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Fashion & BeautyOctober 17, 2014

Talking perfume with Oxana Polyakova at Bloom Perfumery

By Amanda

I went to catch up with the terrific Oxana Polyakova, founder of the Bloom perfume boutique in Shoreditch. When Oxana describes a perfume to me I want to try it immediately. She has a magical way with words when it… Read More

Out & AboutOctober 9, 2014

More stores we could move into: Aesop Richmond

By Amanda

Last week I went to the opening of the latest Aesop store, just down the road from me in Richmond. The brand has taken over a spot that used to be the most wonderful children’s bookshop, The Lion & Unicorn.… Read More

Things We LoveOctober 3, 2014

Perfume review: Nevermore by P Frapin & Co

By Amanda

This new release Nevermore, from the heritage fragrance brand P Frapin & Co (the company was founded in 1270), is one of those smells that people seek you out to ask what it is. I have been trialling it and… Read More

Fashion, We Are ReadingOctober 3, 2014

The Perfume Bible by Josephine Fairley and Lorna McKay

By Amanda

Do you remember the recent post we did on The Perfume Society? Well, the fragrant team behind that great idea, Jo Fairley and Lorna McKay, have brought out an excellent book on the whole subject of perfume, how to buy,… Read More

Fashion & BeautyAugust 15, 2014

Buy this: Glamglow face mask

By Jane

If you are a beauty junkie or teenager you will almost probably have heard of GlamGlow. But if like me you can take or leave the beauty pages/blogs/Vlogs and reviews, it may well have passed you by. I’m informed by… Read More

Things We LoveJuly 30, 2014

Buy this: Wild Mint and Mandarin Scrub from Neom

By Jane

It’s a tricky time for beauty brands, as every week there seems to be a new ‘authentic/artisan/organic/specially created’ product launch and there are many elements required to make them stand out in an over saturated market place. Recently I was… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJuly 24, 2014

The power of the beauty Vlogger

By Jane

There is a beauty revolution going on and if you are not a teenager/twenty something (or living with one) you could have absolutely no idea it was happening. For some time my beauty obsessed daughter has been telling me about… Read More

Things We LoveMay 6, 2014

The Fragrance Lab at Selfridges Beauty Project

By Amanda

Fragrance Freaks, attention please! There is an interesting experiment happening as part of Selfridges Beauty Project that you should take note of. Trend forecasting agency The Future Laboratory has collaborated with design studio Campaign and fragrance manufacturer Givaudan to construct… Read More

Health & HappinessApril 28, 2014

Nice smells makes you happier and smarter- fact!

By Amanda

Never say we don’t bring you facts backed by science here at TWR. This is no beauty-fluff site where we just say ‘lovely!’ a lot when talking about things beauty-related. Oh, ok, maybe we do a bit. But today’s post… Read More

Fashion, We Are ReadingApril 15, 2014

Toss The Gloss, Beauty Tips, Tricks and Truths for Women of 50+, by Andrea Robinson

By Amanda

I’ve just ordered this from Amazon after reading about it in this excellent article by Bee Shapiro in the New York Times. For anyone with any interest in using cosmetics after 50, it looks a must read. She won me… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 30, 2014

Pepto-Bismal pink lipstick – would you?

By Amanda

I’m developing something of an obsession with older women in the fashion and beauty industry. First I got a real girl crush on Catherine Walsh, who is SVP at beauty behemoth Coty and looks just fabulous in every picture I… Read More

Things We LoveOctober 13, 2013

Yes Nurse! Protect your lovely hands

By Amanda

This is terrific hand cream, which comes in the cutest box and has been developed by a UK nurse who found her hands were suffering badly from dryness and redness when working at being a nurse. This lovely cream -which… Read More

Things We LoveOctober 11, 2013

Youth Liberator Serum Foundation from Yves Saint Laurent

By Amanda

Do you remember we wrote about the excellent Forever Light Creator Serum from Yves Saint Laurent? Well the range has been extended to include a serum based foundation, and jolly good it is too. There’s been a lot of science… Read More

Things We LoveSeptember 3, 2013

Astalift Light Analysing Moisture Foundation

By Amanda

Do you remember we wrote about the Astalift Jelly Aquarysta recently? It’s a very good hydrating gel that everyone I speak to who uses it seems to like a lot. It’s that clever Fujifilm Japanese technology, odd though it seems… Read More

Things We LoveJuly 24, 2013

Forever Light Creator Serum by Yves Saint Laurent

By Amanda

YvesSaintLaurent is really working hard on its skin care ranges, you may remember we mentioned the Forever Youth Liberator serum and cream here, and now we have a magic lotion that will smooth the skin tone and help you glow… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 24, 2013

It’s all about the brows!

