At last, the Backtalk palette review! I'm sorry I've been so long in getting to this one, but I wanted to make sure I had the opportunity to test it to within an inch of its life before actually getting down to writing the review. This last week I've finally been able to do that,... Continue Reading →
Subscription boxes are very much a 21st century phenomenon, I think. There are many different ones available, meeting many different interests and needs - not surprisingly, one of the most popular is hair and beauty, and there are several very popular ones. Having done my research, I opted for Birchbox. It seemed to represent the... Continue Reading →
Finally, the first of my skincare reviews! Skincare is a running pitched battle for me. My skin is a temperamental combination of oily, sensitive and dehydrated, variable depending on the day, the weather, the temperature and a whole bunch of other influencing factors. Fun times! Sensitive, though, is top of the list of day-to-day problems,... Continue Reading →
The first of two reviews from this week's sale-induced loss of willpower! I bought two products, this lipstick and the eye and face palette, also called "Backtalk", which was inspired by the lipstick and released (as far as I know) about a year later. So - the lipstick. Much as I hate to say it,... Continue Reading →
So, me banging on about brush/tool hygiene is hardly anything new by this point, right? A while back I came across this page: https://metro.co.uk/2016/03/26/you-might-want-to-cut-your-makeup-sponge-or-beautyblender-in-half-right-now-5777063/ Click-bait-y headline notwithstanding, it made for interesting reading. Cosmopolitan also picked up the same story: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/style-beauty/beauty/news/a55780/cut-you-makeup-sponge-in-half/ To spare you the extra reading if you're not in the mood, the gist of... Continue Reading →
[TIL] is a new tag for the blog. It's an expression my husband uses often, and it means "Today I Learned". My usual expression for this is "Every day's a school day", but "TIL" is punchier somehow, so it's here to stay. 🙂 So - today I learnt about "hard pan". To roll back a... Continue Reading →
One of the pleasures of writing this blog is that I get to talk at length about some of my favourite things. Primer is one of those things! My relationship with Primer goes back quite a long way, really. Somewhere around about 5 years ago, I was having lunch with two of the most beautiful... Continue Reading →
As mentioned in my customer service post a few days ago, I have been on the hunt for a good warm weather foundation to work in partnership with my cool weather one, which I love dearly but which simply doesn't hold up when faced with my oil slick of a complexion combined with heat and... Continue Reading →
So, at the end of yesterday's post I said that Friday night was brush cleaning night - in the event, I was so shattered after last week that I didn't get to it until this morning. I thought I'd take a few pictures as I went along and show you what I do to keep... Continue Reading →
