No, It’s Nothing To Do With James Cameron’s Avatar – We Test The Avatar Facial
Our intrepid Daisy Buchanan tests the Avatar facial at West London’s Pro Hands Salon. Blue? Quite the opposite, she discovers… “No, your face won’t be blue,” laughed the Pro Hands team as I made a...
View ArticleHolding out for a hero product – Elemis Limited Edition Pro Collagen Marine...
Elemis Pro Collagen Marine Cream, available from department stores nationwide, £99 for 100ml I’ve had a bit of a brand crush on Elemis ever since I was given one of their goody bags – sorry, a...
View ArticleThe great anti ageing debate and the skincare that works
I am old, I am old. I shall wear the bottom of my trousers rolled. I’m ambivalent about being 28. Well, I’m only about seven weeks into it, to be fair. And I definitely prefer the latter stages of my...
View ArticleSleeves Of The Week! Monsoon Eddie Embellished Dress, £119
Right at my core, there is a complex and unwinnable battle. Deep down, I know that to be chic is to be low key. I’ve seen too many pictures of Jackie Kennedy not to believe that the secret of style...
View ArticleWardrobe stories: The fairy dress
To fully explain my feelings about fashion, first I must tell you about my mother. For Mum, the seventies weren’t sexy, the eighties weren’t excessive and the nineties were about shielding one end of...
View ArticleDr Brandt’s CC Cream reviewed – Nothing to CC here – just clear skin
I confess that I would be much, much more comfortable if we all just used foundation. It’s all got so fiddly. There’s special primer for your eyes, now. We have to clean our faces with giant electric...
View ArticleSo you’ve bought a Clarisonic…
The ultimate electric toothbrush for the face. It’s Sunday, and you read that India Knight thinks everyone should buy a Clarisonic. It emerges that she used to have frequent facials, but the...
View ArticleHolidays are coming! How to get the most out of pre-vacation beauty
I grew up religious, and as such, enjoy preparation, fasts, feasts and ritual anointment. And nearly all of these practices can be observed, should you wish, during holiday preparation. Holiday prep is...
View ArticleBehind the bag: the Osprey tote
Lucy plotted this purchase carefully online. She wasn’t thinking ‘mummy bag’. She wanted something classy, classic, summer in the Hamptons, old school power bitch with a Filofax. But now the cream...
View ArticleBehold! A holiday in a box!
What would you say if I promised you all the dreamy, fragrant properties of a perfect holiday for less than twenty quid? Unless you’re three or under, or Tamara Ecclestone, and have no real concept of...
View ArticleBehind The Bag: The Longchamp Derby
Annie might work in fashion, but her most treasured handbag is navy, not neon. Annie learned early that fashion PRs are like successful drug dealers. They pedal the stuff, but they can’t touch it....
View ArticleDreamy products for an insomniac
I don’t sleep. Most nights, my brain feels like the Selfridges Beauty Hall. Demented, panicking, sticky, indecisive thoughts do battle with imperious facts that reek of Aromatics Elixir. Everyone is...
View ArticleConfessions of a beauty editor
I’m not quite sure what peptides are. I keep telling people to use Bumble and Bumble Sea Salt Spray as if it has magical and or spiritual properties. It’s a good product, but it is just a product....
View ArticleHappy Royal Baby!
An approximation of what may or may not happened in the Lindo Wing yesterday, based on several press releases I have received “Mmmmm,” murmured Kate, looking around the room sleepily and...
View ArticleBehind The Bag: The Cath Kidston Nappy Bag
“I will never be that dude, dude,” is what Carolyn said to Alexa the first time they went to Mothercare together. They planned to embrace parenthood on their own terms – Hackney baby raves, A.P.C. baby...
View ArticleThe ultimate oils, scrubs and moisturisers – get thighs like Maria’s circa 1999!
I am still obsessed with Mariah Carey for these three reasons: 1. All I Want For Christmas. The huskies, the sled, the red velvet cape that was cute and winsome and in no way suggestive of a festive...
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