.... and it's time to kiss goodbye to Christmas!  I know, it's tragic.  I've literally forgotten how to listen to music that isn't festive and I'm not sure how I feel about not waking up and having chocolate for breakfast.  However, when one door closes, another opens and in this case it means the arrival of a fabulous new year - and decade!  Personally, 2019 was a brilliant year for me that brought about a lot of change and I mean a lot of change.  Most significantly, a move to London and a new job.  How was this past year for you?  It can be hard to determine, but thankfully when it comes to shopping it's muuuch easier to determine what has performed well.  As a festive surprise, a few days before Christmas Day, Charlotte Tilbury sent this fabulous box brimming with goodies to my front door!  It contains a curated edit of their bestselling products of 2019.  The question is: what have my fellow Charlotte Tilbury obsessives been loving lately?

It's been a couple of months since my last visit to Amsterdam, however I'm almost certain I'll find myself there sometime very soon again thanks to my partner being Dutch.  While he was on a business trip to Amsterdam, I went along and took off a couple of days of work to explore the capital - camera in hand!  Throughout mid-late November, the festive displays were starting to creep up the fronts of buildings and the temperature was quickly dropping. Thankfully, I'd packed carefully.  Although that's pretty much where my planning stopped, meaning all of my experiences were entirely by chance - a pretty easygoing, organic way to explore a city.  With this in mind, I've put together a guide to exploring Amsterdam, should you ever find yourself in the city on your own and with some time on your hands.  Pens at the ready... enjoy!

Merry Christmas!  This festive season has probably been my favourite of all time: filled with events, occasions and the cosiest of moments.  Although admittedly, the latter only emerged in recent days (if you've been feeling the same, take a peek: How To Overcome Festive Fatigue).  Hopefully, you're now finished with work and ready to wind down, indulge and perhaps... dress up?  With just two days until Christmas Day, you may already have your outfit planned.  If that's not the case, fear not!  If you're aiming to look chic, polished and yet entirely comfortable for the special day, read on...

Two beauty posts in one week?  I know, madness!  But there's just something about this time of year that brings it out of me - and probably you too, no?  The month of December delivers more sparkle-infused events, parties and gatherings than any other month of the year and that ladies, calls for an injection of new lotions and potions into your skincare and beauty regimes!  But it's not all about us.  While we're clicking 'add to bag' on a few new treats for ourselves to end the year, let's not forget this is the gift-giving occasion of the year!  So, if you're yet to decide on any beauty-focussed gifts for friends or loved ones that you're seeing over the next week and a half, browse this edit of beauty and skincare gems from Tili Beauty (Tili is a part of QVC Beauty) and soak up some inspiration!  A stocking was sent over brimming with treats, however I've curated an edit of my absolute favourite inclusions for you to browse.  Enjoy!

It's that time!  Actually, it was that time quite a few weeks ago but I'm going to go ahead and assume we're somewhat alike and you're only now getting around to your Christmas shopping.  I tend to get ahead of the game with most aspects of the festive season, and yet I never seem to learn when it comes to gift-giving.  Oops!  Fear not though you gorgeous bunch, I'm here to save the day!  Or at least, I'm here to save the day for those in your life you plan on gifting fabulous beauty items to.  I've teamed up with some of my favourite beauty brands to bring you a seasonal edit of spectacular stocking fillers to pick up during this final week before Christmas.  Merry... shopping!

Ten days until Christmas Day!  In my opinion, this truly is the best time of year.  I'd love to hear about how intense the celebrations are in your country, but in the UK we tend to go aaaall in.  I'm talking about massive shop front festive displays (hello Cartier), themed food, Christmas music playing through every speaker, glitter-infused outfits and more events than you can possibly imagine. I love everything about it.  But above all else, I love how it brings everyone together for a similar reason - to celebrate.  I've spoken before about why we should celebrate everything and anything and I still totally stand by that concept.  There's just one problem: you can't be everywhere at once.  But if you're anything like me, you'll sure as hell try...

Yay!  Finally the festive season is well and truly upon us!  I've been knee deep in Christmas events lately and enjoying every second of it.  This past weekend saw me soak up the magical atmosphere at Kew at Christmas, take a spin on the ice rink at the Tower of London (press visit - read more over on my Instagram!), tour the most striking lights of the season in Belgravia and Knightsbridge and finally, brave the crowds at Winter Wonderland. But this season isn't all about rushing from event to event, it's also about enjoying a slower pace.  It's about good company, good food and good memories.  One of my favourite ways to encourage this is through themed table settings to help bring people together.  Needless to say, this one is festive themed!  With a little help via some sparkling pieces from luxury homeware accessory designer Joanna Buchanan, I've put together a gloriously gold Christmas table setting to help inspire your own festive dinner table this month...

Here's the thing: they don't tell you that about fashion blogging.  You know, the part where you head out in public wearing clothes suited to the next season to strike poses in busy locations.  When I first start doing this, it felt like the world's biggest achievement to catch a couple of photos in an outfit on a sidewalk - and one that usually warranted a 'reward chocolate bar' afterwards as a tangible congratulations.  However, things have changed a lot since then, life has moved forwards and now the least challenging aspect of life is taking these photos.  Plus, it turns out I'm a bit of an attention whore and kind of love the process.  Oops.  But don't get me wrong, there's always the occasional location that throws you thanks to the sheer mass of people around - whether you're a content creator, or tourist.  And it's in those situations we all find ourselves asking: how do I shoot this outfit without dying from embarrassment?