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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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....