Pottering around in the City Pharma pharmacy in Paris last week really got me excited about skincare again. I'd been having a little lull, if truth be known. Partly because I'd been using up my Olay Renegerist Luminous and so wasn't trying anything new (good sign,...
This video is long overdue - I started preparing for it over a year ago! Originally, it was supposed to be all about what to buy if you're in France and pass by the pharmacie, but now you can pretty much get most of the brands in the UK. Which in a small way is a bit...
I've started a little series on Instagram that I hope to keep regularly adding posts to; it's called 3 Best Beauty Buys, which isn't the most inventive of feature names, but it'll do what it says on the tin and that's what counts! I've already done a quick IGTV...
Since having babies my bodycare regime has dwindled down to the absolute necessities; hacking through my plantations of leg hair once a month and making sure that my shins, which have a tendency to be as dry and crackled as ancient treasure maps, are regularly...
I first bought Bioderma's Sensibio Eye Contour Gel a few years ago in Paris; I had forgotten to pack my beloved Pai Echium Eye Cream and so I hot-footed it to the nearest Pharmacie to find something similar. I was in Paris for a cosmetics shoot and my call sheet...
A few weeks ago I had the absolute pleasure of visiting Paris with gorgeous French skincare brand Darphin. I've been to Paris more times than I could ever begin to count, and I think it's easy to become blasé about cities you're familiar with, no matter how beautiful...
Lots of people have body and beauty concerns when they're pregnant - fears about their body changing and never returning to its former glory, worries about hair loss and stretch marks and a dread of getting spotty, hormonal skin. I was one of those incredibly annoying...
I've listed here all of the places around the world that you can buy the wondrous Colab Dry Shampoo. Whether you're looking for a bit of a root boost and a clean feel with NO white residue or dust (Sheer & Invisible) or the kind of added volume that rivals a manic...
Just a quickie, today, because I have recently discovered the television series Game of Thrones and the sofa beckons! Goodness me is Game of Thrones saucy - how has it taken me so long to get around to watching it? I thought that it was going to be a bit like Lord of...
Ah, good old Nuxe Rêve de Miel. One of my first "backstage" beauty discoveries - and possibly one of my first French Pharmacie purchases too. Rêve de Miel, Nuxe's Ultra-Nourishing Lip Balm, has quite an odd texture in comparison to most lip balms; it doesn't have that...
A much-requested video; half the world now seems to be obsessed with the mysterious delights that are kept locked up in the legendary French Pharmacie. I don't tend to go pharmacy shopping as much as I used to, and that is mainly because the things that I used to...
1) I've just returned from Paris. Nothing new or particularly notable there, as I am often in Paris, but this time I managed to find a spare hour and nip to City Pharma, the packed-to-the-rafters-with-skincare-gems pharmacy that is frequented by those in the know. It...
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