March 19, 2024
We’re in the foothills of Easter and I’ve wondered why celebratory cakes from England, Israel, and Greece are all quite similar. Hot Cross Buns, Challah and Tsoureki all vary a little around a brioche type of cake bread. A similar Panettoni form of bread was also a Roman favourite.
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March 16, 2024
Here's a way to bring some colour and the joys of Spring into the home. I had to barricade the chocolate eggs from the family whilst baking, else I'd have had none left for the cakes.
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March 15, 2024
A few weeks back I had another barrage of abuse from hairdressers on Tiktok. And all over a video that influencer Melissa Varnavas had posted. The issue was around cost, but personal attacks included me wearing a suit and apprentices being called slaves etc. (they assist as part of their deep learning).
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March 15, 2024
The TikTok keyboard trolls got themselves into a tizzy over my use of assistants. I was accused of using them as slaves, human hair clips, that I had them for ornaments to massage my ego, that it was so awful for viewers to see that they must have been watching a parody sketch. Haha!
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March 15, 2024
Frizzy hair can be a struggle. Unfortunately, it’s made much worse by poor haircutting, and by many of the hair products that tame frizz for today, but create more frizz tomorrow.
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March 14, 2024
What do you have to do to get noticed? Rubi had a clear idea what she wanted. A crisper looking Bob. But when Rubi posted a reel on Instagram and a lot of the comments said they saw no difference.
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March 08, 2024
Life is short. We all get just 24 hours a day. Killing two birds with one stone (a small flock even) gives us more bang for our buck. So what if you could style...
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March 07, 2024
Our twins love baking. Here's are very easy recipes that the kids can help with.
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March 01, 2024
Heavy hair visually saps energy and adds weight. In bringing hair to life, cut, colour and condition all play their part.
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March 01, 2024
You can fake it with the ‘head upside down and empty a can of hairspray’ trick, but I don’t recommend this. For volume that looks and feels natural and lasts, the following ideas help. The more techniques you use the more lasting the volume.
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February 27, 2024
Imagine your hair doing what it’s supposed to. Moving effortlessly and falling back in to shape. Day in day out.
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February 23, 2024
“The pictures are a bit boring but the cake is nice.” I said to Michael as he advanced to taste it. “Wow! That’s fantastic." He replied. "The perfect balance of lightness, moistness and crumb. The sweet peach plays nicely off the
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