When it comes to skin and hair care, personal recommendations speak volumes over TV and magazine advertising so here I share some of my beauty essentials. I’m not on a big budget and look for value as well as performance so most of my finds are fairly inexpensive but rated highly – or I wouldn’t recommend them […]
Essentials for a stylish family picnic
Picnic season is well and truly underway, but with so many beautiful spreads in glossy magazines and Sunday supplements, not to mention on Pinterest and Instagram, you can avoid picnic envy – that’s totally a thing, OK! – with these essentials for an insta-worthy and probably more importantly, tasty and stress-free family picnic. Picnic hamper, £65; Lunch boxes, £6; Round picnic blanket, […]
BEAUTY REVIEW | Sanctuary Spa Wet Skin Moisture Miracle
When it comes to looking after ourselves, mums are the first to put themselves at the bottom of the list of priorities, which is of course understandable when you’re completely responsible for a small human being or two, but if we’re not physically and mentally looked after how can we look after those little ones. Don’t […]
VIDEO | Date Night Style
It’s time to get our #DateNight style up to scratch, ladies, and if you’re anything like me, actually get on with it, plan that date night and book the babysitter. I’ve teamed up with Kaleidoscope to put together a video with my perfect date night outfit along with my hair and beauty routine to get ready for […]
VIDEO | When Coco gave Mama beauty advice
Ahead of Mother’s Day, Superdrug asked my eldest daughter, Coco Lily (nearly 6 years), to give me some honest beauty advice and her opinions on my beauty regime, hair and most importantly answered the crucial question: “If mummy’s hair were an animal, what animal would it be?”. Watch the full video below with us and some other […]
Gift list | Rockbox boxes rock
Raindrops on roses may look pretty and whiskers on kittens are cute but brown paper packages tied up with string or any beautifully boxed gift for that matter, will always be one of my favourite things. If like me, a pretty package makes your day, then chances are it’ll make someone else’s too, so for a luxuriously presented gift […]
Beauty | Smilepod High Gloss Diamond Tooth Polish
If you follow @cocomamastyle on Instagram you may have seen I’m currently in the build up to getting married this autumn, so it’s all systems go and I’m becoming even more of a magpie (than I am normally!) to beauty products and treatments which will freshen up my skin, tone my bod or brighten my smile. The latter […]
Top 10 Hygge inspired style picks for autumn
Wellness and mindfulness are concepts we hear everyday now and we’re hopefully managing to incorporate them into our lives, but there’s a new lifestyle trend to hit our shores and it’s the Danish art of hygge, which essentially means cosiness and originates from Norwegian meaning ‘well-being’. A warm atmosphere, family and friends around you, enjoying good food, drink and taking pleasure in the […]
EAT | 5 steps to happy mealtimes
Family mealtimes are the perfect opportunity to share moments from the day with one another but tensions over the food that is served and the way it is presented (if your children are anything like mine you’ll know what I mean!) can get in the way of enjoying this time of day. Children often change […]