Some New Discoveries...

I have made some great discoveries this week, when it comes to beauty, fashion and interiors. They’ve made me feel very jolly. One little discovery in particular has shaved years off my appearance. Which is good, because recently I had started to look scarily wan and exhausted, like one of those pained-looking, near-death medieval women you see in a Bruegel painting.

You know the type: has been ploughing the fields by hand for the past twenty years whilst simultaneously birthing demon sprogs into the crops from beneath her skirts and stabbing soldiers through the arse with her long sword as she fights her way to the mouth of hell.

I’m not saying I’ve been ploughing the land or birthing demons into the crops or stabbing into people’s arses with my long sword but it’s a pretty good visual of my current mental state. Hectic. Slightly nightmarish. Lots of different situations all demanding immediate attention.

I’d frame this painting (it’s called Dulle Griete) and stick it on the fridge as inspiration if it didn’t have so many bare arses in it. As it stands, my kids would have too much of a field day analysing the bottoms and the various objects coming out of them.

“Look mummy, there’s a bum with a face and there’s a spoon coming out of its hole!”

Enough of that. Let’s get going with the post: we will start with the best beauty discovery…