Victoria Beckham for Nails Inc

First impressions of Victoria, Victoria Beckham for Nails Inc? White hot. The packaging is VB through and through – simple, elegant, no-fuss, understated luxury. There are two shades of Victoria Beckham polish to choose from (Judo Red and Bamboo White), which come set in a square white box featuring the understated VVB and Nails Inc… View Post

Beauty Busters: Clarins Skin Spa at Debenhams

  I made a discovery this weekend: there’s a Clarins Skin Spa behind the Clarins counter in Debenhams, Dundee. Who knew? Well, apparently quite a few people; I was informed that they have an excellent customer base in Dundee. The Clarins spa has been in Debenhams in the Overgate Shopping Centre since the store opened… View Post

The Daydreamer Goes To: Hotel Metropole Monte Carlo

  As you can probably guess from the photo above, the food at Hotel Metropole was deeee-lish! My favourite meal was Sunday night at Joel Robuchon, where we enjoyed fois gras (so good but, morally, I did feel a bit wrong eating it), octopus (done beautifully, but not really my cup of tea) and quail with… View Post

The Daydreamer Goes To: Hotel Metropole, Monaco

Imagine another world, a foreign planet, a bubble where life is good and easy, where even mundane, every day activities are a joy: driving is made more than comfortable thanks to cars with leather seats, tinted windows and a driver; eating is exciting because the food bursts with flavour and is cooked to perfection by… View Post

The Daydreamer Goes To: Dublin, Ireland

After Belfast, we stopped very briefly at the Cliffs of Moher (we did a seven hour round trip in the car to see them – turned out to be a huge tourist spot so we left pretty quickly. If you do want to see the cliffs, plan on going for at least a night, and… View Post