Lipstick Queen Silver Screen Collection

Virus/illness be gone - I am finally back on the scene *YAY* and this week I attended events hosted by two of my favourite ladies in the industry - Charlotte Tilbury - more of which later - and Poppy King aka Lipstick Queen. It makes such a huge difference when a brand is driven by the passion of the name on the box rather than an excel spreadsheet reporting into shareholders. It really comes across with both Poppy and Charlotte.

After the launch of the beautiful Velvet Rope Collection - you must check out Brat Pack if you're a true red girl like me - comes the Silver Screen Collection. As with Velvet Rope, this collection has the same magnetised, heavy, packaging, reminiscent of vintage lipsticks.

Taking inspiration from the particles of real silver used in the film process during the early days of the motion picture industry - the collection is designed to mimic the extremely flattering, highly reflective surface used in the golden era of movies...

All seven shades are named after the infamous lines from the movie that inspired the colour.

As always with Poppy, the room captured the feel of the collection and I came away completely in love with all of the colours. I may have to buy more Muji storage as this obsession shows no signs of subsiding.

   

STELLA! - purple with a shimmer of turquoise (surprisingly wearable!)

YOU KID - a warm nude

COME UP - vibrant baby rose

SEE ME - soft peach

MADE IT - a deep wine - the subtle shimmer really works with this colour

PLAY IT -  a hot pink as shown below with one of my industry husbands Luke Stephens

I originally showed this pic on Instagram - this is the no filter version so you can see the colour. Also - I need that lighting installed at home please! The pair of us are flawless!

HAVE PARIS - pillar box red - and stunning

So the Lipstick Queen remains appropriately named - the Silver Screen Collection is available from September and is £35.00 from all Lipstick Queen stockists.

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Where has this year gone? The year so far in pictures. Picture Heavy post..

Honestly this year has gone so quickly that I don't know where to start. After the success of the events in Liberty last week and the equaled success of my real 'day job', it seems a natural progression that the blog includes more of my day-to-day activities alongside the usual rants reviews and industry natterings. As I work in the industry, I figured it should still be of interest one way or another...!

Major shoe envy on the tube.

Aerin Kabuki brush. Loveliness.

Liberty's new self select area.

Finally got to see Sinead do 'Jackie' 26 years after the fact..

Girls Night In courtesy of Gillette Venus. Everything in the picture was stolen by Ava before I took my coat off.

Interviewing Poppy King at QVC.

Birchbox. The first time I've used everything in a monthly sub box.

Mum and Nana circa 1950

John Bell & Croyden's reception area. Anyone would think they were the Queen's pharmacy. Oh.

Ava in her element. In M&S.

CEW Demo Evening. Manic as always.

Setting up.

Ava's perfume collection. Thieving wench.

Goodwood Forest. Gorgeous.

The best salmon starter at Goodwood.

Bob Bob Ricard. Sadly unused button.

This month's indulgent purchase.

Rehydration in seconds.

Oh Good Lord.

It's Ovarian Cancer Awareness month.

La Bella Donna foundation - brilliant - and Lancome Hypnose. Standard.

My desk on a typical day. Flowers, lip gloss and too many pens. That's not even my main pencil case.

Ottolenghi's Friday madness.

Camelia Gardenia!!!!! - in HOMEBASE!

My gorgeous Mama.

Muji storage.

Happy Mother's Day to me!

Can't stop looking at it!

Cleanser line-up. Reviews coming.

Standard day. Lushness.

Brilliant product.

Sprays face to death.

The big week at Liberty!!!

Setting up the workshops in Liberty.

A bag. Can't really see who it's by though?

An interview with Poppy King

Earlier this week I was invited to QVC to interview Poppy King - founder of Lipstick Queen.

I tweeted that I was meeting Poppy and asked if anyone had any questions for her - and you did!

First up - some q's from readers...

'Do you plan to do any more collaborations similar to the one you did with No.7?'

No, I'm focusing on Lipstick Queen - my baby - for the foreseeable future.

'How do you take care of your lips? Scrubs? Balms?'

To be completely honest my lips hold up very well - I use my own range and it does just fine! If I DO need help - say when I've been travelling, I use a spare toothbrush to massage them and follow up with my moisturiser.'

'And if you do prep your lips, do you plan to release your own lipcare line? Poppy Perfection sounds good!' (questions posed by @RedButtonGirl)

Watch this space! My top tips for good lips are:

• a good lipstick shouldn't ruin your lips!
• do NOT lick your lips - even though its very tempting - its the absolute worst thing for them..

'What was the first lip colour you experimented with?'

Red! Biba red. When I was 7 years old my Mum brought it back from the UK.

'Which milestone are you most proud of in your career?' (questions by @amandabellmua)

It's not so much a milestone, but every time a real woman pulls one of my lipsticks out of her bag - that does it for me.

'Any advice on how to organise, balance or budget a busy lifestyle?' (question by @computergirl200)

Yes! Drop any notion of perfection. Prioritise! (great advice!!!)

I asked Poppy for her Top 3 tips on getting ahead in the beauty industry - from any perspective.

1. Work on a beauty counter for at least 6 months. People generally don't like it when I say this but until you have a real handle on the general public you won't understand their needs.
2. It's like long-distance running. It can take a long, long, time to get known and be trusted.
3. Never, ever assume that marketing is more important than a fantastic product. A brilliant product is far more important and will win in the end!

You can meet Poppy in person this Saturday in Selfridges Oxford Street where she will be giving lip readings and talking to her customers between 12 and 4pm. Go have your lips read - its fascinating. She nailed my personality with 2 sentences.

Poppy King's Lipstick Queen is available in SpaceNK, Cult Beauty, QVC and Selfridges.

Thank you to Poppy, her team and QVC.