The Feelgood Files: Model Portia Freeman Talks Through Her Favourite Perfumes

Model Portia Freeman discusses the virtues of pancakes and reveals her favourite perfumes and face masks in the latest edition of The Feelgood Files

by grazia |

Updated on16th June 2020 at 11.49am

Portia Freeman hit the modelling big time at the tender age of 16 shooting with the likes of Mario Testino and Steven Meisel. The Brit-born model quickly became known as a noughties 'it' girl. Today she's making the most of the family time that lockdown life has afforded to her (she's a mother of two and married to musician Pete Denton) and talks Grazia through all the little things in life that can boost her mood in an instant.

**The song I listen to when I need a boost:**Ok the list is endless but without a doubt, Groove Armada's Super Stylin’. It lifts my mood within seconds!!

The book I can’t put down: I'm currently reading The Da Vinci Code and__ when I get a spare second (without my children stalking me) I’m going to start Three Women by Lisa Taddeo. I think that’s going to be a massive hit for me going by what loads of my friends have said.

My go-to feelgood recipe: Being in the kitchen is like therapy for me, I adore cooking. But for me waking up and making a batch of pancakes for my boys is a fave. I love how versatile they are and you always have the ingredients in your cupboard.

The Instagram account that brings me joy: Stacy Solomon, she’s a legend - end of!

What never fails to make me smile: When I open the fridge and see an unopened bottle of Ultimate Province. Oh, and my children’s bedtime.

My go-to supplement: Anything Vit C and I cannot live without my morning shot of Symprove.

My favourite at-home workout: Definitely FRAME online.

My feel-good at-home beauty routine: Evening bath time once the children are in bed, a long soak, a book, I may even shave my legs. Once out a full body moisturising session. I smother my face in Weleda’s skin food.

My failsafe face mask: I absolutely adore Trish McEvoy’s face masks.

Another song that makes me smile: Jax Jones - Tequila.

The smell that lifts my mood:****Tom Ford Private Blend Santal Blush Eau de Parfum 50ml, £164, or Escentric Molecules Molecule 01 100ml, £72.

The movie I’ll happily watch again and again: Wolf of Wall Street or The Notebook.

The Netflix show I tell everyone to watch: The Crown.

My happy place: Ibiza or, more locally, Hampstead Heath sat under a tree with my family and a picnic basket in the afternoon sun.

A final feelgood note from me: The most important relationship you’ll ever have is with yourself, stay true to yourself and what you believe in and don’t live in other people’s shadow.