This is a collaborative post You have a clothing budget, as part of your monthly budget, but are you spending it wisely? Are you shopping at the right times, with the right retailers? Are you buying the pieces you need, or are you just going for something cheap and trendy? Well, it’s time to examine your clothes shop behaviour! So, …
How To Improve Your Pre-Shave Routine
This is a collaborative post. No matter how often you shave, doing it the right way is essential to make sure your skin is protected and your overall shave is effective. Like anything in life, you need to prepare well if you are to succeed, and this goes for your skin care and shaving routine too. How can you improve …
10 Simple Ways To Fight Fast Fashion
Once again, London is in the spotlight of the fashion world again, so I think it’s a good opportunity to talk about the fashion industry’s ecological footprint. Let me clarify that in my opinion, buying a few good, ethically produced clothes every now and then, that are made without plastic components or harmful coating is acceptable. I also find it …
Sustainable Treasure Hunt: Charity Shops In Kensington
The spending money was gifted by Hotels.com, but all views are my own. Kensington is one of the best places to visit in London. I love Kensington Gardens, The Victoria and Albert museum is my favourite place to be in town, there’s the Design Museum, the Natural History museum, lots of nice places to eat and sit down for a coffee, …
Who To Hire For Your Wedding Day
This is a collaborative post. Whilst you can DIY many aspects of your wedding (as well as relying on friends and family), most couples like to hire professionals to take away the stress and ensure that their day goes smoothly. Here are a few of the professionals you may want to hire for you day and what to look for …
Why Is Antique Jewellery Sustainable
This is a collaborative post. I do like antique jewellery. I have a few pieces I have inherited or received as a gift and I wear them on special occasions. My favourite thing about them: they get you wonder about their previous life with a previous owner and how many lives a piece of fine jewellery can have. What I …
How to Feel Beautiful on a Budget
This is a collaborative post. The media and celebrity influence over modern society has meant that we, as a population, have become incredibly aware of the significance of beauty. Although the exact qualities that are outlined to define what is beautiful are subject to change depending on time and place within different cultures, everyone has a sense of what it …
Mums, It’s Time To Recapture Your Style!
This is a collaborative post. One of the biggest downsides of parenting is the fashion choices. Sure, you may see the Kardashian family rocking some killer heels and designer jeans every day, but generally you can bet that they’re not the ones who have sole care of sticky-fingered babies all day long! When you are pregnant for the first time, …
Complete Guide To Men’s Grooming Gifts
This is a collaborative post. Men’s grooming sets are an ancient idea that may have first begun in around 185BC with Scipio Africanus Minor, said to be the first man to start the routine of shaving every morning. Since then, these sets or kits, containing everything from tweezers to shampoo to shaving products and more, have been used regularly. …
Wardrobe Full to Bursting with Winter Wear?
This is a collaborative post The first step in solving any problem is figuring out what’s causing it. If your wardrobe’s full to bursting, you could say the problem is you’ve got too many winter clothes, but that doesn’t dig quite deep enough. It’s most likely not how many possessions you have, but how you’re storing them. When cupboards and …