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# Styling You

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- [12 women share their best jeans for Australian women in 2026](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2026/06/12-women-share-best-jeans/) - 12 women of different shapes and sizes share their best jeans for Australian women in 2026. These are the styles they love and why.
- [5 reasons to book a tour to Western Canada in summer](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2026/07/5-reasons-to-book-at-tour-to-western-canada-in-summer/) - My camera roll is full and my brain imprinted with the beauty that is Western Canada in summer after 8 nights travelling with Travelmarvel
- [Why we keep coming back to Nozawa Onsen, Japan](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2026/03/why-we-keep-coming-back-to-nozawa-onsen-japan/) - Despite growing number of visitors to Nozawa Onsen, this traditional Japanese village retains all the charm we experienced on our first snow holiday
- [5 reasons to book a Travelmarvel European river cruise](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2025/11/5-reasons-to-book-a-travelmarvel-european-river-cruise/) - Stepping on board this Travelmarvel European river cruise on the Danube River was like being reacquainted with a wonderfully warm, calming and welcoming friend.
- [Christmas can be a difficult time](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/12/christmas-can-be-a-difficult-time/) - I remember the day like it was yesterday. Sitting at my desk at the newspaper I ended up working at for most of my adult life. Furiously working on sub-editing the next day's paper. It was a Saturday. The Saturday before Christmas 1995. On a weekend shift at a newspaper, the office takes on a
- [Another 10 useful travel helpers I’m glad I packed](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2025/12/another-10-useful-travel-helpers-im-glad-i-packed/) - I love anything and everything that makes my packing and travel life easier. Here are another 10 useful travel helpers I’m glad I packed
- [The Styling You Annual Swimsuit Edition 2025](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2025/12/styling-you-annual-swimsuit-edition-2025/) - The Styling You Annual Swimsuit Edition 2025: 12 women of different ages, sizes and colour showcase swimsuits and encourage you to make a splash this summer.
- [7 things to do on a Hamilton Island couple’s escape](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2025/09/hamilton-island-couples-escape/) - Looking for a romantic getaway? Where to stay 7 things to do on a Hamilton Island couple’s escape. Plus, what to pack and wear.
- [Stuck in a winter style rut? These winter outfit formulas will help](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2025/07/winter-outfit-formulas/) - We're in the depths of winter and the motivation to get out of activewear or out of bed and create an outfit is waining. These winter outfit formulas will help.
- [What to do in Byron Bay](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2014/05/what-to-do-in-byron-bay/) - It's almost six months since we made the move to Brisbane from our beachside home of many years. Whenever I meet someone new or catch up with an old friend, the first question I'm usually asked is, "do you miss the Sunshine Coast?". I do. And I don't. This move of ours was a long
- [What I packed for a winter week in the United States](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2025/01/what-i-packed-for-winter-in-the-united-states/) - What I packed for winter in the United States - use this packing capsule for your next Northern Hemisphere winter holiday
- [What I packed for an autumn river cruise in Spain and Portugal](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2024/10/what-i-packed-for-an-autumn-river-cruise-in-spain-and-portugal/) - What I packed for an autumn river cruise in Spain and Portugal may not be minimalist, however, it is a considered travel capsule.
- [The Styling You Annual Swimsuit Edition 2024](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2024/12/styling-you-annual-swimsuit-edition-2024/) - The Styling You Annual Swimsuit Edition for 2024: 12 women of different ages and sizes issuing a collective message to wear the damn swimsuit this summer.
- [10 useful travel helpers I'm glad I packed in my luggage](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2024/01/10-useful-travel-helpers/) - I'm a sucker for organisation while travelling. Here are 10 useful travel helpers I'm glad I packed in my luggage for our recent trip to Japan.
- [8 reasons to add APT's Douro Delights river cruise to your travel list](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2024/10/apt-douro-delights-river-cruise/) - Thinking about doing a river cruise? Here are reasons to add APT's Douro Delights river cruise on board the new MS Estrela to your travel list
- [10 more useful travel helpers I'm glad I packed](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2024/10/10-more-useful-travel-helpers-im-glad-i-packed/) - Looking for items to make your travelling life easier? Check out these 10 more useful travel helpers I'm glad I packed in my luggage.
