With Breast Cancer Awareness week not all that far away, beauty brand Elemis has created a limited edition cosmetic collection, containing products to help survivors get back to feeling beautiful […]
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Top Ten: Beauty Products to take on Holiday
With the famous summer holiday fast approaching, shops are filling their shelves with bikinis, sun creams and things designed to take our money and replace our bathroom cabinet with travel […]
Read MoreYour Top Five: Footcreams
Feet – they’re your Marmite body part – you either love them or you hate them! But, with summer slowly approaching (or a blistering hot vacation on the horizon,) the […]
Read MoreTime for Summer with L’Occitane’s Peony Collection!
Famed for luxury soap, and a shop smelling distinctly like a Florist in Covent Gardens, L’Occitane has recently brought us their new ‘Peony Collection.’ You’d never guess, but it’s based […]
Read MoreTop Five: Skin Illuminating Powders
What’s the best way to stand out? It’s usually by saying it in lights – neon, multi-coloured, flashing and even those lights that hurt your eyes!!! The word tacky comes […]
Read MoreBrand spanking new beauty products to lust over!
With new products coming out all the time – moisturiser, massage oil and mascara all clump together to create a big bunch of things that I know exist and should […]
Read MoreMAC’s new spring looks
There surely must be no make-up artists more hard working than the good folk at MAC. Not a month goes by that there’s not a new collection launched. Which brings […]
Read MoreMFL Lustlist: The Products or indeed hairstyles, we just have to have this month
It may not be Christmas and since hair doesn’t have its own day of birth in our calendar, I’ve decided that nevertheless it still deserves it’s own lust list – […]
Read MoreInterview with Kate Shapland – the Legologist!!!
It’s April and the thermometer is finally hitting double numbers – 10 degrees does count as spring ladies – especially when we’ve spent the last three months surviving in minus […]
Read MoreThe beauty trends you need to know about
Want to know what products you should invest in and what styles will be big in make-up and hair this year? Because we’re so lovely, we’ve asked the experts on […]
Read MoreCeleb Beauty Statements: A look at celeb beauty and hair trends this month
With London Fashion Week over and early morning frost turning to damp dew, it can only mean one thing! Summer is on its way and that means celebs are out […]
Read MoreDying your hair at home? Make it a Cyber-dye with Scwarzkopf
How often have you had to sit through a male gadget conversation? You know the one where what would have been normal hobbies are turned into forms of entertainment that […]
Read MoreReviews: Top 5 Winter Skincare products!
It’s no secret , I hate winter weather with a passion. Wind, rain, ice and cold are all permanent obsession that I love to hate! It’s not just the constant […]
Read MoreCandy cane anyone?
“I’ll take you to the candy shop…I’ll let you lick the lollipop… no, not 50 Cent’s candy shop, DKNY’s! With their new fragrances DKNY literally want you to step into […]
Read MoreYour Top Five: Red Lipsticks, well February is the month of romance!
Roses on Valentine’s Day, the carpet at the Bafta’s and the new Choos that I really really really want! To get us through this bitter, cold winter, London seems to […]
Read MoreNew Year Resolutions from the Beauty Experts
If you’re still going strong on your New Year’s resolutions, then congratulations. Most can be arduous and, frankly, rather boring. Especially if they’re based on a promise to a) eat […]
Read MoreBlend, Cool Blend
Lemon peel, lemon zest, floral notes, cinnamon, sage, white pepper, golden amber, sandal wood and creamy suede. What is it? Betty Crocker’s recipe for nature’s cake? Well I wouldn’t put […]
Read MoreMelvita Organic Beauty Launch
A totally organic beauty brand sounds like just the thing for a busy girl-about-town whose skin is crying out for a gentle touch. French company
Read MoreNew product alert: Origins Starting Over
Hands by your purses Origins lovers. The cult skincare brand has launched another new product to tempt the pounds away from your dwindling post-Christmas bank balance. Origins Starting Over is […]
Read MorepureDKNY Fragrance Launch, London
Shamefully it took me until the morning after to realise the significance of the venue chosen for the launch of pureDKNY. Earlier this month members of the beauty press gathered […]
Read MoreRachel McAdams in Alberta Ferretti
We have a confession to make: we have a new red carpet crush, and her name is Rachel McAdams. Channeling the understated elegance of Hollywood screen siren Lauren Bacall, Rachel […]
Read MoreTried and Tested: Lumecin and Eyliplex-2 by GoodSkin Labs
GoodSkin Labs impress me with their clinically functional packaging. The pharmaceutical appearance of the anti-ageing skincare brand’s products just scream ‘I mean business’. So when you read the science garble […]
Read MoreStocking Filler: Revlon Nail Enamel Gift Sets
Ahhhhh! There’s just days to go. But what to buy? What to buy? If you’re on a budget or just looking for a little extra something, we’ve come across another […]
Read MoreWeird and Wonderful: Revitalash (Part One!)
We love hearing and writing about extreme make-up. The lip gloss that plumps lips and includes an appetite suppressant that we covered back in June being just one example.
