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Meeting Lush’s Mark Constantine: Eggs, Lemons and Green Hair
During a visit to Lush, I had an incredible opportunity to chat with Mark Constantine, a luminary in the British cosmetics industry and the co-founder of Lush Cosmetics Ltd. This was also the same time I was lucky to spend a day at the Lush Kitchen and a whole day in the Lush factory. This…
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Cooking In The Lush Kitchen
This post was updated on the 25th January 2024 with all images re-processed, ‘cool’ photo filters removed and new, unseen images from my trip. I hope this serves as a bit of a time capsule for Lush fans and enthusiasts. So, what exactly is the essence of the LUSH Kitchen? Imagine a place where the…
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Inside Lush: The Lush Factory Tour
This post was updated on the 25th January 2024 with all images re-processed, ‘cool’ photo filters removed and new, unseen images from my trip. I hope this serves as a bit of a time capsule for Lush fans and enthusiasts. My collaborations with Lush through Manface have been such an enlightening journey into a booming…
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Countdown to Christmas: Miller Harris Feuilles de Tabac Eau De Parfum
With 11 weeks to go until Christmas and I’ve undoubtedly found my winter scent with Miller Harris Feuilles de Tabac. Launched 14 years ago in 2000 and created by Lyn Harris herself (who I believe has now left the Miller Harris London brand) it’s Christmas in a bottle; warm, smooth, spicy, sweet, aromatic and masculine.…
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TOM FORD Oud Wood for Men Additions: Bigger, Better & Even More Beautiful
TOM FORD Oud Wood collection now presents its beautiful, private blend fragrance with a new body spray; deodorant stick and hard-milled soap bar. TOM FORD: The attack of the Ouds Tobacco Oud The TOM FORD Oud Wood fragrance was originally launched back in 2007 and I reviewed it here only 5 years later in July 2013. Last…
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Reviewed: Crème de La Mer The Lifting & Firming Mask
La Mer is overrated* *It’s not. You’ll read plenty of articles out there about how Crème de La Mer is overrated and all the rest of it and the brand even pokes fun at its haters with the slogan – Coveted By Those In The Know. The people who ‘hate’ it will 9/10 never have…
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How to get rid of dark circles with La Roche-Posay Pigmentclar Eyes Dark Circle Corrector
I’ve been sat on this La Roche-Posay skin care gem since around March (sorry) as I picked it up in Spain but only now is it launching and available here in the UK. La Roche-Posay have arrived extraordinarily late to the pigmentation and dark spot correction party, but their contribution is no less valid and in fact, better than many…
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Clinique Smart Custom-Repair Serum: The Best Serum for Men or Just a Load of Boswellox?
The Clinique Smart Serum (Clinique Smart Custom-Repair Serum) has interesting origins. Estée Lauder Companies has been sat on this for around 5 years. Why? Because it was created by accident whilst researching and developing Even Better Clinical Dark Spot Corrector; but at the time Lauder was only looking for a pigmentation serum – the skin…
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Best 3 Face Masks for National Mud Pack Day
Get your Mud Masks on the 30th September for this year’s National Mud Pack Day 2014 and to celebrate, here are 3 of my favourite facial mud masks to brighten, exfoliate, fight acne / blemishes and re-texturise your skin from Glamglow UK and LUSH Cosmetics Ltd Glamglow Youth Mud Face Mask Multi-award winning, Glamglow Youth Mud is the perfect…
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Clinique Sonic Facial Cleansing Brush: The Clarisonic Killer?
The Clinique Sonic System came as no surprise as it was inevitable that our lord and master, Estée Lauder companies, would eventually take on L’Oreal’s success with the Clarisonic facial cleansing brush. It was also pretty inevitable that Clinique would be the brand to do it; standing as one of the world’s biggest selling skin care…
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