So, I have purple hair. It’s only just sinking in. Here I am yesterday, pre-appointment with just your average brown mop. I had this shot firmly pinned to my Pinterest board to show my stylist the deep violet hues I wanted on my tips: First up we had to lighten…
Ombre hair
Ombre, dip-dyed, balayage… whatever you want to call it. I’m getting it done! When I sent out a tweet yesterday asking if getting your hair dip-dyed a/ if you’re not under 25 b/ or in a band was okay, I was thrilled to get the green light from my London…
Subscribing to Countryfille.com
Morning all, so I’ve finally got my head around an effective, automated service to deliver Countryfille.com feeds direct to your home (well, inbox). Over on the right, under the Pinterest logo there’s a little ‘sign up here’ link. Click that, enter your email address, prove you’re not a Spambot, and…
Pinterest
I finally did it. I pinned. Search me out under ‘countryfille’. So far I have stuck on a virtual board: photos of hot men in cardigans and cute pictures of kittens. From what I can gather it’s pretty much like my bedroom wall circa 1995. On a serious note, I…
I Love Mel colouring books
Now, my husband swears that my 10 month old son picked this out himself as my first ‘mummy’ birthday present, I’m a little dubious because *even* he couldn’t be THAT good. How genius is this?! On a cold, wet afternoon who doesn’t want to get out their Caran D’Ache pencils…
Birthday celebrations: a weekend in photos
It’s been a four-day long birthday celebration in this little corner of Devon. And I ain’t complaining. I have been thoroughly spoilt. My mother in law sweetly got me this huge bouquet, filled with our wedding flowers. Clockwise from top: A gorgeous soft scarf from Kew that will look amazing…
Object of Desire: Liftoff wedge heels, Rocket Dog
Don’t you love it when something drops into your inbox that wasn’t even on your season’s wishlist but you immediately Have. To. Have. It? These puppies from Rocket Dog fall firmly into that category: This autumn it is all about the wedge heel for me. I’m done tottering around on…
Object of Desire: 17 Blemish Balm and Get Bronzed kit
While hiding out in Boots to avoid a Monsoon rain shower this morning I was drawn to the BB offering from their 17 collection. I’ve been a long-time fan of last year’s beauty phenomenon that is the BB formula (for those who don’t know, BB stands for Beauty Balm, or…
The Ultimate Autumn Cardi
I have fallen hard for this AW12 cardi from Wrap. Shawl collar, long length, pockets, but saved from frumpiness by the leather detailing. God I love this cardi. Yes it’s £99 but I will wear it until it falls apart at the seams. I have left the Wrap London AW…
London, The Olympics, Wedding season and love
Phew. Sorry about the radio silence. What a week it’s been. We zipped up to London on a/ hottest day of the year b/ the first day of the Olympics. Cue a 4 hour journey of blood, sweat and a lot of tears from Country Bebe. But boy was it…
School’s out…and maybe the sun too.
This post has been lurking around in my archive for a while. Basically I figured I’d wait for the sun to shine before I did a post on sunscreen. The wait has been long my friends. I wrote about my favourite sunscreen brands a while ago and although they work…
Self tan saviour: The buffing mitt from St. Tropez
As a beauty editor, my self-tan mantra, that I trotted out every time the sun shone, was “exfoliate, moisturise, barrier (apply vaseline to cuticles/hairline/eyebrows to stop them turning orange), tan.” Although I was personally never a full convert of the self tan in London (I had a whiter than white…