The Winter Retreat // Enjoying a minute of self-care in the bleak mid Winter

As I write this, the wind is ferociously whipping around my house, shaking the roof while heavy rain lashes aggressively against the windows. Today, this typically January weather is taking things to extremes, there’s barely any light, the sky a moody palette of dull heather and watery grey. We’re deep into …

What’s good from HEMA cosmetics? // HEMA stores makeup review

Over the years I’ve found myself regularly passing through London Euston station. From long distance relationships as a teenager, to work meetings as an adult, over time, Euston station became a place of difficult goodbyes and happy hellos. However, in more recent years the overcrowded, noisy station has also become …

Beauty buys under £10 | Cheap thrills to help beat the January blues

This year I’m trying to be considerably more positive about the month of January because as we all know, January is the pits.  The promise and excitement of the festive season help make the darker, colder months of November and December burst with colour and happiness…and Egg Nogg,  meanwhile January …