The Lazy Girls Guide

The Lazy Girls Guide to Being Ill with Style

22 February 2012

It appears to be cold and flu season. Everyone I know is coughing, spluttering and feeling incredibly sorry for themselves. Including me today. The problem with something like a cold is that unless you work in a medical high dependency unit a bit of a cough is really not an excuse for a day off. [...]

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The Lazy Girls Guide to Winter Dressing

23 November 2011

Don’t you just love Summer? You leap out of bed in the morning, add a dusting of make up, sling on a pretty summer frock and wedge heel shoes and you’re out of the door looking like getting ready took you hours, not minutes. Well tough. Most of you reading live in the UK and [...]

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The Lazy Girls Guide To Being Cool as a Cucumber

12 August 2011

That’s actually the opposite of how I’m feeling. I like a nice bit of sunshine. Picnics by the river. Fanning yourself gently with a sun hat as you rest in the shade while someone brings you freshly squeezed lemonade. Sunny days that feel like these pictures look. Relaxed, a gentle breeze. Lovely. Only that’s not [...]

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The Lazy Girls Guide to Making an Effort

17 February 2011

We all like to look nice. We do. Our concept of what constitutes “nice” might differ, but at the end of the day when you feel like you look your best you feel good about yourself. I witter on a lot about dressing up and how no one makes an effort anymore, but the truth [...]

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The Lazy Girls Guide: Handbag Essentials for Glamour on the Go

15 September 2010

The art of staying well groomed on the go is a rapidly disappearing one. It used to be that evening bags could be bought with powder compacts and lipstick holders ready built in so the means to keep yourself glamorous were always there at hand. Like this one (snapped on sale at the My Sugarland [...]