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[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Jo Malone London is on fire at the moment – another launch arrived last week and this time it’s Amber Labdanum Cologne Intense. My goodness, it’s moody! I’m not so much of an oud fan but there is something about this note arrangement that is really rather sumptuous and enticing. I’m always a sucker…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] It’s funny how product types all turn up at once – I have at least one other mascara waiting for review and I know I’ve brought you news of the RUM Tubing Mascara only last week. However, Maybelline Colossal Bubble Mascara is at high street prices and it’s probably one of the most intensely…

How much you’re going to welcome the arrival of Australian brand MCo at Superdrug will depend upon how you feel about dupes. A dupe is a copy of a more expensive product presented at a more affordable price. Dupes are everywhere – when beauty leans in on a trend, they lean from super luxe to…

On the international style circuit, Paul Yacomine is a well known name as an acclaimed session hairstylist – his client list reads like the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In our over-saturated product market, Paul has carved out a niche with natural oils ranging from bond repair to sun protection. We had a little chat on…

[unpaid/sample/affililate/ad] I have a lot of catching up to do – feeling so much better and very much ready to start review writing. I’ll kick off this week with Ilia’s Soft Focus Blurring Blush which is a little bit of an upgrade from your usual powder blush. I’m not generally a powder blush fan (Swede…

[unpaid/sample]  I think the beauty questions I am asked the most is about tubing mascaras. If you don’t know what that is I can explain. Tubing works differently to regular mascaras by using film forming polymers that ‘wrap’ the lashes individually. While you may not get the huge drama effect, what you will get is…

[unpaid] One of my most favourite sweatshirts is one that I have from the previous That’s Not My Age x Dandy Star collection. In fact, I have two – a dark green one with VINTAGE on the front and a grey one with & WISER on it. Actually, I’ve just remembered that I have a…

[unpaid/purchase/affiliate] Safe to say that my hair has been impossible over the past couple of weeks. I know I need a trim which tends to improve its behaviour no end but time has been the enemy of late. Because it’s so bleached, it tends to go dry and fluffy very quickly and so much more…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I’ve suddenly had an influx of deodorants – how timely! I tend to use a standard, available in the supermarket brand, Mitchum, but deodorants have changed from your common or garden pit squit into something much more luxurious altogether. If you think about it, deos are the perfect opportunity for fragrance variations – and…

[unpaid/sample] I’ve been craving for a really decent face mask for a long time – I don’t know but it seems to me that face masks aren’t as at the forefront of skin care as they used to be. Maybe the influx of sheet masks killed the creme mask dead but if you find a…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] The product of the summer is tinted sunscreen – everyone’s had a go at it to greater or lesser success but I think Merit have the genre perfected. The Uniform is a mineral sunscreen and tint in one and I think the success of this is down to the fact that they’re not trying…

Just how is everything in the new Italian Garden collection from L’Era just so pretty? We are at peak garden at the moment – everything is blooming and wondrous and everywhere you go there is some flower or another giving its best. I walk across the now not green heath nearby almost every day and…

July and August are weird months in beauty – things tend to go quiet before picking up again in September. But, you’ll be pleased to know that it’s never quiet in class action land. Exhibit A is Dermalogica who is facing a class action filed in California for labeling their products as made in the…

[AD] This week could not be a better week for telling you about hair accessory brand, Silke London. My hair has been dreadful – it’s processed, obviously, and is very much struggling in the heat. I was bemoaning my crispy ends with my friend Genevieve earlier today and ended up going for a complete re-wash,…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Summer iterations of fragrances tend to be disappointingly uncreative – a ‘lighter’ version of the original perhaps or a very vague waft of citrus somewhere. Jo Malone London Raspberry Ripple Cologne, however, is going fully in on summer with a proper burst of juicy raspberry that is so immediately fruity that it takes you…