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,…
It’s that time of the month again. (“What, the middle?”) No, dear friends, it’s that time of the month, which means that I will walk into at least three doors today, cry when the kettle doesn’t boil fast enough and quite possibly, kill somebody. But never mind that – what about my skin? Yes, it’s…
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,…
It’s exactly two months now since I had my Flutter lash extensions done. There are still quite a few remaining, but because I decided to grow them out rather than keep up the maintenance, they are starting to look a bit sparse. I thought that it would be a good time, round about now, to…
Whoa, Nelly – that was a long post title! Serves me right for not thinking up some kind of shortened, humorous version. Like…Purrrrrfect Hair, or something completely lame like that. Oh well; here we all are, still reading, so it can’t have been all that bad. This is a bit of a ‘flash’ review because…
One of my most recent endeavours has been to get my hands looking absolutely soft and smooth. I’m talking contest-winning smooth – hands that look as though they have never seen the light of day, hands that look as though they’ve been preserved in some kind of time-defying plasma. Luckily, I don’t have a job…
My latest editorial shoot for Freundin Magazine (www.freundin.de) shot by the wonderful Margaretha Olschewski. Hair, makeup and general moral support (it was a long day!) was by Richard Wilkinson who used MAC Fix and Prime to keep everything in place throughout the shoot. We shot on location around Hamburg, which is always a pleasure –…
Okay, deep breath – this palette is £67.50. I’ve been worried about writing this post because I know that it’s a lot of money, but on the other hand, I feel that I have to write this post because the shadows and blushers are of such exceptional quality. Before I start talking about the palette…
OK, let’s talk about groomed fingers because this, my friends, has to be the poshest, most clean-looking colour that I have ever worn upon my nails. I’m not big on nail colour – and I’ve mentioned this before, I think. Since writing A Model Recommends… I have played about with different nail colours, but more…
Well. I was going to amuse you with a photo of a nipple, and a photo of some lips and an anecdote about telling them apart – which, in retrospect, would have been pretty cringeworthy. But in actual fact, I didn’t even get so far as to start formulating my mini-comedy because the internet stopped…
Paul & Joe’s Clair de Lune face and eye colours have been sat on my desk for exactly two months now. The reason? When I first played about with them, I found the colours to be really sheer – to the point that they wouldn’t show up on film. Being the busy (and impatient) old…
I feel as though I’ve done a bit of a run of very expensive products lately, so here we go with some that are affordable and very effective. I had a MARE of a day yesterday, because I hadn’t read my schedule properly that my agency had emailed me, and failed to see that I…
Another skincare routine for you; this time I’m looking at some of the products that I use in the morning on oily skin. As I mention in the video, it’s so important to treat oily skin the right way – the products need to be gentle and non-stripping rather than over-the-top astringent. A little side-note…
I know what you’re thinking right now: “BORE OFF, WOMAN. I have absolutely no interest in what goes in your armpits.” Well let me tell you; you might be thinking that now, but just wait until you’ve read my 3000-word essay on deodorants, aluminium and saving the planet! No, not really. I was just going…
On Saturday I had the pleasure of meeting the founders of Eyeko and their team. They had put on a really lovely event in Islington at the Wenlock and Essex (nice pub, by the way – used to be The Living Room. Is much better now), with very, very good canapés and cocktails. And I’m…
I know that September is over, but I still wanted to post up this video that I made for the Youtube subscribers. It’s basically a little summary of favourite/interesting/most-used products from the month of September. Many of these products are ones that you have already seen, because I have reviewed them already, but there are…
I hate glitter. I avoid it like the plague – not only is it very difficult to apply it in a way that doesn’t make you look like a low-rent dancer in a euro-trash pop video, it’s an absolute nightmare to take off. I dread it when I turn up to a shoot and the…
A few weeks ago, I was running rather late for a casting. “Nothing new there,” I hear you say; and you’d be right. I am often running late for castings and the main reason for this is that over the years, I seem to have instilled in myself the belief that I can get ready…