Karla Powell Lip Brushes

Karla Powell Lip Brushes

I'm usually an "apply lipstick straight from the bullet" kind of gal. I was once told in Sephora that a real woman can apply red lipstick without the aid of a mirror and I'm proud to call myself a real woman. The straight-from-bullet application is very much a pout...

Caring for “Neglected” Hair

I’m ashamed to say that despite dubbing myself a beauty blogger and owning around 67% of the haircare from Boots, I have been neglecting my hair. “Neglect” Almost as strong a word as “hate”, neglected is what my stylist at Toni & Guy told me I’d been doing when...

BEAUTY || The 4 Product Base

BEAUTY || The 4 Product Base

I'm usually a "find a makeup base which you love and stick to it" kind of gal, which is why you'll always find a bottle of Revlon Colorstay and a Collection Lasting Perfection Concealer kicking around my makeup bag because they're my proven go to products to get a...

BEAUTY || Sleek Eyebrow Stylist

BEAUTY || Sleek Eyebrow Stylist

Eyebrows.  As important to a persons face as the mouth, or the nose, or the eyes... (see, "The Importance of Eyebrows").  After a slow start in life when it came to eyebrow maintenance the last few years have given me a love of products which offer me up natural but...

BEAUTY || I’ve Got My Orange Crush

BEAUTY || I’ve Got My Orange Crush

In the same way that Miranda Priestly utters those memorable words in Devil Wears Prada "florals, for spring?  Groundbreaking"  I feel the same way when I hear that bright, bold lips are going to be big for spring.  For me spring is marked by dusting off the Revlon...

Be-YOU-tiful

A couple of nights ago I sat looking through some old photographs through from childhood and into my mid teens. I scoffed in horror at the outfits I wore and my hair pre straighteners which was a mass of curls complete with a fringe which could rival a...

Escentric Molecules Molecule One

Call me a creature of habit, I don't feel fully put together without a spritz, and a pirouette through a cloud of my favourite perfume.  Unearthing your signature scent is akin to a female as uncovering the Staffordshire Hoard of ancient gold. How about a perfume that...

“Nice Guys” Finish First

(This was originally a guest post that I wrote for the lovely Hannah's blog, but is feeling very relevant right now. With her permission I'm reblogging here) There are a lot of men in this world, and I have developed a crush on at least half of them. Perhaps even two...

Motivational Monday: Take 5

There's been a lot of talk lately about the woman we all love to hate, Samantha Brick.  If she isn't spouting utter nonsense on the Daily Mail website, she's all up on This Morning projectile vomiting her verbal diorrhea.  "Men would leave a woman who was obese"  "the...

Motivational Monday : Take 4

Much the same as the "not going to sleep after a fight" theory in life, when it comes to problems - they're best dealt with head on rather than running from them.  Avoiding someone because you don't want to deal with it?  A zit thats appeared and is looking at you...