Gift Guide: Heaven Scent Gifts
To paraphrase Little Women, Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without any lovely smelling presents. Isn’t there something just too exciting about the waft of expensive oils and unguents from under…
Alice Smellie
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Winter’s Beauty Miracle Oil
In the fickle world of beauty, there’s always some new miracle ingredient. Usually it involves incomprehensible chemicals and decades of research. Argan oil is this winter’s beauty buzz, but refreshingly,…
Belles on the Bridal Bandwagon!
As Beauty Editor of Brides magazine some years ago, I spent months offering useful advice to brides-to-be. So, Miss Middleton – should you be perusing Belle About Town for beauty…
The Best of British Beauty
It’s time to get beautifully serious. We know that the UK is in trouble financially, so Belle is suggesting a new twist to your beauty regime. Why not buy British…
Release Your Inner Witch
Wouldn’t it be great if you could trick or treat for lipgloss? Halloween is almost upon us and thoughts are turning to beauty of an altogether darker sort. But don’t…
The Colour Purple
As the mists of autumn descend and leaves start to turn and fall, keep up with the new season and take on the colour purple as your must-have make-up colour.…
Grow your own lashes?
I really didn’t think I’d be writing this piece. ‘Grow your own false lashes’ reads the press release and I heave a sigh. We’ve been here before. The invention of…
Death of the Face Cream
The time has come for Belles to wave a radiant goodbye to the overpriced face cream. The buzz word in the beauty world this year is nutricosmetics, and it’s all…
Beauty For Busy Belles
Hooray for beauty trends that save us time and money! Avid fans of cult skin care company Dr Perricone will be waiting on tenterhooks for his new product – a…
SPF and the City
High-flying ladies, take note. You may be wearing work clothes rather than a bikini in the South of France but that’s no reason to ignore the need for sun protection.…
