Inner Me, Myself and I
A new brand I was keen to see on my recent visit to John Bell & Croyden was Inner Me. I’d visited the company online, liked the look of  the range and found the story of how it came about interesting and inspirational. Until recently, I used to scoff at vitamin and mineral supplements, and thought that if you had […]
Have I Found My Dream Cream in dermaviduals® Bespoke Skincare?
Thanks to the good offices of those lovely people at John Bell & Croyden, I recently had the pleasure of meeting the very friendly and skilled Donna at dermaviduals®, who had undertaken to mix me a bespoke skin cream. To get the right mix, Donna needed to know my current regime. To her eternal credit, […]
One-Stop Shopping In a Lovely Place, For Your Gorgeous Body And Your Beautiful Face (John Bell & Croyden)
Pharmacists by Royal Appointment, with a pedigree going back more than 200 years, John Bell & Croyden held a launch party earlier this week to celebrate the 16 new lines they’ve brought into the store. I love a bit of history: although JB&C moved to their current premises in 1912, they’ve been meeting the medicinal […]
French chignons are beautiful thanks to these …
This is a hairpin. If you live in France, it’s a perfectly ordinary hairpin that you can pick up at any chemist or supermarket. It is not quite my favourite hairpin, as it is perfectly straight. The very best ones have a slight curve to them, as does your skull. But it is infinitely better […]
Little Blue Boxes
‘In tombs of gold and lapis lazuli / Bodies of holy men and women exude / Miraculous oil, odour of violet…’ W.B. Yeats, ‘Oil And Blood’, 1933 And in tombs of gold and turquoise lies jewellery created for H&M by fabulous Italian fashion floozy Anna Dello Russo. Keenly anticipated – because ADR is lovely to […]
Mister Kiss Kiss Bang Bang – oh, wait, that’s it?
As any Bond Girl knows, an essential component of everyday glamour is a handsome man on your arm, so my youngest Great Beauty and I persuaded the most handsome male we know to accompany us to Designing 007 – Fifty Years of Bond Style at the Barbican. Sadly, the Barbican did not allow photos to […]
Time To Get Your Twin-Set On … It’s Vogue’s Fashion’s Night Out 2012
It’s Vogue’s Fashion Night Out this evening. I’m planning where to go, and Burlington Arcade is a must-see, as they have wisely placed themselves in the hands of the marvellous Last Tuesday Society, but I already know that I’m not going to be able to focus on very much at all until I have seen […]
What’s Your Name, What’s Your Number?
Do you choose shades based on the name? I do. I doubt I’ll ever be able to match the utter bliss of having once been given a nail varnish called Poontang, but I’m always looking for that hit. So it baffles me why companies don’t name their products and instead rely on numbers. Kate Moss […]
Jumper Jack Flash
I made my second visit to Somerset House to see The Rolling Stones: 50 exhibition, this time in the company of one of my favourite Great Beauties. We’d had a little chat before we got there: it turns out that she’s more of a Keith enthusiast, but for me it’s Mick and Charlie all the […]
Ooh, ooh, ooh … iBeheld LOVES a secret!
I had a troll around Covent Garden today, in the company of the Belle of Brockley. We got chatting to someone in fashion retail who really knows and loves his brand … and he was kind enough to give us a sneak peek into his coming-soon blog. Well, I’ve peeked – and I really like […]
