What’s around your next corner? Just when you think you might be getting your sh** together another curve ball gets thrown your way. Sometimes for the worse, sometimes for the better. But it’s actually that very uncertainty that I love about life! It gives me hope every single day that no matter how things are… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Social Commentary
You can pick your friends….
My lovely friend Rebecca Sparrow has done it again. Yet another literary masterpiece – but this time with a work of non-fiction that will surely become the must-have little black for a new generation. All I can say is this: “Bec! Where were you (and your p://ducksmahal.com Continue Reading
True style…
It’s not what you wear, it’s HOW you wear it. It’s not what you SAY it’s how you say it… A person of true style has an innate sense of this – they know that etiquette has little to do with how you hold your knife and fork and more to do with how you… Continue Reading
News from Style Counsel…
March Newsletter – Style Counsel If you’re not yet a subscriber to Style Counsel’s monthly newsletters (which begs the obvious question…”Aaaah, and WHY not?”) click on the link above to be kept “in the know” about all the goings on at Style Counsel this month! Look forward to hearing from you, meeting you in person,… Continue Reading
What I know for sure…
Was it Ellen Degeneres or was it Oprah who first coined the above phrase? I’m not too sure, but what I DO know for sure is this: Style isn’t something you’re born with – it’s a combination (similar to the age-old “Nature vs Nurture” debate) of what God gave you (i.e your parents/genetics) and what… Continue Reading
Life happens – So do accidents…
One week and three days ago my home was in complete disarray. Plaster dust everywhere as yet another hole was cut in yet another wall of my home. All unbeknown to me until the day it actually occurred! You see, hubby (Shanus Painus, as he’s often affectionately referred to) had done it again! Stolen yet… Continue Reading
People-Watching: A skill or hobby?
We ALL do it! Don’t we? Sit in a cafe, airport, bus or train station and watch the passing parade? Passing judgement on others, wondering where they are going, if they’re happy, what they do for a living, etc etc? Well what if this common pastime actually was part of your job (as it is… Continue Reading
On being inclusive…not exclusive
This is just the first of my random ramblings on many issues affecting women/men/children/adults. Style is my focus but self-acceptance is where it begins. If you love you, you love others. And others love you. The key is loving you first and treating yourself with respect while doing the same with everyone else you meet. … Continue Reading