I don't think I've ever properly suffered with anxiety - stress is more my thing, though I'm sure the two are somehow linked - but the current coronavirus situation is enough to make anyone as tense and panic-ridden as a hedgehog on a highway. So there are a few...
Now that we've got cracking with the gift guides, I can fully take stock of just how bloody late I am with them again. The sensible person would compile them in early November and have them ready and waiting for the last weeks of the month. Not I. Here I sit,...
Dr Teal's bath salts are so good I've just ordered some more. Which might sound like a bit of a non-statement (if you like something then why on earth wouldn't you order more?) but when you have a whole shelfload of things waiting to be tested - bottles of bath oils...
As I scrape the very last remnants of cream from the bottom of the glass jar, I find myself missing Herbivore's Pink Cloud Rosewater Moisture Cream before it has even reached the recycling box. Unusual for me, because quite a lot of the time I'm in a rush to try the...
I wasn't actually intending to keep these amazing beauty boxes under wraps for quite so long - there were supposed to be lots of cheeky little hints, advance-warning teasers, annoying "I have a secret announcement coming up but I can't tell you what it is!" videos....
I only managed to go and film a new video, didn't I? After two false starts (one of them was realising I'd done the whole thing without actually pressing the record button) I managed to create a short(ish)list of my seventeen most-used beauty products from last year....
Forgive the radio silence: I've been moving. I feel as though I've said that a lot over the last few years, but I'm hoping that this will be the last time. Actually, I can tell you that it will be the last time - there's no way I'm moving again. For a start, I'm in my...
I've tried a lot of these "relaxing" bath oils now - mainly due to the fact that I seem to live in a permanent state of self-induced life-stress - and I can tell you that the Deep Relax from Aromatherapy Associates is one of the very best. I seem have two functional...
Welcome to one of my skincare guilty pleasures: the Aromatic Cleansing Balm with Rosewood from Darphin. This little glass jar contains the silkiest, most delectable of balmy cleansers - I've been trying for months to think of something comparable, in terms of texture,...
There's a very nice gift with purchase running at Harvey Nichols* - the (extremely smart) toiletries bag they're giving away is quite literally bursting with beauty products, many of them full size. I'm still working through the things from the last Harvey Nics gift,...
I've been using these extra-special cleansers on rotation, recently, as a bit of a winter kick-start for my skin but also as a proper "time out" sort of treat. They're not cleansers in the traditional sense, you see - you wouldn't use them to remove your makeup and...
The beauty world seems to be overrun with samples and miniatures at the moment - beauty boxes, advent calendars and special gifts-with-purchases that just seem to be getting more and more swanky. It's like battle of the travel sizes! Many people are put off by the...
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