I know what your thinking, contouring has been around like forever now. Slow on the uptake I loathed it at first, I’m going to give you my older perhaps wiser way that I tackled it. So yes contouring has been around for some time and yes it passed me by at first. Doing this and… Read More How I tackled Contouring
Few things in life inspire me as much as Charity and Fashion when they combine it makes me very happy. A couple of weeks ago I was invited to The Good Look Fashion Show. Organised by The Young Tiffany Circle to benefit and support the British Red Cross. Held in Brick Lanes Old Truman Brewery, this was… Read More Good Look Fashion Show
I’m not too fond of Halloween to be honest. I think it’s all got too big and American and over the top. Two entire rows in Tesco were given up to Halloween-themed costumes, plastic pumpkins, and treats. When I was young I’d never seen a pumpkin, well maybe in an American movie? No, we carved Turnips,… Read More Sunday Supplement #38
I love Sundays. I’ve spent the day in the most beautiful way, gardening. The garden is looking very autumnal with our show stopping Virginia Creeper turning the brightest shades of red, crimson, orange and yellow. The creeper crept all along our fence during the summer offering its green leafy coverage in abundance. But it’s this time… Read More Sunday Supplement #37
I read so much about how increasingly you don’t need to go under the knife to achieve youthful skin. Award winning brand Nu Skin has developed a system called Galvanic Spa, which uses a galvanic current to push moisturizing products into the skin, for the optimum plumped look. More recently they developed Age Loc. A range… Read More Galvanic Spa
A couple of weeks ago over dinner with friends, I was introduced to the Danish idea of ‘Hygge’. Now I knew the Danes have an amazing sense of style but I knew nothing of this Scandi coated lifestyle nonsense. Over dinner, I learned it’s the way the Danes get through the cold dark winter by restoring… Read More Sunday Supplement #36
Back in the Summer, I was asked to attend a shop opening. No ordinary shop this was a brand new British Red Cross Charity Shop on Portobello Road, West London. I arrived at 164 Portobello Road ready for a rummage through the usual charity shop donations, perhaps I would get a bargain? Or designer find,… Read More British Red Cross Shop Portobello Road
El Oceano is a dream of a Hotel. Nestled in a naturally beautiful cove along Mijas Costa in Andalucia. The hotel boasts five star beautifully decorated rooms, an award winning restaurant and perhaps most impressively a swim up Polynesian bar with views overlooking the Mediterranean. I first visited El Oceano around my tenth birthday, back then it… Read More El Oceano – Honest Travel
There’s nothing quite like the spark when rock meets fashion, Pam Hogg has history, credentials, and friends in both. The Rock and Fashion A-List joined force, (Jo Wood, Yasmin Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, Bobby Gillespie, Katy England) all sat FROW to be the first to see the SS 17 collection from Hogg, Great Expectations. The music… Read More LFW Pam Hogg SS17
September is the best month of the year for me. It’s still a little warm from the Summer, we have Vogues bumper September Issue to feed on and we have Autumn/Winter wear to dive into, coats, boots, hats. Best of all London host’s one of my favourite events, London fashion Week. September is also my… Read More LFW Sunday Supplement #35
Happy Bank Holiday! Can it be the last bank holiday of the year? Possibly the end of Summer? I’ve had a lovely long weekend. I’ve gone a little green. I styled some hydrangeas for my friend’s wedding. I’ve reorganised my garden and my shed(s). I’ve pruned picked and potted herbs, ferns and my new favourite succulents.… Read More Sunday Supplement #34
I had the most amazing day off this week. I had a million things to do on my day off but rather than give my day up to admin and cleaning I drank a pot of loose leaf tea in the morning and arranged some flowers in the afternoon. I love a flower that can… Read More Styling Hydrangeas
I’ve had a couple of weeks of not posting to the site. Family visiting, catching up with friends and weekends away. The usual August stuff. So while I’ve not been writing so much I have been doing a lot more travelling, trying, tasting and reviewing. I’ve renamed my Hotel Style section to Travel Style and… Read More BA i360 – Brighton – Honest Travel
Normandy is land of green fields, cows and cider, not too different to the South of England, with the added bonus of stinkier cheese. Mont St Michael Mont St Michael is the most beautiful sight across from the mainland an island of rock and Abbey surrounded by sea. From a distance and especially at night… Read More Normandy – Honest Travel
No trip to France would be complete without a beauty cache. I know from previous trips that you can’t go wrong in a French Farmacie. Rows and rows of unpronounceable names, French bottles filled with potions and lotions to beautify. My cousin stockpiles her favourite brands like Biotherm Micellular Water, when she travels to France and saves… Read More Clarins – Honest Beauty
