I've used the term "foundation" loosely, here, because I mean it to incorporate other face bases such as tinted moisturiser, BB creams and complexion enhancers as well as the traditional high-coverage foundation. In truth, no BB creams or CC creams come anywhere near...
Those still searching for their signature summer scent might like to give Tom Ford's Orchid Soleil a try. It's heady but not cloying, exotic but in the "steamy, sexy nights" way instead of the "I've got a lovely bunch of coconuts" sort of way. You know the exotic...
If you watched the June Favourites video then you'll already know that I've totally fallen for these silky, buildable bronzers from Yves Saint Laurent. I love everything about them, from the way that the powder has been pressed so that it looks like rippled sand right...
Beauty favourites were a bit thin on the ground, last month, but I did do quite a bit of reading so I've shared this video between reading recommendations and beautifying tips. The Anne Tyler book (here) is just a beautifully gentle, slow-paced novel, examining the...
A very sheer and natural makeup look for you in this video - dewy textures, glowy formulas and a healthy, youthful sort of finish. Those thinking of investing in either the Hourglass Illume Trio or Becca's Aqua Luminous foundation might find it particularly...
Brilliant skincare brand Alpha-H are celebrating their 21st birthday this summer and as a special treat for readers of A Model Recommends, they're giving away twenty-one pots of their incredible new night treatment, the Beauty Sleep Power Peel. I love Alpha-H for...
I've been pulling a few cleansing and exfoliating bits and pieces out from "the archives" recently; products that I've tried before and loved, but haven't - for one reason or another - given my full attention. For the past month or so I've had the One-Minute Glow...
There have been lots of comments about my blusher in the Empties video that I posted last week: it's the Creme Puff Blush in Seductive Pink from Max Factor. Rather more pinkish than I would ever usually go, but I was filming one of my Beauty Recommended videos and...
I've had total and utter brain-fry this week. It's the first time that this has happened to me in a serious way, where I can't seem form proper sentences or kickstart the creative side of my head, and it has not been fun. Luckily I had my blog posts scheduled, more...
Now that I have precisely twenty-eight seconds to get ready in the morning, I tend to gather together little groups of staple beauty products that I can rely on to get me through the day. The windowsill in my en suite is my "essentials" storage area - all of the bits...
I wrote about the Ultra Repair Hydrating Serum a little while ago for my post on dehydrated skin, but I've tested it far more extensively since then and it most definitely deserves its own write-up. It's made by First Aid Beauty, a US skincare brand who make very...
Cream cheek products can be rather hit and miss; too sheer, too difficult to blend, or quite often simply too creamy so that they slide about and streak and set in all of the wrong places. But few things rival a cream blush or bronzer if you're looking for that truly...