- [How to plan and pack for a girls' weekend away](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/03/how-to-plan-and-pack-for-a-girls-weekend-away/) - If you're a mum, getting away from the family for a weekend away takes much organisation and even more planning. Most weekends are a juggle of kids' sport activities and getting stuff sorted for the working week ahead. So, choosing a weekend with your girlfriends to plan and pack for a girls' weekend away is
- [How to plan and pack for an autumn or winter holiday in Europe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/03/how-to-plan-and-pack-for-an-autumn-or-winter-holiday-in-europe/) - My first trip to the Northern Hemisphere was in winter. We finished school on a stinking hot Queensland Friday and flew half way across the world for five months in the UK and Europe. I was 12 and had just finished primary school. No school for five months was very appealing, as was potentially seeing
- [How to plan and what to pack for a spring-summer holiday in Europe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/04/what-to-pack-for-a-spring-summer-holiday-in-europe/) - It's been a few years since we were thinking about what to pack for a spring-summer holiday in Europe, but the thinking caps are on again. Not for this year but in the next couple of years. In the meantime, I'll happily scroll through your European holiday Instagram spam if you're lucky enough to be
- [How to wear ankle boots seven different ways - autumn-winter 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/03/how-to-wear-ankle-boots-seven-different-ways/) - Sponsored by FRANKiE4 Footwear Ankle boots are my go-to choice of footwear every autumn-winter. They are always there for me. They just turn up and get on with the job of making my legs and my outfits look good. I like that in a shoe. I like that indeed. And ever since FRANKiE4 Footwear launched
- [How to taste the history of New York through its food](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/08/how-to-taste-the-history-of-new-york-through-its-food/) - I'll let you into a little secret. I love food. I love good food. I love fresh, good food that leaves a lasting impression, long after the tastebuds have dined out on a new sensation. Yes, I may be a style blogger and more often than not when I travel you'll find me find me
- [Weekend recipe: Dark Chocolate and Raspberry Brownies](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/09/weekend-recipe-dark-chocolate-and-raspberry-brownies/) - Looking for an indulgent weekend treat to whip up? Try these Dark Chocolate and Raspberry Brownies.
- [Après ski capsule wardrobe: 14 outfits/14 days](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2024/01/apres-ski-capsule-wardrobe-14-outfits-14-days/) - On a snow holiday you tend to wear the same thing each day on the slopes, so creating an après ski capsule wardrobe that is where you can have fun.
- [What to wear on a plane (3 looks; 10 tips)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2023/07/what-to-wear-on-a-plane-2023/) - Nikki Parkinson What to wear on a plane is all about comfort, style and your destination. Here are three outfit ideas and 10 tips for your next flight.
- [How to plan and what to pack for a winter holiday in New Zealand](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/07/what-to-pack-for-a-winter-holiday-in-new-zealand/) - I am talking in this post about how to plan and what to pack for a winter holiday in New Zealand but for many of us living in Australia, travelling to NZ at any time of year can feel cold! I know I'm a cracked record on my number one packing and planning tip but
- [10 things to do if you’re a newbie and have 48 hours in Tokyo](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/01/48-hours-in-tokyo/) - The Google search reveals that Shinjuku train station holds the Guinness World Record as being the busiest in the world. I mean, what could go wrong? ... as the 18 of us, jet-lagged and standing smack bang in the middle of the controlled chaos try to work out which way is the exit needed. But
- [9 tips for a snow holiday in traditional Nozawa Onsen, Japan](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/01/snow-holiday-nozawa-onsen-japan/) - I honestly don't know where to start with this post. We were smitten by Tokyo, found our ski legs in Hakuba ... but Nozawa Onsen, you really did get under our skin. And I can tell you, even getting down to your skin is not the easiest of manoeuvres when your outfits consist of thermals,
- [9 tips for a skiing or snowboarding trip to Hakuba, Japan](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/01/skiing-or-snowboarding-hakuba/) - The year was 1991. My girlfriend was marketing manager for an AM radio station on the Sunshine Coast (4SS for those who were playing along at the time). Let's call my girlfriend Trish (because that's her real name). Trish convinced me, another single girlfriend and a single male friend of ours also in media to
- [How to plan and pack for a skiing or snowboarding holiday](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/03/how-to-plan-and-pack-for-a-skiing-or-snowboarding-holiday/) - It was a milestone birthday for the husband this year and last year he decided he'd like to include a snow trip to Japan as part of that year-long festival. {Read about our week in Hakuba} {Read about our week in Nozawa Onsen} The last time I'd been on skis was a 1991; for the
- [How to plan and pack for a ski or snowboarding holiday](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/11/how-to-plan-and-pack-for-a-ski-or-snowboarding-holiday/) - When we visited Japan, the last time I'd been on skis was 1991; for the husband it was about 1995 since he'd snowboarded. Technically we are rookies. That's not such a bad thing because when it comes to how to plan and pack for a ski or snowboarding holiday because there are plenty of other
- [How to plan and pack for your next holiday](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/03/plan-and-pack-for-your-next-holiday/) - Every time I start to feel even slightly smug about putting together a travel capsule wardrobe, I quickly remind myself that it’s a slippery slope back to the recent history of my over-packing days. I’ve no desire to become one of those incredible women who can travel for six months with just carry on. Hats
- [The Styling You Annual Swimsuit Edition 2023](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2023/12/styling-you-annual-swimsuit-edition-2023/) - The 2023 Styling You Annual Swimsuit Edition showcases 10 different Australian swimwear brands on 10 different women, aged 31-70, wearing sizes 8-22.
