My mind often wanders to happy teenage ties when I’m at a loose end.  There is a saying that you shouldn’t go back to favourite haunts, and sometimes this is Read More …

I had occasion to visit a local village big enough to be called a town if the inhabitants were not so opposed to that suggestion.   I suddenly found myself in Read More …

I know of one lady in her very early 60s who has only ever used pond’s cold cream on her face – I assumed she meant as a cleanser, but Read More …

I’m getting prep’d and packed for my annual pilgrimage to stay in cyprus with a very good chum.  We worked together and have known each other for almost 40 years.  Read More …

There is one very distinct advantage for me personally about summer resceding and autumn drawing in.  I no longer feel silly looking lilly white through refusing to let my face Read More …

The thing about reaching what we call ‘a certain age’ is that our skin will sometimes looks as though it has reached it quicker than the rest of us.  I Read More …

Having a really simple but effective skin routine is what everyone feels they have in their case.  There are so many products out there these days – being well past Read More …

I was reading a really good article the other day in relation to girls who wear specs.  This is a subject that has been very close to my heart since Read More …

Stranger things have probably happened over the years, but this current trend of ladies making a beeline for the brow colour pencils and thickening up their brow’s natual line seems Read More …

Ah the power of advertising – I remember a few years ago seeing a tv advert for a particular skin cream.  It did look gorgeously creamy and light as air.  Read More …