February Favourites

February Favourites

Five February Favourites, including the very timely rediscovery of an absolute skincare marvel and an incredible book of short stories. But let's start with the boots I've fallen for. Oh, the boots. If I told you that I'd been searching high and low for the perfect...

Sézane Try-On: Dress Me Like A French Girl

Sézane Try-On: Dress Me Like A French Girl

Well, I was seduced again. I went on the Sézane website, saw that absolutely everything on there would almost definitely make me look like a twenty year-old Parisian sex-kitten from the seventies and then ordered a load of stuff. It arrived, I unwrapped my haul from...

3 Best Beauty Buys: February 2024

3 Best Beauty Buys: February 2024

My three best beauty buys this month - picked out from the quagmire of new launches for their excellent performance, high quality and price-tags that won't cause immediate heart palpitations. Ad info: no paid or sponsored content. Contains press samples and affiliate...

RUTH CRILLY

Writer, content creator, veteran model and avid tester of beauty products. I’ve been blogging since 2010, giving honest recommendations and writing unbiased reviews about everything from luxury holidays to the best budget foundations. I’m in my forties, have two children and often tell funny stories about my life. You can read more about me on the aptly-named “About Me” page.

Trying On The Best Strapless Bras

Trying On The Best Strapless Bras

Next in my ‘Trying On’ series I am reviewing the best strapless bras - both for comfort and for a good shape beneath clothes. It's actually very hard to find good strapless bras; most tend to slip downwards over the course of the day (or night) and if they don't then...

TRYING ON HUGE HUSH CLOTHING HAUL

TRYING ON HUGE HUSH CLOTHING HAUL

On my continuing mission to find the perfect denim shorts I ended up doing a huge Hush shop. In this video I try on all of the Hush clothing (no real recollection of ordering quite so much so must have had heat exhaustion or something). Took bloody ages! All the items...

TRYING ON Me+Em CLOTHING

TRYING ON Me+Em CLOTHING

I'm playing catch-up with this video-embedding quest - this Me+Em clothing try on was actually first posted last month. I'll get there in the end! I'm not going to ever do particularly long blurbs with these try-on videos - they're absolutely self-explanatory. So...

5 BEAUTY & LIFESTYLE FAVOURITES | July 2021

5 BEAUTY & LIFESTYLE FAVOURITES | July 2021

Featuring this month's 5 beauty and lifestyle favourites! Please excuse the random, disorganised, wasp-infested start and the filming conditions in this month's favourites video: firstly a wasp came in to the bedroom (probably trying to escape the building dust in the...

Life Update: Sister

Life Update: Sister

My four year-old has recently stopped calling his six year-old sister by her actual name and instead has taken to calling her just "sister". It's slightly unnerving and makes him sound as though he has been beamed through time from the Dark Ages, where he was the...

Best Tinted Moisturiser – If I Could Only Buy One

Best Tinted Moisturiser – If I Could Only Buy One

Welcome back to the 'If I Could Only Buy One' series, in which I give myself a week-long headache trying to decide on my absolute favourite beauty product from a given category. This time my quest has been for the best tinted moisturiser. Please do read the disclaimer...

TRYING ON SHORT SHORTS

TRYING ON SHORT SHORTS

In this video I try on some shorts and they are very… short. Don't hold me to this but I think I've come up with a solution for those of you who don't use Instagram but want to see the content I post on there. I'm experimenting with uploading the videos to YouTube as...

Life Update: Oh Sh*t, The Kid Can Read

The just-six-year-old can now read, really quite well, which means I have had to hide all of the novelty mugs with swear words on them and also stop leaving dirty messages to Mr AMR on the fridge door. (Who knew magnetic letters could be so much fun?) In all...

Best Luxury Cleanser – If I could only buy one

Best Luxury Cleanser – If I could only buy one

Welcome to the ‘If I Could Only Buy One’ series, in which I give myself a week-long headache trying to decide on my absolute favourite beauty product from a given category. This quest has been for the best luxury cleanser.  Disclaimer: Ooph, this "If I Could Only Buy...

What’s In My Makeup Bag? Spring 2021

What’s In My Makeup Bag? Spring 2021

The quarterly, seasonal peep into my makeup bag with all of its wondrous contents. And what a makeup bag it is! How had I not heard of the Flat Lay Co? Or seen this type of makeup bag before? It's utterly genius! If you, like me, don't have a permanent, dedicated...

5 Favourites: April 2021

5 Favourites: April 2021

Three beauty heroes, an excellent cookbook and one of the best presents I've ever been given: how much better could a monthly favourites video be? Here's a quick rundown of the first four items on the list but you'll have to watch the video to see the fifth. It's so...

Life Update: The Ultimate Staycation

I had one of the best holidays of my life last week. I know what you're thinking: how has she possibly been on holiday? But it wasn't really a holiday in the traditional sense. I didn't even leave my village. And I only include my village in the geographical...