- [11 tips for what to wear on a plane](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/02/what-to-wear-on-a-plane/) - This post has been updated: head here to read the 2023 version. Read on for my 11 tips on how to combine comfort, style and a sense of occasion in what you wear on a flight. I can't guarantee you'll look like those celebrities papped at the airport looking like they've been at a day
- [What to do on a holiday at Burleigh Heads](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/01/holiday-at-burleigh-heads/) - What to do on a holiday at Burleigh Heads on Queensland's Gold Coast - from beaches, to the national park, shops and restaurants, it's all waiting for you.
- [Outfit confidence (how to get it and how to feel good in what you wear)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2022/02/outfit-confidence-how-to-get-it-and-how-to-feel-good-in-what-you-wear/) - Outfit confidence is something I'm asked about A LOT. Once you've organised your wardrobe and nailed your style personality how do you bring that all together?
- [How to pack for a holiday to any destination](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2022/04/how-to-pack-for-a-holiday-at-any-destination/) - These are my ten tried and true tips for how to pack for a holiday at any destination. Whether your heading to the beach or the snow, they work every time
- [The Curve Edit show my body-shamed self needed](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2022/05/curve-edit-show-opinion/) - Australian Fashion Week’s first ever Curve Edit show in 2022 gave me all the feels my body-shamed self had waited a lifetime to see.
- [Low-tourism Fiji ... you had me at first Bula!](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2022/07/low-tourism-fiji/) - Oh Fiji. You had me at the first Bula! It was a love affair I did not see coming. Here's how we did a low-tourism Fiji holday.
- [My Trinny London peri and menopausal friendly skincare routine](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2022/10/my-trinny-london-peri-and-menopausal-friendly-skincare-routine/) - This is my Trinny London peri and menopausal friendly skincare routine - as prescribed by Trinny Woodall on her visit to Austr
- [These are the products used for my Trinny London makeup glow-up](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2022/11/my-trinny-london-makeup-glow-up/) - I met Trinny Woodall on her trip to Australia and here is a video of the products used to to create my Trinny London makeup glow-up.
- [The Styling You Annual Swimsuit Edition 2022](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2022/12/styling-you-annual-swimsuit-edition-2022/) - It's the first offical day of summer and the Styling You Annual Swimsuit Edition 2022 is here for you. This year we have 12 women giving you a pep talk; each wearing a swimsuit they've chosen because it's a style that they feel confident in for their body and their summer lifestyle. If you're new It's the first offical day of summer and the Styling You Annual Swimsuit Edition 2022 is here for you. This year we have 12 women giving you a pep talk.
