I Updated My Makeup Routine: 5 Favourite Changes
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I Updated My Makeup Routine: 5 Favourite Changes

I’ve made some little tweaks to my makeup routine and committed them to video: one of the changes involves my eyebrows, and you might already know about that one, but the other four are relatively new and snazzy. I know that the suspense will be killing you, so let’s get cracking. Ad info: no paid…

My Makeup Routine: January 2023
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My Makeup Routine: January 2023

First post of 2023 and it’s straight in with my current makeup routine and some incredible new makeup discoveries. I don’t use the word incredible lightly, either: some of these products have completely changed my makeup routine and had my husband asking questions such as “what have you done to your eyebrows? I mean, why are they…

These New Haircare Discoveries are Brilliant
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These New Haircare Discoveries are Brilliant

Haircare is the category that’s most likely to let me down, beauty-wise. It tends to give me heated tools that I can’t manage to operate, “moisturising” shampoos that leave my hair feeling like wire, styling foams and mists and mousses that need to be blow-dried in by someone who can actually blow-dry hair, which most…

My Ultimate Easy Christmas Gift: 2022
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My Ultimate Easy Christmas Gift: 2022

[et_pb_section admin_label=”section”] [et_pb_row admin_label=”row”] [et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Text”] Yes, it’s what you’ve all been waiting for: this year’s edition of Books and Chocolate, also known as The Ultimate Easy Christmas Gift. If you’re on a tight budget, if you’ve left everything until the last minute, if you’re struggling to think of present ideas but want to buy…

The Babyliss Cordless Hot Brush: Any Good?
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The Babyliss Cordless Hot Brush: Any Good?

Well, here’s something I was expecting to hate but ended up loving: the Babyliss Cordless Hot Brush. I realised, through a bit of self-therapising (basically just me staring at the window for a while, pondering stuff) that the reason I took instant dislike to the thing was because it had lots of short, completely rigid…

The Glass-Penised Gnome: How (Not) To Use A Pipette
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The Glass-Penised Gnome: How (Not) To Use A Pipette

This trend for the dribbling of skincare products directly onto the face really bemuses me. Ditto foundation dribbling. Pipettes are enough of a faff to use when you drop the product into the palm of your hand, why on earth would you ever attempt to pipe the product straight onto your face? Nobody does this in real…

CURRENT MAKEUP ROUTINE: AUTUMN 2022
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CURRENT MAKEUP ROUTINE: AUTUMN 2022

It’s “neutrals with a hint of pink time”! Yes, that’s right: whilst the whole world of social media experiments with the mandatory seasonal shades of russet and bronze, I’m still stuck in bronzer mode with a little bit of pretty pink to eradicate signs of tiredness and add a bit of youthful flush into the…

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Some beauty shopping scenarios for you, tick all that apply: – you’re in need of a skincare restock but don’t know where to begin – you’ve saved up for a beauty treat but want something that truly delivers on results – you’re sad that summer is coming to an end and desperate to prolong your…

SPF Problem: How Do I Reapply Sunscreen Over Makeup?
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SPF Problem: How Do I Reapply Sunscreen Over Makeup?

This is the third SPF problem in my little mini-catalogue of sunscreen issues and it’s the one that seems to frustrate people the most: how on earth do you reapply sunscreen over makeup? I have two good options below. My first thought, though, is this: if you’re doing an activity that requires a full face of…