As soon as the email popped into my inbox, I knew I was going to like this one. A new launch, which is exciting, and by Liz Earle, which is even more exciting. But what is truly flipping thrilling if you live in my strange little world is that it is a haircare range. Yes, you heard me right. Haircare. Liz Earle. Take a second to absorb this. Continue reading…
I may have to eat my hat. No, it’s not some bizarre pregnancy craving. And, incidentally, nor do I own a hat like the one in the picture. What I am talking about is the fact that for the last goodness knows how long, I have always said that although I adore Clinique make-up and body stuff, their skincare is not for me. Continue reading…
It’s true. I’ve spent the last eighteen months (yes, it’s been that long) moaning to you all about how painful it is to push a baby out of your vuvuzela, how dire it is being up all night with a newborn, how exhausting it is running around after an insane toddler…
You get the picture: generally being a total whinge about the joys of procreation and the impact it has on your purse, eye-bags and opportunities to drink alcohol. Continue reading…
I’ve bored you before about my penchant for stealing from my offspring. Nothing is sacred. Easter eggs (they don’t need that many), nail varnish (my stepdaughter has some cracking shades these days), money (I’m joking, although there was that time I was short of bus fare and I raided a piggybank). Bad mummy. Continue reading…
Sometimes, people ask me how I look after my hair. Not very often, because it’s normally a bit of a mess and not something to aspire to. But it’s very curly and quite long, so I think the general public are curious as to why it doesn’t ALWAYS look like a total nest.
Well, I have a top tip for you. It’s a bit Little House On The Prairie but this really works. Tie up your hair at night and you will avoid attracting the bed-head tangles that haunt us long-haired types. A plait is ideal, and if you’re curly the pattern in your hair won’t show. A pony tail works just as well, and leads me nicely on to my rather unusual product recommendation that you might have guessed was coming from the headline above. Continue reading…
Isn’t it great when you come across something that’s gorgeous to use, doesn’t cost the earth and really works? In the world of beauty products this doesn’t happen that often. I sadly tend to find that the expensive stuff does a better job, that the hard-working cheaper stuff smells a bit funny, that the pleasant-to-use moderately priced stuff is nice but has little effect…
You get the picture. Anyway, if you are an avid Product Placement fan (and I’m talking to both of you here) you’ll know that this headline announces the arrival of a bite-size chunk of beauty chat, centred on a single product that I’m trying out and enjoying (hence the title). It’s not, as my husband pointed out, a lazy way of avoiding thinking up another headline. Well it is a bit. Continue reading…
I got into coffee very late. I fact I think I wasted a good ten years of my adult life relying on actual energy to get things done. What a fool. Thankfully, in my late twenties I was talked into a cappuccino and I never looked back. These days of course I don’t fanny about with foaming milk and chocolate sprinkles. Good Lord no. When you’ve been up since 5.40am (as I have been today, thanks to a cheery rendition of the CBeebies ‘birthday song’ down the monitor at the aforementioned time) you need something a bit stronger. Not espressos, they don’t last long enough. I’m talking Garfield strength, jet-black liquid with just a splash of cold milk. Essential. Continue reading…
What is it about Easter and puns? I’ve had a terrifying amount of emails this week with subject lines like ‘Easter Eggstravaganza’, ‘Cracking Easter Deals’ and ‘Offers To Really Get Eggs-cited About!’. Oh dear god. Since when did this form of advertising become acceptable? It is not 1976, and this is not the blackboard outside the local grocer’s shop – it is the INTERNET.
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I had my photo taken this week. You may have noticed the results if you follow me on Twitter or if you had a look at my revamped ‘A bit about me’ page here on Product Placement. My photographer, the lovely Frankie, did a great job and she’s a real natural when it comes to putting her subjects at ease. As you can probably tell from my goonish laugh in one of the pictures. Continue reading…
Well, the world can now breathe an enormous, collective sigh of relief, because I have finally had my hair done. No longer do I look like a cello teacher. And in spite of having about a foot chopped off, I still have long hair – which is not only a relief but also an indicator of how much I needed a cut in the first place. What’s that you say? Have I been in the sun? Why yes, I have, thank you. That’s why it no longer looks as though I am wearing a brown knitted hat. And instead I have gorgeous blondiness all the way up to my incredibly grateful scalp. OK, I admit – it’s really a great big lovely full head of highlights, expertly administered by my equally lovely hairdresser Loretta. (Not Noddy, who the toddler seemed to think it was when she came to the door.) Continue reading…
