December 02, 2021
Here's a seasonal treat to try this holiday which the kids will love to help with. The meringues can be small enough to be bite-sized, or large and dramatic.
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November 26, 2021
I've been making these for a few years now and they're super-quick and simple. The boys think they’re a great treat, and I know it’s a healthy alternative to biscuits, cake and bread - they'd scoff their way through a bakery if I let them. Use a good quality peanut butter without added sugar.
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November 20, 2021
With Thanksgiving next week this recipe is a nod to our American friends. Although it's called a Boston cream pie, it's actually a cake that acquired its name when cakes and pies were cooked in the same pans, and the words were used interchangeably. It was created by
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November 20, 2021
The Maldives is the perfect respite from Metropolitan life, and Gili goes further to create a dreamy eco-luxury wilderness. Easier to get to than Soneva Fushi, the original ‘Robinson Crusoe’ resort, Gili is...
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November 12, 2021
I know it’s our industry cliché. But it’s not the only thing we talk about in the salon. Hairdressers acquire quite a range of knowledge through their clients. Even the late George Burns quipped, “all the people that know how to run the country are...
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November 12, 2021
It’s true that I hate cooking. But I love baking. Cooking seems all kitchen histrionics and flailing arms - a dollop of this a bit of that. All too stressful. I love baking because it’s measured and precise. I spend...
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November 05, 2021
Can I over-protein my hair? Did you think that too? It’s a myth whizzing around the internet and popping up in forums, so let me explain. Healthy hair is essentially 97% protein and 3% water. Hair cannot be overloaded with protein but it can become so dehydrated with
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November 04, 2021
Guilty pleasure? Or bland sustenance? It needn’t be either or.
Much of the food that’s been foist upon us these last 50 years has been designed to hook our emotions and create unhealthy addictions - too much processing, too much sugar, too much
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October 30, 2021
Losing half your hair can be devastating. Even when you start with a glorious mane like Ashley has. I first cut Ashley’s hair five months after her pregnancy. There had been a lot of post-pregnancy hair loss and we shaped the hair to improve this but kept it long. Fast-forward another two months and further hair loss called for a more drastic change in length.
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October 30, 2021
Okay, I’m know I may upset a few people, but here goes.
Masks. It always puzzled me how this marketing wheeze caught on. I guess on the back of a successful word for facial treatments. An area where the word mask transfers easily. We are now hearing ‘hair Botox’ would you believe. The term ‘hair mask’ started a few
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October 23, 2021
There are thought to be 500 -1000 known varieties of mango and this recipe takes only a little more effort than peeling one, plus a two hour lay-by in the fridge.
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October 23, 2021
Wavy and curly hair can be the most enchantingly gorgeous, but for some people it can be a beast to manage. Here we go through the whys and the wherefores.
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