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It’s rare I write about clothes these days, but I am so excited by this dress that I had to slam fingers to keyboard. I’m excited because it’s from New Look, a store I usually avoid like the plague because I assume it’s full of girls barely out of the My Little Pony stage. I assume I’ll feel ancient, and annoyed by the crowds, and appalled by the length of everything’s hemline, and have to queue for three months at...
Can’t pick a team in the battle of the balms? Step this way… Recently, a number of women have asked me which is better: Bobbi Brown’s Extra Illuminating Moisture Balm, £42.50, or Estée Lauder’s Revitalizing Supreme Global Anti-Ageing Wake Up Balm, £46. The slightly annoying but nonetheless honest answer is they’re different, and it entirely depends what you want. Ostensibly, these balms perform the same functions – moisturisation and glowy light reflection. But there are several variables at play here,...
The best foundations, as chosen by Sali Here is the fourth part of my series for Harvey Nichols, who’ve asked me to judge the very best in foundations sold in-store and online at harevynichols.com. After weeks of testing luxury bases for all skin types and ages, this is the fourth in my final selection of five fabulous foundations. Each Monday for the next couple of weeks, I’ll post another of my shortlist, with the winner announced later this month. Here...