If you’re looking to get out and about in London a bit more now that summer is finally here (am I the only one who thinks it’s a bit too hot?) I have a great secret adventure you can go on with your friends that TOTALLY counts as one of your weekly exercise routines –… Read More Kayaking London with Secret Adventures
It’s been a while since I last treated myself to a blow dry so when the team at Rush got in touch and asked if I would be interested in checking out one of their branches I immediately said yes. Finding a suitable time to go on the other hand proved a bit more difficult… Read More Rush Hair Salon, Westbourne Grove
I’ve actually been doing a not too bad job of keeping to my promise to look after myself a bit better and now that my steroids have kicked in properly I’m finding that I have a lot more energy for things. So when Fitness First invited me to try out a hot yoga class at… Read More Fitness Friday: Hot Yoga with Fitness First
This year I’ve been making a real effort this year to take better care of my skin and I’ve been enjoying documenting this on my YouTube channel: Not a Beauty Expert so I was delighted when I was invited by the team at Spa London to venture over to their Kensington location for a facial.… Read More Murad Sun Undone Facial at Spa London: Kensington
When someone posts on a Facebook group that you’re a member of offering free blowdry’s because the salon is quiet you don’t say no. When that salon is Rockalily Cuts in Hoxton you do a little squee and a fist pump which is exactly what happened this past weekend. Hopefully you’re following my new YouTube… Read More Rockalily Cuts, Hackney
So as I was writing up my January roundup post (which is going up tomorrow) I realised that while I’ve been tweeting to death about my new YouTube venture I haven’t actually posted anything about it here! So without any more ado let me introduce you to #NotaBeautyExpert: I’ve been educating myself not only about… Read More #NotaBeautyExpert
Before Christmas I was feeling really stressed out about a lot of things so started trawling the daily deals for a good massage deal. I was able to find one for a 45 minute massage at BodyKalm the spa located within MyHotel in Bloomsbury which included a glass of champagne and brownies too which was… Read More BodyKalm, Bloomsbury
Before Christmas I was invited by JustMyLook to take part in their beauty blogger secret santa. Beauty isn’t really something I cover very often here on Broke in the Big Smoke but I’ve been toying with the idea of starting a YouTube channel where I share my journey of beauty discovery so it couldn’t have… Read More Secret Santa with JustMyLook
Our company has recently been 100% bought over by another and so we were invited along to our new parent companies Christmas do which was held at the Tower of London. I knew I should probably make a bit of an effort and try to make a bit of an effort for such a swanky… Read More Bardou, Covent Garden
A couple of weeks ago now I took part in an absolutely killer exercise class that I want to tell you about: OrangeTheory Fitness – The physiological theory behind the Orangetheory workout is known as “Excess Post-Exercise Oxygen Consumption,” or EPOC. By providing you with a heart-rate monitor and POD, we can monitor your 5-zone… Read More Fitness Friday: OrangeTheory
