I have been testing out the new Chanel Rouge Coco Shine lipsticks and all I can say is adorable. That can be said in a French or English accent; I don’t mind. These lipsticks are simply gorgeous – the word that keeps springing to mind is luscious. Glossy, moisturising and sheeny, they have more colour…
I’m in Hamburg and so far the experience has been a little bit of a ‘mixed bag’. 4.30am start yesterday but didn’t begin shooting the cover for Flair magazine until about 5pm – forgot to take my Kindle to the studio and hadn’t charged my iPhone so I was bored beyond belief! In addition to…
Another nice shampoo for those of you on the continuous hunt for SLS- and SLES-free products; Happy Hair Days Thickening Shampoo. This one lathers amazingly well, has a really zingy and revitalising smell and the formula itself feels cool and refreshing on the scalp. It doesn’t leave my hair feeling squeaky and ‘stripped’ – once…
I have a new shoot out in Upstyler Magazine. (Not a ‘shoot-out’, that’s something that happens in cowboy films.) For more pictures, go and have a little browse of the magazine, it’s online HERE!
The title of this post should speak for itself, really – it’s a tutorial, given by top stylist Kenna of Kennaland (celebrity client list as long as your arm) on how to style a fringe that’s too long, or you’re growing out. If you have a fringe, you’ll know that this scenario arises practically every…
Get excited, people, because I am about to literally rave about something, and that something is the Bespoke Perfumery service at Floris. Amazing. Utterly, utterly incredible. If you are looking to buy someone something that is unique, luxurious and unbeatably romantic, then this is it. The experience of having your own perfume made for you…
“Mmm. Elemis. Is it fair to review Elemis for my Friday Flash? I’m not sure it is, really – I’m so biased! I love it already, and I haven’t even opened the box yet. End of review.” [Break for three days where I ponder whether or not I can be objective about Elemis.] “Try again….
As I type this, my entire office is scented with roses – the new Rose Jardin Délice from L’Occitane to be more precise. It comes as no real surprise that I like this, surely – I love roses, and I also love pretty much everything that comes floating up from L’Occitane en Provence. This new…
I have been asked to post a “Face of the Day” – or “FOTD” as they appear to be called in the world of online beauty enthusiasts! So here it is – my “Face of the Day”. I tend to have the same face everyday, so I’m not quite sure how regularly I’ll be able…
At the beginning of December I flew to New York to shoot the new KMS California campaign (which is why I came home blonder, and with a fringe) and after the shoot finished, I got given a humungous bag of product. This is one of the nice ‘perks’ of being a model – when you…
I have been meaning to make the video below for ages, but I wanted to have a good play about with the Watercolours first, because they are somewhat of a foreign texture to me when it comes to blush. Hand me a cream blush or a powder, a ‘pot of rouge’ or a Nars Multiple…
Sorry to any of you who couldn’t think of anything less interesting than reading about a candle, but the fragrance of this one just did something a little odd to me. Now I know that I’ve harped on about this fragrance/memory phenomenon before, where you smell something and it triggers something off in your brain,…
**** UPDATE: sorry I’m late with this, I haven’t had a chance to do anything over the last two days! The winner, picked at random, is Alice Sykes who follows by email! Well done Alice, I have dropped you an email already! **** I have an excellent giveaway for you this week – I’m kind…
Avon’s new Moisture Seduction lipsticks launch today and they are quite unusual; lipcolours with ribbons of moisturising balm swirled through them. I have been trying mine out since way back in November, just as the weather was starting to turn very cold, and they really are nice and moisturising. What makes them different to the…
Note of warning to those who take product names literally: this Survival Kit will not help you in a Bear Grylls-typed situation (lost in the jungle, being chased by venomous snakes, with nothing but a crew of fifty, an off-road vehicle and a Hilton hotel to save you from the jaws of death) and neither…
Recommendation of the week: if you’re thinking about buying a Clarisonic, then I’d hold your horses and go for the new ‘Mia’ version that will be available from March 11th in Space NK. It’s utterly genius – smaller and lighter and it has a clever ‘magnetic’ charger rather than an annoying cradle. It’s also quite…
I can’t quite believe that we’re at the end of another month – time is racing by at the moment! Oh well. Another month, another Beauty Round-Up – a little low on skincare, bodycare and haircare in this video, I’m afraid. That’s not to say that I haven’t found any interesting and worthy hair, skin…
My latest eye cream love: Darphin’s Gel Lissant Défatigant Yeux. Sounds much more impressive in French, non? This is instantly cooling on application and contains Walnut extract and caffeine to ‘visibly reduce fine lines and revive the eye contour’. I have no idea what Walnut extract is supposed to do but I can tell you,…