Everything is Washable and Other Life Lessons: 2022’s New How-To Guide that will Help You Navigate Modern Life with Advice on Beauty, Money, Family and So Much More

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Sali Hughes is a Guardian columinst whose regular writings arte concerned with beauty. Her no nonsense advice in her writings in that paper have been expanded in this book to cover all matter of life essentials. It contains advice to help you navigate modern life; good sense on home, food, drink, fashion, health, friends, family, finances and more. Hughes gives advice on where it is good to spend money – bin bags, cheap ones being the ultimate false economy – and where to save money – buy a cheap kitchen but have it fitted properly. She also answers all of those vital questions such as “Are posh candles a waste of money?” and lists the thirty-seven foodstuffs that she considers essential to have in your kitch cupboard. I’m an obsessive collector of fragrances, so I could never choose a favourite. My most worn at the moment are Lyn Harris’s Perfumer H Rain Wood, Glossier You, Heeley’s L’Amandière, Celine’s Nightclubbing, Frederic Malle’s Synthetic Jungle and Sisley’s Eau de Campagne. My most worn fragrance ever is Chanel No. 5. It’s perfection.” I thought the extract in the Guardian was pretty risible - just a stream of consciousness about random things, most of which are pretty blooming obvious. Charlotte Tilbury’s Hollywood Flawless Filter in 2.5 is a ride or die. It’s an extremely sheer skin booster that looks great on its own on those ‘no make-up’ days, or as a priming undercoat for foundation. I would recommend it to anyone except those who are prone to oiliness. I don’t feel myself without it and nothing else comes close.” Fashion is a subjective section, I think if you like Sali's style posts on IG you may enjoy this chapter.

Subjects: Lifestyle & Personal Style Guides , Self-help & Personal Development , Lifestyle and personal style guides , Self-help, personal development and practical advice , Household management and home hints , Parties, etiquette and entertaining , Self-Help / General , House & Home / General , Health & Fitness / Beauty & Grooming , Health & Fitness / Women's Health , Cooking / Entertaining Show For me, the number one priority with any mascara is anti-smudging. My all-time favourites are tubing mascaras (which use polymers instead of the traditional and more smudgy waxes and dyes) – either Estée Lauder Double Wear or Clinique Lash Power, because they just don’t budge. For a waterproof mascara, I will always choose the Bobbi Brown No Smudge Mascara.”This book opens with Home tips, but you can get these elsewhere from experts online, or perhaps you have copies of Laura de Barra's books already.

I've enjoyed Sali Hughes beauty books and articles previously, so when I saw this I was intrigued to see her take on certain subjects. Our servers are getting hit pretty hard right now. To continue shopping, enter the characters as they are shown I did enjoy the personal stories that were shared, such as finding out about her childhood, her father's hoarding and personal life, but these were far and few between. Affordable and also accessible, democratic beauty is really important to me. Some years ago I was at a homeless shelter in Cardiff making a documentary and, while waiting for the camera crew to set up, I saw two cardboard boxes full of toiletries. The woman at reception explained that they were for clients who might have a housing meeting or job interview and need to look presentable. I took a photo of the boxes, sent the picture to my friend [Beauty Banks co-founder] Jo Jones and said "this is crazy - we know loads of people with tonnes of product. And here are people who need product. Can't we bring the two things together?" And she said "yes, definitely". I grew up with my father and brothers and was the only girl in the house, so appearance wasn’t discussed; it just wasn't a thing and I'm grateful for that. I also never heard either of my parents talk negatively or otherwise about how they looked, which I think gives you a good grounding because then beauty becomes a fun, life-enhancing thing and not a battle you're trying to win.Body cream is my desert island product, because I’d be extremely uncomfortable without it. I have three next to my bed – Garnier Body Superfood Cream, Body Shop Avocado Body Butter (an old favourite that doubles up brilliantly as a bath cream) and Palmer’s Cocoa Butter Retexture & Renew Body Lotion, which is great if you have little bumps on your arms or flaky texture on your shins.”