Tag: diaryofanhonestwoman
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Valentine’s Style
Not going out is the new going out and what better way to celebrate Valentines Day than with a meal at home. Warm fire, candles, pretty table settings and flowers. Add cool music and a glass of fine wine and you have the beginnings of a fantastic evening. Now all you need to do is…
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Sephora Favourites
International brand Sephora has a great take on the best beauty products on the market from skincare to make up. Mr B knows he can be on a work trip anywhere in the world and all he has to do is find a Sephora store for a winning gift So good is this ubiquitous hub…
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Sunday Supplement #41 |Garden Life
I think I speak for the whole country when I say thank the Lord for the sun this week. After a devastating start to the week with events in Manchester, I think everyone spent the beginning of the week feeling sad and slightly down. I suffer from anxiety and any sort of sad news can work as…
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Sunday Supplement #40 – The Other Room
Last weekend I had some of my best friends come to visit, delighted to have visitors I set about sorting the spare room and ‘the other room’. The spare room was not difficult, my parents stay with us a lot, quick sweep, change of linen, done. To properly accommodate my friend her husband and two children…
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How to Upcycle a Kitchen Dresser
Have you seen the recent trend for dark navy or very deep blue kitchens? I’ve been lusting over these dark kitchens from Devol for ages. They look so luxurious and expensive. With our extension put off until next year and no budget for a new kitchen, we set about upcycling our existing circa 1980’s Kitchen…
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Sunday Supplement #39
Hello! How are you all for a Sunday? I had a couple of days off this week with Mr. B, no holiday, no time abroad or even an overnight hotel stay. Instead, we opted for a staycation, that’s right a week at home in the Boston Abode, time to reset, recharge and do all the jobs…
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How to Make an Entrance
When we moved into our house just over three years ago decorating the hallway as not a priority. We had no central heating and no hot water so the hall and staircase got a lick of white paint over the existing wallpaper. Now we didn’t hate this wallpaper but didn’t love it either. With some…
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Sephora Haul
When Mr B announced he was going to New York with work for a week in January I felt a little green with envy. Then I remembered one of the basic rules of marriage. If the husband travels abroad with work thou shalt be rewarded upon his return with gifts. I think the marriage certificate…
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Honest Christmas Guide for Her
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…
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Honest Christmas Gift Guide for Him
Whoa! It’s December. We have bought and dressed the tree. Lit the fire and candles and we are beginning to feel more than a little festive over at the Boston Abode. I’ve spent quite a bit of time looking at gifts, actually press days started in July. So I can’t deny I started looking early. That…
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How I tackled Contouring
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…
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Sunday Supplement #38
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,…
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Sunday Supplement #37
I love Sundays. I’ve spent the day in the most beautiful way, gardening. The garden is looking very autumnal with our show stopping Virginia Creeper turning the brightest shades of red, crimson, orange and yellow. The creeper crept all along our fence during the summer offering its green leafy coverage in abundance. But it’s this time…
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Galvanic Spa
I read so much about how increasingly you don’t need to go under the knife to achieve youthful skin. Award winning brand Nu Skin has developed a system called Galvanic Spa, which uses a galvanic current to push moisturizing products into the skin, for the optimum plumped look. More recently they developed Age Loc. A range…
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Sunday Supplement #36
A couple of weeks ago over dinner with friends, I was introduced to the Danish idea of ‘Hygge’. Now I knew the Danes have an amazing sense of style but I knew nothing of this Scandi coated lifestyle nonsense. Over dinner, I learned it’s the way the Danes get through the cold dark winter by restoring…