Category Archives: Health

Good health starts at home. Here are some of Nikki’s tips

WIN a weekend at Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat

Win a weekend at Gwinganna Lifestyle Retreat

Sponsored by Dettol Mission for Health I’ve been a mum for almost 18 years now. It’s a privilege that comes with an equal mix of frustration, joy and hard work. Oh and a whole lot of love, that crucial binder that keeps you going. I always wanted to be a mum. That much I knew. Growing up,Continue Reading

Keep on the right side of healthy this Easter

keep on the right side of healthy this easter

Sponsored post I do love a tradition and one of the most popular traditions in this family gets trotted out for any party or special occasion … but particularly so at Easter. That tradition? The Chocolate Salad. With the chocolate just sitting there – on the table – for the whole long weekend, not justContinue Reading

11 tricks to get motivated to work out

11 tricks to get motivated to work out

Editor’s note:  Hopefully by the time you read this post, I’ll be almost home {weather dependent} after a very indulgent week of food and cocktail consuming in Bali. Time to dust off those sneakers, I think … and today’s post from health and lifestyle writer and blogger Nicola Conville* may be just the prodding I need.Continue Reading

Unlock your style in 14 days: Don’t wait for that next 5kg

Unlock Your Style in 14 Days | Don't wait for the next 5kg

If you’re a regular reader of this blog you will already know that I believe every woman is REAL. This might seem like a strange statement but think about it. Does our size – and the arbitrary numbers or letters on a piece of clothing – make us any more or less real than the next woman?Continue Reading

The Great Health Kick of 2012: Me Time

Me time: do you get enough?

Sponsored by Golden Circle and Nuffnang (all comments are my own) Ahhh … “me” time. When I was thinking about this series of healthy living series of posts* (we’ve already tackled food, exercise and skincare), I knew I had to talk about this elusive concept. And I couldn’t help but think that hindsight is such a wonderful, joyous thing,Continue Reading

The Great Health Kick of 2012: Skin

Some of the body skincare constants in my life from twenty8.com

Sponsored by Golden Circle and Nuffnang (all comments are my own) Have you been playing along with my health kick series* of blog posts on putting the kick back into my health? So far I’ve talked food and exercise, now it’s time to chat about my skin. Specifically how I look after my skin for good health andContinue Reading

The Great Health Kick of 2012: Exercise

The Great Health Kick of 2012: excercise

Sponsored by Golden Circle and Nuffnang (all comments are my own) I love travelling. But you know what? It’s REALLY, REALLY good to be home. Dorothy was right. There is no place like it. Granted, I do get to wake up each day in one of the most beautiful parts of the world, with cleanContinue Reading

The Great Health Kick of 2012: Food

Fruit and vegetables

Sponsored by Golden Circle and Nuffnang (all comments are my own) I’m in New York right now. I know. I still can’t believe I’ve been writing those words and geo-tagging that location all week. Having had this countdown in my head for 12 months and an even louder ticking about three months ago, I decidedContinue Reading

7 ways I’ve been fighting the winter flu

Comfort clothes are needed when you're not feeling 100%

Oh, Stylers, I’ve had a week of it. If you follow along on Instagram you would have caught a little of my pity party for one. I’ve had the flu. Woman. Flu. As opposed to Man Flu. Let’s get one thing clear, the physical symptoms of Man and Woman Flu are the same; but theContinue Reading

Sunday Sesh: memories and juice cleansing

This is my Aunty Jen at the Jamaican Commonwealth Games in 1966. She's pinning a badge to a very young Prince Charles' tie. Jen went on to win silver in swimming at the Mexico Olympics in 1968

It’s been a funny old weekend here at Styling You HQ. The weather’s been autumn-patchy. Raining one minute; sunny the next. Number one son had to get to Brisbane yesterday for a leadership retreat. Daughter had to work. Number two son had soccer. I spent the afternoon flipping through about 20 plus old photo albumsContinue Reading