The reading list: August

Last month’s reading list went down a treat so I decided to share Augusts’ picks with you all.  To Read: “Wherever you go, there you are”-  by Jon Kabat-Zinn Between one thing and another I’ve been feeling a little bit stressed of late. Most of the books I read are about either somebody who has

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4 Health-boosting herbal teas to try

There are few things in this world I consider myself an expert on.. but tea is hands down one of them.  Not only is it comforting but it also has some pretty great health benefits. When I’m not nursing a giant mug of Lyons, I’m usually reaching for one of these bad boys… Turmeric This

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Eye creams for your mid-twenties

  1.   2. 3.   Ugh… I have officially crossed that line of really having to care and look after my skin. Gone are the face wipes and adhoc double cleansing. Wrinkles are just on the horizon and my resting bitch face isn’t helping the matter at all. After years of constantly ignoring eye cream’s existence I

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Girls I wish were my B.F.F’s

Forget swooning over Adam Broody in re-runs of the O.C or drawing hearts around the members of 5ive in Shout magazine. These days it’s all about the Girl Crush. We all have one… or many; girls that we wish we could sit in our pjs, swap hair tips and fight over the last slice of

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Earth Month #2: Reducing beauty product waste!

How many of you are guilty of throwing away a half empty mascara in that tempting lure of a new one? I know I, as a beauty blogger, am very guilty of wasting products. My make-up stash is infested with countless  half used powders, once loved lipsticks, lonely dabbled in eyeshadows .. the list is

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Chocolate Beauty Products

While everyone is busy stuffing themselves silly with chocolate this weekend, I thought I’d research some chocolate treats that we can enjoy not only in our tummies! 1) Cupcake fresh face mask from Lush:   Oh, the clever clogs over at Lush are so good at knowing what we want! Fancy a mask that will

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Earth Month #1; Eco-friendly brands

We are bombarded by beauty products day in and day out; on tv, in shops, in magazines etc. We slather them on our faces, pat them on our bodies and smooth them through our hair, often without even knowing what is really in them. A large majority of the time, the products we use are packed

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Budget Beauty; Beauty products from your kitchen

No matter if we want to admit it or not, we all like to be pampered. These days there’s spas, beauty salons and hundreds of beauty aisles in our local stores. There are endless “pamper products” but what we often forget is that we have an array of natural beauty products right at our fingertips..

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How to shop at Beauty Counters

  No matter what anybody says, there’s a HUGE difference between surfing the aisles of Boots and sauntering up to the luxury beauty counters of your local department stores. Even the most beauty savvy gal, can be intimidated at the thought of dealing with the whole process. Here are a few tips, that I myself

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“Pretty Honest” by Sali Hughes; My Thoughts

There’s always that one friend who is around to give you invaluable advice and an honest opinion. Which lipstick shade suits you and can you really carry off that glitter eye shadow?! Sali Hughes is just that friend. For years, I have read her columns on The Gaurdian’s website and I’ve pretty much always taken

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