Full disclosure: I don’t like the sun. Nor do I like sunscreen. I’m a big hat, hide-in-the-shade kinda gal. I’m not blessed with skin that tolerates – or even copes – with the megawatt rays of Summer Downunder, so I aim for sunshine in teensy weensy doses. The average Aussie burns in less than 15 […]
Beauty
On Beauty Editing
I’m the first to admit that being a beauty editor sounds like a fictional job – you get to test the latest lipsticks, lotions and perfumes and legitimately call it work. I have spent over a decade playing with products, researching ingredients and grilling the world’s top skin, hair and makeup experts with why and […]
Beauty Hacks For Busy Mums
Here’s one of the most useful lessons I learned as a beauty editor: you don’t need to spend big bucks to look expensive. Trust me, it’s nigh on impossible to tell if your lips are sporting designer label gloss or a bargain bin find. Good things do come in budget packaging too. If you’re short […]
How To: French Chic
“Simplicity is the keynote of all true elegance.” – Coco Chanel. As cliché as it sounds, French women are the masters of beauty minimalism. That covetable kind of cool that’s so imperfectly perfect: minimal makeup, mussed up hair, skin that looks bare but somehow still flawless. Is it possible to learn to pull […]