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Ssssssh... Why we’re loving @sephorauk Quiet Hours 😌

We’ve never been fans of shopping in stores pounding with loud music, where strip lights blazed. And as the years have gone by, that’s grown into active dislike. (Jo literally f

Ssssssh... Why we’re loving @sephorauk Quiet Hours 😌 We’ve never been fans of shopping in stores pounding with loud music, where strip lights blazed. And as the years have gone by, that’s grown into active dislike. (Jo literally feels panicky and on sensory overload in department stores, and avoids them wherever possible.) So Sephora’s Quiet Hours Pilot Project is music to our ears – only NOT. It began a couple of weeks ago, and will run till 26th July, in selected stores. If it’s a success, Sephora – the first beauty retailer to pilot this idea worldwide – should be extending the scheme. Link in bio to read more about the new initiative 🫶 #beautybibleloves #sephora #quiethours

Sarah’s Health Notes: Walking back to happiness 🚶&zwj;♀️🥰

Walking has often been seen as a poor relation in the exercise stakes. But as GP Dr. William Bird says, ‘the combination of non-competitive physical activity and nature is comfo

Sarah’s Health Notes: Walking back to happiness 🚶‍♀️🥰 Walking has often been seen as a poor relation in the exercise stakes. But as GP Dr. William Bird says, ‘the combination of non-competitive physical activity and nature is comforting and restorative, proven to benefit our mental and physical health’. Or, as Jo and Sarah wrote in their second book Feel Fab Forever, ‘when you’re feeling blue, walking can put you back in the pink’… So, in this week’s Health Notes, we encourage you to step out and walk your way to well-being - your mind and body will thank you. Link in bio to read more. #beautybible #healthnotes #walking #exercise #wellbeing #mentalhealth #physicalhealing #outside

Fab Find of the Week: @spacenk Paros Tides bodycare 🌞💙

If this doesn’t have you dreaming of clear blue skies, crystalline sea and summer, nothing will 🌊

We love fragrance’s power to catapult us through time and space – especial

Fab Find of the Week: @spacenk Paros Tides bodycare 🌞💙 If this doesn’t have you dreaming of clear blue skies, crystalline sea and summer, nothing will 🌊 We love fragrance’s power to catapult us through time and space – especially on dark days. (Although happily the sky looks pretty ‘Greek Island’s to us, this morning.) And this new collection from Space NK, which we’ve been wallowing in – literally – captures sunshine and sea breeziness in its really refreshing scent. Let a little Greek island magic into your day - explore the new collection via the link in our bio 🏝️ #parostides #bodycare #spacenk #greekinspired #fragrancelovers #newcollection #sunshine

✨ 7 Secrets of Beauty & Wellbeing: Sonal Keay, founder of @thisissilk ✨

We are huge fans of Sonal Keay and her This Is Silk range. A barrister turned beauty founder, she has found a way to harness silk – there’s a bit of a pun there,

✨ 7 Secrets of Beauty & Wellbeing: Sonal Keay, founder of @thisissilk ✨ We are huge fans of Sonal Keay and her This Is Silk range. A barrister turned beauty founder, she has found a way to harness silk – there’s a bit of a pun there, because ‘taking silk’ is also barrister-speak for becoming a King’s Counsel – in skincare, as well as beautiful lifestyle products based on this skin-friendly fabric. The range has won multiple awards – including Beauty Bible Awards – and we’re personal fans. Currently, you’ve an opportunity to win a fabulous set of This Is Silk products, in our prize draw, with five runners-up prizes, too (link in bio) 🎉 But as you know, we’re always fascinated by how figures from the beauty world balance life and work, so we wanted to hear her how this female founder does it, and her beauty philosophy. Actually we asked Sonal for seven secrets, but she came up with 10! – and they’re too good not to share! Link in bio to read more 😍 #beautybibleloves #sevensecrets #beautyandwellbeing #thisissilk

While we hate harking back to lockdown… that happens to be when we discovered the art of home brow-dyeing, having relied for years on Benefit’s Brow Dates (journo perk) to have our arches tinted and groomed.

