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Things We LoveFebruary 21, 2018

Beauty Buys To Fix Flu-ish February Skin

By Amanda

While in bed with flu I’ve tried to make myself feel better through the application of nice beauty creams. It kind of worked, when your skin is hurting, dry and going a strange shade of yellow, a soothing balm can… Read More

Fashion & BeautyMay 4, 2016

MV Organics: Extremely Good, Grown Up Skincare

By Amanda

Before I high-tailed it off to sunnier climes recently, I met MV Organic Skincare founder Sharon McGlinchey, who gave me one of her spectacular facials, I’m not sure I’ll ever use any other product ever again. You always feel good… Read More

Fashion & BeautyJanuary 28, 2016

Beauty buys for January, including Omorovicza, Liz Earle and Ren

By Amanda

It’s January therefore we shall talk about beauty products…or so goes the traditional women’s magazine schedule. I guess this makes sense if we are trying to detox and cleanse everywhere else, why not overhaul our beauty routines? So here’s a… Read More

Things We LoveOctober 5, 2015

Elemental Herbology

By Jane

Elemental Herbology is one of those skincare ranges that makes you feel good about yourself – in that way that you feel when you’ve made a healthy vegetarian meal and not only is it good for you, it’s also delicious.… Read More

Things We LoveMarch 6, 2015

Monu skincare

By Amanda

After our post on the best skin care for cold weather, the nice people at MONU Skincare introduced us to its excellent range of products that they thought might also be good for older skin in this very drying weather.… Read More

Fashion & BeautyFebruary 4, 2015

Cold weather protection for older skin

By Amanda

While I love a bit of snow, cold weather generally makes my skin itch. My skin has got more sensitive to cold weather as I’ve got older and I shrivel up like a sun dried tomato at the first signs… Read More

Things We LoveFebruary 2, 2015

Redermic R corrective concentrate by La Roche-Posay

By Amanda

I’ve been meaning to write about this for ages but Christmas held me up. La Roche-Posay is a beauty brand I’m warming to fast, I like its good-quality-at-reasonable-price point and its increasing availability- once it was a brand you picked… 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 LoveJanuary 29, 2013

Ayate Exfoliating Cloth from Neals Yard

By Amanda

My friend Mary Rose gave me this cloth for Christmas and I’ve only just got around to really using it properly. It looks deceptively ordinary when you first see it, but when you get it wet and use to as… 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