Category: Skincare

Skincare Uncategorized
25th October 2013

Lulu’s Time Bomb Complexion Cocktail

I’ve ignored Lulu’s skincare up until now.  I don’t really know why, but I just find celebrity tie-ins rather gimmicky, and ordinarily I’d prefer to buy my skincare from certified skincare professionals rather than ex-popstars, but that’s me being a snob, I guess. Complexion cocktail is a lightly viscous pale pink liquid, which is packed full of hydraluronic acid and vitamin B12, it’s designed for […]

Face Skincare
23rd October 2013

Astalift Aquarysta and Indeed Labs Hydraluron

I went through a phase recently of extremely dehydrated skin thanks to a product that will remain unnamed. Once I’d identified (a moisturiser with built-in sunscreen – NEVER again) and eliminated the culprit, I needed to get my skin back to full hydration, but I wanted to try and avoid greasiness if at all possible.  I’d been trying – and failing – with Hydraluron for […]

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21st October 2013

Clarins Extra-Firming Eye Wrinkle Smoothing Cream Review

I struggle a great deal with eyecreams, rarely finding one that the sensitive skin around my eyes can tolerate. As a result over the last few years, I’ve very rarely used one.  Up until the last year or so this hasn’t really been a problem, but I have been noticing dehydration lines more often these days, which is kind of depressing. At an event a […]

Face Skincare Uncategorized
20th August 2013

Bodhi Neroli Luce Revitalising Face Oil

 Even in the summer, I’m a big fan of facial oils.  The opportunity came up to try a product from the range of Bodhi, and the Neroli Luce revitalising oil seeemed like the perfect choice, not least because … well … Luce is my nickname. But that’s not the only reason I picked it, I swear! Anyhoo.  Bodhi is a UK brand that’s been around […]

Bodycare Skincare Toiletries
2nd August 2013

Gels from L’Occitane, Ioma and Champneys.

Confession time: I am not doing well in this heat.  I am exhausted to the point where I’ve actually considered getting myself admitted  to hospital just to get some damn rest (and I’m not even slightly joking), sleeping in this humidity is proving next to impossible, and when you add in that July brought some bad tidings, and well, it’s not been my favourite month […]

Skincare
3rd April 2013

Aurelia Miracle Cleanser Review

I’m a firm believer (rightly or wrongly)  that if you get your cleansing routine correct for your skin, then it doesn’t really matter what moisturiser you chuck onto your face afterwards, you can use olive oil, or lard, or whatever, and it will be fine. I can, of course, only base this on my own personal experience, but I spent years labouring under the misapprehension […]

Skincare Uncategorized
5th February 2013

Wedding Preparation – My Current Skincare Regime

Spending a lot of time worrying about a) my skin, b) breaking my nails, and c) my wedding perfume at the moment.  The wedding is eleven days away now (seriously, where the hell has the year since we got engaged gone?), and I thought I’d share some of my routines with you. Nails and perfume will come later, but for today, I’m focusing on skincare. All […]

Skincare
19th December 2012

Best of 2012 – Skincare with Zelens

   Can’t deny it, this was a tough category for me this year, I’m still mourning the loss of Kate Somerville products, which have been withdrawn from the UK completely, denying me my regular dose of Goat Cream, and, I’ll be honest, I still haven’t found a moisturiser that I love as much as that much-missed product yet. However, Zelens is proving a real contender, […]

Face Skincare
31st October 2012

Current Skincare – Night & Day

I’ve been ill recently, necessitating a more than a couple of hospital trips, and it means I need a small procedure later on in the year. It’s nothing too serious, but the feeling of being more rundown than usual has been showing in my skin, and as a result I’ve had to break out some of the big guns in my skincare arsenal.  Far from […]

Face Skincare Uncategorized
28th October 2012

Sneaky Peek …

My desk fills up with random beauty clutter throughout the week whilst I’m figuring out what I want to be writing about.  I wander around the flat, picking things up as inspiration strikes, and it all ends up here. Along with random wrappers and press releases and, well, stuff.  As you can see, perfume and skincare have been on my mind at the moment.  All […]

Skincare
11th September 2012

Guerlain Abeille Royale Skincare Range

This is a guest post from the gorgeous Lila Des Gupta of Olfactory Events, who was kind enough to test some skincare for me.  Thank you so much for a great review, Lila! Products Tested:       Guerlain Abeille Royale Nourishing Day Cream £102 for 50ml Guerlain Abeille Royale Nourishing Night Cream £118 for 50ml Guerlain Abeille Royale Neck & Décolleté Cream (SPF 15)   £82 […]

Skincare Toiletries
13th August 2012

Washi Cloths from Lucris.

It’s not a flannel.  Well, not quite, anyway.  I was having a chat over on Beaut.ie the other week, and someone was raving about Washi clothes, so naturally, the first thing I did afterwards was hit up Google and discover what they were. I found Lucris, which proudly proclaims itself “the home of the Washi”.  And so they are! Essentially, they’re a style of Japanese […]