There are always a bunch of people discussing Jil Sander’s Sun on my Twitter timeline, and I’ve wanted to smell it for the longest time, so when I found a bottle at a bargain price at Vienna airport recently I snapped one up without even the slightest hesitation! It’s an odd one, the name conjures up suntan lotion and coconut, maybe jasmine and tiare in […]
I am almost as violently opposed to fake tanning as I am to contouring, but occasionally a product will pop up that sounds interesting enough to make me try it again, and Madame La La’s West Coast Bronzing Serum really made me take notice when I first read about it. Containing real skincare ingredients such as vitamins A, C & E, aloe vera and […]
Sharp-eyed readers might have noticed there’s a bit of a theme this week … holidays! This is because I’m preparing to head off into the sunshine for a while, and, in typical “me” fashion, I’m concentrating on the products I’ll be packing instead of the clothes … (I hate summer clothes generally, it’s always a problem when you basically dress in black all year round!). […]
Last year Nuxe released a perfume version of their cult Huile Prodigieuse, which I liked a great deal (and reviewed it here), and this year they’re releasing a Shower Oil version, which, I’m not going to lie, I like a great deal. Smelling identical to both the oil and the perfume versions of Huile Prodigieuse, it’s a creamy floral, suntan-lotion scented shower oil in a […]
Last year, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their iconic bronzing range, Terracotta, Guerlain released a limited edition tiare-inspired fragrance Terracotta Le Parfum, and to say it was a hit would be a mild understatement. It sold out in what seemed like moments, and I kicked myself hugely for not hunting down a bottle as soon as I saw the press release. So this year, […]
At a lunch last week with Romano Ricci, the creator of Juliette Has A Gun, I was surprised that he thinks Gentlewoman is all about almonds, because to me, Gentlewoman is green, all the way down, and when it is not green, it is citrus. Conceived as a masculine-style fragrance for women (and as a woman who used to wear aftershave, because I couldn’t stand […]
Every August, Chantecaille release their autumn charity collection and this year it is wolf-themed. 5% of the proceeds of each “Protect the Wolf” collection product will be donated to the Northwest Conservation group. I love the animal palettes, and this years collection is a nice one: A nude lip, a smokey eye palette and a peachy blush, it’s bang on trend for a winter palette […]
There’s no doubt whatsoever, that Jo Malone is the queen of packaging, every brand she has been involved with has understood the power of making boxes and bags so pretty (for every purchase, at every price point) that they’re ideal for gifting, making the concept of “gift wrapping” totally redundant in the process. The latest launch in her newest brand, “Jo Loves” takes the concept […]
And now for something you definitely can’t buy in the UK (there will be more next week, don’t worry), Helena Rubinstein Wanted Stellars Lipstick in Cosmic Purple. It’s not really purple, it’s really a sort of bright berry shade, and I fell in love with it at the airport and refused to leave without it. It’s another sheer shade, but not unpigmented, and one packed […]
I’m a bit of a Meteorites completist, I admit. So, when I was brutally mugged by this compact at the Guerlain counter at Vienna airport recently, I didn’t mind too much. I love Meteorites, and have almost every edition they’ve done in the last ten years. It’s very sad, as I rarely use them, because they’re not very portable. I do love the glow you […]
If you’re going to accidentally check-in far too early for a flight home, then you can do much, much worse then spending three hours at Vienna airport, to be honest. It is huge, mostly deserted, and the shopping is fabulous. There is also a branch of the amazing bakery Demel, so you can spend your last few hours in Austria in sophisticated comfort with a […]
Me, I can’t resist a candle at any time of the year. I know that some people think candles are just for winter, but in this dark and damp late “spring” that we’re having at the moment, it seems like an ideal time for having candles around to brighten up the dark afternoons, and cool evenings. Josephine, the latest fragrance from Cire Trudon (long one […]