- [Boho bedroom makeover: all the details and before photos](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/12/boho-bedroom-makeover/) - It might not have been a year for travel but it has been a year for staying at home and giving the spaces we spend the most time in a little lift. For me, it all started with a boho bedroom makeover of the space we spend the most time in. Last year we saw
- [It's totally ok to have more than one style personality](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2022/02/style-personality/) - One of the biggest things I see and hear from women who seem "lost" with their personal style is that they think they need to hone just one style and wear that one style EVERY day. As with most fashion rules, I call BS. It's totally ok to have more than one style personality, in
- [How to make your wardrobe work for you regardless of its size](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2022/02/how-to-make-your-wardrobe-work-for-you-regardless-of-size/) - Looking for tips on how to make your wardrobe work for you regardless of its size? You've come to the right place. Wardrobes - and what we put in them - is a topic don't think we can re-visit this subject enough, do you? It's so, so easy (no matter how disciplined or organised) for
- [The Slide Test: 5 summer looks that look great with heels or slides](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/11/the-slide-test-5-summer-looks/) - (Sponsored by FRANKiE4 Footwear) What's The Slide Test? It's a summer test I apply to any new clothes I buy to ensure those clothes have the wardrobe versatility to either be dressed up with heels OR down with slides without losing the style of the outfit. It's a purely non-mathematical test but it's one that
- [My fresh, dewy summer makeup look that stays on all day](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2022/01/summer-makeup-look-that-stays/) - There is something about summer that has me doing a complete audit of my makeup kit in the quest to create a summer makeup look that stays on all day. I want it to be fresh, effortless and glowy and I don't want to have to reapply everything because it's slid off my face by
- [21 top books, shows and podcasts in 2021](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/12/21-top-books-shows-and-podcasts-in-2021/) - Every week in 2021 I've shared my recommendations for books, shows and podcasts over on the Styling You The Label blog (yes! I write over there too!). I've culled each of those lists down to the top 21 faves for each category. Disclaimer: these are highly subjective lists but you just might find a distraction
- [25 dos and don'ts of self-tanning for a gorgeous glow](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/11/dos-and-donts-of-self-tanning/) - My name is Nikki and I'm a self-tanning addict. There, I've got that of my fake tanned chest. I thought back to when I started regularly fake tanning and it was probably about 10 years ago. Initially it was for occasions; but in the past six or so years it's been more a "just because".
- [Why it was essential I changed how I thought about exercising](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/10/why-it-was-essential-i-changed-how-i-thought-about-exercising/) - (Sponsored by The Merrymaker Sisters) Do you know why it was essential I changed how I thought about exercising? In short, the old thoughts were damaging me - physically and mentally. Mentally, even though I'd told myself for a long time this wasn't the case, I was still treating exercising as a means to an
- [The mid-thigh denim shorts edit 2021](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/10/mid-thigh-denim-shorts/) - The denim short is to summer what the denim jean is to winter - a wardrobe essential that opens up so many no-brainer outfit opportunities. If you find a pair of mid-thigh denim shorts to suit your size and shape, then this one wardrobe piece will be one that you reach for time and again.
- [The Styling You Annual Swimsuit Edition 2021](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/10/annual-swimsuit-edition-2021/) - The Styling You Annual Swimsuit Edition 2021 is here and like last year we're showcasing swimsuits on a range of women of different ages, shapes and sizes. It's your annual reminder that your body is already beach ready. Just get it in a swimsuit and get to the beach. If you're new around here, welcome.
- [Looking for foundations for peri or menopausal skin?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/10/foundations-for-peri-or-menopausal-skin/) - Looking for new foundations for your peri or menopausal skin? Don't worry, I've put my face on the line. The result: a road test of eight foundations you might like to try on your face. I've been on a bit of a mission to try and find a new foundation. I don't know why I
- [Body acceptance is a mental muscle best exercised daily](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/09/body-acceptance-is-a-mental-muscle-best-exercised-daily/) - Body acceptance is a mental muscle best exercised daily. I truly don't think you can flick a switch and suddenly undo the deep layers of societal expectation that we and others have put on how our bodies are supposed to look but it's something we should constantly work on ... for ourselves, our children and
