Hooray! Today is the day that one of the most covetable Instagram brands GLOSSIER is now shipping to the UK. Once upon a time there were certain brands you could only buy abroad unless you fancied adding the cost of a flight to the USA, or ridiculous shipping costs. Maybe you were savvy enough to be one step ahead and found them on...
'It's not the happy people who are thankful, it is thankful people who are happy.' Today saw babyurbeautiful popping to the Rituals press day. Now my 3 1/2 year-old is at reception from 8.30 to 3pm (let's say 9 to 2 on my clock) my day is basically organised around dropping and collecting him (and we all know about my tardiness) so it's...
It was only last night I had an epic meltdown - and we’re not talking from the heat.Crashing down on me like the walls of Jericho it became evident just how pointless my evenings had become.I sobbed onto a voice note to my darling friend (you’ll see the irony of this in a couple of pars)Like most people my evening’s revolve around dinner,...
Since I became vegan, I also ditched most of my old beauty products which I found out were laden with chemicals and often not animal-cruelty free. Even brands that purport to be 'natural' often still contain nasties. I recently discovered a new brand though, Tropic Skincare, which really does have very natural ingredients, so I thought I would give it a try since they...
Since I became vegan, I also ditched most of my old beauty products which I found out were laden with chemicals and often not animal-cruelty free. Even brands that purport to be 'natural' often still contain nasties. I recently discovered a new brand though, Tropic Skincare, which really does have very natural ingredients, so i thought I would give it a try since they...
My generation of 40 something women were told in secondary school that we could do anything we wanted with our future if we worked hard. That feminism ruled. 30 years later and I have realised that this is not the case. The choice to have kids alongside work changes everything. My kids are the best thing that ever happened to me, bringing me moments...
The Daily mail article which screamed the question, "Why are so many Women boasting they're Slummy Mummies?" written by Anna May Mangan author of “The Pushy Mother’s Guide” was in my inbox by 6am this morning. Not because I am anything to do with those named in the article, if anything it is very opposite to that, but because it was sent to...
Last year I attempted to fix up a treatment with Lush UK called The Planets. It didn't materialise, but I managed to eventually fix it up for this month. It must have been fate. I got a surprise to discover the treatment was 3 hours long, so I had to swiftly shuffle appointments and block out my day - the little one was...
In between the cries of 'warmer' (apparently I'm really bad at making the perfect temperature milk) and that goes for bath and showers too. Albie hasn't quite grasped that when you say warmer it means to make it hotter! I'm currently being ordered about by a 3-year-old dictator, so you can imagine its quite testing to get him to take orders from me!...
People are very quick to have an opinion once it is announced that one is expecting. You often get told how you will be feeling, what you will feel like eating and what you'll be able to wear. Obviously a lot of this is well meaning and people tell you as that is what they experienced, or at least what they remember experiencing....
