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Foolproof Everyday Base: Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturiser
In the autumn, I had a plan to do a post on new foundations and other base products on the market, as there were a number of very interesting launches from Pat McGrath and Charlotte Tilbury to Surratt and Anastasia Beverly Hills. After some soul searching, I..
Lipstick Season: 10 Current Favourites
It is a beauty truism that women return to lipsticks in autumn and want to wear deeper colours as the days get colder. And I think it’s generally true, at least for me – but it’s also reinforced by the fact that new lipstick launches tend to take place in Se..
Tropical Make-Up
Whenever I’m in a warm place, I like to use the opportunity to wear bright, colourful make-up. I do wear colour day-to-day as well, but there are some things that work much better for me when I have a slight tan. Anything coral or orange for example is almos..
Best Beauty Buys of 2015
This list is a response to a reader request and I’ll do vol 2 next week, about non-beauty stuff. I love Best Of lists, but they are a pain to put together. To make any progress at all, I had to lay down some ground rules: only things that I bought for the fi..
Eye Make-Up, Revisited
It’s been long since I’ve found eye make-up exciting – for something like 10 years, it’s been all about the lips. And a good base. But eyes? I got to a point where I thought that if I see another smoky eye, I’ll just die of boredom. I even got tired of masca..
A Pretty Restrained Travel Make-Up Kit
I was supposed to travel to Riga today, for work, but the said work has gotten so intense that all travel plans have been cancelled. This is sub-optimal, as they say, for several reasons – including the fact that I had in mind at least three travel-related p..