Moisturiser, exfoliant, serum, night cream, eye cream, body lotion, face mask, sunscreen, cleanser – it seems like a new product is invented every few months to keep the skin on our bodies in tip top shape. A great facial care regimen has become a must have for most of us to deal with all our […]
Read MoreChocolate. Even just the word seems luscious doesn’t it? This rich, unctuous and utterly indulgent creation seems to hover delicately between liquid and solid, melting at the slightest touch of heat. Chocolate is truly sensuous, it’s elegant balance of bitter to sweet seems to awaken you to your very soul. Chocolate conjures up images […]
Read MoreI’ve always thought that the beginning of Autumn wasn’t the start of March as the Gregorian calendar insists it is here down south. To me the arrival of the Easter long weekend truly heralds the start of the glorious jaunt into this most delightful season. The last vestiges of summer have finally vanished and there […]
Read MoreMagic carpets, pumpkin coaches, curses that change people into teapots. Fairytales are full of these wonderful and completely inconceivable concepts, and as a child I was terribly disappointed to find out that there definitely wasn’t a pathway to another world at that back of my wardrobe. Despite checking multiple times. But there is one tale […]
Read MoreI don’t know about you but I am a great lover of a Ye Olde English romance. Great advancing feminist literature it may not be, but it does make me very happy to partake in a little lighthearted whimsy in the form of a classic search for love in a time of duty. So in […]
Read More2021 has begun and the collective sigh of relief is almost palpable. As we all wash our hands of 2020 and look hopefully towards this new year stretched out before us, it’s time to lessen the slightly bitter taste left on our metaphorical tongues. It’s a bit like we have been drinking the standard “house” […]
Read MoreWhat a year! Global Pandemic. Toilet Paper Shortages. Elections. Devastating Bushfires. Recessions. Mass Unemployment. Murder Hornets. And the impending doom of environmental destruction…. Feeling good? Anyone? 2020 has certainly had a lasting impact on our existence, and we could all be forgiven for wanting to shove this year in a garbage bag, throw it […]
Read MoreAh, Summer. The smell of sunscreen and smoke fills the air as we all dream of afternoon storms, leisurely swims, beach holidays, ice blocks, barbeques, day drinking and seemingly endless sunshine. The idyllic Australian summer reigns supreme in our minds. At least until that first wave of humidity and 30+ temperatures hits us in December […]
Read MoreOnce upon a time I read a little article on a well known internet publication by a probably perfectly lovely woman about what a rip-off getting your hair done is. Now it may come as a shock to you but I became somewhat offended by this. In fact, I became so incensed by the whole […]
Read MoreTiny green shoots push their way gently though the earth, flower buds appear, ready to burst open with a cacophony of vibrant colour. Sweet smells of Jasmine fill the air as those with hay fever try desperately not to sneeze in public. Spring has begun its glorious breath of new life, and with it comes […]
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