Article Reviews
The Making Of : The Japanese Cleansing Cloud
It’s been a week since the launch of my Japanese Cleansing Cloud so it seems like a good time to tell you how it came about. When everything ground to…
Beauty Business News
Remember last time I did a BBN I mentioned that the lease on the flagship Chanel store in Bond Street was up for sale and the only way for Chanel…
Jimmy Choo Seduction Collection Nail Colour
[unpaid/sample/ad/affiliate] £50 is the lipstick tipping point for me – it feels like it’s just too much for any lipstick. But, I guess that we are talking about products built…
Outspoken Beauty Podcast
Just a quick one – today is getting the better of me post-wise, so I thought I’d just flag that I’m a guest on Nicola Bonn’s excellent Outspoken Beauty Podcast.…
Paul & Joe Moisture Lotion
[unpaid/sample] Did lotions ever really succeed at infiltrating the UK skin care market? This extra step that Japanese women slot so seamlessly and unquestioningly into their routines still hasn’t made…
Erborian Red Pepper Skin Care
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I’ve really been looking forward to trying these products from Erborian – I can’t remember coming across red pepper in skin care before and, particularly in the case of…
MAC Viva Glam 2020 VG26 Rosalía
[unpaid/sample] I’ve been looking forward to seeing this season’s Viva Glam lipstick – it’s a sign that things are carrying on although I imagine producing it this time will have…
Goldfield & Banks Bohemian Lime Concentrate
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Oh my goodness! Although there are no rules on ‘who’ for fragrance any more, this, to my nose, is traditionally a man’s fragrance. It’s an absolute burst of citrus…
SUQQU Autumn 2020
[unpaid/samples] In beauty terms this collection is called ‘pre-holiday’ which doesn’t trip as nicely off the tongue as ‘autumn’ but you get the idea. Suqqu newness always sells out really…
4711 Floral Collection
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Got to admit I’m surprised at these. I like the original 4711 for being a blast of freshness on a searing hot day and somehow thought that these would…
Beauty Business News
Really, only moments after the Estee Lauder group came under fire for using terms such as lightening on their skin care products, Jo Malone London has issued an apology for…
Covid Face Is NOT A Thing
If The Times is to be believed, we are now a nation of slack skinned, sun-damaged shadows of our former selves, creating grooves in the pavement in our droves to…
Night Time Tangles Solved : Spirabobble
[unpaid/sample] I don’t know about you, but if I don’t tie my hair up at night I wake up with – well, spaghetti-head. I’ve kept my hair longer since lock-down…
Escentric Molecules 5 – The New One
[unpaid/sample] I’m kicking off the week with the most tricky thing to write about – Escentric Molecules fragrance. I’ve read several articles explaining the art of binding fragrance molecules with…