Beauty junkies will be super keen for Selfridges’ Beauty Workshop to open in early September. This ‘unique beauty playground’ will be triple the size of the department store’s current beauty hall and will house a selection of new, cult and hero brands in a gorgeous (from what we can see by the pictures they’ve released) environment. Beauty specialists – who...

Beautify yourself in true jubilee style with these Brit-tastic goodies. The very brilliant Tangleteezer with a Jubilee makeover, £13.99, at Tangleteezer.com Nivea’s Brit Kit comprising everything you need for a beautiful celebration, £5, at Boots.com Indulge those hands with Mint & Bergamot Hand Wash, £11.65, at Neal’s Yard. Celebrate red, white and blue with this Swarovski encrusted Union Jack eye...

Perfect your Halloween look with these bewitching beauty goodies. Philosophy Trick or Treat shampoo, shower gel & bubble bath duo, £18, at Selfridges Benefit She-laq Set, £19.50, at John Lewis Nails Inc. Black Taxi nail polish, £11, at Debenhams DIOR 5 Couleurs Designer – All-In-One Artistry Palette, £38, at Escentual Christina Aguilera Secret Potion Eau de Parfum, from £20.50, at...

It has been a while since Patricia Field and the Sex and the City girls introduced the concept of bad taste as good taste, but we think it’s time to bring back showy colours, brash clashing hues, and general overstatement. If you’re not ready to make the move from minimalism with your wardrobe just yet then at least these two...

Every Christmas gift guide in every magazine has featured a Smythson diary this year, and last year, and the year before. Obviously, we would still be grateful if we got one under the tree, but what we’re really lusting after is the new breed of designer stationery.Vivienne Westwood’s notebooks, from £25 from Hervia, are as covetable as you’d expect, but...

Leading the way in skincare and makeup technology, Shiseido is launching a revolutionary new Make-up Simulator camera that captures the movement and expression of the client in real time and then transposes make-up on the face virtually. Initially launched in Japan this is the first time the technology has been launched in the Europe and the brand have chosen Selfridges...

We’re loving Daisy Lowe’s latest 60s-beehive-and-gold-nails look so much that we’re reaching for the nearest blinged-up gold nail varnish. Chanel Le Vernis 440 Gold Lamé will do nicely. Available at major department stores including John Lewis, Selfridges and House of Fraser. Tweet

Project D exclusive Shuffle dress, by Dannii Minogue and Tabitha Somerset–Webb, £210 at Selfridges … Actually, we’re lusting after pretty much everything in Dannii’s new line, including these gorgeous pieces. Tweet