Ted Baker beauty accessories
Who knew that Ted Baker were the best selling luxury bathing and beauty range within Boots? Their festive gift sets are always beautiful and unique, their purse sprays and nail varnishes were received...
View ArticleGalaxy Essential Upgrades #9: Spring Clean Your Makeup Bag
The new year doesn't only call for the cobwebs to be swept away from the nooks and crannies of your home, but also for a spring clean of your beauty products and regime. It's very easy to fall into a...
View ArticleYSL makeup: Spring 2013 collection
When the inspiration for a new collection comes from gem stones, the inner pirate in me stands up and takes note. Gem stones are normally associated with deeper hues, darker effects and colder seasons,...
View ArticlePalmer's Cocoa Butter: hand creams
Cocoa butter has been used for decades in home remedies and beauty solutions, so it's no surprise that brands are also using it in lotions for its moisturising properties. Not only does cocoa butter...
View ArticleLatest in Beauty: The Session School ‘Complexion Perfection’ kit
The words 'beauty box' are now synonymous with drama, disappointment and complaining beauty bloggers, so it's about time they were recognised and celebrated for what they were originally intended: a...
View ArticleThe Diet Coke Hunk IS BACK!
As soon as the music plays, so many memories start flooding back... I'm a Diet Coke addict and I thoroughly blame the 'hunk' as the reason why. I was young, I was impressionable and the Diet Coke Break...
View ArticleRimmel Cocktail Colour nail varnish
The nights may be dull, the days may be long and the in-between bits pretty chilly, but there's no reason why we can't bring a bit of colour and sparkle into our lives this winter. Rimmel are kicking...
View ArticleBare Minerals: REMIX Spring 2013
Bare Minerals have gone blue for Spring - I know it's cold, but I didn't realise it was cold enough to turn one of my favourite beauty brands a shiny shade of azul. All jokes aside, I love what they've...
View ArticleKure Bazaar: Eco-natural nail polish
As we become more and more aware of what we put on our skin and in our bodies, products are becoming increasingly 'natural' to meet our demands. One of the beauty products I thought completely unable...
View ArticleNicki Minaj for MAC Viva Glam 2013
It's Friday and we've all just been paid for the first time since Christmas. I know the majority of the population will this weekend be releasing a collective sigh of relief knowing they've finally got...
View ArticleNEW & Beautiful: Guerlain Cils D`Enfer Maxi Lash Mascara
If I was on a desert island and had to take only one item of makeup with me, it would undoubtedly be a fantastic mascara. A quick brush of black stuff onto your eyelashes can make all the difference to...
View ArticleOut & About: Vauxhall City Farm
London is full of typical sights, smells, sounds and coffee-filled Saturday afternoon entertainment, but I bet you didn't know you could run into a pig, chicken or sheep in the centre of the city? Last...
View ArticleGet Rich Blogging: A book by livelikeavip.com's Zoe Griffin
Quite some time ago a little email dropped into my inbox from a well known blogger. Zoe Griffin from livelikeavip.com had asked me to answer some questions and contribute to a book she was writing. I...
View ArticleDIY Detox: Spring clean your body
If there's one word that sends a shiver down the spine of millions, it's 'detox'. Letting go of our vices can be hard work, both physically and emotionally, so it's no surprise that we continually put...
View ArticleThe Bodyguard: Makeup by New CID
In recent years, a trend has emerged for taking the musical-to-film route and turning it on its head. Gone are the days when stage musicals such as Grease, Oliver and Les Mis were adored by millions...
View ArticleMarc Jacobs for Diet Coke
Well, it appears that 2013 is very much the year of Diet Coke. To celebrate 30 years of the brown bubbly stuff, not only are they bringing back the Diet Coke Hunk (rest my beating heart,) but they've...
View ArticleEdward James Aveda Salon, Clapham
Last weekend I sent a good friend of mine off to have a day of pampering and 'time out' from planning her impending wedding. I spend a lot of time in hairdressers getting groomed to perfection (it's a...
View ArticlePurminerals 4-in-1 mineral makeup
Mineral makeup has become a fundamental part of millions of morning routines since its mass introduction in the last decade. We often forget what life was like before multi-tasking powdered products...
View ArticleThe Little Black Dress
If you look in my wardrobe there's a section completely dedicated to the classic LBD. Little Black Dresses in every style, length and shape, ready to be a life-saver at the last minute when I just...
View ArticleJo Malone: Sugar & Spice
Standing looking upwards at the vast array of colours blurring my vision, I know that this was where I was meant to be. It was the place that made me the happiest girl on earth and somewhere I knew I...
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