My Sentimental Heart

I don't know if it's just the time of the year or the fact that I've had more of an opportunity to window shop over the last few weeks, but there are some seriously swoon-worthy pieces hitting the high street at the moment. As I've been drawing up a spring wardrobe shopping list, I…

With spring so tantalisingly close, I'm sure I'm not the only one anticipating a surge of fresh colour- particularly in the beauty stakes. There are lots of new season ranges on the horizon which are already on my radar, but until they hit the shelves, I've done a little bit of shopping…

Healthy eating. Whether it's sugar free, gluten free, meat free or #eatclean, I think it's fair to say that we've reached peak levels of food obsession- and with so many different schools of thought on something as simple as eating (who knew?!), it can be tricky to know what to digest. …

As part of an attempt to be slightly more thrifty for 2016, one of my little resolutions is to be a little less impulsive in my shopping habits, and think about fashion more long term rather than just in the moment. Don't get me wrong, I love the buzz of snapping up an on the spot steal, but i…

As I've touched on in more than a handful of posts in the past, winter is undoubtedly a pretty tricky period to negotiate in the skincare stakes. Whether it's contending with the elements, battling through the lack of sunshine or overcoming a general sense of going a little bit greyer than…

Think about fashion, and the chances are that one of the first things which springs to mind is Vogue. A title which has become completely synonymous with style- and imbued with an almost holy sentiment since it first hit the shelves on these shores in 1916. No surprise then, that the National Port…

There's no denying that winter can be a bit of a headache- in more ways than one. Whether you're contending with a seemingly never ending series of colds, battling your way through cancelled, delayed and altogether vanished trains on your way to and from work, or are just longing for the r…

Over the last month and a bit, Sunday evenings haven't felt as bad as usual- thanks, in no small part to the wonderful War & Peace adaptation which has been lighting up my television screen (and indeed my life!) since the start of January. As I touched on in a previous post, it has been en…

Regular readers will be well aware that when it comes to jewellery, I'm something of a magpie. However, over the last few months (and in an attempt to declutter a little bit), I've been reordering a lot of my favourite gems- even downsizing my collection and only keeping hold of the pieces…

Although the winter weather usually has me rushing for a rummage through my stash of knits and sticking to a fairly muted colour palette, over the last few months I've made more of a concerted effort to conscientiously reach for some more colourful pieces. Whether it be some winter florals, ou…

Last year, you might remember that I became well and truly obsessed with the phenomenon known as weekend brunch. It's one of life's lovely little indulgences- and something which is well worth looking forward to at the end of a busy week. Kicking off 2016's brunching adventures- a visi…

Hot on the heels of my And Then There Were None and War and Peace editions of this series, I've got another brand new Literary Lookbook up my sleeve, this time inspired by all things Dickensian! I started watching the series over Christmas, and was gripped from the get go- I love the idea of t…

Although my day to day selection of beauty staples doesn't vary too much day to day, sometimes it's lovely to try something new- particularly if it gives you the opportunity treat yourself to something which you've had your eye on for a while. I know I'm hugely late to the Charlott…

Hooray! January, done! (*tick emoji!*) The start of the year always feels like a bit of an uphill struggle, and getting through January seems like more of a mountain at times, particularly because of the post Christmas lull- and the dreaded Blue Monday. Never these, here we are at the end of the m…