Sometimes you want a perfume that packs a punch. The type of perfume that lingers in the room long after you’ve left or that makes a loud statement when it is most needed. Others you just want something friendly. A polite perfume with a nice smile and a softly spoken voice. Skin Clean Reserve is …
We’re recording a podcast interview with the amazing Natasha Devon MBE next week. The last time I met Natasha we were on This Morning together having a heated debate about whether it’s acceptable for women to have Vajacials (facials for the vagina). I was for, Natasha (who is one if the UK’s biggest advocates of …
If you love beauty then please promise me you’ll order Pretty Honest and Pretty Iconic by Sali Hughes. She’s my favourite beauty journalist with a style of writing that ranges from poetic to funny to wonderfully honest. Most importantly, I trust her recommendations. This is a woman who knows her stuff! For very dry hands …
When I’m feeling tired, grumpy or in need of a little boost, I often find myself gravitating towards Liberty of London. There’s something about that place that makes me smile and it’s not just the luxury products that adorn its beautiful shelves. No, Liberty is more than just a shop to me. It’s the place …
For me one mascara is not enough. Like my perfumes or knickers, I like to have a mascara to suit different my moods and the various aspects of my life. Let’s start with Benefit They’re Real. For me this mascara is the period pant equivalent of my makeup bag. It’s a natural, non-budging friend of …
Before having my two children I had very irregular periods because I have polycystic ovaries. At the age of about 18 I was told that I might find it hard to fall pregnant so needed to go on the pill to regulate things until the time came for making babies. Fifteen years later I waved …
We’re in the process of recording the brand new Outspoken Beauty Podcast. I’m SO excited. We’ll be having some amazing and very revealing conversations with a range of women. Beauty will be our starting point and I hope that through the story of their relationship with it, we will get to know our guests on …
Since having my two critters my fairly nice looking hair of years gone by has gone a bit limp and greasy. (Having babies really does mess with your body, but it’s all worth it she says while pulling out another grey hair!) I’ve never been good at styling my tresses. I’m very much a wash, …
I must admit that I’m not a fan of those monthly delivery boxes. Whether they be filled with vegetables, cakes or makeup, once I’m over the initial thrill of the surprise factor, I realise that I’m actually never going to use all of those potatoes, I don’t have a clue what to do with kale …
