Never has the challenge of writing about perfume been so clear as with this one.
Category Archives: Beauty Notes
Quick Beauty Fix
Can we talk about skin please? Dry skin? Because my hands really struggle in February. Each fingertip hosts a small and painful skin-split that usually takes ages to heal. Continue reading Quick Beauty Fix
Valentine’s Day Beauty – High Street Edit
I often have to provide grovelling apologias to my well-worn purse strings, and recently these have become risible palimpsests. So enough is enough! I am going to embrace high-street beauty with open arms (in the hope that my purse will soon greet me in a similar fashion).
Winter / Spring Nude Makeup
I hope that nude makeup remains the unchallenged face-fashion champion, at least until I finish typing this blog post.
Glow January Glow!
My skin seems to be labouring under the illusion that it’s right to be lacking in glow or joie de vivre. It is dull and grey outside and party season seems like many moons ago… Oh, the moon! Iridescent, incandescent. La lune! It illuminates, unlike my skin.
So how can we get this glow back? With the help of…
Christmas Giveaway!
Perfume Notes: Chanel No. 5 Eau Premiere
Make room on your Christmas lists for Chanel No. 5 Eau Premiere.
November Skin
‘November skin’ – that’s a thing, right?
At least there’s something about finding ourselves firmly knee deep in Autumn (wearing boots up to the knees) that makes me think about skincare in more nuanced ways… with plenty of scope for luxury.
Clarins Eau Dynamisante
There is nothing tentative about this perfume. It’s like hosting a party at your pulse points. Plucky notes include ginseng (so uplifting, very important for November), a fresh zing from aloe vera and an almost woody horsetail trail that synergize into a striking and energetic scent.
Rituals, Ritual
I like to alight from a hectic week by setting a scented candle alight.