I love tretinoin… but it doesn’t love me. As much as I try to persist with it – the glowy skin is too good to give up(!!) – I still end up with dryness and flakiness which stops me from…

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I love tretinoin… but it doesn’t love me. As much as I try to persist with it – the glowy skin is too good to give up(!!) – I still end up with dryness and flakiness which stops me from…
I’ve become so immersed in the world of Korean skincare over the past few years that I can’t remember the last time I bought a sunscreen from a Western brand. Once I realised just how light and comfortable sun creams…
Rhode’s Peptide Lip Shape has caused quite a stir online, people aren’t really sure what to make of it. Here’s the thing, despite how it looks, this isn’t a lip liner – it’s a lip shaper. I watched Robert Welsh’s…
Beauty of Joseon is no stranger to the sunscreen game. The brand has successfully launched four game-changing SPFs (including the viral Relief Sun: Rice + Probiotics), and have just come out with their fifth: the Daily Tinted Fluid Sunscreen. This…
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After the launch of the British Beauty Council’s (BBCo) The Great British Beauty Clean Up, I spent some time looking into what actually happens to our beauty empties when we’re done with them… And the figures aren’t great. Did you…
AD info | This lip liner was kindly sent to me by Merit to review. As always, all opinions are honest and my own. A new Merit launch is always super exciting and last month we actually got two! Starting…
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