- [More natural skincare products you might love to add to your kit](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/09/natural-skincare-products/) - As a beauty product junkie, I'm always buying and trialling new things. I've been doing so for my job for about 20 years now. I wouldn't call myself an expert but I'm definitely an enthusiast. In this post I'm sharing more natural skincare products you might love to add to your kit. As always, if
- [Tips for transitioning your wardrobe from winter to spring](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/09/tips-for-transitioning-your-wardrobe-from-winter-to-spring/) - My tips for transitioning your wardrobe from winter to spring will help you make the most of what you already own. Fashion lives and breathes seasonal changes but my wardrobe philosophy has always been those changes do not have to be wholesale every fashion season. Repeat after me: you do not have to replace every
- [How to style a short messy bob using the Dyson Airwrap](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/08/how-to-style-a-short-messy-bob-using-the-dyson-airwrap/) - Not since the great Thermomix purchase of 2009 have I laboured so long over a purchase. But I did it. I bought the Dyson Airwrap. I totally get it. Both appliances are big investments. So, after buying the Dyson Airwrap four months ago (on a 15% off sale), I've been doing what I did and
- [Anxious about the uncontrollable? Try the Simple Seven strategy](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/08/anxious-about-the-uncontrollable/) - It's no secret that I get anxious about the uncontrollable, particularly when the uncontrollable is as big as it's been since the start of 2019. (I've written previously about my anxiety here and here.) What I've been feeling and experiencing in recent weeks is that the collective anxiety (mine and yours) has bubbled over to
- [Want to organise your wardrobe but don't know where to start?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/08/want-to-organise-your-wardrobe-but-dont-know-where-to-start/) - Want to organise your wardrobe but don't know where to start? This is a topic that comes up again and again, so I thought we'd revisit it, especially as we're on the cusp of a season change. For me, having order and organisation in my wardrobe is something that is soothing. It's in my control
- [3 Australian natural makeup brands you might like to add to cart](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/08/3-australian-natural-makeup-brands/) - Whenever I feature beauty products, I get asked for recommendations of natural alternatives. I know this is a big consideration for so many. Below are three Australian natural makeup brands you might like to check out. I chat about each of the brands and their products in this week's IGTV Live video which you can
- [Why we need to talk more about menopause and peri menopause](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/08/why-we-need-to-talk-more-about-menopause-and-peri-menopause/) - My name is Nikki, I'm 54 years old and it's 12 months since my last period. Crack the bubbly. I'm officially in menopause. I've discussed the many curses of my peri menopause years before but I'm back here, not to gloat, but because we need to talk more about menopause. You see, eight years ago,
- [Tips for creating work-from-home outfits that also transition out of the home](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/07/tips-for-creating-work-from-home-outfits-that-also-transition-out-of-the-home/) - When I wrote this post more than 12 months ago, I really did not think we'd still be here talking about tips for creating work-from-home outfits. Did you? I was somewhat of a veteran in this working-from-home business at the time, having only just moved our office out of home. The tips I shared were
- [My Trinny London everyday makeup routine](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/11/trinny-london-everyday-makeup-routine/) - I've been buying Trinny London products for about a year now and have had many requests for a rundown on the products I love, so I thought I'd share with you my Trinny London everyday makeup routine. For an updated post about Trinny London, head HERE. I'm SO on board the Trinny London makeup train.
- [Where to start with Trinny London makeup products](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/07/where-to-start-with-trinny-london-makeup-products/) - I've been buying and using Trinny London makeup products since 2018 - since before there was a dedicated Australian website - and rarely a day goes by that I'm not asked about where to start with Trinny London products, closely followed by "can you buy them in store in Australia?" and "are they worth it?"
- [What I packed for a winter holiday in the Queensland tropics](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/07/what-i-packed-for-a-winter-holiday-in-the-queensland-tropics/) - Before we set off on our trip, I shared what I packed for a winter holiday in the Queensland tropics (watch the first video below). In this post, I'm sharing another video as well as a suitcase de-brief if you like. I'm sharing what my MVPs (most valuable players) were, what I should have packed
- [What we saw and where we stayed in Cairns and North Queensland](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/07/cairns-and-north-queensland-holiday/) - It had been 17 long years between visits to Cairns and North Queensland - too long, I say. The global pandemic continues to interrupt and disrupt holiday plans and gratitude is all that I have for our 10-day escape to the warmth of the Queensland tropics in winter. I planned and booked our trip just
