Any makeup product that smells of peonies is always going to be a winner in my books. I’m not actually sure that the scent here is peony, but it reminds me so much of l’Occitane’s Pivoine Flora that I can’t be too far off the mark! Anyway, as we all know, we shouldn’t judge a beauty product solely by…
This is the video that accompanies my latest feature for the Telegraph – Luxury Summer Makeup Treats. I’ll link to that piece at the bottom of the page – it’s a roundup of my favourite high-end bits and bobs for this season. Delights include the new cream shadow from Tom Ford, a ridiculously bright lip…
This is the second incredibly affordable makeup item I’ve posted this week – there must be something wrong with me! Perhaps it’s because I’m in full-throttle student mode, sat writing essay notes and eating weird snacks from the kitchen cupboard. It must be bringing back memories! Mind you, I didn’t really do either of those…
I’ve been having a play about with Chanel’s Avant-Première collection – it has been on counter for nearly two months now, so I’m a little behind-the-times, but I have fallen firmly in love with two of the new Rouge Coco Shine shades. Some of you will guess which two straight away, because you know how predictable I am!…
Extraordinary that The Body Shop’s Honey Bronze Powder has turned out to be my favourite bronzer of the summer so far. It’s completely one-dimensional – a simple, no-frills bronzer without shimmer or sparkle or added “healthy glow” – but man have The Body Shop got this shade spot-on! It’s perfect for adding a hint of contour or…
As promised, a video with some of my current makeup favourites in action. You can see the Sunday Riley Primer and the Lancome Visionnaire Foundation being applied as well as a brilliant new bronzer from the Body Shop and a little cream blush from Bourjois. On the eyes, a KIKO cream shadow (it’s amazing) and one of…
This is the final “face” in my series of makeup looks for Max Factor. I’ll post the other ones at the bottom of the page so that you can find them easily, but just to recap, they were the “Blank Canvas” look (very nude and fresh) and the “Business Lunch” look, which featured quite a…
I’ve mentioned this Photo Set Finishing Powder before, I’m sure, but it deserves a full post because it’s an essential part of my makeup kit when I’m filming. It’s a very fine, ultra-lightweight face powder that takes away shine and leaves the very faintest “blur” on the surface of my skin. Rather than absorbing oil and…
I was positive that I’d already reviewed this mascara but it seems not – I’ve included it in lots of videos, but no individual page. So here we are. The Guerlain Maxi Lash Mascara, a proper little surprise of a product. From the sleek, expensive-looking packaging (and the fact that it’s Guerlain) you’d think that this…
My first thought on seeing the Marrakech Sunset palette from YSL’s summer collection was “ooh! More goldy-neutrals!” I am such a sucker for bronze, gold and neutral tones – they just look so pretty in the palette and so glimmery and sexy on the skin. These are no different – though if you want a massive colour pay-off, you…
The face chart above shows the “Business Lunch” makeup look that I created with the help of Caroline Barnes, makeup artist for Max Factor*. You may remember from the “Blank Canvas” makeup look that I posted a couple of weeks ago that Max Factor asked me to create three makeup looks based on my different…
I look forward to Estée Lauder’s Bronze Goddess collection every single year. It does very much the same thing every year, too, but it does it incredibly well; sexy, sparkling makeup that makes the skin glow in the daytime and gleam beautifully as the sun goes down. This year sees another Illuminating Powder Gelée – “Heat Wave” –…
This foundation has made a star appearance in quite a few videos now, so I wanted to give it its own page and place in my “hall of fame”. I think that rather than me spouting a load of words about this product, it’s easiest for you to see the effect for yourselves. I’m embedding…
Stupidly, I tidied my beauty room in a hurry. I mean “tidy” in the loosest possible sense of the word, because what I really did was open up all of the drawers in my storage units and sweep everything into them. This doesn’t bode well for any product that has less than eye-catching packaging; I fear that…
For my latest video at The Telegraph I have been experimenting with the new range of healthy glow powders from Chanel, Les Beiges. Silly me, never reading any kind of press “blurb”. but I really thought that they were supposed to be bronzers! In a roundabout way, you could say that if you opt for a shade darker…
Two fashion posts in one week – what a treat! This is actually half-fashion-half-beauty, because although I talk you through my rather sparkly daytime Ibiza outfit, I also reveal a new mascara product that, for quite a number of people, will be very exciting. Max Factor’s Lashfinity 3 Day Mascara is a tint that will stay on…
It would be easy to describe Kiko’s makeup range as “overwhelming” – there are over a thousand individual cosmetic products instore and online with fifty new products added every month. There are nail products, tanning products, skincare and cellulite creams, twenty different mascaras, nine different types of eye pencil. Lip colours come in glossy finishes,…
You may have noticed that I’ve added another “feature” – the Fashionably Late Review. This is kind of tongue0in-cheek and a bit of a dig at myself – I often fall so far behind with my posts that I end up writing about something when it has almost sold out. Which is quite annoying. Usually…