Full disclosure: before writing this post, I asked my girlfriends if there was any point in reporting on a restaurant that I wouldn’t return to for food. They said yes – so here we are, my review of Sake No Hana. Now, before you click away from this post or write off this Mayfair sibling of Hakkasan, it’s worth reading…
25 Christmas gifts under £200 With Christmas only a month away, I’ve found myself perusing the aisles of Waitrose for mince pies and humming carols. Preparing for the season as a single household means less of the decorations and homely atmosphere and more about the giving and celebrating with friends. Presents are simultaneously the most annoying yet exciting part of…
If you’re an old school skincare fan, the type that has a hard core love for Creme De La Mer, the cocaine of moisturiser, then Lixir probably hasn’t even been on your radar. Unashamedly millennial, the newly launched brand from London offers something refreshing to the beauty scene: simplicity. But this isn’t another cutesy fad. The brains behind the brand…
So, do journalists hate bloggers? Early last week, I attended one of the most beautiful beauty launches at The Connaught hotel and introduced myself to a girl who turned out to be the beauty intern at Stylist magazine. What I initially took to be a conversation and personal opinion, really turned out to be somewhat of a personal attack and…
It’s pretty rare to get one on one time with an editor of a major international publication. Sure, as Alex Engler, Assistant Beauty and Health Editor from Marie Claire US says, “we’re not that special!” but they’re also quite hard to pin down, if you’re not in the industry. In London for the magazine’s annual Global Beauty Roadshow, I was…
Every month, one of the greatest inconveniences of my adult life strikes. And it’s not even my period. but arguably, it’s just as annoying and uncontrollable – it’s late invoices. I have often asked myself if I really do need to get so worked up about chasing people up for updates and every time I come to the same conclusion.…
