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Jo's Scent Notes: How to Speak Scent (by Jo!)

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Jo’s Scent Notes: Danner & Flemming Iris Trousseau 💕 When a fragrance is so special, you simply HAVE to have it in your life… ✨ Jo shares the story of falling head over heels for Danner & Flemming Iris Trousseau – from a first encounter with a sample to a perfume pilgrimage and a very necessary credit card moment. Discover the fascinating story behind this extraordinary iris fragrance, cultivated in Bavaria and brought to life by renowned perfumer Antoine Lie. Link in bio to read more 🌟 #scentnotes #fragrancelovers

Beauty Bible Weekend Steal: @lush Charity Pot 💙 Cue drumroll! Because the LUSH Charity Pot is back for 2026, following calls from customers to bring its much-loved fundraising body lotion out of retirement. Hopefully, it will now be here to stay. 👀🤩 At £11 for 100g, this little pot combines a skin-softening treat with something that’s considerably bigger in scale: 75% of the selling price, excluding tax (curses, VAT-man!), goes towards grassroots activism supporting human rights, the environment and animal protection – all the causes that have long been dear to the heart of founder Mark Constantine, and his wider team 🐾🤍 Link in bio for our full review 🌟 #beautybibleloves #weekendsteal #lushcharitypot

🎙️ Jo Fairley and Sarah Stacey join their long-time friend @lizearleme on the Age Better With Liz Earle podcast to celebrate the launch of The Beauty Bible Iconic Edition. In a 57-minute conversation, they discuss 30 years of beauty testing, the products that really deliver, skincare essentials, makeup favourites and the beauty and wellbeing advice that stands the test of time. A great listen for anyone interested in beauty – and a lovely catch-up between three familiar faces from the industry. Link in bio to find out more 🫶 #AgeBetterWithLizEarle #BeautyPodcast #BeautyBibleIconicEdition

Fab Find of the Week: @espaskincare Inner Calm Body Collection 🌟 We are about to enter the season of present-buying, wrapping (and the rest). But before you embark on this exercise in generosity, we invite you to put yourself, first. It’s like making sure you place the oxygen mask over your own mouth, before helping anyone else – and of all the kits that have crossed our path in the past few months, this one is designed to deliver the sense of Zen that we all need to plough on through. So, you probably haven’t budgeted for this – but the ESPA Inner Calm Body Collection offers £87 worth of value, and contains some real wellbeing gems – three reasons to close the bathroom door and leave the list outside, all of them real ESPA classics. Link in bio for our full review ✨ #fabfindoftheweek #selfcare

🌹 WIN @cosmeticsalacarte amazing Rose Dew – seven to be won (each worth £58)🌹 A beauty classic is celebrating its 25th birthday – and we’re giving seven lucky winners the chance to enjoy it! 🎉 Cosmetics à la Carte’s heavenly Rose Dew is a featherlight, hydrating moisturiser that doubles as a make-up primer, leaving skin feeling smooth, refreshed and beautifully dewy. Infused with hyaluronic acid, witch hazel and precious Rose Otto, it’s the perfect skin-prep treat. Still lovingly made by hand in England, this much-loved beauty staple is marking its milestone birthday with gorgeous new packaging. 💕 ✨ Seven lucky winners will each receive a Rose Dew worth £58! Fancy winning? Enter via the link in bio for your chance to discover this British beauty classic. Good luck! 🤞 Competition closes Wednesday 2nd December 2026. #BeautyGiveaway #cosmeticsalacarte

Fab Find of the Week: @the_seasonist 💙✨ While we understand the idea of having a ‘signature’ scent that your loved ones recognise you by, we’re a bit more fickle around these parts. Certain fragrances spell summer – they come out when the opaque tights go away. Others are warming, cosy, cocooning – and would feel like wearing a velvet coat, to us, if worn in summer. The Seasonist, which launched recently, taps into that in the most wonderful way: a quartet of fragrance collections which capture the brightness of spring, summer’s energy, autumn’s season-of-mist-and-mellow-fruitfulness and winter’s still calm. Link in bio for the full review 🌟 #beautybibleloves #fabfindoftheweek #autumnfragrance

🌹 A floral fragrance with a darker, more intriguing edge! Jo explores Andraste by @boadiceathevictorious a sumptuous blend of honeysuckle, wisteria, rose and jasmine, balanced with smoky, woody notes. A floral for those who don’t usually love florals! ✨ Link in bio for the full review 🌟 #scentnotes #beautybibleloves #fragrancelovers #floralfragrance

