Beauty Reviews

[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 float my boat in the same way…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Remember when blush only came in apologetic variations of rosy beige? We can thank make-up maestro, Bobbi Brown, and her ‘pops’ of colour for revolutionising blush colours and for…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Interestingly, this year, two of three of The Body Shop Advent Calendars are exactly the same as they were last year. It’s only the smallest one that’s been revamped.…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Being honest, I find it hard not to be spikey about some of the beauty features I see in supplements and newspapers. Sometimes they feel so lazy or as…

[unpaid/sample] I love an eye crayon and the new Zoeva EyeSwipes (careful how you say that after a gin) are really rather lovely. I like the fact they’re illuminated neutrals…

[unpaid/sample] I’m very slow this week – still got this horrendous cough that keeps me up at night so I’m short on sleep and just not feeling great to be…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I have three more advent calendars waiting to show you after the MAC option – Jurlique, L’Occitane and M&S (which launches on 26th). It’s nice, I think, to be…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I’m definitely going to have to bump one of my current top 10 advent calendars list to replace with this one curated by The Sunday Times Style. I may…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] If you’re an Origins fan, the Origins Advent Calendar 2023 is all your dreams come true. I do hold a bit of a candle for Origins – I don’t…

[unpaid/plant sent by brand] A quick ingredient focus for Friday – vegan collagen. I’m a fan of collagen supplements in general as a support for the body’s natural building blocks…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Gosh, there are lots of things in the mix for this year’s Pretty Powerful offering from Bobbi Brown. I think it’s their best one yet because not only is…

[unpaid/sample] So, I have trawled the internet for information about Jeju which I only know a small amount about from a TV programme. It’s a region in Korea known for…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I don’t know why I got a vision of Hong Kong Phooey when I started to write about this lip balm but it is the very epitome of a…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] My friend Genevieve reminded me about mixing self tan and moisturiser to warm up our tones. I used to do this – used Tan Luxe all summer long (neat,…