Lipbalm is always an essential, wherever I am, whatever the time of year and nothing comes close to the By Terry Baume de Rose. I've been suffering with ridiculously dry lips this week, due to my own fault of not drinking enough water (doh!), but this has come to my rescue in a big way. Will I ever be able to stop raving about it? No I think not. Weekend time also means that it's manicure time. I've got into a routine recently of painting my nails each weekend -- fingers and toes, and trying to change up the colour more often that I was. I'm contemplating Essie Tart Deco, but I've been enjoying Mint Candy Apple so much recently -- I will no doubt spend the rest of the day pondering this decision. Non-beauty back garden essentials include my Ray-Bans and a good mag, in this case my favourite makeup magazine, Allure. Today I think I'm going to swap the back garden for the beach. I will no doubt be traipsing back this evening with stones stuck in my you know what and the remnants of melted ice lolly up my arm. Such a classy bird -- hope you all have a lovely day! I've been loving the sun's 'timely reappearance', Nothing better than lounging about the the back garden all day. Love the UK when it's hot like this. I've been loving Essie's MCA too, wearing it as I type Daniella x I was so gutted that the