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