By Jane

It started with the sequined brow from Chanel for A/W 2012/13 and before you could say Denis Healey, the Spring Summer catwalks 2013 were awash with bushy brows. ‘It’ girl and model of the moment Cara Delevingne has the perfect… Read More

Things We LoveJanuary 8, 2013

Bodhi rose facial oil

By Amanda

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

Fashion & BeautySeptember 11, 2012

Aerin from Estee Lauder, a masterclass in brand launching

By Amanda

So at last we get to try the Aerin cosmetic range from Aerin Lauder, which launched in the UK last Monday. This product launch has been a total masterclass in how to use online media such as Tumblr, Pinterest, Twitter… Read More

Things We LoveJuly 27, 2012

Clinique’s Chubby lip colour balm

By Amanda

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

Fashion & BeautyJune 9, 2012

Best natural beauty products:we love Neom Luxury organics

By Amanda

We’ve been talking here at TWR about natural versus hi-tech-chemical when it comes to beauty products, as in which way is best and how to choose. Nicola Elliott, the founder and director of Neom Luxury Organics (one of the nicest… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 28, 2012

Illamasqua’s Beauty Before Age campaign

By Amanda

We were absolutely thrilled to hear about make up brand Illamasqua’s recent competition Beauty Before Age to recruit older women, mothers and daughters, aunts and nieces and anyone else who is gorgeous at any age as models for its next… Read More

Out & AboutMay 10, 2012

We love: John Lewis’s new beauty hall

By Amanda

John Lewis Oxford Street has just opened a revamped beauty hall, Jane and I were invited along to the opening party and it was fabulous. We love John Lewis anyway, as you all know but it’s unusual for the company… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 24, 2012

Astalift: worth looking out for

By Amanda

Attention ladies! We might have just found something worth getting mildly excited about in the skincare area. To be honest, Jane and I are exhausted from seeing all these beauty brands, and we’re at the stage where we’ve seen enough… Read More

Things We LoveApril 6, 2012

Printed perfume bottles from Jo Malone London

By Amanda

If perfume bottles are sitting on our dressing tables and taking up space, the very least they could do is look pretty. Often much of the marketing spend goes into packaging and exotic boxes (I think we are supposed to… Read More

Fashion & BeautyApril 6, 2012

We love: Katie Puckrik Smells

By Amanda

We recently met the rather lovely Katie Puckrik, a stablemate of ours at Handpicked Media, who some of you may remember from her days as a presenter on the uber-cool TV programme The Word. She has transformed into Katie Puckrik… Read More

Things We LoveApril 4, 2012

Antonia by Puredistence

By Amanda

Jane and I are a tad worried The Women’s Room is turning into a beauty blog, what with all the perfume and skin care products we’re being introduced to. With perfume, I’m starting to run out of adjectives when describing… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMarch 19, 2012

Good value beauty: Etat Pur

By Amanda

‘Good value beauty’ you say, with a sceptical hint in your voice, ‘don’t you guys always pick the expensive stuff to love?’. Well, yes dear readers, we have been fortunate at TWR to have been offered some beautiful but stonkingly… Read More

Health & HappinessJanuary 13, 2012

Philips RéAura skin laser: no pain, no gain

By Amanda

I have been using a laser on my skin as part of my beauty routine for the last few months, a proper, Philips super advanced, Fraxel technology laser, the sort you might find in a really serious dermatologists. I know… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 30, 2010

Sonia Juttla helps out: part two- bronzers, lipstick and kohl

By The Womens Room

Where were we on the lovely Sonia? Oh, yes, here. When Sonia mentioned bronzers, I almost told her not to bother, it's another one of those products that just wasn't around when I learnt how to do my make-up routine aeons… Read More