Street Style Steal: Ruth Crilly and Daily Mix TV

Street Style Steal: Ruth Crilly and Daily Mix TV

I wanted to embed the first Street Style Steal episode on here for you to see, just in case you're Youtube-adverse! Nothing wrong with that, by the way - I often get a headache just looking at the Youtube homepage with its hundreds of videos of dogs in sunglasses and...

Quick Tomato and Buffalo Mozzarella Linguine

Quick Tomato and Buffalo Mozzarella Linguine

Just a little something that I often knock together when I'm starving but can't be bothered to "properly cook". This just requires a pan of boiling water and another with some gently heated olive oil. I usually have about 75g of linguine with half a ball of mozzarella...

Best of the Sales…

Best of the Sales…

It's kind of sad that Christmas is now dominated by present-buying followed immediately by sales-buying, but I do make the majority of my large fashion investments during sale times and I also like to stock up on little bargains to give as birthday presents throughout...

Murad Q&A: Breakouts During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

Murad Q&A: Breakouts During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding

Last summer I asked you to tell me your about your most pressing skincare woes and questions. I then picked the ten most frequently asked and emailed them over to Dr Murad in LA who has very kindly responded. If you want more background on the Q&A series, have a...

My Big Balls (and a L’Occitane Favourite)

My Big Balls (and a L’Occitane Favourite)

L'Occitane sent me some big balls! Huge, big baubles to hang on the tree, and they're filled with lavender and tiny dried flower buds. And this, my friends, is why I love l'Occitane. Not because of my big balls, but because they have great attention to detail. They...

Christmas Top to Toe!

Christmas Top to Toe!

A quick style and beauty video for you, but with a slight difference because I'm wearing a rather odd ensemble - my Christmas jumper and slippers! And trousers, obviously, otherwise that really would give you a jolt! There's more info on the makeup used underneath the...

A Christmas Card for You!

A Christmas Card for You!

 Merry Christmas you wonderful, wonderful lot. Feel privileged that you've actually got some form of card - I didn't send any this year! I was hoping that Mr AMR would take the card-writing on as one of his errands, but you can never trust a man to do anything that...

My Top 5 Skincare Ranges

My Top 5 Skincare Ranges

I've done a little run-down of the top five skincare ranges of 2012. Now I'm talking about entire ranges here, not about individual products. If I did a top five products then the list might look a little different - this is a video about complete (or almost complete)...

Sh*tfit of the Day: The Christmas Eve Shop

Sh*tfit of the Day: The Christmas Eve Shop

Who does their shopping on Christmas Eve? I'll tell you who. Mr AMR. Me. Both of us, dashing in and out of the emptying shops, frantically calling one another for progress reports and irritable exchanges. I have no idea why we always end up shopping on Christmas Eve...

Christmas Canapés with Feel Good Food!

Christmas Canapés with Feel Good Food!

No Sunday Tittle Tattle today because I am totally Tittle Tattled out at the moment. There were some pretty random posts last week including a rant about the phrase "sleeps until Christmas", so go and have a look at them if you want your fix of Ruth's rambles! Today,...

I’M OFFICIALLY ON HOLIDAY!

I’M OFFICIALLY ON HOLIDAY!

I'M OFFICIALLY ON HOLIDAY. Oh, sorry, was I shouting? I just want to make it perfectly clear, to myself, that I must now relax and try not to do anything until mid-January. Have no fear that all posts are scheduled - make sure you're signed up to the Daily Fix if you...

Fringe or No Fringe – You Decided.

Fringe or No Fringe – You Decided.

The title makes it sound as though I would have let you all decide for me, week before last, when I asked for a quick poll on the "fringe/no fringe" issue! In actual fact, if most of you had said "Fringe" then I probably would have gone for it, if only as a result of...