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Is your hair and makeup ‘look’ ageing you?
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Or is it the more time passes, the more things stay the same? Yesterday, while thinking about what I’d write about today, my mind was cast back to a friend who I hadn’t seen for years, I literally bumped in to, so out of the blue, it […]
Dark circles. In your genes or are you just tired?
Out of the mouth of a babe? A long time ago, around the age of 40, I was given a compliment that was more of a comment. My mother would have called it a backhanded compliment, or perhaps it’s just me finding the silver lining in a tactless remark. You don’t see it coming, and […]
Forbidden fruit. How sweet it is.
No need to miss out on the sweeter things in life, is there? Satisfy your secret sweet tooth with these four sugar-free recipes. If you have been following this website for a while, you may know that I live a sugar-free life and have done so for the last two years. Most of the time, […]
Lauren Bacall. A well designed woman.
It was a funny thing. Over the last week, I have been helping my sister in her big move to the city of Melbourne (Australia). Like all upheavals of this nature, exhausting and by the end of the week, I felt so tired, it was as if I had aged overnight and I looked it. […]