Home brow-dyeing is so easy

While we hate harking back to lockdown… that happens to be when we discovered the art of home brow-dyeing, having relied for years on Benefit’s Brow Dates (journo perk) to have our arches tinted and groomed. Home brow-dyeing is so easy that we’ve stuck with it ever since, Jo relying on a pack of Schwarzkopf dye (excellent stuff) which she’s eked out till right now. But it finally tinted its last, which meant a trip to Boots – and the acquisition of this relatively recent entry to the market: @lorealparis Brow Color Semi-Permanent Tint. Read our full review - link in bio 🫶 #beautybibleloves #beautyblogger #weekendsteal #brows #browproducts

Beauty Bible hit a purple patch this week with a sneaky peek at the amazing Chance Street pop-up in Shoreditch to celebrate the launch of the wonderfully fresh Chance Eay Splendide (it really is). There are scents to sprits, games to play, prizes to win and free purple candy floss for all! For full details, check out BeautyBible.com (it’s our most recent Beauty Bible Loves… feature). Then we headed across London to tea @thegreenhouses_ , a beautiful private dining venue set in a series of greenhouse spaces, in Regent’s Park, to celebrate the launch of @florislondon Purple Mémoire. (Soon to be featured in Jo’s Scent Notes, a wonderful skin-scent blend of lavender, vanilla and cosy musks - definitely a keeper.) We 💜 our job - but it was extra-special, this week! ##beautyeditor #fragrancelaunch #beautybibleloves

Fab Find of the Week: @coola_uk Liplux Lip Balm Sunscreen SPF30 🌟

‘Nice lipstick,’ we said when we bumped into our elegant friend Lara Sinclair, of @victoriahealth a couple of weeks back.

‘Not a lipstick. COOLA’s new tinted

Fab Find of the Week: @coola_uk Liplux Lip Balm Sunscreen SPF30 🌟 ‘Nice lipstick,’ we said when we bumped into our elegant friend Lara Sinclair, of @victoriahealth a couple of weeks back. ‘Not a lipstick. COOLA’s new tinted lip balms,’ she told us. ‘I never wear anything else, now. And I’ll send you some.’ They were duly delivered next day (that’s VH service for you) and we became instant and firm fans. We’re hard-pressed to choose a favourite from the three shades received - scroll to see the gorgeous colours 🥰 Link in bio to read the full review ✨ #beautybibleloves #fabfind #coola #tintedlipbalm #spf

Beauty Steal Alert 💙

Drawer liners are having a moment again - and we’re so here for it. If your long weekend involved a bit of knicker drawer spring cleaning, this is the finishing touch you didn’t know you needed.

For fellow neatniks

Beauty Steal Alert 💙 Drawer liners are having a moment again - and we’re so here for it. If your long weekend involved a bit of knicker drawer spring cleaning, this is the finishing touch you didn’t know you needed. For fellow neatniks or scent-lovers, we’ve just discovered @simplydrawerliners - a specialist site with seriously chic options, like this Portuguese tile print infused with neroli & ylang ylang. Practical, pretty, and perfectly perfumed. Link in bio for our full review 🫶 #beautybibleloves #beautysteal #simplydrawers

Jo’s Scent Notes – Join the ‘So You Think You Know Rose?’ workshop at Barnes Fragrance Fair 2025 💐

The Barnes Fragrance Fair – a must-visit London event for perfume-lovers – returns on 17th May, taking place acro

Jo’s Scent Notes – Join the ‘So You Think You Know Rose?’ workshop at Barnes Fragrance Fair 2025 💐 The Barnes Fragrance Fair – a must-visit London event for perfume-lovers – returns on 17th May, taking place across several venues in Barnes. This year, a highlight of the fair will be a deep dive into one of perfumery’s most romantic and luscious ingredients: the rose. In a dedicated rose masterclass, Jo will be joined by VIP guests to explore the depth, complexity, and beauty of natural rose oils, showcasing how this iconic ingredient is used in fragrance creation. The session will spotlight a very special rose extract from the botanical ingredient masters at LMR-Naturals, tracing its journey from field to flacon. You will have the chance to smell the raw ingredient and experience how it comes to life in finished perfumes 😍 Link in bio for more details - see you there 💖✨ @barnesfragrancefair #beautybibleloves #scentnotes #barnesfragrancefair

Fab Find of the Week: @wildsmithskin favourites (in new compostable jars) 🫶 We’ve been patting Wildsmith Skin on the back for their commitment to sustainability ever since the brand launched, but this is a real packaging breakthrough. But this packaging is really something else: an industry-leading form of ‘bio-based compostable packaging’, which is created from natural microbes. Yes, you read that correctly. And no, we don’t quite get it, either – but we can tell you that the packaging feels lovely to the touch, with a pleasingly soothing finish. Once you’ve finished the product, simply put this in your home or community composting bin, and nature starts to break it down. Two products are so far available in Vivomer packaging: the fabulous Wildsmith Skin Active Repair Copper Peptide Cream, and the generous tub of Wildsmith Skin Ceramide Repair Balm ✨ Link in bio for our full review 💕 #beautybibleloves #fabfindoftheweek #wildsmith #skincare #sustainability

Beauty Steal @opi RapidDry nail polish 💅

How many times have we been promised, down the years, that a nail polish would dry instantly? Wouldn’t smudge or dent, right after applying? And how many times have we been disappointed…?

