Trish McEvoy at Harvey Nichols

Trish McEvoy is holding Make Up Master Classes at the London Harvey Nics to take you through the beauty paces for S/S 08. Personally, if I had the chance to meet Trish face-to-face, I'd do it in a hot second. She's an iconic beauty artist in the US (second only to Bobbi Brown) and has a simple, light-handed approach to beauty that is very refreshing and will be great for summer. She's also penned definitive books on makeup artistry, including Trish McEvoy: The Power of Makeup: Looking Your Level Best at Every Age. The Master Classes all takes place in the posh Fifth Floor Restaurant (champagne and nibbles will be served too). To book tickets to either event below, call the Trish McEvoy counter (020 7235 5000 ext. 2691).

Trish McEvoy's Girl's Night In
Date: Tuesday, 11 March
Times: 6pm - 9pm.
Cost: Tickets cost £10 (redeemable on Trish McEvoy prods purchased that night).

Trish McEvoy's Beauty Presentation (including a 1-on-1 consultation for each attendee)
Date: Wednesday, 12 March
Times: 10.30am - 12.30pm; 1pm - 3pm; 3.30pm - 5.30pm; 6pm - 8pm
Cost: Tickets cost £75 (redeemable on Trish McEvoy prods purchased that night).

Trish McEvoy product to try: The moisture stick

Someone finally comes clean about the American obsession with deodorant

AS an American myself, I have never been able to fully embrace the national obsession with INCESSANTLY scrubbing, bathing, showering, cleaning, washing and deodorising one's self into a puritanically clean tissy. Maybe said obsession exists because, being the land of the poor immigrant (who was, fair enough, free and probably very brave), we consider cleanliness next to godliness (my youthful Saturday mornings were lost to cleaning rugs with an old-fashioned wire beater). In any event, one thing's clear: we have an unhealthy relationship with the shower nozzle.

Frankly, a good wash a couple times a week (punctuated by a bird bath in the sink and perhaps a sprinkling of dry shampoo) would do the trick. How do I know? Because I'm a card-carrying member of the infrequent showerers club. Plus, the less you lather up with all that alluring tat from the supermarket shelf, the less you'll be using loads of things that aren't exactly great for you (especially in larger quantities), like triclosan and the aluminium additives in so many anti-perspirant brands (no, there's no direct link to breast cancer on this last one but ask someone who has had it what the first thing was the doctor told them to do... it will usually be to immediately stop using their deodorant/anti-perspirant. True story.)

In any event, this is an interesting read on the history of the American obession with body odour.

Harcourt on Style.com

There's a new line of bath and body products on the market, meaning we'll move away from the face for a bit (I know we spend a bit too much time above the neck... working on that as I type). According to Style.com, Eileen Harcourt (skin expert who regularly responsible for the glowing skin of many Hollywood stars) created a range of natural lotions and shower creams, 'infused with shea butter and soothing white tea'. The scents and names (Paris in the Rain, French Kiss, Marrakesh, and Moroccan Rose) are very Francophilic, which we always like.

Apparently for the time being, they're only available at the Nancy Koltes linen shops and online at www.eharcourts.com/ soon.

Read about Eileen Harcourt's shop in NYC in New York Magazine.