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A selection of my favourite makeup brushes and products from @primark

beauty . I was browsing in Primark Oxford st and checked out their new beauty products which apparently have had a recent significent financial investment. I was really impressed with their makeup brushes which I then bought for a transgender MTF client so she could experiment with her newly learnt makeup application techiques, taught by […]

My healthy version of the ” full English” breakfast

Complex carbs take longer to digest than simple carbs helping you to feel fuller longer with less blood sugar spikes keeping your energy levels constant. Especially when you got up to work at 5.30am and feel like you’ve had a whole day by midday! 2 organic eggs (protein) fried in Waitrose bought organic butter, ( […]

Missing my beachside morning training sessions

When your favourite personal trainer has a baby and then decides to retire…. . . . .

Early morning beach walk time

For a healthy gut which helps you to be healthy overall, if you leave 12 hours between your last evening meal and your breakfast/brunch/first meal of the day you are giving your digestive system a chance to digest and rest. Take your exercise before this first meal of the day. 20 mins fast walking or […]

Selfie in a taxi late for an event

When there a no time to go home between work and an evening event. @georgiedallamoredonnelly What does a girl do when still wearing flats and no makeup? You go to Peter Jones and do a whole makeup on the Laura Mercier counter with their testers and buy a pair of heels on sale reduced from […]

Realise your dreams

Have you seen the movie “The Book Club”? Funny and so pertinent to so many women over 50. Often we lose who we were, whilst caring for our familes, being too busy, or feeling guilty. It’s never too late to start over and realise your dreams.. You only have one life! . . . . […]

Healthy lifestyle tips

Here are 5 tips for a good digestive system and improved gut health which is the key to your general optimum health and well being. I subsitute oatcakes for bread when I’m craving a healthy carb fix, especially eaten with unpasteurized cheese (a healthy gut likes unpasteurised cheese and fermented foods as friendly bacteria and […]

Wednesday pilates

Reformer exercise for posture, control, balance and flexibility. The control needed to stabilise and move the reformer slowly in and out smoothly engages so many muscles. Core, tummy, glutes, hamstrings, abductors, calf muscles…. . . . . .

Friday’s veggie brunch

Midday today, 16 hours after yesterday evening’s last meal at 8pm. The 16hour fasting time gives the gut and body time to have a break from digesting food and if continued 2 days consecutively can help weight loss, gut health and overall wellbeing. . . . .