Skincare & Self-Care

SELF-CARE isn’t an easy task when you have two children.  There’s always something to do! If it’s not looking after the kids, then it’s washing, cleaning, …

When is subtle too subtle?

I’VE never been good at subtle.  When I was a teen I had rainbow coloured hair. One week it was blue, then purple, then grey, then red, lilac, black, blond…

Supercharged summer skin

HAVING returned from a two week holiday in sun-drenched Italy, the first thing that all my family did was catch a cold. So we’ve spent the last week on the…

Skincare with a SPF

MY SKINCARE routine has worked so well lately that showing off its natural glow is my beauty goal, and this Daily Shield Lotion from Epionce with a SPF50 d…

Holiday Hair SOS

TWO WEEKS of swimming in an outdoor pool, a lake and constant sunshine while on holiday in Italy played havoc with my hair and I was suffering badly with r…

Blushing beauties

I’VE got a crush on neon blush! Just look at these utterly gorgeous blushers from Stila and ByTerry. They’ve been stashed in my collection for a while wait…

Thinking pink!

WHEN I have some time to myself (a rarity these days), I love to organise my make-up collection which, as a beauty writer, is a fairly vast collection.  Ne…