Oh ho ho, I am so ready for deep and sexy wintertime perfumes and Yves Saint Laurent's Black Opium is just about as sexy as they come. I mentioned Chanel's Coco Noir Parfum last week - it's a very concentrated, sexed-up version of the popular eau de toilette - but I...
I can tell you, with absolute hand-on-the-heart conviction, that The Body Shop's Colour Crush nail polish in Just Peachy is a hundred-percent dupe for one of my favourite shades, Chanel's Holiday. I have tested it in all lights and it is exact in every way - I've even...
For the past four months, on and off, I have been testing out the V-Cense creams from REN skincare; the Youth Vitality Day Cream and the Revitalising Night Cream. I say "on and off" because the longest period of uninterrupted use was probably about three weeks; for...
Earlier in the year I wrote about Chanel's amazing Les Exclusifs; highly concentrated perfumes in teeny, beautifully-crafted glass flacons with perfectly formed stoppers and chic, minimalist labelling. Just a few drops of these special perfumes and you're scented for...
This skincare routine worked so well for my skin when I was away in Greece. A little something pre-SPF (the Decleor Tan Activator Serum, in the little glass bottle) and then something balmy and soothing for afterwards, when all of the sunscreen and sand and salty...
Well here's your Christmas shopping completely sorted; beauty journalist Sal Hughes' new book, Pretty Honest, is available to pre-order. Get one of these for each and every girlfriend, for your Mum, for your sister and your boyfriend's sister, for Auntie Jeanette and...
Things in the latest Space NK gift-with-purchase that made me squeal with delight: a sample of the new REN Flash Rinse 1 Minute Facial; a little tube of Becca's cult makeup product, the Shimmering Skin Perfector; a teeny lipstick from Hourglass and - the piece de...
Annoyingly, because I had about three million bottles at home waiting to be tested out, I forgot to pack nail polish for my holiday. I didn't have time for a manicure or pedicure before I went, so I had envisaged taking all of my nail-perfecting stuff with me - oils,...
Body washes are never the most thrilling beauty products to write about, but this little number from Weleda very much deserves a proper mention. It's difficult to find shower gels and body cleansers that are gentle and non-drying but that actually work; lots of the...
I'm supposed to be on a self-imposed work ban on this holiday (I'm in Greece), but the other afternoon it started to pour down with rain and Mr AMR was watching old cowboy films on the television and so I decided to kill some time and make a quick beauty video....
First night of the holidays, and Mr AMR and I managed to drag ourselves out to dinner despite being absolutely shattered! I decided to do a bit of a sultry eye to compliment my rather glam leopard print dress (Baum und Pferdgarten) and cracked out Charlotte...
Another foundation launch; this time it's Estée Lauder with the Perfectionist Youth-Infusing Makeup. Foundations are just getting better and better; lightweight formulas, great coverage and glowy finishes that aren't shimmery or reflective, but give the skin a "lit...