Update on product reviews for Inner Me Vitamin D and Dermaviduals® bespoke skin cream
Do you remember that back in October I undertook two long-term product reviews? I met both Dermaviduals and Inner Me at fabulous destination shop John Bell & Croyden. You can get the background on Dermaviduals by clicking Have I Found My Dream Cream and the background on Inner Me by clicking Me, Myself and I, […]
Wear You to Le Grand Bal
What do you like to do on New Year’s Eve? Do you go out? I tried that once, in 1988, and then again, about thirteen years later, just to see if I liked it any better. I didn’t. I like to stay home alone, except for one snoring child, and in the run-up to midnight […]
Have Yourself A Hulanicki Christmas
In the House of Beheld, the pile of gifts beneath the Christmas tree must ALWAYS contain books. An absorbing read does far more for your health than the satsuma in the toe of your stocking. The satsuma in the stocking is also a House of Beheld tradition. The rule is that it must fall to […]
One Ring(maker) To Rule Them All: Dower & Hall
As I write this post, we are careering towards Christmas at a rate of knots. Some smug and happy people have all their gifts chosen, wrapped and ready to go; others – don’t. But there is still time! And time for shopping to be a pleasure (as it ALWAYS should be) and not a chore. […]
Smells Like Teen Spirit
In the early ’80s I (and every other girl I knew) went to The Body Shop. I suspect that anyone between the ages of 9 and 14 must have a very under-developed sense of smell. It would explain why (to this very day) you can smell a Lush shop before you can see it. The […]
Oh Me of Little Faith …
Do you remember me bewailing the lack of French hairpins in London? I bewailed it here, in French Chignons Are Beautiful Thanks To These. I should have trusted my instincts, and realised that an emporium as excellent as The Garden Pharmacy in Covent Garden WOULD have them. In my defence, I had looked, but with […]
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 […]
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 […]
Super-posh bargain where you might not expect it …
The best value manicure in town right now has to be the £20.00 shape and paint at the Chanel pop-up shop in Covent Garden, surely? OK, so they don’t touch your ragged cuticles (would you want them to lower themselves to this: they’re Chanel after all!) but they do spend a whole 30 minutes making […]
I am SPArtacus!
That lovely @MrsKellyLong was kind enough to send some SpaMagic and Find products this way. iBeheld LOVES getting stuff in the post – and when I’d unwrapped it all I was delighted to find a fine assortment of product AND a button badge. Obviously, I can only wear the button badge if the statement truly reflects […]
