Beauty Steal
Good old Guardian are selling Nuxe at rock bottom prices*, apparently as a one-off promotion. … Read More
Spray – and Pray – Tan
The only thing worse than a bad haircut is a bad spray/fake tan. It may be slightly less permanent, but leaving the salon a drastically different and more orangey hue than you… Read More
Old School Style: The Mandarin Barber
I am dedicating this post to DF who is one of my most loyal male readers and who I love for all his kind words and enthusiasm. This is the Hong Kong… Read More
Nailed: Cheap and Chic Mani
Exploring Singapore is great and when you strike gold with a deliciously random and unlikely find, it makes it all the more fun…$5 manicures at Far East Plaza are top of the… Read More
Give Me Face
I have a good friend who is sixty years old. Whilst there’s nothing particularly great in that, in and of itself…here’s the scoop…she looks fifty. Not French but married to a Frenchman… Read More
Beauty Stuff Worth Going All the Way to Little India For
I was once told by London-based eyebrow guru Vaishaly Patel, who counts Liz Hurley among her clients, (I also used to go to her every two months when I lived in London;… Read More
An Instant in Instagram
Monday morning began with a coffee with producer Priscilla Khoo from Asiaworks to discuss a piece they are doing for Veria Living TV on Changmoh (the focus is on my having done Chinese confinement).… Read More





















