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Jo's Scent Notes: Boadicea the Victorious Andraste

Feature, Jo's Scent NotesJosephine FairleyOctober 27, 2026Boadicea the Victorious, Andraste, floral perfume, British fragrance, luxury fragrance, niche perfume, rose perfume, English country gardens, honeysuckle, wisteria, jasmine, iris, smoky tea, leather, vetiver, Céline Herbette, Kamila Lelapova, CPL Aromas, Harrods, Salon de Parfums

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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

Health Notes: Breathe like a US Navy SEAL to reduce stress 😌 Few of us will be in the sort of high risk, high stress situations that Navy SEALS confront as the special ops force of the US Navy. Thank goodness. But for the sort of everyday stress most of us face we’d do well to copy the box breathing technique the SEALS use to stay calm. Many experts suggest this simple mindful breathing can help many people, including those with ADHD to manage impulsive behaviour. Link in bio to read more in this edition of Health Notes 🫶 #healthnotes #healthandwellbeing #stress

Fab Find of the Week: @neomwellbeing Wind Down and Slow Down collections 🌚✨ Nights are about to get darker and cosier. And NEOM Wellbeing has TWO new and exclusive ranges to make the most of shorter days and snuggly evenings. NEOM are very considered about their pace of launches, so this is definitely big news, built around the simple idea of using fragrance to comfort and cocoon, by way of different home-scenting rituals. Link in bio for our full review of the new ranges ‘Wind Down’ and the limited edition ‘Slow Down’ 🌟 #beautybibleloves #fabfind #newcollection #neomwellbeing

Face-to-face with @lauragellerbeauty the OG make-up artist on beauty for the 40+ woman 💖 Laura Geller is our kinda gal. Punchy, knowledgeable, enthusiastic, no-nonsense. She’s a roller-up-of-sleeves, as we are ourselves. She became a professional make-up artist at just 18, and over three decades has built her signature, innovative make-up line into a major brand. Maybe you’ve seen her on QVC, where she’s been presenting her make-up innovations for 20 years. Or social media. What Laura talks is always – well, just good sense. We caught up with Laura for her ‘five gems’ in Laura’s words, around the products she’s developed specifically for – well, our kinda faces… Link in bio to read more 💫✨ #beautybibleloves #beauty

New book alert! 📚✨ Coinciding almost perfectly with the launch of our Beauty Bible Iconic Edition, How to Speak Scent revisits an earlier book, The Perfume Bible. It’s a brilliant little guide to the world of fragrance, covering everything from ingredients and fragrance families to perfume history and how to choose a scent. Link in bio to read more 🌟 #fragrancereviews #perfumelovers #scentnotes

Looking for a lightweight base that helps even out the appearance of skin while still looking natural? @trinnylondon Fearless Skin Tint Drops offer buildable coverage with a fresh, luminous finish. The formula helps blur the appearance of dark circles, pigmentation and redness without feeling heavy or cakey. It also contains skincare-inspired ingredients, including hyaluronic acid, niacinamide, biomimetic lipids and evodia extract, to help hydrate, support the skin barrier and boost radiance. Available in 30 shades, with the Match2Me shade finder to help you find your match. 💛 £45 for 30ml A versatile option for anyone who wants a more natural-looking alternative to traditional foundation. Read more via the link in bio ✨ #beautybibleloves #skintint #fabfind

Beauty Bible Loves… @thebodyshop new Body Butters 💚 The Body Shop has given its iconic Body Butters a 2026 refresh – and we’ve been putting the new formulas to the test. We tried the whole range at The Butter Shop, the brand’s pop-up at Westfield Stratford, and the big news is that we really like the new textures. They’re easy to spread, absorb quickly and don’t leave that greasy feeling behind. Shea is still our pick for very dry, rough skin, while Hemp, Mango, Coconut, British Rose, Strawberry, Satsuma, Almond Milk, Grapefruit, Moringa and Olive all have gorgeous textures and scents. We particularly loved Olive and British Rose – and the pop-up is a lovely place to have a proper try before choosing your favourite. The Butter Shop is at Westfield Stratford until 13 October. 🤩 Body Butters are £19 for 200ml, with 50ml travel sizes from £7. Read the full feature via the link in bio. ✨ #beautybibleloves #popup #thebodyshop

