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  • Recipe: Coconut Black Rice With Dragon Fruit & Pawpaw (vegan, gluten-free, dairy-free)

    I recently mentioned my discovery of and obsession with black rice. I’ve been experimenting using it in savoury and sweet recipes. Here’s a simple recipe that works for breakfast, brunch or even dessert. You do need to watch the pot to ensure the rice doesn’t dry out so not one for a morning when you’re…

  • My Name Is Wonderlusting And I’m A Cleansaholic! Cleanser Closet #1

    I’m a creature of pretty simple skincare habits. My routine is cleanse and moisturise, adding an oil or serum at night. Yes i know no tone – may the skincare gods not strike me down! I should add that I have dry and allergy-prone skin so minimal products means minimizing the chances of any kind…

  • L’Oreal Paris Skin Perfection 15 Second Miracle Cleansing Oil Review

    I think cleansing oils rock. Good ones take makeup off as well as actually removing dirt from the skin without stripping it –  all ideal for my dry skin.  Discovering Shu Uemura, the Grand Daddy of cleansing oils, many moons ago was a revelation. L’Oreal has recently launched a new cleansing oil…deep breath…called Skin Perfection…

  • Beauty News: Bold & Beautiful CoverGirl Hunger Games Catching Fire Collection

    Covergirl’s bold and beautiful looks for Hunger Games Catching Fire

  • Tantalising Taste of Forbidden Rice: Black Rice Is Beautiful

    I love pottering around Asian (well make that all) supermarkets and seeing what new foods to play with I can find.  One of my latest discoveries has been black rice, also known as Forbidden Rice. Doesn’t calling it forbidden instantly make it more tantalising? In ancient times, it was cultivated only for the Emperor in…

  • Shopping in Los Angeles: Sephora, When Will We See You Again in UK?

    For anyone who doesn’t know, Sephora is basically the ultimate beauty sweet shop. It stocks all the big beauty brands such as Chanel and Bobbi Brown alongside funky niche ones such as bite, Edward Bess, Ellis Faas. They are also often the first to stock new ranges like the new Marc Jacobs Beauty and exclusive…

  • Beauty News: Brand New Moroccanoil Body Products Coming Soon

    It’s not fair, why does the USA always gets all the exciting beauty products before we do here in UK (stomps off, slams door, comes back, sits down in huff). During my recent trip to Los Angeles I spotted lots of goodies which I’ll be sharing. First up – did you know that Moroccanoil have…

  • The World According To Liz Jones In Therapy At The Other Club

    Liz Jones is arguably the UK’s most famous female columnist, renowned for her confessional often controversial style. I’m not a regular reader of her column though when I do she generally elicits an eye roll reaction from me. However I like to hear things from the horse’s mouth and make my own mind up so…

  • Travel Tip: Fine Dining At The Tides, Barbados

    I recently went to Barbados for the first time (yes I know I’m a very lucky girl!)  and thought I would share a few travel tips. Barbados is pretty much picture postcard every which way you look. The sea really is that turquoise blue colour, no filter required. The Caribbean paradise island, though technically not in…

  • Skincare Empties from Elemental Herbology, Eve Lom, Korres and Pai

    Skincare products I’ve recently finished using. I seem to have been on an Elemental Herbology trip! Elemental Herbology: cell plumping facial moisturiser ~ review coming soon Elemental Herbology: facial souffle ~ review coming soon Elemental Herbology: Velvet Skin winter body cleanser ~ rebel that I am, I’ve been using the winter set throughout summer. This sulphate-free…

  • Natural Beauty: Pai Camellia and Rose Gentle Hydrating Cleanser Review

    Earlier in the summer I mentioned that I had bought a selection of Pai skincare products. I love the clear, plain English labelling and ingredient listing of this certified organic skincare range. Specially formulated for sensitive and allergy-prone skin, I was looking forward to trialling the products. I was a little nervous about trying a…

  • London Afternoon Tea Wonderland: Mad Hatter’s Tea Party At Sanderson, London

    Not being a tea drinker (team coffee), fan of dead flies (raisins) in scones or noxious egg sandwiches, for a long time I was not keen on the traditional afternoon tea.  However as they’ve evolved the more I’ve begun to appreciate their charms. There is something very decadent about taking a couple of hours during the…

  • Charlotte Tilbury Beauty Wish List

    So I’ve given you my first impressions of the Charlotte Tilbury beauty range here.  Having had a quick look and play at the Selfridges counter, this is my wishlist of products I want to try and what Charlotte says about them. CHARLOTTE TILBURY MULTI-MIRACLE GLOW – personally recommended to me by Charlotte! (yes I met…

  • First Impressions: Charlotte Tilbury Beauty Makeup Collection at Selfridges

    There has been incredible fan fare in the beauty world about the  launch of the new skincare and colour collection from  uber celebrity makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury.  She’s renowned as one of the world’s leading makeup artists with a career spanning over 20 years working on a who’s who of A-list celebrities as well as…

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  • Nailing It: Yellow Fever! (Barry M yellow nail paint)

    I love yellow. It’s just so cheering and spirit lifting. I defy you to feel sorry for yourself when looking at yellow.  Jo over at Patent Purple Life recently blogged about her “sunshine in a bottle”, (Maybelline Colorshow Electric Yellow) which inspired me to catch yellow fever and go bright with my nails too. The nail…