How to Get Out of Your “Mum Rut” Fashion Style

Let’s face it, when you become a mum, your priorities change. You no longer have the time or the luxury to focus on yourself. Instead, you spend all of your time caring for baby, enduring countless sleepless nights and just trying to make it through each day. So, it’s understandable your fashion sense takes a backseat during this period. However, once you’ve got into a routine, you’ll slowly start to have more time to focus on how you look. When you look good, you feel good so if you’ve found yourself in the common mum rut fashion style, now’s the…

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How To Stay Funky Through The Autumn

The summer has gone, and this is something that we’re just going to have to accept for now. On the bright side, we were handed a heatwave that meant we were able to dress like we do when we’re on holiday, and all of that hard work to get the bikini body of our dreams actually paid off this year, so we can’t complain too much considering. A lot of people often see the Autumn as being the beginning of a dull rest of the year, because this is when the temperature starts to drop, and before you know it…

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5 tips for updating your winter wardrobe for work

Most of us think about updating our wardrobe once the seasons starts to change, and that includes workwear. You want to get the balance right between being smart and professional, and being warm and cosy, no matter what the weather throws at you. Here are five tips for updating your winter work wardrobe. 1. Work out what’s missing — before you go shopping The first thing you need to do is go through your existing work wardrobe. Donate anything that doesn’t fit, take worn clothes to a fabric recycling point, and then make note of everything that remains. From there,…

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My City Break Capsule Wardrobe

For the first time in a very long time the husband and I are off on a European city break.  It was something we used to do frequently before we had the boys.  We tended to go in the Easter holidays and would pick a city to visit and would head off for a few nights. Barcelona was a city my husband had always wanted to visit, and with him turning the big 4-0 this summer we have booked a couple of night there without the children.  We had booked to go in May but with the house only due…

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Back to Work & My Perfect Pair of Trousers

Did I mention I’m starting my new job soon?  Actually I’m starting tomorrow so obviously what has been worrying me A LOT is what to wear on my first day.  Technically it’s a training day but I’ve been advised it’s casual but not too casual, which sent me into a bit of a panic. Not too casual means jeans are out of the question, and I have debated whether a denim dress counts as too casual (I decided it did) and when I inspected my wardrobe there wasn’t anything that I would feel confident in.  And I need to feel…

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