The beauty world seems to be overrun with samples and miniatures at the moment - beauty boxes, advent calendars and special gifts-with-purchases that just seem to be getting more and more swanky. It's like battle of the travel sizes! Many people are put off by the...
I'm back on the oils - I've got skin as parched as the bloody Sahara at the moment. Partly because we invested in a new "intelligent" central heating control which is so "intelligent" that it only knows two temperatures. Freezing and scorchio. And partly, I'm sure,...
November Beauty Favourites - early, for the very first time! I have to get cracking on the Christmas Gift Guides so I thought I'd do my favourites before they got forgotten. There's a nice little skincare mix, a couple of great makeup products and a really creepy book...
Sorry to be a total enabler here, but this Book of Make-Up Magic from Charlotte Tilbury is just gorgeous. Expensive (hence starting the post with an apology) but gorgeous. Twelve glamorous products individually wrapped and packaged up in little boxes, it's a great way...
I used to get very sore and sensitive eyes when I was a fully-jobbing-globe-trotting fashion model - layers and layers of black eyeliner and smudged-in shadow and eyelash glue and whatever else they bunged onto my lids would play absolute havoc with my skin. And I...
This candle shoots straight to the very top of my favourites list; the scent is supremely sexy. I adore Bottega Veneta's Eau de Parfum, but until now have been banned from talking about it here on the website. My friend Alex Byrne (supremo makeup artist...
A very quick and easy nude makeup tutorial - perfect if you want something smart and polished for the daytime but at the same time like to keep things pretty understated. It's a touch more makeup than I'd usually wear in the day, but I just fancied a change this week...
Some more "portable art" for you (see here for the first instalment): the limited edition NARS and Steven Klein collaboration. Brilliant NARS makeup on the inside, edgy photography on the out. I'll be completely frank: if you want to go for one thing, go for the One...
Beauty Advent Calendars seem to be officially a "thing" now - and why not? I've always had a bit of a penchant for beauty miniatures, so opening doors to discovery gorgeous mystery items definitely floats my boat! And there is something rather exciting about getting a...
My latest skincare trial has been an interesting one; the new Hyaluron-Filler CC Cream from Eucerin. I must say that my heart sank, somewhat, when I heard the phrase "CC Cream" - I've tried so many claggy, thick versions lately and had no desire to plaster another one...
Everything about this Dolce & Gabbana Beauty Voyage makeup palette is just so spot on - even the outer box it's packaged in is gorgeous and eyecatching. I'm possibly biased, because I'm very partial to a bit of animal print, but it definitely stands out from...
I've started sniffing around for good little things to put in my Christmas Stocking Fillers video - I know it's only early November, but if I don't get the festive vids filmed in the next couple of weeks then they end up going online ridiculously late. Which is...