Lashes with added Ooh Là Là
Somehow for me, I can’t truly get into the festive spirit without lashes that stretch out to infinity and beyond. No “super mascara” for me this season, only extensions will do. I want lashes which are exaggera...
A thoroughly modern manicure – Glass discovers one of London’s most cheerful beauty salons
A thoroughly modern manicure – Glass discovers one of London’s most cheerful beauty salons
As much as people deride us Londoners as being an unfeeling, uncaring, hard-nosed lot, who want to be left in peace ...
Byredo Tempt Us With Some Delightful Stocking Fillers
The moment when little girls realise they’re no longer children anymore is the year we get given bubble bath and soap instead of Lego and Barbie dolls for Christmas. It’s the year when December 25 stops being a...
Modern Love
For anyone foolish enough to dismiss the world of beauty as “frivolous” or – as one diplomatic gentleman let slip to me at the launch of his new skincare brand – “just a load of women cooing over lipsti...
Haute Parfum – Harrods unveils the Salon de Parfums
No longer to be found in specialist boutiques, some of the world’s most sought-after luxury scents can be found on the 6th floor of Harrods in their new Salon de Parfums, together with many perfume ex...
Perfume with a pulse
Like treating ourselves to a new overcoat or some shiny new brogues, the change in seasons gives us an excuse to invest in a shiny new fragrance too. Gone are summer’s whimsical florals and pretty citrus sc...
All about Odette – Glass meets the host of London’s famous fragrance events
All about Odette – Glass meets the host of London’s famous fragrance events
The British perfume industry is full of colourful characters: the visionary perfumers, intrepid bloggers, PR supremos, charismatic bo...
Night vision – Glass meets the perfumers behind Issey Miyake’s seductive new men’s scent Nuit D’Issey
Night vision – Glass meets the perfumers behind Issey Miyake’s seductive new men’s scent Nuit D’Issey
There has been much outcry in recent years over the decline of men’s perfumery – with many critics claimi...
Clarins team up with FEED to launch Gift with Purpose
The words “gift with purchase” are always bound to cause yelps of excitement among beauty mavens across the country. But this time, Clarins have turned the traditional concept on its head by teaming up with FEE...
Glass Meets New “Dolce Girl” Kate King – The star of Dolce & Gabbana’s campaign talks about her love of scent
Glass Meets New “Dolce Girl” Kate King – The star of Dolce & Gabbana’s campaign talks about her love of scent
As Milan Fashion Week commences, Glass met one of its newest stars Kate King, who also happen...
The road to olfactory delight
Penhaligon’s are world-renowned for creating evocative, unusual and otherworldly scents– with a dash of English charm thrown in. This time the focus is on London with their Trade Routes Collection...
Narciso Rodriguez debuts new scent Narciso
We are not usually inclined to talk about a bottle before the scent itself, but the chunky square ice cube that houses Narciso Rodriguez’s new fragrance is something to behold. Within it, a milky white lacquer ...
A bright spark in Belgravia
The British fragrance industry is known for its many interesting and colourful characters. Its latest addition, the effusive and buoyant Rachel Vosper, is no exception, whose eponymous scented candle boutique...
A rose by any other name
For all the cutting-edge unisex perfumes out there, some of us can't help being old-fashioned romantics and wanting a pretty, floral scent. And these are usually based around the trusty rose, a flower seen as “...
Candle club
In A Room of One’s Own Virginia Woolf famously argued that “a woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.” Not to trivialise the important argument in the ear...
Bella Freud launches her first Eau de Parfums created by Azzi Glasser
Few perfumers are as inspiring to chat to, or as passionate about their subject as Azzi Glasser. Her colourful career has seen her create scents for well-known brands such as Agent Provocateur, Space NK and Jas...
A great Gaelic escape
It’s not everyday your masseuse demands “Give me a hug!” at the end of a treatment. But in the case of Melissa, my deceivingly petite South African therapist at Galgorm Resort and Spa, I’m happy t...
Jean-Paul Gaultier launches Classique Intense
Nothing exudes boudoir glamour as much as Jean-Paul Gaultier’s signature corsets, famously worn by Madonna as part of her Blonde Ambition tour in the 1990s, or more recently, by androgynous male model Andrej Pe...
Colour vision – how this summer made us fall in love with eye shadow all over again
Despite being a beauty writer, I must confess a slight aversion to wearing anything other than a bold stroke of liquid liner and a few coats of mascara on the eyes. Eye shadow has always made me look ru...
Glass recommends: The Treatment Rooms, Brighton
Oh we do like to be beside the seaside. A mere hour’s train ride from London, Brighton is a perfect spot for to enjoy a charming, traditional British holiday, where browsing the many vintage boutiques and takin...
Beauty Editor’s Pick: Illamasqua Matte Liquid Lips
A beauty editor and product-junkie I may be. But let me tell you this – I’m not one of those women who are constantly whipping a lipstick out of their purse or tapping their nose with a powder puff every five ...