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When I was a kid, my mum gave me pieces of boterkoek in my lunch box. To me, this was quite normal. It was something my mum made all the time and it was also something that you would expect to be served at any of our Dutch friends’ houses. Boterkoek simply means – butter cake, it is buttery and sweet and not quite a biscuit but not quite a slice. To me, it brings back memories of doilies and hot {Read More}
PANDA_Infographic_May_2013 I have been asked to write about my Post Natal Depression story as part of an awareness campaign for PANDA. I haven’t actually come right out and told my story, so this is a little raw. But, I tell everyone here that your story is what counts, so, I better practice what I preach. I am not sure where to start. Do I start telling the story from when I left London and how hard I found it settling {Read More}
Winter is nearly upon us… Which means it is time to check that we are all sorted for a ‘cool’ winter. On my facebook page, I asked what folks wanted to see here on bbeingcool and there was a big call for TUNICS. Peeps even asked where to BUY them! This is very new for me, I am more about giving you all an idea of styles and colours rather than specifics. But, if this is what my peeps want, {Read More}
I like to write letters to my nearest and dearest on their birthdays… Like Mr Cool, and Miss Z and and my mum…. Well, today is MY birthday! Yep. I am not getting any younger… le sigh. I thought it fitting to write a letter to myself. Here goes (this could get weird.) (Brace yourselves.) Dear B, What a year the last one has been. Major things have been going on, BIG life lessons have been learnt. New dreams, dreads, {Read More}
May 4th is Audrey Hepburn’s Birthday. I am pretty chuffed to share the date with her! I wish, I wish, I could emulate and ooze the charm, charisma and beauty that she did… Image Source I love her simplicity. Image Source I love her natural elegance. Image Source I love her for wearing black and white! Image Source I love the big sunglasses and pixie hair! I have been thinking a lot about simplicity and uncomplicated-ness (not really a word, {Read More}
I have just been doing the folding, oh yes, it is a highly glamourous life here. I picked up the shirt above to fold it and decided, actually, I don’t ever want to wear it again. I have decided to get rid of it. Why? Well… for a few reasons… It was one of ‘those’ shirts I bought a while ago when I had to go up a size . It was from a store I decided a long {Read More}
I am loving seeing some different colours returning to our stores. I am loving seeing navy, burgundy and emerald greens again, even though it brings me back to 1993. I love that colours come back and we get to try them again with different fabrics and different styles. I am loving that PLUM is on our Winter Palette of colours again. I have drawn my inspiration for this lookbook from the Cleudo board game. You know with Professor Plum and {Read More}
Today is the last day of April. This means that it is time to pack my bags and say good-bye to my favourite city of the world. It is making me feel a little sad, but, the excitement of the next ‘stop’ is definitely starting to bubble away. I feel sad because I have realised that London has saved me, again. London saved me ten years ago when Mr Cool and I boarded a plane to go and live in {Read More}
There is a bit of London to be found everywhere. I can say this with a bit of authority. I have lived there. Not only have I lived in London, I have LIVED London. I have bought my groceries in a Tesco. I have walked to the Tube in the rain. I have fled to the shores of the Thames for some solace. I had a favourite room at the Tate Modern. I bought art supplies in Covent Garden. I {Read More}
*This is a sponsored post The latest addition to my make-up kit has been a Primer. A Primer is a cream that goes on your face after your moisturiser and before your BB cream/foundation/mineral make-up. I have found that by wearing a primer I am less oily throughout the day and my make-up stays in place all day. I have also found that at the end of the day, my make-up washes off easier and my skin does not get {Read More}
