Category: Beauty

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I really like the Elemis gifting this year – they look bookish and smart meaning that you could give this to absolutely anyone and I think they’d like it. I can’t remember smelling the British Wilderness fragrance before which is rather a loose brief – but the scent is beautiful. Nothing is going to…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] So, L’Occitane will be doing some last minute Black Friday offers and I’m publishing this post on Friday so if you use any links, hopefully, they’ll be better than seen!  As yet I don’t have any of the details and as I’m away (Switzerland, then France to Colmar Christmas Market) I won’t be able…

UPDATE – take 25% off everything using code BLACKFRIDAY [unpaid/sample/affiliate/prioradrelationship] Have you smelled the new fragrance – Wild Pine? Sometimes The Body Shop product names don’t quite reflect the contents and this is a good case in point. I expected a blast of loo cleaner (sorry Body Shop!) and yet what I got is a beautiful…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I wrote about this brand earlier in the year because it was my converter brand to teas that aren’t Tetley! It’s not all about the tea though – I keep a bottle of their facial oil on my bedside table (along with L’Occitane Immortelle Reset – a match made in heaven btw) for when…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I’m more and more in favour of the 12 day approach to advent calendars – they’re for the time between Christmas and New Year so make perfect Christmas gifts. I’m wondering if advent calendars have reached the ‘unnecessary’ list bearing in mind that most of us will be paring back one way or another…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Sometimes I get asked by people who wear little to no make up where to start, and that’s a very good question. I’m a life long make up wearer (it wouldn’t surprise me if I was born wearing a dot of Rouge Noir) so know my way around almost every single iteration but if…

[purchase/affiliate] I was in Chinatown last week and there’s a little alleyway with shops that sell bubble tea and snacks but nestled amongst those is a beauty shop selling Korean, Japanese and Chinese beauty products. It’s got the same magnet as Zara has, as in, I can’t walk past it without being drawn in. A…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] It’s a small (but perfectly formed) seasonal collection for CHANEL this year which focuses on celestial bodies – specifically, the moon – shown best on the star piece, Eclat Lunaire. There are two versions of Eclat Lunaiere Illuminating Face Powder which depicts facets of the moon’s surface with a bottle of CHANEL No.5 right…

[unpaid/sample/prioradrelationship/affiliate/ad] Here’s hoping that you don’t have a long shopping list for this advent calendar, because purchasing is limited to one per customer. The Body Shop Advent Calendars are something of a phenomenon in that they sell so quickly and are in such demand that the brand has to ‘manage’ sales. Why don’t they just…

[unpaid/affiliate] With just The Body Shop Advent calendar to go on this site (barring surprise arrivals) I thought I’d do a very quick round up of others that have caught my eye and then we can put the whole thing to bed with an extra blanket. Famous last words, but this is the intention today,…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] All those gorgeous cashmere neutrals are so tempting as we head into colder weather but there’s going to be a day where all you want is some colour and if you’re overstocked on beiges and blacks, nails are a great way to bring that flash of brightness. The Nails Inc We Love Pink collection…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] This is the second of my L’Occitane Advent reviews – the brand has four options, the Classic, the Luxury, the Refill, a 24 day refill kit for your previous L’Occitane Advents. The Classic is the most affordable option (it’s relative, I know) and while the layout is simpler (push through windows rather than drawers…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I like this so much – much more than I expected to. It’s 12 doors rather than 25 (or the skimpy 24!) and each item is something you’d actually want which I’d far rather see than an advent full of ‘fillers’. It’s just a very handsome thing really – the drawers have stars and…