I've already written about my marvellous Lime Wood Hotel mini-break (see here) but I promised that I'd talk more about their spa (The Herb House) and - more specifically - the gorgeous Pai Skincare facial that I was treated to. I haven't had a lot of facials in the...
I had presumed that I wouldn't get on with Lancome's new Teint Idole Ultra Cushion foundation; I've yet to be truly convinced by this huge "cushion" trend that's hit the market. It all just seems a bit gimmicky and...unnecessary. A makeup-infused sponge that needs...
I have total brain fry this weekend. I think that trying to find five brilliant bargains for under a fiver (see yesterday's post) must have exhausted me! But in all seriousness, despite being able to write in reasonably coherent sentences, my grey matter has gone on...
Last week we had ten under ten, this week it's five under five. Next week, who knows? Two under two? Ha! That'll cut my workload down... Actually, it's really quite unexpectedly hard to find good things online for less than a fiver, unless it's all beauty stuff... So...
Earlier in the summer, I was invited to be part of an expert judging panel for the Sainsbury's Beauty Awards*. Now in its seventh year, it's an annual specialist event that celebrates the best beauty and grooming products that are available to Sainsbury's customers....
The simplehuman Sensor mirror is not a magnifying mirror by any usual standards: stare into the looking glass and it turns pores into moon craters, fine facial hairs into gargantuan tropical fronds with girths as wide as a lamppost. This is the sort of power mirror...
It's sort of a lie, this title, because I actually don't know if one singular thing made my baby suddenly sleep through the night. It might not have even been the combination of the things I've outlined below. It could have been (and I think this is likely) that she...
The August Favourites are in - but I have a burning question before you start devouring the various little beauty morsels I've prepared. It concerns video "thumbnails" (those little pictures that appear along with the title so that you know vaguely what you're about...
A jolly little day cream for you: Melvita's Nectar de Roses Infusion. You might think "jolly" a slightly odd word to use to describe a moisturiser, but it's highly appropriate in this case - the sugared rose smell of the Hydrating Day Cream is just so cheerful and...
At 11pm on Saturday night, the dog ate my earplugs. Not any old earplugs (those ten-for-a-quid foamy ones that you have to twist into an impossibly tight roll to be able to get into your ear canal or the waxy numbers that you melt and shape with your fingers): no,...
Here's the vlog I made during my little mini-break with Mr AMR last weekend. Excuse the title, I've been trying to utilise that very famous Friends quote for many years and it just seemed to be the right moment. WE WERE ON A BREAK! Ah, how I miss the days of Friends....
Fancy a little treat-to-self? Here are ten things I've found on my shopping travels this week - all of them under a tenner. Can't get better than that. Unless it was five things for under a fiver, of course - maybe that's one for next week... First item - and I'll...