I completely forgot to post up my May Favourites video and when I gave it a quick once over to see what it was all about, because May feels like a century ago, it was like travelling back through time. Travelling back to an era when I hadn't hacked off my own hair...
Foundation Review: Estée Lauder Futurist Hydra Rescue
Let's get down to business, in the words of Captain Li Shang from Mulan. (Can you tell I've overdone it on the Disney+ channel binging? There's no Disney stone left unturned in this house. As well as devouring the classics, we've watched every prequel and sequel, some...
Life Update: The Squashing Fetish
I am writing this whilst leaning back - reasonably heavily - on my cat cushion. Not a feather-stuffed, velvet-covered cat cushion, mind: it's a real life cat cushion. Living and breathing. Slightly more supportive than an inanimate one, if you must know. And the...
The Easiest Smokey Eye Ever…
In this video I show you the easiest smokey eye ever. I realise that's quite a claim, but I honestly can't see how an eye look could be any simpler than this: you draw on the eye crayon (it even uses a crayon, for Pete's sake!) and then smudge it out with a brush. It...
Surviving Two Under Two
I have officially survived having "two under two". For new readers, I had a new baby (Ted) nineteen months after having my first baby (Angelica) and so, for the past few months, (five to be exact), I've had two children under the age of two. I didn't even know that...
Les Sahariennes: The Ultimate Bronzer Just Got Better
I love the existing YSL Les Sahariennes Bronzing Stones bronzers in their sleek compacts, but this new collector's palette is just something else! You may have missed last year's post on Les Sahariennes and so I'll do a brief recap: the YSL Bronzing Stones are powder...
Snails In My Hair
It's true what they say: never work with children or animals. And never try to do anything - work or otherwise - when it's hot and tempers (as well as temperatures) are high. All I wanted was a nice picture of myself in my new summery frock, something to make me feel...
Sunday Tittle Tattle: Crying Over Spilt Bubbles
Why is it (and this is a rhetorical question, so don't feel the need to reply) that I can pour half a bottle of washing up liquid into a bubble machine, which is specifically designed to make bubbles, and no bubbles come out, yet I can knock a tube of "non-foaming"...
Find Your Perfect Sunscreen
A gentle reminder, now that we are moving into Summer Proper with its pub garden drinking sessions and impromptu al fresco lunches, to use a sunscreen. Whether you usually go in for a water resistant, pile-it-on-thick SPF 50 or something a little less robust, make...
Mum, Toddler and Baby Favourites: May 2017
I've been doing a "monthly favourites" feature on A Model Recommends for years and years - it's usually solely beauty products, but now and then a book creeps in, or a pair of shoes or something random. Recently I've found myself wanting to talk about more baby and...
Anne Sémonin: Luxury Made-to-Measure Skincare | AD
After posting about the amazing results I had with Anne Sémonin's Miracle Eye Contour Anti-Wrinkle Cream (see here - the fine lines around my eyes were almost totally erased) the lovely people at the brand asked me whether I might like to try a few more things from...
Cleansing Treat: Darphin’s Aromatic Balm with Rosewood
Welcome to one of my skincare guilty pleasures: the Aromatic Cleansing Balm with Rosewood from Darphin. This little glass jar contains the silkiest, most delectable of balmy cleansers - I've been trying for months to think of something comparable, in terms of texture,...
Sunday Tittle Tattle: A Day In My Life
Look, I've already posted this video over on my baby blog, The Uphill, but it takes me ages to do these "day in the life" videos and so I'm touting it out. It's an entire day in my life with "two under two" (New Baby Ted was just nine weeks old!) and has cameos from...
The Tan Mask: Overnight Bronze and Glow
After a run of quite serious facial tanning disasters, I have found a version that leaves a smooth and flawless tint. I was apprehensive about Charlotte Tilbury's new Overnight Bronze & Glow Mask after some of my more recent - patchy - experiences with tanners,...
Shirt Dress and Lipstick: A Quick Summer Update
I've had lots of incredibly kind comments about the dress I was wearing in my May Favourites video and I must admit to feeling quite bolstered by them. It's not that easy to find nice things to wear when you're breastfeeding, and that hurdle, coupled with your typical...