Good grief I put Elnett's Extra Strength Hairspray through its paces for these photos! Short of sitting in a sauna for an hour, I can't think of anything that would test the limits of a hairspray more. Gale force winds, driving rain, what felt like sleet at one point,...
I've always fancied being the sort of person that could throw one of those dinner parties that seemingly only exist in Ferrero Rocher commercials and magazine shoots; French farmhouse tables overflowing with flowers and flickering candles, fine linen napkins placed...
AD: not sponsored or paid-for. Contains gifted press samples (chocolate) and affiliate links are marked *. We're revisiting a post that I (kind of) did a few years ago, really, but it's a good one and so it deserves another airing. Because this post may just save your...
Just a quick post, because I'm currently trying to watch 50 Shades of Grey on the telly and it's requiring all of my willpower to maintain eye contact with the screen. It is, quite possibly, one of the worst films that I have ever seen in my life. Boring, non-sexy and...
I've been going a bit russety around the eyes for this year's Autumn Makeup Look. (I say this year's look as though I do a different look every year, but as we all know, all of my "looks" tend to be a subtle variation on "natural" or "smokey eye"!) I always...
The beauty retailers seem to be in some sort of crazy pre-Christmas bid to outdo each other when it comes to giving away piles of luxury miniatures or bundling them up into attractive advent calendars. The Liberty calendar, the Harvey Nics GWP, discount codes galore -...
We've had baby sleepsuits, 12-18 months and now here are the babygrows. (If you haven't the foggiest what I'm on about then read my post about the Baby Clothing Size Directory!) Excuse the fact that my halloween inclusions are now slightly out of date; I meant to get...
Well this is just extraordinary. It has to be the most un-seasonal seasonal beauty release I've ever happened upon: a winter launch of a fragrance product that is so summery, so reminiscent of tropical islands and hot holidays and steamy evenings, it's virtually...
Needless to say there's not much in the way of extreme sexiness going on behind my closed doors at the moment - I'm now at the inflated-water-balloon-strapped-to-front-of-the-body stage of pregnancy and am also permanently knackered. However, the nights are drawing...
For more info and background on the Baby Clothing Size Directory please read the post here - in time, all of the directory posts will be in one Directory here, but this is the first one. Sleepsuits, 12-18 months. Measurements have been taken as follows: Length:...
It has come to my attention, through many failed spending sprees, that there's often a lot of - what shall we call this? - flexibility when it comes to baby clothing sizes. Babygrows that come up tiny in one high street brand but, if you pop over the road to another,...
A few dislikes in this month's favourites video, because I know how you all like a little moan! You already know that Clinique's Superbalanced Makeup didn't quite float my boat, so that won't come as a surprise, but there are a couple of books this month that I really...
After many weeks of writing-up I have finally caught up with my Pregnancy Diaries on The Uphill and am reporting "live" on all of my baby-growing joys and woes. Warning: sometimes there's a little too much information you may form mental images of me that you can...
How magnificent! I've finally caught up with the pregnancy diaries. I'm writing this live, not typing up something from my iPhone notes that feels as though it was written in the prehistoric times. I can moan away and know that you're seeing it instantly and that...
This week has been mainly dominated with my concern for my C-Section scar and my irritation levels about the fact that all of my underwear seems to be slipping down from my bump and creasing in the exact place that the scar is. It's not comfortable at all. I now know...