Like A French Girl.

A staple no-brainer in the winter. Even if you think you don’t have dry skin, try it and thank me later. I don’t like using the word ‘cult’ but it really does have a hell of a following.

Honest truth: Warm a squidge up in your hands for a few seconds first before applying.

I was suspicious of this guy since ‘instant glow’ is pretty cheesey but dammit, am I jumpy when the tube gets low (which took about 4 months of near-daily use).

Honest Truth: The tube is not the prettiest.

When I first put this on my cheeks, I realised what had been missing from my face since turning thirty: rosy, healthy, rolled-me-in-a-barn colour.

Honest Truth: It’s so highly pigmented that you need less than you think. Go. Slow.

You are no longer a teenager: when you don’t wash off your mascara the night before, it stings the next morning. Buying the non-toxic stuff is the move of a classy lady and means applying it in the car is that much safer.

Honest Truth: As you’d expect with a product derived from natural ingredients, you won’t find the usual extreme descriptions here. No one is going to tell you your eyelashes look ‘telescopic’ or ‘sky high’ but they also might not ask you why your eyeball looks red.

(Only available in orders placed before 7th July.)

Even short nails look classy in red. Bobbi Brown says so, so it must be true.

Honest Truth: I get two to three days without chips, depending on my activity levels - usually very low ; )