I've been testing out quite a few new luxury lipstick launches and a couple of them are really quite fabulous. Comfortable, creamy, immensely flattering lipsticks that manage to retain a real punch of colour and (at least in the case of the Becca lipsticks I'm about...
Oh, hallelujah: I thought that the glorious Elemis Pro-Collagen Rose Cleansing Balm was on a limited run, once-it's-gone-it's-gone, but I've just seen that it's now a permanent addition to their Pro-Collagen line. (It took me four attempts to spell "hallelujah"...
For the past few months I’ve been quite preoccupied with finding luxury London hotel rooms at less-than-luxury prices; not necessarily luxury rooms that have been heavily discounted, but rooms that are simply well-priced to begin with. Perhaps a room in a hotel...
I had a can of full sugar coke before filming this video, so you'll have to excuse the tendency towards frivolity. I've managed to get my Coca Cola consumption down to just one can a week, now, and I try to "take it" (like medicinal waters) on a work day when I need a...
Angelica, aged three and eight months, has taken to telling us all precisely what she is not. We've had this before, when she first learnt her name - or a shortened version of her name; "I not hungry, Daddy, I La-La!" "I not cute, Granny, I La-La!" "I not testing your...
Sorry for the radio silence; I've been laid up with yet another ailment, this time one of the many unnamed viruses that comes under the "could be flu" umbrella. Oooh, it's a contentious issue, flu - never say you have flu to someone who has actually had flu. (I have...
[AD info: this post contains a paid-for advertorial for L'Oreal. Links marked * are affiliate links. Beauty products featured are press samples, fashion items and jewellery are my own apart from the earrings which were gifted.] I went out-out last Saturday - to a...
[AD info: this is not a paid-for post. There is an affiliate link marked *. I am a founder of the Colab Dry Shampoo brand. Beauty items here are press samples apart from the dry shampoo.] Well I do apologise; it has been a while since my last fitness post, Sex Burns...
[AD info: this post contains an affiliate link. This is not a paid-for post and I bought the bra myself.] I posted a photo on Instagram the other day in which my boobs were quite - how can I put this? - apparent. Perky. Fulsome. Now I don't want you to worry; I'm not...
[AD info: this post contains one affiliate link marked *] I know that it's entirely possible that pink velvet is going to be one of those fleeting trends that disappears into the interiors ether as quickly as it arrived, but please humour me. Because I've always...
Here's a list of the things that can seemingly give you cystitis. It's not exhaustive. 1 Having raucous sex 2 Having mildly enthusiastic sex 3 Not having any sex 4 Wearing cropped jumpers that don't cover your kidneys 5 Wearing low jeans that don't cover your...
The phoenix has landed, the cat is on the lead, the dog is at the dinner table and the chicken is a cover star. Sounds like a slightly odd lesson from one of those secondary school French listening tapes (ecoutez et repetez!) but it is, in fact, my latest magazine...