Lupita for Lancome

If you follow this incredibly talented actress on Instgram, you will have seen the sneak peek of the campaign she gave her fans before it kicks off in September this year.  The new face of the beauty powerhouse captioned it by saying, "The secret I never intended to keep".  

The Mexican born, Kenyan actress burst onto the world stage after her stellar performance in 12 Years A Slave. Her comment on her appointment as the brand's ambassador was as follows, "I am truly honoured to join the Maison Lancôme, a brand with such a prestigious history and that I have always loved.  I am particularly proud to represent its unique vision for women and the idea that beauty should not be dictated, but should instead be an expression of a woman's freedom to be herself."

Go Lupita! I suspect we shall we seeing soooo much more from this lady in the future.

Palm Balm - Beauty Hero

I discovered Temple Spa beauty products through my godmother. When I say 'discovered' what I mean really is that I used to help myself liberally to them whenever I was over at her house. She used to bulk buy them in the States and I could never find them over here. All of the products are fantastic and have comedy names ('Get a Grip', 'Stubble Trouble', 'Duvet') but the one that really stopped me in my tracks (and that I demanded from Santa at Christmas) was Palm Balm.  They say it's the best hand cream you'll ever use and I have to say I agree with them. I was a huge fan of Clarins Hand and Nail Treatment for a while but this outperforms even that. A fabulous scent and incredible nourishing without being greasy, it's a winner..especially on those claw-like Winter hands that I suffer from! It's on the pricey side at £18.50 for 100ml but you need the teeniest bit so a tube will last you. My only small compliant would be that it doesn't contain an SPF but hopefully they'll get round to adding one soon. Also if you order direct from the Temple Spa website, there's a 10% off your next order at present!

Found this 50s ad for hand cream and had to include!