Latest Skincare Posts
Just a quick reminder, because I haven’t yet put out my summer SPF posts: please please please wear a daily sunscreen if you’re using any products with AHAs or retinol or anything that sensitises the skin at all. I mean, wear an SPF anyway, but wear a very thorough one every single day if you’re using peels or […] read more...
Pai’s sample set has evolved since the last time I saw it – I’m pretty sure that it wasn’t quite this good when I ordered it a couple of years ago! Now you get six little samples in tubs (5ml each) and a free muslin cloth. It doesn’t state an equivalent value, but considering that […] read more...
It’s Alice Cooper! No it’s not, it’s just good old Ruth, testing out new beauty products and gamely taking photographs of herself looking like an utter tool. Latest product to impress this silly old bean: the Filorga Eye-Recover patches, aka the “Panda Patches”. I really, really, really like eye patches – they are one of the few […] read more...
This is the No Wrinkles Wonder Essence from beauty brand This Works and it’s intended to be a new step in your beauty routine. Don’t hurl balled-up socks at the screen, I’m just the messenger! This essence is a “post-toner, pre-serum” step and it’s pitched as a “beautician in a bottle” – it aims to reduce skin imperfections by […] read more...
Latest Food Posts
It has been a while since I did a health and diet post so I thought I’d provide you with a little video update with the bits and bobs that I’ve changed recently. You can just skip straight to the video if you like, but I’m going to briefly run through everything that I discuss […] read more...
Are you keeping up with all of the brilliant recipes coming out with Feel Good Food? There’s one a week! I’ve been filming again this week – another eight recipes – so lots more to keep you going. I know that many of you love cooking, so I hope that you find these useful. I definitely […] read more...
I know that the healthy eating tips in the following video are pretty much common sense, but sometimes I do think that we lose sight of the basics when we think about health and diet. There are so many (frankly ridiculous) diets out there and some of the advice on the internet is absurd! It’s […] read more...
I would never in a million years think about creating an entire Japanese lunch in a Bento Box. It screams complicated, does it not? However, break all of the components down into simple steps and it’s not at all difficult. Admittedly, I had a properly brilliant chef doing most of the work, but still… I’ll definitely be […] read more...
Latest Makeup Videos
This is the video that accompanies my latest feature for the Telegraph – Luxury Summer Makeup Treats. I’ll link to that piece at the bottom of the page – it’s a roundup of my favourite high-end bits and bobs for this season. Delights include the new cream shadow from Tom Ford, a ridiculously bright lip […] read more...
As promised, a video with some of my current makeup favourites in action. You can see the Sunday Riley Primer and the Lancome Visionnaire Foundation being applied as well as a brilliant new bronzer from the Body Shop and a little cream blush from Bourjois. On the eyes, a KIKO cream shadow (it’s amazing) and one of […] read more...
Stupidly, I tidied my beauty room in a hurry. I mean “tidy” in the loosest possible sense of the word, because what I really did was open up all of the drawers in my storage units and sweep everything into them. This doesn’t bode well for any product that has less than eye-catching packaging; I fear that […] read more...
In this video I’m just trying to mix things up a bit, makeup-wise, as you do. I usually go for a nude lip on a night out, but I was in a rush when I filmed this look and I wanted to have something a little more bold and dramatic, something that would provide a […] read more...
