Buying White Jeans with Donna Ida

(Me in my new jeans, with Donna Ida, denim JEANIUS. Geddit?) I have always been very, very afraid of white jeans. Let's face it; they really are not the easiest things to wear. They make your arse look massive even if it's not, and you have to wash them about every...

Dermalogica Multivitamin Power Concentrate

  I have recently rediscovered these little beauties. They should be called 'Capsules of Wonder'. I used to use them when I had a hangover (rare, these days, because I'm far too busy to drink the drink needed to get a hangover in the first place) and they were...

Myla Sale – My Favourite Lingerie!

(Oh. I'm not quite sure why this image has come out so small! I'm like a little pixie on the page!) Hooray - the Myla sale is back on! I have already bought four items, which came to the princely sum of.....FIFTY SIX POUNDS! That was a bra, two pairs of knick-nacks...

Benefit 'Finding Mr Bright'

I quite like these little Benefit 'all in one' boxes that they seem to keep on coming up with. Although they're inconvenient to cart about in your handbag, they are brilliant for keeping in the bedroom/bathroom/wherever you do your makeup, so that you have all your...

Welcome to The Forum!

For a very long time I have been trying to find a way of creating some kind of area on A Model Recommends that allows readers to interact with each other and with me. A place where we can drop in for a chin-wag, discuss beauty and fashion and cooking and books and...

May Beauty Round-Up

May's Beauty Round-Up is a little late, as you can see. I'll be honest; I completely forgot to do it! Ha! Oh well, better late than never I suppose. And it gives you a chance to see my new highlights and haircut - nothing too drastic, don't panic, but my fringe is...

Friday Flash Review: EEK Nails

I have woken up with actual people living on my fingers. I cannot begin to tell you how unnerving it is to open your eyes for the first time in the morning and see tiny, cartoonish eyes staring back at you from mere inches away.. Just look at them! It's amazing how...

I'm sorry, what?

It's not often that I find an outfit abhorrent enough to comment on but this really is a hoot! I saw it on my favourite gossip site, http://www.holymoly.com and it made my day. Poor old Jessica Biel - what on earth have Revlon forced her to wear for their cosmetics...

Agent Provocateur Fragrance Sale

It was brought to my attention that CheapSmells.com have got up to 70% off on Agent Provocateur fragrances and massage oils. At some point this year I am going to have to disable my email alerts before I bankrupt myself because I simply cannot resist a discount. Agent...

What I'm Reading…

I have introduced a new 'feature' to A Model Recommends. I use the word 'feature' in the loosest possible sense because in fact it's just really a little box in the sidebar, but anyway, it's called 'What I'm Reading'. It will genuinely be what I am reading, too, not a...

CLOSED: Urban Bride Giveaway!

Yippee! A giveaway! It has been a while, hasn't it? Sorry about that folks... The lovely people at Urban Decay have five Urban Bride boxes to give away to readers of A Model Recommends. Apologies to any of you who may have already popped out and snapped one of these...

Rituals ‘Under a Fig Tree’ Fragrance Diffuser

Rituals ‘Under a Fig Tree’ Fragrance Diffuser

You may not be able to tell from the picture above, but the cardboard tube containing the Rituals 'Under a Fig Tree' Fragrance Diffuser has approximately the same dimensions as a missile launcher. It's huge. If I was stood in the picture I'd be resting my elbow on the...