Last weekend I visited Melin Chigwell and wanted to share all the details of my experience as I really think it’s worth sharing! I have been dying to go there after being at the launch and seeing how beautiful and unique the decor was, of course after the launch we got put into lockdown and […] Read more…
Scruff-a-Luvs Review
Hey everyone! I hope you’re all well and coping through this lockdown. I haven’t published a blog post on a long time but we were recently gifted some Scruff-a-Luvs from Moose Toys for the purpose of a review. Disclaimer: I actually signed up for this campaign before the lockdown was announced! (I’d hate to be […] Read more…
The Reality of a Single Mum – Meet Lauryn
Introduce yourself! My name is Lauryn I’m 26 and have two crazy daughters, right now I’m working from home running healthy lifestyle programmes for weight loss weight gain and general health, I am also about to Launch my blog called Dear Single Parents! Tell us how you came to be a single parent! Becoming a […] Read more…
The Reality of a Single Mum – Meet Paije
Introduce yourself! Hey my name is Paije Elizabeth, I’m 25 years old and I’m a mummy to a little girl who’s three named Amarah. I currently work as a makeup artist in Newcastle upon Tyne. Tell us about how you became a single parent … Finding out I was expecting was a shock to me […] Read more…
The Reality of a Single Mother – Meet Sam and Jess
Hi everyone and welcome back to another week of The Reality of a Single Mother’ series, this week we have a double feature with 2 of my favourite ladies on Instagram! The dream team that keep Kimaarah and all the other little princesses on Insta looking like absolute perfection; it’s Sam from @littleladiesboutique and her […] Read more…
The Reality Of A Single Mum: Meet Chloe and Aoibheann
Introduce yourself! Hello, I’m Chloe, I’m 25 and a full time single mummy to one princess called Aoibheann who’s 3. Before I had Aoibheann I was a qualified beauty specialist & makeup artist & also worked in administration. I’m from Ireland but moved to the UK when I was 19, by myself. Tell us […] Read more…
Christmas Challenge 2019 – How did it go?
It’s New Year’s Eve, the time of year when everyone reflects on the past year so I thought today would be the perfect time to write my update of this years Christmas. For those who have read the Christmas Challenge 2019 post you will know what I did this year but for anyone who hasn’t […] Read more…
A Festive Weekend In London Part 2
On Sunday we headed back to London, we had already booked to see The Snowman at the Peacock Theatre, I got a discount on these tickets through a website I’m signed up to. I wanted to post a referral link to this website for people however the company do not offer referrals all the time! […] Read more…
A Festive Weekend in London Part 1: Magic Of Christmas at London Zoo
On Saturday it was a very big occasion for us as we were invited to London Zoo for their family press day along with our friends from @beautygurusecretsx to experience the Magic Of Christmas season which runs from 30th November – 24th December, this was extra special for me and Kimaarah as it’s the first […] Read more…
Christmas 2019 – Audley End Miniature Railway
If you live in Essex and you’ve not heard of Audley End Miniature Railway you’re missing out big time, it’s becoming one of our favourite places for magical childhood experiences. This blog is a review of their Christmas Special which is a highly anticipated event of the whole year for many! Last year I […] Read more…
The Reality of Being a Single Mum Part 2
The reality is, I’m sure you’ve never had to wait weeks, even months for any money towards your child. The reality is, you probably don’t know what it’s like to never have a ‘sorry’ from someone who’s so unapologetic and sees nothing wrong with their actions or how it impacts their child. The reality is, […] Read more…
The Reality of being a Single Mum
‘I’m basically a single mum myself’ are the words that probably every single mother has heard from more than one person in their lives, usually followed by ‘my husband works long shifts / is always working away’ etc etc Before you say these words to an actual single mum please consider the following: Does your partner […] Read more…
Christmas Challenge 2019
This year I have decided to do a different kind of Christmas for a few reasons but mainly because when I sit here and look at the amount of ‘stuff’ Kimaarah has vs how much she actually plays with and how much I have spent over the past years I feel a sense of dread […] Read more…
Under The Sea Ball Review
Hi everyone! So I know I haven’t posted any blogs for a little while, I’ve been seriously slacking and wanted to give myself a kick to write more! I have the perfect reason to write a new post & tell you all about a recent adventure we had, and no this isn’t an #ad 😂 […] Read more…
Selling out
When I started to think about blogging more seriously I had a friend who told me about this ‘influencer’ website called The Tribe, you can sign up once you have a certain amount of followers – I think it starts from 3000 and there’s some big brands on there, from the ‘good old’ Pampers (more […] Read more…
