I didn’t used to be great at accessories. I carried a bag and I wore shoes. Occasionally I’d wear a bit of jewellery, but that was about as far as I’d get. Over the years I started to realise just how vital they were to putting an outfit together. Eventually you stop thinking about them

For many years I sneered at Straighteners. I hated that pancake straight flat hair look and figured that was all they were good for. Then people started to use them to make those beachy curls, and I didn’t really want them either. Back in 2012 I was sent some straighteners to review and discovered they

I can safely say the weather this weekend has been somewhat “blustery”. If there’s one thing blustery weather is not good for it is nice, sleek, hair. Fortunately I have 2 cunning ways of counteracting the hair destroying evil that is a blustery day, one is a headscarf, and the other is a beret. Being

No matter how much exercise I do, or how much weight I gain or lose I will always be a girl with curves. It’s just the way I’m shaped. I have a small waist and larger hips. Broad shoulders and a bust. And that means that sometimes I have difficulty getting clothes that fit me

I don’t want much from a pair of shoes. I just want them to be glamorous, divine pieces of art, but also comfortable enough to walk and dance in all evening without the balls of my feet burning like they’re on fire. Is that too much to ask for? I do love a pair of

For Christmas this year I got some eyeshadow. This wasn’t a surprise. My Sister is a Younique rep and therefore I get Younique products for every Christmas, birthday or other present giving opportunity. For Christmas 2014 I got the 3D Fibre Lashes, which I loved, but confess I can rarely be faffed to use as

If you read my weekly round up of my exciting life you’ll know I was away over the weekend. I had a fancy new outfit planned to wear out on Saturday night, new shoes, new dress, the works, and I was really excited about taking outfit photos somewhere new. Well, maybe not really excited, because

A good pencil skirt is something I have rediscovered a love for. There were many years when I had basically given up on pencil skirts, they were either so tight on my hips that sitting presented a very real risk of busting a seam and displaying my pants to the world, or so loose on