05 Dec
Movember is over. Is our volunteer Edan Haddock now a caterpillar convert? So, Movember has come to an end. I had so many expectations of what it would mean to grow facial hair. And I was wrong in so many ways. First off, I reckoned facial hair would grow quickly. In reality it took until Day 10 before the mo was even noticeable. Prior to this it was just some itchy stubble, a dark shadow on my...
05 Dec
Laura Mercier Luxe Travel Brush Collection, £67.50 I was given a version of this a few Christmases ago and I am still using every last brush now. Laura Mercier brushes are just fantastic – I have several and rely on of them heavily to achieve my make-up looks on shoots and at home. This gorgeous chocolate brown and leopard clutch holds Mercier’s nine most useful brushes (including the genius Smudge Brush and extremely clever Angled Liner) and adds a...
04 Dec
Carmex Limited Edition Crusaders Lipbalm, £3.99 It’s hard to think of interesting ways to reinvent the wheel, which is why limited editions of iconic beauty products can be so hit or miss. Carmex, in my opinion, has nailed it with Carmex Crusaders lip balm. What they’ve done is stayed on brand, adapting their iconic 50s-style Americana packaging with kitsch retro-comic strip styling. The resulting tin makes the same old mundane, reliable, hard working balm hugely covetable for Christmas. They...
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