
24 Dec
Tom Ford Lips Color Set 50 Let’s be honest, this is utterly bonkers. A box of posh lipstick for one and a half GRAND! Definitely one for the “When we win the lottery” list, but a lovely, lovely thing to ogle, nonetheless. Inside the smart, black lacquered box are all fifty colours from the Tom Ford Lips & Boys collection, each named for a gent who Tom admires, from friends and collaborators to those he find inspiring. Roman, Eddie and...
23 Dec
Andrea Garland Winter Compact Isn’t this just darling? Andrea Garland started off filling vintage pill boxes with the lipbalm she brewed up in her Hackney kitchen and selling them from a market stall on Brick Lane. Six years on she’s a proper brand, with a collaboration with Liberty, and her charming fox-head ring with a hidden stash of lipbalm is still one of my favourite things. This is one of a series of four seasonal compacts, each with a whimsical...
21 Dec
After a decade’s procrastination, Emily Dinsdale steps out of the dark and into the light. I’ve only ever wanted my hair as black as Elvis Presley’s or as permafrost blonde as a Hitchcock leading lady. Nothing in between has ever captured my imagination. Throughout my late twenties I flirted with the idea of going blonde but was plagued by concerns – that it wouldn’t ‘suit me’, or that my hair would be trashed. Plus everyone seemed to think it...