Karen Mason

  • Make-Up Masterclass 5 Mar 10

    A good base is really important – never more than when you are in a hurry. I really love Chanel’s Teint Innocence (£28). This is the lazy person’s foundation! You get good coverage with... Read More

  • Uncommon Scents 19 Feb 10

    Although there is room to criticise today’s perfume industry – we must surely be at saturation point with celebrity perfumes, and fragrance clones – there is also so much more to admire... Read More

  • New Year, New Health 5 Feb 10

    Although I have lived and worked in the UK for many years – and would consider myself now more English in many respects – I still very much look forward to the arrival of the Chinese New Year... Read More

  • Dressing Fashionably v Dressing Well 22 Jan 10

    It’s the same every season. One moment I am skipping through the latest Vogue and dreaming of life à la Louboutin – the next I am rummaging hopelessly through my ever expanding wardrobe with the... Read More

  • Serious About Skincare 22 Jan 10

    Cosmeceuticals is a marketing term: the linguistic and literal combination of cosmetics and pharmaceuticals. Certainly they’re not your average beauty products; indeed, these are serious skin... Read More

  • Australia Day 22 Jan 10

    Australian skincare already stands shoulder to shoulder with the best players in the Northern Hemisphere, and now, partly thanks to the emergence of some very funky fashion designers (think Coleen... Read More

  • Weighty Tomes 22 Jan 10

    That first look in the mirror in January – that first honest look – can be quite a horrifying experience. It’s not surprising. This winter in particular we’ve all had plenty of reasons to... Read More

  • Spring Into Spring 8 Jan 10

    Green & Spring (pictured above) is a delightful range, celebrating the beauty of the British countryside, and the diversity and therapeutic properties of our native plant kingdom that have been used... Read More

  • Make-Up Masterclass 18 Dec 09

    “To find the most flattering shape for your eyes, use the pencil test before plucking to tell you where your brows should start and end,” says Ariane. The pencil test? Here’s how it’s... Read More

  • It’s All In The Preparation… 4 Dec 09

    The pressure is well and truly on. This time of year there’s plenty of it… how to fit the turkey (or the tofu) in the oven… how to wrap and disguise a dolls’ house, a rocking horse, a... Read More

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