Protect Yourself in the Sun
Protect Yourself in the Sun; Better Application!

I regularly give interviews about sun protection. And I am incredibly happy that I get the opportunity, as the more people that know how to protect themselves in the sun the better. Not only, of course, to prevent skin ageing, but also to stop the explosive increase in the number of people with skin cancer.

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Skincare Can Also Go Off....
Skincare Can Also Go Off….

It was that time again last week for a big end of year clear-out of my toilet bag. Not so extravagant, as cosmetic products have a limited shelf life and using out of date products can cause a heap of problems.

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Make-Up
Make-Up

After spending a great week in the snow I’m now back and focused on a new piece for the blog. It’s a bit of a shame that despite all my good advice I’m now sitting behind my computer with two big white eyes (from my enormous sunglasses)… seven days of sun at 2000 metres altitude with reflecting snow; there you can never apply enough sun cream! And yet next week I need to have a photo taken for a magazine…. Long live photo shop and camouflaging make-up!

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eye make-up
Help with Choosing an Eye Make-Up Remover

Although, during the course of the day, most of my eye make-up ends up below instead of above my eyes, it is still not easy to remove it completely at night. I do this religiously though as good cleaning is important! Make-up residue can irritate your eyes and cause skin problems. I have tried a lot of different eye make-up removers, with very differing results. Now I know what to look out for when cleansing my face at night. Time then for some tips…

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Addicted to Lip Balm
Addicted to Lip Balm!

Can you become addicted to your lip balm? There are perfectly normal people with an addiction to lip balm, but it is a “psychic” phenomenon and doesn’t have anything to do with physiological tolerance. It might sound strange, but if you are to believe the text displayed on the site http://www.lipbalmanonymous.com/is-lip-balm-addictive/ then there are a lot of people that become uneasy if they are unable to apply their lip balm on time.

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Celebs Scrutinised
Celebs Scrutinised

Photographs can be greatly enhanced, and therefore this also often happens. There is an interesting film on you tube about it, where you can see what has been changed on a photo of Halle Berry: “wet dreams and false images”.

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