Oh hello August, you sizzling-hot little git! Where did you spring from? I'm still answering emails with "hope you had a good New Year"! I'm not going on holiday until September (too much to do, too much to do) and so for now, I am making do with scents that remind me...
I've never been a huge advocate of toners; most that I tried in my teens and early twenties left my face so dry and stripped that my skin would be completely knocked out of balance. I think that there was a real trend, then especially, for "cleanser and toner duos";...
Pai Skincare have launched some brilliant beauty kits, the Anywhere Essentials Collections. I have always loved Pai for their gentle, soothing formulas; their Echium Eye Cream is my number one post-shoot eye treatment because it's so great at calming down any soreness...
Here's a new discovery: Time Bomb skincare. I had heard of the brand before, but it grabbed my attention properly when I found out that the range had been snapped up by Selfridges, both in-store and online. I have tried a few of the products and all have been very...
Some holiday (or pre-holiday) skincare essentials. The VO5 Hot Oil is a bit of an anomaly because it's for your hair and not for your face, but it was orange and summery and looked good in my photographs! Hot Oil is one of those beauty products that seems very old...
**UPDATE: chosen testers are Harry (h.nortonshaw), frances.barcelos, bethanrabjohns, dianalloyd5 and Andrea Lutton. Thanks to everyone who left a comment, I wish I had hundreds of these sets. (I'm working on it!) Testers; you'll receive an email shortly from La...
Oh, my Beauty Heart, be still, be still, be still! Do summer palettes get much prettier? The Terra Tropica from Guerlain is definitely right up there with the most desirable makeup morsels of the summer. And this is full summer - high summer - that we're looking at...
There have been loads of questions recently about serums; people wanting to know what they are, what to do with them and - this seems to be the most frequently asked question - whether they are worth the money. Are they just another marketing ploy to get us to add a...
Thing Of The Week - and yes, I know I'm late to the party - is this very nifty little product from Bourjois, the Magic Nail Polish Remover for Hands and Feet. Their "one second" remover for fingernails is already one of my all-time favourite beauty inventions - you...
Some lovely, summery skincare bits and pieces that I've been trying. I've probably harped on about the MD Formulations Moisture Defense (right of photo) quite enough by now, but just to recap: weightless skin hydration with a load of antioxidants packed in. Perfect...
There are people who can "do" nails and people who simply can't. I fall into the latter category; the very height of my nail-painting capabilities is applying a bright colour without going over the edges. I can just about do that now - first time - without having to...
Sorry, I was late with the video and I'm even later with this post! It's quite a mish-mash, this favourites video; jewellery, sunscreens, a pair of ballet pumps... You can read more about the wonderful lightweight sunscreens in last week's post here and I'll be doing...