Johanna Stickland, voice of an ex-model

As I often do in my travels online, I stumbled across a voice that resonated in the form of ex-model Johanna Stickland. ‘Ex-model’. I tried hard to find a less stigmatized way of introducing a...

Inspiration. Rosalind Jana on Ida Kar

17 year old Rosalind Jana won the Vogue Talent Contest for writing in 2011. She lives in the rolling hills of rural England, has a love for beautiful vintage clothes and rummaging in charity shops...

Hands Up For Syria

Photographer & traveller Susannah Baker Smith lived in Damascus for a couple of months before the present trouble in Syria began. Her love of Syria and its people makes her the ideal ambassador to...

All about Eve Ensler’s #1billionrising & V-Day

I met, watched and most valuably heard Eve Ensler at The Cafe De Paris in London last week but I first came across Eve Ensler after reading about The Vagina Monologues. It’s been running in...

Jennifer Lawrence & her Bafta make-up

Firstly I love anything and anyone that unites people and this most certainly applies to Oscar & Bafta nominee Jennifer Lawrence. Clearly men love her, but interestingly, if I may use twitter...

Happy new whatever

“Inspiration is for amateurs — the rest of us just show up and get to work. And the belief that things will grow out of the activity itself and that you will — through work — bump into other...

For the Love of Vintage. Wilma Mae Basta

“Vintage should make up at least 15-20% of a modern woman’s wardrobe. ” Wilma Mae Basta Having had a lifelong love of vintage clothes beginning as a teenager hanging out on London’s Portobello...

Jerry Hall, Beauty Icon

Although our style of clothes and make-up may modify somewhat over the years, I find that our innate style references usually stem from those who inspired our formative selves. To my 12 year-old...

A Short Film about Eyelashes

Last summer I got together with Nina and Max from the innovative, British eye make-up brand Eyeko to create a short make-up film. We were fortunate to collaborate with photographer and filmaker...

Once Upon A Fashionista by Camilla Morton

Bestselling Author of ‘How To Walk In High Heels’ & the ‘Fashion Fairytales’ series with Christian Lacroix & Manolo Blahnik. Her next is on Diane Von Furstenburg, released on Nov 13th. as all the...

Susan Sontag on LOVE

“Literature was the passport to enter a larger life; that is, the zone of freedom” Susan Sontag Jan 13 1933- Dec 28 2004 Earlier this year, a volume of writer, filmaker and literary icon Susan...

Chanel M-Up/Warhol Mash-Up

“As we look evermore closely at Warhol’s portraits, we see that he was making people ready for the photo-graphic age. This is the true moment of image society, in which human subjects henceforth...

What Katie Did Next…

Right-hand lady to International Beauty Director of Vogue Asia Pacific, Kathy Phillips (+Make-Up Artist/writer/beauty blogger/singer/ad infinitum) Katie Service talks about the importance of...

Wanderlust. Diana Vreeland

“The best thing about London, is Paris” Diana Vreeland A few weeks ago I walked for hours along the left bank with hairdresser Johnnie Sapong. Our actress didn’t need us and we simply wandered. I...

The Oracle on BB Creams by the pros who’ve done the research

Bora Kwon, Kathy Phillips, Nadine Baggott and Kate Shapland tell all that needs to be known about the question nobody seemed to answer properly: What is a BB Cream exactly and what makes it...

Autumn Winter Make-Up trends

I recently spent a day at becauselondon.com HQ and instead of doing our usual 3 minute make-up films click here, we spent the day filming 4 looks that we decided encapsulated the key make-up trends...

The inspiration of jeweller Daniela Villegas

On a recent European press junket, I had the pleasure of meeting Mexican born, LA-based jeweller Daniela Villegas. I was fascinated at the way she combined elements of nature -from feathers to the...

This Make-Up Artist’s Basics

The Photoshop revolution has made it hard to tell make-up artists, photographers and- yikes- at times even models- apart, as many of the top fashion magazines have embraced a hyper-real, clone-like...

Cosmo & the legacy of Helen Gurley Brown

Call me old fashioned, call me modern but I am proud to be called a feminist in the way I have grown up to understand it. To some, therefore, it may be a surprise to hear that I was a huge fan of...

In The Mirror

I wrote this personal piece for Amanda De Cadenet as part of the community of women contributing to ‘The Conversation‘, Amanda’s insightful new TV programme for Lifetime TV in the US (coming soon...

Dynasty Beauty

By Laura McLaws Helms Mention the 1980s American television series Dynasty and your mind is immediately filled with thoughts of shoulder pads, sequins and catfights. The runaway hit of the decade,...

Corinne goes to Studio 54

Peony’s Red Lipped Chic

Chanel Pop Up launch

For a heritage brand that’s here to stay, Chanel do a very good Pop Up store. Situated in London’s Covent Garden piazza, and to the delight of all make-up fans, Chanel have created a mini beauty...

Corinne does roaring 20′s

Tallulah’s Fair Maiden

YOU are not…

I found these wonderful words via porcelainpoet’s tumblrare not your bra-size, nor are you the width of your waist, nor are you the slenderness of your calves. You are not your hair colour, your...

Drugstore Cowgirl

For me, one of the most mindlessly relaxing pastimes is mooching around window shopping. But being a busy body means that luxuriously aimless ‘activities’ don’t make it into the diary. I found out,...

Peony’s Gold Rush

Blue, Chanel and Joni

I know, any excuse to mention Chanel.As an ambassador, I’m fortunate to get their new collections at the time of press. So do let me off if I mention them a lot.You don’t need me to tell you what’s...