Seascape Island Apothecary

by Aly Hazlewood on January 28, 2012

Seascape Island Apothecary is a small luxury beauty brand created on the magical island of Jersey. All their ingredients are sourced from Jersey producers, from the hand blended essential oils, to the beeswax from Francois Le Luyer’s apiary, to the milk from the Jersey cows which adds a thick, creamy lather to the natural soaps.  [click to continue…]

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Give a child a Helping Hand with Trilogy

January 24, 2012
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Trilogy is launching Helping Hand Wash a 10th Anniversary limited edition product which will be sold throughout 2012. 100% of profits from the sale of Helping Hand Wash will go to the Child’s i Foundation, a wonderful charity helping to end the tragedy of baby abandonment in Uganda. The founder of Child’s i, Lucy Buck, worked as [...]

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JAPONESQUE® Brushes and Tools

January 21, 2012
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They say a craftsman is only as good as his tools, and I think this is definitely true of make up artists. Many of us scour the world looking for the finest brushes to apply our art, and we lovingly care for them as a fine artist would. To compare make up applied with cheap, [...]

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Model Co Fibre Lash – Brush on False Lashes

January 18, 2012
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By Hollie Kiernan False lashes can be difficult. Trying to do anything with one eye closed (with the added danger of lash glue) is a challenge for anybody. Plus, the end effect can often be more chav than fab. Thankfully, Model Co have developed a new product ‘Fibre Lash – Brush on False Lashes’ (as beloved [...]

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Faust’s Hangover Potions for Discerning Night Owls

January 17, 2012
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  So dear readers, I’m shooting away from home for 10 days in Manchester and staying in fancy hotel. The air is so dry in this hotel that my skin appears to have aged 5 years in 5 days. It’s hideous. You can’t open any windows in the room, and the steady thrum of air-conditioning [...]

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The Dolphin Spa

January 14, 2012
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South West London has a new day spa, The Dolphin, although if you led someone inside blindfolded, they could easily be fooled into thinking they’d been kidnapped and dispatched to Morocco. It is beautifully designed, your senses are delighted with a musky rose fragrance, twinkling lanterns lining the halls and walls, the sound of beautiful [...]

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DGJ Organics – Hangover Hair Luxury Shampoo

January 13, 2012
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By Hollie Kiernan January.  A month of detoxes and diets, both physically and financially. This year, instead of making false promises of 6am runs and grapefruit breakfasts, I decided to start my detox from the outside in, which is much less of a struggle, and way more fun. (There are also still copious tins of [...]

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Living Nature Nourishing Manuka Body Wash

January 11, 2012
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Living Nature is one of New Zealand’s most popular natural beauty brands. Of the small selection of products I’ve tested so far, I’ve been highly impressed. Living Nature’s founder Suzanne Hall says,  ”All plants produce a variety of bioactive molecules to protect themselves from stresses such as insect and bacterial attack, and dehydration caused by [...]

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Klorane Strengthening Shampoo with Quinine

January 10, 2012
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Regular readers of my blog will have heard me moan endlessly about my rubbish hair. It’s flat and lifeless, there isn’t much of it, and yet an alarming amount seems to fall out in the shower every morning. My quest for products that improve both the look and feel of my hair, but more importantly [...]

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Emjoi Micro-Pedi

January 9, 2012
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My life doesn’t really allow for regular (or even semi-regular) trips to the beauty salon. I admit I envy those of you out there that have perfectly manicured talons and toenails. I don’t even bother to polish my nails anymore because I’m forever removing chipped varnish from the hands of models, so it doesn’t last [...]

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TTAB nominated in the Marie Clare blog awards!

January 9, 2012
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Good Morning Dear Readers! We are absolutely delighted to announce that we have been nominated for another prestigious blog award, Marie Claire’s Best Beauty Blog! Yippee! A huge thank you to all our readers who took the time to nominate our blog. You now have the chance to vote for us to win until January [...]

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Made Fairtrade Jewellery

January 4, 2012
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I’m a great collector of jewellery. Nothing particularly expensive I might add, mainly costume jewellery, as I like to chop and change to suit my outfit/mood/the weather, and every year Santa brings me something pretty. It’s often a little piece from Top Shop, or Tatty Devine, or some little market stall on Brick Lane, but [...]

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Happy New Year!

January 2, 2012
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So dear readers, was Santa good to you all this year? We were very fortunate, our stockings were full, as were our bellies, Christmas was spent with family enjoying some well-needed peace and quiet. The blog had a little holiday too. And now 2012 is upon us, we’ve emerged from a champagne-coloured haze, blinking like [...]

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How to get the best results from Nanoblur

December 27, 2011
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Many of you will have heard the hype surrounding the new skin-perfecting product Nanoblur, in fact apparently Boots sells one every 2 seconds. It’s relatively inexpensive, £19.99 from Boots, and the marketing hype claims it makes you look 10 years younger in 40 seconds. Sceptical? You betcha. However, I’m of the age where the promise [...]

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Film Short with David Gandy & Sam Webb

December 21, 2011

  I thought some of you might like to see this short film I worked on with the endlessly charming and incredibly beautiful David Gandy and Sam Webb, the darlings of Dolce & Gabbana. ‘Time To Teach The Beasts” was directed by Mike J Penn, styled by the team at Spashion.com and was filmed at [...]

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Make Up Lust – Bobbi Brown Party To Go Palette

December 20, 2011
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  It felt like Christmas came early for me this week when I received this little beauty – the Bobbi Brown Party To Go Palette, £32.  This mini palette houses 3 Eye Shadows that are perfectly chosen to help you create a smokey, metallic eye, 2 sultry Lip Colors, plus a mini High Shimmer Lip [...]

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Little Mix and Misha B

December 13, 2011
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For those of you that were enthralled by the last few months of X Factor (come on admit it, it’s everyone’s guilty pleasure), here are a couple of pics from my shoot for Fabulous magazine with the female finalists. We had a couple of hours to work on the 8 chanteurs, with a strict brief [...]

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