The Wonderful Elixir That is Black Seed Oil

By Wednesday, 15 May 2013 Beauty, Health & Fitness

I’ve got a hacking cough at the moment and am feeling pretty sorry for myself (deliciously hot buttered white toast stuffing session justified then).  Not only do I feel awful, I sound it too.

I’d never even heard of Black Seed Oil before last week but have recently been told by several people out here that it’s an Asian homeopathic wonder oil, good for respiratory ails as well as a bunch of other things including (rather alarmingly in my case as I’d hoped those days were behind me) increased breast milk production.  Talk about diverse!

It can also be used as a kind of ointment to rub on aches and pains, rashes…and so the list goes on. Read More

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iPad mini

By Wednesday, 8 May 2013 Tech, Travel

I well and truly missed the boat with the iPad 1 and 2 (I never had one as I always felt I really needed something I could properly type on – hence my trusty Macbook Air*) but am now secretly rather thrilled by my lack of gadgetry as it’s meant I’ve been able to buy an iPad mini without a flicker of guilt. Read More

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Can’t Live Without…

By Tuesday, 7 May 2013 Beauty, Brit Stuff, More Dash than Cash

These two babies (below) may not look like much but they are probably the two most loved and used products I own: Read More

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DVF and GAP Kids Collaboration

By Monday, 6 May 2013 Fash, More Dash than Cash

Like millions of other women around the world, I own several of Diane von Furstenberg’s eponymous wrap dresses (one of which I bought for a song in the Woodbury Commons outlet, just outside New York).

On reflection I think I probably love her more for her use of the retro prints that she sometimes makes them in than for the cut of the dresses themselves.

If you vaguely agree and have either a daughter or know a child you may only even half like, then hurry up and log on to Gap to snap up some of her creations she’s done for her collaboration with them (Gap Kids and Baby Gap that is….sadly the collection is only for children, and girls at that). Read More

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Move over Havaianas…

By Friday, 3 May 2013 Fash, More Dash than Cash

I think I am the only person I know who can’t pronounce the word Havaianas properly. I resolutely seem to refer to them as ‘Havanas’ which is not only a type of cigar but, more to the point, absolutely not what they are called.

I wear my trusty gold skinny pair almost daily and have had them for years. Read More

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