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Wardrobe boot camp: how to do casual with style

Wardrobe boot camp: Rebecca

Editor’s note: This is regular series in which we help Styling You readers solve a particular wardrobe or clothing crisis with a little advice and some shopping suggestions. If you think you’d like to be considered as part of a Wardrobe Boot Camp post, then please email me (nikki@stylingyou.com.au) with a couple of photos and aContinue Reading

9 tips for updating your wardrobe on a budget

9 tips wardrobe budget SY

There is a change in the air, a change in temperature that for me is always a signal to start thinking about how I can update my wardrobe for the season. I never overhaul it completely but I do like to add new pieces to give fresh options with which to play. For me, thisContinue Reading

Wardrobe bootcamp: how to find the best everyday handbag

how to find the best everyday handbag

Editor’s note: This is regular series in which we help Styling You readers solve a particular wardrobe or clothing crisis with a little advice and some shopping suggestions. If you think you’d like to be considered as part of a Wardrobe Boot Camp post, then please email me (nikki@stylingyou.com.au) with a couple of photos andContinue Reading

Wardrobe boot camp: how to wear ankle boots

How to wear ankle boots with jeans

Editor’s note: This is regular series in which we help Styling You readers solve a particular wardrobe or clothing crisis with a little advice and some shopping suggestions. If you think you’d like to be considered as part of a Wardrobe Boot Camp post, then please email me (nikki@stylingyou.com.au) with a couple of photos and aContinue Reading

Let’s Go Shopping: Lace

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Editor’s note: I’m away this week. Helping me out are some of my blogging friends. Because I commission these posts and these bloggers are helping me to keep my blog running while I’m away from regular duties, I’ll also be paying them for their contributions. Today, say hello to the lovely Melinda from Shop MeContinue Reading

Wardrobe boot camp: what to wear on a girls’ night out

What to wear on a girls' night out

Editor’s note: This is regular series in which we help Styling You readers solve a particular wardrobe or clothing crisis with a little advice and some shopping suggestions. If you think you’d like to be considered as part of a Wardrobe Boot Camp post, then please email me (nikki@stylingyou.com.au) with a couple of photos and aContinue Reading

Wardrobe boot camp: dressing after a mastectomy

Wardrobe boot camp - how to dress after a mastectomy

Editor’s note: I’m battling my email inbox after attending Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia and blogging for Maybelline NY last week. Helping me have been some of my blogging friends. Because I commission these posts and these bloggers are helping me to keep my blog running while I’m away from regular duties, I’ll also be paying them forContinue Reading

Where to apply bronzer

Where to apply bronzer

I have lived by the beach for half my life. When I arrived at the Coast in my early adult years, the surf and beach culture of the ’90s was very much alive and well. Those who embraced the culture were known as skegs. I had completely forgotten this terminology until discussing the makeup lookContinue Reading

How to give yourself a facelift with blush

How to give yourself a facelift with blush

I walked into the backstage area for the We Are Handsome show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia* and was immediately transported back to my childhood obsession with all things Joan Collins and Dynasty. Maybelline NY makeup director Nigel Stanislaus is no wall flower and his determination to bring pops of colour to the catwalk thisContinue Reading

How to do day time red lips

How to do day time red lips | Maybelline NY's Nigel Stanislaus creates a 1950s pin-up girl look for the Group Swim Show #MBFWA

When I head to the beach it’s generally about making sure I’m slathered in SPF50+ sunscreen and that I’ve slapped on some lip balm because my lips will crack the minute a breath of wind hits them. But … in my dreams I am a 1950s starlet holidaying on the French Rivera … the Amalfi Coast or Santorini wouldContinue Reading

Wardrobe boot camp: How to pack for a work trip

How to dress for work

Editor’s note: I’m heading to Sydney today to attend Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia and blog for Maybelline NY. Helping me out are some of my blogging friends. Because I commission these posts and these bloggers are helping me to keep my blog running while I’m away from regular duties, I’ll also be paying them for their contributions.Continue Reading