Haus Labs PHD Hybrid Lip Glaze Review
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] When I first opened the Haus Labs PHD Hybrid Lip Glazes that had been sent for review, I felt disappointed because there wasn’t a single colour I would have…
Mavala The Yummy Colours Summer 2024
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I’ll happily try any shade of nail polish (partly, it’s my job to do so) but my default is always a coral or orange shade. Luckily, Mavala’s summer line-up…
Color Wow Dream Coat Review
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] This is a re-visit because the weather could not be worse for us frizzy ladies! I’ve been relatively untroubled by frizz so far this (ahem) summer but the past…
Essence x Hello Kitty
[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…
Guerlain Superbloom Terracotta Review
[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…
Jo Malone London Orange Marmalade Cologne Review
[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I think you’ll be pleased to know that Jo Malone London Orange Marmalade Cologne doesn’t smell particularly like marmalade. Marmalade is a very pleasing, very traditionally British smell but…
Beauty Business News July 2024
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.…
Friday Treat : Let It Flow
[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…
Thank You Farmer Watery Sun Cream SPF50 Review
[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…
Caroline Hirons The Summer Glow Edit 2024
[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…
Kure Bazaar Matcha-Karite Hand & Nail Cream Review
[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…
Straand The Crown Fix Review
[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.…
CHANEL No 5 L’Eau Limited Edition Review
[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…
Kure Bazaar New Shades Summer 2024
[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…
Haus Labs Triclone Skin Tech Foundation Review
[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…