The Glass Edit: new skincare products
Glass handpicks the best new skincare delights on the beauty circuit
Ole Henriksen Nurture Me Cleansing Cloths – £12
The cleansing cloth is often badmouthed in the beauty industry – many of us using it in...
A sojourn in Sardinia
If you feel your life is somewhat lacking in the romance stakes, an Italian trip abroad might be just what is in order. But if the bustling cities and tourist hotspots of the mainland aren’t your firs...
An olfactory romance
Before I start, it has to be said that there are many gorgeous perfumes from all corners of the globe – which are beautiful, dazzling … beguiling even. But when it comes to a truly seductive numbe...
Selfridges Launch The Beauty Project
The world of beauty is a strange beast – often dismissed as fickle and shallow yet which provokes a great deal scorn, admiration and controversy in equal measure, which has been further fuelled due to the r...
Zelens’ new super-charged sunscreen leaves the rest in the shade
Here’s the thing. All those expensive lotions and potions you spend so much money on? They’re not worth the pots they sit in if you don’t apply sunscreen religiously every day, literally come rain or ...
The Glass Edit – hand and nail products
Deborah Lippmann Nail Polish in Build Me Up Buttercup, £16 Harvey Nichols
We’ve lost count of the number of compliments we've received when sporting this gloriously sunny shade. As the name would suggest...
A look back on Le Male – an exclusive interview with perfumer Francis Kurkdjian
As the Jean-Paul Gaultier exhibition opens at The Barbican in London today, Glass meets for an exclusive chat with perfumer Francis Kurkdjian, creator of Gaultier's iconic 1994 fragrance Le Male when he was jus...
The eyes have it – When it comes to eye-care a pair of cucumber slices just isn’t going to cut it, as Glass discovers …
Despite allegedly being “windows to the soul”, our eyes seem to take quite a fair amount of flack on a daily basis. Not getting enough sleep, dehydration and wearing contact lenses for far longer than...
Spring make-up report ‘14
Make-up trends tend to come and go – smoky eyes one minute, a red lip the next with the occasional bold statement sneaking in which rarely makes it beyond the catwalks and coffee houses of Soho (blue lips a...
Laura Mercier teams up with Ovarian Cancer Action
Those fond of beauty with a good cause behind it will no doubt welcome Laura Mercier’s three new launches, 100 per cent of the profits are being donated to the brand’s Ovarian Cancer Fund (LMOCF). An often over...
The must-have body spray from Tom Ford
This is a product that takes me back to when I was a pre-adolescent, just discovering the world of beauty, along with trainer bras and a game called spin the bottle. There was one thing that stood out in my m...
A hand cream not for the faint of heart
We like to think we’re generous to our family, friends and loved ones here at Glass. Hence when various sweet-scented beauty products land on our desk, we tend to donate them to some lucky recipient after revie...
Estee Lauder Introduce new Ultra-Luxe Lipsticks
Dare we say it, but we’re not huge fans of the matte lip, however “on-trend” it may be. Admittedly it does look gorgeous on those blessed with a full pout, echoing 1940s glamour, but for those with small or thi...
Illamasqua to launch GLAMORE Collection
Being hailed as an “alternative” makeup brand since its launch (with previous collections inspired by apocalypses, the paranormal and Paganism), we naturally raised a curious eyebrow when Illamasqua announced t...
Aesop launches meditation workshops
As much as we’re happy to champion innovative, interesting and hardworking beauty products here at Glass, it’s very rare a beauty brand strikes such a chord with our own ethos as does Aesop, With their clean mi...
Beauty in Brief – Spring ‘14
Out On The Lash
Although mascara is one of our staple beauty products, sometimes simply coating your natural lashes doesn’t quite cut the ocular mustard. Hence we have to take the next step of faking it al...
Créme de la Mer Host Skinnovation Clinic at Harrods
Whenever someone talks about Créme de la Mer, it’s our policy at Glass to sit up and take notice. So on Thursday, February 13, you’ll find us hotfooting it down to Harrods where the brand’s ambassador Diane Inv...
Sleepless in St Moritz
Having only been on skiing holidays with my father – an excellent skier but not one for the luxury trappings that accompany it – I discovered there was a great deal about the ski holiday I had been missing ...
S5 – our skincare fix for January
At this time of year, one would be wise to invest in some hardworking skincare to counterbalance those abrasive elements. One worthy bathroom cabinet contender is S5, created by the founders of the successful ...
A Festive Treat from Francis Kurkdjian
As if we weren’t feeling sufficiently festive enough at the moment, Glass was all agog when we received three special edition candles from our favourite perfume house Maison Francis Kurkdjian. The trio emit a s...
Scents of Festivity
Our three favourite scents for the festive season – which really are too gorgeous to be given away as gifts ...
AERIN – Ikat Jasmine
If you desire a scent with some serious sex appeal, anyth...