Luscious Lips: Love & Toast

What's not to love about this gorgeous lip balm from Love & Toast? First, lets start with the yummy natural ingredients - this luscious lip soother is petrolatum free and packed with extra virgin olive oil, organic jojoba oil and shea butter.

Now, peruse the packaging. It's a cute retro doodle of a cassette - the sort of thing I would have drawn on my exercise books at primary school in the eighties, if only I'd been a bit more artistically inclined.

And finally, I bring you to the flavour - it's lime & gin, yes that's right girls, a gin flavoured lip balm. It probably won't get you tipsy, but it might tide you over til pub time.

The balm costs £12.00 from ASOS, and there are lots of other pretty products in the range too.

Bag candy that's good enough to eat at Dollydagger

I love that retro clothes and accessories store Dollydagger has a section entirely devoted to pretty things for your handbag. I love it even more that they start from a mere two quid.

This Cherry Chocolate Truffle Lipbalm (try saying that with your mouth full) is certainly more interesting than a tub of vaseline. Probably tastes nicer too.My favourite is this Cherry Red Lipstick Pen. It's bound to raise a few smiles when you take this out of your handbag at the bank instead of a grubby biro.
They are hardly sophisticated and would probably look out of place in a swish designer handbag, but sophistication is a little overrated. Who needs to feel like a grown-up when you can have lips that taste of dessert and a kick-ass writing implement?