Introducing this weeks Peony Posy, ‘Strawberries & Cream’. The heady, velvet smell of Tuberose, fragrant English Stocks and petticoat like Ranunculus, not forgetting the majestic unfurling pink Peonies ‘Sarah Bernhardt’ and white Peony ‘Dutchess De Nemo’. I want to deliver the best flowers that I can to you in a sustainable, honest way. So wherever… Read More Strawberries & Cream
Well hello there, Its been a while. Summer and other work stuff just got in the way. However I’ve freed up my diary for the next couple of months to bring you at least one post a week. As it’s started to turn cold outside I’ve begun to look after myself inside. Now I love… Read More Tumeric Tea Tonic
Here it is the definitive gift guide for her. Gentlemen take note you can’t really go wrong with any of these beautiful buys. For Her 1. 3 L’Imperatrice, Dolce & Gabbana, Amazon 2. Amazon Fire Tablet, 7” Magenta 3. Heaven by Deborah Mitchell, Bee Kit. 4. Monogrammed Necklace, Thomas Sabo 5. Sanctuary Spa, Votive Candles… Read More Honest Christmas Guide for Her
I know what your thinking, contouring has been around like forever now. Slow on the uptake I loathed it at first, I’m going to give you my older perhaps wiser way that I tackled it. So yes contouring has been around for some time and yes it passed me by at first. Doing this and… Read More How I tackled Contouring
I’m not too fond of Halloween to be honest. I think it’s all got too big and American and over the top. Two entire rows in Tesco were given up to Halloween-themed costumes, plastic pumpkins, and treats. When I was young I’d never seen a pumpkin, well maybe in an American movie? No, we carved Turnips,… Read More Sunday Supplement #38
Back in the Summer, I was asked to attend a shop opening. No ordinary shop this was a brand new British Red Cross Charity Shop on Portobello Road, West London. I arrived at 164 Portobello Road ready for a rummage through the usual charity shop donations, perhaps I would get a bargain? Or designer find,… Read More British Red Cross Shop Portobello Road
Happy Bank Holiday! Can it be the last bank holiday of the year? Possibly the end of Summer? I’ve had a lovely long weekend. I’ve gone a little green. I styled some hydrangeas for my friend’s wedding. I’ve reorganised my garden and my shed(s). I’ve pruned picked and potted herbs, ferns and my new favourite succulents.… Read More Sunday Supplement #34
I’ve had a couple of weeks of not posting to the site. Family visiting, catching up with friends and weekends away. The usual August stuff. So while I’ve not been writing so much I have been doing a lot more travelling, trying, tasting and reviewing. I’ve renamed my Hotel Style section to Travel Style and… Read More BA i360 – Brighton – Honest Travel
Hurray for a beautiful Summers Day. It’s officially British Summertime and boy did we have a scorcher today? I spent the entire day in the garden, eating, entertaining, relaxing. In the two and a half years we have been in our much loved Victorian Semi we have transformed the garden on a teeny budget. I’ve… Read More Garden Style
I think it was a Couple of years ago that I read “wipes are for babies bottoms not for your face” from the fabulously straight talking beauty blogger Caroline Hirons. I don’t think I’ve used a cleansing wipe since. Wipes leave a sticky residue on your face which I always end up washing off. For… Read More The Best Cleansing Waters
How often do you feel relaxed enough to read a whole magazine? I mean not just flicking through but reading it, enjoying it cover to cover? This never happens to me. Or rather it didn’t until I visited Frimley Hall Hotel. Three days and two nights of lovely hotel living left me relaxed, stress-free and on top… Read More Frimley Hall Hotel – Honest Travel
How glorious has the sun been today? We were all at home today in what seems like weeks of doing different things. We decided to walk over to our beach and catch a bit of this year’s Brighton Marathon. A week of doing other things here and there, Brighton, Shoreham, London makes home seem so… Read More Sunday Supplement #31
Do you ever have days when you look in the mirror and all you see are wrinkles? My problem area is around my eyes, seems each time I look in the mirror another wrinkle appears. Praise be then to Skin Doctors, the brand that provides a face lift from a bottle. I tried… Read More Skin Doctors
What’s happened to the weather? It’s tipping it down here at Honest HQ! Feels more like Winter than the last week of July, funnily enough, I feel like I have my seasons mixed up at the moment having spent a day in London this week visiting more fashion brands and department stores and their Winter/Christmas… Read More Sunday Supplement #05
All summer long I’ve wanted to splurge on those now ubiquitous summer lace up flats, you know the ones, they started on the catwalk last year and now most high street stores have a version, lovely delicate pointy toed lace ups. Seems I’ve not had a lot of time to shop this summer, coming from… Read More Summer Sandal Sale Splurge
