August 16, 2024
Where do myths come from? They’ve been around since before people could write as a way of explaining natural phenomena, or cultural issues. Many of the myths around hair come from...
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July 27, 2024
Michael planted more herbs on our roof garden and the basil went wild. Harvesting for the salon Deli and giving to friends still left a verdant surplus. Hence my recipe this week which made a small dent in supplies.
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July 09, 2024
This week we were honoured with the title of UK Salon of the Year at the British Hairdressing Business Awards - our industry’s not quite so A-List version of the Oscars, but fun, glamorous and full of drama.
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July 05, 2024
Bye bye belly fat.
For most of my life, my problem was keeping weight on. So I’ve never had much interest in diets other than eating healthily, and if I didn’t at times, my metabolism just dealt with it. But then surreptitiously, middle age crept in and whilst still being generally athletic, a layer of belly fat made it
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June 30, 2024
This Mexican milk cake is popular through Latin America and from the Mexican influence into North America too. The light fluffy sponge cake is soaked in three kinds of milk: evaporated milk, condensed milk, and whole milk, hence the name tres leches, and topped with whipped cream and strawberries.
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June 30, 2024
We know when we’ve done wrong. Eaten too much, and rubbish food. Binged on Netflix. Not kept up with the exercise regime we started. Our unconscious sends guilt signals that we try to ignore. Then perhaps in a moment of enlightenment we commit to suffering to repent our sins.
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June 27, 2024
Her jaw dropped and the lip quivered. I’d only suggested to my daughter that we thought we’d come to Wilderness, one of the many festivals on her summer calendar.
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June 22, 2024
No lounging by a pool or seashore on this trip. I wanted to make the boys work a bit. Tramp the streets and understand some of the history and culture of a great city. We chose Rome as there’s so much to see, and at age nine, they’d be able to relate some to school learning or their Horrible Histories books.
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June 15, 2024
We picked up a packet of these delicious crunchy biscuits from one of the foodie shops in the lanes around the Trevi Fountain. Ciambelle al Vino are lightly infused with wine and coated with sugar crystals. This recipe from Rome is one of the easiest and uses very few ingredients.
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June 08, 2024
Are you wearing this mistake? If you aren't a client of ours and have long layered hair, there's a 98% chance that you are. Last week I wrote about car-crash haircuts and the lazy A-line.
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June 08, 2024
At our recent trip to RAKxa Medispa in Thailand I was really taken by the whole food offering. This recipe was for their coconut yoghurt which goes perfectly in a healthy breakfast of seeds, grains and berries.
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