- [Get these new FRANKiE4 Footwear shoes on your feet](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/06/new-frankie4-footwear-shoes/) - (sponsored by FRANKiE4 Footwear) This week I went in store at FRANKiE4 Footwear Indooroopilly to check out the new coffee cart offering and to show which new FRANKiE4 Footwear shoes need to be on your feet. If you're new here, I'm a very proud ambassador for FRANKiE4 Footwear - a podiatrist-founded brand that not only
- [It's my bloody birthday ... month](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/05/my-bloody-birthday/) - It's my bloody birthday ... month. I'm turning 54 on June 6 and this year I'm ditching the presents and asking for donations to Share the Dignity. Those who know me, know this is a big thing for me. I LOVE my birthday. I love the gifts. I love the celebration. I usually organise a
- [The Model and Me: Arlington Milne Sinead roll-neck knit](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/05/arlington-milne-sinead-roll-neck-knit/) - It's all so tempting when the temperature drops to reach for jeans and a nice top but why not switch it up by swapping the jeans for a midi or maxi skirt, boots and a knit like this Arlington Milne Sinead roll-neck knit? Arlington Milne is a family-owned Australian label you might know for it's
- [What jackets to wear for your shape (autumn-winter 2021)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/05/what-jackets-to-wear-for-your-shape/) - Jackets are an essential part of autumn-winter dressing. Here are my key tips on how to find jackets to wear for your shape and lifestyle. Remember, I'm not about rules. Below are hopefully some helpful guidelines if you're struggling to find the holy grail of jacket style for you. If in doubt ... wear it
- [The Model and Me: Zjoosh Olivia black leather pants](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/05/zjoosh-olivia-black-leather-pants/) - Winter is the ideal season in which to devote more of your budget to key investment pieces that will serve you year after year and the Zjoosh Olivia black leather pants very much tick that winter wardrobe investment box. I know that everyone's budget is different. What is an investment for one person is completely
- [The Model and Me: Anannasa Lisa dress - sage](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/05/anannasa-lisa-dress-sage/) - Swishability is something I very much look for in a dress or skirt and the new Anannasa Lisa dress comes with a swish factor second to none. This is a label I've featured here and loved for many years. The label is Brisbane based but designer Sher brings skills to her designs from many years
- [What to pack for an autumn escape in Australia and New Zealand](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/04/what-to-pack-for-an-autumn-escape/) - Planning a weekend or longer escape? My tips for what to pack for an autumn escape are adaptable for any destination in Australia and New Zealand. The weather plays the biggest part in planning what you're going to pack for an autumn escape because more than any other time of year the temperatures and conditions
- [The Model and Me: Harlow I Can't Wait ruffle hem dress](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/04/harlow-i-cant-wait-ruffle-hem-dress/) - I may love a jeans and a nice top outfit but running a close second in the autumn outfits stakes is a boho-style dress worn back with boots and this limited edition Harlow I Can't ruffle hem dress ticks that outfit box - and more. Harlow is an Australian-made label producing designs in sizes 12-26.
- [24 nice tops to wear with your favourite pair of jeans](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/04/24-nice-tops-to-wear-with-your-favourite-pair-of-jeans/) - This time last year we weren't leaving our homes so I completely missed trotting out my favourite autumn going out fashion uniform of jeans and a "nice top". To make up for that, I've talked nice tops on my IGTV channel and below you'll find 24 nice tops for you to check out and maybe
- [The Model and Me: Lola Australia Monroe Lake dress](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/04/lola-australia-monroe-lake-dress/) - Mild autumn days call for "one and done" wardrobe pieces like this Lola Australia Monroe Lake dress. I may not have been by a lake for its first outing but I did take this dress down by the river in Noosa for sunset drinks. She was the perfect pairing for a stunning afternoon and will
- [The Model and Me: Bohemian Traders Sunset jumper and knit shorts](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/03/bohemian-traders-sunset-jumper-and-knit-shorts/) - Brighten up your autumn wardrobe with this Bohemian Traders sunset jumper and knit shorts set from the label's latest Cosmic Shores collection. Wear the pieces together for an on-trend co-ordinating look or separately to contrast. Bohemian Traders is an Australian label based on the Central Coast of New South Wales. Founder Emily Berlach is a
- [The Model and Me: Alessandra cotton voile Leilani top and Freesia skirt](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/03/alessandra-cotton-voile-leilani-top-and-freesia-skirt/) - Trans-seasonal dressing starts with lightweight separates in autumnal tones like this Alessandra cotton voile Leilani top and Freesia skirt - two pieces from one of my fave Australian labels that you can wear together or separately, dressed-up or down. It doesn't get more versatile than that. Alessandra began in 2002 as a cashmere brand but