Disneyland Paris
Hi everyone! So as promised here is my roundup review about our Disneyland Paris trip. We went Monday 13th – Friday 17th May (4 nights / 5 days) this worked perfectly for us and there was only a couple of things we didn’t do, but there’s always next time! We stayed at Disney’s Newport Bay […] Read more…
Fake Love
I’ve decided to write this blog post as it’s an important topic to me, but I’m also writing on a night when I feel particularly lonely (yes this does happen) just so I can get my words & feelings out and hopefully after I’ve posted this I’ll remind myself that there’s nothing better than lying […] Read more…
Audley End Miniature Railway
I have wanted to visit Audley End Miniature Railway in FOREVER, ever since I saw some of my followers who went there for the Fairy walk which is definitely next on my list after today’s adventure! When I saw that they’d be having an Easter event where you could meet the REAL Easter Bunny (come […] Read more…
‘Sorry’
So let me set the scene: I’m at work, talking to one of the staff from a different department. We get chatting a bit more about holidays and I mention that I’m off to Dubai with my mum as I’m not with Kimaarah’s dad anymore. ‘Oh no, I’m so sorry, what a SHAME’ they say. ‘Oh […] Read more…
Dubai Day Five & Hometime
This was our last day in Dubai and we woke up at a ‘normal’ time as in 7.30 – typical that it was our last day and we’d fully got used to the time difference. I always find when I go over to the Eastern side of the world the jet lag isn’t as bad […] Read more…
Dubai – Day Four
Day 4 was much better weather, beautiful and sunny, and we were so glad we’d left this day free to spend at the hotel. After another delicious breakfast at the Khaymat Al Bahar (more Nutella pancakes) we decided we’d visit the Wild Wadi Waterpark which is based next door to the Madinat Jumeirah, at the […] Read more…
Dubai – Day Three
Day 3 was Friday and this is the start of the weekend in Dubai as their weekend falls on Friday and Saturday. Fridays are big because it’s brunch day, all of the hotels put on a big brunch feast nothing really like London, it’s more flashy, a lot more selection of food, entertainment like live […] Read more…
Dubai – Day Two
Day 2 We must have had about 11 hours sleep where the tiredness from the flight and the time difference kicked in. We’ve woken up and gone to breakfast – being in the oceanfront villa we were right next to the Khaymat Al Bahar which in the evening is a Lebanese restaurant but in the […] Read more…
Dubai – Day One
Hi everyone! Now we’re back from Dubai I’m following up on my promise to write all about our trip. I know everyone followed my stories and I’ve set up a little highlight on my Instagram so anyone can look at our best bits. And of course the photos on our grid. But this is more […] Read more…
Money
I really wanted to write this post as I feel like so many women worry about becoming a single mum and having no help with money, or being loads worse off. Money is a bit of a touchy subject for some people especially when you mention to someone you’re a single mum, and you find […] Read more…
Empowered Part 2
November 2016 Walking through arrivals at Heathrow airport I looked around to see who was waiting for me after my 4am wake up call followed by 14 hours of flying home from beautiful Thailand bringing me back to a very wet and cold London. In my mind I saw him there, holding a massive bouquet […] Read more…
Find our Favourite brands & boutiques here
So as a few people have requested more fashion posts / advice I have decided to first make a post where I list all of my favourite stores and boutiques for Kimaarah’s clothes and accessories. This will be updated regularly as & when I discover any new boutiques! Generally I am quite loyal to just […] Read more…
Keep your Head, Heels and Standards high
It’s been almost 2 years to the day since I became a single mum and in these last couple of years I’ve learnt a lot about myself. I’ve also had the chance to observe other single parents along their own journey of finding their feet and ‘coping’ on their own. Among other attributes, one thing […] Read more…
Our Hair Journey – Part 1
DISCLAIMER: Before I start I just wanted to say, the whole point of this post is not ‘how to have a mixed race baby and do their hair perfectly’ .. this is about my own journey as a ‘white woman from Essex’ raising a mixed race daughter alone and the things I have learnt along […] Read more…
Tips for a Better Mindset
Since my last post about mindset I had some amazing feedback from people and I thought I would post a few more of my tips on how to achieve a better, more positive mindset on a daily basis. These are all things that help me as a single mother to cope on those harder days […] Read more…
Empowered
Starting this blog had me asking myself so many questions. I’ve decided to call myself the ‘empowered’ single mother but just who am I to call myself empowered? Let’s discuss what this means … Empowered is a woman who took control of her life & future Empowered is a woman who put herself and her […] Read more…