The quarterly, seasonal peep into my makeup bag with all of its wondrous contents. And what a makeup bag it is! How had I not heard of the Flat Lay Co? Or seen this type of makeup bag before? It's utterly genius! If you, like me, don't have a permanent, dedicated...
Three beauty heroes, an excellent cookbook and one of the best presents I've ever been given: how much better could a monthly favourites video be? Here's a quick rundown of the first four items on the list but you'll have to watch the video to see the fifth. It's so...
I had one of the best holidays of my life last week. I know what you're thinking: how has she possibly been on holiday? But it wasn't really a holiday in the traditional sense. I didn't even leave my village. And I only include my village in the geographical...
Here's a very effective and affordable face treat for you, if you're after something light, hydrating and sensibly formulated. Suitable for sensitive, itchy or very dry skin (as well as skin with no particular complaints), CeraVe's Moisturising Lotion comes in a...
Don't panic, but this might be the last monthly update on The Uphill in its current form. I'm considering merging my two websites together, so that beauty and style content from A Model Recommends sits alongside life updates and family stuff and posts about being a...
It's a good Top 5 Favourite Things video, this month. I had time to really ponder my favourites, save the best of them into my brain and then build them up to almost mythical levels of amazingness. To be fair, Grace Timothy's book, Mum Face, is already actually at...
Could this be the answer to (possibly) the most frequently occurring hair dilemma known to man? How many times have you heard people (including me) say things like, 'I really want a fringe but I don't know whether it will suit me!' 'I want something interesting doing...
My latest video has quite the dramatic title: Things Have Got To Change. It started off as a video about diet and exercise and the fact that I have a terrible diet and don't do any exercise, but then I went off on a tangent and it became a video about all of the...
As you'll know if you've been following my interiors posts (both on here and on Instagram) I'm really trying to take my time with decorating and furnishing the new house. Mostly because there's a lot to decorate and furnish and it's a bit overwhelming, but also...
I love this jacket from LK Bennett. It's very chic, very Parisian, very...Chanely. Could Chanely be a word? Maybe it would make more sense with a hyphen in it, like Chanel-y. I mean to say, of course, that the jacket has more than a touch of Chanel about it - the boxy...
There's an ongoing argument about eye creams in the beauty world; some believe them to be utterly pointless and instead of making the separate investment simply use their existing facial serum and moisturiser right up to and around the eye area. Others (me included)...
All of this house-styling stuff, this current obsession with Instagram-perfect interiors, it's driving me to distraction! I'm just so torn. On the one hand, I want to put some effort into doing up my house - I want to make it lovely and I want to do it justice. It's...
I was reading through some old diaries the other week (actually looking for some photos of my Dad, but that's another matter) and I started to read through a few of my entries. I used to keep a daily journal - it was part of the preparation for my Masters degree - and...
Whilst I continue my epic deliberation over whether I like or dislike Bobbi Brown's Long Wear Weightless Foundation (even after eight weeks I simply can't make up my mind) I'm going to turn my hand to reviewing face bases that are total no-brainers. The ones I've...
Ah, two days Off Grid. And I know that I'm grossly misusing the term "off grid" here, but it sounds exciting and dramatic and you all know how I love a bit of over-dramatisation. What I mean to say, really, is 2 Days Away on Holiday, but online reviews of The Scarlet...