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...]
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...]
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...]