my winter haircare routine, ft. a french pharmacy favourite

Hello lovely readers, I'm currently typing this as I watch the postman battle his way through the 40mph winds, driving snow, and -10 wind chill. The man deserves a cup of tea!

While I'm enjoying this last gust of winter, it doesn't particularly love my hair. My hair is naturally somewh…
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a peek inside my on-the-go makeup bag

I don't know about you, but I have this horrible habit of pressing snooze one too many times on my alarm clock and rushing for the bus--eliminating time for anything but the absolute essentials in the morning.

I'd love to be one of those people who just really has their life together and w…
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wedding wednesday: our wedding video

Our wedding was held in Scotland, so there were some family members who couldn't make it to our wedding. We decided to hire a videographer for our wedding so that those family members could experience it...and obviously so we'd have it to look back on in the future.

We hired James at Strang…
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what you absolutely must buy from a u.s. drugstore: l'oreal pro glow concealer

If there's one beauty bit I know loads about, it's concealer. This is because of the ol' birthmark and rosacea that I've been dealing with my whole life. I've tried countless concealers--from luxury to drugstore--and there honestly aren't that many good ones out there.

This…
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my tom ford lipstick collection

Ladies and gents, I bring you...the lipstick I've spent way too much money on!

You can't buy Tom Ford lipsticks that many places in Scotland, so sometimes when we happen to be passing through Edinburgh, I'll nip over to Harvey Nichols and have a major swatch-fest. Sometimes I'll ev…
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jaffa, hummus, and mount arbel: our engagement story

I was extremely fortunate with my old job--it allowed me to travel all around the world for work. One of the places I was posted for a couple of months was Tel Aviv, Israel. My husband (who at that point, was my boyfriend), came with me...and while we were there, we got engaged! 
The where
When we …
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the not-too-girly pink: charlotte tilbury english beauty review

This is one of the new lipstick launches I've been most excited about, so when Charlotte Tilbury launched a new Matte Revolution lipstick in the shade English Beauty in the middle of dreary January I snapped it right up. So let's see how it performs, shall we?




What's the colour and how …
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the serum that *actually* works on my redness

I think one of the most frustrating things about having difficult-to-manage skin is that A LOT of products draw you in claiming to reduce redness. I feel like I've been duped so many times. To be fair, some of these products might work on people with less severe redness, or on redness that isn…
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the sheet mask that's a total steal: the creme shop honey & lavender fusion sheet mask

So if anyone was watching my Instastories last night, you'll know that I stayed up wayyyy too late drinking prosecco and binge-watching The Sinner whilst my husband was out.

As a result, my skin is a weird mixture of dry and spotty today, so I'm breaking out my favourite new sheet mask: Th…
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