- [What jeans to wear in 2021 and are skinny jeans cancelled?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/03/what-jeans-to-wear-in-2021-and-are-skinny-jeans-cancelled/) - What jeans to wear in 2021 and are skinny jeans cancelled? Never have women been more stressed and confused about what jeans to put on their lower body than in a year when the youth of the world have told us via (social media platform) TikTok that skinny jeans and side parts are a sign
- [The Model and Me: Zjoosh Juliette dress pleat front blue](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/03/zjoosh-juliette-dress/) - Don't feel blue about the change of seasons. Try on this Zjoosh Juliette dress in pale blue instead. Just add a jacket and ankle boots if the weather is on the cool side and you're good to smile your way from autumn to early winter. If you're not familiar with Zjoosh, this Australian brand started
- [My soberish Hashimoto's menopausal health update](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/03/soberish-hashimotos-menopausal-health-update/) - Before I deep dive into my soberish Hashimoto's menopausal health update, I'll preface this post like I always do when discussing anything health related: I am not a health expert. Anything I talk about is to share my experience and encourage you to seek out professional health care should anything I discuss bring up anything
- [Miso Eggplant with Cucumber and Radish Salad](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/03/miso-eggplant-cucumber-radish-salad/) - Editor's note: Please make very welcome Styling You's new food writer. We're excited to have Jennifer Schmidt, food stylist and blogger at Delicious Everyday on board. I know you're going to love what she's cooking for us. Once upon a time I couldn't stand eggplant. I know I'm not alone here, as eggplant seems to
- [My fresh, glowy everyday makeup routine (feat. Trinny London)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/03/glowy-everyday-makeup-routine-trinny-london/) - A glowy everyday makeup routine starts with a dewy, creamy canvas. Watch as I take you through my current look that features my faves from Trinny London, Charlotte Tilbury and new finds from MCoBeauty. This makeup look is not about creating a statement. It's about creating a face that is an enhanced and highlighted version
- [The Model and Me: RicRac Road Themyscira Dress](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/03/ricrac-road-themyscira-dress/) - Kellie Ritchie has been a lifelong dress collector and a year ago (yes, just before the world changed!) she brought her love of frocks to life, launching her own label RicRac Road. This RicRac Road Themyscira dress is just the ticket to take you from balmy summer through to autumn. Oh, and you might just
- [The Model and Me: Ada and Lou Gracie dress in white](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/03/ada-and-lou-gracie-dress-in-white/) - There's a silly fashion rule (FYI most so-called fashion rules are silly) that says you shouldn't wear white once the seasons click over to autumn. I think it's more of a northern hemisphere thing than here in Australia, where the temperatures in many parts of the country will not drop for a good two months.
- [The Model and Me: Boteh Polyxena off shoulder top](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/02/boteh/) - I love a good browse and shop when on holiday and Burleigh Heads in January did not disappoint. On a rainy Thursday when the beach wasn't calling, I brunched and did a lap of James Street, revisiting some old favourites and discovering some new. In a favourite that's now called James and West, I fell
- [3 steps to create a stress-free wardrobe that works for your lifestyle](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/02/3-steps-to-create-a-stress-free-wardrobe/) - I know that there are bigger things that cause stress in this world but you also know I'm a big believer in minimising the stress around the things you can control - the below three steps to create a stress-free wardrobe are what I've followed for more than a decade now. Once I embraced them,
- [The Model and Me: Zarc Clothing Flora dress in floral spray](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/02/zarc-clothing-flora-dress/) - Welcome to a fresh, new year of Model and Me blog posts. I'm excited to share this Zarc Clothing Flora dress with you but before I do, let me tell you about this concept. If you're new to Styling You, my Model and Me posts are in their 11th year. I know, I can't believe
- [Lunchtime Live: 7 beauty products I'm LOVING right now](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/02/beauty-products-im-loving/) - I'm more of a beauty product enthusiast than expert but I've learned a thing or two over the past 20 years of writing about skincare and makeup. For my latest Lunchtime Live on Instagram, I answer your questions as well as talk you through the 7 beauty products I'm loving right now. Scroll on down
- [How to shop for clothes online - and be happy with your purchases](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/06/how-to-shop-for-clothes-online/) - Editor's note: updated February 2020, with more how to shop online for clothes details below and on the IGTV video here: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CLDhVm2A9AC/ Looking for advice about how to shop for clothes online - and be happy with your purchases? You've come to the right place. 1. I consider myself a self-proclaimed expert in the field.
