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Muji nylon makeup box
I took a quick trip to Dubai recently for a media event and as it was only for two days I was able to pack pretty light (if light is er, 16 kilos). I used my Muji nylon makeup box to cart around my...
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Skincare travel essentials
Following on from all the products that I brought in my Muji makeup box when travelling recently, I thought I’d do a quick post on the skincare essentials I can’t go anywhere without these days. I...
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The 400th
If someone had said to me when I started this little blog that I’d still be going at it two years later and on this very day would be publishing my 400th post I would have laughed, and probably said...
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Shangri-La Qaryat Al Beri, Abu Dhabi
The Husband and I took ourselves off to Abu Dhabi last weekend for a much-needed getaway. Things have been so crazy with work and moving house and finally getting ourselves properly set up in Dubai...
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Friday Fun
Today was a great day – full of good friends, cute babies and delicious food. The weather wasn’t half bad either! Happy weekend everyone, hope you’re doing something nice!
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The Handbag Lust List
We’ll take a break from usual scheduling right now to drool and make excitable noises of delight at my current handbag lust list. This is not a list that has been compiled over night people, oh no!...
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New Sephora White Card
I paid a visit to Sephora in The Dubai Mall recently to have a look around and to find out about the new Sephora loyalty card. I must admit, I do love a good loyalty card – and it’s just as well...
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Paper Couture
Is there anything more lovely than really pretty stationary? Check out these dainty personalised pieces I got from a new Dubai-based stationary company called Paper Couture. Tags for when I send...
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Sephora Black Card
Leading on from my previous post about the new Sephora loyalty program and the first membership card; the white Sephora card – this is a quick bit of info about the second card in the program, the...
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25 facts about me
In the spirit of ‘everyone is doing this so I probably should’, here’s my 25 facts about me post. It took me over a week to write this as I couldn’t think of 25 facts – I got stuck at 16 for quite...
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Cosy road trip
I’m busting out all my semi-winter clothes at the moment as the weather here is lovely and chilly. I know the words ‘lovely’ and ‘chilly’ usually don’t go together (unless you’re talking about sweet,...
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Goodbye for now, but not for good
My lovely friend Jack has decided to say m3a el salama to Dubai and move to the er, sunnier (?) climes of Qatar, abandoning me in the process. Am I bitter, hurt and borderline devastated? Yes, but...
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Weekends with Charlie
This weekend we took Charlie out for some breakfast in a super cool little cafe in Al Wasl Square that doubles up as a bookstore. He’s quite into books at the moment, he likes pointing at the pictures...
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Breakfast at Ya Kun Kaya Toast
They are actually calling it Ya Kun Coffee and Tea here but I refuse to accept that, so I’m sticking with the original. I used to frequent this famous tea and toast spot in Singapore and absolutely...
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Safa Park
With a long weekend stretching ahead of us, we took ourselves off to Safa Park early this morning for breakfast and a little mooch around. Lots of people refer to it as the Dubai version of Central...
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The weekend
This weekend was a bit mad, for use of a better description. In fact, there was a few moments when our abode could have been described as a “mad house”, as my mother would say. Our friends visited us...
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Blog love
Considering I do pretty much all of my reading online, check Bloglovin daily and rarely buy magazines (apart from Elle – absolutely loving their work at the moment) I don’t think I have ever done a...
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Breakfast at The Farm
This weekend I got up at an ungodly hour to go and stuff my face at The Farm in Dubai. Usually it’s Charlie or work that gets me out of bed early so getting my arse into gear for a feed was a welcome...
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Organising my makeup
Over the years I have accumulated a serious amount of makeup. Probably too much if I’m honest. In the last two years however, I have really um, cut back (read: a slightly less excessive collection)...
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Sapori Di Bice
Friday mornings call for family breakfast and a stroll in the gorgeous weather we are still being blessed with. Although we stuff our faces every weekend, this particular outing was a little...
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