Just as I was settling in to my ‘al fresco office’ (aka under the parasol on the terrace) to enjoy another cloud-less summer’s day, this email landed in my inbox and immediately had me hankering after smoky, grey autumn days, conkers, bonfires, misty mornings, damp earth and fallen leaves… Diptyque…
CF Eats: Friska, Bristol
You know you’ve got it bad when you start planning what you’re going to eat at a place, a full 24 hours before you get there. I started a new job in Bristol this spring, as Online Editor for a brilliant new health and wellbeing brand (frustratingly top secret at…
CF Travel Guide: Naples and the Amalfi Coast
Spending nearly a decade with a man from Southern Italy kinda rubs off on a girl. Namely a true and unwavering love for refined carbs, good coffee and gelato (spaghetti alle vongole! Pizza marinara! gjanduja!) – unfortunately he won’t let me share with you his family’s recipes (something about swimming…
CF Review: Christchurch Harbour Hotel and Spa, Christchurch, Dorset UK
So, we did it. A full 24-hours away from Country Bebe, holed up like a pair of giddy newlyweds in the Christchurch Harbour Hotel and Spa on the water’s edge in Dorset. CB was dispatched to his grandparents in Somerset and, after a minor wobble from us (CB had the…
Kobo Glo e-reader – full review
I promised that I would come back to you with a full functionality review of the Kobo Glo e-reader I mentioned earlier this month. After reading it in 30 degree heat on the beach in Cornwall, as well as at night in bed, I can safely say it reads beautifully.…
CF Travels – A weekend at the Christchurch Harbour Hotel & Spa
This weekend we’re off again. This time we’re going right to Somerset and Dorset, instead of left to Cornwall. First stop is the parents-in-laws’ beautiful village near Yeovil in Somerset. It’s like the set of a Richard Curtis film it’s so British: We are spending a couple of days lolling…
A sunny weekend in Cornwall?
Woooo hoooo hoooo! I’ve just seen the weather forecast for our weekend in Cornwall this Friday – and it is SUNNY. Like hot, sunny. THIRTY DEGREES sunny. I’ve probably gone and jinxed it now but I don’t care. I cannot wait. We are staying at the brilliantly conceived Rosevine, near…
CF Gadgets: Kobo Glo ereader
So, I’ve been sent this little puppy to take on my summer hols to Cornwall with me next week. It’s the Glo reader from Kobo, an ereader company I hadn’t heard of before – I have been of the ‘books must be in paper-form’ until now – but this little…
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 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’…
The Sunday Overhaul: Week Two – Brows
As a beauty editor, brow maintenance was simple: Shavata at Urban Retreat. The only brow bar I entrusted my Cara-wannabe brows to. It was love at first thread, as Baljit (the master threader) took one look at my pair of scraggly caterpillars and sent me away: ‘they’ve got potential, but…