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Things We LoveOctober 13, 2013

Yes Nurse! Protect your lovely hands

By Amanda

This is terrific hand cream, which comes in the cutest box and has been developed by a UK nurse who found her hands were suffering badly from dryness and redness when working at being a nurse. This lovely cream -which… Read More

Things We LoveOctober 11, 2013

Youth Liberator Serum Foundation from Yves Saint Laurent

By Amanda

Do you remember we wrote about the excellent Forever Light Creator Serum from Yves Saint Laurent? Well the range has been extended to include a serum based foundation, and jolly good it is too. There’s been a lot of science… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 10, 2013

One for the Wish List: Georgina Von Etzdorf for Margaret Howell

By Amanda

Let’s start this post with a very clear Very Expensive Klaxon…I’m not actually suggesting we all go out and buy this beautiful new Margaret Howell- Georgina Von Etzdorf collab shirt for the Margaret Howell Plus collection (now in its fourth… Read More

Art & CultureOctober 8, 2013

See This: Suffragettes under Surveillance at Art Under Attack at Tate Britain

By Amanda

Tate Britain’s Art Under Attack is a walk through art that has made people cross enough to deface it. The best bit is how in 1913, those plucky Suffragettes took things to a militant level and attacked art in museums… Read More

EventsOctober 8, 2013

Hendricks Women of Substance Cocktail

By Amanda

Can we suggest a new cocktail for your recipe books? The lovely Neil, head mixologist from the Ace Hotel made this for us at our TWR salon and it went down very easy. Our Women of Substance cocktail consists of… Read More

Novels & Biogs, We Are ReadingOctober 8, 2013

Bonkers, my life in laughs by Jennifer Saunders

By Amanda

I adore Jennifer Saunders, she is forever my hero for writing Absolutely Fabulous and for her Radio 2 Bank Holiday show with Dawn French, which in my opinion should be on every week. She also lived briefly in my road… Read More

EventsOctober 4, 2013

The Women’s Room Salon, Women Of Substance – our readers!

By Amanda

Possibly the absolute best happening from our Women Of Substance Salon was meeting our readers, all of whom felt like immediate friends. With me bullying relentlessly a little gentle persuasion, we managed to photograph a few readers for posterity and… Read More

Food, We Are ReadingOctober 3, 2013

Catalogue of Exquisite Recipes by Valeria Napoleone

By Amanda

I have to confess I haven’t even SEEN this recipe book, it might be rubbish, although I doubt it, but I have something of a girl-crush on the exotic sounding Valeria, who not only writes cookery books, but also is… Read More

Things We LoveOctober 3, 2013

M&S Formula Advanced Illumin-ATP Radiance Programme

By Amanda

We’ve written a lot about expensive skin creams, not so much about medium- priced ones, this new M&S Illumin-ATP Radiance range might help redress the balance a bit. Actually, according to the M&S beauty buyer Louisa Maaldrink, who we met… Read More

Fashion & BeautyOctober 2, 2013

A couple of things to buy from Marks & Spencer’s Best of British

By Amanda

OK lovely readers, let’s get around to talking about Marks & Spencer, now the broohaha around THAT advert has calmed a little and we’ve all had a chance to see what the launch collection looks like in store, has anyone… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 30, 2013

Final outfit of the day #8 with TK Maxx

By Amanda

This is the final outfit of the day post from TK Maxx, have I convinced you that it’s worth digging around the rails to find a few amazing bargains? No matter if I haven’t, as someone who tweeted us last… Read More

Out & AboutSeptember 30, 2013

How to be a vintage rock goddess if you are Stevie Nicks

By Amanda

Tis quite hard to concentrate on writing blog posts today as it’s only one more sleep before our Women Of Substance Salon! and much organisation is going on behind the scenes to make sure the evening is awesome for all… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 29, 2013

Outfit of the day #7 with TK Maxx

By Amanda

Weekend shoes, because everyone needs snuggly shoes to just hang out in on a Sunday. #maxxmystyle Check out the Autumn launch here This is a sponsored post Style Tour dates for TK Maxx as follows Wednesday 18th September- LIVERPOOL Tuesday… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 28, 2013

Outfit of the day #6 with TK Maxx

By Amanda

Today is a gardening and yoga day. I was quite surprised at how good the active wear section was at TK Maxx, I mentioned my issues with sports tops earlier this week, but found a good selection of styles and… Read More

Food, We Are ReadingSeptember 27, 2013

The Mixellany Guide To Gin by Geraldine Coates

By Amanda

This is a marvellous book for gin lovers, a slim volume that explains not just what gin is made of and what all those botanicals are, but also what goes into the key gin brands and what drinks/cocktails they are… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 27, 2013

