The British Beauty Blog
by Jane Cunningham since 2008

[unpaid/affililate] I’m very particular about my sweatshirts – I like them loose and baggy with a neck that doesn’t strangle me with a fine cotton that’s not brushed on the inside. Luckily for me, the sales have been my friend recently and I have picked up two that I’m mighty pleased with. The first is…

[unpaid/sample] New brand alert! My friend Kelly flagged this brand by Danny Defreitas to me and I’m so glad she did. Danny is hard to define – session stylist, influencer, make up artist and now certified chandler – but it certainly looks like he has found his ‘home’ with candles. Since we are now entering…

[unpaid/sample] Another day, another foundation. This time it’s the Max Factor Miracle Pure Skin Reset 2-In-1 Serum Foundation under the microscope and I have to say, it fares well as a day to day base that uses skin care to boost the effects. As you can see from the label, Max Factor is using 2%…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I’ve turned down a couple of beauty boxes this month because somehow they’re all starting to be a bit same-y but this one, from Cloud 10 is such good value that it would be a disservice not to flag it up. And it’s got products I haven’t seen in beauty boxes before (mostly). I always like…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] It’s a good job that I had this treatment done before I changed my hair colour because as I’m discovering, it’s a whole different ballgame with grey/blonde hair which doesn’t have enough pigment to create reflections. Living Proof Perfect Hair Day High-Shine Gloss is billed as an in-shower treatment, which needs leaving on the…

[unpaid/sample] You may well know the name, Otis Batterbee, for luxury make up brushes – he currently has a collaboration with everyone’s favourite make up artist, Caroline Barnes (HERE)- but a little diversification never hurt anyone and so, here are the Otis Batterbee Nail Colours. There are six different Nail Bar In A Box offerings…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Well, this is exciting! e.l.f. Duochrome Liquid Eyeshadow in Extra-terrestrial is next level shiny with green, gold and purple completely visible at once. It’s not dissimilar to the new Chanel colour, Phenomene, for the autumn/winter collection which is for nails. The shade-shifting is very obvious when its on your lid – and unlike earlier…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I never pass up the opportunity to test a new lip balm and I’ve been a bit tardy in getting round to Raybalm’s SPF50 Lip Screen but here we are and I have to say I was smitten straight away. If I’m honest, I don’t use a daily lip SPF, although I do use…

[unpaid/sample] And… while we are on all things Chanel, I have a few products from their Clairvoyance collection from the Cometes Collective (at the Chanel Makeup Creation Studio) with Ammy Drammeh, Cecile Paravina and Valentina Li as the first emerging talent artists to join this group. And, it’s rather different – my press pack includes…

I wonder how often autographed Chanel items come up for auction? I do know, from visiting Chanel’s apartment on Rue Cambon, that the House of Chanel likes to buy up any links to the past and keep them for their archives. In particular, there was a beautiful white chair in the apartment that had been…

I’m stepping into the wayback machine again to tell you about a collaboration I did with Marks & Spencer in 2014 – actually, the entire process began in 2013 and the products went on sale in 2014. There’s reason for this that’s not about nostalgia but more about the illustrator I chose to make the…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] I completely rejected the idea of ‘baking’ as a beauty concept. It’s not new but if you haven’t heard of it, it’s a way to set your make up using powder. So, the idea is that you apply your foundation and concealer over a primer and then use fine milled powder to set the…

[AD] A final update on ZIIP HALO. If you recall, the ZIIP HALO device, which I’ve tested on two separate, prolonged periods now, provides your face with a blend of nanocurrents and microcurrents to tone the complexion and stimulate collagen and elastin via electrical currents and kinetic heat. A fuller explanation is in my original…

[unpaid/sample/affiliate/ad] Just when I’d finished my leopard print accessories feature, along came this glamorous set from Nails Inc. The Runway Ready set features three autumnal shades: Call It Couture, which is a Dior-ish grey, All Out Influenced (a sparkling copper brown) and Trend Nude which is a shimmery oyster hue. I’m always attracted to the…

[Paid for myself] Naturally, I don’t have a great deal of grey hair – there is the odd strand or two but in the general scheme of things, given that I’m nearly 60, it’s not what you’d call significant. That’s just the fate of genetics but I have been dying it brunette (with streaks of…