Ah, Glossier! The beauty brand founded by Emily Weiss of beauty blog Into The Gloss (they’ve just gone through a $52 million investment round, to which I say: we’re in the wrong business), the pastel pink products launched in the…
As a beauty fan, my morning and evening routines can take ages. It’s a lovely process to go through either at the start of the day or before bed, but as I’m not my own professional facialist (and don’t have…
There’s a reason women in East Asia are so lauded for their skincare. Yes, their 10-to-12 step routines may seem overkill for some, but they are a continent of beautiful skin. Encouraged to embrace the process of cleansing, exfoliating and intensely moisturising along…
Winter is the harshest on our skin: on a daily basis it experiences cold weather, warm central heating, hot water and those gloriously toasty heaters on buses and in shops that I find I must always must hover around. Cold/hot/cold/hot……
This weekend, as I drove back from Elfie’s birthday party at Hollywood Bowl, I got ID’d buying a bottle of wine. I was surprised – firstly because I had the look of a shellshocked crime victim, having just spent 2…
When I first made the switch from washing my face with soaps and foams to balms and oils, it felt weird. I went from scrubbing my skin until it was pink with random soaps and bits of apricot husk to treating it like a princess: gently stroked and pulped with fragrant oils and creams, like this Clarins Pure Melt Cleansing Gel review.