I’m kicking off a brand new series of interior style posts with a collaboration with Scandi design brand Desenio. Ever since our last house move, the boy and I have been searching for a new way to display our photos. We have tried it all when it comes to showing off our prints… blu-tac murals, messy photo wires, pegs […]
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Spring clean your skin – 5 beauty products you need for this season
Winter may finally be behind us, but your beauty routine might still need a little spring in its step. I’ve collaborated with the beautiful Resident Store in Bath to share five picks from my beauty bag that’ll bring your skin into the summer season. Here’s a sneaky peek of my choices. You can visit Resident’s journal […]
‘I Heart It’ day 3 – Love Me – A Valentine’s gift guide for yourself
The final day of LadyFace’s ‘All the Hearts’ Valentine’s gift guide goes to the most important soul in the room, and that’s yours… Because whether you’re single, anti-valentines or you just fancy a pick me up, there is never a bad time to treat yo’self… Two of my favourite things (velvet and slogans) from one of my […]
‘I Heart It’ day 2 – Love her – A Valentine’s gift guide for her
It’s day two of LadyFace’s ‘I Heart It’ Valentine’s gift guide and it’s time for a little lady love. So from girlfriend loving to galentines, here’s a little amour for the females… So shoot me, I’m a little predictable with the hearts this year. But sparkles are necessary with a Paperchase Valentine’s heart glitter notebook, the Topshop heart choker was giving me […]
‘I Heart It’ day 1 – Love him. A Valentine’s gift guide for him.
Oh Valentines. Yes it’s almost time for that day of obligatory lust, romantic gestures and declarations of affection. Of course, LadyFace advocates a little amour every day of the year, but in the spirit of February 14th, here’s the first of our three day gift guide. Today it’s one for the boys. So here are a few unique ideas if […]
Hey feminist! Join the uproar.
A fellow LadyFace told me about this wonderful web space a few days ago. Lately, we’ve all been needing something to make us smile, and seeing a load of artists lending their talents to a great cause certainly does it for me. The UpRoar is a place filled with protest signs that are beautiful, powerful, witty, gritty and, of course, straight up nasty. Go take […]
Are Christmas jumpers over?
I remember inviting all my friends to a Christmas party about seven years ago and stipulating that they all find an ugly Christmas jumper to wear. That had us trawling eBay and Etsy for hand embellished sweaters and vintage jumpers (I found some legendarily flamboyant knits from America), and we all giggled at how ridiculous we looked and how […]
Let the sunshine in.
It was all faux fur and velvet layers as I trundled down to the Next press day on Wednesday, London was cold, but this collection is all about the sunshine. If you can possibly even fathom your spring/summer wardrobe while it’s so bitingly bleak outside, take a look at some of my favourite pieces due to drop next season…
It’s makeover time.
If you’ve tumbled onto my pages recently you may have noticed something a little awry at ismithwords…
Who’s Bad?
You may have noticed my dwindling words over the past few months, and for that I have slapped myself on the wrist many times, so much so that my writer’s hand has almost suffered an injury. For this reason, I have henceforth decided that the time has come to give my blogging habits an overhaul. […]