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Duck and Dry

5th December 2018 By thatmummysmile Leave a Comment

With my birthday recently just gone, I was invited with a friend to get a professional blow dry done at Duck and Dry’s flagship salon in Chelsea. Usually at my regular hairdressers, I request a rough dry because I live a stones throw from the salon, so this was my first ever professional blow dry! Duck and Dry and renowned for being London’s finest blow dry’s and updo’s and have sites in the West End, Spitalfields and Chelsea.

Duck and Dry Salon Kings Road

Duck and Dry Salon Kings Road

My friend Bethie and I share the exact same birthday, so we met up an hour beforehand for a celebratory glass of fizz to toast ourselves (start as you mean to go on I say!) at Bluebird on the Kings Road. Conveniently a few doors up is Duck and Dry which has recently had it’s own makeover and been refurbished. I have to say, as treats go, this was a real treat AND they’re offering bottomless prosecco for only £8 throughout December! We were warmly welcomed and shown to our seats where we had our own consultations. The luxurious decor provides for a calming and relaxing time. This was just what us two girls needed, not only because we were celebrating and heading straight out afterward, but also because it’s so rare to fit in time for yourself and have a treat. As busy mums, that’s just not something you prioritise these days is it?

Whether you have anywhere to go or not/ an event/ special occasion or simply have some free time that you’d like to assign to yourself and not someone else, we all know how precious solo time is and for me going to have my hair done is the ultimate luxury. Time to just sit and be.

Ive not tried their other salons, but can highly recommend this Kings Road branch for excellent service and a beautiful professional blow dry!

Laura xx

For further information, visit their website HERE.

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Learning to be Body Positive

30th May 2017 By thatmummysmile 2 Comments

I’ve recently felt inspired to join in on the Body Positivity movement that is sweeping social media right now. I know it’s always been there but it’s not until now that I’m feeling empowered to try and embrace it myself. Today the world of social media is such a powerful source and by exposing your vulnerabilities to thousands of people is both scary but also very comforting and encouraging.
When I joined Instagram all those years ago and my following began to increase, putting myself ‘out there’ with a half dressed, flesh, lumps, bumps and all photograph was the very LAST thing on my agenda. I don’t like my body so why would I in my wildest dreams show off something I dislike so much?
In the last couple of weeks I’ve broken one insecurity barrier by sharing full-length body shots of myself. This may sound pathetic and not a big deal to some but for me this is a BIG DEAL. I’m used to the smiley selfie’s and could keep them up day in and day out, but me standing against a wall ‘posing’ is totally out of my comfort zone. I rarely like what I see.
Having broken that barrier and got such an overwhelming positive response, kind words and reassuring comments it dawned on me how therapeutic showing your vulnerable side can be. Since I’ve begun doing this, during this short time I’ve found that I’m less fussy/ consumed and more importantly less anxious about what I look like. I’ve discovered that having that reassurance fuels my confidence. That can only be a good thing huh?
It doesn’t help that all of the images in magazines are are either airbrushed or size 6 models. Celebrities are considered to have ‘let themselves go’ if they’re not trim, slim and bigger than a size 12! My son Harry asked me the other day if a size 14 was ‘big’ and I said yes. Then I heard myself. Why did I say yes? What makes it a ‘big’ size? Being a size 12-14 in comparison to my size 10 days, to me sounds big. But it’s not about big and small is it? Surely it’s about feeling confident and wearing your size with confidence. Something I’m still learning to do.
I dread shopping for clothes. Dressing this mum bod is hard work. Having worked in the fashion industry, I know that a lot of the high street use size 10 ‘fit’ models, then scale up from there. How can you scale up accordingly from a size 10? For a start, majority of people bigger than a size 10 have bumpy parts even if you do hit the gym every day. Surely it can’t be accurate?
It was fellow instamum and mummy blogger Clemmie Hooper (aka mother of daughters) who said recently that it’s about dressing for your shape. Which made me think dressing this mum bod of mine needn’t be hard. It’s maybe that I haven’t quite grasped some of the fundamental styling that is needed for ‘big boobs’, ‘wide hips’!
I’ve made two babies in this tummy which in itself is a miracle to say the least. My skin has been stretched and pulled, poked and prodded. I’ve had it cut open twice, sewn up twice, and yet it still remains to be sacred and even more special than ever. These stretch marks map out a journey, one that I’m overwhelmingly proud of and have every reason to embrace.
Im very good at telling other people how beautiful and gorgeous they are so maybe I should take a leaf out of my own book and believe it for myself.

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