HELLO. SUMMER. Rainclouds included – how British! How beautiful are these shots that landed in my inbox today from The Linen Works, of their new limited edition collection? If you don’t know the brand they are firmly on my interiors holy grail, wish list. Effortless, timeless, crumpled natural linens for…
30-second review: Bioderma Photoderm Autobronzant and Sebium H20 Micellar water cleanser
I picked these two up in Escentual.com’s current ‘French Pharmacy Brand Sale’ this week. I’ve been using Bioderma’s Crealine H20 micellar water (the original pink one, for sensitive skin) for aaaggges, picking up triple packs in bulk when across the channel. This time though, I took advantage of the generous…
CF Eats: Raw juice benefits and the Philips Whole Fruit Juicer
After my amazing, energy boosting, skin-clearing, mood-balancing Green Cleanse from Purifyne, it inspired me to keep juicing. I have been wary in the past about investing in a juicer. They are bulky things, a faff to clean and I thought, would end up in the utility room after an initial…
CF Travels: Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
This is officially my out of office! The Countryfille brood are off for a long weekend overlooking the sandy beaches of Tenby, Pembrokeshire (the apartment is actually visible in the illustration above!). WOO HOO! We are off on our travels with two friends and their son, who handily enough, happens…
CF Eats: Nakd bars
God, I love these bars. I have managed to get my son, boss and best friend addicted to them, so I thought I’d move on to all of you next. First I’ll run through their credentials: Gluten, wheat and dairy free; no added sugars/syrups; cold pressed not baked (to preserve…
CF Loves: Danish interiors brand, Bloomingville
So I have just fallen in love with the Danish Interiors company, Bloomingville. They are stocked at various independent boutiques across the country but somehow I’ve only just discovered their brand of modern Scandi interiors (read bleached woods, clean lines, organic shapes and mutes palettes with shots of colour). If…
CF Review: Bodyism Serenity supplement for some serious beauty sleep
I’ve written a couple of posts now about coping with grief, and while I don’t wish for that to become my focus for Countryfille.com, I thought a couple of practical, helpful ‘coping device’ style posts might help others going through the grieving process, or even those dealing with serious stress…
Meet the Countryfilles: Q&A with Lynnette Peck
I am *so* excited to be kicking off a new series, Meet the Countryfilles, with uber Editor (think of a glossy and she’s probably beauty edited it) and vintage fashion maven (her online vintage boutique, Lovely’s Vintage Emporium is a serious edit of on-trend vintage pieces) – Lynnette Peck. The…
Treasured possessions: my stolen sunglasses collection
The second in a new series of ‘treasured possessions’ posts is this one, on my stolen sunglasses collection. Rather than sending you out to buy things, they are designed to make you take stock of your current wardrobe and repurpose, rediscover and fall back in love with things you already…
CF Shops: ASOS Fluoro Boucle jacket plus three more summer looks
I have been quietly and rather over-indulgently, building up my summer wardrobe and thought, rather than stock-piling with the vague plan to do some style posts when I’m looking halfway presentable, I’d just take some quick snaps and talk you through some of my favourite purchases. First up, my latest…
CF Review: The Purifyne 3-day Green Cleanse
Last Friday morning, just in time for breakfast, I took delivery of a cool bag, stuffed full of fresh, organic, cold-pressed green juices from Purifyne, ready to start my 3-day green cleanse. I was offered the chance to roadtest one of their nationwide juice cleanses and as their ‘green cleanse’…
Bastille performing Pompeii at the British Museum
On the 26th March the British Museum felt the ‘serendipity was too fitting to ignore’ and invited the band Bastille to perform their no. 1 single Pompeii at the museum, to celebrate the launch of their exhibition ‘Life and Death in Pompeii and Herculaneum’. Firstly, props to the BM for…