The very best budget mascara.

After 25 years of searching, I’ve found a £3.30 mascara that’s as good as any I’ve ever tried. Get to Wilko!

Super easy, super cheap, home made body scrub.

I was amazed by how well this cheap and easy homemade body scrub worked. You’ve probably got the ingredients in your kitchen to make this within the next 3 minutes.

Jo Malone and Zara Emotions – happy days for perfume bargain hunters.

I love a new perfume and this Jo Malone bargain buy has found a very welcoming home on my dresser.

The quest for calm.

With a nocturnal 7 year old and a naughty cat, the quest for calm is very real.

Beauty bargain bonanza

I’ve just turned 40 and am not finding that my cosmetic usage is showing any signs of slowing down. Imagine.
Here are some of the products I’ve been using recently that won’t break the bank but are particularly pleasing in their own little way.

Why every mum needs a faux fur coat.

Being rather wimpy, I’m a big fan of outerwear and decided that there are 5 sorts that deserve a place in every mum’s wardrobe. In honour of the recent cold snap, here I am sharing some fabulous faux fur finery – and fun facts. Have a read and let me know what you think!

Exercise classes – what a newbie needs to know.

I really must stress, like so much of what I write on this blog, all advice offered in this post is entirely unsolicited. Nobody has ever approached me in the street, asking for tips on how to create this type of physique, and I rather think that if it hasn’t happened yet, it’s not going…

Brilliant beauty buys.

The response I got from my post about beauty in the Aldi aisles confirmed that I am not alone in my love of a cosmetic bargain. I must reiterate here, that I am no glamorous minx, and on the surface, nobody you’d look to for advice in this field, but I DO love a good…

11 steps to a brilliant night’s sleep.

I seem to have been somewhere on the continuum between moderately fatigued and totally exhausted since my firstborn came onto the scene in early 2009. Of course, nobody with a small baby can realistically expect to have a decent amount of sleep, but somehow, even though my children reliably make it through the night without…

Beauty in the Aldi aisles.

I really hate food shopping. The crush in the aisles. The stress of the checkout. The godawful unpacking once home. It truly is one of my least favourite things to do. I do much of my shopping in Aldi these days, and I don’t think this helps any of the problems aforementioned. Our town offers…