Well, here's something I was expecting to hate but ended up loving: the Babyliss Cordless Hot Brush. I realised, through a bit of self-therapising (basically just me staring at the window for a while, pondering stuff) that the reason I took instant dislike to the...
If you're trying to save money on your skincare but don't want to compromise on the quality of your routine then I have some good news for you: I've rounded up some of the best budget cleansers and they're all products I happily use (and repurchase) on a regular...
This trend for the dribbling of skincare products directly onto the face really bemuses me. Ditto foundation dribbling. Pipettes are enough of a faff to use when you drop the product into the palm of your hand, why on earth would you ever attempt to pipe the product...
Angelica starts school tomorrow, but I tell you what feels most weird about today, which is officially known as First Day Of School Eve: the fact that I'm not writing my monthly update in a panic at ten minutes to midnight! Yes that's right, my friends, I'm actually...
I haven't reviewed a tinted moisturiser in a while so let's make a juicy little comeback with this lovely luxurious one; the Code8 Radiate Beauty Balm. Code8 haven't called it a tinted moisturiser but that's pretty much what it is - light to medium coverage in a...
I've just been away for four days and I didn't do any work at all! Four whole days without my laptop! Taking childbirth out of the equation (and those necessary, blurry months either side) I haven't spent that much time entirely work-free since I went to Florida for...
Slipping in with my summer posts just before summer comes to an end - I'm nothing if not reliably tardy! I still haven't done my 2019 sunscreens roundup and I remember setting aside time at the end of April to write that... It's fortunate that the majority of my...
This gorgeous pot of buttery face cream from The Body Shop has shot straight into my Sensitive Skin Good Buys category. I don't actually have a Sensitive Skin Good Buys category, but maybe I should create one, because products for sensitive skin are most definitely a...
"Hello! I hope that you are very well today! I have a question for you and I am hoping very much that you will be able to help me." This is how I speak when I'm on one of those live chat things. I honestly don't know what happens to me, I sound as though all of my...
Here's the conundrum; you want to adorn your walls with interesting, unique art that makes your heart sing. Fine art or photography that stops you in your tracks, starts a conversation, changes the whole look and feel of a room, commands a space, finishes a space,...
To say that I haven't been getting out much is a bit of an understatement. I feel as though I've been locked in my office for months, though it's really only a matter of weeks if I count it up properly. Still, I've been doing the intense sort of work that means you...
I had a facial in the middle of a field and I have to say, without any exaggeration or unnecessary embellishment, that it was one of the best facials I have ever had in my life. Perhaps it was partly due to the fact that I was at a festival with my kids (we'll come...
Oh, the shame, the shame: for the first time ever I'm having to postpone my life update and not do it on exactly the right day. (Third of the month.) I'm hoping that the heavens won't fall in or that we won't be sent a plague of poisonous frogs, because I'm very...
I'm toying with the idea of bringing my Favourites back. It's like bringing sexy back (Justin Timberland reference, because I'm down with the kids), except that it's videos with really good beauty products in, rather than a sultry man in a sharp suit singing about...
It might seem as though I'm a little bit absent at the moment - on here, on Instagram, on Youtube, on Twitter, if anyone actually still uses Twitter - and that's not because I've been out in the garden, basking in the sun. It's because I have my head down trying to...