Kadalys Banana Balm: Fruity Lipbalm With A Caribbean Touch
You either love bananas or you hate them. For me, they're a fruit I could eat by the truckload. The scent reminds me of tropical summers and holidays in the sun, as well as being comforting without...
View ArticleGood Enough To Eat: My New 'Pastry Chefs' Swatch Watch
Candy bracelets remind me of being a kid, being given a pound and sent off to the corner shop to see how much swag I could get for one hundred whole pennies. There's something extremeley playful and...
View ArticleLBQ Current Favourites: Nail Care
You can have the perfect blowdry, a flawless face and a killer outfit, but if you've got manky looking hands and nails the illusion wanes. I've always been obsessed with my nails - something I...
View ArticleNEW From Illamasqua: Hydra Veil Matte (The Perfect Product Extension)
Illamasqua may be more well known for their bold colours, but they also offer a huge portfolio of products designed to help every woman look and feel her best - regardless of the colour palette she...
View ArticleNEW & IMPROVED: No7 Protect & Perfect Advanced Serum
It's been seven years since stampedes flooded the beauty halls of Boots, women everywhere rushing to pick up a little white bottle of serum. No7's Protect & Perfect was the first skincare...
View ArticleUsing The Right SPF For Your Face: Avoid Breakouts & Blemishes
In the winter our skin can become dry, itchy and flaky, but in the summer it has a tendency to switch to oily and congested. For most of us, breakouts can be a real pain - if not a real confidence...
View ArticleSimple & Effective: MaxFactor's Face Finity All Day Primer
If there's one product every woman should have in her makeup bag, then it's a great primer. Not only do primers help to keep makeup in place all day long without slipping, but they aid application and...
View ArticleThe Tanning Process: Top Products To Take You From Pasty To Tasty
Wedding season is well and truly upon us, as is the onslaught of pastel hues and hemlines that rise beyond our ankles. There's nothing I hate more than pasty pale limbs, especially when I don't have...
View ArticleTop Tips: How Does Micellar Water Work? (And How Do I Use It?)
Six bottles of Bioderma Micellar Water are sold every second across the globe. The trend for micellar waters may have started as a makeup artist and industry secret, but the magic bottles of liquid...
View ArticleA Great Desk-Side Essential: Roger & Gallet Hand Creams
The downside of being a full-time blogger is that I spend a lot of time abusing my hands. Typing, swiping and generally swatching, leaves my hands feeling dry and in need of serious attention. Applying...
View ArticleTop Tips: How Do You Establish A Skincare Routine?
I write a lot about getting into a routine, investing in great products and throwing away the face wipes, but it seems there's a lot of confusion about actually how to use skincare products once you've...
View ArticleNEW From Nivea Sun: In-Shower Refreshing After Sun Lotion
With the summer sun comes inevitable tales of sunburn and heat radiating from our skin's surface. (Top tip: don't get burnt in the first place by understanding your SPF!) Sitting out in the sun not...
View ArticleWIN: Personalised & Unique Phone Cases From Casetagram
My phone is definitely as much an accessory as my clutch bag - and probably attached to my person more. I've got a collection of iPhone cases that include comedy pugs, elegant gold covers and high...
View ArticleNEW & Affordable: Max Factor CC Colour Correct Crayons
Although CC Creams are fast becoming the buzz product of 2014, there's still a lot of confusion surrounding their purpose and application. Put simply, CC creams help to neutralise colours or pigments...
View ArticleLBQ Current Favourites: The Pick Of NEW SkinCare
It's easy to get stuck in a rut when it comes to skincare, repeatedly purchasing those bottles and pots that we know so well. Innovation has never been more rife in the category than it is now, with...
View ArticleWin A Personalised Benefit Hoola Bronzer: #HowDoYouHoola?
I'm a sucker for anything with my name on. The obsession dates back to being at school, when every item of stationary and PE kit was forcibly stamped with my initials - basically if it didn't have your...
View ArticleMatte Is HOT Right Now: New Illamasqua Matte Lip Liquid
Gone are shiny, glistening and juicy lips. This summer it's all about matte textures and bold colours. Not one to let a trend pass them by, Illamasqua's newest innovation provides a rich liquid texture...
View ArticleA Which Hunt: What Does The 'Which?' Report On Suncreams Really Mean?
Last week consumer 'campaigner' group Which? released a report on the efficacy of sun creams, timed perfectly for the onset of a sunny weekend and the first real BBQ opportunity of 2014. They claimed...
View ArticleCOMPETITION: Beautiful Handmade Makeup Bags From SewLomax
Having a great makeup collection isn't just about owning this season's must-have lipstick colour, or knowing which concealer to take in your handbag. Keeping your much loved makeup items protected and...
View ArticleL'Occitane Goes Brazillian: Introducing The Jenipapo Collection
French skincare and luxurious body products don't just appeal to the European lady - they're also greatly desired by women all the way over in South America, who unsurprisingly associate the shores of...
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