Staying Sane During Lockdown

These strange times of living our lives in a perpetual state of not knowing what will happen next, has left us all feeling challenged and confused.  Adding on the constant daily rigmarole of homeschooling, house chores, cooking, trying to stay on top of work if you are lucky enough to still have a job, has tipped … Continue Reading

Post Baby Skin Care Tips

Now 24 months into life with three kids, the newborn and baby phase seem like a distant dream.  I am now faced, quite literally, each day, with looking in the mirror and wondering if I will ever have a full night sleep again.  The need for some serious help to lessen the lines and dark … Continue Reading

Clean Hair, Don’t Care

I don’t know about you, but my hair always looks better two or three days after I have washed it.  Post wash, my hair is flyaway, frizzy, unmanageable and resembles an electrocuted birdsnest!  So, when I get a modelling job and the request is: “Come with clean hair please.”  I tend to feel sorry for … Continue Reading

Interview with Liz Houghton OBE, one of the founders of Mint Velvet

Some of the best ideas are thought up around a kitchen table with a good old cup of tea, and that’s exactly how trio Liz Houghton, Jane Rawlings, and Lisa Agar Rea, created Mint Velvet.  They all had similar backgrounds in fashion, and have managed to develop Mint Velvet into a well loved British brand with a … Continue Reading

Top Investment Shoes

On photo shoots, there are always a few key pieces that rear their pretty little heads with noticeable consistency.  Whether it is make up essentials from the make up artist, or the hairdresser’s key ‘go-to products’ – we have noticed that there are key bits and bobs that are always present.  The same goes for … Continue Reading

Photoshoot Secrets

Sometimes in life, it is the little things that count.  The night your children sleep through until 7 am; a good cup of coffee; nabbing a bargain on theoutnet.com; a glass of wine with some friends – the list goes on.  This same principle applies to make up tips… sometimes it is the the little … Continue Reading

Jessica’s Gift Guide For All

Christmas is around the corner and I’m getting nervous.  My to-do list of things to achieve before these festivities is racking up, and buying Christmas presents is pretty much at the bottom of that list.  So, to give myself a much needed Christmas boost that doesn’t involve a cocktail, here’s my gift guide for all you … Continue Reading

Caroline’s Gift Guide for all!

It’s that time of year where you wish you had listened to all those “Can I have this please?” over the past 353 days and bought ahead.  Instead, as always, I tend to leave the Christmas present buying until the last minute.  This year, I have actually been a bit organised and put together my … Continue Reading

Unicorn Dust

When the sweat started to drip down my back whilst on the Tube in London, I knew that the heat had finally become too much.  All that talk of summer glow had gone down the pan, and the closest thing I got to that summer glow was when I opened the freezer door and glowed with … Continue Reading

Top of Dreams

Sometimes you hit online shopping gold, and when that parcel arrives, you just know in your gut that its going to be a good one.  For me, this is a rare occurrence, and when it does happen, I always do a mini dance of joy.   Normally, I’m returning the clothes straight after I open … Continue Reading