Trying On M&S Clothes

Trying On M&S Clothes

I spent much of September dashing in and out of my local M&S to buy bits and pieces for the seaside cottage, which will be available to rent for holidays from approximately the year 2032. (At this rate. Cutlery, linen, pots and pans, butter dishes and tea towels,...

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...

Autumn Dresses 2021 – how to style for daytime wear

Autumn Dresses 2021 – how to style for daytime wear

I've been experimenting with ways of getting more use out of the sorts of autumn dresses I'd usually "save for best". Dresses that I'm happy to invest in, because they are more often than not bought for a work event or a special occasion, but that then tend to sit...

RUTH CRILLY

Writer, content creator, veteran model and avid tester of beauty products. I’ve been blogging since 2010, giving honest recommendations and writing unbiased reviews about everything from luxury holidays to the best budget foundations. I’m in my forties, have two children and often tell funny stories about my life. You can read more about me on the aptly-named “About Me” page.

Sunday Tittle Tattle: The Mega Hole

Sunday Tittle Tattle: The Mega Hole

I've had lots of questions (and complaints) about where the Sunday Tittle Tattle has disappeared to. It hasn't disappeared, it's just that the Sunday part of it seemed to be a bit irrelevant, seeing as though I can talk about nonsensical random stuff on any day of the...

Colour Riche Shine: Lipstick with Extreme Juiciness

Colour Riche Shine: Lipstick with Extreme Juiciness

(links marked * are affiliate links, for more info see disclaimer below post) It seems to be turning into lipstick week - first the Chanel Jumbo Crayon and now the L'Oreal Colour Riche Shine - but it's not often I find formulas that I want to wear again and again, so...

The Bedtime Battle

The Bedtime Battle

(links marked * are affiliate links, for more info see disclaimer below post) I'm a bit broken this week. Lack of sleep (I thought we were past those days) and tediously long bedtime sequences have stretched me to the end of my tether. Or stretched my tether? What...

Le Mat de Chanel: Jumbo Luxury Lip Crayon

Le Mat de Chanel: Jumbo Luxury Lip Crayon

I've been meaning to write about Chanel's Jumbo Longwear Lip Crayons for a while, but the arrival of what could potentially be my all-time perfect lipstick shade ("Discretion" from the AW18 collection) suddenly made this review a bit more urgent. Because the new...

Video: New Chanel Makeup & Glowing Skin

Video: New Chanel Makeup & Glowing Skin

I had no idea what to call this week's video - it's such a jumble of reviews and demos - and so I pulled out the two features I thought might be of the most interest. Some new Chanel makeup bits (from the recently launched AW18 collection) and a foundation for...

Sudden Weather Confusion: What Do We Wear Now?

Sudden Weather Confusion: What Do We Wear Now?

After a glorious, long spell of hot weather, temperatures have dramatically dipped in the UK, seemingly leaving half the population wondering what an earth to wear. It's as though we've completely forgotten what normal dressing is. What type of footwear goes with...

5 Most-Used Beauty Products: July 2018

5 Most-Used Beauty Products: July 2018

Click play to find out which beauty products I've been using most frequently this month - if you want the spoiler list then it's below the video pane. I know that some of you secretly read my words when you're at work and can't play the videos, or browse through when...

Things I’ll Never Get Around to Making: Part 237

Things I’ll Never Get Around to Making: Part 237

I bought this gorgeous doll-making kit from a little shop near to where I live called POP!. I had no intention of making a doll (it's not like I'm particularly swimming in spare time at the moment) but the pictures on the front of the kits were just so cute that I...

Life Update: Time, Tears and The Big Girl Bed

Life Update: Time, Tears and The Big Girl Bed

This month has been dominated, both emotionally and practically, by the arrival of Angelica's Big Girl Bed. It has taken up a lot of time, this Big Girl Bed; first, choosing it (I was torn between buying an antique and getting a new one), then working out what else we...

Favourites: July 2018

Favourites: July 2018

Interesting fact: when I went to write the title of this post I couldn't remember what year we were in! I typed 2017, but that didn't look quite right and then I typed 2019 but that just seemed very unfamiliar and then my mind went blank and I simply couldn't recall...

Eucerin Hyaluron-Filler Eye Cream SPF15

Eucerin Hyaluron-Filler Eye Cream SPF15

This Eucerin Eye Cream has been mentioned many times over the past couple of years, but it's never had its own review page. And seeing as though it can be relatively difficult to find good eye products with added sunscreen, I thought that it would be handy to have a...

This Week’s Dress…

This Week’s Dress…

This week's dress (seeing as though dress posts seem to be becoming a "thing" on here!) is the print pleat shirt dress from Teatum Jones at Label Mix*. Label Mix is an own-brand collection at Next that launched last year. The collections are produced in collaboration...