Bikini Horrors and The Miraclesuit
Before I went on holiday (yes, the holiday post is coming up, I’m still recovering from the night-flight-with-toddler-and-baby) I bought a load of ...
17-05-2018 21:50
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The Non-Surgical Eye Lift
OK, you have to bear with me here, because the revelation that follows is so unbelievably obvious I’m almost embarrassed to post about it. What we ...
15-05-2018 21:48
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5 Most Used Beauty Products: April 2018
Brain like a sieve… I filmed this video weeks ago and forgot to upload it; my five most-used beauty products for April 2018. A gorgeous healthy-glo...
14-05-2018 21:49
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Weekly Window Shop: Guccification
I have been spending a dangerous amount of time staring at various accessories on the Gucci website. Scarves, headbands, belts, costume jewellery, sh...
10-05-2018 21:47
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Sunscreen Review: Vichy Tan Enhancing Solar Protective Water
Sunscreen reviews: it’s been a while. Mainly because (until recently) I hadn’t been anywhere hot for almost four years. And to properly test out ...
08-05-2018 21:50
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HUGE Announcement: Colab with Little Mix!
Colab dry shampoo brand. It seems like only yesterday that we launched it, with a star-studded party in East London (I had found out that I was pregna...
07-05-2018 21:49
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Skincare Review: CeraVe Moisturising Lotion
Here’s a very effective and affordable face treat for you, if you’re after something light, hydrating and sensibly formulated. Suitable for sensi...
05-05-2018 21:47
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My Top 5 Favourite Things: April 2018
Hush Dress*: Adidas Gazelles in Pale Grey Suede*: Mum Face by Grace Timothy*: C...
04-05-2018 21:45
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The No-Commitment Fringe
Could this be the answer to (possibly) the most frequently occurring hair dilemma known to man" How many times have you heard people (including me) s...
02-05-2018 21:47
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Things Have Got To Change…
My latest video has quite the dramatic title: Things Have Got To Change. It started off as a video about diet and exercise and the fact that I have a...
25-04-2018 21:50
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My All-White Bedroom: Adding Easy Colour | AD
And so I find myself with a completely white bedroom. White walls, crisp white ceiling, white window frames and piles of ornate coving around the edg...
25-04-2018 21:50
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The Statement Jacket (Is Chanely Even A Word")
I love this jacket from LK Bennett. It’s very chic, very Parisian, very…Chanely. Could Chanely be a word" Maybe it would make more sense with a h...
23-04-2018 21:50
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Why I Use An Eye Cream: The Car Wash Analogy
There’s an ongoing argument about eye creams in the beauty world; some believe them to be utterly pointless and instead of making the separate inve...
19-04-2018 21:49
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An Interiors Tizz and Two Helping Hands
All of this house-styling stuff, this current obsession with Instagram-perfect interiors, it’s driving me to distraction! I’m just so torn. On th...
17-04-2018 21:46
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My Infertility Story
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My Infertility Story was first posted on April 16, 2018 at 7:43 am.©2017 "A Mode...
16-04-2018 21:46
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Foundation Review: Clinique Even Better Glow
Whilst I continue my epic deliberation over whether I like or dislike Bobbi Brown’s Long Wear Weightless Foundation (even after eight weeks I simpl...
13-04-2018 21:48
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The Scarlet Hotel: 2 Days Off Grid
Ah, two days Off Grid. And I know that I’m grossly misusing the term “off grid” here, but it sounds exciting and dramatic and you all know how ...
12-04-2018 21:51
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5 Most Used Beauty Products: March 2018
Ah, another delve into the secret world of my echoey bathroom for the Five Most Used products of last month. I bet you’ve been waiting for this one...
11-04-2018 21:51
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Giveaway: The Josh Wood Hair Makeover
I know, I know – two giveaways in the space of a week! Ambassador, you are really spoiling us. If you’re in the UK (sorry to all other readers, i...
10-04-2018 21:47
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GIVEAWAY: The All-Powerful Liquid Gold
Cult Australian skincare brand Alpha-H have extended their amazing Liquid Gold line to include an all-powerful, all-problem-tackling eye cream. Their...
06-04-2018 21:50
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Weekly Window Shop: Some Brilliant Best Buys
I did have a Sunday Tittle Tattle scheduled for tomorrow, but it was so ridiculously depressing to read that I had to postpone it. Especially when I ...
01-04-2018 21:53
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My Top Five Favourite Things: March 2018
It’s safe to say this hasn’t been the best month of my life; but then again, I think I said that about February, too, and I’m not sure whether ...
