summer reading recommendations
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Cheaper Kindles and the Books To Load Them Up With.

I know people roll their eyes a bit at the Kindle deals that basically epitomise “Black Friday”, but my Kindle is one of my most-used gadgets ever and, if there’s an opportunity to get one at a knock-down price then I’m there. My Mum still has what is basically a prototype Kindle, it weighs about…

Spoiler: Inside The Charlotte Tilbury Book of Make-Up Magic
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Spoiler: Inside The Charlotte Tilbury Book of Make-Up Magic

Sorry to be a total enabler here, but this Book of Make-Up Magic from Charlotte Tilbury is just gorgeous. Expensive (hence starting the post with an apology) but gorgeous. Twelve glamorous products individually wrapped and packaged up in little boxes, it’s a great way to discover the Tilbury range if you’ve never tried it and don’t know…

The Candle of the Perfume I’m Banned from Mentioning…
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The Candle of the Perfume I’m Banned from Mentioning…

This candle shoots straight to the very top of my favourites list; the scent is supremely sexy. I adore Bottega Veneta’s Eau de Parfum, but until now have been banned from talking about it here on the website. My friend Alex Byrne (supremo makeup artist extraordinaire) was wearing it a couple of years ago and she would…

Dolce & Gabbana’s Beauty Voyage Palette: No Kermit Green Here
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Dolce & Gabbana’s Beauty Voyage Palette: No Kermit Green Here

Everything about this Dolce & Gabbana Beauty Voyage makeup palette is just so spot on – even the outer box it’s packaged in is gorgeous and eyecatching. I’m possibly biased, because I’m very partial to a bit of animal print, but it definitely stands out from the usual luxury makeup offerings. And the animal theme continues…

Ruth’s Annual Candle Video…Merry Christmas!

Ruth’s Annual Candle Video…Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas everyone! If you’re reading this on Christmas Eve then you’ll be feeling very festive no doubt – Christmas Eve is actually my most favourite part of the whole deal. It’s just so filled with memories of the excitement that I felt when I was little; there’s something totally magical about the night before….

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The Emergency Himalayan Salt DIY Christmas Present!

I mentioned this idea in my Affordable and Smaller Gifts video and thought I’d show you the finished result. Himalayan pink bath salts (the “in” thing of the moment and often extortionately priced) rustically packaged up in a Kilner jar (or something prettier, if you have it) and finished off with a rather kitsch artificial rose. I’ll…

books for men
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Christmas Books for Last Minute Shoppers…

As promised, some book recommendations for Christmas. Nice and late for those of you who are about to start panic-buying! None of these are actually “Christmas themed”, but I would tend to steer clear of those novelty, seasonal releases anyway. Some of them are good (I particularly like one that sits in my downstairs loo…

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The Mellow, Jazz Club, Ready-to-Chill Candle…

I have been busy shooting the annual Christmas Candle Video (out on Monday) and, once again, the Deep Sleep Heavenly Candle from This Works has emerged as one of my favourites. It has the most incredible scent – lavender, but not as you know it, more a dark and sexed-up version with quite a masculine edge. This isn’t…