Bodhi rose facial oil
We’re fond of a good facial oil here at TWR, particularly if it’s a rose scented one and if you do nothing else to your beauty routine this year we’d advise adding a serum or oil to it (use before… Read More
Things We Love
OPI Drip Dry
If you (like me) always try to do things too soon after applying nail varnish – this could be what you have been looking for.
Drip Dry acts like drops which you simply just pop over your ail varnish, wait… Read More
Sai-Sei Japanese skincare range
I am a little bit obsessed with anything Japanese when it comes to skin care, as I know how seriously they take their cleaning routines. Washing can be something close to a religious experience for some Japanese and there is… Read More
Odette Toilette – Pot Pourri Blend #1
Pot pourri has had a bad press for the last few years, as we tend to think of it on the same level as in car air fresheners and Ambi Pur plug ins.
One of our favourite olfactors Odette Toilette… Read More
Martha Stewart does Christmas Wrapping at Staples
For those of you who found yourselves spoiled for choice with the Martha Stewart for Staples stationery collection earlier this year, bad news. There’s more. And it’s Christmas themed.
If you haven’t found it yet, the label and paper range… Read More
A Right Royal Christmas Fairy
Actually, she’s not so much a Christmas fairy as a Diamond Jubilee Christmas princess, as maker Dinah Nicholson has named each one of the limited edition of 50 fairies after royal princesses and queens from history. The 50 ‘girls’ are… Read More
Marks & Spencer’s new Flatter-Me arm wear
You may remember we wrote about Mary Portas’s excellent idea Armery back here. Well, not surprisingly we’re seeing similar product popping up elsewhere, including this new Flatter-Me arm wear top from M&S.
Our issue with Armery was the problem with… Read More
Perfume review: new smells from Grossmith
Good to see the Grossmith perfume house (we wrote about it here) doing so well since its relaunch. Co-re-founders Amanda and Simon Brookes have worked their socks off to bring the historic perfume brand into current times and now have… Read More
We love: Neom’s Christmas Wish candle and reed diffuser
Now Halloween’s over, it’s all about Christmas in terms of home decoration here at TWR and we’re starting with smell. Luxury organics brand Neom’s Christmas Wish candle seem’s a good place to start, as it smells as Christmas-y as mince… Read More
Big Apple red by OPI and Bare Minerals
I am always on the look out for the perfect red nail varnish (and lipstick) and think this week I may have found it. Big Apple Red by OPI is not too orange, not to pink, and comes with… Read More
Glowing Radiance Face Scrub by Ila
We have written about Ila before and since trying out their products, I have become a huge fan of their Spa range. Made in the Cotswolds with completely natural locally grown ingredients their artisan skin care products smell amazing and… Read More
John Masters Organics
I discovered the John Masters Organics range when staying at Rushemyers Hotel in the summer. I fell in love with the Blood Orange and Vanilla Body Wash and Lavender Rosemary Shampoo and tried to cram as many of the mini… Read More
Perfume review: Paper Passion by Wallpaper and Steidl
Middleagedad gave me this as a present this week, he thought it was a natural fit with me, being a perfume about paper, sold in a book. It’s a collaborative effort between Karl Lagerfeld (does that man ever sleep?) the… Read More
Candles from Fox & Crow
I had slightly abandoned scented candles due to the efficiency and all round marvellousness of those reed defuser things, but I couldn’t resist these really lovely smelling ones from Fox & Crow. They have names like Garden Raindrops and Lavender… Read More
Olafur Eliasson’s Sun Torch
We’re a bit in love with Olafur Eliasson because he does such amazing and colourful art projects around the world that are both upliftingly, cheerfully colourful and extremely clever at the same time.
At Tate Modern currently is his Little… Read More
Perfume review: Orangers en Fleurs
Attention perfume people, Orangers en Fleurs is a really lovely new smell from Houbigant, a perfume house that hasn’t really produced a new scent for aeons, despite being one of the oldest perfume establishments in the world and inventing the… Read More
Jo Malone Sweet Almond and Macaroon candle
We are loving the Jo Malone range at the moment, not least because their latest products smell good enough to eat – literally!
This candle is divine and smells like pudding, so works on every level. It’s sweet, but not… Read More
Blackberry & Bay by Jo Malone
You may remember we mentioned this lovely new cologne from Jo Malone London back here, when we were invited along to the launch. Well it’s on the shelves and on line at the beginning of September, so you might want… Read More
Herb scissors by Mastrad
Genius scissors with five blades for cutting up herbs, work brilliantly and reasonably priced at £9.95. Available from Amazon here… Read More
Notebook round up, the V&A and Letts
We’ve seen some rather lovely notebooks over the last week worth mentioning.
Starting with the beautiful, textile inspired V&A notebooks above. Not only do these notebooks have beautiful covers, but the paper is a good quality too. We spoke to… Read More
Clinique’s Chubby lip colour balm
I’m very slow to the party on this product, you probably all know about this little super-mosturising lip colour balm stick ( knowledgable beauty people rave about them) but just in case you don’t….
Clinique’s chubby range is lipstick perfection… Read More
Blackwing pencils at Pedlars
Just checking that all you stationery enthusiasts know that the iconic Blackwing 602 pencil is now back from the brink of disappearing and is available to buy from Pedlars?
You will all know of course that the original 602 pencil… Read More
Tatty Devine; eyelash sunglasses
While buying new sunglasses may not be high on your list of priorities at the moment (in the words of Bananarama ‘It’s a cruel cruel summer’), you may well be planning a holiday somewhere hot.
A slick of red lipstick… Read More
Bobbi Brown Desert Twilight eye palette
In terms of eye shades, I buy a new colour about once a decade, and it’s almost always shades of neutral. I watch in wonder as others do amazing things with cornflower blue, smokey purples and even neons, but… Read More
Crane scissors for sewers
I found these elegant little gold crane scissors when wandering around the V&A shop, which is one of my favourite places to potter in the museum. They are so pretty, and chic, they’d make a great present for any… Read More
Neon nails from OPI
So, neon nail polish is FULL of toxic chemicals that aren’t great for your nails, no me neither. I only know this because I found out last week that OPI has always said it would never do neon because it… Read More
Aubrey London laptop bag
It’s quite hard to find a smart, well priced lap top bag, one you are happy to carry proudly as an accessory. I was sent this very smart one from Aubrey bags recently and it had its first outing last… Read More
A clever perfume idea from Penhaligon’s
Penhaligon’s recently sent me a sample of its new Peoneve perfume in this ingenious refillable travel atomiser. Now, perfume bottles that don’t allow you to unscrew the spray top in order to decant some into a smaller, travel size bottle… Read More
A nice fan from Muji
Should the weather in the UK actually reach what we like to refer to as ‘summery’, those suffering from menopausal hot flushes might like to consider a hand held fan to keep cool with.
I am in a constant state… Read More
Seahorses by Tatty Devine
We were given one of these seahorse necklaces in our goody bag from the Advanced Style book launch – aren’t they fab? I have long been a fan of Tatty Devine and their eccentric, fun take on jewellery and accessories.… Read More