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[unpaid/sample] It’s very rare to get anything more substantial than a compliment slip with samples now so I very much appreciated the personal touch of a hand written letter from founder, Rebecca Rose. The mission of To The Fairest is to represent landscapes, literature and love in fragrant form. While I don’t know the entire…

[purchase/affiliate] The fact that SpaceNK stocks a £12 lip balm is surprise enough in that rarified beauty environment but the fact that it’s excellent is even better. It gives me Sisley vibes and the new Naturium ‘Natural’ shades instantly made me think of Victoria Beckham Tan Lines lip gloss. No wonder e.l.f. snapped up this…

[unpaid/paidforexperience/affiliate] I was all up and ready to post about a new lip balm I’ve found (which can wait til Monday) when I remembered it’s Friday and it’s the day for something different. I booked a Kintsugi class for myself and my two (adult) children as a bit of a family day (Mr BBB was…

[unpaid/sample] The worst thing that happened to facial mists was global warming. Now they’ve mostly all switched to non-aerosol to be more planet friendly, it’s very hard to get the fine mist that our faces would probably like better than the drenching we actually get. So, with that in mind, and also the further away…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] CHANEL has really ramped up their cleansing offerings – gel, micellar, foam, oil and soap (which I really want to try!) – and now La Mousse and Le Masque. It’s always seemed strange to me that there is no cleansing balm in their line-up but who knows, maybe they’re working on it? Fingers and…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Michael Kors has been pretty quiet over the past year or two. Part of the Estee Lauder Companies Aramis & Designer Fragrances division for twenty years, having previously been owned by LVMH, the division closed in 2021. A new license with EuroItalia has been signed for 15 years so Michael Kors is now back…

I cannot get used to an electronic diary – I was happy with my annual Smythson’s diary that I got every year for my birthday (handily, January 1st!) and I never missed anything. With my diary now stored on my phone, birthdays spring up as a complete surprise as though no birthdays have ever gone…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] One of the weird things (out of many, many) that happens in mid-life is that you start to want less foundation. I can’t work out if it’s because we are just so bored, bored, bored of high maintenance foundations that need endless blending and feel like fresh plasterwork on our skin or whether we’ve…

[unpaid/sample] Being brought up in the Scottish countryside, I am no stranger to the earthy, animal smell of working stable yards although I rarely rode a horse (allergies in part, but my sister was keen and we took care of a grey horse called Storm while his owners were on holiday and he was quite…

[unpaid/purchase] I spotted this pair of Bourjois Healthy Mix Lip Sorbets on-line on a buy-one-get-one-half-price offer, so despite having more lip products than I could count in a day, I got pulled in because I’ve always loved Bourjois and Superdrug is the only place you can find this brand in the UK these days. Anyway,…

[sponsoredcontent] This is my second outing with ZIIP HALO, one of the easiest skin gadgets I’ve ever used and I’m back because there are some updates. Generally for anything techy, I do an explanation post followed by a results post so I’ll certainly be putting the new lip treatment to the test with another post…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I’m just going to come right out and say it, but men are the worst for remembering sun screen day to day. They’ll crack out a bottle of Ambre Solaire for two weeks on the beach but pretty much nothing else all year around. Mr BBB is a chief culprit of this but I’m…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Even though I am very much not a hugger, on this occasion I’m tempted to invite them in purely so you can feel my skin after last night’s thorough revamp. I take skin supplements – Advanced Nutrition Skin Omegas, £34 HERE, which keep any dry skin at bay but I ran out a few…

[purchase] Much as I love Bobbi Brown (the person) and respect what she’s done within the beauty industry, try as I might, I cannot get along with Jones Road, her new(ish) brand. I absolutely hated the Miracle Balms – didn’t like the finish, didn’t like the feel on my skin and just all in all…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] This is a very quick catch up post because when I posted about the Guerlain KissKiss Bee Glows, somehow I forgot to show you Poppy Glow, possibly the best colour! So, I’m righting that wrong – and just look at the juicy watermelon colour! If you want to know how these feel on the…