🍂 Health Notes: stocking up for Autumn/Winter With colder months ahead, we asked pharmacist @shabirvh for his advice on the supplements worth considering to support our health through winter. From probiotics and vitamin D to omega-3s, Shabir talks us through some of his go-to choices, including DoSe by VH Mega Probio, BetterYou Vitamin D3 and Bare Biology Life & Soul Pure Omega-3 Fish Oil. And if you’d rather keep things simple, there’s DoSe Daily Immunity, combining probiotics, vitamin D, zinc, vitamin C and herbal extracts in one formula. Read the full article via the link in bio. 🍂 And just to clarify, these are supplements Sarah buys for herself and family – they’re not press freebies. #healthnotes #healthandwellbeing

Beauty Bible Weekend Steal: @nyxcosmetics Smushy SOS Hydrating Lip Mask 💕 Hate to say it, but the dry lip season is about to be upon us. However, forewarned is… fore-lipped! Because we have discovered NYX Smushy SOS, a hydrating lip mask which (unlike most) is designed to be used by day, delivering a glossy, tinted finish. It gives the cosy-care feeling of lip treatment, but with the polish of a lip gloss – in the shade of your choice. In fact, what it is, is a mega-rich lip balm that just takes longer to disappear from lips, we’re finding – unlike some, which disappear into the ether… Link in bio for the full review 🌟 #beautybibleloves #weekendsteal

✨ Win @thisworks Beauty Bible bundle worth £355! ✨ We’re thrilled to have teamed up with one of our long-term favourite brands to offer one lucky winner eight Beauty Bible Award-winning This Works favourites – including two products featured as ‘Icons’ in our brand-new book, The Beauty Bible: Iconic Edition. 💫 The fabulous prize includes: 🌙 My Wrinkles Midnight Moisture (£52) – an ‘Icon’ in the book, this overnight moisturiser leaves skin looking smoother, firmer and beautifully rested. 💧 My Wrinkles Extreme Moisture (£52) – a deeply hydrating moisturiser for soft, nourished and dewy-looking skin. 💤 Deep Sleep Pillow Spray (£25) – the legendary, multiple Beauty Bible Award-winner and now a book ‘Icon’, with a relaxing blend of lavender, chamomile and vetiver. 💤 Deep Sleep Pillow Spray Refill (£50) – because you’ll never want to run out of your bedtime essential! ✨ Skin Deep Dry Leg Oil (£48) – a nourishing botanical oil that leaves skin soft, smooth and beautifully scented. 🦵 Perfect Legs Skin Miracle (£45) – a wash-off tinted serum for instantly smoother, more even, subtly sun-kissed-looking legs. 💎 Perfect Cleavage & Neck Serum (£45) – a targeted treatment to hydrate and smooth the neck and décolleté. 📸 In Transit Camera Close-Up (£38) – a clever mask, moisturiser and make-up base for a quick, luminous complexion boost. That’s £355 worth of This Works brilliance – and every product has picked up a Beauty Bible Award (or more than one!) over the years. 🏆 Do follow @thisworks on Instagram while you have your fingers crossed! 🤞 Prize draw closes Wednesday 21 October. Good luck! 💫 #beautybibleloves #prizedraw #win #thisworks

7 Secrets of Beauty & Wellbeing: Val Garland. (Well, 9, actually.) We’re long-term massive fangirls of make-up artist @thevalgarland 💄✨ In the past, this fearless and tirelessly creative professional mostly worked her magic behind the scenes, creating unforgettable looks for catwalk shows like McQueen and Galliano and for many of the world’s most influential photographers, as well as getting megastars like Lady Gaga camera-slash-red-carpet-ready. Always inventive, sometimes subversive, she is gloriously anti-beige! These days, Val has become familiar to millions as one of the judges on the must-watch BBC show @glowupbbc A long-term fan of Weleda Skin Food, an essential in her kit, she just collaborated on some capsule @weledauk x Val Garland editions of Skin Food, and has put together some truly fab get-your-glow-on kits, which we featured as our Beauty Bible Weekend Steal, last week 🌟 Head to the link in bio to discover more and uncover her best-kept beauty and wellbeing secrets 💫 #beautybibleloves #sevensecrets #beautyandwellbeing

Beauty Bible Weekend Steal: @aveenoukire calming new skincare innovations 💙✨ Aveeno – longstanding hit with the sensitive-skinned Beauty Bible team – has long made a virtue of gentle, barrier-conscious formulas. The whole (supremely affordable) range harnesses the power of oats, which are notoriously soothing and calming. We recently tried this head-to-toe routine designed for skin that becomes dry, tight, reactive or simply needs a little more kindness – and could almost hear the sign of relief from our face/body. Link in bio to read the full review 🫶 #beautybibleloves #weekendsteal #aveeno #skincare #calm

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