FOTD: Diorific Roulette Red
I needed red lipstick this morning. I was tired and feeling incredibly unenthusiastic about going to work. But red lipstick lifts me, it makes me feel sophisticated and poised, elegant... desired even!! In reality I'm anything but. I'm sure I'm better at my job when I...
I’d consider selling a child…
... if it meant I could afford one of these stunning Dior rings. The Rose Dior Bagatelle collection had been calling to me from the pages of the latest Vogue issue even before I spied Dita looking tres chic sipping coffee in Paris wearing an incredibly similar piece...
M.I.A
Goodness, I feel as if I've been sucked into a black hole of domesticity this week! Preparations for Jesse's 1st Birthday party this Sunday are in full swing and I've spent most of this week cleaning or baking. Jesse's allergies mean that I've been having to prepare...
My weekend has mainly been spent…
Giving Mr. LA a well deserved lie-in.Realising we had forgotten to buy bread. Imagine having a house guest and not being able to offer them a decent breakfast!Enjoying my coral manicure. So summery.Dashing to the hairdressers with my sister.Reading magazines and...
Hair Dye, Popcorn and a Cosmopolitan
That's a blog first... Loveaudrey in her spectacles!! Ewwwww... and you can see a filling. Don't forget to floss ladies. Seriously.Let me apologise in advance for the inevitable typos and rambling sentences in this post. I'm struggling to keep my eyes open this...
Friday Night Glamour
I can't believe I've never posted a picture of Rita Hayworth before. Arguably one of the most stunning redheads ever to grace the earth. I'm finally off to the hairdressers tomorrow morning for a long overdue cut and colour. Can't wait... I think I'm going to go red...
Maximum Retail Therapy
Half term seems to have sucked the life out of me this evening. Keeping the children happy and entertained all day has used up every last ounce of energy I have.Our day started with a good hour and a half of chores (clearing away breakfast debris, putting washing on,...
A Letter To My Heavily Pregnant Self
Dear Franky, Your due date is 5 days away, it's really hot and you've forgotten what it's like NOT to feel uncomfortable. The last few weeks of this pregnancy seem to have taken longer to pass than the 8 months that preceded them. You were so anxious that the baby...
My weekend has mainly been spent…
Starting to feel healthy again.Loving the fact Jesse has suddenly taken to sleeping past 7am. Anyone with small children will recognise that this constitutes a major lie-in among us parents.Wearing make-up for the first time in days.Jumping on trampolines, climbing up...
Loveaudrey Bakes: Chocolate-Chestnut Cake
It may not look like much but, in my humble opinion, this cake is the perfect pudding. It's rich but not overly sweet, dense but not cloying and it has a slight boozy kick to it too. If my opinion isn't persuasive enough, I took this along to a meal with friends this...
Happy Talk
Clearly I have a thing for photographing Jesse in various states of disarray. What can I say? I think he's even cuter smeared in fromage frais!I *think* we had a 'mama' this morning. Not a random babble, but a genuine look at me, say mama and crawl over for a...
Friday Night Glamour
The notion of living out of a suitcase and jetting (first class of course) from one glamorous location to the next, surviving on a combination of in-flight food and room service certainly appeals. Unfortunately, when I travel I'm more likely to be carrying numerous...
Paris, Je T’aime
I've been feeling awful for the last 48hrs, totally exhausted and run down (have a look at menorrhagia and anaemia on Wikepedia and you'll get an idea of what sort of state I'm in.... uggghhh, sometimes it sucks to be a woman).I've been pretty much incapable of...
Meet my new best friend…
If you're anything like me, dry body brushing is one of those things that you've heard about and probably read about but simply never bothered with. You're well aware of all the supposed benefits but however much you want to get your body well and truly beach ready in...
Happy Birthday Loveaudrey
My little blog is 1 year old today!! So here I am, 300 odd posts on from my very first and 100 followers later, and I've loved every minute of it! Thanks for stopping by. Loveaudrey...
Little Miss Loveaudrey Bakes: Lemon Raspberry Muffins
I enlisted a glamorous, pyjama-clad assistant to help me with my baking over the weekend! I adore cooking with Isabel. In my experience, children are infinitely more enthusiastic about eating things they've prepared themselves. Moreover, spending some time in the...
My weekend has mainly been spent…
LOVE, LOVE, LOVING the weather. I swear I'm solar powered... I just seem to come alive in the sunshine!!Baking muffins.Madly tidying the house before our guests arrived.Eating muffins.Despairing at the state of my hair.Catching up with old friends.Talking about...
Friday Night Glamour
I've been baking this evening. A white chocolate and almond cake to be precise. I manged not to burn mine, unlike the gorgeous pin-up pictured above.I'm still in my work clothes (black and white bow print dress from Dorothy Perkins and black tights... yea, the...
The VEX Files
If I cast my mind way back to when I first discovered this crazy little space on the Internet full of beauty enthusiasts, I can recall that one of the bloggers I found most inspiring was Magpie Sparkles. Long before I had a blog of my own, hers was bookmarked and...
Dotty P
Jesse and I took a stroll round town yesterday morning. We were killing time before our 11am baby yoga class (yup... you read it right, my baby does yoga) and I happened to wander into Dorothy Perkins. Good old Dotty P.. Not necessarily the first place I'd look for...
