Yesterday I went to the Aveda Institute (Holborn, London) to put it through its paces. They didn’t know this, but I’m an incredibly fussy customer when it comes to colour. It probably stems from the fact that I’ve had so many bad dye jobs for campaigns and photoshoots! I have a number of boxes that…
I mentioned a while back that Escentual.com were stocking an amazing La Roche Posay sample set which included loads and loads of their bestselling products and a voucher to redeem against a full-size purchase that basically compensated for the cost of the samples. Well they have this set back in stock, but even better, they…
Pleased to say that Keep Calm and Shop, my online luxury shopping guide, is going down an absolute treat! I’m really enjoying scouring the shops and picking out amazing things – potentially dangerous financially as I want absolutely everything I write about! (I have indulged a fair few times. Ssshh.) I’m also having quite a…
“And here we have…” Bonjour! Happy Saturday! Here I am with my monthly round-up of beauty launches, favourite products, interesting and brilliant purchases…and I’m punctual as ever! Sit and have a cuppa and watch me blather on – you know you want to! Two things to add to my round-up that aren’t in the video…
“Now these shadows are something I could quite easily get obsessed with…just look at that packaging! If James Bond made eyeshadows… Little glass jars filled with what looks like loose powder but is, in fact, the loveliest fine-milled metallic pressed shadow. Incredible. OK, so I’m off to Sainsbury’s and obviously the sensible thing to do…
I know that Soap & Glory always seem to have a 3-for-2 offer on in Boots, but when I passed through Liverpool Street Station today and saw the promotion running it reminded me of three (coincidentally!) products that I have been using on a very regular basis recently. The first is ‘The Breakfast Scrub’, which…
Be afraid, be so very, very afraid. “My Mum Says”, aka Christine my Mum (see here for some posts she has written for me) has started up a no-holds-barred beauty blog in which she documents her discoveries and disappointments. It’s quite possible that my mother is some kind of genetic freak because she has always…
Many thanks to @Kimanjj on Twitter who spotted me much larger than life on Clapham High Street. Yes, this is me, bashing up a piano with a skirting board. I’d just like to point out that it’s not as easy as it looks, especially whilst balancing on one leg, wearing high heels and pulling a…
I’m a big fan of all these ‘no makeup’ makeup formulas that keep coming out – they just seem to keep getting better. Sheerer, more glowy, more natural… I have been using Murad’s new ‘dewy finish’ skin perfecting primer in place of any tinted moisturiser or foundation and I have had quite a few compliments…
I have recently made a quite frankly lifechanging discovery. Porridge Oats in a sachet. Porridge has been one of my breakfasts ‘of choice’ for the past few years, but I had always made it in a saucepan, standing stirring the milk and oats for what seemed like an eternity before it was finally ready. After…
A few weeks ago I went to the Belstaff sample sale and picked myself up a couple of bargains! Firstly, a skirt, but I’ll tell you about that when I’ve managed to actually get the blasted thing over my hips. (Yes, one of those optimistic purchases!) The real gem, though, is this Trailmaster jacket –…
This week’s Friday Flash Review is brought to you from Sicksville, Nausea City. “OK, I’m going to let you into a little secret. Something that I’ve done that was all rather silly but couldn’t be helped. I mean literally couldn’t be helped. If someone had put me in a strangle-hold and told me not to…
This is highly topical, what with thousands of utterly barmy people traipsing off to sit in fields covered in mud; some festival and camping recommendations. Recommendation number one would actually be: Hire a Winnebago, but failing that, some beauty advice is the best thing I can do for you. If you are off to Glasto,…
ARGH!! This was my face today (minus the boxing-glove border) when I found out that A Model Recommends had crashed. Unfortunately, there’s a possibility that it had something to do with the set-up of The Forum and so The Forum had to be put to death. I am going to try my extreme hardest to…
I have spent the weekend trying to imagine that I’m somewhere far hotter and dryer than I actually am. Spritzing myself with l’Occitane’s ‘Calanques’ fragrance (last year’s but I treasure it as it smells like the beach) and wallowing in a bath that was 80% dead sea salts and 20% water. (Whilst on the subject…
I came across this little beauty of a cleanser recently whilst researching products for sensitive skin and then took it away on my camping trip. Oh, sorry? Did I not mention that I went camping? That I. Went camping? Funny that. Must be the trauma – you know, when people block out particularly unpleasant experiences?…
This is my “outfit of the day from last week” – I haven’t done one of these little posts in ages, and I was, for once, not wearing my pyjama or tracksuit bottoms, so I thought I’d record the momentous event for posterity. So here you have me in two different (very striking, haha!) poses….
After my little post on hair removal last month (or was it the month before) I set about trying out a few new things. The first was an epilator, but more on that in a separate post because I need to work up the courage to give it a second try! The second thing was…