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...
I woke up unable to move and with my arm muscles screaming: what evil atrocity had happened to my person overnight? I did (what they call in the meditation sessions I never get around to doing) a body scan; starting at the toes, moving up to the knees and then the...
I've made some little tweaks to my makeup routine and committed them to video: one of the changes involves my eyebrows, and you might already know about that one, but the other four are relatively new and snazzy. I know that the suspense will be killing you, so let's...
I've had a slightly longer break from work than anticipated; but don't worry, there's nothing sinister afoot. I'm not ill, the dog didn't die, I've not had a drastic facelift that meant I needed to hide behind bandages for a month. I was just absolutely shattered...
Earlier this year I wrote about the fact that Christmas isn't actually a holiday, not really, and especially not if you have young kids. Or any kind of dependents. Kids don't stop being kids just because it's the most wonderful time of the year. Toddlers don't give a...
Stand down, Outraged of Welwyn Garden City, I said How To Do A Glow Job not blow job! To be honest, I'm almost forty and still couldn't tell you how to do the latter that well, so the chances of me writing a post about it (or - urgh - making a video) are slim. Hohoho....
Good grief I put Elnett's Extra Strength Hairspray through its paces for these photos! Short of sitting in a sauna for an hour, I can't think of anything that would test the limits of a hairspray more. Gale force winds, driving rain, what felt like sleet at one point,...
I've always fancied being the sort of person that could throw one of those dinner parties that seemingly only exist in Ferrero Rocher commercials and magazine shoots; French farmhouse tables overflowing with flowers and flickering candles, fine linen napkins placed...
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PMT has now become a major event in my life every month; for the entire week before my period I really struggle to get anything done at all. I'm confused, fuzzy and I just want to sleep. In PMT week I don't want to speak at all, I want everyone to go away and leave me...
I was going to call this post Top Faux Christmas Garlands but when I looked at the pictures it was more like a fireplace catalogue, so I've kept the title real and relevant for you. Hohoho. Fireplaces aren't all they're crack(l)ed up to be, in my opinion. It must have...
I made my first school-related Mum Error the other day when I sent Angelica wearing her uniform on something called a "mufti day". What the hell is mufti day? Granted, I should have probably Googled it instead of dismissing the mufti-themed email - thinking I have no...
We need to talk about BBC's drama Gold Digger, but also about a hot red lipstick. Weird mix, admittedly, but I got distracted halfway through recording my makeup video and ended up talking about Tom Hardy, morning breath and implausible storylines. Sorry about that....
I interrupt the gift guide frenzy to bring you some videos that have somehow slipped the net, here on A Model Recommends. Firstly, this house update and then - perhaps tomorrow if I get a move on - a rambling makeup try-on with a fancy new red lipstick and a chat...
Now that we've got cracking with the gift guides, I can fully take stock of just how bloody late I am with them again. The sensible person would compile them in early November and have them ready and waiting for the last weeks of the month. Not I. Here I sit,...