The British Beauty Blog
by Jane Cunningham since 2008

[unpaid/sample] There’s a lot to be said for keeping things simple when it comes to skin care. The beauty market is so noisy and so busy that it’s hard to make choices – it seems there are so many areas to be improved . Sensitive skin is something I’m often asked about – there was…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] One of the best modern beauty inventions is Blemish Dots – stickers impregnated with salicylic acid (at a minimum) that you apply over a spot to create an airless environment where healing can begin. Your spot can’t escape the salicylic acid which will penetrate oil glands and act as a chemical exfoliant on zits.…

[unpaid/sample] I’ve been looking for a deep grey eyeliner for a while – I love grey liners but it’s a long time since I last wore one. Wonderskin sent me three of their 1440 Longwear Eyeliners and it was love at first site for Oyster Blue, a metallic grey liner. It’s meant for the lash…

[unpaid/sample] I’m such a sucker for a supplement – every time I read about a new ingredient or a new supplement I feel compelled to add it to the many I already take. I’m surprising myself by listing exactly what I’m taking because it’s SO much! Dose Turmeric Curcumin C3 Complex ,VH Mega ProBio, Advanced…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] About a decade ago, niche fragrances were something of a secret – these entrepreneurial noses were quietly honing their craft for people who wanted something more than what the high street had to offer. At a certain point, all high street fragrances started to smell the same – of cakes, basically – because the…

[unpaid/affiliate] I’ve predicted over the past few years that beauty advent calendars will fall out of favour and for all of those years, I’ve been completely wrong. In fact, they’re more popular than ever so, in no particular order, I’m flagging up my top picks for Beauty Advent Calendars 2024. 1 Charlotte Tilbury’s Magic Beauty…

[unpaid/affililate] I’m very particular about my sweatshirts – I like them loose and baggy with a neck that doesn’t strangle me with a fine cotton that’s not brushed on the inside. Luckily for me, the sales have been my friend recently and I have picked up two that I’m mighty pleased with. The first is…

[unpaid/sample] New brand alert! My friend Kelly flagged this brand by Danny Defreitas to me and I’m so glad she did. Danny is hard to define – session stylist, influencer, make up artist and now certified chandler – but it certainly looks like he has found his ‘home’ with candles. Since we are now entering…

[unpaid/sample] Another day, another foundation. This time it’s the Max Factor Miracle Pure Skin Reset 2-In-1 Serum Foundation under the microscope and I have to say, it fares well as a day to day base that uses skin care to boost the effects. As you can see from the label, Max Factor is using 2%…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I’ve turned down a couple of beauty boxes this month because somehow they’re all starting to be a bit same-y but this one, from Cloud 10 is such good value that it would be a disservice not to flag it up. And it’s got products I haven’t seen in beauty boxes before (mostly). I always like…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] It’s a good job that I had this treatment done before I changed my hair colour because as I’m discovering, it’s a whole different ballgame with grey/blonde hair which doesn’t have enough pigment to create reflections. Living Proof Perfect Hair Day High-Shine Gloss is billed as an in-shower treatment, which needs leaving on the…

[unpaid/sample] You may well know the name, Otis Batterbee, for luxury make up brushes – he currently has a collaboration with everyone’s favourite make up artist, Caroline Barnes (HERE)- but a little diversification never hurt anyone and so, here are the Otis Batterbee Nail Colours. There are six different Nail Bar In A Box offerings…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Well, this is exciting! e.l.f. Duochrome Liquid Eyeshadow in Extra-terrestrial is next level shiny with green, gold and purple completely visible at once. It’s not dissimilar to the new Chanel colour, Phenomene, for the autumn/winter collection which is for nails. The shade-shifting is very obvious when its on your lid – and unlike earlier…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I never pass up the opportunity to test a new lip balm and I’ve been a bit tardy in getting round to Raybalm’s SPF50 Lip Screen but here we are and I have to say I was smitten straight away. If I’m honest, I don’t use a daily lip SPF, although I do use…

[unpaid/sample] And… while we are on all things Chanel, I have a few products from their Clairvoyance collection from the Cometes Collective (at the Chanel Makeup Creation Studio) with Ammy Drammeh, Cecile Paravina and Valentina Li as the first emerging talent artists to join this group. And, it’s rather different – my press pack includes…