27-03-2018 21:50
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The L’Occitane Beauty Easter Egg
The Beauty Easter Egg. Will it be the next Beauty Advent Calendar" Because those are now serious business, with limited edition advent gifts and gift...
26-03-2018 21:52
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The Protecting, Tinting, Hydrating, Face-Finishing Moisturiz
Writing my last skincare post, the one where I talk about trying to find an SPF that my Mum will wear, reminded me that I had, in fact, made rather a...
21-03-2018 21:51
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Take Your Mum To Work Day! | AD
I don’t know whether you saw me mention on my Instagram page (you can follow me ...
20-03-2018 21:52
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A Day In The Life: I’m Both Happy & Sad
I’ve temporarily dispensed with A Week In My Life in favour of A Day In The Life in the hope that the content will be easier to digest and perhaps ...
19-03-2018 21:54
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Sunday Tittle Tattle: A Hundred Million Voices
I have been overwhelmed by the response to my post about grief; emails, texts, comments and messages have been popping up in their hundreds – almos...
18-03-2018 21:53
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Carpet Quandary: Fifty Shades of Grey
We’re trying to choose a carpet for the living room and it’s turning into the world’s biggest faff, partly because I have never known another h...
15-03-2018 21:52
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The Work-Life Balance: Does It Even Exist"
This post should be on my other website, strictly speaking; it’s much more concerned with family and personal life than it is with beauty or fashio...
12-03-2018 21:51
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Home Hair Colouring Just Got Better…
Master of the (hair colouring) Universe, Josh Wood, has just launched a brilliant hair colour range for home use. Actually, it’s more than this –...
09-03-2018 21:57
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Weekly Window Shop: Logos a Go-Go
I’ve become rather fond of a good slogan or logo on a t-shirt. It jazzes things up a bit, elevates the t-shirt from being a plain, utilitarian sort...
09-03-2018 21:57
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Skincare: My First Experience with Retinol
I was rummaging about in my office today, trying to prep for a video on a new foundation that I wanted to review, when I came across a smallish box o...
07-03-2018 21:51
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Weekly Window Shop: It’s All Yellow
Right. I know it’s snowing in the UK and we’re all frozen into our homes, tapping fruitlessly at the insides of our iced-over windows in the hope...
03-03-2018 21:47
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Drop Everything: My Beauty Boxes have Landed! | AD
I wasn’t actually intending to keep these amazing beauty boxes under wraps for quite so long – there were supposed to be lots of cheeky little hi...
03-03-2018 21:47
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Most-Used Beauty Products: February 2018
Here it is, as promised, my new “most-used” category; a monthly round-up of the five beauty products that I’ve used again and again. Helpful, I...
02-03-2018 21:47
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Non-Silly Face Glow: The Extra Illuminating Moisture Balm
One for when your face lacks any sort of radiance and resembles an arid, dusty moonscape (“there’s no life on this planet, Captain!”): Bobbi Br...
01-03-2018 21:51
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My Top 5 Favourite Things: February 2018
I’ve changed the format of my favourites video, you may be interested to know. After the roaring success of my 17 Most Used Beauty Products of 2017...
27-02-2018 21:47
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Confidence, Realness and Beauty with Depth | AD
I think a lot about beauty. Which would seem pretty obvious, seeing as though I spend a huge proportion of my life writing, talking and reading about...
25-02-2018 21:47
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Weekly Window Shop: And So To Bed
We now have a bed in our bedroom, which is great news because the novelty factor of sleeping on the floor on a mattress had just about started to wea...
23-02-2018 21:47
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Chanel Neapolis: Poudre ŕ Lčvres
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(There was also a Chanel newspaper in the press pack, which I found wildly impressive, for some reason. We’ve touched on this before, but thereâ...
22-02-2018 21:46
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My Love Returns…
But then, a shining light at the end of the tunnel, because I started to get some actual real sleep and in the mornings I was able to pay proper atte...
14-02-2018 21:46
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Back to Beauty: Darphin Aromatic Renewing Balm
Right. I promised we’d get back to beauty, after my worrying spell of brain freeze, and so please let me introduce you to the little pot of balm th...
08-02-2018 21:49
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Week In A Vlog: January 2018
I’ve tweaked the name of my monthly Week in My Life videos to Week in a Vlog. I’m not sure how I feel about this decision yet, it was sort of ras...
05-02-2018 21:49
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Weekly Window Shop: Things I’ve Bought for the House
Strictly speaking, this isn’t really a Weekly Window Shop at all, is it" Because – even though I did spend rather a lot of time faffing around pu...
