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Selfridges Beauty round up
 Selfridges have some fantastic new beauty buys that your make-up bag is just crying out for. New drops from Chanel, exclusive treats from Ciate, and classic lines from Guerlain are all now online and in store and make the perfect weekend treats, especially if you are waiting for pay day and want to buy something for yourself that is a touch of luxury, but still affordable. Ciate Treats Everyone seems to love Ciate, the product that literally transforms nails into works of art. Selfridges currently have this fabulous product – a pretty touch of Spring fever for the nails, and it is a store exclusive. Utterly gorgeous! The dolls house…
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Victorian Shopping style – The Paradise
I was glued to the TV last night as a new costume drama started on the BBC. ‘The Paradise’ is set in a very early version of a department store during the Victorian era. (I’m thinking of a cross between an early Whiteleys and Selfridges, although both came a little later than the period this is set in.) As you can imagine, the series looks beautiful, with a gorgeous leading lady, Denise, played by Joanne Vanderham, and handsome leading man. But what really catches the eye is the totally exquisite Paradise itself. I can’t imagine any woman who wouldn’t want to shop at The Paradise. Brocade covered, pastel coloured walls,…
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Guerlain launch La Petite Robe Noire exclusively in Selfridges
Is there any item of clothing more iconic than the little black dress? From Audrey Hepburn in Givenchy eating her breakfast outside Tiffany’s, to an off-duty Marilyn Monroe in Norman Norell, or Princess Diana taking revenge in a whisp of black chiffon, the black dress is able to flatter the wearer whilst seducing everyone else with its allure. So it is a wonder that it has taken so long to create the essence of the little black dress in a fragrance. But now step forward Guerlain.The legendary perfumer’s created the perfect fragrance called ‘The Little black dress’ as an exclusive fragrance back in 2009 . ‘La Petite Robe Noire’, to…