Category: Shopping

13th June 2013

Sci-Art Colour Consultation

  Inspired by a post by London Makeup Girl, I booked a colour consultation on Monday with Nikki Bogardus of MyColorRX on her most recent trip to London, as a birthday treat for myself.  I’ve always been pretty good at putting makeup shades together, both for myself and for other people (even if I do say so myself), but when it comes to co-ordinating outfits, […]

27th November 2012

A Charitable Christmas List

This time last year, I wrote a heartfelt post about homelessness and, and how Give as You Live are helping charities by enabling you to do your Christmas shopping quickly, easily, and allowing you to donate to the charities of your choice at no extra cost to you. Well, it’s time to remind you of Give As You Live once again,  and talk to you […]

22nd April 2012

Beauty Confidential at House of Fraser

 I don’t know about you, but I can spend hours in the beauty hall of a department store, going from counter to counter, testing things, swatching things, desperately trying to avoid makeovers, sniffing products, touching products, poking things.  Yes, I’m a bit of a beauty geek, I know. But, when a department store has a special event going on in their beauty hall, I’m even […]