The British Beauty Blog
by Jane Cunningham since 2008

[unpaid/sample] You can’t go too far wrong with Delilah, a homegrown beauty brand that I’ve been a fan of for years. I remember them at the very beginning. They’re ten this year so this three piece Beauty Heroes set is something of a marker of how far they’ve come in a decade, featuring Lip Saviour,…

[purchase/affiliate] I love picking up products from Asia, especially if they’ve gone viral on social media channels, like this Curling Iron mascara from Judy Doll, a Chinese brand. The premise of it is that by using the ‘curling iron’ applicator, your lashes will hold their curl all day – but only if you curl them…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] While it’s true that I’m very bored of beauty advent calendars, there’s always one that’s something of a star – it’s one I feature every year but somehow the month has run away with me and I see that L’Occitane is out of stock. While I temporarily panicked, I’ve done a quick search and…

[affiliate] First up, what is ‘reedling’? It’s a popular Korean beauty trend that uses micro-sized particles that act like micro-needles when worked into the complexion via a serum. They’re made from natural sea sponge and they’re called spicules. These spicules (made up of silica and calcium) create minute punctures in your skin similar to a…

Current Body is going all in with Black Friday deals and as I work with them quite often, I wanted to make sure that you get the 20% off for the Current Body RF Skin Tightening Device. I’ve tested it properly over a period of weeks (the post is HERE) but as a brief recap,…

If you have a big entrance to make, head over to H&M for this insanely lush and glamorous coat. I tried it on at the Regent Street branch on Tuesday and other women were walking past me saying, ‘that looks amazing on you..’ and honestly, that has never happened before. It’s everything snow queen and…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I’ve avoided posting about Advent calendars other than a quick top ten round up for the early birds last month because with the exception of a few (which you’ll start to see next week) I am bored with them! What I’m not bored of is 12 day advent style beauty boxes because practically speaking,…

Whenever I find a skin care product that I really like, the nature of this job is that I have to move on to make space to test and try other products. It’s honestly never happened before that I’ve worked with a brand and then continued to use the product for months after the initial…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I absolutely loved the Skin Rocks gel cleanser which preceded this new balm launch. In fact, I’d say it’s the best gel cleanser I’ve ever used. I’ve got more mixed feelings about the Skin Rocks Cleansing Balm because while it is a super cleansing balm, I am not sure if its £55 worth of super cleansing…

[unpaid/sample] Look Good Feel Better is a charity beloved by the beauty industry – they run wellbeing classes for women affected by cancer. I know several people who’ve genuinely benefitted from LGFB sessions that deal with changing physical appearance – it’s a very uplifting experience. The charity also runs specific classes for men and young…

As you will have seen from previous posts, I’m a fan of ZIIP Halo for its easy to follow routines and instant radiance results as well as the longer term real effects. So much so that I’ve tested it out over an extended period of time not once, but twice (see previous posts HERE and…

[unpaid/affiliate] I must admit that I was very excited about the M&S collaboration with Bella Freud but in the event, it was a bit of a damp squib and I didn’t buy anything at all. The slogan sweatshirts that Bella is famous for were just nothing-y and not nearly edgy enough to be cool. Same…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I am asked questions about tubing mascara more than any other category of make-up except perhaps foundation – whether it’s simply asking which I think is the best one, understanding how a tubing mascara differs from any other mascara or a tubing mascara for sensitive eyes…and the strange thing is, there really aren’t all…

As ever, the minute I publish a BBN, something exciting happens and last month was no different as Unilever announced that they are selling both REN (one of my favourite brands ever, far too expensive though) and Kate Somerville. Actually, this was announced at the end of August which means I have missed two months…