Is This Why Skin Creams Don't Work?

 And #TuesdayTwirl

Dear friends. Have beauty brands been deceiving us for years with products containing ingredients that don't penetrate the skin? 

It's all to do with a unit of measurement called a Dalton. It's a unit of mass used to measure the size of molecules. 

What's significant about it is that some small beauty brands are claiming that research from Harvard University suggests commercial skincare products with "miracle" ingredients are actually biophysically too large to do the heavy lifting they are marketed for.

Summer Buys

 And #TuesdayTwirl 

Dear friends.  I'm sharing a couple of new season buys today. I didn't need very much for summer and I haven't seen very much that grabs me. That's one of the drawbacks with having had colour analysis. You search for particular colours and sometimes they're just not in the shops.

My new orange jacket is from Kettlewell,  who specialise in colours for those who have been seasonally or tonally analysed. 

Finished, Reading, New Arrivals

 

Dear friends. Today sees my occasional update on what I've finished reading, am currently reading, and the new arrivals.  If you click on the titles of those I've read you'll be taken to my review on Goodreads.  Reviews will be published here on the 3rd Friday of the month.

An asterisk indicates a book bought myself. The rest are digital advance copies,  courtesy of NetGalley and the publishers. 

Ideal Home Show, Schiaparelli, Tulip Fever

 April in Review {2026}

Dear friends. Spring is getting into its stride as you can see from my joyful pictures of bluebells, tulips and blue skies.