Ahh! Beautiful beauty products by Bourjois! Regular readers will already be only too aware of Mostly Mum’s obsession with this French brand. And like most things Mostly Mum (since we’re no longer as young as we like to think we are!), this obsession spans a couple of decades. Yikes! (How could it possibly go…
Category: beauty
This week Mostly Mum was mostly shopping in… Sephora
Sephora… Sigh! Mostly Mum has been in love with Sephora since first setting foot on French soil as part of a school exchange way back in 1993. (Yes, Mostly Mum is practically a dinosaur! 😩) And ever since, that monochrome Sephora (fun fact alert! Sephora comes from the Greek spelling of Zipporah, the most beautiful…
The Mascara of the Moment… Unwrapped!
There has been a bit of a buzz in the beauty world over the last couple of weeks about a new ‘It’ mascara. ‘In short, I’m impressed – and with the amount of products that land on my desk each day, that’s no mean feat.’ Lisa Niven, http://www.vogue.co.uk ‘Consider us converted.’ Laura Capon, http://www.cosmopolitan.com As…
Mostly Mum’s Best Budget Beauty Buys for the Summer
As we whizz through exam season, the skies are predictably blue and the sun is shining, almost as if to taunt us about those lazy hazy days of summer freedom which are still a couple of months away. 😞 But here at Mostly Mum HQ, preparedness is key! So… although we might all be shackled…
Get Kim Kardashian’s Latest Midnight Blue Smokey Eye Look in Just a Few Easy Steps!
Scrolling through my Instagram feed lately, I was particularly impressed by one particular post from Kim Kardashian – she had dived into the blue… Ok, not literally, of course! (Well, you never know, with a super glam lifestyle that includes yachts and cruises… But not this time!) This time, she had posted a close up…
Mostly Mum’s Latest Primark Haul Revealed!
Gif pic source: SLANTED.STUDIO, GIPHY app. If you’re a regular reader you will know that Mostly Mum is a bit of a Primark (aka Penneys to the Irish among us!) fiend! So imagine the excitement chez Mostly Mum when she discovered during a recent outing to the shops (proper shops not just grocery shops this…
The Must-have Stretch Mark Product that Kim Kardashian, Kate Middleton and… Mostly Mum All Swear by…
Stretch marks, the bane of the lives of many mums and mums-to-be the world over! Largely down to the genetic makeup of your skin it can be nigh on impossible to prevent them – Mostly Mum tried (and failed miserably!) to do just that… three times over in fact. But there is a highly acclaimed…
From Budget to Budget Blowout – Mostly Mum’s Foundation Tried & Tested!
Foundation, a makeup basic that Mostly Mum has always been a teeny tiny bit afraid of… You see, I’ve always thought that if not applied correctly, the overall effect can be more flawed than flawless and let’s face it, who wants to look worse with makeup on than off? Certainly not me! Then, a few…
Full makeup for a workout? Let me show you how!
A few days into my new diet and fitness regime and I’m already feeling the cold turkey effects of the combination of sugar deprivation and a sudden return to regular exercise. Crabby? Check. Grumpy? Check. Headaches? Check. Achy all over? Check. Now, I remember why I was so reticent about doing anything concrete to lose…