A combination of raging PMT and the four day Easter break has rendered me completely useless in the writing department; I've tried to draft this post seven times, now, and each version has been virtually incomprehensible. So I'll keep it short and sweet. I'm doing a...
I found a suitcase filled with pants and socks! As you do. There seems to be a neverending conveyor belt of boxes and cases that were stowed away in the storage container when we were having the house rebuilt; I thought I'd unpacked them all, but obviously not....
Those who have mastered the application of false eyelashes need not read on; they will find this post faintly ridiculous. Those who would rather rewire all of the electrics in their house wearing a blindfold and oven gloves than attempt to spread rubbery glue along...
Usually I'm happiest with my makeup when I haven't thought too much about it. It's total sod's law, but my looks seem to always turn out much better when I don't video them! I think it might actually be because when I'm filming I use a small compact mirror - and...
I have a new series of beauty videos running at The Telegraph; the Beauty Basics. They take some of the makeup tasks we tend to take for granted - applying mascara, grooming brows - and very simply describe how to do them. Great if you're totally new to beauty and...
Well these are a sight for sore eyes, aren't they? I can't get enough of the packaging for the Marc Jacobs New Nudes sheer gel lipsticks. It's unbelievably cool; chic, but at the same time a bit chunky and retro. The casing is the kind of nude shade that would look...
When I went to write this comparison post I realised that the Bourjois Healthy Mix Serum foundation didn't have its own page here on the website. A travesty! It's such a good little base - it behaves exactly how I want a foundation to behave, with a light and...
This was a find; the cream blush from the Rosie for Autograph range at M&S. I picked this out in a bit of a hurry, because Mr AMR was waiting for me in the car with the baby, but not before I'd quickly had a scribble with most of the eye pencils and lipsticks in...
The baby has started sleeping through the night. Hurrah, you might think, but no: I have developed, for the very first time in my life, a kind of strange almost-insomnia that sees me spend much of the night in quasi-dream-mode and the rest of it listening out for the...
Sorry, a little late with the (gargantuan) list of Alpha-H SPF winners. This will be a little like checking for your exam results, if you remember doing that (I don't think I bothered turning up to school for mine, I'm pretty sure I just waited for the letter to be...
I'm really into my little Bourjois cream blush at the moment; portable, easy to apply (just use fingertips) and with a smooth, velvety finish that looks natural and low-key. It lasts really well and the colour (shade 01, Nude Velvet) is just the right side of peachy....
I asked top makeup artist Caroline Barnes (you all know Caroline by now - if you don't then click back to our previous videos first) to sort out my brows. Pluck them, shape them, lift them and then, after the "sorting", do something a little more dramatic. Good...