Press Sample (Affiliate Links)I was recently introduced to the skincare brand Monarch Botanika, and I am so excited to share their mission and their p ...
I feel like I have been spoiling you lately with some very swoon worthy beauty products (see here, here and here.) Today I have some lipsticks, that w ...
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The pleasingly egg-shaped Beauty Blender is an icon of the beauty world and gives smooth, flawless base with no streaks or brush lines. The lovely peo ...
28 glitters, four quid, stocks selling fast. RUN THERE I can’t not post about this. How lovely" 28 creme glitters for four measly pounds at ...
Professional paleface Sali Hughes takes the expressway to a golden complexion, and finds herself seriously impressed  It?s a well documented fact ...
Any words you want, hand-stitched on a flattering sweatshirt" Sali Hughes is spoilt for choice I?ve been dying to tell you about these for ages but t ...
Comedy writer Sarah Morgan gets microbladed and finally sees what all the fuss is about I?m sort of obsessed with eyebrows. Eyebrows can do so much he ...
Fitness expert and member of Aromatherapy Associates? panel Nicola Addison tells Debra Brock how we can all easily improve our wellbeing   DB ...
A buildup-busting haircare regime – no frizz, no fry, no flop This photo is not a set up. It?s a legitimate picture of my bath at home. Admitt ...
Debra Brock rounds up the best of this year’s beauty gifts for Mother’s Day Mother?s Day is fast approaching (Sunday 26th March in the U ...
Win your choice of coat from the fabulous Protected Species waterproof range  It’s feeling a bit more like Spring in the UK at the moment ...
The winning foundation, as chosen by Sali This is the sixth and final part of my series for Harvey Nichols, who asked me to judge the finest foundatio ...
The best foundations, as chosen by Sali This is the fifth part of my series for Harvey Nichols, who?ve asked me to judge the very best in foundations ...
 Every couple of years or so, some friends and I book a spa day and take ourselves off with bags of magazines and snacks. We hop on some loungers ...
The best foundations, as chosen by Sali Here is the fourth part of my series for Harvey Nichols, who?ve asked me to judge the very best in foundatio ...
It?s rare I write about clothes these days, but I am so excited by this dress that I had to slam fingers to keyboard. I?m excited because it?s from N ...
The Best Foundations, as chosen by Sali Here’s part three of my series for Harvey Nichols, who asked me to judge the best in bases sold in-stor ...
The best foundations, as chosen by Sali Here is the second part of my series for Harvey Nichols, who?ve asked me to judge the very best in foundations ...
The best Harvey Nichols foundations, as chosen by Sali I was delighted to be asked by Harvey Nichols to judge the Foundation category in their Holy Gr ...
Not enough man-stuff in Pretty Iconic" Bro-stalgic Michael Hogan is here to redress the balance. Â It?s unlikely to have escaped your attention but ...
OK, so you’ve left it until the last minute and you can’t face the shops – I don’t blame you. Here’s some lovely on ...
Apparently 23rd December is peak food shopping day – if you’re out there today, best of luck. And if you need some emergency beauty gift ...
We’re into the business end now, so get fuelled with coffee and prepare yourself for the scrum that is Boots with two shopping days to go. You ...
I think travel sets of hair products are a lovely thing to give – nice to pop in a bag for a weekend away, but also a great way to try the ver ...
If by some quirk of fate I were ever selected to be on Mastermind, I’d feel like I ought to choose something historical or intellectual as my s ...
Whether you’ve been out celebrating or up late making twelve bits of random fabric into something representing a shepherd’s costume, by ...
There’s something immensely satisfying about taking off nail polish and reapplying a new colour for a completely different look. These sets of ...
We’re very fond of a stylish mirror that pops neatly into a handbag. It would be very cheering to take one of these mirrors out on, say, a m ...
I recommended some festive home fragrance at the start of December, but nobody wants their house to smell like Santa’s grotto in March. Hereâ� ...
Sometime around 28th December, when the jellied fruits and decent telly have run out, my thoughts turn to having a small reorganisation of stuff and a ...
 There have been some fabulous beauty books released this year. Sali has of course written her second book, Pretty Iconic (available from Hair by ...
