I ordered a load of lingerie from the brand Skims* because a) I had seen some rave reviews and b) my friend Rach, who is my personal style and trends barometer, had made an order and been really pleased with the quality of the items. You can now find Skims at...
I have a new eye makeup tutorial for you with some top tips for creating a foolproof smokey eye. This tutorial is in collaboration with Boots who are running a campaign called "Eyes on the Prize", encouraging people to try bold new eye looks for the party season. With...
I ordered a load of Adidas jogging bottoms and shorts because I suddenly had the urge to wear something other than massively oversized maternity trousers when I'm working from home. When I'm going to be sitting at my desk for hours, I invariably want something...
(links marked * are affiliate links, for more info see disclaimer below post) It's picture-heavy, this post, but I did risk life and limb standing in the middle of the road for the photos, so I'm including as many as self-respect will allow. To be entirely honest,...
I've made the dire mistake, numerous times this year alone, of using the free shampoo and conditioner provided by whatever hotel I've happened to be staying in. Now I hate to generalise about hotel shampoos and conditioners (especially as I'm later going to present a...
I first bought Bioderma's Sensibio Eye Contour Gel a few years ago in Paris; I had forgotten to pack my beloved Pai Echium Eye Cream and so I hot-footed it to the nearest Pharmacie to find something similar. I was in Paris for a cosmetics shoot and my call sheet...
I'm having one of those evenings when I feel as though I'm most definitely losing at the whole parenthood game. The tedious bedtime battles continue and the longer the battle goes on for, the more wound up I get. Honestly, it's like being a negotiator in one of those...
I've been in Paris - can you tell? Give me twenty-four hours in France and I start coming out with all of the bad franglais. Actually (and I'm very proud of this) I always get lots of compliments about my very authentic French accent whenever I'm in Paris....
The supermarket beauty series continues; this time I trawled the aisles at ASDA to find the best skincare, makeup and haircare morsels. There wasn't so much choice in the way of niche beauty at ASDA but - and this takes us tailspinning into an entirely new and...
Something happened on our family trip to Cornwall, back in May: I almost died. Now some people will say I'm being melodramatic about things and that I wasn't anywhere close to death and that also I shouldn't make light of death, or near-death, and to those people I...
(links marked * are affiliate links, for more info see disclaimer below post) My eyes don't particularly like it when I wear a lot of makeup. Killjoys! They've always been a bit whiney and sensitive when it comes to being caked in powder shadows, rimmed in kohl pencil...
What I'd give for a transcript of Lily Pebble's and Anna Newton's latest At Home With podcast. They came to my house in Somerset along with (my wife from a different life) Caroline Hirons and things got slightly out of hand. Not only did I somehow invent the term...
Those searching for an uncomplicated cleanser with spotless credentials need search no further: Dr Sam's Flawless Cleanser is as straightforward and effective as they come. I've been using it for a few months and it has gradually become the face cleanser I grab when I...
(links marked * are affiliate links, for more info see disclaimer below post) I'm late with this L'Oreal Pro Glow Foundation review but I think it'll have been worth waiting for, especially if you are on the hunt for a flawless-finish foundation that manages to look...
(links marked * are affiliate links, for more info see disclaimer below post) Imagine my delight, considering my current preoccupation with dark, moody floral prints, when womenswear brand Me + Em sent over this georgette maxi-dress! It combines a new favourite thing...