I wasn't actually intending to keep these amazing beauty boxes under wraps for quite so long - there were supposed to be lots of cheeky little hints, advance-warning teasers, annoying "I have a secret announcement coming up but I can't tell you what it is!" videos....
Right. I know it's snowing in the UK and we're all frozen into our homes, tapping fruitlessly at the insides of our iced-over windows in the hope that someone happens to be passing with a blow-torch and chisel so that we can be released from our chilly confines (just...
Here it is, as promised, my new "most-used" category; a monthly round-up of the five beauty products that I've used again and again. Helpful, I hope, for anyone wanting to know what I turn to day in, day out, rather than flash-in-the-pan lipstick love affairs and...
One for when your face lacks any sort of radiance and resembles an arid, dusty moonscape ("there's no life on this planet, Captain!"): Bobbi Brown's Extra Illuminating Moisture Balm. This hydrating, subtly pearlescent cream gives a nice, even glow that makes...
I've changed the format of my favourites video, you may be interested to know. After the roaring success of my 17 Most Used Beauty Products of 2017 video, I decided to make the "most used" aspect a regular feature so that you could see exactly what I've been reaching...
I think a lot about beauty. Which would seem pretty obvious, seeing as though I spend a huge proportion of my life writing, talking and reading about it, but it goes beyond the sort of "formal thinking" that sees me researching skincare ingredients or scrutinising the...
We now have a bed in our bedroom, which is great news because the novelty factor of sleeping on the floor on a mattress had just about started to wear off. Sleeping on just a mattress has its benefits, namely that you can - quite literally - roll out of bed in the...
A great surprise beauty find in a week of not so great surprises; the Poudre à Lèvres from the Chanel spring/summer Neapolis collection. Look, I'm going to just come out and say it: I don't find Neapolis to be the most wearable of makeup collections. On paper I'm a...
I've been procrastinating for days over whether or not to write this post - everything is still so raw and sad - but I feel as though it will allow me to at least move on with my work and, at the moment, work is a very welcome distraction. I lost my Dad last Thursday....
I've banged on about this countless times on various social media platforms, but the months at the end of 2017 were absolute chaos for me. We relocated to Somerset, moving house twice, Baby Ted wasn't sleeping and my work life ground to a halt. In actual fact it...
It has been rather a slow start to the year, beauty-wise; I talked at length (ish) about burnouts and brain freeze last month, but I shall recap briefly for those who missed it. In very simple terms, I suppose that I reached my limit with juggling work and moving...
This is my third and final post with Huggies Pure Wipes and I wanted to talk about how nappy-changing time can be one of the most important times of the day in terms of connecting with your baby and having a bit of fun. If you have an absolutely jam-packed schedule of...