Category Archives: Shopping

Tips on how to shop and where to shop for fashion, beauty and lifestyle products

What’s your shopping justification technique?

What's your shopping justification technique?

Sponsored by Dettol Mission for Health If there was a degree in Shopping Justification then I’d be up for First Class Honours. Whenever I stumble across a piece of clothing that immediately speaks to my heart, i.e. is calling me to take it home, I go through a mental checklist. Whilst wistfully staring at saidContinue 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

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

Say hello to this month’s sponsors

Harlow

I’m very grateful to the businesses that support this blog each month and I love having the opportunity to introduce you to a business that you may or may not have heard about. Those banner ads on the left and right? My stats tell me they are some of the most clicked icons on myContinue Reading

Sneaky supermarket beauty shopping just got more sneaky

Woolworths Beauty Bar - Town Hall Woolworths, Sydney. A new convenient way to buy your beauty products

Sponsored by Woolworths The minute I turned 15 I went part-time job hunting. The thought of someone handing me some cash every week for a few hours’ work was enough to get me imagining all the purchases I could make. You know, the essentials I needed in my life … ra ra skirts, apricot kernelContinue Reading

Wardrobe boot camp: from beach to boardroom style

wardrobe boot camp: beach to boardroom

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: guilt-free Easter treats

Shopping: guilt-free Easter treats

Easter for us is usually a time to re-group at home, enjoy the beach if it’s putting on an autumn show and consume a small(ish) mountain in quality chocolate. I also seem to be drawn to anything vaguely chocolate-related. ‘Tis the season and all that. Chocolate martinis, chocolate body butter … you name it, it’sContinue Reading

Wardrobe boot camp: how to climb out of a style rut

How to climb out of a style rut

Editor’s note: I’m heading to Sydney today to speak at the Digital Parents Conference. Helping me out over the next couple of the days are the first of some semi-regular freelance blogger contributions you’ll see here on Styling You. Because I’m commissioning these posts and these bloggers are helping me to keep my blog running while I’mContinue Reading

Styling You goes shopping on The Great South East

The Great South East

Visiting the Sunshine Coast in the near future? Check out this segment from The Great South East, in which I was asked to share some of my favourite shopping spots. For information about what I wore and the professionals I called in to complete the TV shoot here, it’s all in this post from lateContinue Reading

Let’s go shopping: pantone green

Shopping Pantone Green

I’ve been hanging out to do a post dedicated to the Pantone colour for 2013 and I thought there was no better time to celebrate all things green than two days before St Patrick’s Day, when I’m sure you’ll be downing a green beer or two … Now, for those not in the loop, PantoneContinue Reading

Wardrobe boot camp: how to get out the door faster

Get out the door for work faster

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