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Where opinions meet overthinking – and somehow turn into content
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Real Life, Pain and Regretful Online Shopping
In every monthly update that I share with you, I am honest. Sometimes to a detriment. However, because I share the shiny side of life, I also want to be honest and share the times when I am not bursting with sunshine and floating on cloud nine. In February, I spent more time in the…
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Rene Caovilla Slingbacks Review: The Leopard Strap Heels I Fell for Instantly
There are some shoes that you buy because they make sense. Sensible shoes. Practical shoes. Shoes that whisper, I am a grown woman with places to be and no time for blisters. And then there are shoes like these, the kind you buy purely because they make your heart do something slightly ridiculous. My René…
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Airport Romance: Why I Fall in Love With Every City Before I Even Land
There is something about an airport that makes me feel like the main character in a film I cannot quite place. Not in a glamorous way, necessarily, because airports are largely fluorescent lighting and overpriced sandwiches, but in that strange suspended moment before life shifts into something else. You are not quite at home, not…
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Rhode Glazing Milk Review: The Skin Prep Step I Didn’t Expect to Love This Much
There are certain beauty products that arrive with such glossy hype attached to them that you almost feel suspicious before you have even opened the bottle. You know the ones. The ones that live permanently on TikTok, perched beside an iced matcha, are marketed as though they are less skincare and more a personality trait….
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Another Month, Another Overshare
I feel like I say this every single month when I sit down to write this post, but I truly cannot believe how quickly time passes. One minute I am vaguely recovering from the chaos of Christmas, and the next I am already halfway through January, blinking at the calendar like it has played some…
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Paint Samples, Plumbing Problems and Existential Crises
There is a very specific moment in adulthood that nobody really prepares you for. It is the moment you stand in an empty house, keys in hand, surrounded by echo and dust and optimism, and realise that every penny you own has just been handed over to a bank for the foreseeable future. It is…
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My Unpopular Fashion Opinions
Fashion, like motherhood, is one of those things people swear is deeply personal, right up until you disagree with them. Then suddenly it becomes moral. Political, even. A long acrylic nail is no longer just a nail; it is a statement. A shoe is not a shoe; it is a personality test. And if you so much as wrinkle your nose at the wrong trend, someone on the internet will tell you that you simply do not “get it”. Which is fair. I do not get everything. I do not want to. At thirty, I am far more interested in…
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