I’m so surprised that I liked this! It’s a powder foundation! Me, of the dewy, sheeny, barely-there finish, wearing a powder foundation! Origins ‘Brighter by Nature’ skin tone correcting makeup is a soft and creamy powder that applies really very smoothly to the skin. I kept on waiting to feel that hideous surge of dryness…
This must be the most frequently asked question of all: “Do you think I could be a model?” Girls send me snapshots and statistics, descriptions of their faces, how much they think they might grow by their sixteenth birthday; there’s only one real way to find out if you could be a model, and that’s…
Random stream of thought coming right at ya! “Oooh. It’s Friday Flash Review time again and I’m back to writing down my thoughts. This might not appeal to some people. I can imagine that some people preferred my videos. Much more risk of coming across like a buffoon in a video though.. Or is there?…
Don’t worry – only for a week! And the posts are pre-scheduled so will still be coming thick and fast! (I’m conscientious like that, you know.) I thought that the double-bank-holiday would be a good time to escape and so escaping I am into a remote wilderness to stay in a cottage with no TV…
My latest photo shoot to come out; this was an editorial for Schaufenster Magazine which is published (I think!) in Austria. I love the makeup – it’s amazing how your attention really focuses on the face when hairstyles are taken out of the equation! We shot this in a huge derelict warehouse that was in…
Little tip for those of you on a budget: Soap & Glory’s ‘Catch a Wrinkle’ is uncannily similar in smell to Bliss’s ‘The Youth As We Know It.’ And there are quite a few similarities in the ingredients lists. And they’re both anti-aging creams that promise to intensely hydrate the skin and reduce wrinkles. Just…
I have procrastinated for weeks about posting this up, but after a marathon (very teary) reading session of Sophie Feels Better last night I have decided that now is the time. Sophie Feels Better is a blog written by LOOK magazine’s beauty editor, Sophie Beresiner, but it’s not a typical beauty blog. Sophie was diagnosed…
A while back I did a bronzey ‘face of the day’ with a slightly corally lip (whoa with the high-brow descriptions!) and at the weekend I decided to then do a video on it. I didn’t really use the same products as in my ‘face of the day’, but you’ll be pleased to know that…
So many people email me asking about modelling that I have decided to set up a little section called Model FAQ. I can’t possibly answer all the emails individually, because I simply don’t have the time! Same goes for personal requests for skincare recommendations or shades of makeup for certain skin-tones; I wish that I…
I have totally and utterly fallen in love with this camo-print shirt from Equipment. Expensive, (£255) but worth every penny – this has got to be one of the most amazing things I have set eyes on in recent months. I’m not big on prints, but there are a few very distinct advantages when it…
Ah, finally a lash conditioner that I might stick to! Probably because it’s Chanel. And it doesn’t feel like a lash conditioner. And it makes any mascara you put on top go on nice and smoothly and look like a mega-watt lash-volumising super-duper mascara. As tested out by yours truly using a variety of good,…
Today I have done a little experiment with my calculator and surprised myself with the results. (No, I didn’t spell ‘BOOBS’ by typing 80085! I did that yesterday.) I’d like to show you the results of my price experiment and perhaps briefly talk about the ‘price per ml’ phenomenon that has slowly, over the course of the…
Huge announcement to make: I haven’t been to the gym since November! Shock horror! The reason for this? The ‘No Gym’ Experiment. In November my Virgin Active membership increased due to Pru Health (my private health provider) cutting back on the amount that they would subsidise my gym payments by. It went up to an…
£90 for 30ml makes this face oil one of the more expensive treatments in my war chest of beautifying weaponry. I seem to remember mentioning it a couple of months ago, and I was pretty worried about what the response would be. I can’t even do my usual ‘price per ml’ calculations on this one,…
A while back I wrote about the super-sexy Tom Ford candle and lamented that there were so few candles that fit into my mid-century modern designed home. If you want to read that post then click HERE. I have found another! Jo Malone’s Lime, Basil and Mandarin Candle now comes in a limited edition David…
Today’s other post is all about Upstyler magazine – this shirt is from Upstyler magazine! Coincidence? No. I was at a little soirée they threw in the East End and I happened to fall in love with this silk shirt. I had drunk a couple of ginger-and-something cocktails and handed over my credit card without…
I’m in Upstyler magazine again – this time picking out some of my favourite fashion pieces for SS2011. Go on over and have a look! Click HERE.
I want you to behold the full effect of the VitaZing! When I first put it on, I didn’t realise that it had a bit of a tint to it and I nearly fell off my chair thinking that I had found a total miracle cream. My skin was bright, glowy and slightly more ‘tanned’…