Beauty

Review – Liquid Metals from Eye of Horus

Eye of Horus is an Australian brand with a range of eye makeup based on Ancient Egyptian formulas, with ingredients including organic moringa oil claimed by the gods for its beautifying and regenerating powers. The concept is that it's designed to Awaken The Goddess Within ® every woman - a Goddess who knows she is beautiful the way… Continue reading Review – Liquid Metals from Eye of Horus

Beauty

Discovering Ekia – Organic Anti-Ageing Skincare

Ekia Cream Intense At a recent press day, I met Carine Mudry, the creator of EKIA, a unique certified organic anti-aging skincare range from France. Carine told me about how she consulted with dermatologists and completed a clinical study in order to find the perfect anti-aging ingredient. This study led to the discovery of the… Continue reading Discovering Ekia – Organic Anti-Ageing Skincare

Beauty, books, food

Book Review – Eat Beautiful by Wendy Rowe

Much as I love books I haven't reviewed many on my blog as they're rarely a fit for the topic. Still when I got my hands on Eat Beautiful by Wendy Rowe I instantly recognised that the subject matter was a perfect match for me and the blog. Eating and beauty is what I'm all… Continue reading Book Review – Eat Beautiful by Wendy Rowe

Beauty

I learned how to wash my hair!

When I attended a blogger event for Swell recently I was expecting to learn all about the award-winning brand and its founders Andrew Bidwell and Jonathan Stallick but I wasn't expecting to learn something really fundamental that works and that is how to wash my hair! Andrew Bidwell (the hairdresser behind the brand) started by… Continue reading I learned how to wash my hair!

Beauty

Getting the glow with Temple Spa

I'm a bit of an awkward tanner to be perfectly honest. I'm fair skinned and tend to burn more readily than I tan. If I want to gain a golden look it takes me days and days to gently build it up and loving in London that's difficult to achieve. Still I've never been tempted… Continue reading Getting the glow with Temple Spa

Beauty

La Roche-Posay Launch Effaclar Duo (+) Unifiant

When you get an invite from La Roche-Posay to the launch of a new product - you know it's going to be something special. This is the brand that has had beauty experts crossing the channel to bag themselves products before they are available here - they're just that good. This week's London launch proved… Continue reading La Roche-Posay Launch Effaclar Duo (+) Unifiant

Beauty

How much power do retailers have to effect change?

You may have read a recent post where I wrote about how retailers need to understand their customers' needs and keep up with their changing demands.  But when a retailer reached out to me recently with their Summer 2016 press brochure I started to think about some of the potentially powerful messages that it contained… Continue reading How much power do retailers have to effect change?

Beauty

Feeling Grape with Caudalie!

Do you ever think that you know a brand and then someone asks you more about it and you realise that you don't know much about it at all? Maybe just me? Well that's what happened with me and Caudalie. I'd picked up on it being a French brand (Caudalie Paris) but had never picked up… Continue reading Feeling Grape with Caudalie!

Beauty

Ilia – Organic Beauty

This week was another busy one and it culminated in a visit to a make-up masterclass focussing on the luxury organic beauty brand Ilia. Ilia is a multi-award-winning brand founded in Canada by Sasha Plavsic. This prestige line of natural and organic products provides excellent colour payoff together with nourishing organics. Ilia products are gluten-free… Continue reading Ilia – Organic Beauty

Beauty, London

Discovering Om Skincare

If you're a lover of skincare you might have heard of Om Skincare. You might even have heard of Dr.Om the skincare expert and scientist behind the brand but I bet you didn't know that Dr. Om is a woman. Not only is she incredibly successful in her field, combining her scientific heritage with her… Continue reading Discovering Om Skincare