Friday Treat : Summer Vibes
[unpaid/affiliate] I’m off for my first visit to Rome next weekend and it’s just put me in a summery mood. I’ve discovered, to my cost, that sometimes the best summer…
Max Factor Masterpiece Max Review
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I’m taking you back to 2013 when Max Factor brought out a 3 day mascara – at one end, a tint, at the other an oil based remover. Revolutionary…
Sculpted By Aimee DuoCleanse Review
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I’m the first to say don’t spend all of your money on a cleanser that’s on your face only moments – the exception being cleansing balms, if you’re prepared…
The Inkey List Glycolic Acid Exfoliating Body Stick
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] The Inkey List has just produced a couple of body products under the umbrella Inkey Body. In the UK, we don’t have nearly the same choice of body products…
Vaseline Experiment Results
So, I’m a week and two days into using just Vaseline and Boots Glycerin & Rosewater and stopping the test now because I have other products that need my attention.…
Huda Beauty Easy Bake Fragrance
[unpaid/sample] The Easy Bake aroma comes from the Huda Beauty best selling scented ‘baking’ powders. Baking, in make up, is a process of applying concealer and powder (usually loose) to…
hibi Ten Minutes Aroma
[purchase] I cannot tell you the joy that this tiny discovery has brought me. I just need to look at the box to start smiling. In a nutshell (or a…
Caroline Barnes x Latest In Beauty Box
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I don’t really feature beauty boxes much any more – they all got a bit samey to be honest. It feels like forever ago that I was actually doing…
e.l.f. Bronzing Drops
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] On Friday, while we had sunshine (beautiful weekend – we went into Kent for the morning to walk Dora and it was glorious) I tested the brand new e.l.f.…
Friday Treat : L’Era Jewellery – New Designs
[unpaid/samples] I first came across L’Era when they got in touch last year – it’s a new, mother & daughter founded jewellery brand whose point of difference is using gold…
Friday Treat : Fat Face Black Jumpsuit
[unpaid/purchase/affiliate] I’ve had a little flurry of shopping – I’m not sure I’m finished yet – but despite it being spring time, I’ve gone for my default colour black in…
Join My Substack
I’m doing a bit of longer form writing over on Substack for subscribers – I’ve just been talking about why skin pigmentation bothers us so much, for example. My Substack…
Lisa Eldridge Seamless Skin Skin Tint Review
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I’ve really been looking forward to reviewing the Lisa Eldridge Seamless Skin Skin Tint (hmm that looks wrong but it’s what’s on the packaging!). I didn’t doubt that it…
Skin Experiment : Vaseline + Glycerin & Rosewater
[unpaid] I’ve wanted to take my skin care routine down to the very bare, highly affordable basics for a long time but the life of a beauty reviewer means there…
NYX Duck Plump Plumping Gloss Review
[purchase/affiliate] I noticed the new NYX Duck Plump Plumping Gloss in my local Boots and thought, yay, that looks fun! I picked up the shade Spicy Cherry which is lovely…