I'm on Bridgerton Season 2 Episode 3 and have been gripped by what I can only describe as "heaving bosom fever". (Why am I only on episode three, you may ask? It's because I can only watch Bridgerton when Mr AMR is away because we like to watch something together in...
Hush Review: Trying on Spring 2022 Clothing
I branched out in this Hush try-on video and decided to try a couple of things that were slightly out of my comfort zone. By "out of my comfort zone" I'm obviously not talking about anything extreme - no neon hot pants and nipple tassels here - but there were some...
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...
Life Update: Ted Turns Two/Eighty
Ted is two today, which means that I must have entered some sort of space-time vortex since giving birth to him because I can genuinely say, without a hint of over-exaggeration, that it seems like only last month when I bought him home from the hospital. I can still...
Recipe: My Meat-Free Chilli
I know what you've all been thinking, these past few years; where the hell are Crilly's crazy cooking videos? We've had Nigella, we've had Joe Wicks, Jamie Oliver has released about thirty new cookbooks, but none of them are a patch on Ruth and her woefully...
Cashmere, Cold Snaps and The Squeezable Cat
The items in this post are #gifted items and links marked * are affiliate links. I have previously worked with Boden and have received samples and gifting from Boden, M&S, ME+EM and Next. Please click here for more info and my disclosure policy. A cashmere...
Trinny London Makeup: The All-Cream Dream Team
This post contains press samples (#gifted items) and affiliate links. Please click here for my disclosure policy. Thank the lord: something completely new and interesting and potentially life-changing in the world of makeup. Actually not that new, because the Trinny...
Skincare Review: Hydraluron Intense Moisture Lotion
The product featured in this post is a press sample (#gifted) and links marked * are affiliate links. Please click here for my disclosure policy. I was going to start my review of Indeed's Intense Moisture Lotion by saying "if you like hydraluron serum then you'll...
Foundation Review: Flower Beauty Light Illusion
So here's the deal: I've worn the Flower Beauty Light Illusion Foundation every single day for two weeks. It's great stuff. The only reason I don't have it on today is that I was travelling and needed to keep the weight of my makeup bag down - my laptop alone weighs...
Watch Out, Grumpy Cat…
The internet sensation Grumpy Cat better watch out; I think that Mr Bear could give her a run for her money. I've been having a right chuckle at some of his expressions in the pictures below. It's funny, because he's always been a very cuddly, affable kind of cat and...
The Classic Wool Coat: A January Sales Investment
I was zooming through the online - virtual - aisles at Hush, looking for an entirely different link to something, when I stumbled across the amazing Pelle coat, pictured above. I was genuinely surprised to see it there because I assumed that it would have completely...
Giveaway: The Great Big Hair No-verhaul
Why is it that at the start of every new year I want a brand new hair style? A totally new cut, a completely new colour - something dramatically different. I look at my hair, the hair that has been perfectly serviceable for an entire twelve months, and - for reasons...
A Day In The Life In The Country
There's going to be a follow-up video to this video, and it's going to be called Should I Move To The Country? Because I fear that I might have made moving to the country seem like a no-brainer decision in my latest Day In The Life; I feed the chickens as the sun...
Books To Read In 2019
This post was supposed to be called My Favourite Books of 2018 but that title felt a bit tardy, so I've sneakily tweaked it so that everything's just a bit more relevant and exciting. I mean, why harp on about the past when you can look forward to the future? Isn't it...