🍂 Jo Loves… Autumn 2026 🍂 From beauty must-haves to delicious alcohol-free drinks and gorgeous home fragrances, Jo shares the products she’s loving this autumn. Discover her latest favourites (some are pictured above). The autumn line-up features: ✨ @clarinsuk Double Serum Eye ✨ @kevynaucoin Micro Sculpting Brow ✨ @motherroot Non-Alcoholic Ginger ✨ @gustoorganic Organic Fiery Ginger & Jalapeño ✨ @hourglasscosmetics Ambient Soft Glow Foundation Brush ✨ @indigoray_botanicals Airplane Mode Room Spray ✨ @zarahome Palo Santo Air Freshener Spray ✨ @yslbeauty Make Me Blush Cream Blusher From an impressive eye serum and a blusher for an instant rosy glow to beautifully grounding home fragrances and a fiery ginger drink pairing, find out what’s earned a place in Jo’s autumn edit. Read all about Jo’s latest loves - link in bio 🍁 #jolovesautumn2026 #beautyreviews #autumnbeautyedit

Beauty Bible Weekend Steal: @aromazone_uk Organic Cucumber & Hyaluronic Acid Micellar Water 💙✨ A skincare bargain that really delivers💧 Meet Aroma-Zone’s Organic Cucumber & Hyaluronic Acid Micellar Water – the £6.50 wonder that’s been seriously impressing us. It effortlessly removes every last trace of make-up (yes, even eye make-up), while leaving skin feeling cool, calm, hydrated and beautifully bouncy. At just £6.50 for 250ml, it’s a beauty cupboard essential that’s kind to your skin (and at a great price too!) 🌟 #beautybibleloves #weekendsteal #skincare

Fab Find of the Week: @meadowfarmlifestyle x @olfactive_o New Earth - in support of @thebeautybanks 💖 We can’t imagine a more heart-warming or gorgeous candle collaboration! ✨ With just 400 of the limited-edition Meadowfarm x Olfactive O candle available, and proceeds supporting the wonderful Beauty Banks, this is one to snap up quickly! The entire £15 profit from each (NB very reasonably priced) £35 candle will go to the charity tackling hygiene poverty across the UK. An extra special fab find this week 🕯️🤩🫶 #fabfindoftheweek #beautybanks #hygienepoverty

🤩 Win a capsule make-up collection from @stilauk (three prizes, each worth £115)💄🫶✨ We’re delighted to offer three lucky readers this fabulous five-piece collection of Stila superstars, bringing together flattering colour, softly gorgeously luminous skin and perfectly defined eyes. There’s even a Beauty Bible Icon in the mix! 💫 You could win: 🌟 Stila Convertible Color Dual Lip & Cheek Cream (usually £19) 🌟 Stay All Day Waterproof Liquid Eye Liner in Dark Brown (£22) 🌟 HUGE Extreme Lash Mascara in Brown (£24) 🌟 Heaven’s Hue Highlighter in Kitten (£31) 🌟 Heaven’s Dew Honey Glow Balm (£19) Fancy making room in your make-up bag? Enter via link in bio, and keep everything crossed! #beautybibleloves #makeup #stilacosmetics #prizedraw #winwednesday

Beauty Steal: @nealsyardremedies Advent Calendar 2026 💙✨ Worth over £500 but priced at £185, this gorgeous advent calendar is packed with predominantly full-size skincare and wellbeing treats, including Neal’s Yard Remedies favourites and three exclusive surprises. Celebrating 45 years of the brand, it’s a festive treat worth getting excited about! 🎁 #beautysteal #nealsyardremedies #adventcalendar2026

Sarah’s Health Notes: What everyone should know about antidepressants according to the UK regulatory body. The UK Government drug regulatory body, the @mhragovuk has just issued new warnings about possible side effects of antidepressants. Sarah explains these in Health Notes this week but also warns that anyone wanting to come off their drugs should consult their doctor to do it more safely. Link in bio to read more 💙 #healthnotes #mentalhealth #wellbeing

Fab Find of the Week: @stilauk x @thehungergames 🌟 There’s a time for barely-there make-up. (Most days, for us – ‘like you, but prettier,’ as Bobbi Brown always used to say to us.) But we acknowledge that there can be a time for a little cinematic drama. So, Stila’s new collaboration with ‘The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping’ offers both, with character-inspired colours, shimmering textures – but so importantly, enough wearable options to tempt even those who couldn’t tell their tributes from their Quarter Quells. (Er, that’s definitely us. We had to ask younger members of the family to fill us in on all of this, but we are rather taken with the collection – and its packaging – so it had to be done.) Stila is the film’s official make-up partner, hence this collaboration comes with genuine backstage credentials, launching in advance of the movie itself (which comes out on 20th November). Link in bio to read more 🎬🖤✨ #beautybibleloves #hungergames #fabfindoftheweek

Beauty Steal: @saltoftheearthdeodorant Spiced Gingerbread Deodorants ✨ Er… We weren’t expecting our underarms to join in with the seasonal baking mood, but here we are. Salt of the Earth Spiced Gingerbread Deodorants are a rather cute way to bring a little cheer to an everyday essential – and at £7.49 each, they’re deffo kinder to the purse than most seasonal scent splurges. Link in bio to read more 🌟

