Excited to head out and welcome ELKA COLLECTIVE to Brisbane’s premier lifestyle precinct, James Street, on the eve of its opening with fellow stylist Cate Massi, of Individual Style 101 to an intimate in-store event hosted by Amanda Shadforth of Oracle Fox. We had a beautiful evening chatting to some of the passionate women behind …
Throughout 2019, I continued to work closely as Brand Strategist, Creative Director and Business Developmen consultant with SunSoaked. Due to the huge success of SunSoaked’s pioneering sunsafe Mama and Me twinning range – and extension into 6-14yr SunSoaked Bella, Sunburn added the new Bambino range (00-5) nationally across all stores in Australia. In 2019, the …
Anyone who reads the blog or follows me on instagram knows I am a proud 48 year old Mama who is not beauty product focussed, nor do I personally do botox, fillers, acidic peels or lasers. Without sounding like a tosser, most of my effort goes into focussing on living my day to day life …
You know when your coffee cup matches your hair and lipstick it’s going to be a good day ! I decided last year never to buy a takeaway coffee unless I had my reusable cup with me and to date that is about approx 1600 + cups saved from landfill until I reversed over …
Tomorrow I turn 44. It staggers me sometimes. Not because I hate getting older or want to stay young – in fact I like getting older – even in terms of how I look. I find it interesting. But when I say the number outloud it doesn’t make sense. How can I …
I like hats.. blame my father… from an early age, he would invariably say ” is there a hat that goes with that outfit ?” Over the years I have created quite a collection of Baker Boy hats, deerstalkers and everything in between – but for the last few years berets and turbans have taken a …
In my fantasy, I am wealthy enough to have someone cook whatever food I feel like at the time – chef on hand – back in the day pre-kids in Sydney my assistant would just buy something from one of the amazing eateries around us in Surry Hills and hand it to me. That was …
If you follow the blog you will know I am big on Sustainable Style and teaching clients and followers to #CurateDontConsume. I am also an Ambassador of the Endeavour Foundation promoting opshopping, upcycling – and so anything I can do to change some mindsets about opshopping is a good thing in my book (check out …
It was a dreich, overcast Saturday in Brisbane – a rarity – bringing out the Glaswegian in me – but thanks to fresh hair by Brisbane hairdressing legend Ellie May Hair I happily trotted off to be basketball sidelines to cheer on Ms 10. Berets are my beanies and it was a bit parky to …
Hope your week starts well – but before you hurtle into the morning “get in the car !” for school runs how about this… Our family are pretty affectionate, but when things were tough with health, grief and life worries a few years ago I found that stress made me agitated, more disconnected and less abundant …
Haute Potato – When Food Trumps Fashun Anyone who knows me knows five things I live in T-shirts – being based in Queensland now. I love a good piss take. Italian food is always a good idea in my book. Dumplings are my happy place. I love potatoes in any form :) So when every …
I have been a bit GAGA over Gucci since their 2016 runway and although I am not a big designer covet type of gal I have decided to start a Gucci Bag fund – a wee jar where I am selling clothes and shoes I no longer wear to save up. The girls – ms …
