Beauty Staples

We all have a few favourite beauty products that we simply can’t live without, don’t we? For some, it’s a favourite lippy that adds the final touch to any outfit, for others it might be a signature fragrance, without which we just don’t feel dressed. My must-have list comprises a small, select group of products by the same brand –… View Post

Lash Brush, Shavata

The lovely team at Harvey Nichols Edinburgh sent me this compact little lash brush by Shavata (eyebrow guru extraordinaire) last week and, already, I’m obsessed! I’ve been using it after applying my mascara to really fan my lashes out and avoid the dreaded mascara lump. The Shavata lash brush is nice and bushy so really grabs hold of each… View Post

HydraFacial, Beyond Medispa

I recently visited the spa at Harvey Nichols Edinburgh (I know – it’s weird to think of a spa within a bustling and thriving department store) to try the most popular treatment, the HydraFacial. Once inside Beyond Medispa, you forget you’re in a busy four storey building and, although the spa is compact, the design makes good… View Post

Beauty Busters: Sleeping Beauty Edinburgh

Edinburgh is one of my favourite places, especially on bright sunny days – and it doesn’t matter if that sunny day is a crisp, freezing cold day in December or a sweltering hot day in July. Edinburgh is great any time of year. As you guys know, I was there the other week for the… View Post

Beauty Busters: Arran Aromatics Cucumber & Avocado Facial Scrub

When you think of Arran Aromatics, do you think of traditional (perhaps even dated) products made for the bath, because I know I used to. It’s time for those of us with a preconception of Arran Aromatics to think again – Arran Aromatics has changed from the old fashioned brand we used to know it as, into… View Post