I am always on the lookout for new herbal teas, especially if they are gorgeous loose leaf blends. I don’t know about you, but I find the whole experience of making a tea with a loose leaf relaxing in itself. I love watching the tea, petals and flavours infuse and swirl into the water and
Brighton
Blogger Craft Party with Anna Hayman
A couple of weekends ago I trundled off to Lewes for a lovely bloggers crafting morning, with local designer Anna Hayman. It was a morning of colourful designs, plenty of tea, home-made cakes and we even got to try our hands at some lino-cutting ourselves! Set in the most beautiful house in Lewes, our small group
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home
DIY: Planning the Living Room
If you’ve been following my blog for a while now, you’ll know that we have been renovating our little house by the sea for some time now. This sounds like a fun idea, but trust me, living in a building site is not fun at all. When you work full time things also take 100
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Beauty
How To Prepare Your Skin For A Day At The Beach
If you’re a fan of sun, sea and sunbathing then you’ll undoubtedly be heading to the beach this summer, I know I will be practically living there! However, it’s important to keep in mind, the prolonged sun exposure, salty seawater and scorching sandy shores that all accompany a day at the beach can adversely impact your skin. Therefore,
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Beauty
SUMMER GIVEAWAY: The Body Shop Piñita Colada Range
Oh I do love a summery skincare product and The Body Shop’s new limited edition certainly doesn’t disappoint! Based on my absolute favourite beachside cocktail, the new limited edition Piñita Colada Range is like the Caribbean in a bottle, packed with tropical Coconut and Pineapple flavours, sure to whisk you away to sunnier climes in
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Food
Paris Planning & Cocktail Recipes!
I can’t believe it’s been 6 months since my birthday in Paris, that also sadly, means it’s been 6 months since the awful terrorist attacks that were caught up in at the time. As our first Paris trip was a bit of a disaster to say the least, finally the time has come to start
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fashion
Summer Colours – My current wardrobe wishlist
I just LOVE bright colours at the moment, however when it comes to clothes I’ve always found it hard to branch away from my traditional denims, greys and blacks, even in summer. So, this year I’ve been looking around for some new clothes that are just a step up, with a pops of colour and
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Brighton
Our Fine Dining Experience at Isaac At Brighton
Last night we visited a Brighton restaurant thats been on my ever growing ‘to-eat’ list for quite some time. Isaac At is a truly different experience to anywhere else in Brighton, it’s not just a restaurant but a complete foodie event and fine dining experience, which I’ve yet to find anywhere else in town. Isaac At
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Food
Coffee Lovers Unite: Nespresso Citiz first impressions
A couple of weekends ago Vee and I were in town for brunch at Baker and Spice, it was a lovely sunny day so we decided to have a lazy mooch around the shops too. Not wanting to spend too much money, I decided to pop into Steamer Trading Brighton as I had a £7.99 voucher
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Food
5 Fictional Foods and Drinks We Wish Were Real
One of the most magical things about books is the way they can make us feel. They can make us happy or sad, scared or surprised, they can break our hearts or give that warm, fuzzy feeling. But what they can also do is make us hungry. And that can be super frustrating when the food they
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Brighton
Brighton Foodies Festival 2016
It’s become a tradition to visit the Brighton Foodies Festival every year on the May Bank Holiday Weekend. So we headed down with our good friend Tash and her gorgeous pug Scarlett (O’Hairy) for this years culinary adventure. As a group, it’s often a nightmare to eat out, between us we’ve got a few dietary