I can tell you, with absolute hand-on-the-heart conviction, that The Body Shop's Colour Crush nail polish in Just Peachy is a hundred-percent dupe for one of my favourite shades, Chanel's Holiday. I have tested it in all lights and it is exact in every way - I've even...
I'm supposed to be on a self-imposed work ban on this holiday (I'm in Greece), but the other afternoon it started to pour down with rain and Mr AMR was watching old cowboy films on the television and so I decided to kill some time and make a quick beauty video....
First night of the holidays, and Mr AMR and I managed to drag ourselves out to dinner despite being absolutely shattered! I decided to do a bit of a sultry eye to compliment my rather glam leopard print dress (Baum und Pferdgarten) and cracked out Charlotte...
Another foundation launch; this time it's Estée Lauder with the Perfectionist Youth-Infusing Makeup. Foundations are just getting better and better; lightweight formulas, great coverage and glowy finishes that aren't shimmery or reflective, but give the skin a "lit...
My current daily makeup look, featuring Chanel's eyeshadow palette for this Autumn, Poésie. I'm quite taken with this eye palette; at first I thought it might be too pearlescent and shiny for me, but the shadows seem to give a beautiful sheeny glow to the lids rather...
As part of my work on their 100 Years of Glamour campaign*, Max Factor took me to their Lipstick Laboratory down in Surrey to do something extremely exciting: lipstick making. I have always loved making a mess with oozy, unctuous stuff and so I couldn't quite believe...
I'm back with another Beauty Reviews video; this time it's Dior's new Diorskin Star Foundation that takes centre stage, along with a brilliant primer from Smashbox and an old makeup favourite, Pixi's Natural Brow Duo. I'll be talking about the Smashbox primer in...
This nail look by @NailArtistMartha was inspired by the gorgeous new Chanel campaign that stars Cara Delevingne. I desperately want to do some kind of "get the look" makeup video based on the new campaign image (I would love to know what Cara has woven into her hair!)...
This year Max Factor are celebrating 100 Years of Glamour. It has been a whole hundred years since Mr Max Factor (real person!) launched his first ever cosmetic, his Flexible Grease Paint Foundation. Max Factor was a bit of a mover and a shaker in the makeup world; he...
I really need to get some kind of video-posting system going; I publish a video and then it takes me about five weeks to write about it! I am mid-way through a website re-structure (if you ever come to the site during the witching hours (2am-4am) you'll no doubt see...
This week I asked the lovely Martha (@NailArtistMartha) to test out NailsInc's newest launch for me. It's called NailKale. Which has a nice ring to it, I'll admit, a good old-fashioned rhyme; but the sceptical part of my brain (97% of it) is screaming PLEASE DON'T TRY...
This electric pale blue eyeliner is completely out of my comfort zone but I really, really like it. I was only playing about when I tried it on the lower waterline but then I looked in the mirror* and wham! Love it first sight! I think that it's really fresh and...