Well this really is a little bit genius if you are currently sweltering in the British heatwave, or heading off to sunny climes this summer.
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CF Review: Quinny Zapp travel buggy
I put a little shout out on Instagram last month for this buggy as my first impressions were pretty good. I picked it up on a pre-loved site because while our day-to-day buggy, the Britax B-Motion 3, is completely brilliant, sturdy and a total workhorse (I honestly can’t recommend this…
CF Gadget: Fitbit Flex
I wanted to wait a month before I posted about my latest gadget, as I really wanted to put it through its paces. In Mid December I was kindly given a Fitbit Flex by my boss, after coveting hers all year. In my role as Creative Director for a new…
CF Christmas: Wonderwood by Comme des Garcons
Following on from my previous review of Jour Pour Femme by Hugo Boss as a great gifting fragrance this Christmas, here’s one for the boys. I’ve repurchased this for the OH this year as we were talking about scents last week and he mentioned this as ‘one of his favourite…
CF Style: Tights weather
So, I’ve been resisting it for a while but it is well and truly tight weather in Devon. Because I am a general klutz and end up ripping anything less than industrial strength denier, I have given in and embraced the more robust end of the hosiery spectrum and invested…
CF Health: Colds, Croup and a cup of Pukka tea
This box of Pukka teas was sent to me by their PR back in August and I thought ‘ooh, I’ll stash those for autumn, when ‘cold season’ hits’. Reader – that time has come. I might as well daub a cross above our front door and be done with it,…
CF Family: Country Bebe’s nursery kit
This weekend heralded CB’s 2nd birthday (Duplo, Duplo and a toy hoover – he was in heaven) and with it came the day all parents dread. His first day at nursery. These first two years have whipped by in a blink of an eye. One minute you’re breastfeeding a tiny,…
Object of Desire: Patra silk pyjamas
I have made my mind up. I want to be buried in my Patra silk pyjamas. Actually scrap that, I’m not sure I can wait that long… I LOVE THEM. This is not a new revelation. My mother-in-law bought me a pair last Christmas – here I am resplendent in…
Autumnal cleansing: L’Oreal Skin Perfection range and Elemis Pro Collagen Cleansing Balm
So, other than the big wardrobe update, my beauty cabinet has undergone a bit of an overhaul with the change in season, too. It’s a bit of a L’oreal love-in this season. Specifically their Skin Perfection range. I’m not sure if it’s turning 30, but this season I am being…
CF Loves: Mary Greenwell Lemon EDP
I reviewed legendary make-up artist Mary Greenwell’s Lemon EDP back in February, when it was love at first sniff – and it’s one fragrance love-affair that has no signs of abating (as is my usual, fickle olfactory want). So, after last week’s birthday, I knew exactly what I’d be splurging…
CF Travels: Bristol and Bath – the mummy minibreak
Eeeekk! I’m off on my tod for a full 48-hour solo minibreak. This summer we have covered all bases – baby-friendly Cornwall, romantic bolthole in Dorset, sociable city jaunts to London with friends… now it’s ME TIME. I work in Bristol, so it’s a little bit of a busman’s holiday.…
CF Family: proper little boys’ flannel pyjamas
After my autumnal wardrobe splurge, next in line is Country Bebe. You can keep your frilly dresses and cute hair ribbons, the main sartorial perk of being a Mother Of Boys (MOB) is that you get to give them side partings each night when they are bath-fresh, then put them…