You only need to read the comments on our Facebook page for report after report about how durable our mineral foundation and mineral bases are.

Ensuring maximum wear is easy – it’s all in the application technique.

Always ensure your skin is well prepped, and well moisturised – but ensure your moisturiser is well absorbed before applying foundation. If you have excess moisturiser left over there’s a chance that foundation will look uneven or streaky.

If you have oily skin, it’s important to soak up any excess moisture which can cause makeup to slide. Flawless Matte is the perfect product for this, containing the oil absorbing mineral kaolin. Pay particular attention to oily areas such as the t-zone, dusting powder over the middle of the forehead and over the bridge of the nose and onto the shin. Buffing Flawless Matte into pores around the nose can really help refine their appearance.

Once skin is soft and dry to the touch buff mineral foundation into the skin in light layers, building coverage gradually, this technique allows each layer to settle giving stronger staying power.

The latest edition of The Compassionate Shopping Guide landed on the doormat this morning, hot off the press.  We’re delighted to see we’re listed in recognition for our ethical production, and ingredient sourcing.

Nature Watch’s latest edition of the 60 page guide is packed full of positive and practical tips for where to find the best cruelty free and eco-friendly products on the market.

Use the Compassionate Shopping Guide to make informed decisions on the companies you buy from. Consider the use of ingredients like palm oil which endangers orangutans, and the ethics of talc mining; the Compassionate Shopping Guide helps you support cruelty free and eco-friendly products.

We’re proud to be included in such a valuable guide.

Check out More magazine next week (19th July) for fabulous coverage of our Flawless Silk finishing powder – yours for only £12

Wedding season! We love it. What better excuse to buy new dresses and spend hours pampering? If you’re going to a wedding this summer, or even if you’re lucky enough to be a bride to be yourself – have you thought about your makeup yet?

You’ll need a good base which will last all day, and of course, look fabulous on camera. Clean skin followed by a dusting of Flawless Matte will keep excess oil at bay, and primes the skin ready for your foundation.

Apply your mineral foundation in layers, letting each light layer of powder settle before brushing on more, this way you’ll get a base which is really durable.

For a wedding, think pretty makeup, rosy cheeks and delicate features are perfect. Save the heavy bronzer and heavy eyeshadow for the evenings.

Peachy shades are also lovely; look up Ooh La La, Clementine and Candy Girl for ideas.

Keep eyeshadows neutral and delicate, shades like Miami Taupe, Golden Lilac, Pink Champagne, Vanilla Shimmer and Sandy Shore are perfect.

If you have light features consider ditching the black eyeliner and black mascara, try a softer shade like Mystery as a liner or the Blue Eyeliner, eyes will remain soft, but delicately defined.

A dusting of Translucent or Flawless Silk will give skin a healthy glow and for added sparkle dust a small amount of Star Dust to the cheekbones. Mixing Star Dust with your body lotion is also a great way to add subtle shimmer to your shoulders and décolleté – saves on buying another new product as well!

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We love being your first choice for our collection of everyday, wearable and durable shades. Our latest releases, the gorgeous Summer Essentials collection slots seamlessly into an already really versatile range.

The new shades bring together wearable shades that can be worn every day and easily adapted for an evening look.

Pale browns and golds are perfect for a daytime makeup routine, and these can be quickly lifted with a brush of a complementary deeper colour. Beiges, browns and golds also suit all colourings and eye colours, meaning that you can rarely go too far wrong with a shade from this collection.

Other colours from the Lily Lolo eyeshadow collection which work really well alongside the new Summer Essentials collection include: Cream Soda, Smoky Brown and Sticky Toffee.

Your makeup brush has a big effect on the finish of your eyeshadow, here’s a glimpse at some of the effects you can achieve with the right brush.

The Pure Sable Eye Brush

One of the top selling Lily Lolo makeup brushes, the Pure Sable Brush is made from fine sable hair and is perfect for applying a wash or base of mineral eyeshadow. Swirl the brush around picking up plenty of product and apply by dabbing and sweeping the colour across the lid.

