After travelling a dozen times to France in the last 18 months, plus last week’s jaunt to Italy and various UK staycations with the 4yo and 10mo in tow, I feel pretty qualified to impart my top bits of kit for travel with under 5s. For what it’s worth. None…
CF Beauty: Lipstick Queen Velvet Rope lipstick in Private Party
I walked into Space NK in Bristol on Saturday for a quick nose around and walked out 10 minutes later with this glorious new velvety matte lippie from the Lipstick Queen. It comes in a midnight blue velvet box, then a rather glamorous gold casing. The bullet itself has a…
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…
30 second review – Chi coconut water
I added this coconut water brand to my weekly shop, I’m not ashamed to admit, purely on the basis of its beautiful packaging. Isn’t it stunning? We are usually a Vita Coco household but what can I say – new year, new coconut water (isn’t that how the saying goes?!)…
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…
Current obsession: Whitworths shots – healthy snacks on the go
Regular readers will be more than aware of exactly how much I love Nakd bars, as an on-the-go gluten-free snack that I know isn’t going to deliver me one enormous sugar high and then subsequent slump. However, as a bit of a change, my coat pockets/bike basket/desk top have been…
Treasured possessions: Le Creuset volcanic orange cookware
I’ve featured a variety of my treasured possessions in this series of posts (as an antidote to my otherwise rather fervent love to buy, buy, buy) – from heirloom jewellery to my beloved Kenwood Chef mixer. Next up is an item that in one brightly coloured item of kitchenware, manages…
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 Reads: The Happiness Project, by Gretchen Rubin
So, after being enthusiastically recommended to me by a friend, I have just picked up The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. It’s not a newly released title (in fact it’s been in the bestseller lists for two years!) but, if like me, ‘self-helpy’ type books are not really on your…
5 of the best: winter bath soaks and oils
As a mummy, there are those moments in each day that you learn to cherish. It is all too easy, especially with a teething toddler, for days to pass by in a blaze of tantrums, naps, play dates and messy mealtimes. For me, the 30 mins of each day that…
CF Review: The Bristol Hotel, Bristol, UK
The week before last, I lay my head at The Bristol Hotel for the night. It came about as a means to an end, to tide me over between work (I starting a consulting job with a new digital brand in the spring, so spend 1-2 days a week in…
30-second review: gluten free 9 bars
So, I’ve been gluten-free for a while now. Not in a militant ‘not a husk of wheat must pass my lips’ (I have no diagnosed intolerance or allergy that could warrant this totalitarian approach), but saying that, now that I’ve been pretty much gluten free for 4-5 months when I…