Guilty Pleasure - and one of my most repurchased items - Victoria's Secret Beauty Rush glosses

I've been meaning to blog about these for the longest time - but didn't want to until I'd stocked up. Selfish cow - I know.

Victoria's Secret - they of the tres expensive yet tres tres comfortable bras - do a tight selection of beauty/cosmetics - it's what you'd expect - extremely sweet perfumes (some of which I also secretly love), body products, the basic makeup range and lip glosses. Oh the lip glosses. I have been in love with these glosses for years. Years. The picture above shows the repackaged version of my favourite range - they are now called Beauty Rush and come in 26 shades. 26! We don't get that many in the UK - but you lucky US dwellers will.

They are the exact colour that you see, the ones I buy have no shimmer - but they are available in differing depths of pigment and with shimmer if that's your thing. The applicator is the tube itself - perfectly slanted with a small opening so you don't drown in gloss with one slight push. They are flavoured/smelly - almost like cotton candy. I love that though.
If I had to take one lip gloss to a desert island - it would be Candy,Baby - which in the picture above is book-ending the other two: Yummy Berry and Citrus Kissed. The absolute perfect pink. For me. If you want really sophisticated formulas and a fashion designer's name on your products - these may not be for you. I love a swanky lip gloss as much as the next girl - but for all day/everyday use? These win every time.

And the best part: these are 4 for £20.00. Annoyingly they are also 4 for $20.00 - which tells you everything you need to know about rip-off Britain and why I take an empty suitcase when I go to the US.

www.victoriassecret.com

The 'I know it's not a Hero Product but it bloody-well-should-be!' Support Club

So following on from the ridiculously popular post on Monday (you Ladies really needed to vent didn't you??!) - it's time for the other side of the coin.

Everyone has something that they LOVE/thinks works brilliantly/obsesses over that doesn't really get seen much in the press - whether it's because it is a small niche brand or belongs to a bigger house that focuses on their (coughs) 'Hero Product' in the press.

We've had words like 'grim, hideous, nasty' etc - let's see what you think is beyond brilliant/amazing etc...

So - in the spirit of fair play, mine are.....

Suti Cleanse Facial Cleanser - just a bloody brilliant balm cleanser from a very small independent British company *waves flag* that needs to be on Beauty pages of the big glossies. Stat. Go see for yourself.

DJV Beautenizer mascara - £18.00 for a mascara that works better than the supposed 'Hero' ones. Brilliant, quick, look like your wearing extensions. Marvellous.

Victoria's Secret Lip Glosses and Body Sprays - While everyone was 'all-hailing' the arrival of VS to the UK later this year and tweeting about underwear, I was punching the sky Rocky-Balboa-style (and no that does not embarrass me - I love me some Balboa) that their beauty department will be coming over with the knickers. Affordable, wearable and better than any 'Hero Product' lip gloss out there - bring it on! And don't take my word for it - just ask @helenjnt 

So Ladies - over to you: SHARE!