Frock

Frock is a word I'll always associate with my dear nan and I certainly think my recent purchase wouldve been met with her usual joke 'I'll borrow that when you're finished with it'!


I popped into monsoon this week to see if I could take advantage of their seasonal discount. I love monsoon clothes but do find them a tad on the pricey side! 


This dress had £25 off making it a more palatable price to pay for a dress that I'll get a lot of wear of during the festive (there's that word again!).




It'll be perfect for work when I'm off to some christmas 'do's' and even better looks good with flat ballet pumps so I can dance away! 

I'm also thinking this will be the dress to wear Christmas day as it'll be comfortable enough to accomodate a big dinner!!


Have you brought yourself a new frock for Christmas yet? 

Review | Radox Spa Range

I was contacted once again to test and review some new products from Radox, specifically their new Spa range which was timed perfectly with my being unable to use my bath (my taps broke!) and relying on the shower!

The Radox Spa range has been expertly blended with natural ingredients to create rich shower and bath creams, purifying body washes and exfoliating scrubs, promising to deliver caring results for  your body and mind.

And I have to say they've done a great job. You will know I'm a big fan of the "high end" bath products but this Shower Cream was fabulous and met my high standards. Sometimes I do find shower products can feel "slippery" but this literally felt like a cream on my skin and I would definitely recommend you give it a try as my skin truly did feel smooth after.

Last night was the turn of the shower scrub with fig extract and neroli oil and wow did this smell and feel good! My skin still feels smooth today and I haven't applied any body lotion.

If you fancy giving these products a try nip down to your local Tesco or Sainsbury’s where you'll find them for the affordable £2.21 

Festive Fun!

It's been a thoroughly "festive" 3 days for me and this Sunday evening I couldn't be happier!

Fun started on Friday afternoon with a trip to the local high streets Christmas market and there was excitement when a bus broke down on the roundabout causing no end of trouble! 

Thankfully Ben armed with community spirit helped direct traffic whilst we waited for them to move the bus

We rewarded ourselves with coffees after all that hard work!

Saturday I bribed my brother and his family with cinnamon pastries to come round and decorate my Christmas tree

Brody was shocked at what he was going to earn for his efforts!

Violet preferred selecting decorations with Nanny to add to the tree

Tree decorating was taken very seriously by me from the look on my face!

Until I started enjoying myself!

Monumental putting of the fairy on the top of the tree

Then we packed ourselves up and headed to a Christmas Market

Where we caught in a snow storm!

and then back to my brothers house for fish and chips

What a perfect day continuing today with a jaunt around the local shops, collecting Christmas presents, buying Christmas cards and a GORGEOUS wreath which I'll share in another post as I think this one is becoming photo heavy!!

Once again I hope you're all getting into the Christmas spirit this weekend!

Bare Minerals

Bare Minerals Getting Started Complexion Kit

I haven't worn foundation before but recently acknowledged that a little primer wasn't enough and took myself to the big yellow store to see what they could offer me. Scared of liquid foundations Bare Minerals had the answer!

The lovely assistant applied all the products and I was certainly pleased with the results and invested in the "Get Started Kit" And the additional bonus for me is that it is "pure enough" to sleep in - perfect for those evenings when I come home and cleanse, tone and moisturise is the last thing on my mind!!

Give it a try or add it to your Christmas lists!

Christmas Dining and Preparations

Yesterday was my first Christmas lunch of the festive season! (yes I know it's not yet December but seeing Father Christmas on Saturday kick started the festivities!)

Some friends and I arranged to visit a local Essex restaurant, Clocktower which was great fun getting together over a few bottles of pinor noir! We ordered from their new Christmas menu and the food was perfect!

I also changed my sofa covers to festive red (hmmmm is there an over use of the word "festive" in this post!) finally adding my Cinnamon cushions I purchased last year (and still available from H&M here)

This week is set to start with my first Christmas party of the season tonight and a friend joins me for dinner Wednesday and then Friday is spent in town at our Christmas market! 

It's all go now!!