21 Dec
Stila Merry and Bright Set Well Stila certainly seem to have got into the Christmas spirit in convincing and contagious style. A cheerful seasonal title and a dose of bright Cranberry lipgloss is already enough to make me reach for the Bucks Fizz. Even better, what we all appreciate at this expensive time of year is a miraculously good bargain, and this certainly delivers. The products in this set would cost £62 bought separately, which is a pretty...
20 Dec
Andrea Garland Sleeping Beauty Collection I am heavily smitten with Andrea Garland’s winter gift set. Her products are always things of beauty and this collection, designed with care and imagination, is both dreamy and novel. I’ll admit it’s a little twee but it’s lovely to see a gift set properly elevated beyond placing a couple of complementary products in a box. The set celebrates the notion of beauty sleep and comes in the form of a faux vintage...
19 Dec
Diptyque Eau Rose Roll On I couldn’t always comfortably dare to recommend perfume as a gift when scent is such a personal matter, but I think you would be on fairly safe ground offering this as a present. Rose is a commonly adored fragrance, familiar and classic but executed here as a delicious fruity infusion with notes of blackberry, bergamot and lychee, all delivered in Diptyque’s distinctive elegant packaging. Perfume is one of the areas in cosmetics where...