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Skin products I will always use
Hello! This little article is not about brands of specific products I always use but rather, specific types of products. They are ingenious formulations or single ingredients which, I have delightfully discovered, have greatly increased or maintained the condition of my skin. A topical vitamin C product. I have used a vitamin C product with […]
Four things I love: winter beauty treats
August 1, 2011
Loreal Paris Base Magique. A friend gave this to me and at first I was hesitant because I do not really like velvety, siliconey primers and this one feels just like that. However it is wonderful on oily or combination skin as it really mattifies without making the skin look or feel dry. The finish […]
Desktop beauty
June 30, 2011
Hello readers! Because I am a writer I spend a lot of time at a desk. And because I am a creative sort my desk could be described as the opposite to minimal. It houses a lot of books and magazines. There are papers and notebooks and pens everywhere. There is a bottle of water, […]
Monday Night Beauty Ritual: Jurlique and Ole Henriksen
June 14, 2011
Happy Tuesday beauties! First of all apologies for my tardy post; I usually post on Mondays and Thursdays but yesterday got the better of me and … excuses, excuses! Yesterday was indeed a busy day for yours truly but I did manage to squeeze in a little Monday Night Beauty Ritual. To begin, I must […]
Melanie Laurent’s (decidedly French) beauty bag
May 23, 2011
Good evening my lovelies! Just a little post tonight for you all – I spotted French actress Melanie Laurent’s beauty favourites on Style.Comand thought you might enjoy it. Her selections are decidedly French: classy, classic, mostly French (of course!) and with a strong Christian Dior showing. The products that most intrigue yours truly are Dior […]
Four things I love (French skincare edition)
May 16, 2011
Hello my beauties! A little while ago I wrote about Gwyneth Paltrow’s French pharmacy favourites as featured in Goop, adding in my own low to mid-range French beauty product picks. Since then I’ve had the pleasure of trialling some new French products by classic, much-loved French companies and these four beauties have particularly impressed me. […]
Dear Mum
May 6, 2011
…When I was very, very little you washed me with baby soap and no more tears shampoo and to this day the scent of baby products makes me feel safe and soothed. When I was a little bit little you let me play with the dusting powders and exquisitely crafted soaps on your dresser: you […]
Monday Night Beauty Ritual: Thalgo and ginger tea
April 18, 2011
Hello my beauties, I used two Thalgo products for tonight’s Monday Night Beauty Ritual: Thalgo Plasmalg Gel followed by the Moisture Quenching Mask. I must say first up that I am in love with Plasmalg. In the tradition of French beauty products its actual intention is somewhat mysterious and magical – the ingredients even more […]
Monday Night Beauty Ritual
March 14, 2011
My husband flies regularly for work, most often departing early on Monday mornings. I have consequently developed a Monday night beauty ritual. My first night alone, and after my first working day of the week, necessitates a period of calm and unwinding; something to prise me gently away from the cocoon of the weekend. I […]
I love discovering stylish people’s beauty secrets
March 9, 2011
This is what stylish New Yorker Lauren Santo Domingo’s beauty stash looks like. If you are not like me you might think ‘who cares?’ Or even ‘who is Lauren Santo Domingo?’ But if you are even just a tiny bit like me you would love these pictures because you love looking inside women’s bathrooms and […]
September 26, 2011
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