Reviews.
RevAir: blow your mind not your hair (AD)
In June, the revolutionary hairdryer, RevAir, was launched in the UK. How can you make a hairdryer revolutionary, you ask? Well it sucks rather than blow … I don’t mean to be naughty. It’s true; the RevAir actually sucks the water off the hair without...
Old Man of the Sea: book review
Nothing says adventure than the tales of a life at sea. My daughter tells me she wants to be a travelling adventurer. In a fashion I foster that desire to see the world, with the aid of books. The story of Old Man of the Sea is one such book. It fosters...
The Thunder Girls: book review
The Plot It’s the 1980s. Chrissie, Roxanne, Carly and Anita are ordinary girls with extraordinary lives. They are better known as eighties pop sensation The Thunder Girls. This girl group is dominating the pop scene, their faces on every magazine...
Bioglan’s Beauty Collagen (sponsored by Bioglan)
One month ago, I did a seasonal cleanse. I’d never done one before but my skin was beginning to look dull and dry. It wasn’t down to lack of drinking water or using lotions. My skin is changing with age. The cleanse give me my glow but it still need...
3 reasons to watch the film Where Hands Touch
Over the years I’ve seen several war dramas and films. Some of them were about the Holocaust. Sometimes it was on the backdrop for a romance, other times it clearly showed the horrors of the genocide. In my twenties, I learnt that blacks and homosexuals...
Princess Arabella is a Big Sister by Mylo Freeman: book review
We first met Princess Arabella back in 2016. I bought the books at the Cassava Republic UK Launch, in London. I also met the author Mylo Freeman and interviewed her for the blog. We fell in love with Princess Arabella’s cheeky spunky personality. Now,...
Moji Pops Collectibles- Series 1 Review
When my eldest was a toddler, he went through a brief biting phase. I spoke to an assistant at the Children’s Centre. sShe explained that children sometimes did that when they didn’t have the words yet to express themselves. From that day, I began helping...
Natural Fusions Haircare Review (sponsored by Palmer’s)
I first glimpsed Palmer’s Natural Fusions range on Instagram via Yolanda Renee (@etcblogmag) over the Xmas hols. My eyes lit up! Here was a range that looked pretty and contained some of my fav natural ingredients: lavender, neem and Tahitani Monoi oils. ...
Cantu Care for Kids review (sponsored by CantubeautyUK)
I’ve been using Cantu haircare on my tresses for a few years. I usually have something from the brand in my cupboard. My favourite is the leave-in-conditioner which I use as a hair styler. When Miss V turned 5, I began using some of my haircare products...
From Anna Wintour to Zadie Smith: book review
When I was first offered a review opportunity for From Anna Wintor to Zadie Smith (A to Z), I was uncertain. Perhaps it was the title, in my mind it would be images of personalities. I can stand corrected and totally got the mission of Raimah Amevor,...
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Hi! I’m Maria. My family and I live in London but I’m originally from Trinidad, West Indies. My beloved and I got married in 2006. He’s Chinese/Italian. When we decided to increase our family, the first inevitable question was ‘what the child would look like?’... [ + ]
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