Sunday, 14 November 2010  Notes from a Big Country: US Beauty
Report  After a week traipsing around New York, I'm back home
with a bump and very, very much looking forward to a long hot
bath.  But first, here are a few beauty related things I learned
on my trip to the Big Apple.  A week without my Clarisonic has
left my skin in a terrible state; I left it at home because I
was worried it'd turn on in my luggage and cause a security
alert or something (yes, I am paranoid).  I dutifully oil
cleansed my makeup off every night, but evidently a single
cleanse was no match for city grime; I've now got a delightful
crop of spots.  The first thing I did when I got through the
door was to Clarisonic my face, and I feel a lot better for it;
truly, it's one of those products you don't realise how much you
love until you stop using it.  Sephora, once a place where I
could spend hours staring at products only found in the US, is
no longer quite the draw it used to be.  Makeup brands such as
theBalm, Makeup Forever, and Sm