All

Beauty Steal @opi RapidDry nail polish 💅 How many times have we been promised, down the years, that a nail polish would dry instantly? Wouldn’t smudge or dent, right after applying? And how many times have we been disappointed…? All that is behind us, with the debut of O.P.I. RapidDry nail polish, the first truly to deliver on its quick-drying pledge, in our experience. Somewhat cynically, Jo first applied one coat – and it was dry within a few seconds. Cagily, a day later, she applied a second coat – and a glossy top coat soon, after – and again, completely rock solid in a couple of blinks of an eye. This is actually a little bit life-changing: something you can whizz onto your nails to make them look shiny and groomed right before you head out the door. Link in bio to read more ❤️ #beautybibleloves #beautysteal #opi #nailvarnish

WIN @thisissilk sublime, silkifying skincare (worth £299) + runners-up prizes 🖤🌟

We’re thrilled to offer one super-lucky winner a set from this very special silk-powered range – with five runners-up prizes of THIS IS SILK Power U

WIN @thisissilk sublime, silkifying skincare (worth £299) + runners-up prizes 🖤🌟 We’re thrilled to offer one super-lucky winner a set from this very special silk-powered range – with five runners-up prizes of THIS IS SILK Power Up Concentrate, each worth £78. It’s a range we not only love ourselves – but so do our Beauty Bible testers. One lucky winner could receive: ✨ THIS IS SILK Silk Cream Cleanser (£63 for 100ml) ✨ THIS IS SILK Power Up Silk Concentrate (£78 for 5ml) ✨ THIS IS SILK Silk Face Oil (£90 for 30ml) ✨ THIS IS SILK Silk Pillowcase (£68) Five runners-up will each receive the versatile and effective THIS IS SILK Power Up Concentrate, worth £78 💖 Link in bio to enter - prize draw closes Wednesday 7th May 💫 #beautybibleloves #thisissilk #skincare #win

Sarah’s Health Notes: How to help rosacea ❤️

While rosy cheeks may look healthy-pretty and a pop of blush can make your eyes sparkle, being permanently red-faced is not so easy to deal with, as we’ve heard from readers over the years. He

Sarah’s Health Notes: How to help rosacea ❤️ While rosy cheeks may look healthy-pretty and a pop of blush can make your eyes sparkle, being permanently red-faced is not so easy to deal with, as we’ve heard from readers over the years. Here are some ideas on skincare and make-up to soothe and camouflage skin that’s prone to redness and rosacea. Link in bio to read more 🫶 #beautybible #healthnotes #rosacea #skincare

Beauty Bible Loves... @trinnylondon Trinity 😍

Trinny has smashed it again, with the launch of the new Trinny London Trinity double-ended blusher/bronzer/highlighter.

Or rather, smooshed it…

These are incredibly easy-to-use, multi-tasking d

Beauty Bible Loves... @trinnylondon Trinity 😍 Trinny has smashed it again, with the launch of the new Trinny London Trinity double-ended blusher/bronzer/highlighter. Or rather, smooshed it… These are incredibly easy-to-use, multi-tasking duos, with a super-creamy, really blendable texture – and yet, once there, they’re there. They can be used as blusher and highlighter – but also on lips and eyes, for a really seamless, tone-on-tone look. Link in bio to read more 🫶 #beautybibleloves #trinnylondon #beauty

🌟 Fab Find of the Week: @granado Exuberance Hand Cream Trio 🥰

Having a little sniff around Covent Garden – a lovely thing to do, on a sunny afternoon – we visited for the first time the new Granado boutique on (aptly enough) Floral Str

🌟 Fab Find of the Week: @granado Exuberance Hand Cream Trio 🥰 Having a little sniff around Covent Garden – a lovely thing to do, on a sunny afternoon – we visited for the first time the new Granado boutique on (aptly enough) Floral Street. What a treat for the senses. If you don’t know them, Granado is a Brazilian brand which landed in the UK around three years ago, and has really made a colourful, fragrant splash in the world of fragrance and bodycare. There are now a couple of other Granado boutiques – at Ham Yard Hotel, and on Chelsea’s King’s Road – and they all offer the same immersive sensorial experience, alive with colour and scent. The products are good value – but we are especially taken right now with this Granado Exuberance Hand Cream Trio, featuring a really decent 50g (handbag-worthy) size of their luscious yet not greasy hand creams, in three different and exotic scents. Link in bio to read more 🫶 #beautybibleloves #handcream #beauty #fabfind #granado #affordablebeauty

🌟 WIN @suqqu_europe make-up and skincare award-winners, worth £345 🌟

We’re delighted that one super-lucky winner will be treated to a capsule make-up collection (including THREE Beauty Bible Award-holders), plus a sensational skincare

