I think I may have been a solar panel in a former life. Admittedly that's a slightly unconventional thing to have been in a past life - people tend to cite cats, dogs, birds, royalty - but I can't think of anything, either living or inanimate, that sums me up better...
The current run of hot weather has provided an excellent opportunity for me to properly test some of the deodorants that I've had lined up along my bathroom shelf. I'm not usually the sweatiest of people and so it takes a very warm day for me to get a proper bit of...
I must confess to having not done very well with my stretch-mark-oil testing duties, this pregnancy. I've been on the body balms instead (a round-up of those is imminent) even though oils are, I would suspect, slightly more effective when it comes to keeping the skin...
I'm back on the dry body oils for that sexy, summer sheen sans grease. When it's hot and sticky, there's nothing worse than being coated in a thick oil - it makes you feel like you're basted and ready for the oven! An unctuous, nourishing body oil is great when the...
I've long been a fan of Vita Liberata's Capture the Light skin perfector; it adds a tint, a touch of glow and somehow seems to blur imperfections, leaving your legs looking as though they are clad in some sort of invisible miracle tights. Capture the Light has been...
I found a suitcase filled with pants and socks! As you do. There seems to be a neverending conveyor belt of boxes and cases that were stowed away in the storage container when we were having the house rebuilt; I thought I'd unpacked them all, but obviously not....
I realised last week that I didn't ever properly finish my round-up of the best pregnancy and new-Mum beauty products. I did some quite extensive testing of various stretch-mark oils and creams and the results can be found here (best budget) and here (best of the...
I've started sniffing around for good little things to put in my Christmas Stocking Fillers video - I know it's only early November, but if I don't get the festive vids filmed in the next couple of weeks then they end up going online ridiculously late. Which is...
It's fair to say that I've gone a bit bath-crazy over the past few weeks. One a day, if I can manage it - perhaps even two, if Mr AMR is home and can watch the baby so that I can have a completely responsibility-free soak. I'll probably calm down with the soaks soon,...
OK, I'll admit it's a bit of a stretch calling bath oils and unguents remedies, but I have to say that these will make you feel a hell of a lot better if you're under the weather. They're a bit like posh versions of Vick's Vaporub - except that you bathe in/with them...
I raved about the Emoji Micro Pedi device earlier in the summer; it's the perfect pedicure tool for people who are lazy, time-poor or just...want to get really smooth feet. Forget sawing away with one of those manual foot files, or taking out chunks of heel with a...
Three luxurious body oils that each transported me, if I closed my eyes tightly, straight into the world's most peaceful and nice-smelling spa. I'm all about transporting myself places at the moment - tropical beaches, quiet, dimly lit rooms with comfortable beds......