Outfit of the day #5 from TK Maxx

By Amanda

Tonight I’m going to see Fleetwood Mac live at the O2 (please, please, please let Christine McVie play again tonight…) so it’s only correct that today’s outfit is a Stevie Nicks inspired pick of wafty, black floral lace with bell… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 26, 2013

Outfit of the day #4 from TK Maxx

By Amanda

Hmm, today is it going to be stripes or spots? Double, single or plain cuffs? 80s frills or cashmere and poplin stripes? Tricky! The navy polka dot shirt and the fuchsia stripe shirt both £19.99. The pine-green stripe shirt with… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 26, 2013

Supported, smell-free sportswear with Freya

By Amanda

I have been struggling to find really good, supportive clothes for yoga. On my ‘Things Annoying Me Today’ list are sports companies that assume we’re happy to be clad in skin tight black, pastel or neon lycra which takes no… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 25, 2013

Outfit of the day #3 from TK Maxx

By Amanda

Love, love, love these jeans. Despite the rather scruffy appearance, they fit like a dream, slightly slouchy with a bit of a boyfriend shape and they taper to quite a slender ankle. I love the the quality of the fabric,… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 24, 2013

Outfit of the day #2 from TK Maxx

By Amanda

Today I’m channelling my inner Fabulous Fashionista (I hope you all watched Sue Bourne’s wonderful programme last week) with this gorgeous printed kimono jacket (£14.99) geo-print pyjama pants (£14.99) and a floral swirl of a cream top (£14.99). All from… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 23, 2013

Treasure-Hunt shopping at TK Maxx

By Amanda

You, dear reader, are either going to be the type who loves (me) or hates (Jane) the idea of shopping at TK Maxx. For me it’s highly enjoyable, top end rummage-retail, just like shopping in a jumble sale, charity shop… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 20, 2013

Nice to meet you, Atelier Raptus & Rose!

By Amanda

Regular readers may remember our post on the Venice Biennale, where I snapped a few stylish art goers back in the early summer. The last image on the post was of a group of lovely models who I thought may… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 18, 2013

One or two things to buy from Stills

By Amanda

In between watching shows at London Fashion Week on Friday, my friend Angela suggested we divert via Harvey Nichols (I know, tough one) to look at Stills, a Dutch brand she is currently working with. Stills has been going a… Read More

Home & GardenSeptember 16, 2013

Buy this: Sugru

By Amanda

A quick post this morning to ensure you all know about the marvellous multi-fixing thing that is Sugru. I could have you all wrong and you may all have loads of it in your cupboards already. My hunch is that… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 12, 2013

A few things to buy from Toast- particularly if you’re a gardener

By Amanda

All this talk of fashion week has us quite exhausted already, even before we’ve decided what to wear (hope you all saw Jane’s beautiful Solar System Tatty Devine necklace on our Instagrams yesterday?) Where once I would have invested in… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 10, 2013

Real women looking awesome at Hammersmith vintage fair

By Amanda

The first Hammersmith Vintage Fair of September always marks the beginning of autumn for me, there’s a real ‘back to school’ feel amongst both stall holders and customers. We haven’t had a fair since June so there’s lots of new… Read More

EventsSeptember 6, 2013

The Women’s Room Salon with Hattie Fox Flowers

By Amanda

We’ve had some lovely images through from Hattie Fox, founder of That Flower Shop, who is kindly producing buttonholes (and showing you how to make them) at our Salon, Women Of Substance. These are some of her inspiration photos and… Read More

Things We LoveSeptember 5, 2013

TM Lewin women’s shirts

By Amanda

When we were buying middleson’s first suit, we ended up buying his shirts from TM Lewin, as the brand did a great quality shirt in a 4 for £100 offer and all have lasted very well. By coincidence, the brand… Read More

EventsSeptember 5, 2013

Women of Substance: The Women’s Room’s first ever Salon

By Amanda

Just in case you missed this on Monday…..(we’re very excited, tickets are selling fast, so don’t miss out). We are beyond excited to announce we will be hosting our very first Women’s Room Salon on Tuesday 1st October. Titled, Women… Read More

Fashion & BeautySeptember 4, 2013

Hammond & Co at Debenhams, AKA a reason to chat to Patrick Grant

By Amanda

Last year middleson had to buy his first proper work suit for a year long internship in a real job and what a painful process it was. Well priced suits in nice fabrics with a decent cut are hard to… Read More