I filmed this month’s beauty favourites on my small new iPhone 8 and I’m actually quite pleased with the quality. One would hope that it would be good, considering the handset costs round the same as a small second-hand car, but it actually exceeded my expectations. Apart from the sound, which is very clear but just a little on the quiet side – I needed to ramp it right up when I was editing.
Mind you, I suppose I was filming from across the room – if the microphone was any more sensitive then you wouldn’t be able to use the iPhone as an actual phone because you’d be deafening the individual on the other end! “HELLO? I’M FILMING MY SEPTEMBER FAVOURITES!”
A new – one-off – background with this video, because I was at Chewton Glen in one of the very swanky treehouse suites. I'm able to highly recommend, especially for the outdoor hot tub, the breakfast hamper and also the sound of swishing branches lulling you to definitely sleep. Again, we’re looking at the price of a small, second-hand car, so it would have to be an incredibly special treat, unless you’re so rich that you simply bathe in a tub of solid gold and use banknotes as loo paper, however the setting is absolutely gorgeous – there’s something very calming about being in the trees.
(I feel a billboard coming on, re the second-hand car thing. Voiceover: “Thinking of buying a small second-hand car? In the market for a used motor? Stop! Why not spend an evening in one of the Chewton Glen treehouse suites instead? Or, for any longer-lasting treat, have you seen the brand new iPhone 8 Plus? It won’t get you from A to B however it sure as hell takes a good picture!” Hohoho.)
Anyway, here we are with this particular month’s favourites – a nice mix for you, with a budget-friendly face cleansing oil and a wrap blouse that’s both immensely flattering and effortlessly glam. You'll find more info and links underneath the video screen. Oh, and please excuse Baby Ted and his drumming/gurgling/generally distracting behaviour: I needed to have him on my lap because he’s being all (cute and) clingy at the moment. I know there’s no need to apologise, for most of you, but some people get quite cross when I’m not 100% serious and focused, so, y’know…
