Sparkling Summer Skincare Treats
Some lovely, summery skincare bits and pieces that I’ve been trying. I’ve probably harped on about the MD Formulations Moisture Defense (right of photo) quite enough by now, but just to recap:...
View ArticleBerocca for Your Face: Vitamin C Serums and Fizzy Masks!
This video backfired on me a little bit: I started thinking about filming it four years ago, but have only just managed to get my act together, and as a result more than half the products I mentioned...
View ArticlePregnancy Beauty Tips for Glowing Skin…
This video was originally entitled “Pregnancy Skincare Habits I’m Keeping!” but it was all a bit sensational and you know how I like to stay low-key… So we’re onto Pregnancy Beauty Tips for Glowing...
View ArticleOn My Bedside Table…
I wasn’t going to do a post today, it being a Bank Holiday, but I couldn’t resist another opportunity to bang on about bedtime and sleeping! Ha. Just a chatty little video, here, talking about the...
View ArticleBeauty Products for Dehydrated Skin
I find it relatively easy and enjoyable to test and monitor the results of skincare for dehydrated skin; not only are these types of products usually light and fresh-feeling and suitable for use...
View ArticleThe Best Winter Moisturisers for Very Dry Skin
My forehead, for some reason, is as dry as a bone. This happened in my last pregnancy, too, so I’m not that surprised, but it’s so dry that few things can even touch it when it comes to...
View ArticleThe Pregnancy Skincare Habits I’m Going To Be Keeping…
The last of my pregnancy skincare posts, now – I’ve safely delivered Baby Number Two (a gorgeous boy) and so am no longer pregnant, and I just wanted to get these features out there before they became...
View ArticleFind Your Perfect Sunscreen
A gentle reminder, now that we are moving into Summer Proper with its pub garden drinking sessions and impromptu al fresco lunches, to use a sunscreen. Whether you usually go in for a water resistant,...
View ArticleSkincare: My First Experience with Retinol
I was rummaging about in my office today, trying to prep for a video on a new foundation that I wanted to review, when I came across a smallish box of products, very neatly put together and stashed...
View ArticleThe Seven Cs: Your Springtime Skincare Saviours
We’ve had a miniature heatwave here in the UK, which you’ll know about if you live in the UK, obviously, but if you don’t then perhaps won’t. I mention this mini pre-summer (four days of uninterrupted...
View Article4 Great Moisturisers for Very Dry Skin
Four great moisturisers for very dry skin. Skin that feels tight and uncomfortable and generally as though nothing will ever break through its tough, arid surface ever again. Skin like cardboard. Skin...
View ArticleBest 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...
View ArticleMy 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...
View Article5 Beauty Favourites: April 2020
My five beauty favourites for the month of April – I’ve gone back to them again and again, enjoyed using them all and will be sad when they finally run out. Although if they’re anything like my...
View ArticleMy Current Skincare Routine: Damage Control
My summer skincare routine is here and it’s slightly juicier than usual because a couple of months ago I had to do an almost unprecedented SOS u-turn on my whole beauty routine. I know you’re ready to...
View ArticleThe 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...
View Article5 Favourites: January 2021
Five favourites from the month of January, in the year 2021, which will surely go down in history as the longest month on record. It’s like when they say on the weather forecast, “the temperature will...
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