Well, life is hurtling along and Baby One (four and a half years old) asks for "quiet time" so that she can "write her thoughts in her diary" and Baby Number Two (three today!) has started sleeping in a big boy bed. Now listen; some of you might be thinking that three...
I finally caved in, after over ten years of owning an iPhone, and bought myself a protective case. Why the prolonged hesitation? I'll tell you why. I genuinely think that most phone cases are horrendous. They're like the tech version of Crocs. Plasticky, garish...
It normally takes me about two years to get around to writing up my hotel reviews (it's well over a year, I think, since I visited the Bedruthan in Cornwall and I still have the notes fresh in my mind, as though I visited yesterday!) but I'm trying to be more...
I've been indulging in a bit of fantasy shopping for my favourite woman-crush, Beverly Goldberg. Have you watched The Goldbergs yet? It's fabulous - I try to catch it every morning on E4 for a bit of a feel-good fix. Loosely based on the real-life events of a...
Right, it's about time I got on with some serious baby-gadget-reviewing, because the baby is now a toddler, new baby is imminent and I'll be onto test-driving double prams and what-nots before you know it. So, introducing my most-used baby-transporter of the year, the...
My forehead, for some reason, is as dry as a bone. This happened in my last pregnancy, too, so I'm not that surprised, but it's so dry that few things can even touch it when it comes to moisturisation. Even layering a moisturising spritz (pah!) with a hydrating serum...
Something a bit different, this week, because I've recorded my pregnancy diary on video. Lazy? Perhaps, but it has been one of those trying times when the whole household has been ill and I've been trying to keep my head above water! Sorry to those who catch up...
It was my birthday on Monday - I was thirty-six. I decided to ramble on about it a bit in a vlog, which I have stuck to the page below for your viewing pleasure. The day was a bit of a washout because Mr AMR was stuck in bed with a cough and cold - he very bravely...
If you're stuck for baby and toddler Christmas present ideas, here are just a few ideas I've collated. I do a big series of gift guides on A Model Recommends (you can find them here) and along the way, this year, I noted down good things for children. More...
I've had a bit of help with this teen girl gift guide; massive thanks to Rosalie who sat with me and went through all of the things she would be pleased (or not pleased) to receive as a Christmas present, and then did exactly the same thing putting herself in her...
As you well know if you're a long-term reader of A Model Recommends, I am strictly low-maintenance when it comes to my nails. I mostly wear nude shades, with the occasional red and a very occasional "off-piste" crazy shade, but my focus is usually on keeping my hands...
Time to dig out that shimmery, foil-flecked lipstick you bought back in - er - 1991, because gold is in! And not just because the holiday season looms ever-closer (Christmas always brings a landslide of glittery cosmetic items) but because the rich warmth of the gold...
There's a bumper skincare crop in this month's favourites, as promised. Not as bumper as it could be, but my legs had completely fallen asleep during the making of this video and then I got to that stage where the blood starts to flow back in and it's impossible...
I bought this brilliant little wooden advent calendar "cabinet" a few weeks ago. It's from a great kids' toy brand called Great Little Trading Company - really well-made, attractive wooden toys that are such a blessed relief in what has become a sea of garish plastic...
Oh, we're knee-deep in this whole headache-inducing Black Friday business, which seems to now start on a Wednesday and last until a Tuesday, but still manages to fill me with excitement because: DISCOUNTS. Discounts are basically my downfall - give me any kind of...