The Daily Beauty: NARS x Pierre Hardy’s Provocative Pairs Pop Up Champagne & Nail Bar at Selfridges

May 17, 2013 LLG Beauty

mmmm just look at these rather lovely nail colours. They’re the new NARS x Pierre Hardy polish collection, four pairs (£22 each), inspired by Hardy’s Summer 2013 shoe collection. And the reason I got so up close and personal with them this morning?

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Paris: No 5 Culture Chanel Exhibition

May 15, 2013 LLG Beauty

Of all the fragrances produced by fashion houses, it is arguable that CHANEL No.5 remains the most iconic in both its packaging and its scent. Worn by actresses, mothers, politicians, models, professors, daughters, it is a scent of such complexity that it becomes unique to each woman.

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The Daily Beauty: Nail Foundation Flawless Basecoat by Butter London

May 14, 2013 LLG Beauty

I am bloody awful at doing my nails. I have shaky hands, no patience, and drip the polish everywhere. But I hate getting manicures even more, so from time to time I am forced to do the painting myself. Usually when I realise my hands are going to appear on film, and the pending embarrassment […]

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LLG Retail. Harvey Nichols *ARE* Best in Show

May 14, 2013 LLG Fashion

Posetta Baddog is barely speaking to me at the moment. I made the mistake of showing her the new Harvey Nichols advertising campaign. The New Breed focuses on the innovators, conceptualists, shining talents and early adopters making fashion you’ll want to wear every day…

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The Daily Beauty: Travel Size Beauty Products

May 13, 2013 LLG Beauty

This is my honed to perfection travel kit. A £3 clear plastic make up bag from John Lewis, that can be scrubbed clean, I keep it packed and ready to go for trips, so there’s no faffing around with decanting and tracking down missing bits and pieces. It has everything I could possibly need, from […]

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Saturday in Kent Part Two: Sissinghurst Castle & The White Garden

May 13, 2013 LLG Travels

After our bluebell mission in King’s Wood on Saturday, our plan was to drive to Sissinghurst, to visit the Castle. This is one of my happy places, a National Trust-held estate where we visited frequently as children, whether to eat ice creams in the tea room, or to roam the grounds with weekend house guests.

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Commander Chris Hadfield on the International Space Station: SO many kinds of wonderful

May 12, 2013 Zeitgeist

I’ve been following the Tweets of Commander Chris Hadfield, commander of Expedition 35 on the International Space Station with growing awe. It’s been an incredible personal insight into both the world of an astronaut, and our world, as seen from his photographs of Earth from space. He’s about to leave the Space Station, and today […]

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The Daily Beauty: Balance Me Rose Otto Hand Cream

May 12, 2013 LLG Beauty

I have had this absolutely delicious hand cream next to my bed for the past month or so, knocking all rivals off their throne. It’s quite simply the nicest hand cream I’ve used in an age. Its gorgeous scent gently perfumes the air, avoiding a cloying rose sweetness by the addition of rose geranium essential […]

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Saturday in Kent Part One: Bluebells in King’s Wood, Challock Forest

May 11, 2013 My Life in England

My dear friend MTFF was over from California and, try as we might, finding a time to meet was tricky. Until she suggested a Saturday date to drive to Kent to find bluebells. (You don’t get many bluebells to the pound in Santa Barbara.)

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Floral Happiness: Chelsea in Bloom 2013

May 10, 2013 Design

I am very pleased to tell you all that, along with Official RHS Chelsea Flower Show Judge and gardener Lesley Watson, and the wonderful florist Stephen Woodhams, I am going to be one of the three judges at Chelsea in Bloom, the incredible alternative floral art show that accompanies the Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show. I first wrote about Chelsea in […]

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