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…

My Current Skincare Routine: Autumn 2021
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My Current Skincare Routine: Autumn 2021

My “current skincare routine” feature is back! In typical Crilly fashion, I stopped doing my seasonal skincare videos and posts because I had bored myself with the same format. My skincare routine, four times a year, documenting any notable product discoveries or weird quirks with my skin – I felt as though I could still…

5 BEAUTY & FASHION FAVOURITES | AUGUST 2021 | AD
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5 BEAUTY & FASHION FAVOURITES | AUGUST 2021 | AD

My 5 beauty & fashion favourites for August include some boots for stomping in, a dress for vamping in and a face cream that moisturises so deeply it’s slightly unnerving. Watch the video below if you fancy listening to me chatting through my favourites or carry on reading for the quiet, work-skive-friendly version. I kickstart…

Sainsbury’s New Beauty Aisles: My Favourite Products | AD
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Sainsbury’s New Beauty Aisles: My Favourite Products | AD

I feel that Sainsbury’s have always been slightly ahead of the game when it comes to supermarket beauty shopping, stocking great and affordable brands such Super Facialist, Burt’s Bees and Nip + Fab, but now they have completely raised the bar again with their brand new beauty aisles. Nearly two hundred superstores have the new…

Skincare Routine Autumn 2020: Ramping Up The Actives
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Skincare Routine Autumn 2020: Ramping Up The Actives

  I found this post in my drafts folder in February 2021 but have decided to publish it retrospectively with its intended October 2020 date because I’m trying to keep the blog in order! I haven’t changed any copy so the cottage reno information probably doesn’t make much sense – it’s a seaside project I’m…

The Skincare Products I’ll Be Buying Next Spring
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The Skincare Products I’ll Be Buying Next Spring

As summer draws to a sultry, overdue end I’ve been taking stock of the skincare products that have really cut the mustard this year – the ones I now use so regularly they’ve become an automatic part of my beauty routine. When spring starts (look at me, optimistically skipping over the cold seasons and welcoming…

Testing Retinol With My Mum – Age 39 v Age 69! | AD
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Testing Retinol With My Mum – Age 39 v Age 69! | AD

Well this is a very joyous revisit; I’ve reviewed Murad’s brilliant Retinol Youth Renewal range before, but they’ve reformulated and relaunched it and it’s now even more of a find. I say find, but this skincare trio (there’s a serum, an eye serum and a sumptuous night cream) is hardly a secret – the Retinol…

My Current Skincare Routine: Winter 2020
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My Current Skincare Routine: Winter 2020

I’ve made some quite significant changes to my skincare routine since Christmas and so I thought it might be time for an update. This wasn’t the easiest update video to film, mostly because the issue of the hero product’s price-tag was hanging over me like a spectre the entire time I was talking about it!…

Best of 2019: My Skincare and Haircare Favourites
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Best of 2019: My Skincare and Haircare Favourites

Here are my 2019 favourites for skincare and haircare, including the latest shampoo discovery that actually changes the entire feel of my hair and the skincare that’ll make a proper difference to your beauty routine. I was going to do a bodycare version of this 2019 roundup, as well as a “best books” video, but…

Skincare Review: Beauty Pie’s Apricot Cleansing Balm
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Skincare Review: Beauty Pie’s Apricot Cleansing Balm

I think that I’ve mentioned Beauty Pie’s Plantastic Apricot Butter Cleansing Balm before, but it more than deserves its own review post so that I can truly go to town in the rave department. (What the hell is a rave department? Imagine! Is it part of the local government offering? Does the council have a…