Oh, my Beauty Heart, be still, be still, be still! Do summer palettes get much prettier? The Terra Tropica from Guerlain is definitely right up there with the most desirable makeup morsels of the summer. And this is full summer - high summer - that we're looking at...
There are people who can "do" nails and people who simply can't. I fall into the latter category; the very height of my nail-painting capabilities is applying a bright colour without going over the edges. I can just about do that now - first time - without having to...
Sorry, I was late with the video and I'm even later with this post! It's quite a mish-mash, this favourites video; jewellery, sunscreens, a pair of ballet pumps... You can read more about the wonderful lightweight sunscreens in last week's post here and I'll be doing...
A new and rather exciting launch from Lancome; a mascara that promises to solve all of our mascara-applying woes! My particular mascara grievances are: wands that are too long and uncontrollable and bristles that are just ridiculously chunky. With too-long wands I...
A massive load of people asked for a video using Clinique's new Matte Mandarin lipstick and so here it is in full, glorious technicolor. It was actually the entire "look" that I wore in my How to Style Greasy and Limp Hair video that people seemed to want and so I...
Goodness me, I'm ever so late to the party with YSL's Kiss & Blush! Ironic, really, because I had these in my hands way before anyone else had even seen them - I was working with YSL on some how-to videos last year and they were one of the "top secret" products! I...
A still image from my latest video (a lovely one, it's about styling greasy hair!) and the light is hitting my eyelids in just the right way to show off the colours from the Laura Mercier shadow quad that I wrote about yesterday. How lovely is the pearly pink? It's...
Oops! Always take your product shots before you start clarting about with something... Oh well. I like to see something well-used. And I have been using this baked eyeshadow quad from Laura Mercier almost every day for the last couple of weeks; its pinky-warm tones...
I've had a can of Dior's Airflash foundation hanging about at home for a while and I have to admit that I hadn't liked it very much: until I found out that I've been using it in completely the wrong way! I've been spraying my face as though painting a car and - as the...
Clinique's new Long Last Matte lipstick formula is, to me, pretty much faultless. It's beautifully pigmented so you get a good, bright hit of colour and the matte finish is modern without looking dry or cracked. It's possibly the most comfortable matte lipstick I've...
If you follow my Instagram and Twitter feeds, you'll already know that last week I got to do something quite amazing and magical. After thirteen years in "the business" I'm not that easily impressed by fashion or beauty stuff (I've worn a lot of fine dresses and had...
A great big sigh of beauty adoration, please, for this Dior Transat eyeshadow palette. Just look at the accent colour in the centre! The richest, most vibrant coppery orange. If you have blue eyes, then this shade is your new best friend; it actually looks great...