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The 50+ Beauty Blog: The Best Facial Sunscreens

50+ Beauty Blog

The 50+ Beauty Blog: The Best Facial Sunscreens

Every two or three years, I resume my quest for the perfect facial SPF. Reader, I'm pretty sure I've finally found it

2015-07-03 16:18:54By Verity Douglas

The 50+ Beauty Blog: Give Pores the (Ceramic) Slip

50+ Beauty Blog

The 50+ Beauty Blog: Give Pores the (Ceramic) Slip

Well, well. The over-50s have become the biggest beauty buyers in the UK, with the 45-54 bracket spending over 2K per year - per head! - on gunk to make them look better. So thank you to Cult Beauty for inviting me to 'represent'

2015-04-30 19:06:07By Verity Douglas

The 50+ Beauty Blog: Creepy Crawly Skin Creams

50+ Beauty Blog

The 50+ Beauty Blog: Creepy Crawly Skin Creams

Our discerning contributing editor's back - this time she's being 'grossed out', then converted to South Korea's strangest skin care exports.

2015-04-10 11:00:57By Verity Douglas

The 50+ Beauty Blog: Age-defying Make Up

50+ Beauty Blog

The 50+ Beauty Blog: Age-defying Make Up

No make up is going to give you cheekbones like Kate O'Mara's, but there are products around that will give them a discreet bit of oomph

2015-03-16 13:00:04By Verity Douglas

November Favourites

Tried and tested

November Favourites

Apart from my snazzy new copper caddy (it's vintage #sorrynotsorry), November has been a month of skin care discovery and rekindled affairs with old flames.

2014-12-02 11:01:24By Verity Douglas

Introducing: Boudicca Wode

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Introducing: Boudicca Wode

With a subtle sexy, smokiness that lingers long after its spritzed, {Wode} is heady and exotic - beginning with a symphony of juniper berry, coriander seed, pink and black pepper and bergamot, which gradually gives way to the smouldering heart of opium accord, jasmine, rose, black hemlock, tuberose and cumin.

2014-07-04 16:11:42By Verity Douglas

May Favourites

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May Favourites

A glimpse at the Cult Beauty swag (yes, I used the word 'swag') I've been loving throughout this tempestuous May...

2014-06-02 12:00:14By Verity Douglas

Wes's Women

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Wes's Women

Oh Wes Anderson. Prince of foppish hair, corduroy and awkwardness. You are (possibly) one of my "top 30 men of all time... at least." (Is it okay to quote Bridget Jones when revering one's idol? What would Wes want?) Bill Murray, Adrien Brody and Willem Defoe are also well-up on my it list, so it should come as no surprise to you to learn that "I wanna die" (in the words of Raleigh St. Claire) with excitement over The Grand Budapest Hotel. Although I'm playing it preeeetty cool (not) - after all, Margot Tenenbaum wouldn't hyperventilate with anticipation over a film screening. WWMTD?

2014-03-08 16:40:45By Verity Douglas