Mental Health Awareness Week | My feel good habits
I seem to be talking to people about stress a lot recently. The air is thick with it. The whole world’s been wrapped in it […]
Theories About Stuff
Anyone for Swedish Death Cleaning?
That’s one morbid book title up there don’t you think? Actually, The Gentle Art of Swedish Death Cleaning is a lot more uplifting than […]
Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Already Taken #InternationalLiteracyDay
It’s International Literacy Day! And to celebrate, the teen and I have been working on something special. Well, actually it was mostly down to the […]
Cover version, movie style: ReCover Correct and Conceal Red review
I’m pretty cool with blemishes. I think it’s OK to be imperfect, as perfectly imperfect as you are. Imperfections and making mistakes are what […]
Korean beauty products you need to try this year
Anastasia Beverley Hills recently released their new Brow Definer (AKA eyebrow pencil) which is apparently all special and new and innovative on account of its […]
How to stop worrying
In the last post about fear I mentioned Susan Jeffers’ book Feel the Fear and Do it Anyway. This is book is an international […]
Can you live a 100% fearless life?
Recently I read this feature about older women role models by Lauren Laverne writing in The Pool. The same day, I went to […]
Why I’m anti anti-ageing
There aren’t many people who blog about beauty over 40, and probably even less of us over 45. So in looking around at products aimed […]
Top 5 kitchen gadgets*
It’s no secret that I love a gadget. Who doesn’t enjoy a new toy with beepy noises and buttons to press? Plus with kitchen gadgets […]
How geeky families (and Doctor Who fans) do the summer holidays
People don’t half bang on about the outdoors a lot during the summer. Look, it’s not compulsory. You don’t have to leave the house […]