I’m not sure whether any of you have ever had a proper spa ‘bath’ – by that I mean immersed in water that has had specific things added to it to detoxify the body or help to soothe muscles and so on. I had a jolly good time in Ibiza many years ago – a…
On the average day of castings, I take around six tube journeys (that’s six lots of running up the escalators as I can’t stand still!) and I walk for miles. I’m not exaggerating, neither am I moaning – I love a good, brisk walk. Walking is better when the weather turns slightly colder, and that’s…
Check out this eyeliner! I have been raving about this on my Youtube videos recently – if you don’t watch my videos, then you’re missing out! I do all kinds of interesting things in them…like…put on makeup and stuff. No, honestly, they’re great if you want to see products actually working and textures of makeup…
As most of you are aware, I’m a total sucker for a ‘gift with purchase’ – especially the Clinique Bonus Time. I literally have hundreds of mini bottles and tubes and they’re invaluable for me when I travel abroad for shoots. This particular Bonus Time really caught my eye because I loved the eye palette…
A couple of weeks ago I went to visit the wonderful treasure-trove of a shop that is Cosmetics a la Carte. The shop, in Motcomb Street, has had a bit of a facelift, but I also had been waiting for an excuse to meet the infamous Lynne Sanders, cosmetic chemist and co-founder of the brand….
If you are a l’Occitane fan you’ll have probably already heard about their new fragrance, Fleur Cherie. If you buy InStyle magazine, you’ll also know all about it, because this month’s has a free Fleur Cherie hand lotion! I have been using the body lotion, which is quite possibly the most fragranced body lotion I…
Last week I popped to Texas Embassy for the launch of OPI’s SS2011 nail polish collection. Please note that it was Texas Embassy the bar/restaurant, not The Texan Embassy. Texas wouldn’t have an embassy, obviously, it being a state and not a country, but I just wanted to clarify that for y’all. (I’m going to…
There are two jars on my desk; two very plain jars with simple labels bearing very simple descriptions of the contents – one is marked ‘Skin Serum’, the other ‘Intensive Face Balm’. These jars contain products that were, until now (BIG MOUTH ME!) one of Devon’s best-kept secrets. Don’t let the plain jar and basic…
Just a little peek into my makeup and toiletries bag for the Glasgow trip last week; a few new things that I’m trying – I will report back on them in due time – and a few old favourites. Below the video there’s an inventory of all products included in the video. I haven’t done…
If you follow me on Twitter (@modelrecommends) you will know that I took a trip to Glasgow earlier this week to do a two-day shoot for a clothing company. There’s a little summary of my trip coming up, including a bit of information about where I stayed and dined and shopped and so on, but…
I popped round to my friend Dina’s at the weekend (Dina happens to be a top makeup artist as well as my friend!) – and she had just been to Superdrug on a massive nail polish mission. While she was making me a cup of peppermint tea, I rather cheekily nicked the Rimmel Lycra Pro…
After the roaring success of Natio’s Mineral Polish in ‘Brandy’ that I reviewed last week (possibly the nicest, poshest polish in the world!) I decided to try out a few of their other products. I have to admit that I had only very fleetingly heard of the brand before, and so, with no real prior…
There’s something of a ‘Serum Craze’ going on at the moment and very soon I am going to be offering you a little round-up of my favourites. But in the meantime, I wanted to tell you about the newest product by NUDE – the advanced cellular renewal serum. If you’re a Space NK regular, you’ll…
Sorry, but how cool is this perfume bottle? I think that this would make a great gift, especially for girls (and ladies!) who are into their KAWAII! accessories and trinkets. The whole Tokyo Style Craze is one that seems to have endless appeal in the UK – you only have to look at “Hello Kitty”…
Oh bless! This is me (obviously) in one of my very first polaroids taken in the agency. This was taken in early 2001, nearly ten whole years ago! Time has flown by, as it tends to do when you are having fun. Interesting to note that my hair colour here is very nearly natural –…
Shu Uemura get it very, very right with this skincare-makeup hybrid. It’s designed to renew and lift dull, tired skin and make it seem more luminous and smoothed-out. When I first tested this, I was expecting mega-watt glow and a real shimmery sheen, but in actual fact the glow is quite subtle. It’s the overall…
I spent a lovely evening at ASOS last week, perusing the exclusive Christmas goodies, drinking fizzy wine and eating cakes on sticks. More on that in a later post when I’ve had time to gather my thoughts – for now, please be seated for an important announcement: if you like your nails fun and funky,…
I’m working my way through a number of Trevor Sorbie products at the moment (hallelujah for Boots 3-for-2 offers) and am rather impressed. Most time-saving and innovative so far (in my opinion, at least!) is the Beautiful Curls Curl Constructor. If you, like me, have problems curling your hair, then you’ll like this product. Usually,…