Every now and then I manage to join in with the SIA Style Challenge (Style Imitating Art), and it always ends up being such a fun little creative exercise. If you’ve never heard of it, SIA is a bi-weekly style challenge where one piece of artwork is chosen and participants…
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Today we celebrate International Women’s Day 2026, a global day recognising women’s achievements and progress towards equality, and this year it feels especially meaningful to me. Not only is it a day dedicated to celebrating women across the world, but it also happens to be the official launch day of…
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If you only saw me on my “good outfit” days, you’d probably assume that is what my midlife style looks like — drifting around Portugal in dramatic black layers, jangling rings and enough eyeliner to summon a small storm. And to be fair… sometimes I do. I adore whimsigoth style.…
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I’m 50. And I genuinely love that. Not in a “trying to convince myself” way. Not in a forced age is just a number way either. I mean it properly, in my bones. Turning 50 in December hasn’t felt like a loss at all — it’s felt like a gain.…
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It’s Songful Style time again, linking up with my lovely co-hosts Shelbee and Marsha, and this month my song choice is Carry On Wayward Son by Kansas. Last month, Shelbee chose the song , The Greatest Man I Never Knew by Reba McIntyre. This is one of those songs that…
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I feel like this is one of those topics where so many of us think we know the difference, but we’re not always totally clear on when one actually makes more sense than the other. I know I wasn’t for years. A day spa is perfect when you need to…
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