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This post is sponsored by Comvita. I love all natural skin care products and I’m a sucker for anything that’s organic. I don’t even care that half the stuff that I buy has to be inconveniently kept in the fridge. I just get all romantic thinking about beauty products being lovingly mixed with fresh ingredients by women who smell like patchouli and do yoga at sunrise and have children called Rain. Read the rest!

Sydney based Smaggle writer Bek and friend at Cali/Cale launch  A few weeks back, I had to say good bye to what had been my go-to shoes for at least three years. Being as I have dodgy feet and tend to wear the insides out of every pair I own, having them for this long was quite an achievement, and, conversely, having to let them go was quite devastating a development. I might have actually cuddled them a little b Read the rest!

I love BB cream. I don’t even like to think about the wasted years of make up application I had before it existed. I’ve never liked hard core foundation for two reasons a) I’m an actor and have spent a good portion of my life with my face at least 2 shades darker than my body with the help of disgusting pancake stage make up and b) because I went to an all girls school in the late 90s when it was Read the rest!

Literally. I have a very Type A personality rule with my cupboard/clothing arrangement. If I move house and there’s any item of clothing that I haven’t worn while I’ve lived in that house (usually 1 to 2 years) then it has to go. Once a year I head to a second hand clothing market and sell off my wardrobe cleanse. That means that this Sunday 9th September, I’ll be running my own pre-loved c Read the rest!

As a lifestyle writer, I often end up guinea pigging myself for a variety of weird and wonderful experiences. Last week I had a reader contact me to say that she was participating in Imogen Lamport’s colour consultency workshops and that they needed models to practice on. A free personal colour consultation? Um… yes please! If you’re anything like me you’ll have tried dozens of times to figu Read the rest!

I wouldn’t say I’m a fan of Gaga per se. I admire her in this whacky-walking-art-project kind of way, but it’s unlikely I’ll ever get my tits out in a bra made of duct-tape and go to one of her concerts. Many people would argue that she looks like Gwen Stefani and Boy George got drunk in a $2 shop and then threw up on her but every time I see a picture of her, I can’t help but notice h Read the rest!

The Leather Trench Try this Belted Leather Trench Coat. The Hooded Coat Try this Hooded Belted Coat. The Collarless Coat Try this Collarless Wool Coat. What coat did you wear this winter? Big thanks to La Redoute for collaborating with Smaggle.   Read the rest!

Light blue… UK Men’s online clothing store Size? is having a serious love affair with light blue at the moment which means one thing – light blue is going to be huge for men this Aussie summer. Why don’t you try this Penfield Brimfield Long Sleeve Shirt? Contrast pocket Hatherly shirt? A long sleeved striped Oxford shirt? Wear your light blue with neutral colours like tan and camel? Or go Read the rest!

I must apologise for my lack of written posts recently. This week has slammed me in a major way, thus rendering me completely incapable of doing anything except for swimming up a metaphorical stream like a salmon whacked on speed, falling into bed, not being able to sleep and then spending all night filling theoretical shopping carts on Net-A-Porter. HOWEVER… I’m not writing this to play the ‘NO O Read the rest!

I’m a little weird about admitting to this but I’ve based a fairly regular beauty buy upon a line from Empire Records, one of my favourite movies of all time. If you haven’t seen it it’s about a group of misfits that work at a record store. At one point in the movie they throw a fake funeral for one of the characters, Deb and she admits that she tried to ‘Kill herself with a Lady Bic. Read the rest!