Beauty

Here in the UK, the weather has been an absolute treat over the bank holiday weekend and when the temperatures soar and the sun makes an appearance, there really is no better place than home. I split my weekend between catching the rays at the beach and at home on …

I was pretty late to the game with blush, when I first started dabbling with makeup age 12/13, it was all about the eyes and maybe a touch of bronzer. It’s only in recent years that i’ve started to experiment more with blush and thanks to Charlotte Tilbury’s ‘swish and …

When it comes to creating affordable budget makeup and dupes of premium makeup products, w7 cosmetics have it down. w7 are famed for creating ‘in the style of’ products based on bestsellers from the likes of MAC, Ben Nye, Benefit, Anastacia Beverley Hills, Urban Decay and many more. Now, i’m not …

Back in the day when ‘Dream Matte Mousse‘ was the only foundation to be seen carrying in your Jane Norman PE bag, cake face was pretty unavoidable. This was especially the case when the Aero bar formula was paired with a translucent powder laden with talc from The Look or …

In my bathroom I have a wire crate filled with different skincare products that I always believe will be the next big thing to revolutionise my skin. It’s difficult with skincare, because you have to give it a few weeks to really see if it is having a positive impact. …

I still get a little buzz when I walk through the doors of Superdrug. Sad but so true. This euphoric hit began when I was 14 and I got my first Saturday job. At the end of each day i’d get a little brown envelope with about £30 stashed in …

MARCH… After a chaotic February, i’ve been spending less and less time ‘online’ this month. Instead, i’ve been busying myself doing the house up, enjoying the sunny little window of spring we were treated to and spending time eating and drinking with my nearest and dearest. It’s felt really good …

Wearing: Stretch Concealer | Cloudpaint’s in ‘Beam’ and ‘Dusk’ | ‘Crush’ Generation G lip colour | Maybelline ‘Great Lash‘ mascara  There was a time when I really didn’t understand the statement: ‘Less is more’ – for me, more was always more and when it came to my make-up, this was so obviously …

FEBRUARY… Right now i’m consumed by the heady smell of fresh paint and the thick scent of new carpets. Bliss. I’d been waiting for this day for so long. The house had been on and then off and then on again and the process had taken so much longer than …