Fragrance discovery sets are such a great way to discover a new scent – I remember when I first saw Phlur in Selfridges ...

The body lotion is silky and not too thick. Again, it’s more bergamot than jasmine although there is an earthier down-note to the fresh-clean aroma that I could more easily detect in the lotion than ...

[unpaid/sample] I’ve just read the longest article ever on PubMed about nail health. Did you know there was such a thing as Green Nail? Please do a little prayer that it never happens to you, as I did ...

The big news of the month is that Kering and L’Oreal have made an alliance in which Kering is selling its beauty division to L’Oreal. Kering has some major debt to sort out somewhat urgently which ...

I bought this silky stick blush in Superdrug the other day – it’s not that I’m short on blushers but the gap between premium and high street is ever narrowing so I wanted to see how the Revolution ...

[unpaid/affiliate] More awkward photos and reason 8031 that I could never be a model but I am finding my new cashmere from Uniqlo so flippin’ useful that I’ve persuaded Mr BBB to be the influencer’s ...

I’ve also used the Muji Booster Serum on its own and before foundation and it’s exactly the kind of texture I like to use on my skin. It’s first ingredient is fermented rice bran (excellent for the ...

I’m realising now would be a good time to pop a picture of my Lady Dior Palette from 2011 (it was inspired by Princess Diana). During Covid I reshot all of my collection – Dior, Chanel, YSL, the much ...

[unpaid/treatmentgratis] I’m not much of a fan of a facial – I can go one year to another without having one – but I am very much a fan of John Tsgaris whose new facial treatment, Acuskinlift, is ...

Truth be told, I don’t think I like my new hair colour. Although going as brightly blonde as I was arose from a misunderstanding and me not paying attention, when I look back at pictures of myself in ...

The sheen that you see in the swatch dampens down but it’s not by any means a matte product and it allows for skin flexibility. It’s easy to blend but I think I was too hasty in thinking I’d fully ...

The second part to the set is a Jo Loves Fragrance Paintbrush which is a click-to-release gel formula fragrance that you ‘paint’ onto your skin. I am really at one with almost all of Jo Malone’s ...