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This Years Hottest Hair Trends*
So, 2017 is well under way, and most of us have been working hard to keep on top of our new year’s resolutions. If you have been working hard to get fitter and look better this year, then you may have reached a pretty significant milestone already. Now is the time to get on top of your look and a great place to start is your hair. Every year there are some amazing new hairstyles and this year looks set to see celebrities rocking a few trends, so let’s get familiar with the styles you will be seeing on all the red carpets over the coming seasons. Boyish hair is…
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Mother’s Day 2017
Today in the UK is Mothering Sunday. It changes each year depending on when Easter falls (which I know is different to the US) sometimes it even falls on my birthday! This is my 6th Mother’s Day as a parent and my mum’s 29th as a parent (as I was born a day after Mother’s day oops). I do love being a mum and sharing the day with my own mum, it feels great to get the family together and this year we all went out for lunch before heading back to my parents. Being a single mother means I don’t get a lie in, I don’t get breakfast in…
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Tips for Making Train Travel With Small Children Easier*
It’s not secret that I do a lot of travelling by train with Little Miss. In fact, before she was 5 months old I’d already taken her from Lincoln to my home town, and from Lincoln down to Cornwall which was about a 10 hour journey. It’s no wonder at the age of 5 she’s such a seasoned traveller! I don’t drive so anything long distance is undertaken by train and over the years I have learned ways to make it easier which I want to share today. No one should be put off by the daunting task of train travel with a child, in fact, most children relish at…
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Thirty Before Thirty
Today I turn twenty nine. I don’t feel twenty nine (most of the time anyway) and I certainly don’t look it (aside from the few crows feet) but the fact of the matter remains, next year at this time, I’ll be thirty. When I turned twenty one, the next big milestone seemed so far away but here we are, just a year away now. Some days I look at my life and feel like i’ve accomplished nothing. Single mother, rented house in the town I grew up in, no real career to speak of, no love life, no money. It feels depressing. I live miles from any of my friends.…
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Jakks Pacific Beauty and the Beast Range Review
Friday 17th March will finally see Disney’s live action adaptation of Beauty and the Beast. This is probably the most anticipated movie of the year (until Star Wars anyway). And although I have my thoughts about the casting, I am excited to finally see it. But not as excited as Little Miss, who is pretty much counting down the days until she can finally see it. She squeals with excitement when it comes on the TV. She walks around singing the songs from the animated classic, her art work is all Beauty and the Beast inspired, it’s consuming her life at the moment. Belle is now her favourite princess, she…
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L’Oreal Color Riche Beauty and the Beast Lipstick in Belle Review
February was a pretty bad month for me, I was ill and I was struggling mental health wise. Like most girls, my go to to help me feel better is the 21st century mantra of “treat yo self!” I decided to take the plunge and order one of the limited edition Beauty and the Beast lipsticks by L’Oreal. As the range is only available in Italy it required making an order on Amazon.it (the Italian Amazon website) and although it felt so daunting at first it was much easier than I imagined. Once I’d downloaded Chrome with it’s built in translator (this probably won’t end well as I can now…
