Have you still got presents to buy? Yes? Oh dear. Oh deary, deary me. You’re in deep doo-doo aren’t you? Better get yourself off to Boots and grab some 3-for-2 offers! That’s where I find myself every single Christmas Eve, without fail. Not this year, I hasten to add, because I have been ultra-organised and have…
So dedicated am I to bringing you daily tips, tricks and…stuff…that I am slaving away through the Christmas holiday to ensure you get your fix. So make sure you keep on tuning in – there will be at least one post a day, as always, and something very special and/or drunken tomorrow, Christmas Day. Definitely…
What is it about Molton Brown? People bloody love it, don’t they? My Mum loves it – you could line up the most ridiculously opulent and expensive face creams along a table, pile it high with handmade soaps from Morocco and body oils from Provence and she would still reach for the Molton Brown. Anyway,…
Ah, the final part of The Christmas Gift Guide. I do hope you’ve enjoyed them – I’ve certainly enjoyed making them! This last installment deals with last minute shopping in Boots. Everyone who’s still shopping on Christmas Eve finds themselves in Boots (don’t they?!) and so I’ve picked out a few things that I think…
By the time you’re on your third hangover in a row, the motivation to apply a full face of glitter kind of disappears. So from yesterday’s cheap bling, we go to a more sophisticated look. I’m not talking about evening makeup here, by the way. I’m talking about the kind of daytime makeup that we…
The penultimate Gift Guide, Volume 6, takes a look at some of the festive cosmetics available this Christmas. Some items are limited edition, some are available all year round, but all of them (for me at least!) have something about them that makes them ideal for giving as a gift. If the product doesn’t come…
What a clever, clever idea this is; a fully customizable moisturising and rejuvenating system that can be adapted to suit any skin type and any situation. Oily T-Zone and dry cheeks? Frazzled, sun-dried skin? Chapped, winter-bashed face? You can use iRejuvenate in all of these cases, and also as an intensive oil, a cool, light…
I’m not a huge fan of glitter – it gets everywhere and is difficult to remove. But I put my own hang-ups aside for the evening and recorded a very Christmassy makeup video using a selection of budget and high-street brands. One brand that stood out as being incredible value was MUA at Superdrug –…
You’ll be pleased to know that I don’t speak in this video. I have filmed so many things in the last couple of weeks that I’m actually sick of my own voice! This is actually my favourite Gift Guide video so far; it makes me feel really nostalgic and Christmassy. Possibly due to the soundtrack!…
No, the above picture is not of me – the reason that I’m showing you this picture is that MakeUp4All have a wonderful Christmas Issue magazine out – featuring yours truly! (I hate the term yours truly, but I couldn’t think of an alternative. It’s late. I’m fried.) Browse through the magazine HERE; it’s full…
A bit of French for you, there. But that’s as far as I’m going. I’m reasonably proficient, but it would take me far too long to look up grammatical quirks and word sexes. So we’re in English. A lot less glamorous, because we have phrases such as “cack-handed”, “b*stard” and “bugger up”, but effective nonetheless….
Volume 4, and it’s the Luxe Edition. Don’t watch this if you suffer from heart complaints or Can’t-stop-spending Syndrome. It could be dangerous. I’ve tried to pop in a few gift ideas that aren’t beauty-based, just to mix things up a bit. Enjoy! Shopping List: Chanel Sublimage Concentrate, £290 and Cream, £220. Sisley All Day…
This should have gone in my Stocking Fillers video, but it slipped through the net! Do you know why? Because it was in my pocket! I have been taking this everywhere as a multi-purpose balm, and when I was walking around New York in the bitter cold, I was actually using it as a bit…
I made a little video after I had been pulling at my lashes (that fateful week!) to cheer myself up, and I decided that I would go a bit ‘luxe’ and crack out the Sisley products! I love the Holiday palette with it’s wonderful bright blue against the silvery shades, and I decided to do…
I seem to have timed my Christmas Gift Guide instalments rather badly; as a result, you’ll be getting another three of these in quite fast succession! As this weekend is pretty much the deadline for Christmas shopping, I wanted to make sure that all the videos were up and running before Friday, but that means…
Remember my Vitamin E recommendation? You should do, it was only two days ago! I have a treat for one lucky reader (UK only, this time, I’m afraid!) and it’s a box-set filled with super-hydrating Vitamin E products! The Dr Organic Ultimate Hydration set includes the Vitamin E Face Cream, (see Sunday’s post), Vitamin E…
A few more ELF/e.l.f./eyes lips face things for you to have a look at, including a rather nice eyeshadow in ‘pebble’. The thing that I love most about ELF is that if you make a mistake with choosing a colour or texture, it’s not the end of the world. It allows you to experiment and…
Dear Burt’s Bees, Can you read? I’m not sure you can, being bees and all, but I’m going to write this anyway. Perhaps Burt can read it out to you. When you are all on your coffee/fag/lunch break, sat there on the ledge of the hive, wings folded, legs akimbo, complaining about your long hours…