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Natural Beauty: Therapi Honey Skincare Creating A Beauty Buzz
Bees seem to be creating a lot of beauty buzz at the moment. The wonder powers of honey, long used as an ancient remedy, is increasingly being harnessed in modern skincare products. Therapi Honey skincare is a new, Soil Association certified, company with the aim of creating natural and organic honey skincare products which are environmentally…
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FREE LIZ EARLE CLEANSER OFFER ENDS TODAY (28 MAY 2014)
Here’s a fantastic chance to try the much heralded Cleanse & Polish cleanser from Liz Earle for free that I thought I’d share as I’ve just grabbed one. Liz Earle is offering a free Cleanse & Polish starter kit which includes a 50ml bottle of the cleanser and a muslin cloth worth £9.25. You need to go…
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Diana Ross, THE Style Boss: Peter Jensen
Diana Ross is THE ultimate diva in my eyes. I first really became aware of her when Chain Reaction came out, before that I just thought of her as Michael Jackson’s ‘aunty’. Travesty I know. In any case I swiftly educated myself in the stunning stylish ways of Diana. You can’t think of Diana Ross without thinking of the…
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Beauty news: First Glimpse Of Surratt Beauty At Liberty
The recent trend has been for fashion houses to launch makeup collections (still keeping an eye out for that Christian Louboutin range) but it seems makeup artists are striking back. After last year’s successful launch by Charlotte Tilbury, the latest makeup maestro to create an eponymous cosmetics collection is Troy Surratt. Surratt launched in the USA…
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Happy Happy Happy Happy Nails: Crabtree & Evelyn Sky Blue Nail Polish
Crabtree & Evelyn is a brand I associate with hand and body products not colour products. If I hadn’t won some wonderful goodies from http://www.brownbeautytalk.com I probably wouldn’t have found this fantastic nail polish. Sky is an aptly named sky blue creme polish that is just right in texture (Goldilocks style not too thick or too…
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Budget Beauty: Nivea Lip Butter Review
Cold weather can be brutal on dry skin and lips particularly suffer. Over the winter I tried various drugstore lip balms including the much hyped Babylips (please someone put them in the corner) and the best by far has been the Nivea Lip Butters. Nivea Lip Butter doesn’t just sit on the lips, it sinks in to leave…
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Wonderlunching at Chop’d: new summer menu
I was recently invited to the launch of Chop’d’s (grammatically correct but unsightly I know) new summer menu, which is in stores next week. I had the chance to meet Eddie Holmes, the founder of Chop’d as well as some of the suppliers to the restaurant’s food chain and learn more about the company’s food philosophy.…
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Rodial Glamtox Cleansing Balm Review
To be honest I have avoided Rodial as its marketing and product names/claims do not appeal to me at all. Product names such as Boob Job, Size Zero, Tummy Tuck, Crash Diet, Skin Bleach etc are a major turn off. The Glamtox kit, which a pal gave to me, is the least controversial of the Rodial products.…
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The Write Stuff: Esme Winter
I love stationery and I love patterny prints so it was lust at first sight when I spotted these cards and notebooks by London-based design company Esme Winter. The team seem very particular about creating a quality product and work with British craftsmen using recycled and responsibly sourced materials. They say this about themselves: “Together with…
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Natural Beauty: Pai Royal Jasmine & May Chang Replenishing Body Oil Review
Pai is a company whose philosophy I’m very much behind. It produces effective formulations, using certified organic and clean ingredients to minimise potential irritation. From botanics to the final bottle, Pai seems to be meticulous in the ingredients and processes it uses and has its own chemists – most companies outsource this role. All the products are suitable for…
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Watch: Beautiful Underwater Ballet
I recently wrote about the luxury tea company, Kusmi’s new BB detox tea. Their new cinema advert featuring underwater ballet is really rather breathtaking. Quite rare for an advert to also be a thing of beauty. Just perfect to watch on a lovely spring day. Kusmi Tea “La beauté des mélanges” (The beauty of blends) …
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Skincare Fullies featuring Aesop, Balance Me, Bliss, Sprout (SW Basics), The Body Shop
After my last empties post. I thought it might be a good idea to also share what products I’ve replaced the empties with, mostly by shopping my stash. Is “fullies” a thing? if it isn’t I’ve just invented it. Without further ado here are my fullies which I’ll be reviewing in due course: I’ve got…
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Skincare empties from Boots Botanics, Emma Hardie, ESPA, Merumaya, Nivea, Pai & Rodial
Wow time flies. Can’t believe I haven’t done an empties post for six months! Anyhoo here’s what I used up in March: Boots Botanics Hot Cloth Cleansing Balm: lovely stuff – a great budget alternative to the Eve Lom cleanser. Read my Boots Botanics Hot Cloth Cleansing Balm review here. ESPA refining skin polish: I prefer dry powder style…
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EXCLUSIVE Offer: free sample of Abel, the world’s 1st 100% organic perfume
Don’t say I don’t spoil you lovely readers. Yesterday I shared about the intriguing new fragrance, Abel, possibly the world’s first 100% organic eau de parfum (read all about it here). Today I have an exclusive opportunity for you to savour the stylish and sustainable Vintage ’13. The good folk at Abel have kindly agreed to exclusively…
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Natural Beauty: Abel Organic Vintage ’13, possibly the world’s first 100% organic eau de parfum
I love organic stuff. I love great minimalist design. I love wood. Tick tick tick – well hello Abel! I’m allergic to synthetic parfum (a word that can legally cover up to 200 different chemicals) so don’t experiment with new perfumes very often. I also find a lot of natural perfumes to be very patchouli heavy with…
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