by Emily Mongan If you're a beauty junkie, you know there's no feeling quite like the one you get when you bring home a haul of new products. But what if your love for beauty could do good while making you look good? We've rounded up a … [Read more...]
FAVOURITE FIVE: COLLAGEN BEAUTY BUYS
by Annie Vischer Did you know that as early as in our 20s, the production of collagen can decline by around 1% each year? Scary. So it's fair to say we'd ideally like to give it a boost. The lack of it causes fine lines, wrinkles and a general … [Read more...]
BEAUTY SPOTLIGHT: EMBRYOLISSE LAIT-CREME CONCENTRE
by Annie Vischer There has always been a huge fanfare for French skincare products. For many of us, any trip to Paris meant a stop-off at the Pharmacie to plunder the cult products they had to offer. One of these treasures is Embryolisse … [Read more...]
BEAUTY: RUBY RED RENEWAL SHEA SKIN CREAM
by Chrissy Iley This is the season of dry and hardened skin, rashes even that have come from excess dryness. Sometimes I feel my skin is unmoisturisable. I remember purchasing a very expensive pot of Crème Ancien, being told that this was … [Read more...]
BATD’S BEST CHRISTMAS BEAUTY BUYS
by Annie Vischer With each Christmas comes a fresh infusion of beauty buys, all ready to be carefully wrapped up and popped under the tree for one lucky lady. Come Christmas morning, warm cozy bedrooms will be treated to excitable spritzes of … [Read more...]
The Best Body Scrubs
Glowing, buffed and perfectly polished skin is a perennial beauty pursuit. Not just a necessity during the body-baring summer months, buffing away dead skin cells and boosting circulation is a must for the depths of winter when you're piled beneath … [Read more...]
New Labelling Laws for Beauty Products
You can't put a limit on beauty - or so we thought, until this past Thursday, the European Union announced a new Cosmetics Regulation that has been three years in the making. Under the new guidance, we can now count on our favourite mascara to not … [Read more...]
Fashion Week Survival Kit
Kleenex Shine Absorbing Sheets, £2.99. A make up bag must-have. Wick away any excess oil and shine with these pretty patterned blotting sheets. Far more modern than a sweep of powder. Caudalie Grape Water, £9 for 200 ml. Switching from the hot-box … [Read more...]
Harvey Nichols Beyond Beauty Gift With Purchase
As if shopping in Harvey Nichols' sublime Beyond Beauty department wasn't enough of a treat, this year, when you spend £95 or more you'll receive over £150 worth of makeup, skin and haircare treats from some of the beauty world's most covetable, luxe … [Read more...]
Sleeping Beauty
Make the most of the clocks going back this weekend - and the extra hour in bed that it equates to - by indulging in beauty products that will regenerate, repair and nourish your face, hair and body overnight whilst your sleep . . . Zzzzzzz. … [Read more...]
Wake You Up Body Washes
As the mornings get darker, dragging ourselves out of bed is becoming just that little bit tougher. Once you've managed to get out from beneath that warm, cosy duvet, we find the best antidote to slinking back beneath the covers is a refreshing … [Read more...]
MAC Launch Spring Summer 13 Forecast Palettes
The world of fashion moves fast. Whilst the rest of us are still dithering over which winter coat to invest in, the fashion insiders have already done autumn-winter and are swiftly integrating the hottest pieces from the just-seen SS13 shows into … [Read more...]
New Look NUDE
Pioneering natural beauty brand NUDE already has something of a cult following thanks to its' high performance, luxury organic skincare line. Anti-ageing, skin-feeding products offer paraben, sulfate, silicone, mineral oil and synthetic free … [Read more...]
Global Lust: Dolce & Gabbana The Foundation
by Chrissy Iley For most of my adult life I have been on the holy grail for the perfect foundation. Dolce & Gabbana’s Perfect Luminous Liquid Foundation may well be it. Years of science have gone into it, but I’m not even going to begin with … [Read more...]
Global Lust: Origins Plantscription Anti-Ageing
by Chrissy Iley I have always been a big fan of Origins. I like their research, their science, their use of plants. Generally I’ve always felt they were skin rescuers. I spent the summer with the Plantscription Anti-Ageing Collection. There … [Read more...]
Bronze Beauty
In light of the Olympics, bronze may signify a runner-up, but on the spring summer catwalks, the shade was anything but. Instead, it harked to the sun-baked sands of far flung foreign lands with shimmering shades of burnt amber and terracotta. At … [Read more...]
Sophyto Skincare
When a brand claims to have the secret to the fountain of youth, our inner beauty product nerd perks up. Sophyto claims that "mild acidity [is] the secret to the fountain of youth," maintaining mild acidity is the ultimate condition for skin to … [Read more...]
Beauty Tools of the Trade
Using fingers to smudge, blend and buff make up onto skin requires a seriously skilled hand, dextrous fingers and a light touch - which is undoubtedly why make up mega-star Pat McGrath prefers to use hers when creating looks on shoots and at the … [Read more...]