I don't think I've ever properly suffered with anxiety - stress is more my thing, though I'm sure the two are somehow linked - but the current coronavirus situation is enough to make anyone as tense and panic-ridden as a hedgehog on a highway. So there are a few...
I'm back in the room! It's not really as though I can go anywhere else, to be fair. Sorry for the slightly prolonged absence; I've been trying to get my head around the new working day, which consists of twelve hours of shared cat-herding (childcare) with Mr AMR...
Hello, dearest readers. I've been at a loss to know what to say to you this week; my usual humour seems to have deserted me and I'm struggling to find the right words. I'm sure that most of you feel the same way as me - overwhelmed and displaced - and so I don't want...
OK this isn't my birth story, obviously - if I was reporting on my own birth it would be just odd. I don't remember any of it. Really the title should be My Story of The Birth, or something, but that sounds weird... Anyway, if you're still reading (forgive the...
I said that I'd get back to you with my verdict on the Glowtion Day Dew from Pixi and here it is. I think, if I remember rightly, that I was pitching it as an alternative to Estée Lauder's Wake Up Balm (review here) - a glow-giving skin-plumper that, on dull and...
I went on a bit of a trainer-buying spree this week, if two pairs could count as a "spree". It all started when Adidas Originals and Mini Rodini sent Baby Angelica some teeny Primeknit Stan Smiths (along with the most magnificent tracksuit - see post here). She was...
Possibly my best post-partum discovery so far: an app called Ask the Midwife. Strictly speaking it's not a post-partum discovery, as I was told about it a month or so ago by an app developer I've been conversing with, but I've used it a few times since New Baby's...
Travelling light? Here are my top five most-used space-saving baby things. You're welcome. The Yoyo Pushchair, recently reviewed here, if you want to read more about it. Folds down so small you can fit it in an overhead aeroplane locker and is great if you have a...
Oh, Hourglass: everything you touch, makeup-wise, seems to turn to gold. Or at least a very chic, subtly-skin-illuminating, non-glittery version of gold. Cosmetics brand Hourglass are becoming synonymous with the megawatt glow we all strive for in order to make...
I mentioned the (really quite excellent) cleanser from this new range in my January Favourites video, but the entire Advanced Skincare Collection from The White Company deserves a proper shout-out here on the website. It's very good indeed. In true "White Company"...
I thought I'd write a little about my c-section recovery, at least for the first week. I've had loads of people asking me questions about it, some who are booked in for caesarean sections themselves and want to be prepared! I'm always a bit wary when people ask me...
Hurrah! Baby Number Two (or "New Baby", as he is known, until we can decide on a name) has arrived. I don't know whether you follow my Mum & Baby blog, The Uphill, but you can find a slightly more detailed announcement over there. All of us are doing very well,...
Mr AMR would rather repeatedly stick a screwdriver into his eye sockets than do anything for Valentine's, but I, for one, think that it's the perfect excuse to receive a little treat. Something beautifully scented, something flirty and pink, or pale and expensive and...
I know that the word "cool" is a bit outdated, but I don't know how else to describe the collaboration between kids' brand Mini Rodini and Adidas. When a top-hatted panda mini-tracksuit arrived on the doorstep, my first thought was: my sister would LOVE this in a...
For those who don't follow me on Twitter or Instagram, an important update: New Baby has arrived! A boy! He was delivered on Friday 3rd February weighing in at 9lbs 7oz and he is just absolutely perfect in every single way. (Not the seventy eight thousand kilos I was...