced and ruffled outfit, her sage green suede heels, or the flawlessness of her skin. But certainly not in the way she's presented to us. There are no fanfares or chariots. She stands before us motionless for a second before I reach out and shake her hand, and she begins to speak in a quiet dreamy voice.
As we small talk, I observe the unusual perfection of Doe's makeup and outfit. So much effort must have gone into this look, and yet the result betrays no sense of artifice at all. She wears long false lashes, and two black beauty spots are painted onto her face. It should look affected and yet it doesn't at all. It's part of her.
When I think of internet "celebrities", I think "hunched over monitor", I think "unkempt, delusional" and I think "sense of self that has no bearing on reality". I certainly don't imagine a person who looks just as boldly stunning in person as she does on the Photoshopped pages of her website. But Doe Deere lives this persona utterly, looks the part completely, and is perfectly at home in her fairytale. Her fantasy IS her reality, and is expressed with every inch of her body. She lives her dream. Whether that is a good thing or not is open to question.From what you've read about her scheming ruthless business practices and underhand blogger-muzzling tactics, you'd probably expect Doe to be something of a diva in the flesh, and for her personality to be as distinctive as her outfit. However not even the most ardent of her detractors could have made that accusation after seeing her at the launch this evening. If anything she's, well... vague, and spaced out. Perfectly nice, pleasant to talk to, but she doesn't make a splash in the room. She's happy to chat, and there's no sense of snootiness or reserve, but she is still somehow quite detatched.
The PRs lining the walls make sure everybody is fed and watered (cupcakes and bubbly) and shepherd us all into trying on the Lime Crime lipsticks and having our pictures taken (a professional photographer has been drafted in, and we're told we'll get the pictures for use on our blogs).
Our own pictures are shown here.
There's nothing much more to be said about the lipsticks - Temptalia's review (to give a good example) is exhaustive. The colours are bright, but some are lacking finesse - some colours stain the lips and are drying. The tubes are bright pink, the unicorn print is fun but not to everybody's taste. They're probably not worth the £14 Space NK are selling them for, although they're by no means bad lipsticks. The red is lovely. The blue would require serious lip-prepping to look good. I like the orange, but I am probably in the minority.
Nobody at the launch discussed repackaging with Doe. Nobody uttered the words "duct tape dress" or "animal shelter" in her presence. No-one reiterated any of the accusations from the now-infamous Examiner thread.
Maybe we should have taken Doe to task, tried to get some answers for the many fellow bloggers she's upset. But at her own launch? Surely she's entitled to enjoy her own party, and we as guests would be acting pretty shoddily to deliberately make her uncomfortable in that context. And to attack such a mild-mannered, whimsical being just wouldn't have seemed OK, even if we had had the will to. (Maybe that was an intentional effect - I don't know.)We asked one of Space NK's PRs if they were aware of Lime Crime's reputation online. Yes, was the answer - but it's the products that are important, and the brand itself. Lime Crime's ability to recruit hordes of young fans has a strong appeal, it seems, as Space NK look to branch out to a new demographic of shoppers.
For the many wishing Doe Deere comeuppance for her various reported misdemeanours, note the track record of Space NK's new brands in recent years. We've seen niche ranges launch with a Space NK exclusive, sit on the shelves, and disappear in months. Think Sonia Kashuk brushes. The Lime Crime/Space NK allegiance may too be short-lived.
Only time will tell.
SpaceNK are currently offering a couple of good deals:
Also of note is the news that Love and Toast will be landing at SpaceNK next week. BritishBeautyBlogger has posted about them before; the range has gorgeous, eco-friendly packaging and interesting scents including the intriguing sounding Gin Blossom.
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- Free deluxe sampe of Nude Advanced Eye Complex (5ml) worth £20 with all online orders (while stocks last) - no code required
- £10 off a £60 spend (not including delivery) - use the code SPRING10 until 30th April
Also of note is the news that Love and Toast will be landing at SpaceNK next week. BritishBeautyBlogger has posted about them before; the range has gorgeous, eco-friendly packaging and interesting scents including the intriguing sounding Gin Blossom.
Note that the links used in this post are affiliate links; if you click and then buy, we get a small commission.
Yes, really. According to Doe Deere, SpaceNK will be stocking her range of cosmetics in April 2010. The line itself has attracted criticism in the past, both for its products and its business practice of threatening bloggers with legal action for less than glowing reviews, and asking for non-positive comments to be removed.
I don't have an opinion on Lime Crime's products, as I've never used them, but I'm not too sure that the childlike, sometimes garish packaging is going to fit in too well with the aura of sophisticated luxury I expect from SpaceNK. I'll be curious to see what kind of prices are being charged; common opinion already seems to be that Lime Crime Cosmetics are overpriced for their quality, and given that US products usually incur a hefty markup when they arrive in the UK, I'm wondering just how high the price of a Lime Crime lipstick is going to be.
What do you think? Will you be purchasing Lime Crime from SpaceNK in April?
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I don't have an opinion on Lime Crime's products, as I've never used them, but I'm not too sure that the childlike, sometimes garish packaging is going to fit in too well with the aura of sophisticated luxury I expect from SpaceNK. I'll be curious to see what kind of prices are being charged; common opinion already seems to be that Lime Crime Cosmetics are overpriced for their quality, and given that US products usually incur a hefty markup when they arrive in the UK, I'm wondering just how high the price of a Lime Crime lipstick is going to be.
What do you think? Will you be purchasing Lime Crime from SpaceNK in April?
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