31-01-2018 21:50
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Chanel’s Summer Brights and A Bit of Colour-Blocking
Inspired by Chanel’s bright and cheery Neapolis makeup collection, I have been scouring the internet for things that will inject a bit of colour an...
29-01-2018 21:48
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Interiors: New House Surprises and Taking My Time
It’s a funny old thing, buying a house. You don’t get to spend much time in it before you do the deal – you go twice, three times if you can wa...
24-01-2018 21:50
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17 Most-Used Beauty Products of 2017
Lee Stafford Wonderball Wand*: Phyto 9 Hair Cream*: Colab Dry Shampoo: Glossier S...
22-01-2018 21:52
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Beauty Brain Freeze
I’m back on the beauty bus, just about. Although I tried to film a video today and got fourteen minutes in before I realised I wasn’t recording a...
19-01-2018 21:51
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A Week In My Life: December 2017
Don’t get too excited – I’m not back, not properly. I’m just poking my head around the door really, so that you don’t forget about me. And ...
10-01-2018 21:52
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When Four (Weeks Off) Become One
I had this crazy idea, about two weeks ago, that I would take some time off over Christmas. I’m talking proper time off – a month perhaps, or at ...
22-12-2017 21:44
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Sunday Tittle Tattle: Honey, I Shrunk The Best Jumper of 201
There were almost fireworks this morning when I opened the tumble dryer door to find my favourite jumper shrunk to about a third of its usual size.
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18-12-2017 22:04
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Filmstar Bronze & Glow: Brush-On Glam
Don’t get me wrong, I still apply the powders in all the standard contouring places – bronzer (or “sculpt” powder) vaguely beneath the cheekb...
12-12-2017 21:44
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The Curious Christmas Gift Guide
Want to know more" It’s all in the video – if you’re looking for a few off-beat Christmas present ideas then this might give you somewhere to s...
11-12-2017 21:42
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Face Off: The Facial Radiance Intensive Peel
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If you want an even easier – and gentler – peel than this mask then do try one of the wipe-on-and-leave AHA liquids. First Aid Beauty d...
09-12-2017 21:44
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Beauty Favourites: November 2017
Forgive the radio silence: I’ve been moving. I feel as though I’ve said that a lot over the last few years, but I’m hoping that this will be th...
04-12-2017 21:42
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Fashion: The Night Florals
French Connection have aced the winter florals trend with their Celia maxi dress – it’s absolutely stunning. It has layer upon layer of beautiful...
29-11-2017 21:44
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Glitterati, Let’s Go Party!
Warehouse have some amazing sequinned dresses* in store at the moment. Flattering, relatively inexpensive party dresses to see you through the festiv...
22-11-2017 21:52
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A Week In My Life: November 2017
Another month, another week in my life. I almost typed A Leek in my Wife, then! Ha, that would be a good spin-off. Although, perhaps a bit graphic. M...
20-11-2017 21:51
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Weekly Christmas Shop: Men’s Gift Guide 2017
It’s no secret that I find buying presents for men incredibly arduous – my Men’s Gift Guide is one of the most taxing posts of the year. I thin...
18-11-2017 21:49
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The Most Instantly Fabulous High Street Party Dress
But now and then there’d be an outfit that would grab my attention; a dress that was so wonderfully cut that it made me feel transformed into an en...
11-11-2017 21:48
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Weekly Christmas Shop: Kitschmas
Whilst browsing for a lamp shaped like a monkey (as you do) I stumbled across a brilliant page with ideas for alternative Christmas decorations. It w...
09-11-2017 21:51
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A Week In My Life: October 2017
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06-11-2017 21:49
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What to Wear: Autumn 2017
I feel as though I’ve done a lot of fashion posts recently and I think it’s because I can finally fit into my clothes without having to lie on th...
28-10-2017 21:48
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Sunday Tittle Tattle: Christmas Comes (Really Really) Early
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The Christmas tree was dropped off because I was shooting a gift guide for FeelUnique and wanted to have something gorgeous and sparkly in the bac...
22-10-2017 21:51
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Unicorn Boots and Three Ways to Wear Them
I didn’t realise when I wrote about my new Louboutin Moulamax boots that they already had a bit of an online reputation. They received quite a lot ...
21-10-2017 21:51
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Christian Louboutin Sequin Boots: It’s Party Time
Not since the Chanel bag debacle have I made such a frivolous and unnecessary purchase, but man have these Moulamax* sequin boots made me feel quite ...
