All over Instagram, we see women going for the #StrongNotSkinny look and us mums are not excluded. But, while these influencers maintain their abs, we struggle to keep up. Why is this?

We’re not sure who dreads brush time more, us or our kids. So, here are some of the daily struggles that we face as parents, with a few easy to navigate solutions.

Looking for a non-toxic makeup brand you don’t have to worry about rubbing off on your baby? 

We may feel like we look healthier with a tan but the facts don’t lie. If we don’t want to join the 15,400 people diagnosed with melanoma skin cancer each year, then it’s time to get sun safe.

A long standing staple in Asian skin care, sheet masks are having somewhat of an ‘Insta mum’ moment with everyone from Victoria Beckham to Kim Kardashian-West posting snaps in full sheet mask glory.

Ever wished you could steal your favourite celebs make-up artist? Well now thanks to Beautii and its little black book of celebrity make-up artists, hairdressers and manicurists, you can!

It was around the 3 month mark following the birth of my second child, that it became apparent my anxieties had gone way beyond the levels of normal.

Keeping up the motivation to exercise on a regular basis isn’t easy at the best of times, throw in pregnancy and all that comes with it; I’m talking an ever increasing belly, never ending tiredness, aches, pains and the desire to demolish entire packs of biscuits in one sitting, and it can seem like a task of Everest proportions.

There’s nothing we detest more than ‘ugly mum’ accessories.

Like most newborns, when my darling son came in to this world he did little more than eat, sleep and cry. Eating and crying were pretty much constants, sleep not so much.

If all those spin classes, yoga poses and treadmill sessions aren’t producing the results you want, it might be time to pick up the barbell.