Hello, my name is Anna and I am a Hairy Maclary (a furry feature of mine spoken about in more detail here). Thanks to my wolf-like Father I am covered in the stuff and yes, unfortunately this includes a bit … Continue reading →

MAC and I have a bit of a on/off relationship. Back in the day when I discovered there was more to explore in the beauty world than the aisles of Boots I went a little cray cray, stowed away MAC … Continue reading →

It’s like buses; you wait for one Origins launch, then three come along at the same time. All extending on previous best-selling product lines, I’ve surveyed the latest skincare and one lone beauty serving and overall I’m impressed. And yes … Continue reading →

It’s no big secret that my favourite read of all is Allure magazine. 250 pages of pure US-imported beauty beef; I make the monthly pilgrimage to Selfridges to shell out £4.40 for a copy and often almost pass my stop … Continue reading →

I think I’ve got a new tagline for this blog ‘Vivianna Does Makeup – living off beans and toast and excessively buying beauty so you don’t have to‘. Or something like that, it’s a work in process but a thought … Continue reading →

Clinique are a brand often called upon for their complexion expertise buttoned-up in a clinical white lab coat. But for the past six years they’ve been beavering away at branching out from their cosmetic credentials and plotting a way into … Continue reading →

*Sponsored Content with This Works There are just a few words you have to drop in to a sentence to get my beauty radar beeping; holiday, multi-functional, skincare. Ok, ok I’m easily intrigued. But with alarm bells ringing enter the … Continue reading →

It’s the stuff of wannabe beach babe dreams. Bumble and bumble were doing the whole Surf Spray ‘I don’t care’ holiday hair thing years before anyone else and now they’ve gone one step further extending their salt spritzing line with … Continue reading →