17-10-2017 21:49
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Amazing LK Bennett Giveaway!
I know what you’re thinking: it’s ages since Ruth did a giveaway. Bloody hell. Selfish cow. I wish she’d do a giveaway – preferably with thos...
08-10-2017 21:51
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Wardrobe Essentials: Autumn 2017
I’m back with some excellent wardrobe essentials to see you through the Autumn months. From the best boyish coat to the sexiest mid-length skirt, I...
29-09-2017 21:53
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Autumn Fashion and my Rightmove Addiction…
Well here I am, in the beautiful city of Bath, getting back into the swing of things with work and generally trying to pull life back onto an even ke...
21-09-2017 21:54
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A Week In My Life: September 2017
Firstly, thank you so very much for all of the wonderful comments on last Sunday’s post – I was feeling so overwhelmed and low and they really bo...
17-09-2017 21:49
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27-08-2017 21:50
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It’s All In The (Golden) Detail…
I’ve had so many comments about this photograph – it was just a little picture for my lookbook (see full post here), but the pale beige bag and t...
23-08-2017 21:49
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Sunday Tittle Tattle: Planning my Happiness (Eye Roll)
Can a planner (that’s a diary, Filofax-style, for traditionalists – when did it become “planner”") make you a happier person" That’s what t...
20-08-2017 21:45
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My Cult Beauty Skincare Favourites | AD
One of my first (and best) discoveries as a beauty blogger wasn’t a single pot of magical cream, or a little tube of face-changing foundation. I wa...
17-08-2017 21:49
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What To Wear: Summer 2017
I’ve been shopping, which is always a dangerous sport. To be fair, a lot of it gets returned: for every twenty things I order (always online, much ...
11-08-2017 21:43
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A Week In My Life: August 2017
I’m trying something a bit new on the video front: A Week In My Life. It’s a sort of scrapbook montage of things that I get up to during the week...
07-08-2017 21:45
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Kent Traffic, Summer Parties and Dual Centre Holidays
People of Kent, a question: is it always so horrifically bad trying to get back into London through the Dartford Tunnel" Every time I’ve done it th...
11-07-2017 21:46
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Sunday Tittle Tattle: The Forgotten Vlog
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09-07-2017 21:49
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Vlogs and Videos: It’s All Change
On the subject of change: would it be impertinent of me to ask for your advice" Or, rather, your suggestions" Tell me what you’d like to see on vid...
04-07-2017 21:50
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Sunday Tittle Tattle: Don’t Call Me, Ever
Does anyone else do this" Stare at the phone screen in abject horror when it suddenly starts ringing" The caller ID flashes up and my palms start swe...
02-07-2017 21:48
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Official Apology to Mr AMR
Mr AMR has taken umbrage at the way he was depicted in yesterday’s post about weather apps. He’s grumbling away from his corner of the sofa and d...
26-06-2017 21:50
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Snails In My Hair
It’s true what they say: never work with children or animals. And never try to do anything – work or otherwise – when it’s hot and tempers (a...
21-06-2017 21:48
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Sunday Tittle Tattle: A Day In My Life
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11-06-2017 21:43
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Hot Days, No Work and Sex in a Lay-By
I indulged in a spot of clickbaiting at the weekend. I simply couldn’t resist it. Mainly because I was looking forward to the comments from people ...
31-05-2017 21:46
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Sunday Tittle Tattle: At Home With…
This week, I’ve been listening to my friends Lily and Anna and their new podcast At Home With…, grinning like a total goon because I’m so very ...
21-05-2017 22:00
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Books: Captain Corelli’s Mandolin
I’m a terrible one for judging a book by its cover. And I mean that literally, not metaphorically – I’m not at all judgemental or presumptuous ...
14-04-2017 21:46
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LA Vibes with AND/OR Denim | AD
I haven’t done any proper fashion modelling in ages (being heavily pregnant means you can only model tent-like garments and the postpartum period i...
28-03-2017 21:58
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Sunday Tittle Tattle: My Dog Does My Makeup
*obviously I didn’t ask him, he’s a dog, but he was very happy to clart about with brushes for an hour and was well fed with bits of cheese and h...
19-03-2017 21:49
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Narciso Musc Oil Parfum: 90% Cashmere
I’m about to be a total tease because Narciso Musc Oil isn’t really available online, it’s more of a “try and find it instore” sort of job....
15-03-2017 21:46
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Sunday Tittle Tattle: Things I’ve Been Doing
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