Tag: Ageing

  • How to know if you have too much makeup on

    How to know if you have too much makeup on

    It seems today you can’t pile enough foundation and shadow on your face – the more the merrier, indeed. But whatever TikTokkers and Instagrammers say, you can actually end up looking ridiculous. Here is how to know if you’ve over done it – like the Princess of Wales with too much makeup. The short answer…

  • Beauty Obsessions: our love of Brows and Botox

    Beauty Obsessions: our love of Brows and Botox

    Botox and eyebrows are the two top beauty obsessions of the 2020s. In our post beauty obsessions brows and Botox we ask: Where does our love of brows and Botox come from and why is it so important to some of us? I’m not sure when I first heard of Botox, but I do remember…

  • Face Gel now: Sanctuary Spa Radiance Jelly

    Face Gel now: Sanctuary Spa Radiance Jelly

    If I can’t find a Scandi beauty product (as I live abroad) I buy the next best thing. It’ll be something minimal, clean, a tried-and-tested ‘foreign brand I know. But sometimes I take a chance – and this summer I found my new gel of the month: the Sanctuary Spa’s Wet Skin Radiance Jelly. Completely…

  • Beauty Advice that makes me see Red

    Beauty Advice that makes me see Red

    Some people seem to get better looking with age. I have an acquaintance who looks decades younger than her 50-something: the smooth forehead, taught eyelids and that pout. But behind the glossy facades, there is beauty advice that makes me see red. At what point do you tell a friend to stop “fixing” and try…

  • How to avoid Lines under your Eyes

    How to avoid Lines under your Eyes

    Fine lines can be disguised with foundation and concealers but sometimes that could just make it worse. It certainly will in the long run. And all too often we, particularly younger women in a rush, apply makeup on the train or bus on their way to work without proper care shown to the fine skin under…