December Favourites

December Favourites

Welcome to this month’s random selection of “things I’ve really loved”. There’s a full video version further down the page and I do highly recommend you watch it if you’ve a spare ten or so minutes. It gives you an extended ramble about each of the bits and pieces I’m...

November Favourites

November Favourites

It’s my favourite week of the year: birthday week. I’ve never really been one of those people who squeal on and on about their birthday for ages beforehand and demand that many different festivities are organised for them, who expect special balloons with their age on...

March Favourites

March Favourites

A quick post today because I am writing this on Easter Sunday, when strictly speaking I should be trying to talk my kids down from their rampant sugar-high. One of them is currently gyrating to the Wonka soundtrack, the other has filled up a water pistol and is...

February Favourites

February Favourites

Five February Favourites, including the very timely rediscovery of an absolute skincare marvel and an incredible book of short stories. But let's start with the boots I've fallen for. Oh, the boots. If I told you that I'd been searching high and low for the perfect...

January Favourites: I’m A Stampfluencer Now

January Favourites: I’m A Stampfluencer Now

January "favourites" and what an eclectic mix we have going on here! Family photo albums, rubber stamps and a stand-up show that will have you chortling away and wishing for more. As per monthly favourites tradition, there's a video to accompany this post - it's right...

What’s In My Travel Bag?

What’s In My Travel Bag?

A quick little beauty post to break up the contact lens content. I mean, I'm verging on becoming an eye blogger at this point. There are two or three posts on laser eye surgery to come yet and who knows what eye-related things I'll find to write about after that?...

You Won’t Believe How Much I Love These…

You Won’t Believe How Much I Love These…

It's favourites time, but this time they're supercharged. The first favourite thing has changed my life and I'm not being dramatic and clickbait-y about it, either; the second favourite is a book that had me audibly cheering as I read it (in just two sittings) in bed...

5 Favourite Makeup Launches: Summer 2022

5 Favourite Makeup Launches: Summer 2022

Some lovely, melty-textured makeup bits that'll see you through the rest of summer and take you nicely into Autumn. Oh God! The A-Word! I hate myself for even using it, because the summer months are what I live for, but all good things must come to an end. Also, the...

5 Early Spring Favourites

5 Early Spring Favourites

Hello! It's been a while. The month-long pause to "write a book and spend quality time with the family" seemed to very quickly and easily turn into a three-and-a-half-month break from the blog that has proved quite difficult to come back from. I was planning a bit of...

5 Festive Favourites: Christmas 2021

5 Festive Favourites: Christmas 2021

I'm clocking off for Christmas now, but not before I present you with this month's favourites video. It actually straddles two months (oh, how I've always longed to use the word "straddled" in a non-sexual sentence!) because I missed November's favourites out...

5 Fashion, Beauty & Home Favourites | October 2021

5 Fashion, Beauty & Home Favourites | October 2021

Featuring 5 favourites for October – beauty, fashion and home favourites. A Hush jumper, lamp, eyeshadow palette and book – reviewed for you! I'm back with this month's favourite things, including (spoiler alert) the best book I've read this year, a rather festive...

5 Fashion, Beauty & Home Favourites | September 2021

5 Fashion, Beauty & Home Favourites | September 2021

Featuring 5 favourites for September – beauty, fashion and home favourites. An M&S cardigan, bathroom storage, lipstick and scent – reviewed for you! Hurrah, top marks for me, please, because I've managed to do the monthly favourites in the month they were the...