Ten Back to School Tips for your Child’s Happiness Doctor of Happiness and well-being expert Andy Cope gives us all some top tips to help ease our children’s anxieties about going back to school. We love Andy’s advice, it’s both fun and unique, with serious science behind it (he is a Dr of Happiness after all). Lesson #1: How was ...
I know, I know, absolute insanity to be thinking about Christmas this early in the year, I quite agree. As my birthday is at the end of November, before I had a family of my own, I would not talk about such things until at least the 1st December. But, now I have a family of my very own, I’ll ...
Orée Boulangerie to Open its Doors on High Street Kensington Orée, a traditional boulangerie full of French flair and expertise but created in London is to open a new store Monday 4th of September on High Street Kensington. Offering artisanal French fare with a taste created especially for Londoners, Orée is much more than your average boulangerie. A taste of ...
Apparently This is When People Start Hating Their Job… Can you guess? According to new research, there’s a number of factors to blame – the stress that comes with high-ranking jobs, the disappointment that comes with not having achieved what you’d hoped and a desire to look after your children. Human resource firm Robert Half UK surveyed 2,000 people and ...
Giveaway: It’s Time for Teddy’s Competition! It’s been wonderful seeing you all over our social! We have some exciting Facebook only competitions coming up, so we don’t want any of our lovely readers to miss them. They’ll also be lots more pics of the official Vivre Le Rêve puppy-in-chief, Teddy. In celebration of all of our readers joining us on ...
The Easiest Christmas Cake Recipe in the World: I know, I know, it’s early! But you can never be too organised. I always start my Christmas prep around now, it just feels right. Summer vacations are over, children are almost back at school and the Autumn term is about to begin. I’ve always been the sort of person that would ...
You know that feeling when you really want to eat a smackerel of cheese before bed. But you don’t want to give yourself nightmares? It’s a constant internal battle. The idea that eating cheese gives you nightmares seems to be ingrained in us all. However, science says it’s not entirely true. The myth can be traced back as far as ...
Autumn is the perfect time to take care of the little things that can make a big difference for you and your home. It’s time to get your home cosy and ready for Winter. Here’s my Autumn checklist I use it every year starting with the 1st September. Many may dispute it but September 1st is always the first day ...
If you’ve got an Android phone, you might want to read this. As it turns out it might have been secretly recording you at certain times without you ever having realised. You’ll likely be aware of Google’s Assistant, similar to Siri. In order to use Google’s Assistant, users say the words “OK Google”. But as a recent investigation revealed, sometimes ...
Christmas in August – Starting to plan in August or even earlier, for Christmas can seem a bit extreme. However, planning ahead and doing a little bit at a time leaves a lot more time to enjoy the season and makes it a lot easier. You also can save money by shopping all year. As a self-confessed Christmas-a-holic, my festive ...
Social media takes no prisoners when it comes to beauty. And if a product doesn’t work, it will get raked over the coals. So whenever something gets universally-lauded—at a wallet-friendly price, no less—attention must be paid. Our glam squad shows you how to spend less and impress with beauty products under £5. Our Favourite Beauty Products Under £5 Avon Skin ...
For the last two weeks we’ve been testing out the Tefal GC713D40 OptiGrill here at Vivre Le Rêve HQ. As you all know by now, we love our kitchen gadgets. This is a wonderful bit of kit. Everyone has heard of a George Foreman grilling machine, so think of the Tefal Optigrill as like that but far more advanced. Firstly, ...