The British Beauty Blog
by Jane Cunningham since 2008

[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&F at Tesco to Ganni has a variation on this theme and I’m not ready for it. In fact, a leopard retail storm is occurring as I write which is…

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 she’s the editor and founder of a beauty magazine so if we meet up, there is plenty of beauty talk and occasional product swaps. However, a slight flight delay and…

[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, I have to prep my eternally dry lips at least the night before, if not a couple of days beforehand if I don’t want flakiness that lasts a week. It’s not so much the wearing…

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. Some say that Substack helps to create a sense of community that’s often missing on other platforms and I’d 100% agree with that – it’s definitely a gentler, less pressing…

[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 behaving like a very expensive foundation and yet costs £12.99. It’s already been an absolute smash in Asia and has finally launched in the UK. One of the big claims is that it has a…

[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. If you recall, Le Rouge 31 is the refillable glass case designed with the mirrored staircase at 31 Rue Cambon that leads up to Chanel’s private apartment in mind. This is…

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 their skin or their hair, never mind the actual clothes on their backs. I’ve sat in Paris cafés watching lean and beautiful girls queue up outside tiny little offices…

[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 it sells out. I got a box of new autumn nail polishes from Nails Inc this morning and as soon as I opened it I knew I had to get Silver Served onto…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] You know you are in hallowed territory when the nose responsible for Carnal Flower and Portrait of a Lady (Dominique Ropion) puts his skills to a new fragrance for Turkish brand, Nishane. I’ve featured Nishane candles before now but Tuberoza X is the first fragrance I’ve had and oh. my. goodness. Founded in 2015,…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I have never taken much notice of my brows – they’re neither sparse nor full, not dark and not pale – they’re probably the least interesting brows anyone could have and they’re hidden beneath my fringe so they very rarely get an outing anyway. But this week, two brow laminators have crossed my path so I’ve…

[unpaid/sample] I come across quite a few brands whose founders created new products basically for themselves because they weren’t finding exactly the right thing in what is a very crowded market. It’s always quite amazing that there is ever anything new – surely, we’ve invented everything now?! So, kind of yes, we have, but KNSPO,…

[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 line that looks anything other than full – and drunk – Drag Race. I’m not even sure why I said yes to receiving the new Tatti Lash Pre-Glued sets…

[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. There we are, all done! I love cleanser testing and I must have tested into the far hundreds over the years – balms are my favourites (Emma Hardie), followed by a very lazy,…

[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 the things that the magnifying mirror of doom really doesn’t help with. What you see compared to what everyone else sees is often very different. I don’t conceal generally, even though I have…