Sephora Pore Clarifying Mask Review

The Sephora Pore clarifying mask is an impulse purchase driven by the name – the French name that is. Masque à gommer désincrustant sounds like it means business, non? I have combination skin, with a tendency to congestion around the chin and flaky dry bits around my eyebrows. Could the Sephora Pore clarifying mask offer a cheaper […]
Lipstick Queen Poppy King – She Rules Supreme!

I have been a Lipstick Queen: Poppy King enthusiast since the Belle of Brockley discovered her products in the early ’90s – Poppy King brought passion, matte red, and drop-dead glam to the beauty market at a time when ‘nude and natural’ was all the rage. Poppy King’s lipsticks were a ray of light in a dull decade, […]
Elemental Herbology Moisture Replenish Starter Kit – The Perfect At-Home Facial In A Very Pretty Box

Elemental Herbology has featured on my list: ‘brands that look good: research and find out more’ for quite some time now. Sadly, that particular list has to take a back-seat to the list of ‘overdue posts to write’, so I was very pleased when earlier this month I was given the Elemental Herbology Moisture Replenish Starter […]
T-T-T-T-T TopKase! The most effectual … TopKase iPhone cover review

“Just looked at @TopKase site – case seems to have a rolling shutter for your phone similar to a roll-top desk? If so, AMAZING!” That was the tweet I sent to TopKase that led to their lovely PR, Sophie, sending me a case to review. Why was I so excited about that rolling shutter? Two […]
Entertaining J.S. Sloane

“We have a room to spare as it happens Mr Sloane … just your style, I should hazard … elegant simplicity.” * For all but the bald, J.S. Sloane hair products will make the perfect gift for Valentine’s Day, or indeed any occasion on which the benevolent one wishes to be seen as generous, […]
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 […]