I've been making an effort, recently, to try and do before-and-after photos when I review makeup products. It's hard to do this for everything that's out there, but there are certain launches that end up catching my eye. In the press release for a new cosmetics...
Something slightly different in video-world this week, just to shake things up a bit. If you like the idea, I'll do more. This is a little film dedicated purely to makeup reviews - more specifically, makeup reviews that have been requested by readers here on the...
A rather belated review, I'm afraid; I had a bit of a shade mix-up with the Eve Lom products when they were first launched and then they got a little overlooked for a while, partly because I wasn't overly wowed by the product that I tried first (spoiler alert!) but...
I greatly approve of leopard print; not a season goes by that I don't pick up some item or another that has been decorated with it. I like the texture that it lends to clothes - done well, it's immensely flattering and adds a bit of interest to an outfit without being...
I was very much in two minds as to whether I was going to post up my "Brit Awards" makeup look - there's something about it that irks me. I think partly the lighting - I like filming in natural daylight so much more - but it could be, as I mentioned a week or so ago,...
Hooray and Hurrah for the Cube of Great Frustration and Eventual Delight has landed at The Body Shop online. I featured this springtime eye quad earlier on in the week - it has the most bizarre little boxing set-up that I have ever seen! Four little plastic cubes,...
Newly beamed down from Beauty Heaven: Dior's Diorskin Nude Tan Matte Sun Powder. A perfectly matte bronzer that (if you have a very light hand) can be swept all over the skin for quite a realistic "long weekend in Marrakech" kind of tan, or used in more targeted areas...
I didn't have a clue what to call this makeup look, so I went with something yawn-inducingly generic. Sorry. But I do love this little routine I've got going with the slightly sultry, metallic eye and the pretty flush of pink on the cheeks. And I absolutely can't get...
My "powder of the moment", both for everyday use and when I'm going to be on camera. It's an absolutely invisible and weightless setting powder that seems to literally freeze time: over the course of a twelve hour rush about town last week, my makeup stayed exactly...
I used to love the Nirvana song Heart-Shaped Box. When I was suffering my first ever proper crush on a boy, I listened to it over and over again on my little tape cassette recorder. That and Alanis Morisette's Jagged Little Pill. Completely random and irrelevant piece...
I don't tend to get excited about lipglosses (apart from crystal-clear pristine ones, see Gloss Prodige in the last "Thing of Beauty" feature) but the new Urban Decay Ultra Nourishing ones have really grabbed my attention. It helps, I suppose, that they are packaged...
There are few things as satisfying, beauty-wise, as a pristine, crystal-clear lipgloss. It's the cosmetic equivalent of fresh, untrodden snow. It's virtually impossible to keep a transparent gloss clean and so I spent more time than was probably necessary taking...