A male friend asked me the other day why so many pregnancy garments were printed with horizontal stripes. (Actually a female friend asked me this too. It seems to be a common query.) "Isn't the rule supposed to be that the fatter you are, the more you step away from...
The Deep Sleep Super Double-Barrelled Mega-Spray
Beauty brand This Works couldn't improve on the knock-you-into-oblivion perfection that is the Deep Sleep Pillow Spray, and so they made a slightly longer-lasting version, Sleep Plus Pillow Spray, that sort of refreshed its scent powers throughout the night to keep...
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...
Impromptu Summer Holiday!
The AMR Family (Me, Mr, Baby, Dog - no Cat) has just returned from an impromptu mini-holiday on the Isle of Wight. Four nights in a slightly damp and musty cottage, two days of sunshine and two of rain. The typical British summer holiday, then, if a little on the...
Amazon Prime: Faster Than My Dog’s Colon
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,...
Chanel Quilted Eyes: My Version
I very rarely attempt to wear any of the jazzier runway makeup looks; often they are interesting and edgy - or very theatrical - on the catwalk, but ridiculous in real life. I suppose you could say that the same goes for the clothes a lot of the time! But Chanel's...
The Makeup Artist Brow Tutorial…
I asked top makeup artist Caroline Barnes (you all know Caroline by now - if you don't then click back to our previous videos first) to sort out my brows. Pluck them, shape them, lift them and then, after the "sorting", do something a little more dramatic. Good...
A Peek Inside my Snug… (Not a Euphemism)
A peek inside my snug, which sounds sort of rude (to the immature/those blessed with overactive imaginations) but is actually the room that acts as a kind of antechamber to our bedroom. It was always supposed to be a little quiet reading room, almost like the lounge...
The Dinner Date Night In
I love this idea from Don't Buy Her Flowers: a complete date night in a box. Just add lingerie and perhaps a good movie. Or in our case, a baby monitor and The Good Wife on Netflix! The package includes champagne (or wine), lovely candles, massage oil, chocolates and...
The Magic Pimple Master Patch Review
The Acne Pimple Master Patch from COSRX is actually a set of twenty-four patches, which makes me want to write "es" after "patch" on the packaging in Tippex. But that, I have to say, is my one and only complaint (and it's a silly, pedantic one) when it comes to the...
Sunday Tittle Tattle: Back to Being Me
I seem to have turned a bit of a corner, this week (watch me as I jinx myself): I feel as though I'm more on top of things in my life, more in control. Back to being me. There's probably going to be a whole slew of posts about this, because I have quite a lot to say...
Winter Newsletter Giveaway and Comments Page!
This is the private page for readers of the Winter Newsletter 2015. Please use this page to leave comments and feedback and to enter the giveaways. All you need to do to enter is leave a comment, however short or long, and make sure that you put your email into the...