I had an early scan. I'm feeling more confident about things now - I felt I just had to be quite brave and get it over with, it felt like a massive waste of time and energy just sitting around worrying all the time and not knowing what was going on. Watch the 9 Week...
Guerlain’s New Lingerie de Peau Foundation
It's not often that I look at my reflection and catch myself out, thinking, who in God's name is THAT? Actually, that's an utter lie: I catch myself out on an almost daily basis, glancing in the mirror and wondering why my own face has been exchanged for that of an...
In the Sale: Maternity Leopard Print Bardot Dress!
I interrupt normal service to tell you that the leopard print bardot dress I wore in my pregnancy announcement video has been reduced to £19.50 at ASOS. They style it as a sort of off-the-shoulder number on the website; I need to wear a bra otherwise my boobs...
Lookfantastic’s Gargantuan Advent Calendar: The Beauty Secret
Hmm. I tried to step away from the beauty advent calendars this year (my post on the Clarins and l'Occitane ones was going to be my singular foray into this particular area) but the Lookfantastic offering is gargantuan. Again. Do you remember the one from last year?...
Sunday Riley Tidal Cream: Instant Love
I've very quickly fallen for Sunday Riley's Tidal Cream. It is, to summarise prematurely, a fresh-feeling moisturiser with superb brightening effects that seems to be highly effective without feeling as though it's going to burn my entire face off. So many products...
Softest Bras: The Freya Fancies Bralette
Eternally on the hunt for the softest, most unstructured bras I can find, I was overjoyed when this one from Freya came through my postbox for me to try. It's the new(ish) Bralette from the Freya Fancies range and it makes a pretty and delicate change from the usual...
Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet: The Liquid Lipstick | AD
With liquid lipsticks taking over the beauty world, what better time to revisit a classic cult buy? Bourjois were ahead of the game with their Rouge Edition Velvet; a non-drying, intensely pigmented lip colour that feels as light as air to apply but has great lasting...
Sunday Tittle Tattle: Flashlight!
Dear Apple, I have updated my iPhone and my flashlight, the tool that has seen me through many a complicated Nocturnal iManoeuvre, has disappeared. No longer can I - with one hand and the flick of a finger - do important things such as finding my glass of water...
The Early Pregnancy Diaries: 8 Weeks
Yesterday and the day before, I felt so wiped out that I thought I had flu. I didn't even really have sickness all the time, just all of the other illness symptoms - to the point where I was convinced I actually was ill! I'm still checking the loo roll for blood every...
The Early Pregnancy Diaries: 7 Weeks
*note: at time of publishing I am actually 22 weeks along with this pregnancy. I recorded my early pregnancy diaries with the intention of writing them up later, so forgive the delay. "The sickness has been very bad, though I'm never sick. I have been so, so tired -...
Weekly Window Shop: Cosy Cable Knits
It's back by popular demand - the Weekly Window Shop. All feedback duly noted, though the suggestion to make it monthly or bi-monthly does sort of mess with my alliteration! Monthly Window Shop doesn't have quite the same ring to it. We return with a bit of a selfish...
The Early Pregnancy Diaries: 5 Weeks
I completely missed out the early weeks when I was writing about my first pregnancy and realised, in hindsight, that really they were the most important. I think that once you get past the first trimester, you settle into your pregnancy a bit (though I still worry a...