This season it’s all about the party hair, and no style screams confidence and elegance more than this look I created for Hot Tools Professional.

Approaching a makeup counter in a department store can be a daunting prospect. I have always felt that a speed dating approach might help. A list of criteria, nerves of steel and two minutes with each brand until you find the mascara of your dreams.
I was invited by John Lewis & Partners Leeds to experience their brilliant new concept, which is even better.

Ponytails are no longer seen as the low-maintenance go-to style for bad hair days: power pony’s like this are now a mainstay on the red carpet and a catwalk fixture season after season.

It’s easy to feel slightly despondent as you pack away the remnants of sandy suncream, sarongs and the sundress that held so much promise but never saw the light of day. We may need to start wearing hats quite soon but we can still put our best face forward and these are some of my current favourites to keep us glowing.

Summer 2018 has been a scorcher, hasn’t it? With mercury rising higher than it has done in decades, we’ve been shamelessly basking in a glorious heat for the past few months.

We’ve moved on from the fifties’ men’s trend of the past few seasons, evolving the faded sides and contrasting crowns into something that’s a little edgier, almost punk in nature.

The elusive no-makeup makeup, the stuff of dreams. The objective is to look as though you don’t own an eyeliner, that using foundation has never even crossed your mind and yet you present a perfectly bright eyed, bushy-tailed and radiant version of yourself at all times.