Perfume can be a very tricky gift to give. If you know someone’s a diehard Chanel No5 fan then it’s easy-peasy (and if you can find thei ...
Settle in – we’ve got a lot to get through. Absolutely everyone seems to be producing beauty crackers these days, and as with the bauble ...
Although plenty of skincare marketed to women would work brilliantly for men too, the scent and packaging isn’t always what they’d like ...
These are possibly not the most glamorous gifts in our gift guide, but they’re nice things to use during those days between Christmas and New Y ...
Oils have formed part of beauty regimes for aeons, but having fallen out of favour in the twentieth century they?ve recently seen a huge resurgence. T ...
There?s been a trend recently for the engraving of perfume bottles, and if you fancy giving a truly unique gift this Christmas here?s a couple of plac ...
 There’s something truly comforting about rummaging around in boxes of soaps shaped like lemons, sniffing talc and dusting powder or pop ...
The beauty world has seen an explosion of Christmas themed packaging, and this year there’s more beauty baubles than ever. I think they’ ...
Christmas Gift Guide Day Five I genuinely feel a nice set of makeup brushes is one the nicest gifts you can give. They can be both beautiful and pract ...
 Christmas Gift Guide Day Four I promise that over the course of December we will find present inspiration at all prices, but, for one day only, l ...
Christmas Gift Guide Day Three Makeup for teens should be all about fun, colour and experimentation, but it doesn’t need to be at the expense o ...
 Christmas Gift Guide Day Two  I think bath and body gifts should feel luxurious (although they don’t always need to have a luxe price ...
Christmas Gift Guide Day One Ah, December. You’re finally here. A month which can present many delights, but also confront us with the twin cha ...
It’s Black Friday and our inboxes are groaning under the weight of beauty offers flying in. There’s some really great deals out there � ...
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 Sali’s new book, Pretty Iconic launches this week and to celebrate we’re doing a fantastic giveaway! This new book has been an abs ...
Debra Brock quizzed Gemma Pavey, Group Training and Education Manager at Leighton Denny Expert Nails on how best to look after nails and what to choo ...
Every October the Estée Lauder companies release products supporting Breast Cancer Awareness, each of which includes a healthy donation to the Breas ...
 Debra Brock sees what?s behind the square window I know, I know – it?s only October, the clocks haven?t gone back yet and the heating?s st ...
Eyeliner lover Lauren Oakey only went and got it tattooed on. She explains what in God?s name she was thinking. Years ago, I got an email from a frie ...
In 2011, former Vogue beauty director Anna-Marie Solowij founded BeautyMART with friend and fellow beauty expert Millie Kendall. Launched in Harvey N ...
 La Roche-Posay Advertisement feature High level of sun protection" Check. Pure anti-ageing Retinol" Check. I just never thought I could have both ...
 It’s an incredible 25 years since Bobbi Brown launched her first range of ten wearable lipsticks that suited a multitude of skin tones. T ...
Amongst her many film and TV credits, make-up artist Christine Cant has worked on critically-acclaimed comedies including Father Ted, Spaced, Bras ...
 a Rafflecopter giveaway If you’ve ever precariously perched your nail polish bottle on the arm of the sofa so that you can paint your na ...
The singer spills out her makeup bag. Debra Brock has a good rifle. I?ve always been into nails, hair and make-up. I?m quite a girly girl in that wa ...
The Guyliner just wants a concealer that doesn?t blow its own cover. Is it really so much to ask" He tested heaps to find out. The selfie. So all-perv ...
Debra Brock met the nurse prescriber specialising in aesthetics, and Neostrata distributor, to find out how to choose active skincare that works, an ...
Natalie Kate Meehan is in a bridal scent bind I?m getting married in less than ten months – something that makes me want to both vomit and run ...
Dark patches or brown circles" This fast, smooth, dry-to-the-touch corrector may be your new best friend. Attention: melasma and chloasma sufferers. ...
Lauren Oakey on the big day products she?d marry if she could. I love a wedding. Lucky, since the season is upon us and I find myself on most weekend ...
 Summer’s on its way for the Northern Hemisphere, and it’s time to stock up on skincare and haircare for the warmth ahead. French ...
