EASTER BRUNCH TABLE SETTING IDEAS
If there’s one thing we love more here at MWSG than romancing the everyday, it’s romancing special occasions. We’ve sourced some fabulous visual inspiration for your Easter table. Happy Easter darlings.
INTRODUCING THE TEENAGE GIRL’S SURVIVAL GUIDE
The Modern Woman’s Survival Guide now has a little sister! The Teenage Girl’s Survival Guide is launching on Monday April 2nd 2012, and will break new ground as an online magazine dedicated to teens // TGSG will set trends, rather than following them // TGSG will celebrate individuality, rather than fitting in //
TGSG will inspire confidence to strut teens in their platform heels into early adulthood with a water tight self esteem that accepts nothing less than the best.
ROMANCING THE EVERYDAY: RUSTIC ITALIAN DINNER PARTY
By Gaynor Alder Saturday night’s rustic Italian dinner party was the perfect opportunity to romance the everyday, with a table setting and decoration for the servery. Against a backdrop of Dean Martin and Italian opera, my friends prepared anti pasta platters and pasta, whilst I “jooshed”. With rustic in mind, I found some empty [...]
HURRAH TO 2011 AND HELLO 2012
Gaynor Alder returns to MWSG for 2012 with her mojo, and she asks, what 2011 meant to you and what does 2012 hold for you?
COCKTAIL HOUR BEAUTY: TIPS FROM ’50s & ’60s SCREEN SIRENS
Following on from the beauty tips from screen sirens of the ’20s to ’40s, today we visit the ’50s and ’60s when Grace Kelly and Brigitte Bardot were redefining beauty and style.
LETTERS FROM THE EDITOR: INTRODUCING OUR NEW BEAUTY EDITOR
Bonjour darlings, It’s with great joy that I announce that my beautiful and ever so talented Beauty Editor, Joanna Davy, has packed up her pearls, product and belongings and has moved to Sydney to take up a position with a public relations company. Whilst I’m of course saddened to see her leave the team here [...]
WE’RE BRINGING YOU A NEW AND FABULOUS SITE: MWSG 3.0
To all our loyal readers and fans, The Modern Woman’s Survival Guide is pleased as punch to announce that we’re bringing you a new super and improved site. Don’t you just hate it when they promote laundry powder as new and improved, as though what you were using before was somehow inferior? But that’s not [...]
INTRODUCING OUR NEW BEAUTY INTERN: SHITIKA ANAND
Joanna Davy, Beauty Editor, introduces her new Beauty Intern – and she has a pretty little Bachelor of Journalism tucked under one arm, and an overflowing beauty case in the other.
ANNOUNCEMENT: MY NEW COLUMN ON BONDI BARE
“Team Bondi Bare will be bringing you a BB mini E-Zine every two weeks, as of next week, which will include a column from Melbourne’s blogger-of-the-moment, Gaynor Alder. Gaynor will be our guru to all things girly with notes from her super sexy blog.”
LETTERS FROM THE EDITOR: HELLO FEBRUARY, HELLO MOJO
2011 was rather tardy this year, and decided to sleep in until February. After dragging my feet all through January, February has arrived and injected new energy, like a glass of Berocca post a heavy night on the liquor.
OUR NEW BEAUTY EDITOR NEEDS A BEAUTY INTERN
I am thrilled to announce that the ever so talented, beautiful and fabulous Joanna Davy has accepted the role of Beauty Editor with The Modern Woman’s Survival Guide. Please excuse me whilst I squeal with delight. Okay, I’m back now.
GUEST POST: HER BEAUTY AND HER TERROR – THE QUEENSLAND FLOODS
It’s raining in Melbourne. Again. I’m complaining because my hair got wet, but while I sit in my apartment writing this piece, it’s hard not to feel insolent and selfish.
HAPPY NEW YEAR DARLINGS
I love January, and use it as a time to regroup, refocus and centre myself for the year ahead. Sure, let’s keep it real, fitting into my skinny jeans again would be fabulous, but I am choosing to focus on other things this year.
WE’RE ON HOLIDAYS UNTIL THE 4TH OF JANUARY
The Modern Woman’s Survival Guide will be on holidays until the 4th of January. We will return in 2011 with a competition to win a day in the life of a Travel Editor which includes 2 nights stay in a fabulous hotel in Melbourne.
INTRODUCING ONYA MAGAZINE’S NEW TRAVEL EDITOR (A.K.A ME)
I was formerly the Beauty Editor at Onya Magazine, and now I’m pleased as punch to accept the role as Travel Editor. Who would’ve thought that I’d enjoy gallivanting around the country as much as I did reviewing beauty products?
