Saturday, found me talking in Leeds.  As in, public speaking, an idea which seemed like a good one when the people from Opera North approached me in November, but as the day drew closer, the idea of speaking publicly was as frightening as an inauguration address.  Which was silly, as it wasn’t just me speaking, [...]

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Oh my goodness I can feel a big old moan coming along.  And really there’s no reason for it besides the fact that it is JANUARY and it’s grey and cold… no, wait! Is that the sun?  And a patch of blue sky?  That’s the only excuse I need to ditch the black Gap trousers [...]

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This week’s offering: Nail polish.  I had a whole array sent in from Revlon in the most fantastic shades - all my favourites, and bear with me, I’m coming to those in another missive.  But first, I’m really excited about a new range of colours from manicurist to the stars, Deborah Lippmann, and in particular, [...]

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I get very few comments on the blog pages as you may have noticed, besides a) viagra-sellers b) perverts and c) people who want to be make-up artists!  The first two I’m happy to hit the SPAM button, but for all you lovely make-up artists, what can I do to help?  It seems some of [...]

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Old age encroaching, time to use proper anti-ageing skincare, here’s an expensive moisturiser… Ever feel like you’ve heard it all before?  It’s always hard to reconcile the emotional arguments with the scant scientific evidence that they you know, actually do anything.  
Which is why I’ve never really tried.  I’ve gone much more on how it [...]

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SAD NEWS FROM LOS ANGELES… two of my favourite shops are about to change dramatically.  Book Soup’s owner Glenn Goldman died from pancreatic cancer last weekend, a day after announcing plans to sell the store.  He knew he was going to die, and wanted to be able to pass on some money to his two [...]

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