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[purchase] I’ve had to put the brakes on buying Hello Kitty stuff – I’ve been to Hello Kitty World (Sanrio Puroland) in Japan and my house could so easily start…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] If you ask me the brand I most associate with bronzer, it’s still Guerlain, who, back in 1984, invented their Terracotta powder inspired by a trip to the heart…

Not strictly beauty, but it’s summer and pickings are slim but it looks like Symprove (the gut supplement that I’ve taken for a couple of years) is planning a sale.…

[unpaid/affiliate] I’ve always been unsure of ‘flowy’ clothes – I like droopy but flowy is another thing altogether. It’s not the jumper than casually slips off your shoulder or the…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I’ve long been a fan of Japanese and Korean sun protection which, a few years ago, was such revelation compared to our home-grown formulas. I guess that because the…

[unpaid/sample] This is Caroline’s 29th beauty kit and as usual, it’s a skin-focussed edit curated to give you glowy and fresh skin. Impressively, everything bar the eye-masks is full size…

[unpaid/sample] I’ve never had a matcha latte and honestly don’t understand the obsession with matcha. I only quite recently had a chai latte (loved it!) and even more adventurously (for…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] This curious world of beauty reviewing means that sometimes you have to wait for a problem to occur before you can have anything meaningful to say about a product.…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] CHANEL No 5 is my favourite fragrance – it’s the perfume Mr BBB brought me back from his holiday just after we started dating (then known as ‘going out…

[unpaid/sample] I love that Kure Bazaar only issues a couple of new shades per season – I like the confidence of pared back releases and rarely dislike the colours. It’s…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I think I’ve tried a couple of things from Haus Labs before but now I’ve got a very comprehensive view of the collection by Lady Gaga, starting with the…

[unpaid/sample/ad] Last week I went to the launch of CHANEL Jardin Imaginaire Summer 2024 – a collection created by Ammy Drammeh, Global Make Up Creative Partner whose inspiration is amplified…

I thought I’d leave Friday Treat well alone this week while we all adjust to sweating through the days and instead give you some recommendations for your leisure time. I…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] These skin care products have probably had more exposure on my site than any other because I’ve seen with my own eyes how beautifully they can calm and soothe…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I met Juliette Has A Gun founder, Romano Ricci, a few years ago – he’s very dapper, very French and exquisitely charming. It was at the time the brand…