When I was a child, there was always a moment – at some point in the middle of the afternoon on Christmas Eve – when my mother would lose it. Preparations would be under way and behind schedule, and my siblings and I would be engaged in something deeply counterproductive like tracking mud across a … Read more
If getting fit and being all-round healthier in 2024 is top of your New Year’s resolutions list, you’re going to need the kit to set you up for success. And one of the best ways to start as you mean to go on is by having a healthy, nutritious and energy-dense breakfast. In honour of … Read more
We’re just a few days away from 2024, and if a short style is on your vision board for the coming year, Keke Palmer has your back with her latest look. This sleek and shiny bob may just convince you it’s time for a change. Though Palmer’s recent ad for Hello Fresh is extremely funny … Read more
Complexions intact, it’s time to raise some eyebrows—and Garner feels “embarrassed to be seen without” her Chanel pencil. “I used to have a lot of brows; I don’t so much anymore,” says the 51-year-old. Grande’s MAC pencil helps her achieve an “Audrey Hepburn–ish” brow, while Tung gives a “chef’s kiss” to the NYX Control Freak. … Read more
These are troubling times for big business. Traders, fighting for survival, need to focus on money. They absolutely do not have the time and resources to hand-hold unreasonable customers who insist on receiving goods and services in return for their outlay. What these customers don’t realise is that companies have already lavished lucre on their … Read more
A woman who garnered international headlines for having two uteruses and becoming pregnant in both has given birth to twin baby girls. Kelsey Hatcher’s double pregnancy is considered a “one in a million” occurrence by doctors. The Dora, Ala. resident was diagnosed at age 17 with uterus didelphys — a rare congenital anomaly that causes … Read more
Esteemed Aussie homewares brand Canningvale has launched one of its biggest sales ever in honour of Boxing Day. The website has slashed prices on five-star-rated towels, sheets and duvets by up to 85 per cent sitewide, and you can also take a further 10 per cent off some of these items with the code TAKE10. … Read more
During a particularly stressful time, I had a flare-up of perioral dermatitis (PD), a scaly red rash, to the right of my mouth. It’s something I had never even heard of, and definitely was not the run-of-the-mill dry skin that I assumed it to be when it first cropped up. It turns out that perioral … Read more
In 2024, the post-pandemic travel boom is set to continue. After years of border closures, construction halts, and economic uncertainly, the world is finally bullish on, well, the world itself: according to the U.S. Travel Association, leisure trips will reach the 2 billion mark next year just in the United States alone, far surpassing pre-pandemic … Read more
I had several memorable pets as a child. There was my first cat, Muffin, who startled and fled, never to return, at the sound of one of my dad’s farts. There was the goldfish family I won at a fair, into whose tank my baby cousin tipped an entire tub of fish flakes. I discovered … Read more
