While my morning skincare routine (here and here) sets me up for the day, my evening skincare ritual is my “unwind and take off the day” that I need on a daily basis. As a busy, working mum of three children, a husband who works a lot from home and two cats who seem to want my attention all the time, it often feels like I have no time for…
This Sunday is going to be hard. Beyond tough. Perhaps impossible to get through. But get through it I must. This will be the first Mother’s Day I need to get through without my mum. No-one to send a card to. Or flowers. Or to call up and have long, lazy chats with, reminiscing about old times. Or to take out for lunch. No-one to say “Happy Mother’s Day”…
As much as I love my evening skincare ritual (coming next week), I have to say I love my morning skincare routine just as much. There’s something about methodically going through the different products and treatments I use that is almost meditative and sets me up for the day, not to mention the fact that it ensures my makeup just goes on like a dream, “sits better” on my skin…
Since pretty much the beginning of the year, I’ve been getting more and more comments on my skin; luckily they’ve all been compliments on how good my skin is looking, asking me what I’m doing different, what skincare I’m using and that kind of thing. To say I’ve been surprised by these comments is an understatement; with the level of stress that we’ve had since the New Year, I’m surprised…
It’s Valentine’s Day so I thought I’d bring you a dozen red… lipsticks! Can you guess which ones are my favourites? Here’s my pick of the best reds for olive/brown/darker skin tones, from mattes to glosses, from luxury to drugstore price points. PS – I know my lips are not totally symmetrical, and obviously I don’t have lip fillers… just trying to make the best of what I have 🙂…
