L’Occitane Precious cream, £39.99 yummyness rating This cream looks and smells like it belongs in a pristine, white bathroom with just a sprig of your own dried lavender sitting on the window sill.  I’ve been neglecting my skin quite a bit and Precious Cream rights that wrong.  It is a joy to apply as it absorbs easily, reduces redness and doesn’t make my combo skin at all shiny.  Happy skin in one simple step; achieving pristine bathroom could be harder. … [Read more...]

Physiotherapist Simon Grant, who runs the Rannoch Physiotherapy and Sports Injury Clinic, is going to give us tips on keeping our bones and skeletons in good shape. He says: "I cover all aspects of physiotherapy treatment including back and neck pain, joint and muscle strains, arthritis, rheumatism, pain management and specialise in sports injuries." If you have a question for Simon, email us here at info@yummymummybeauty.com marked PHYSIO in the subject box.   Tips for a healthy … [Read more...]

  BY TARA ADAMSON BlissLid + Lash Wash110ml for £12.30.  (Nine-month shelf life.)  From www.blissworld.co.uk What it says on the bottle:  Quickly dissolves make-up.  Calming, cool gel formula.  Oil free and non irritating. Oil free gel formula removes even waterproof makeup.  Non-irritating formula suitable even for contact lens wearers.  Soothes the eye area with chamomile extract. Typical Bliss no-nonsense packaging; a clear plastic bottle with pump action dispenser … [Read more...]

No time to look good for the school gates? Struggle to look presentable for those early breakfast meetings? Worry no more – we have some brilliant quick beauty fixes which will have you looking more human than you feel. (And all trace of those sleepless nights will be between you and the bathroom mirror.) Move over ‘dragged through the hedge’ mum, here comes ‘fresh as a daisy’ mamma!     By Clare Trodden Clare, a national newspaper and magazine journalist for more … [Read more...]

  Mum of four Tana, who is married to celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, sets up new salon to give us some 'me' time   Tana, who is pictured above with salon manager Jess, writes her own recipe books, was a contestant on Dancing on Ice and is best mates with Victoria Beckham, takes time out of her busy day to give yummymummybeauty readers her beauty tips   What inspired you to set up the salon? Tell us a little bit about it? We have lived in Wandsworth for 10 years and during … [Read more...]

  Night creams. Always hard to remember to put them on, isn't it? Or just me? I do try to remember but sometimes you're just so happy to get to bed while all the kids are sleeping - as your head hits the pillow, and you're doing your check list for the next day - school jumpers, tick; clean trousers, tick; enough apples/crisps/bread for the pack lunches, tick; the last thing on your mind is and... remember the night cream. So it has been such a treat to be testing two night treatments … [Read more...]

  Now that the goody bags have been won, we will be featuring the two successful testers every month. So while our goody bag winners - announced on the testers page - get testing and reviewing; here's what two of our army of pre-launch testing mums thought of the products they tested.   Yummy mummy tester Louise Neuwirth who is mum to Michael, eight, and Rhianna, five, tried three products  and here's what she thought...   m Boots Time Delay anti-ageing wrinkle, … [Read more...]