If you follow Emmy Rossum on Instagram, you know that she’s been on the hunt for a product to style her natural “Jewish curly hair†...
Buxom Wanderlust Primer-Infused Blush ($22) is a new primer infused blush that has a beachy fragrance which might just take you out of Winter funk mo ...
[unpaid/samples] Lisa’s latest lipsticks are a world first – honestly! All of the refill componentry is made from aluminium – not ev ...
[unpaid/sample] It’s taken me nearly forever to get this review up – Cecred is Beyonce’s hair care range and bearing in mind that it ...
Watching: Rivals on Disney. My friend recommended it – I was certain I’d hate it – I absolutely LOVE it. Why" Absolute romp, ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I currently have a review queue for ash/grey haircare – having never been a hair care fan at all, I’m very ...
[unpaid/samples/affiliate/ad] I tested a fragrance – Santal Beauty – earlier in the year from the brand Bibbi, founded by Swedish born Sti ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I must admit, I didn’t even know Espa existed any more – it’s one of those brands that was always in ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Like several Gen Z targeted brands, Kosas has accidentally made a great brand for Gen X and Boomers. Gen Z prefers a less ...
[unpaid/affiliate] It’s interesting that silk lined beanies are mostly marketed towards textured or curly hair and that they’re not near ...
My friend Joyce has been on a trip to the US recently and very kindly did some beauty shopping for me. She brought back these Olay Cleansing Melts and ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I feel lucky this week that so far, everything I’ve reviewed has been so lovely. One of my secret pleasures is get ...
This mini set from Lixir Skin was such a treat to trial. It’s designed to provide a full facial experience (you can do it from your sofa ȁ ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I’ve had such a good weekend of beauty testing – often the week is so hectic and it’s a bit of a jug ...
[unpaid/sample] Well, this has been many, many months in the making, and full disclosure, the creator, Thom, is a good friend of mine and also the per ...
[unpaid/sample] There’s a lot to be said for keeping things simple when it comes to skin care. The beauty market is so noisy and so busy that i ...
[unpaid/affiliate] A very quick Friday treat this week – somehow I’ve run out of time (and I was so organised at the start of the week!) t ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] One of the best modern beauty inventions is Blemish Dots – stickers impregnated with salicylic acid (at a minimum) ...
[unpaid/sample] I’ve been looking for a deep grey eyeliner for a while – I love grey liners but it’s a long time since I last wore o ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] About a decade ago, niche fragrances were something of a secret – these entrepreneurial noses were quietly honing ...
[unpaid/sample] I’m such a sucker for a supplement – every time I read about a new ingredient or a new supplement I feel compelled to add ...
[unpaid/affiliate] I’ve predicted over the past few years that beauty advent calendars will fall out of favour and for all of those years, I&#x ...
[unpaid/affililate] I’m very particular about my sweatshirts – I like them loose and baggy with a neck that doesn’t strangle me w ...
[unpaid/sample] New brand alert! My friend Kelly flagged this brand by Danny Defreitas to me and I’m so glad she did. Danny is hard to define &# ...
[unpaid/sample] Another day, another foundation. This time it’s the Max Factor Miracle Pure Skin Reset 2-In-1 Serum Foundation under the microsc ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I’ve turned down a couple of beauty boxes this month because somehow they’re all starting to be a bit same-y& ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] It’s a good job that I had this treatment done before I changed my hair colour because as I’m discovering, ...
[unpaid/sample] You may well know the name, Otis Batterbee, for luxury make up brushes – he currently has a collaboration with everyone’s ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Well, this is exciting! e.l.f. Duochrome Liquid Eyeshadow in Extra-terrestrial is next level shiny with green, gold and p ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I never pass up the opportunity to test a new lip balm and I’ve been a bit tardy in getting round to Raybalmȁ ...
[unpaid/sample] And… while we are on all things Chanel, I have a few products from their Clairvoyance collection from the Cometes Collective (a ...
I wonder how often autographed Chanel items come up for auction" I do know, from visiting Chanel’s apartment on Rue Cambon, that the House ...
I’m stepping into the wayback machine again to tell you about a collaboration I did with Marks & Spencer in 2014 – actually, the ent ...
[AD] A final update on ZIIP HALO. If you recall, the ZIIP HALO device, which I’ve tested on two separate, prolonged periods now, provides your ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I completely rejected the idea of ‘baking’ as a beauty concept. It’s not new but if you haven’t h ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Just when I’d finished my leopard print accessories feature, along came this glamorous set from Nails Inc. The Runw ...
[Paid for myself] Naturally, I don’t have a great deal of grey hair – there is the odd strand or two but in the general scheme of things ...
[unpaid/affiliate] If you can actually get your hands on a pair of animal print jeans, I raise my (leopard print) beret to you! Everywhere from F& ...
My travels to Stockholm, where my son lives, don’t often include any beauty shopping although I have a friend, Kicki, who lives there too and s ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I know that it’s very much a first world problem, but when I’m testing lots of lipsticks, particularly mattes ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I think you’re going to see a lot about the new Maybelline Super Stay Lumi Matte Foundation because it’s beha ...
I’m not such a newbie now on Substack which is a digital platform for writers and content creators to publish their work directly to subscribers ...
[unpaid/sample] CHANEL seems a good way to start the week, especially as the newness is from their most luxurious lipstick range, Le Rouge 31. I ...
