I had my first contact lens "lesson" last week and to say it went badly would be a huge understatement. To be quite honest with you, I don't know why any part of me thinks that I'll ever be successful with a procedure that involves precision, dexterity and being OK...
I went to a lovely beauty dinner organised by Sainsbury's and it reminded that I was, at one point, doing some sort of supermarket beauty series. I can't remember the title of this particular series but I'm sure it would have utilised a pun, because I can't resist...
Arriving in London with a makeup bag that had apparently been packed by a drunk baboon forced me to be a bit creative with my products. I honestly have no idea how I ended up with four bronzers and two foundations but absolutely no brow stuff, no lipstick and only one...
I don't think I've ever properly suffered with anxiety - stress is more my thing, though I'm sure the two are somehow linked - but the current coronavirus situation is enough to make anyone as tense and panic-ridden as a hedgehog on a highway. So there are a few...
I'm back in the room! It's not really as though I can go anywhere else, to be fair. Sorry for the slightly prolonged absence; I've been trying to get my head around the new working day, which consists of twelve hours of shared cat-herding (childcare) with Mr AMR...
Hello, dearest readers. I've been at a loss to know what to say to you this week; my usual humour seems to have deserted me and I'm struggling to find the right words. I'm sure that most of you feel the same way as me - overwhelmed and displaced - and so I don't want...
Let's take a look at Chanel's Spring 2020 collection. It all looks so beautiful, especially photographed against the huge booklet they sent along with it - mauves and vibrant sandy corals and pale shimmering champagnes. The colours of a desert as the sun goes down -...
I just can't seem to keep away from favourites videos. I stop doing them and then I start again, always returning to make just one more. I stop because I think that they're generally a bit formulaic, but then, a few months down the line, I start to miss making them. I...
Well this is a very joyous revisit; I've reviewed Murad's brilliant Retinol Youth Renewal range before, but they've reformulated and relaunched it and it's now even more of a find. I say find, but this skincare trio (there's a serum, an eye serum and a sumptuous night...
It's life update time again, and rather than bore you with all of the tantrums and CIA-level negotiation we've been having to do around here, with our three and a four year old, I thought we could talk about bedtime routines and (more specifically) some of the crazy...
You know the drill with these, by now: it's a real-time (ish) try-on of my latest clothing order, this time from perennial favourite, Hush Homewear. It wouldn't really have been such a big order, but I have to get everything in both a size 10 and 12, because I sit...
I always feel like a right berk recommending this to people when I can't pronounce the name properly - I mean, how on earth do you say OI Oil without looking as though you're doing an extreme facial yoga move? - but recommend it I do. A lot. Because, despite trying...
It's Best Budget Beauty time again and who better to join me in my bargain-hunting exploits than the self-confessed dupe-obsessive Nadine Baggott? Nadine has decades of experience as a beauty editor and presenter and spends an unholy amount of time chasing down...
Well here's a makeup collection that feels decidedly spring-like; it's making me feel quite optimistic and invigorated about things, despite the fact that we're being battered by various storms and all still wearing tights. It's the Act IV collection by Estée Lauder,...
I raved about this wondrous shampoo and conditioner duo just after Christmas but - as usual - it has taken some time to edit my written review. Mind you, that's not a bad thing at all, because it's given me a chance to test Olaplex 4 & 5 (sounds like a virus) to...