The Blending Brush

Lily Lolo’s blending brush has soft and flexible bristles, making it perfect for blending two or more colours together. Apply two colours side by side on the lid, and use the Blending Brush in soft circular motions to blend the two (or three) together.

The Smudge Brush

Perhaps one of the best tools in the Lily Lolo brush collection, the Smudge Brush can be used to apply eyeshadow for a stronger and more vibrant finish. Dip the brush into the powder and then press the brush onto the skin transferring the product. It’s especially great for applying highlighter to the inner corners of the eye.

The Eyeliner brush

Did you know that loose mineral powders can also be applied wet? Simply dampen the Lily Lolo Eyeliner Brush and dip into the powder, swirl into a light paste in the lid of the jar and then apply directly to the eyelid, as close to the lashes as possible. It’s a great tool for creating different liner finishes.

It’s National Kissing Day today (July 6th)! What better excuse to pucker up in your favourite Lily Lolo natural lipgloss and look gorgeous all day long!

Made with 100% natural ingredients including Jojoba which is naturally moisturising, glosses give a lovely shine without any stickiness – there’s nothing worse than getting your hair stuck in your gloss!

Available in a spectrum of hues of pinks, peaches, purple and brown the handbag sized Lily Lolo lipgloss tubes are perfect for the summer, ensuring soft, kissable lips all day long.

Choose your shade at here, our summer favourites are Raspberry Crush, Nude Shimmer and Clear, for only £7 each.

The Summer Essentials palette works fabulously as a summer colour combination as the new shades sit perfectly alongside each other, so that a look can be put together with just one shade, two, three or even all four colours together.

For an understated daytime look, Vanilla Shimmer as a base colour, with Miami Taupe adding depth is a perfect combination, as is a base of Vanilla Shimmer with Honey Peach emphasising the inner and outer corners for a truly barely there, but softly shimmering finish.

For a stronger look, try a base of Miami Taupe, shading the outer corners with Moonlight; another gorgeous combination.

Additionally, highlighting the inner corners with Vanilla Shimmer gives an even more glamorous finish.

For the utmost golden goddess look, combine a Honey Peach base with Moonlight shading, resulting in a lovely warm glow perfect for the summer.

The launch of our new Lily Lolo Summer Essentials eyeshadow collection, featuring four new eyeshadow shades, Vanilla Shimmer, Honey Peach, Miami Taupe and Moonlight are the perfect colours for the summer months.

British Vogue described nudity as the strongest trend for Spring Summer 2010/11; silks, layers and softly shimmering chiffons have dominated the catwalks for the season. Colours are calm, sensual and soft with focus on pearlescent shades in ice-cream colours, peaches, creams and subtlety of tone. Skin is flawless, lightly shimmering with a soft focus finish. 

The Spring Summer collections from the world’s highest profile designers show the trend to the fullest. There was layer upon layer of vintage chiffon to be seen on the catwalks at Stella McCartney and Karl Lagerfeld.

The four new eyeshadows from Lily Lolo are truly inspired and on trend as absolute makeup bag must haves for everyone this summer.

We’re so excited! Today we’ve launched our brand new 100% mineral eyeshadow collection, Summer Essentials. The four gorgeous nude shades are sleek and sophisticated and include golden nude, a delicate peachy pink, taupe and glistening brown – just what our customers have been requesting. (We always listen! J)

The silky soft loose powder of the mineral eyeshadow is extremely highly pigmented, resulting in vibrant colours which last all day. Made with 100% natural mineral ingredients, the shades have been blended by Lily Lolo colour experts and are on trend for the summer months.

Formulated to fit into a collection which is known for its fantastic durability and pureness, these colours are made to last, and suitable for daily wear. A touch up with a deeper shade for the evening is all you need to transform a daytime look for evening.

The new light and refreshing shades include: Vanilla Shimmer, a softly shimmering pale beige, Honey Peach, a deeper peach with iridescent shine, Miami Taupe a velvety soft smoky grey and Moonlight, a rich glistening deep grey / brown.