beauty
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My handbag essentials
What do you consider to be your handbag essentials? I don’t mean the usual – money, keys and phone – we all have to carry those, but what are the other things that you always have in your bag? Brioche Pasquier asked me to put together a post on my most important handbag essentials, the things that travel with me, no matter what, and this led to some serious thinking about what I really can’t do without. I change the bag that I use everyday on a regular basis, I may use something smaller on one day, or want to use something that’s a different colour to better match an…
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Bathtime treats from Treacle Moon
Treacle Moon is a lovely UK brand that you may be aware of from certain supermarkets. (It is stocked in both Tesco and Waitrose). The brand is a lovely range of bath and pamper products, each with a unique, scrumptious smell and it’s own story, one which can be read from the front of the bottle. Treacle Moon is now in its 8th year, and has recently further extended the brand with a whole range of new and delicious sounding flavours. I was lucky enough to be sent a couple of bottles of bath and shower gel in a couple of the new flavours to try out. That Vanilla Moment…
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Charlotte Tilbury x Norman Parkinson Collection at Selfridges
Take the work of one of the most revered photographers of the 20th Century. Add in the make-up collection of Charlotte Tilbury, the world’s number one make-up artists in the 21st Century. What have you got? A cosmetic collaboration that is so gorgeous, you will just want every single piece. The Charlotte Tilbury x Norman Parkinson takes some of Norman’s most famous images and uses them for inspiration for a range of lipsticks, bronzers, blushers and cosmetic bags. The collection is heavily influenced by an iconic 1975 shoot featuring glamazon Jerry Hall at the height of her legendary beauty, photographed in swimwear in Jamaica. The stunning images of Jerry are…
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5 Reasons to use Chemist Direct
Chemist Direct is a company I was unfamiliar with until quite recently.It is an online Chemist service and drugstore that also sells a wide range of bath, hygiene and skincare products, along with vitamins and medicines, suncreams and haircare ranges. I was recently offered the opportunity to try out the online services offered by Chemist direct and have to say I was really impressed with the range and the delivery service. In general, I tend to get ‘bathroom and beauty’ products from a range of different places, from the supermarket to Boots or Superdrug, even my local chemist attached to the Doctor’s surgery, so a place where it is all…
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Sorting out those eye problems with Optical Express
Once upon a time, the only way to deal with eye problems was through the wearing of glasses. They came in all guises, from National Health monstrosities I remember so well from school (pink and blue frames for girls, the brown frames that Jarvis Cocker wore so ironically for boys), to much more expensive, stylish designs. Glasses could look great, but they also proved to be expensive, made certain sports and activities difficult, and could even be slightly painful for the nose. Contact lenses were a brilliant development for many people. They alleviated the need to wear glasses, but for some people they were never a real option. My sister…
