I have pretty much chucked out all other nail files apart from this one: the Crystal file from Leighton Denny. It’s brilliant! I take good care of my hands and nails, but I don’t obsess over them – I use hand creams once every few days, and when I’m at my desk I massage oil…
This is rather a great little gift from Boots 17, running until the 1st of November. If you buy two 17 products either instore or online, you get a free lip gloss, glitter eyeshadow and liquid liner! Not bad, not bad at all – and if you want to rock that whole sexy vampire look…
Cosmetics brand Eyeko have relaunched in a huge, huge way. I loved the cheeky ‘cartoonish’ look of the old Eyeko, but have to admit that the new packaging is super-swish. Eyeko’s tube mascaras are squeezable so that you can get every last bit of mascara out – I dread to think how much product is…
We’re having a mini heat-wave here in the UK – how utterly fantastic! I was just sorting through some images that needed processing and I found this one, taken very sneakily by Mr AMR when I was engrossed in my reading. (Location: Aenaon Villas. Heaven on earth!) I was originally going to use this image…
I have been messing about with bronzers over the last week, looking for ones that are good for taking us into the autumn months. I’m “fall”ing in love (sorry) with Sue Devitt’s Gel Bronzer, which you might think a strange choice for autumn, but do let me explain. Autumn bronzers, I think, have to make…
Next in line for the Autumn Winter Makeup Collections: NARS! I loved the ‘winged’ look in the campaign picture (shown in video) so I darkened down my brows a little, donned a sexy Vivienne Westwood number and got cracking with the eyeliner pencil! I haven’t gone anywhere near as dramatic as the campaign look, but…
The first video to come along in my ‘Autumn Winter Makeup Collections’ series, which is a series that I kind of wish I hadn’t started. There’s a lot of makeup to get through, let me tell you! Anyway, I have just picked my favourite collections and brands and even then I have only pulled out…
I have to tell you: this ‘body art’ kit from Urban Decay is a lot of fun. You get ten ‘tattoo’ stencils (two each of rose, skull, stars, snake, swallow) and five different glitters along with some glue and a brush, and it takes just over a minute to create a surprisingly nice, glittery decoration!…
I made a very rare excursion yesterday, and that was to Somerset House, home to this season’s London Fashion Week. A rare excursion because I am, in fact, allergic to any kind of fashion week. The allergy harks back to the days when I had to attend show castings with about three hundred girls who…
A selection of products that have some kind of ‘back to school’ element to them. (Or college, uni, work – delete as applicable!) Some are timesavers, some are budget buys, some things are just handy to have around for quick and easy beauty maintenance. It has taken me about five years to edit this video,…
Liz Earle’s Sheer Skin Tint has launched and I have been giving it a little test-run this week. Although it is slightly heavier in formula than I’d usually use, I have had so many compliments about my ‘glowing tan’ so I have worn it for four days in a row. I haven’t even been in…
I wasn’t entirely sure what I thought about the Clinique Black Honey collection at first; it all looked very red. I mean, there’s nothing that’s actually red, but the undertones all seemed to be much warmer than those that I’d usually pick out. I thought that the eye shades would make me look tired or…
I’ll admit it: it took me a long time to get around to testing out this little beauty. Bottom Lash Mascara? Why on earth would I need that? I’m not really into painting my bottom lashes because they usually end up looking like spider legs and I always hate it when they mascara them on…
Behold: for the Tom Ford Beauty Collection has launched. And all who set eyes upon it shall covet, especially the eye quad in Cognac Sable. Is it really that nice? I hear you say. Yes, it really is. Each piece feels like a prop from a movie set – the packaging is half Art-Deco, half…
I haven’t done a nail post in a while, and this is a shade that I have been wearing loads over the last few weeks – San Tan-tonio by OPI. It has actually been out ages now, so I’m a little late to the party, but they still have it on HQHair HERE if you…
I love this lipstick. I think it’s one of my most favourite lipsticks ever. Ever. Perfectly matte but not drying, nude but not unflattering – I just adore it! It doesn’t hide any imperfections, so you have to make sure that your lips are in tip-top condition (no light-reflecting surfaces here!) but if you get…
I am extremely excited about Vichy’s teaming up with Dermablend. They have created a full coverage foundation stick and a corrective foundation in a tube to be used to cover even the most severe flaws. Dermablend have been producing ‘camouflage’ for the face since 1981, helping to disguise scars and conditions such as Rosacea and…
I am becoming a bit of a packaging bore, I’m afraid. I sit at my desk for hours clicking away at compacts and sliding open eyeshadow palettes. Ridiculous, impractical packaging makes me irrationally angry, whereas cool, well-thought-out packaging delights me. I like the rather funky housing for Bourjois’ Délice de Soleil – the mirror is…