Author - smarthomelands

I said in my Summer Essentials post that I’d review the Mat Illusion bronzer from Bourjois and thus here it is in all its glory. It really is...

Another foundation review for you. (Ambassador, you’re really spoiling us, etc.) It’s actually two foundation reviews in a single; the...

I’ve been testing out Armani’s Power Fabric foundation – very thoroughly, in fact, because I’ve been trying to film quite a...

Did you ever play a game when you were little called Kim’s Game? We played it at Girl Guides. It probably has loads of different names and ways...

Benefit have launched a new form of their hugely popular Hoola bronzer: Hoola Lite. This is the first time that they’ve properly strayed away...

A while ago (it may have been last year, or even the year before that), I pointed out that I had been comparing recent and old photographs of myself...

Why oh why do I look so bloody moody when I’m filming videos? I'd always been under the impression that I had a rather cheery face –...

Have you seen these ridiculous sheet masks for lips that are all the rage? Patches of gel, or sheets of serum-infused fabric which are pressed over...

Fans of La Roche-Posay’s Effaclar Duo rejoice: they have released a brand new version of their highly effective spot treatment, this time with...

  My last post (for now!) on fair/foolproof/hint-of-sun bronzers. I realise that I’m at the risk of boring to tears anybody who...