In this special episode of The Ultimate Guide to Makeup in partnership with Dermalogica, Cher and I meet the lovely Jax who tells us how to get our skincare spot on so that our makeup looks as fab as possible. From cleansing the right way to using spritzes to how to deal with a last …
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Making memories (and keeping them) is so important to me and even more so since I’ve had kids. Sometimes I want to cry when I realise that the first year of both my childrens’ lives is all a bit of a hazy fuzz. There are so many details that linger just out of reach and …
I met S on my first day of school. I remember her cheeky, friendly smile vividly. We agreed there and then that we would be best friends for ever and 34 years later we still are. S by the way has been a horrendous influence on me….she introduced me to horror movies, Jaws and ghosts when …
If you read this post you’ll know that since having my second child I have suffered from horrendous PMT. This is something that I never used to get. In fact, if friends and relatives ever blamed their moods on PMT I would always be just a little bit sceptical. It’s just not something that I …
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We’re not sleeping enough. We’re watching too much Netflix, checking social media, worrying, checking social media again and worrying some more. Our poor brains are so overloaded with information, the wrong light and life in general that it’s not surprising that we’re finding it hard to switch off. The people who find sleeping easy are …
Muslin cloths, flannels, double sided muslin cloth/flannels. I have a whole box of the things. Many have seen better days and have gone a bit grey, but they all do their job very well which is in effect to “take the day off” my London addled face. I really enjoy my nightly routine of massaging …
Another day another Instagram friendly, light pink tube of product. As with “food porn” (which makes me feel slightly queasy), I have a real problem with the term “Instagram friendly”. Does everything on Instagram need to be pink, fluffy and seemingly perfect to be deemed acceptable? The idea of going to a restaurant that serves …
I had a meeting the other day with a colleague who’s doing some work with the Eve Appeal. A visit to their website is quite the eye opener. Did you know there are five types of gynaecological cancers? I honestly had no idea. The charity funds research and awareness and if you head to this page you …
A few years ago I was at a very posh beauty event. I can’t for the life of me remember the product that was being launched but I do remember one of the guest speakers telling us that the more expensive a beauty product is, the more we tend to trust it. This makes sense …
