The Beauty Editor Commandments

From Confessions of a Beauty Addict, we bring you The Beauty Editor Commandments:

1. Never wash hair two days in a row.
2. Always wear SPF 30 sunscreen, come rain or shine, winter or summer.
3. Wash your face every night before bed... even when drunk... even when tired.
4. French manicures are not an option.
5. Everybody looks better with a hint of bronzer or self-tanner.
6. Avoid frowning -- just like your mom said, your face will stick that way.
7. Don't smoke -- it causes wrinkles, sallow, uneven skin, and yellow teeth (oh, yeah, and theat whole cancer thing, too).
8. Introduce acids into your daily routine -- glycolic, salicylic, retinoic, whatever. Your skin will thank you.
9. Antioxidants are your best friend. Eat them, drink them, wear them, live them.
10. Smile. When you carry yourself beautiful, you are beautiful.

Lisa Hoffman's new perfume

Now, we didn't get the chance to try Lisa's skincare yet but the concept seems good enough (if, maybe, a bit wasteful). Mixed reviews have come back after the first handful of months but we're sure she'll keep on just fine. In the meantime her perfume has been rolled out for the holidays. Again, like her skincare, and portable and 'pre-edited' so you don't have to carry around a 12oz. pump bottle or spritzer bottle, so, naturally, her 24-hour skincare seems to be the star of the show. We admit, that we do think it's a leeeetle bit gimmicky but if it works, it works. Gimmicks or not.

The new perfume is split into 4 -- morning, day time, evening and bed time. We're interested to see how each vials' notes (French Clary Sage, Tuscan Fig and Tunisian Neroliand) overlap. Do they blend seamlessly into one long scent that's meant to have optimal aromatherapeutic effects all day?

It all seems a bit labour-intensive but might be worth a try if it keeps you smelling nice (and possibly aroma-therapised) all day instead of scent-less and gobsmacked that not a trace of your beloved perfume is ever left on your inner wrist after the end of a long day.

It's available at Harvey Nichols this November.