Recent Articles

How Parent Counselling Can Help You Raise Your Family Better (in: Dilemmas & solutions)
Aug 8, 2022

While conflicts are normal — and at times, healthy — for families, there are some severe cases that demand attention. Thankfully, even when things get bad, there are always ways to seek help and heal for your family.

Summer Skin Saviours (in: Products & equipment)
Jul 27, 2022

Anne Coates has just returned from a trip to Rome where she tried out these Summer Skin Saviours: Jojoba Toning Mist, SOS SPF 50 and OPV Beauty Loose Setting Powder. A perfect five hearts for each.

Sun Protection from Hada Labo Tokyo™ (in: Healthy parents)
Jul 23, 2022

Sun protection is vital to ensure we are not adversely affected by UVA and UVB rays. Two new products from Hada Labo Tokyo™ – Sun Face Cream and a Sun Lotion for the body – arrived for testing just in time for the UK heatwave. Anne Coates put them to the test.

Wake Skincare’s Facial Cleanser (in: Products & equipment)
Jul 19, 2022

Wake Skincare’s Facial Cleanser is a winner for Anne Coates.

Aloe Vera Body Butter from SBC Skincare (in: Products & equipment)
Jul 18, 2022

Anne Coates outs Aloe Vera Body Butter from SBC Skincare to the test.

Amino Acids – Are You Getting Enough? (in: Healthy parents)
Jul 13, 2022

With the trend towards a more plant-based diet, many of us are missing out on essential nutrients – amino acids. Of the 20 used by humans, nine are essential. Aminoscience® has developed a range of products to plug these gaps. 

New Waterstone's Children's Laureate
Jul 4, 2022

Joseph Coelho, award-winning performance poet, playwright and children’s author, has today been crowned the Waterstones Children’s Laureate 2022 – 2024.

 

Bare Addiction SPF Skincare for Teens (in: Fit kids)
Jul 4, 2022

Bare Addiction Skincare is launching a new day cream with built-in SPF to help protect young skin from harmful UV rays. The cruelty-free, vegan-friendly moisturiser will make it easier for young people - and their parents - to find effective yet affordable suncare solutions ready for summer. 

Nasal Hygiene from Puressential (in: Healthy parents)
Jun 30, 2022

Two new products from Puressential – Respiratory Nasal Hygiene Hydrating Spray and Puressential Respiratory Nasal Hygiene Baby Unidoses – are perfect for summer allergies and ear, nose and throat infections, writes Anne Coates.

 

If I had a kangaroo by Gabby Dawnay and Alex Barrow (in: Books: children & YA)
Jun 24, 2022

Illustrated by Alex Barrow and written by Gabby Dawnay, If I had a kangaroo is the latest picture book on the bestselling If I had... series published by Thames & Hudson. Anne Coates is enchanted.

Think Yourself Healthier (in: Healthy parents)
Jun 23, 2022

Think Yourself Healthier by Chris Freer, a qualified hypnotherapist, NLP practitioner, CBT and mindfulness coach, and the founder of Upbeat Life, an organisation which helps people to enhance their lives by developing a healthy mindset. Here he shares his expertise and advice, delving into exactly how you can "think yourself healthier" as someone who used the power of the mind to personally overcome his own medical expectations.

Book of Dinosaurs by Gabrielle Balkan (in: Books: children & YA)
Jun 20, 2022

Published by Phaidon, Gabrielle Balkan's Book of Dinosaurs features 10 Record-Breaking Prehistoric Animals. Kathryn Mayle and her two sons adored it.