Debra Brock meets beauty therapist and creator of 001 Skincare, Ada Ooi, to talk skincare in menopause. DB: I?m in my late forties now and definitely ...
Well, well. Things I was not expecting: the Trump candidacy, Craig David?s comeback, Saturday in Brighton to be hotter than Lisbon, Burberry Beauty t ...
Writer The Guyliner is obsessed by smelling good. And when it comes to choosing his fragrance, there?s only one man with a 100% hit-rate. I?ve always ...
Author, Francophile and emigrant Emma Beddington shares the crème de la crème of continental cosmetics. When I was 16, I fell hopelessly in love w ...
The first cut is the deepest, says Debra Brock, who has misty water-coloured memories of her palette debut? Margate, the 1980s. On a Saturday evening ...
Anna Hart on how she stopped being a ?salon slut? and finally settled down with her stylist My name is Anna, and when it comes to haircuts I?ve alw ...
Debra Brock chats to skincare scientist Dr. Om Prawarisa about her multi-purpose capsule collection. DB: What inspired you to work in the beauty ind ...
Daniel Maier has some bits of advice on hand cream. But they are definitely not ?hacks?. I?d be dead without hand cream. I mean, it?s not like I o ...
Win your choice of coat from the fabulous Protected Species waterproof range It’s feeling a bit more like Spring in the UK at the moment, but ...
Want to know how to properly remove slap" Bitch, please, says Tory Frost. Just ask a drag queen. Gentlemen, start your engines, RuPaul?s Drag Race is ...
Win a brilliant prize package worth over £200 Today is National Fragrance Day, and to celebrate, the lovely people at Bronnley have given us a set o ...
Seasoned traveller Debra Brock on why well-chosen miniatures are the passport to beauty. In a previous life, I had a job that involved a lot of Eur ...
 Bobbi Brown launch a great value in-store lesson to support their Pretty Powerful initiative This week marks the launch of Bobbi Brown’s ...
Lauren Oakey learns what to do in a dermergency My skincare regime has come a long way since I was a child, when a parent or babysitting older brothe ...
Natalie Kate Meehan finds a new way to satisfy a home scent addiction  Over Christmas, I spent an evening in front of the telly necking Baileys, ...
Lindsey Kelk ponders the mother of all backhanded compliments A few days ago, Cindy Crawford, one of the first supers, turned fifty and celebrated in ...
   Sali’s best-selling, witty and wise beauty handbook comes out as a paperback on 25th March, with a lovely new gold cover. Itâ� ...
Aurelia teams with Caroline Hirons to raise funds for The Eve Appeal  British brand Aurelia Probiotic Skincare have teamed up with skin care expe ...
Natalie Kate Meehan seeks not to fade her scars, but to heighten her memories. Here?s why she wears her wounds with pride. So, I?ve been in remission ...
Debra Brock got a masterclass in olfactory enlightenment. Here?s what she learned from The Don. Â Â It?s not often in life you get to spend two ...
You?re 100% definitely going to win the lottery at some point, so where?s the harm in starting a shopping list" Let?s pop this down, for starters. Le ...
Dull skin in need of a lightbulb moment" Sali Hughes gives you the skinny on three new light-reflecting foundation launches  Laura Mercier Candl ...
Tom Ford Lips Color Set 50 Let?s be honest, this is utterly bonkers. A box of posh lipstick for one and a half GRAND! Definitely one for the ?When we ...
 The first port of call for any dermatology concerns that Sali or I have is always Dr. Frances Prenna Jones’ London clinic. Now our favou ...
More SHB contributors reflect on the past 12 months in life, and in beauty. Â SARAH MORGAN, WRITER Five key things, really. 1. According to RuPaul ...
Paul Nicholas perms, sweaty polo necks, the wardrobe of a nun and the face of a Smurf. The SHB team confess to yet more style sins. Sali Hughes, Co-fo ...
Crisis At Christmas Merry Christmas! It?s the big day, the one where you get to do jigsaws all day, listen to the Rat Pack at Christmas on repeat and ...
Andrea Garland Winter Compact Isn?t this just darling" Andrea Garland started off filling vintage pill boxes with the lipbalm she brewed up in her Ha ...
