Jo Jones and Helen Seamons Seeing the light: Jigsaw menswear is back. Getting out of bed in winter is tough even before you try to get dressed in the dark. Which is why we love blackornavy.co.uk, which provides labelled tights. That’s a good idea, right? After a 13-year hiatus, Jigsaw Menswear is coming back...
Patricia Cornwell Patricia Cornwell: ‘I see a really lucky person!’ Photograph: Richard Saker I am 55 and my face is not getting any younger, but it’s trying hard to stay well preserved. I am a fan of Botox. The first time I tried it was in my late 40s. Someone said, “You scowl a...
Anna Chesters Maggie Gyllenhaal is a fan of Australian skincare brand Jurlique. Photograph: Steve Granitz/WireImage What’s the story? Jurlique started life in 1985 out of a farm in southern Australia. The brainchild of bio-chemist Dr Jurgen Klein and his wife Ulrike, it was originally created as a niche natural skincare range. Dr Klein had...
Eva Wiseman Vivacité(s) de Bach, Creed Spice and Wood, Rituals Sandalwood and Patchouli and Benefit Carmella. I’m looking for a spicy perfume that rises from your skin, giving day-long hints of warmth and pleasure rather than, as some spice fragrances do, the lingering suggestion of manure. It’s worrying. There’s a thin line between gorgeous...
Sali Hughes Givenchy L’Or Celeste: Elegant gold powder for hair, body, decollete and face. Photograph: Rui Faria for the Guardian As someone who, at 12 years old, saved three months of my pocket money to buy each of my best friends a Clinique soap for Christmas, I can say with some credibility that I take beauty present buying very, very...
Veronica Horwell Evelyn Lauder – ‘one of the few people who spoke their mind to Estée’. Photograph: Corbis The founder of the cosmetics empire Estée Lauder respected strength in everything, so it was only natural that she approved of a resilient young woman, Evelyn Hausner, who had started dating her son, Leonard. With Estée’s blessing, Evelyn married...
Anna Chesters A look from Illamasqua’s Theatre of the Nameless A/W collection. Illamas-qué? A relatively new British brand that has built up quite a following since its launch in November 2008. Illamasqua (a combination of ‘Illusion’ and ‘Masquerade’) is the brainchild of Yorkshire marketing guru Julian Kynaston who, without any previous experience in the...
Eva Wiseman Get cracking: Jo Malone goodies This is not for you. Remember this as you browse. This is not for plucking your nostril hairs, not for exfoliating your dry knees, not for clipping your toenails. This is not for making your rough bits smoother – this is not for you. No, this is...
Sali Hughes High-Tech Instant Deep Wrinkle Reducer: Great on older skins, frown and nose-to-mouth lines. Photograph: Rui Faria for the Guardian There’s an honesty about instant fillers, a certain integrity in producing a product that’s effectively saying: “I’m not going to spin you a load of exploitative tosh about halting the ageing process. I’m just...
Anna Chesters The Body Shop logo What’s the story? Founded in 1976 by the late British environmental and human rights campaigner Dame Anita Roddick, The Body Shop started life as a small outfit in Brighton selling just 25 products. Customers were encouraged to recycle packaging (partly because Roddick didn’t have enough bottles at first)...
