I still have a few posts to catch up on from the end of last year - drafted but not quite finished - but this one on blemish busters is, I feel, very relevant. Mask-induced spots, or "maskne" as the marketing world coined it, seems to be an ongoing issue for some...
I think that this may be my most pared-back What's In My Makeup Bag video ever: really just the very bare minimum, with the few products I did use tested to the absolute nth degree. I filmed it quite a few weeks ago now and I still hadn't really unpacked (catch up on...
I said I'd come back to you with more about my side-hustle, sneakily mentioned last summer and not referred to since. It has been a bit crazy on the house front and so I didn't really know where to start: then Christmas happened and then the latest lockdown and so we...
One for when your face lacks any sort of radiance and resembles an arid, dusty moonscape ("there's no life on this planet, Captain!"): Bobbi Brown's Extra Illuminating Moisture Balm. This hydrating, subtly pearlescent cream gives a nice, even glow that makes...
I've changed the format of my favourites video, you may be interested to know. After the roaring success of my 17 Most Used Beauty Products of 2017 video, I decided to make the "most used" aspect a regular feature so that you could see exactly what I've been reaching...
I think a lot about beauty. Which would seem pretty obvious, seeing as though I spend a huge proportion of my life writing, talking and reading about it, but it goes beyond the sort of "formal thinking" that sees me researching skincare ingredients or scrutinising the...
We now have a bed in our bedroom, which is great news because the novelty factor of sleeping on the floor on a mattress had just about started to wear off. Sleeping on just a mattress has its benefits, namely that you can - quite literally - roll out of bed in the...
A great surprise beauty find in a week of not so great surprises; the Poudre à Lèvres from the Chanel spring/summer Neapolis collection. Look, I'm going to just come out and say it: I don't find Neapolis to be the most wearable of makeup collections. On paper I'm a...
I've been procrastinating for days over whether or not to write this post - everything is still so raw and sad - but I feel as though it will allow me to at least move on with my work and, at the moment, work is a very welcome distraction. I lost my Dad last Thursday....
I've banged on about this countless times on various social media platforms, but the months at the end of 2017 were absolute chaos for me. We relocated to Somerset, moving house twice, Baby Ted wasn't sleeping and my work life ground to a halt. In actual fact it...
It has been rather a slow start to the year, beauty-wise; I talked at length (ish) about burnouts and brain freeze last month, but I shall recap briefly for those who missed it. In very simple terms, I suppose that I reached my limit with juggling work and moving...
This is my third and final post with Huggies Pure Wipes and I wanted to talk about how nappy-changing time can be one of the most important times of the day in terms of connecting with your baby and having a bit of fun. If you have an absolutely jam-packed schedule of...
Right. I promised we'd get back to beauty, after my worrying spell of brain freeze, and so please let me introduce you to the little pot of balm that re-ignited my passion for product testing. Darphin's Aromatic Renewing Balm* almost escaped my notice due to its...
Just a quick post: some higher-tog sleepsuits for those with f-f-f-f-freezing houses. (To be fair, it's not that bad now that we've worked out the heating, but it still gets a little bit nippy in the small hours!) Most babies and toddlers are just fine in the 2.0 tog...
I've tweaked the name of my monthly Week in My Life videos to Week in a Vlog. I'm not sure how I feel about this decision yet, it was sort of rash and I may live to regret it. I think the problem stems from my hatred for the word "vlog". It has to be one of the...