Read MoreBeauty Road Test: Front Row by Charles Worthington
I’m used to testing ‘miracle’ products from big-name, leading brands only to find them a disappointment. Many just don’t work. It’s a simple as that. So when Charles Worthington contacted […]
Read MoreBeauty Road Test: Origins Drink Up Intensive Overnight
I’ve been a fan of all-natural skin care brand Origins for quite a while. I like their non-nonsense approach. Products are simple, they’re useful, they don’t use harmful chemicals, and […]
Read MoreTried and tested: Lancome Christmas Colour Collection
Most girls could do with a guardian angel. Especially if he were gold, glittery and housed in a fetching Lancôme compact. The centrepiece of the brand’s beautifully wintry Christmas Colour […]
Read MoreStocking fillers: DKNY Be Delicious tree decorations
Stuck for present ideas? Not quite made up your mind how to decorate the tree this year? Well we think we can help you out with both those quandries. DKNY […]
Read MoreTried and tested: Pure Fiji Mango Body Butter
For the past month or so I’ve been testing out the most luxurious cream…ever! It’s a mango body butter by tropical and bath body care company – Pure Fiji. As […]
Read MoreTop 20 beauty essentials to survive the party season
Oh dear, that last glass of wine probably wasn’t a good idea… As if the harsh winter cold weren’t enough for our skin and hair to contend with, the festive […]
Read MoreLancôme makeup party
Oh Lancôme, how we love thee , not only for your pretty pampering products, but for inviting us back to Paris for your very first makeup party. That’s right, beauty’s […]
Read MoreTop 20 beauty essentials for the ultimate party look
Tis the season to be….shattered, but having to look fresh and radiant for the barrage of parties Christmas and the New Year brings. Easier said than done. But to solve […]
Read MoreDiscovering bareMinerals
I suspect I’m not the only one suffering from being stuck in a major case of ‘the makeup rut’. Last week, I walked into Selfridges beauty hall a MAC girl […]
Read MoreLash Wars: The new mascaras battling it out
Big eye lashes have taken over. Adverts for new mascaras have always centred around the claim that the bigger the lashes the better. For each new product, the message is […]
Read MoreWake up to the new Philips Light
It’s never an easy job getting up in the morning, especially in these dark, colder months. I for one, am not a morning person and seem to find it increasingly […]
Read MoreClinique launches purple party collection for Christmas
Clinique has launched a new limited edition make-up range for Christmas. But you’re going to have to love purple as much as Dot Cotton to be excited by this one. […]
Read MoreThe latest collections from MAC are just a little bit wicked
Yep, brace yourself and hide your purse. Those naughty people at MAC have just launched another assault of tempting new products that you’ll instantly convince yourself you just need to […]
Read MoreNew Fragrance from Project Runway Judge Michael Kors: Very Hollywood
Glamorous. Over the top. Fabulous. That’s how American designer Michael Kors describes the star factory that is Hollywood. It’s this sexy decadence which has inspired the new fragrance. The Project […]
Read MoreBody Shop enlist help of star perfumer for new fragrance
The Body Shop has called on the big guns for its latest fragrance, Love Etc. Star perfumer Dominique Ropion is behind their latest scent. Ropion has worked on fragrances for […]
Read MoreCelebrate National Chocolate Week without the calories
What: National Chocolate Week runs from October 12 to 18. And it’s only right to celebrate. But the summer diets have gone by the wayside and with the new season
Read MoreNew Beauty Lust: Rouge Bunny Rouge
Russian make-up brand Rouge Bunny Rouge has launched in the UK. And I can’t help but think it has been created by hippies with a keen knowledge of certain fungi, […]
Read MoreOrigins new products: Tried and tested
Skin-care experts Origins have launched three nifty new products to add to their collection. We popped down to their London offices to try them out. We’ve come to expect good […]
Read MoreCosmopolitan’s Beauty Editor Ingeborg Van Lotringen reveals her secrets
Ingeborg Van Lotringen has the kind of job that most girls dream of. As beauty editor of Cosmopolitan, one of the world’s best known glossy magazines, she’s in charge of […]
Read MoreHow Darphin saved my skin
So a luxury beauty brand, gets in touch and offers you a skin scanning treatment, what do you say? “When, where, can I come today?” Of course. This is exactly […]
Read MoreTried and Tested: Dr Organics Manuka Honey Cream
I have such sensitive skin that when I’m not testing out facial products I tend to stick to a standard fragrance free moisturiser by Boots. However, and I say this […]
Read MoreNew fragrance from Jo Malone: Vanilla & Anise
There are some things which make a girl go weak at the knees, and the sight of a Jo Malone carrier bag is one of them. What is it about […]
Read MoreRevlon launches new summer grooming products
Make-up brushes, precision eyebrow tweezers, pedicure kits and crystal nail files are among the products in Revlon’s new range of professional but affordable beauty tools. However at MFL we’re particularly […]
Read MoreTried and Tested: Revlon’s Colourstay Ultimate Liquid Lipstick
Generally, I’m not a fan of long-wear lipsticks. I’ve tried many of them in the past, mainly during a misguided but fun period as a goth. Dark lipstick was essential […]
Read MoreTrying and testing: The Clinique 3 step programme
So, for the past week I’ve been trying out Clinique’s 3 step programme. Because, not all of us can afford a one to one consultation with a dermatologist, Clinique (with […]
Read MoreLancôme treats bloggers to a fun day in the Parisian sun!
Thanks to Lancôme I had the opportunity to meet a number of really great bloggers earlier this week. To celebrate the launch of Aaron De Mey’s new make up collection […]
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