City Living, Country Life – the best of both worlds
Okay, I’m going to have to keep this short because the only thing I can say is OH MY. Which obviously isn’t that eloquent, or helpful, when it comes to reviewing beauty products. I currently have my nose buried in the pot and my body slathered with the stuff. If…
As we are gearing up to Country Bebe starting nursery this autumn, with all the subsequent parental anguish of ‘our baby going off to nursery’ and worrying how he’ll cope with the transition… this article stopped me in my tracks. It’s a photo story from NBCnews.com about a school founded…
It’s started. That twang of the purse-strings when I see the new season’s haul on the shop’s rails. Ankle boots, chambray, slouchy knitwear, leather detailing…. HELLO AUTUMN. So I’ve done a pretty good job in getting my new season’s wardrobe under way, here’s what I’ve just added to my basket:…
This week kicks off with the second in the new Q&A series: ‘Meet the Countryfilles’. A collection of interviews with inspiring, successful women who embody the ‘Countryfille’ ethos. In short, they have led full, exciting, creative lives working at the top of their chosen fields, and have since decamped from…
Before Country Bebe’s head has even hit his pillow each night I am downstairs, lighting up these bad boys. Back in my Beauty Ed days, my mantlepiece in London was never without a cluster of decadent, luxury candles (Tom Ford Tuscan Leather being my all-time favourite) and I hadn’t realised…
How brilliant are these? I stumbled upon Recitethis.com over breakfast this morning and have been playing with their genius ‘instaquote’ design skills ever since. All you have to do is tap in your favourite quote and they instantly put it into a whole range of different typography settings/backgrounds. You can…
Before the sugar police interject, I realise that the inclusions of agave and maple syrup don’t strictly make this sugar-free; to clarify, I’m just talking about the really over-processed cane sugar in this recipe. Yes, of course maple syrup is a sugar, but it is a high-level, natural source of…
As the baby slumbered last week, I decided to take 5 minutes away from my desk for a quiet walk around our garden, albeit in the drizzle, to drink in the green lushness of our cottage garden in full bloom. It made me stop and realise just how far this…
A solid 8-hours slumber is still alluding me. Bodyism’s Serenity supplement has made a HUGE difference to my ability to drop off, but it’s the 3am, bolt-upright in bed, wake-up that is proving difficult to shift. I’ve spoken to a number of docs and sleep specialists about my predicament and…
We’re just loading up the car and heading off to London for a long weekend. We’ve got the husband’s oldest friend’s wedding at Kew Gardens on Friday, then a weekend of long brunches with more friends (the Haberdashery in Crouch End is our ‘go-to’ relaxed breakfast spot), a quick jaunt…
I was kindly sent a box of tricks from brilliant British natural, high-performance beauty brand Balance Me, just in time for our Tenby holiday back in June. I have been lugging them around with me all summer – between Cornwall, Dorset, Somerset and home – and I think I’m just…
So, I am in the twilight weeks of my Twenties, with the big 3-0 looming large on the horizon in early September. So what’s a girl to do to ease herself into a new decade? Well, buy a beautiful Longchamp clutch bag it seems… Yes, even thought it was a…