Strange coincidences aplenty this week, one of them being that I needed an extra "something that smells of violets" for a post and along came - well - something that smells of violets. I have this odd habit, when it comes to compiling blog posts, that I can't just...
The last favourites video of the year. I'm actually thinking of changing things up a bit for 2016 and introducing a new video to replace the favourites, but wanted to get your opinion first. Do you like monthly favourites posts? I sometimes think that they just end up...
Last week I bought you a little edit of things non-kittenish, this week I present: FULL-ON KITTEN. And owls. And pretty floral prints. Let's start with Paul & Joe, shall we? They have something of a penchant for featuring cats in their makeup range and this...
Can we just have a very brief chat about TONYMOLY, the South Korean beauty brand that's just landed at Cult Beauty? I hear amazing things about the formulas (and so far, I am very impressed with the Cherry Lip Balm and the Panda's Dream Eye Stick) but it's the...
Blimey, I desperately needed a break from talking about Christmas and Christmassy things! Can someone please remind me, next year, to keep my Gift Guides neatly contained within a single week - perhaps the last week of November? - and not a single utterance of the...
Oh, this little mask is all kinds of wonderful. I haven't been getting much sleep recently (have I mentioned that? Oh, at least fifteen thousand times. Sorry) and my skin has been a bit dry and crappy and - I don't know - kind of baggy feeling. As though there's no...
**UPDATE: this GWP sold out within the day, apparently - so I'm updating this page so that you can avoid disappointment!** I wasn't going to do any more posts this year on Gifts-with-Purchases but I just love this one from Harvey Nichols: it's mammoth. It's as though...
I'm a long-term fan of Pai's Echium Organic Eye Cream. I get terribly sore skin around my eyes after beauty shoots and I find it instantly calming and soothing - I often use it in a thicker layer as a leave-on mask during the day as well as a normal eye cream at...
Finally, glittery nail polishes I can actually wear! I usually shun glitter because taking it off is one of the worst, most thankless beauty tasks ever invented. I would honestly rather go to the dentist than remove glitter polish. I'd rather wash up the trays and...
I realised last week that I didn't ever properly finish my round-up of the best pregnancy and new-Mum beauty products. I did some quite extensive testing of various stretch-mark oils and creams and the results can be found here (best budget) and here (best of the...
Right. I've been testing out this little smokey eye technique over and over again to make sure that it is absolutely fool-proof. And I'm pretty sure that it is - quick, easy and doesn't require a load of different products. All you need is some soft eyeliner and one...
Brace yourselves for about fifty-thousand photos of my new hair. You know when you get back home with a new haircut and you have to kind of "try it out" by swishing it about in loads of different directions and making a side-fringe and all of that business? Well I did...