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Home Blowdry Tips

Home Blowdry Tips

August 01, 2025

Need to smooth out frizz? Put more body into hair? Using the best techniques and the right equipment makes blow drying simple.

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Do You Make These Mistakes When Blowdrying?

Do You Make These Mistakes When Blowdrying?

August 01, 2025

One of my clients with fabulous thick shoulder length hair, struggled with the front always breaking, splitting, and hanging poker straight at the ends. It didn't make sense to me as her wavy hair...

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Gaby's Bakery - Frozen Raspberry & Chocolate Bars

Gaby's Bakery - Frozen Raspberry & Chocolate Bars

July 26, 2025

Frozen raspberries covered in dark chocolate are a delicious, refreshing treat that combines sweet-tart fruitiness with rich, bittersweet cocoa. They're popular as a healthy-ish indulgence or an elegant snack...

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Gaby's Bakery - Torrijas - Caramelised Spanish Toast

Gaby's Bakery - Torrijas - Caramelised Spanish Toast

July 19, 2025

Caramelised Spanish toast — or "Torrijas caramelizadas" — is a heavenly Spanish dessert that's especially beloved during Easter but enjoyed year-round for its rich, indulgent flavour and custardy texture...

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Clean Living and Pregnancy Haircare

Clean Living and Pregnancy Haircare

July 18, 2025

Your pregnancy is confirmed and thoughts turn to your unborn baby. How can you give your child the best and protect from the worst. Self care is high on the list and, understanding...

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Gaby's Bakery - Vegan & Nut Free Granola Cups (no bake)

Gaby's Bakery - Vegan & Nut Free Granola Cups (no bake)

July 09, 2025

Our kids often ask for a cake or biscuit etc, but I’m very conscious of not letting them have too much sugar. Would you believe they still willingly hand their party bags in to me so I can decide which sweets they can have, rationed over as long as I can get away with! So...

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Gaby's Bakery - Cherry Clafoutis

Gaby's Bakery - Cherry Clafoutis

July 04, 2025

Cherries are in peak season now. Huge shiny ripe ones at our local farmers market sell out in the first hours. This simple classic French dessert of fruit traditionally uses black cherries, baked in a light custard and served warm or cold. Perfect for summer.

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Holiday Hair Care

Holiday Hair Care

July 04, 2025

Too much sun wrecks your skin. We know that. For two generations we’ve been told about the protective qualities of SPF sun cream, and we use it.

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The Facts of LifeSaver

The Facts of LifeSaver

July 04, 2025

The truth is, I spend an almost absurd amount of time testing hair products. When people tell me excitedly about a new product they’ve seen or read about they expect me to go “Wow!” or “Ooh and aah!”

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Gaby's Bakery - Mini Lemon Tarts

Gaby's Bakery - Mini Lemon Tarts

June 28, 2025

Citrus fruits were used in cooking as early as the 13th century, especially in the courts and wealthy households of southern Europe. Lemon custards and tarts were...

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SPF for Hair

SPF for Hair

June 26, 2025

We know that too much sun wrecks our skin. For two generations we’ve been drilled about SPF sun cream, and we use it.

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Summer Solstice

Summer Solstice

June 21, 2025

June 20th or 21st is the day when the North Pole has its maximum tilt toward the Sun, about 23.5 degrees, and sunlight hits the Northern Hemisphere more directly and for a longer duration, making it the longest day and shortest night of the year...

 

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