Sheeez! Someone, please find me a NOT busy mum! Seriously! Does she exist? (without mega-celeb status and 4 full-time nannies?). From one “busy mum” to the many others who are just as busy but NOT mums, I am SO OVER every TV commercial being prefaced with this martyr-ish, holier-than-thou guilt-trip! Aren’t you? What makes “us… Continue Reading
Category Archives: Styling Tips & Wardrobe Essentials
What’s with our Celeb Obsessions?
Just putting out a discussion topic to you all. I’d love you to share your thoughts – in the hope that we can all help eachother – either by broadening our perspective or perhaps (if we’re sharing similar thoughts) letting us know we’re not alone in our thinking! Questions to Ponder: How do you feel… Continue Reading
Tread Carefully Through Fashion Fads…
Flicking through a recent copy of a popular fashion mag I was flabbergasted to see a combo being sold to us as “Left Bank Cool” (the outfit in question is not the one pictured. This was just another example of a trend combo gone wrong). They were implying that if we buy these pieces we too… Continue Reading
What’s Your Style When You’re Not Feeling Well?
I love my sleep, don’t you? But when we don’t get enough of it it’s really no fun. And it seems the more you think about the sleep you’re not getting, the less you get! Lucky for my loved ones I’m not a cranky-pants when I haven’t caught enough zz’s! Case in point – my recent trip to… Continue Reading
Don’t We All Need Our Own s.p.a.c.e ?
At the risk of sounding “old” I just have to say how proud I felt (Friday night) of all the “young” people who organised/attended the annual s.p.a.c.e Trivia Night fundraiser at Bronco’s Leagues Club. What an inspiration is Alissa Phillips and her wonderful s.p.a.c.e board of directors – not to forget all of her many… Continue Reading
Schoolyard Skills – A subject they DON’T teach enough in school
School can really be a tough gig. Some love it but many hate it. And not just because they aren’t enjoying the school-work either. Often the toughest part of school-survival is simply navigating your way through the peer-pressure and politics of the school yard. If you fit the mold and “do as the Romans do”… Continue Reading
Ooooh….What’s That Smell?
Over the last week or so, it’s been brought to my attention more than once or twice just how much we are affected by smell/odours/scents. Not the B.O type. Not “the dog farted” kind of smells either. I mean familiar scents that bring you back to a certain time in your life. Those smells that… Continue Reading
Things That Make You Go “Hmmmm…”
We all see things from time to time that leave us scratching our head, make our jaw drop or our eyes widen as we ask ourselves “Why?” or “What”. We all have different tastes, and each of us sees life through different coloured lenses – different strokes for different folks, I guess! I thought I’d… Continue Reading
Latest Trends. How do you know what to follow/what to ignore?
Do you buy clothes just because they appear to be the latest “thing”? Because that seems to be all there is TO buy in stores? Isn’t it tricky when you go shopping and all you seem to see is the latest trend, colour, style but you don’t actually LIKE it? You toddle off home thinking… Continue Reading
Join Style Counsel’s Online Community
Visit Style Counsel Online I’ve just created my first online community and I’d love to meet you/chat to you there! The overwhelming response after this week’s “Love Your Body” event for the YWCA has only consolidated in my mind that what I do, how I work, how I style is a GOOD THING! And there… Continue Reading