CHANEL Factory 5 at the Selfridges Corner Shop 

CHANEL Factory 5 display

As I went out walking one fine summer afternoon, the heavens opened in an instant. All courting couples fled for shelter, and my friend Margot D. and I ducked into Selfridges to explore the CHANEL Factory 5 installation. We’d already had a chance to examine the Factory 5 Collection: the range of limited edition No.5 […]

NARS Charlotte Gainsbourg collaboration review

NARS Charlotte Gainsbourg

NARS Charlotte Gainsbourg collaboration is in stores now, and I advise you to grab your wallet and head to the shops as soon as you can, if you’re in the mood to be tempted by a versatile collection of sheer, subtle, shades. This year, NARS wins the crown for persuading me to part with my hard-earned cash. I’ve been […]

Embryolisse Lait-Crème Concentré – the Ultimate Moisturiser

Embryolisse Lait-Crème Concentré

Embryolisse Lait-Crème Concentré, the most well-known of the products in the Embryolisse Laboratoires range, was created in 1950 by a dermatologist working in a Paris hospital. This suits-all-skins moisturiser is celebrating its 65th birthday, and has re-packaged for the occasion in deep, shiny gold. Although Embryolisse Lait-Crème Concentré has been around for generations, my first encounter with […]

Chin-chin, Darlings! Here’s To The Success Of Concoction Club!

Concoction team at Selfridges pop-up shop

I have written before about Concoction: the cocktail-concept shampoo that allows YOU to choose the scent-and-serums combination that will make your locks the toast of the town.  I have a Citrus & Black Pepper + 2 shots of Pump Up The Volume on the go at the moment, but I’m already planning my next purchase (Bakhour […]

Have You Heard About Handpicked Scarves? The Designer Auction For Save The Children

Marc McGreevy mother and child detail Handpicked Scarves

The Handpicked Scarves campaign for Save The Children launched on Thursday: UK designers and artists have produced a collection of exclusive, hand-painted silk scarves,  that are now up for auction on Ebay. You have until Sunday 23rd February to place your bids – and to make up your mind which scarf you’re after: all are beautiful, and very […]

A Good Deed In A Naughty World … Aveda Light the Way™ Candle

Aveda Light The Way window

How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. Portia; The Merchant of Venice, Act V, sc. i   Aveda celebrate Earth Month each year with their limited edition Light the Way™ Candle.Every penny spent on this (bar the VAT) goes to the Global Greengrants Fund (GGF). Aveda’s partnership […]

“I’m A Good Girl I Am!” – So Take Me To The Flower Stall At Chanel Covent Garden

CHANEL flower cart orange tree copy

Q: What’s dainty, beautiful, smells like heaven, and has been brilliantly conceived and executed? A: The Flower Stall set up outside Chanel Covent Garden from Friday March 8th – Sunday March 10th, of course.   CHANEL at Covent Garden have created a lovely Mothers’ Day promotion with the flower stall installation, that very appropriately marks their newly permanent status […]

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