November 26, 2024
Chicago 12, Melborne City, USA
Fitness & Health

Starting Weight Lifting – How to Stop Being Scared and Pick Up Those Free Weights

If there’s one thing that’s most made a difference to my training and body composition over the last 2 years, it was learning to start using that scary squat rack and the free weights at the gym. I’d belonged to gyms in the past, but never actually picked up a dumbell heavier than about 4kg,

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Fashion & Beauty

Rediscovering Old Favourites

I don’t really have a “winter wardrobe” and a “summer wardrobe”. When the sun starts to shine I don’t pack away all my winter knits and black opaques until November. Rather things just gradually slip into the “not appropriate for the weather” pile until the temperature starts to fall and I rediscover them again. This

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Dear Diary

This Week I…..

Morning! How are you all today? Honestly this weeks been a bit of a weird one for me. I’ve been quite stressed. I have a tendency when stressed to convince myself I am ABSOLUTELY FINE. But then my body betrays me and I get things like palpitations and random stress rashes and physical symptoms and

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Fashion & Beauty

Friday Frock Love: Festive Glamour

Festive season considerations are well underway. Alongside digging out the Christmas pyjamas and Christmas jumpers (which I will no doubt be writing about very shortly), I believe this is traditionally the time of year when people throw fancy parties and a Christmas evening dress may well be necessary. Whether you’re a member of a club

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Inspiration & Lifestyle

Retro Chick Reviews: Poison Panic

When I was little I loved to read. I would read the back of cereal packets, road signs (even when we went to France and I didn’t understand what they said) and hundreds and hundreds of books. As I’ve got older, I still love to read, but I’ve got significantly fussier. Reading tends to be

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Fashion & Beauty

9 Years Ago Today

As of today I have officially been self-employed for 9 years. It’s been an up and down ride. But walking out on that job was probably the best thing I ever did. For a long time I thought it was about a week ago that I actually left.  Time Hop informs me that 9 years

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Dear Diary

This Week I…..

Good morning! Today is a rainy Sunday of the sort that needs to be spent under a blanket in front of the TV drinking endless cups of tea. Which is basically my plan. That and a bit of skate maintenance. I have 3 or 4 episodes of Drag Race All Stars 2 saved up to

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Fashion & Beauty

My Five Minute Every Day Make Up

For the nosey among you, today I’m sharing how I do my make up. This isn’t the fancy make up with contouring and eyebrows I spent ages on and blended eyeshadows that I might do if I was going out. This is the basic every day make up I do when I roll out of

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Fashion & Beauty

The Ultimate List of Advent Calendars for Adults 2016

Yes folks, it’s mid November and it’s time for a round-up of Advent Calendars. I write an advent calendar round-up every year, and every year I end up with a calendar from the pound shop. Ok, maybe not every year. There was that year that I got a Star Wars Lego calendar and ended up

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