When it comes to beauty, Japan is a zillion years ahead of us in the UK. Remember the hype last year when Selfridges started selling anti-ageing marshmallows? The Japanese must have been cackling into their sake - a beautifying sugar fix is nothing new to them. It's like someone calling Wine Gums innovative. Products-wise, beauty is more advanced and experimental.
But in terms of style, make-up and hair goes in a completely different direction. Subtlety is rejected while the avant garde is sought out and embraced. And to see what I mean, visiting the Barbican's Future Beauty exhibition is a must. Although it is primarily fashion-focused, the use of colour and shape is inspiring. After five minutes with the incredible creations on show you will want to shun this season's nude nails in favour of a hot pink or banana yellow.
In other news, this is Madina. She is friend of a super-cool Parisian journalist called Noreen I met on a press trip a couple of weeks ago.
We saw each other at an event the other night and Madina and I shared a cab to the east end. She moved to London from Cannes ten days ago, loves beauty and is working in a bar called Ruby Blue. She is currently reading a book called Le Gens. She says: "It's about different people's lives. A little bit of this, a little bit of that. I like it, but I like to read very much."
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