So. We covered keeping blonde, blonde in the last episode. This week: styling. AKA my cryptonite. My hair is thick, coarse, unruly….. poorly behaved in even the best of conditions.…

Ok. I lasted a while. But full cold-turkey on salons was always going to have a shelf-life. Because outside of the obvious luxury that salon appointments present, there is a…

New-gen beauty treatments can be an absolute minefield. Discomfort, down-time, unrealistic expectations.. It’s as risky as a new boyfriend (joking. Sort of). Facials used to be exempt from this. They…

Let me admit now that I’m not a big jewellery wearer. It’s not that I don’t like it. Quite the contrary, I adore jewellery. It’s one of the first things…

My name’s Olivia, and I’m salon-dependant. And for 2022, I’m going cold turkey. Let’s delve deeper. So, like I explained last week, I have big hair. Bigger than big. Big.…

Retinol. It’s one of those skincare buzzwords that’s been floating around for years. But, unlike Hyaluronic Acid (physically impossible to say now without imagining Eva Longoria spelling it out) et…

Guernsey is one of those places I’d always heard about but never visited. As a British Island, I assumed it would be largely in parallel with England. I was wrong,…

Do you remember when beauty prep for a holiday amounted to as much as a decanting various Sun & Swim goodiesa into those little travel bottles from boots, only to…

If you follow me on Instagram, you might have noticed that I’m currently sitting-out life in favour of sticking to the Iso rules. There’s a chance I might have mentioned…