Parterre Fragrances
Parterre Fragrances was founded by husband and wife David and Julia Bridger late last year, at Keyneston Mills, near Dorset. Wanting to re-invent perfumery in a modern way, they only use the extracts they can actually produce in their garden; meaning they have exclusive, limited editions of perfumes each year depending on the yield from their own plants […]
OM Skincare Mindful Traveller review
I came across OM Skincare last year at Space NK, which is my favourite place to discover new brands. It’s an all natural brand developed by Dr Om Prawarisa who wanted to create a brand around mindfulness and natural beauty and skincare. The capsule skincare collection Dr Om has created is perfectly suited to all […]
Egyptian Magic 25th anniversary
If you’re not familiar with Egyptian Magic, let me give you a quick debrief; it’s the only brand that’s 25 years old and only has one product. This one product though kind of speaks for itself. Celebrating their 25th anniversary this year, their hero cream can basically do anything. It’s an all-natural moisturising healing cream, […]
Aromatherapy Associates Eau de Parfum preview
The first perfume of Aromatherapy Associates, simply called Eau de Parfum, is a limited edition perfume, very feminine and fresh. It was created in memory of late co-founder Geraldine Howard, who had created this unique blend with her favourite essential oils. We experienced this wonderful new scent in the beautiful penthouse of the Dorchester Hotel. […]
Sanoflore Organic review
French skincare brand Sanoflore has been focusing lately on anti-pollution products. As I have mentioned previously, pollution is a catastrophic factor to our skin and aging, and there is this misconception that the sun is the only problem. Loads of brands have launched anti-pollution skincare products, like Chantecaille (preview here), Clarins, Zelens, Chanel, and others. It’s […]
Chantecaille Fall & Holiday launches
Chantecaille is a wonderful beauty brand, a family company that started in Paris and based in New York. Each year for the autumn/winter season, they create collections that give back to the environment and animal life, working with different issues. Last year it was all about lions in Kenya and the latest launch focuses on gorillas […]
Foreo Espada blue light acne treatment
Swedish beauty brand Foreo, took the beauty world by storm with their launch of Luna, a silicone cleansing brush in 2013. Its much-anticipated new product came this week with the launch of a blue-light acne treatment device. Blue-light at-home devices have been really popular lately to target acne; like this Neutrogena mask, or the Tria Blue Light, but the […]