Liz Earle Botanical Essence No.15

It’s not often I write about a perfume.  Don’t get me wrong. It’s not that I don’t love fragrance.  On the contrary.  But it’s oh-so-difficult to convey a scent across a page.  Rather like selling perfume on TV – I don’t quite get that either.But this new fragrance from Liz Earle has got me all excited, so I just had to write about it.  It’s the second fragrance from Liz…
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Hair Heaven: Salon International 2012

Over the weekend, I was lucky enough to be able to go to Salon International 2012, an annual “exhibition” for the hairdressing trade.  I was there, not because I’m training to become a hairdresser – don’t ever let me near a pair of scissors in the vicinity of a head of hair! – but because I’d been invited along to try out the KeraStraight intensive hair conditioning treatment, which you…
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Pamper Time: Tea Bath Soaks

The idea of luxuriating in a bath is invariably, for me, more glorious than the actual bath itself.  Ironically, it’s because I’m always too busy that I find I’m too impatient and want to get out within three minutes… ironic because it’s probably just the thing I need to help me to slow down.Perhaps these lovely new bath salts will help me along the path towards bath enlightenment.  These fragranced…
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Hair Hero: KeraStraight Moisture

As you might have guessed, I’m a more than a little obsessed with getting my hair into the best condition it can possibly be.  So I was really happy when the lovely people behind KeraStraight asked me to try out the treatment.KeraStraight offers two different in-salon mask treatments that are combined with a blow-dry to give you the smoothest, sleekest hair you’ve experienced, competely frizz-free but without the flat, poker-straight…
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FOTD: Golden Eye

I’ve had a few requests for a FOTD post to go with the last Style post that went up yesterday, so here it is.It basically centres around a heavy eye, with lots of gold and black, paired with a nude-ish lip and unobtrusive, yet illuminating blush. Here’s what I used: Left to right: Smashbox Jet Set Waterproof Eyeliner (under the eye); Daniel Sandler Matte Shadow in Shade 238 (to shade…
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