I’ve been backstage enough times to know how hard models work. They’re pushed and pulled from here to there with no say in what goes on ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] First thing I’m going to say is something I rarely say – rush to get this high shine chrome polish before i ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I have never taken much notice of my brows – they’re neither sparse nor full, not dark and not pale – t ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] You know you are in hallowed territory when the nose responsible for Carnal Flower and Portrait of a Lady (Dominique Ropi ...
[unpaid/sample] I come across quite a few brands whose founders created new products basically for themselves because they weren’t finding exac ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] False lashes are a big no-no for me – I just cannot fiddle about with glue and spider legs and come out with a lash ...
[unpaid/affiliate] You know what they say about the early bird" I’m already looking at items that are perfection for autumn and there are h ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I could really just sum up Skin Rocks The Gel Cleanser in a sentence – it’s the best I’ve ever used. Th ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Genes are your biggest indicator for dark circles, not tiredness. It’s just a very normal thing to have and one of ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] If I can just jump in the way back machine for a moment, I’ll take us to the mid-2010s when everyone was obsessed ...
Intimate Care is currently a growing category – it’s taken literally decades for this to be the case not least because nobody found reso ...
[unpaid/affiliate] Which of us does not own the ‘neutral’ leopard print in one form or another" I honestly thought I’d never ge ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I used to love a really scrubby-scrub but now I prefer a milder, more gentle approach to smoothing and softening lips. Th ...
[unpaid/sample] It’s very rare to get anything more substantial than a compliment slip with samples now so I very much appreciated the personal ...
[unpaid/paidforexperience/affiliate] I was all up and ready to post about a new lip balm I’ve found (which can wait til Monday) when I remembere ...
[unpaid/sample] The worst thing that happened to facial mists was global warming. Now they’ve mostly all switched to non-aerosol to be more pla ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I rarely bronze, other than self-tan on my face – there never seems to be a need for me to look like I just got bac ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] CHANEL has really ramped up their cleansing offerings – gel, micellar, foam, oil and soap (which I really want to ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Michael Kors has been pretty quiet over the past year or two. Part of the Estee Lauder Companies Aramis & Designer Fr ...
I cannot get used to an electronic diary – I was happy with my annual Smythson’s diary that I got every year for my birthday (handily, J ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] One of the weird things (out of many, many) that happens in mid-life is that you start to want less foundation. I canR ...
[unpaid/sample] Being brought up in the Scottish countryside, I am no stranger to the earthy, animal smell of working stable yards although I rarely r ...
[unpaid/purchase] I spotted this pair of Bourjois Healthy Mix Lip Sorbets on-line on a buy-one-get-one-half-price offer, so despite having more lip pr ...
[sponsoredcontent] This is my second outing with ZIIP HALO, one of the easiest skin gadgets I’ve ever used and I’m back because there ar ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I’m just going to come right out and say it, but men are the worst for remembering sun screen day to day. They̵ ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Even though I am very much not a hugger, on this occasion I’m tempted to invite them in purely so you can feel my ...
[purchase] Much as I love Bobbi Brown (the person) and respect what she’s done within the beauty industry, try as I might, I cannot get along wi ...
I’ve definitely got itchy feet (not literally – although there is a cream for that) so I’m having something of a slow down over t ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] This is a very quick catch up post because when I posted about the Guerlain KissKiss Bee Glows, somehow I forgot to show ...
[unpaid/sample] Apparently, the body category is SpaceNK’s fastest rising beauty area – we have had a dearth of decent body products for a ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] A new mascara is always such a pleasure – that inky smell and perfect distribution always puts a smile on my face. ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] As a general rule, I’m not a fan of setting sprays or primers. I don’t like a lot of products on my skin all ...
[unpaid/purchase/affiliate] I am the last person in the world to say that anything is ‘must have’ but I’ve just ordered two more of ...
[unpaid/sample] Several surprises for me with this brand – mainly that it’s founded by Tajinder Banwait who I have known since 2012. In fa ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I’m not a fragrance snob and actively dislike the ‘exclusivity’ of fragrance but I’m afraid I did ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I first reviewed Kate Somerville several years ago but my very first introduction to this brand was in New York in 2008. ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I’m somewhat rushing this extra post out today because this limited edition Les Collectors from CHANEL is going to ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] These are my favourite type of products to review – I got quite a spring in my step when they arrived. MILK Make Up ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] High pigment alert! I love a liquid blush as much as the next person but the Huda Beauty Blush Filters didn’t quite ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] If you’re a matte fan then the Haus Labs Le Monster Matte Lip Crayons are an absolute treat. I’d even go as f ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I’ve resisted reviewing these products because I really don’t like the name – Megababe is just so not w ...
I bought some apricots at my local farmer’s market last weekend and wanted to make something out of them but felt very lazy all week. I Googled ...
[unpaid/affiliate] Since I’m a regular shopper at Victoria Health, I thought I’d flag up the VH Addict Membership which is such good val ...
[unpaid/sample] I’m always happy to find a budget moisturiser that delivers over and above expectations and that’s exactly what I’ve ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I know that fragrance is personal preference but I’m not sure how much I love fig and tomato together. I don’ ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] The Neom Real Luxury Wellbeing Soak is firmly one of my favourite things to put in my bath – after saying it was to ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Remember when blush only came in apologetic variations of rosy beige" We can thank make-up maestro, Bobbi Brown, and ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Can we declare this summer a washout yet" I’m definitely not reaching for sunny floral fragrances at the momen ...
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I’m almost jumping for joy about Kerasilk Smoothing Mask which performed so far over expectations that I can hardly ...
