And so here it is, the Autumn Favourites video as promised. I’ll now be doing my favourites videos seasonally, or with a theme – for example, “Haircare Favourites” or “Favourite Budget Bodycare”. The seasonal favourites videos will be a light-hearted overview of the things I think make a brilliant buy if you’re looking to update your wardrobe or makeup bag. Straightforward, fun, hopefully quite useful.

Apologies in advance if the bejewelled bee headband makes you want to buy a – er – bejewelled bee headband; it’s a silly, frivolous little accessory but one I couldn’t resist. It makes me look as though I’m trying to pass as a primary school pupil but I care not a jot – you know some things just make you feel irrationally happy" Well the bejewelled bee band is one of those things. Let’s ignore the fact I have to take it off every hour, for a two hour headband break, because (like all headbands) it digs in and makes my skull ache. And there’s another bee item in my favourites – one that is possibly more sensible, more universally relevant. It’s a cosmetics bag from cool, luxurious but surprisingly affordable brand Elizabeth Scarlett – I now have bags from her in a palm tree design, a pineapple version and the Monstera leaf as well as my new embroidered bees. This was supposed to be a present for someone (as was the pineapple bag, which I have in two different col...