Beauty & skincare · Essex
Honest beauty and skincare reviews from someone who buys most of it herself, labels everything she is sent, and will never let a brand buy a ranking. If something was a waste of money, I will say so.
Used, not unboxed
Weeks of real use before I write
Gifted is labelled
Every free product is marked
No paid rankings
A brand cannot buy a spot
Skin type stated
So you can judge if it applies
On my shelf
Brilliant protection for the money and I have used it daily for nearly two years, but it is thick and greasy, so it lives on my body now rather than my face.
Using since August 2024
Visit Altruist Dermatologist Sunscreen SPF50
My face SPF. Lightweight, transparent and absolutely no white cast, so it sits under makeup without arguing with it.
Visit Beauty of Joseon Relief Sun Aqua: Rice + B5 SPF50+
The cleanser I keep going back to. It takes every last bit of my makeup off in the evening, which sorted the breakouts I was getting, and it never leaves me tight or stinging. The price is the only catch.
Using since August 2022
Visit Dermalogica UltraCalming CleanserFind your thing
Honest reviews of the skincare I use, with how long I tested each product, my skin type, and what did not work.
02Base, brows, lips and tools. What earned a permanent spot in my makeup bag and what went straight back in the drawer.
03Shampoo, styling, body care and the routines behind them, reviewed after real use rather than a single try.
04What it is really like being sent products, how UGC deals are priced, how to pitch brands, and the kit I film with.
Latest
Brown vs black eyeliner from someone who wore black for years and swapped. What changed, who brown really suits, and the liner pen I use now.
The four No7 Beauty products in my everyday makeup bag, ranked from favourite to most frustrating, with what I paid and what I would change about each.
An honest No7 Lift & Luminate Serum Concealer review after two years in shade Light. Lovely texture, covers a blemish well, and it creases on me by the end of the day.
For brands
I make short-form video and photography for beauty and skincare brands to use on their own channels. Honest, unfussy, and shot the way people actually talk about products.