What is colour? I can’t believe I haven’t written about this before! I am not an expert on the science behind colour, but it is fascinating where the current thinking has evolved (from Aristotle to Isaac Newton in 1671 to several other theorists in the 1800s and then others since). Also, to note how mathematicians […]
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Top 5 holiday must-take items
As we’re getting into holiday season, I thought I’d share my favourite ‘must-take with you’ items, apart from your passport, tickets and money! 1. The first is a new item for me and I wouldn’t be without it. Instead of taking a perfume bottle, which are usually heavy and of course breakable, how about decanting […]
The Best Job in the World
What’s in it for me? There are many reasons I continue my colour and style work (15 years on from initial training). Apart from, as lots of people say about me, my passion for helping women increase their confidence (and compliments). I just love it when clients tell me how they’ve got a bargain, and […]
3 lessons from a recent wardrobe review: my own!
My busman’s holiday I decided it was time to do my own wardrobe review, which to be honest was long overdue. I had clothes in lots of wardrobes (yes, lucky me) but I was only wearing a small percentage of them, although, to be fair, not all of them fit right now! Clear out and […]
My top tips for dressing for work today
What are we saying with our appearance, particularly in our post-Covid changed workplaces? I have three tips to help you dress authenticly and confidently for work today. The consequence of Covid Covid left many of us working from home and not mixing in person; interacting with computer screens where we only saw ¼ of someone […]
60 Years of Fashion (part 2!)
I’m exploring sixty years of popular fashion and part 1 took us from the space-inspired 60s, through the hippy-chic of the 70s to the big shoulders (and bigger hair!) of the 1980s. Let’s pick up this fashion story in 1990… 1990s The 1990s seem to be having a bit of a renaissance in fashionable […]