🌟 WIN @suqqu_europe make-up and skincare award-winners, worth £345 🌟 We’re delighted that one super-lucky winner will be treated to a capsule make-up collection (including THREE Beauty Bible Award-holders), plus a sensational skincare ‘star’ from this cult favourite brand. In the frenzy about new start-up beauty brands, it can be easy to forget ‘the greats’. Working on our hush-hush new book project for next year, we’ve been looking back over 28 years of Beauty Bible, and been reminded of some truly great names. SUQQU is one of those greats. (Say it ‘Soo-koo’, BTW – and it means, ‘a woman rising to her full height…’) Not that SUQQU is ever really off our radar, actually, because you’ll find several of their products in our kit. The very definition of ‘modern luxury’, SUQQU’s textures are sublime and their shades so, so wearable. Because of this, many of the products have scooped Beauty Bible Awards, which for us is the ultimate test of brilliance. One lucky winner could get their hands on: 💫 SUQQU Comfort Lip Fluid (normally £34), in Shade ‘Fog’. 💫 SUQQU Blurring Powder Blush (£40) 💫 SUQQU Gel Eyeliner Pen (£21) 💫 SUQQU Mascara (£30) 💫 SUQQU Vialume Cream (£220 for 30g) To stand a chance of winning this MOST gorgeous prize, simply fill in your details via the link in bio 🫶 #beautybibleloves #prizedraw #suqqu

Beauty Steal: @wisdomtoothbrushes Re:new oral care 💙

Pat on the back, here, for WISDOM. Because as we spotted on a mooch in Boots this week, they have brought out a sustainably-focused range of oral care products, which match their usual quality, b

Beauty Steal: @wisdomtoothbrushes Re:new oral care 💙 Pat on the back, here, for WISDOM. Because as we spotted on a mooch in Boots this week, they have brought out a sustainably-focused range of oral care products, which match their usual quality, but tread – or perhaps brush – a little more lightly on the planet 🌍 Link in bio to read more ✨ #beautybibleloves #beautysteal #dentalcare #wisdom #sustainableproducts #oralcare

✨ Jo’s Scent Notes on @florislondon Ledger Series Rose Geranium is up for a Jasmine Award! ✨

We are delighted that Jo’s Scent Notes has been shortlisted for a Jasmine Award from The Fragrance Foundation, in the Short Piece category. In c

✨ Jo’s Scent Notes on @florislondon Ledger Series Rose Geranium is up for a Jasmine Award! ✨ We are delighted that Jo’s Scent Notes has been shortlisted for a Jasmine Award from The Fragrance Foundation, in the Short Piece category. In case you missed it – or would like to read again – tap the link in our bio 🫶 💬 “Some fragrances are like Tardises. They can whisk you at warp speed through time and space, hurtling you back to people and places… in this case, my parents’ bathroom. Maybe it’s a little weird to want to wear a perfume that reminds you of your dad’s shaving soap – kept in a wooden container, in which he swirled a badger brush (sorry, badgers!) – but quite aside from the dad-ness of it, I’ve always adored Floris Rose Geranium. As did Marilyn Monroe.“ #scentnotes #beautybible #beautybibleloves #fragrance #fragrancelovers #jasmineaward #fragrancefoundation

Fab Find of the Week: @olverum new skincare 💖 We are long-term fans of Olverum, here. (And we know many of you are, too.) This is a multi-Beauty Bible Award-winning brand with a fascinating histor: their original, iconic product, a wellbeing-boosting bath oil, was created in 1931 in Germany’s Mosel Valley, featuring mood-lifting, energising essential oils – including Siberian fir, juniper and rosemary; – it took its name from the Latin oleum verum, which translates as ‘true oil’. But since then, the team at Olverum has launched lots of new products that draw on the spirit of the brand, but take it in new directions – always with fabulous smells, because that’s what so many of us love it for. So – ta-dah! – we’re happy to announce that three new skincare products have just launched, to sit alongside their existing Pure Radiance Facial Oil 🫶 Link in bio to read more ⭐️ #fabfindoftheweek #beautybibleloves #beautybloggers #skincare #beautyandwellbeing #olverum

Beauty Bible Weekend Steal: @makeuprevolution Superfix Grip Primer 🌟💫

For various reasons, we have been immersed in the world of primers this week, checking out some of the bargains out there.

Revolution Superfix Super Grip Primer has gripped us.

Beauty Bible Weekend Steal: @makeuprevolution Superfix Grip Primer 🌟💫 For various reasons, we have been immersed in the world of primers this week, checking out some of the bargains out there. Revolution Superfix Super Grip Primer has gripped us. Literally. It has an unexpectedly sticky texture, after the gel formula has been on skin a minute – but that’s the point. Make-up seems to cling to it, and stay put longer – which is what we definitely want in a primer. Link in bio for our full review 💖 #beautybibleloves #revolution #primer #weekendsteal

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