1) If you fancy being in with a chance of winning a five night stay in an incredible hotel, get voting for your favourite places to stay in the Smith Hotel Awards 2014. I book most of my trips through Mr & Mrs Smith and pretty much everywhere I’ve stayed has been amazing, so I’m finding it quite…
Time for me to leave Greece, today. I’ve had such an amazing week, exploring the Peloponnese and lying by the sea and drinking lovely local wine. Now I need to start writing it all up – food, sightseeing, accommodation and all! I hope you’ve all had good weeks, wherever you’ve been – normal website service resumes on…
I’m on holiday! Thank God for that! One more week and I’m sure that my head would have exploded. This must have been the busiest “school year” of my life – even more hectic than last year, when I crazily decided to finish my MA at the same time as increasing my workload and negotiating…
1) Winners of the Max Factor lipsticks (limited edition! Only three five made! By me!) are: Tessa (Tbblogger), Catriona May and Grace (grace084). And because Max Factor sent me a grand total of FIVE Cherry on the Top lipsticks, I am happy to announce that there are two bonus winners, Emma Bradford (emma_loub) and “debzcm911”! You should all…
1) FeelUnique have some quite amazing reductions going on in their sale, and I just had an email newsletter to say that there’s an extra 10% off over the bank holiday weekend, using the code PLUS10. Bravo! My super-duper recommendations, with the biggest savings, are below. MD Formulations – anything from. I bloody love MD…
1) I saw this article in Stylist magazine and thought that it was just brilliant; I hadn’t heard of Life Hacks before but now I’m going to be sat there thinking them up all day! Life Hacks, according to Stylist, are little “tips and tricks to get rid of the tiny everyday annoyances in life”. They’ve rounded up…
1) My YSL Fusion Foundation (above) looks as though it’s had loads of tiny foundation babies! Fusion is the latest launch from YSL; it’s a very lightweight base that promises 24hr hold and YSL have 7-day samples of this at all of their counters nationwide. I assume that’s “while stocks last” so make sure you pop in and get…
1) Interesting. A fragrance beautifying cream. l’Occitane designed this cream to be used in conjunction with their Collection de Grasse fragrance range (my favourite one is the heady, summery Néroli & Orchidée, see Friday’s post) to intensify the notes and and help them last for longer. Probably not a beauty priority, if we’re honest, but I like the idea! It does…
1) It has been an incredibly busy week, this week; I am absolutely pooped! You know when your legs are kind of buzzing with a weird energy and you can’t relax? It’s as though you’ve gone past the point of tiredness and can’t properly wind down? I have been trying to get rid of the weird energy…
1) Sorry this post is late – email subscribers, you may be reading this on Monday morning rather than on Sunday, and I do apologise if your weekend felt empty without my words. Ha! It was my wedding anniversary yesterday (six years) and I had a lovely day with cousins and friends, pootling about on…
1) I went to Provence with l’Occitane last week. I had dinner inside the amphitheatre at Arles! It was really quite special – all candlelit and atmospheric. Proper post to follow – I need to move all of my photos from my laptop to my big computer, which could take some time. My laptop (a little…
1) As part of my new fitness drive, I have tried to kickstart my running “mission”. There will be a post next week about some of my…er…mishaps, but I just wanted to tell you about the iPhone app I’ve been using. It’s called “Couch to 5k” and I’m pretty sure that some of you lovely…
1) My friend’s shop in Bath has started stocking these gorgeous leather wallets. The LOLLY wallet is made from buttery soft Italian leather and comes in four colours – my favourite is the coral! It’s quite a large size – it could almost double as a very small clutch if you only needed to carry your iPhone and…
1) The sales have started. Oh God, oh God. Be still my beating heart. As usual, I have been trawling Net-a-Porter (here) and Selfridges (here) and there are loads of things I want. If I get them, I’ll do a post! But I have to make room first, which is why I have a few…
1) Oh, the World Cup. Are we lovers of the football, dear readers, or are we indifferent? I have a bit of a “sports noise” phobia; I can’t stand the sound of football and racing cars and so on when it’s on in the background in my own house. For some reason, I find it…
1) Here’s a post I loved from the Basenotes fragrance website last week – written by Louise at Get Lippie. It made me laugh a lot – have you tried any of the celeb fragrances she mentions? I’m always scared to try them in case they smell like toilet cleaner or something, but Louise may just…
1) Look at this – a nice little treat if you can find it! With every purchase of Reve Elixir you get a mini perfume and a teeny candle. Very sweet. I think so, anyway – me and my miniatures obsession! I have a feeling it’s in-store only, but they stock Van Cleef & Arpels at John…
1) Another bank holiday! April and May are just brilliant for totally unexpected little days off, aren’t they? To be absolutely frank, I’m just happy to be in my own house for more than two days in a row, even if the weather is miserable. What a hectic few weeks – I’m actually looking forward to…