I'm six weeks into my Invisalign treatment (read this if you need to catch up on why I'm doing it) and despite the experience being relatively drama-free, so far, I've realised this week that never in my entire life have I felt such a permanent sense of...
Cropped Trousers and Gargoyle Shoes: Why I Can’t Get On With Trends
As part of my ongoing attempt to smarten myself up and streamline my wardrobe I have been trying out new fashion trends. I say trends, they're really just things that many people have been wearing for ages yet I still find hilariously novel: cropped wide-leg trousers...
Foundation Review: Lancome Teint Idole Care & Glow
I think that one of my all-time favourite foundations has been knocked from its winner's podium: I've finally found a longwear makeup base that I love more than Lancome's Teint Idole Ultra Wear. It's - wait for it - Lancome's Teint Idole Ultra Wear Care & Glow....
How (Not) To Be A Bee
Did you know that bees in a hive have this thing called swarm mentality, or hive mind, which is this amazing sort of collective thought that happens when you get lots of social insects (ants, bees) together in a colony? I'm no Attenborough, but I've been Googling this...
5 Skincare Favourites: Sunscreen For Face
I've been sunscreen testing again and these are my current five SPF favourites. I'm pretty picky when it comes to sunscreen for the face - I like a lightweight feel and a traceless finish - but thankfully formulations have improved massively over the past few years...
60 Second Beauty: Big Volume Hair Waves
Here's a little updated video on how I style my shoulder length hair - regular readers have seen this all before, I'm not sure much has changed. The Cloud Nine curling wand is still the tool of choice (here*) - it's just the right diameter for the curls I like to make...
The Dorset Nook, Ready To Book
I'm very pleased with the poetic title for this post. I'm even more pleased with the fact I've actually finished the seaside holiday cottage renovation project I've been working on* and the romantic little Dorset Nook is now available to book! Think lazy walks down to...
Beauty Pie and the Cocktail of Youth | AD
Long-term readers could, I am sure, rattle off a list of my favourite Beauty Pie skincare products by heart. Over the years they've become staples in my beauty routines - the brilliant balm cleansers, the potent retinol range, the moisturisers that seem to inject...
5 New Beauty Launches: April 2022
In an attempt to give all of my Instagram videos a safe and permanent home (ie, at a place I actually own, not a platform I have no control over) I'm slowly getting into the habit of uploading them onto Youtube before embedding them into blog posts here on the...
Trying On Bridgerton Outfits
I'm on Bridgerton Season 2 Episode 3 and have been gripped by what I can only describe as "heaving bosom fever". (Why am I only on episode three, you may ask? It's because I can only watch Bridgerton when Mr AMR is away because we like to watch something together in...
Hush Review: Trying on Spring 2022 Clothing
I branched out in this Hush try-on video and decided to try a couple of things that were slightly out of my comfort zone. By "out of my comfort zone" I'm obviously not talking about anything extreme - no neon hot pants and nipple tassels here - but there were some...
5 Early Spring Favourites
Hello! It's been a while. The month-long pause to "write a book and spend quality time with the family" seemed to very quickly and easily turn into a three-and-a-half-month break from the blog that has proved quite difficult to come back from. I was planning a bit of...
5 Festive Favourites: Christmas 2021
I'm clocking off for Christmas now, but not before I present you with this month's favourites video. It actually straddles two months (oh, how I've always longed to use the word "straddled" in a non-sexual sentence!) because I missed November's favourites out...
3 Best Beauty Buys: More Great SOS Rescue Creams
A while ago I wrote about three of the best SOS moisturiser creams I'd been trying (pictured above). These were soothing, repairing moisturisers that I'd tested out in an attempt to get my skin back on an even keel. (You can read the post here - that particular...
Life Update: My First Mammogram
A few weeks ago I went for my first mammogram. You can tell it was my first because I made the rookie error of wearing a dress to attend it, which is why I am stood there in my trainers and pants with a dressing gown tied around my waist. This wasn’t a routine checkup...