FASCINATORS & FILLIES: A NAIL BITING FINISH
Published in Onya Magazine October 30 2009 We are coming down the home straight of the final Fascinators & Fillies, and nothing lets down a show stopping ensemble like chipped polish and cracked heels. Sally Hansen makes a french manicure sound so easy, even providing the white strips, but no matter how steady your hand, [...]
FASCINATORS & FILLIES: FAKING IT
Published in Onya Magazine Monday October 26 2009 For a social occasion such as the races, a professional spray tan is definitely the way forward. Even though DIY fake tan formulations have come a long way since their inception (stained hands were always a dead giveaway, but that’s only if you could get within cooee [...]
WHEN IN DOUBT GO WITHOUT
Every now and then we have an OMG consumer experience. Yesterday I sent a courtesy email politely declining the services of a design agency to redesign my blog. There were a number of ways the director could have chosen to communicate her discrepancy with my reasons not to spend my money with her company. Branding [...]
FASCINATORS & FILLIES: MAGINIFICENT MANES
Published in Onya Magazine on October 20, 2009 Following in the footsteps of last week’s makeup looks, the screen sirens are back with four signature hairstyles and tips for Spring Carnival glamour. First, we need to get your hair in prime condition. Make sure you book a trim and colour before the big day, and [...]
THE LOVE LIST
As the estrogen that has been surging through my veins, starts to release its grip on my mind and body, I now find myself with the urge to contemplate on the lovely, the good and the fabulous. At the risk of sounding of like Oprah (I must confess I do have a soft spot, especially [...]
QUEEN OF THE CASTLE
As my hormones continue to hammer me, I am riddled with self doubt and dancing on the precipice of sliding down the slippery slopes of depression. Even though my golden rule of navigating the roller coaster of hormones, is to disregard everything that my brain is telling me as complete crap, I can’t help but [...]
FASCINATORS & FILLIES: THE FACE THAT STOPS A NATION
Published in Onya Magazine 13th October 2009 “I love getting ready for a glamorous event, spending hours in my boudoir, primping and preening whilst I wait for my velcro rollers to set. I pour myself a glass of champers, open my cabinet and look through my make up (which is lovingly lined up like ‘pretty [...]
DEAR DANNY
It’s been one year since you married my best friend. Today should be the day that we all spend looking through the photos reminiscing how beautiful she looked, how happy you looked together and what a special day it was. We can still do all those things, except you’re not here to do it with [...]
PERMISSION TO BE ME
There are many things about me that many would consider unorthodox. Not that I’ve ever been intentionally rebellious, I’ve more just done my own thing, despite what others may think. Ever since I can remember, I’ve always trusted that voice inside that told me what was right for me, instead of what other people were [...]
FASCINATORS & FILLIES: SPRING RACING CARNIVAL BEAUTY FEATURE
Published in Onya Magazine 7th October 2009 A day at the races is all about the hat and its popular counterpart, the fascinator – although in recent years the hat has taken back stage to its fabulous cousin. Whatever headpiece you decide upon, it can never be too big, too outrageous or too fabulous. The [...]
ONCE BITTEN TWICE SHY
Picture this. A friend has received their “divorce settlement” and asks you to go overseas with them. Having only known them for a few months and not having the money, you decline. After she begs you over and over, telling you she’ll pay for the ticket and accommodation, because she just really enjoys your company [...]
SEPTEMBER SPRING CLEAN WEEK 4: “I SPEAK KATIE”
I’m now drinking water religiously, have cut down my alcohol consumption, am eating and enjoying healthy food and I’m meeting up with my friend to start walking around the Botanical Gardens again (welcome home Jacks). As well as transforming my health and fitness, I am also in the process of redesigning my blog to a [...]
NAPOLEON DIVINE MARCHESA COLLECTION
This month I’m enchanted with Napoleon’s Divine Marchesa collection, inspired by The Marchesa Luisa Casati. The packaging is to die for and the products are gorgeous – I’m particularly in love with the Dramatic Eye Shadow Quad which is packaged in the most fabulous vintage compact and contains all the colours you need for the [...]
SEPTEMBER SPRING CLEAN: WEEK 3
Water – check. Salads – check. Exercise – negative. Besides the boredom of running on the treadmill and the sheer agony of the stepper, what stops me from exercising? It’s not that I’m lazy, nor that I once had chronic fatigue (when even washing the dishes left me feeling like I had just ran a [...]
IT’S OFFICIAL – I’M IN LOVE
Like a teenager giddy in love, I’m gushing over Estee Lauder’s Advanced Night Repair. This has changed my skin like nothing ever before (and that’s saying something considering I used to work on the La Mer counter). At first I wasn’t so sure about it, as when I put it on at night it left [...]
