The countdown to Christmas isn’t always about indulgence. This week CF Loves some balance and wellness thrown in, so we don’t leave it all to January.
Having said that, a mulled wine and a milk chocolate fondue are still very welcome. Add an effortless lip look to your upcoming winter soirées and a fabulous family style lunch in one of my (personal) favourite buildings, and this is how you will, most definitely, enjoy your week with our Citizen Femme hotlist recommendations.
COUNTDOWN WITH THIS The Healf Advent Calendar 2025
If the usual chocolate-filled countdown just doesn’t cut it for you, meet the Healf Advent Calendar — a whimsical, wellness-infused journey through December where each of the 24 doors reveals a thoughtful moment of self-care instead of confectionery. Behind each door lies a treat that nurtures one of Healf’s Four Pillars — eat, move, mind, sleep — from molecular hydrogen tablets and 550 MGO Manuka honey, to a copper body brush, red-light therapy wand, nourishing bone broth sachets, lab-tested supplements, a room fragrance called “By The Fire”, and even a mood-lifting perfume. With a total product value of £840, (but selling for £349), it invites you to savour the season with playful intention: no sugar crash, just daily inspiration to feel more vibrant, centred and joyfully present. A present for yourself, perhaps?
BOOK THIS The Berkeley's 'Feast Off-Piste' Rooftop Pop-Up
Feast Off‑Piste by Feast Events arrives at The Berkeley’s rooftop in Knightsbridge, offering an alpine dining experience within custom-made ski gondolas. From 13 November, guests will be greeted with a glass of mulled wine followed by a sharing winter menu featuring Swiss raclette, truffle-topped tartiflette, milk chocolate fondue and gingerbread s’mores, all amidst snow-dusted alpine trees, twinkling lights and spectacular views of Hyde Park’s Winter Wonderland and London’s skyline. With every gondola equipped with a “ring for Champagne” bell, toast the occasion with Laurent-Perrier Champagne and winter cocktails including a Dark-Chocolate Old Fashioned.
DRESS UP WITH THIS ILIA's 'Just Bitten' Lips
Elevate your makeup bag with the perfect lip trio for sun-kissed getaways and winter soirées. Start with the nourishing base of the ILIA Lip Wrap Overnight Treatment to smooth and hydrate lips overnight. Next, sculpt your natural shape using the creamy ILIA Lip Sketch Hydrating Crayon in a nude shade like Deco or Tableau, then dot a bold tone such as Rhyme or Night Bloom at the centre for that softly bitten flush. Finish with a layer of the ILIA Lip Wrap Reviving Balm for comfort and a touch of shine. With ILIA’s nourishing clean-formulas, your lips stay soft, plumped and effortlessly undone—just right for sunlit beaches or festive nights.
WEAR THIS Jumeirah Heritage Club x Bouguessa
Jumeirah launches the Jumeirah Heritage Club — a limited-edition capsule created in collaboration with Bouguessa, the Dubai-based fashion house known for redefining contemporary Middle Eastern style with minimalist elegance, and one of the Arab world’s most influential designers. The three-piece collection (T-shirt, jersey jumper and cap) celebrates the harmony of coastal living and Dubai’s design heritage through sun-washed tones and fluid silhouettes. As luxury shifts from status to storytelling, the collaboration reflects a wider cultural movement where fashion and hospitality converge.
BRUNCH HERE Poon’s at Somerset House
Stepping into Poon’s at Somerset House is like being invited to dinner with a well-loved family whose Cantonese table has quietly shaped London’s Chinese culinary scene. Located in the majestic New Wing of Somerset House, the new 60-seat space — with its warm library-style communal table, open kitchen and curated collection of family art and photographs — feels intimate and personal rather than theatrical. Amy Poon, building on her parents’ legacy, serves dishes rooted in everyday Chinese home-cooking (think fragrant clay-pot rice, nourishing “Magic Soup”, and playful small bites like “The Hill That Amy Didn’t Die On”) with the precision and calm of a chef confident in her vision. The wine list and cocktails follow suit — cool-climate, family-run vineyards and clever Chinese-inspired flavour twists — rounding the experience with a refined edge. If you’re after nostalgia without dust-coating, comfort without compromise and Chinese food told through a contemporary yet deeply rooted lens, Poon’s offers it.
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