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Hi, my name is Sam and I’m a fake tan-aholic. Yes, I know how it sounds; but please don’t judge me. I’m most definitely not a Z-list celebrity wannabe who leaves a trail of orange sludge on the collars of tops that I try on in Zara (don’t you just hate that?!). I don’t watch TOWIE (admittedly, only because of a recording clash on my Sky Plus). And my idea of being ‘groomed’ is simply…

After what seems like weeks of jubilee themed food and household products lining the shelves in my local supermarket, the long weekend to celebrate the diamond jubilee of Good Queen Bess is finally upon us. This has inspired me to do a bit of research and find out what life was like for my counterparts at the start of the reign of Elizabeth II . During the war, unprecedented numbers of females had entered the…

I’ve always been a huge fan of Caudalie so I may be a little biased, but I am loving Caudalie’s new Vinosource range, which is perfect for dry and dehydrated skin. I was lucky enough to have been given a few products to try, hoping it would help with my dry skin. I’d been having serious problems recently and was in dire need of a skin pick-me-up, and I was not disappointed with these products. Not…

Sometimes it’s about food. I really, really like to cook for people. I think for me it’s largely socio-cultural. Being from the US, and from “the south,” I like to cook. If there is one thing that is definitively “southern,” it’s making food, good soul food, for anyone and everyone, all the time. It’s how we socialise, it’s how we meet, it’s how we see our family, it’s how we mourn, it’s how we gather. It’s a…

It has taken me a while to acknowledge it, but I think I may have a problem. I love cleansers, I mean I’m truly addicted. This is a shot of the cleansing collection that lives in my bathroom and yes, I do use all of them. Some at the same time, some only on certain areas, some once a week, some in the morning, some only at night. With two cleansing opportunities per day, seven days a week,…