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LBQ Brand Focus #7: Pixi Beauty
My bedroom is filled to the brim with makeup in all shapes, sizes, colours and packages, but one brand always stands out and makes me smile: Pixi. Created over 10 years ago and launched in their...
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Top Tips for a Pearly White Smile
We all know that brushing our teeth twice a day, as well as using mouthwash and dental floss, is the way to healthy, shining, pearly whites. Just like with makeup, we can let life get the better of us...
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Tresemme Keratin Smooth: 60 Second Treatment Shot
Keratin is definitely the buzz word of the beauty world at the moment - everything is keratin infused, from shampoos to hairdryers and everything between. Effectively protein that makes up the outer...
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Can your kitchen make you beautiful?
I’m the first to be seduced by ludicrously expensive night creams that promise to be a ‘facelift in a bottle’ but when it comes to beauty, could the answer be found in our kitchen cabinets? Is it worth...
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Chic Outlet Shopping: Milla Jovovich turns Globalista
I love to shop. There's nothing quite like the feeling of finding a beautiful bag, the perfect pair of shoes or a jacket that will instantly update every item in your wardrobe; that feeling is even...
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Shop the Trend: White Sunglasses
The sun has finally graced us with its presence, so I'm sure you've had weekend full of Facebook status updates praising the heat and Twitpics of Pimms on the grass. With the sun comes the need for...
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NEW FORMULA: Clinique Dramatically Different Moisturising Lotion+
You could probably count on one hand the number of beauty products that have had the same formula for over 45 years. Launched back in 1968, Clinique's Dramatically Different Moisturising Lotion has...
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Getting Sweaty: Odaban Antiperspirant
I’m not usually a Sweaty Betty but there are some situations which leave me more damp than delighted - first dates, interviews and very warm weather can all leave me a little too 'well-perspired' under...
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LBQ's Top Three: Highlighters
Skin with a flat texture has a tendency to look dull, tired or sun-starved. To inject a little light into your skintone, and give the illusion that you're radiating health and youth, a subtle...
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Essential Haircare? 3 More Inches from Michael Van Clarke
Luscious long hair is one of those things every woman has lusted after at one time or another. As someone who is guilty of going through the ‘cut, grow, cut’ cycle with my hair as it fails to grow much...
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Looking After Your Summer Money
Whether you're saving up for a dream holiday, need a new summer wardrobe or simply want to get your hands on that flashy convertible you keep seeing on the telly, it's sometimes tricky knowing how to...
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COMPETITION: QVC, 20 Years of Making Shopping Fun!
If I say QVC you may envisage a multi-tasking mop, a selection of sparkling jewellery or even that orange guy from Bridget Jones' Diary. Well times have moved on and this year QVC are celebrating their...
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Hair Styling with the Yogi 2-in-1 Curling Wand
My hair is naturally curly, so if I wanted to style it for a big event or party you'd think it would hold a curl well wouldn’t you? Unfortunately that isn’t the case; the only way I've managed to get a...
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LBQ Brand Focus #8: Amie Skincare
If you open a magazine, turn on the telly or walk past a department store, no doubt you'll be greeted with a range of anti-ageing products that claim to give you back your youth. But what about the...
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Talking Suncare with Pixiwoo
A couple of weeks ago I popped along to a studio in East London to talk all things suncare with the Pixiwoo sisters. This is the result... So sit back, enjoy a cuppa and listen to me ramble on about...
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Maybelline Baby Lips
It’s not often I get excited by a lip balm – how special can they be?! But after raving success in the States and much anticipation for the UK launch, I assumed these must offer something different....
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Neal's Yard: Frankincense Intense Age-Defying Cream
Before a couple of weeks ago, the only thing I knew about Frankincense was that it appeared in the Nativity. There are no Wise Men in this story, but there is a lot of great science to understand...
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Ditching the GHDS: The T3 Single Pass Straightening Iron
Having been a GHD advocate for almost a decade, I was keen to give a new brand a try when my straighteners gave up the ghost recently. For years, it has felt like GHD has had somewhat of a monopoly...
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NEW: L'Oreal Paris Expert, Liss Unlimited Smoothing Treatment
Hair plus heat equals frizz on a massive scale. My hair probably frizzes more than most, mainly because it's extremely dry and coarse, so has a lot of room to absorb moisture from the air. Many brands...
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Rituals: A Touch of Happiness
If we all walked around with a smile on our face and a spring in our step, the world would be a happier place. Rituals are aiming to do their bit for the good of humanity (well, temporarily) with the...
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