It's Best Budget Beauty time again and who better to join me in my bargain-hunting exploits than the self-confessed dupe-obsessive Nadine Baggott? Nadine has decades of experience as a beauty editor and presenter and spends an unholy amount of time chasing down...
Well here's a makeup collection that feels decidedly spring-like; it's making me feel quite optimistic and invigorated about things, despite the fact that we're being battered by various storms and all still wearing tights. It's the Act IV collection by Estée Lauder,...
I raved about this wondrous shampoo and conditioner duo just after Christmas but - as usual - it has taken some time to edit my written review. Mind you, that's not a bad thing at all, because it's given me a chance to test Olaplex 4 & 5 (sounds like a virus) to...
At 37 weeks pregnant I'm down to the last pair of pants that don't irritate my c-section scar, don't fall down and don't cut into my bump and make it all itchy. Maternity knickers are a real problem, I think, if you have a previous caesarean scar - you don't want...
Please note that I am a founder of the Colab Dry Shampoo brand - this is not a paid post. I said I'd keep you updated with the new Colab Dry Shampoo launch and here it is: Paradise. I honestly don't know where to start with this post - I'm really...
I promised at the end of 2015 that I'd do a round-up of my favourite novels of the year and here I am, over twelve months later, with a slightly different post. It seems odd to go back to what I read in 2015, so the best picks from that year will have to be inserted...
OK, so conundrum is rather dramatic a word to use, but we are currently in a quagmire of confusion trying to work out which type of car seat we need for Angelica now that she has outgrown the Cybex Aton Q and needs more room to stretch her legs. In an entirely...
Lots happening this week, including the threat of Gestational Diabetes (massive baby measurements, especially abdominal, so I am having to check my blood sugar levels four times a day) and so I've stuck it all into one long rambling video. It's not often you get to...
Thursday was "take your toddler to work day". Not literally, of course - nobody else had their toddler there, and it wasn't one of those ridiculous national things like "national doughnut day" or "national look after your feet properly day" - but for me it was...
Now that I'm almost full term with my second baby, I thought it would be a good time to take a look at the differences between this pregnancy and my last, when I was pregnant with Angelica. Because - despite my husband saying that I moaned about all of the same things...
Every now and then I go for a bit of pink on the lips to make myself feel interesting and snazzy. It's less in-your-face than red and, if you pick the right shade, it can look really youthful and flattering. Sometimes I stare at myself and everything just looks a bit...
Not strictly a foundation, but I'm going to treat the Clarins BB Skin Detox Fluid as one, with a full review and before-and-after photos, because a) the coverage is as good as many of the foundations I've reviewed and b) I think it's amazing and I want to have a...
Imagine running through a train station because you need a wee. Let's say it's Euston station in London, for argument's sake, because if you get off at the far platform it's about seven miles to the loos. Anyway, you've been on the train for two hours and the loo was...
I'm not sure it was the best way to start my year, saying "b*llocks to resolutions". I suppose I was trying to give myself a break, not be so hard on myself - I was attempting to put a stop to the continuous "must do better" voice inside my head that manages to...
I think - and I say this tentatively because there are so many beautiful hotels and brilliant restaurants in London - but I think that The Beaumont Hotel and its restaurant, The Colony Grill Room, might just have sailed up to the top of my recommendations list. I...