🎁 WIN a Beauty Bible prize worth over £500! 🎁 One lucky winner will receive a signed and dedicated copy of our new book, The Beauty Bible Iconic Edition, plus 10 outstanding products featured in its pages, all officially named Beauty Bible Icons! Here’s what’s up for grabs: 📖 The Beauty Bible Iconic Edition – A signed and dedicated copy of our brand-new book. ✨ @katesomervilleskincare Goat Milk Moisturising Cleanser – A luxurious cleanser that leaves skin feeling clean and soft. ✨ @dermalogicauk Prisma Protect SPF30 – A moisturiser offering hydration, sun protection and luminosity. ✨ @praibeauty Ageless Throat & Décolletage Serum – A nourishing serum for the neck and décolletage. ✨ @guerlain Le Rouge G - A beautiful rosewood lipstick with a stylish mirrored case. ✨ @charlottetilbury Lip Cheat – A creamy, long-lasting lip liner. ✨ @innersenseorganicbeauty Serenity Smoothing Hair Cream – A blow-dry cream for smoother, salon-finish hair. ✨ @inikaorganic Radiant Glow Illuminate + Prime – An illuminating primer to help make-up stay put. ✨ @gatineau_skincare Golden Glow Gradual Tan – A gradual tan for a healthy, sun-kissed glow. ✨ @erborian_uk Dull Correct – A complexion corrector for brighter-looking skin. ✨ @kiehlsuki Powerful Strength Line Reducing Concentrate – A serum to help improve radiance and the appearance of fine lines. For your chance to win this fabulous bundle, enter via the link in our bio! 💛 Prize draw closes Wednesday 11th November 2026. #BeautyGiveaway #BeautyBibleIcons

Sarah Loves… Autumn 2026 🍂 Beauty Bible joint editor @sarahamstacey shares her latest favourites, from a lavender-scented silk eye mask to a toothpaste she swears by. ✨ @holisticsilk Classic Silk Lavender Eye Mask - A 100% mulberry silk eye mask with dried lavender to help you drift off to sleep. ✨ @pureanada Natural Mascara - A natural, cruelty-free mascara that gives great results without clumping or panda eyes! ✨ @chantecaille Rose de Mai Eye Lift - Sarah’s go-to for brighter-looking eyes and reducing the appearance of under-eye bags. ✨ @johnbellandcroyden - A London pharmacy with expert advice and a great selection of skincare, make-up and healthcare products. ✨ Biorepair Plus Total Protection Fluoride-Free Toothpaste - A fluoride-free toothpaste containing hydroxyapatite, designed to help strengthen tooth enamel. Read the full feature via link in bio ✨ #SarahLoves #autumnbeauty #beautyreviews

✨ Fab Find of the Week: @dior Cinnamon Glaze ✨ Consider us officially in our festive beauty era. 🎄 From gorgeous honey-toned eyeshadows and glittering lip duos to a truly show-stopping gold nail polish, Dior’s Cinnamon Glaze Holiday Collection is giving us plenty to add to our Christmas wish lists.💄✨ Discover the collection and our full review via the link in bio 🌟 #beautybibleloves #fabfindoftheweek #festivebeauty

🖤 Beauty Bible Weekend Steal: @lorealparis Les Smokeys Eyeshadow Sticks Love a smokey eye? These twist-up shadow sticks make it so easy. Just swipe on, blend with a brush or your fingers, and you’re good to go! They’re richly pigmented, set in place and won’t leave you with panda eyes. The look absolutely doesn’t have to be as dramatically rock-chick and smouldering as our model, above – you can use them to get definition quickly, for an out-of-the-door eye look in no time at all, or to add a smokey eyeline to a powder shadow base. And at £11.99, they’re a bit of a bargain, too! Tap the link in bio to find out more 🤩 #weekendsteal #lorealparis #smokeyeye

Head over to beautybible.com to join us in exploring this extraordinary store @westfieldlondon - here’s just a taster of why we’ve featured it in ‘Shops We Love’, because we really do! @aromazone_uk is HUGE in France, but only recently made footfall here. (Plans are afoot to open several more, the lovely CEO @pennygrivea tells us.) And it certainly deserves to be equally mahoosive on this side of the Channel, not least for the brilliant pricing, made possible in many cases by sourcing direct from producers and growers, as well as the fact there’s absolutely no unnecessary packaging. What makes the pricing even more impressive is that many, many of the products are organically certified. It’s probably tbiggest range of products from a single brand that we’ve seen in one place – and we’re love, love, loving what we’ve tried so far. There’s the option to super-charge products with additional ‘boosters’, across some haircare and skincare lines. But if you’re into making your own cosmetics (and take it from us, it’s a cinch… we’ve even written books on the subject!), this is a one-stop shop for cosmetic ingredients. We braved Westfield. Here’s why you should, too… #aromazone #affordableskincare #westfieldwhitecity

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