Make up

High street beauty saviours to buy now

Think you deserve a little treat, but don't want to splash the cash right now? Here are 8 high street hits to help you get your lockdown look for less, all road-tested by yours truly.
Pucker up! 10 lip smacking lipsticks

A new spring wardrobe might be out of the question (let's face it, we're living in PJs!) but we can all treat ourselves to a new lippy, right? Mwah!
Make-up for men: ooh or eww?

Turns out more and more blokes are getting handy with bronzer and concealer. So we tried out one leading male make-up brand on some lucky Muddy husbands.
Gotta Have It

Counting the days until Christmas? We can help with that. Voila, five of the best luxe beauty advent calendars available to buy right now.
Beauty Pie – your new beauty BBF

Beauty Pie is *the* cult skin, hair and make-up brand everyone's talking about.
Beauty bargains

Quick, raid a teenage girl’s make-up bag! Budget beauty is big news right now. Here are some corkers that’ll only set you back a few quid.
Hangover hiders

There's nothing Muddy doesn't know about surviving a hangover. So in the interests of not being mistaken for a dug-up corpse this festive season, behold our five favourite morning after skincare saviours.
J’adore Isabel Marant

We can't stretch to new Isabel Marant boots or bags right now but it's a big "OUI!" from us to her super-chic new lipsticks and other make up essentials, designed to create a day-to-night look with minimum faff.
The ultimate summer beauty buys

Be gone cement-style foundation and Alice Cooper-esque mascara! We've got the 11 best beauty buys for heatwave conditions and summer holiday suitcases.
Cult beauty brand alert!

Cult beauty brand alert! We've got our Muddy fingers in a LOT of Beauty Pie's luxe products this week, and we're going back in for seconds.
The elixir of youth

This supercool beauty brand is adored by millennials. But there's also a lot to love here when you have more (*cough*) mature skin.
Muddy Loves ESSIE

Time to ditch the summer neons and check out Essie's new autumnal hues. Sorry, can't come out tonight, I'm painting my nails.
Bronzed beauty

Did you blink and miss the British sun this summer? The Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick is a late-season classic. Bronzed goddess incoming!
Charlotte Tilbury make up by numbers

Rubbish at putting on your face? This make-up by numbers palette in 7 steps by Charlotte Tilbury will sort out your eyes, cheeks and skin tone good and proper.
Nail that polish

Thought M&S was just for knickers and ready meals? These super-chic, Chanel-inspired Autograph nail polishes are well worth a detour to the beauty hall.
Where d’ya get those peepers?

My eyelashes aren't my best feature, I have to be honest: they're short and there aren't that many of them. Mascara can only go so far and I always stick false eyelashes on wonky so with Christmas coming up, I booked myself in for some glam eyelash extensions at Frontlinestyle in Bath...