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Trend Alert. Should you get your colours done?
Trend Alert. Should you get your colours done?

Getting your colours done is trending.  Social media (primarily ‘the ticky tocky’, as I'm inclined to call it when in earshot of my Gen Z offspring) is awash with seasonal colour analysis filters that aim, in principle, to answer conclusively the question of what...

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How to dodge discount disasters during EOFY sales
How to dodge discount disasters during EOFY sales

It's that time of year when the shopping gods bless us with the glorious EOFY sales. But hold your horses, my lovely! Amidst the apparent blessings is a fashion frenzy that can have even the most savvy shopper falling over their stilettos and stumbling into some of...

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Maximising your Wardrobe
Maximising your Wardrobe

There’s panic at the disco. We all know that one. There aren't many of us who didn't belt out the lyrics 'haven't you people ever heard of closing the damn door' throughout the early noughties. Many of us are also far too familiar with panic in the change room and as...

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Are you personal styling material?
Are you personal styling material?

There’s something to be said for arriving at that season of working life where one is no longer viewed as, dare I say it, a spring chicken. I’ve been in the Personal Styling industry now for nigh on fifteen years and in an industry that’s a relative newborn in...

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Five critical clothes shopping mistakes
Five critical clothes shopping mistakes

You want something done? Ask a busy woman.  Women field so many competing priorities for their time and so deciding what to wear - and what to buy - becomes an inconvenient necessity that they simply don’t have the headspace for. Shopping for clothes becomes either a...

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If I had a Dollar
If I had a Dollar

Personal styling, as a service and as a concept, is relatively new here in Australia. There are some questions that I get asked again and again - if I had a dollar for each, I’d be writing this piece from the Maldives. Alas… Maldives aside, I thought I’d share the top...

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New year, new you? Not on my watch!
New year, new you? Not on my watch!

I’ve got to be honest. The phrase ‘new year, new you’ sets my teeth on edge and leads me to frantically ‘delete delete delete’ anything that references it.   I imagine that you might also be mildly offended by this message fed religiously to us once every 365...

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How to fall in love with your wardrobe again
How to fall in love with your wardrobe again

There comes a time in every woman’s life where she simply loses that lovin’ feeling. It’s gone, gone, gone. Whoa-oh. The thrill and the frill, the spark, the butterflies in the lower pit of her tummy. That excitement. That sense of wonder. Instead, there’s drudgery....

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What’s your style story?
What’s your style story?

Style comes from within, connects you to self and places the focus firmly on the woman wearing the clothes, not the clothes themselves. With this comes renewed energy, motivation and a very real sense of well-being. Who doesn’t need a good dose of that after the...

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6 steps to wardrobe wonderful
6 steps to wardrobe wonderful

The benefits of a wardrobe detox are real. Just ask Marie Kondo. Sparks of joy, unicorns and rainbows and ALL the magic. But seriously, despite the unmistakable benefits, we often get completely overwhelmed by the thought of tackling our cluttered wardrobes head-on....

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Why being StyleStuck sucks
Why being StyleStuck sucks

Remember the iconic catch cry of the 90s used by make-up brand Maybelline, ‘maybe she’s born with it, maybe it’s Maybelline?’. The catchy jingle was everywhere, cementing the brand in the minds of a generation. Along with the blue eye shadow caked on our lids even...

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A swoon-worthy system for effortless style
A swoon-worthy system for effortless style

A few years back now I hauled my ass off the couch to walk in the Carman’s Women’s 5km Fun Run in support of breast cancer research. Nothing terribly special about that besides the fact that on that morning, I quite literally conquered couch to 5km in one shot by...

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