- [Why you need to stop worrying about what body shape you are](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/02/body-shape/) - It really is time to stop worrying about what body shape you are. Wear what you LOVE, not what some archaic rule says you should. My name is Nikki Parkinson and welcome to my non-official, totally not endorsed TED talk about body shape classifications. I've been banging on about this notion that we should stop
- [Recipe to try at home: Air Fryer Rick Shores Bug Rolls](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/01/air-fryer-rick-shores-bug-rolls/) - It's no secret that we love holidaying at Burleigh Heads on Queensland's Gold Coast but, since 2016, an added attraction to our holidays at this iconic spot has been dining with the sand between our toes and tucking into Rick Shores bug rolls. Rick Shores took up prime breach front position (you cannot get closer
- [Want to take a peek inside my new wardrobe?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/01/inside-my-new-wardrobe/) - Want to take a peek inside my new wardrobe? My daughter reminded me late last year when my Lady Room (office/wardrobe/beauty corner) was almost complete that this concept had been on my original vision board about 10 years prior. In that time, my wardrobe has been small cupboards, stolen space from other members of my
- [UPDATE: My morning, nightly and weekly skin care routine](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2021/01/my-morning-nightly-and-weekly-skincare-routine/) - I've started a new IGTV Live Series where I'll chat each Tuesday lunch time about a topic that I get a lot of questions about. First up: my skincare routine. More than anything, this something that I get loads of DMs about. If you miss any of these Lives, it will be saved to my
- [New year, new energy: how I'm setting goals for 2021](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/12/new-year-new-energy-2021/) - I don't believe that things magically change from one year to the next but I do believe in harnessing the power of the new year, new energy vibe (although that belief may have been sorely tested this year!). Anyone else look back on their goals or their word for 2020 and fall over laughing? Because
- [Add my 2020 Top 20 reads to your summer reading list](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/12/2020-top-20-reads/) - Looking for a little reading or audiobook inspiration for the holidays? Check out my 2020 top 20 reads. I've either read or listened to the below books this year and enjoyed each of them. 2020 top reads - fiction The Giver of Stars, Jojo Moyes American Dirt, Jeanine Cummins Grown Ups, Marian Keyes I Give
- [My favourite alcohol-free drinks for a sober-ish life](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/12/best-alcohol-free-drinks/) - This year I had to stop drinking completely for health reasons. I've tasted a lot of alcohol-free drinks since embracing a sober-ish life so I thought I'd compile an updated list here for you in case it's a lifestyle or health change you're considering too. I've now incorporated small amounts of alcohol into my life
- [The Model and Me: Lola Australia spring-summer 2020](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/12/lola-australia-spring-summer-2020/) - High summer dressing is made easy thanks to this cotton, one-shouldered maxi dress from the Lola Australia spring-summer 2020 collection. Lola Australia is an Australian label that you've heard me talk about since the Nina Proudman days (remember this dress?!!). It's home to fabulous exclusive prints and styles that scream summer boho and poolside chic
- [It's taken me 53 years to realise it's ok to not be ok](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/12/its-ok-to-not-be-ok/) - It's taken me 53 years to realise it's ok to not be ok ... ok for ME to not be ok! This is my 2020 mental health story. It's far from dire. It's nowhere near the scale of what others have experienced this year. But it's my story and I'm sharing it because reading it
- [The Model and Me: Ada and Lou spring-summer 2020](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/12/ada-and-lou/) - If you're looking for beautiful boho-style pieces in sizes 14-24, let me introduce you to Ada and Lou. Who am I kidding? You already know and love this label as much as I do, don't you? It's the brainchild of two blogging friends of mine, Chantelle and Rebel. Chantelle (Fat Mum Slim) is one of
- [The Model and Me: Boho Bird spring-summer 2020](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/11/boho-bird-spring-summer-2020/) - All hail the lightweight summer maxi for helping us float through the warmer months in style. This stunning piece from the Boho Bird spring-summer 2020 collection ticks all the boxes for a timeless boho piece to last all through the season and beyond. Boho Bird is one of Birdsnest's own brands and one that very
- [The Styling You Annual Swimsuit Edition 2020 (as featured in Body & Soul)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/11/annual-swimsuit-edition-2020/) - The Styling You Annual Swimsuit Edition 2020 looks a little different. Actually A LOT different. Not only was it featured in Sunday newspapers around Australia (hello, if you've found yourself here for the first time after reading the feature in Body & Soul/Stellar magazine), I've enlisted the help of six other women to showcase swimwear
- [The Model and Me: Solito spring-summer 2020](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/11/solito-spring-summer-2020/) - This week in Brisbane it's like someone has very much flicked the summer switch and I've found myself thinking of summer beach getaways or at least poolside soirees at home (in between sweating up a storm!). And I've got the perfect dress to wear for either. It's from the Solito spring-summer 2020 collection and I
- [The highlights and the lowlights of the Styling You business story](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/07/the-highlights-and-the-lowlights-of-the-styling-you-business-story/) - (This post was written in 2018 to celebrate 10 years of Styling You - it's been updated in 2020) Ten years ago tomorrow I sent out a little message on Facebook (personal page - no business pages back then) with a link to my new blog/website and asking people to please subscribe. Maybe you were
- [The Model and Me: Alessandra spring-summer 2020](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/11/alessandra-spring-summer-2020/) - My love of the throw and go summer dress runs very deep. And this lolly pink frock from the Alessandra spring-summer 2020 collection not only makes dressing fun, it's a style that can be dressed up or down for any summer occasion. Melbourne-based Alessandra started as a fashion label focussed on cashmere but now also
- [Take the stress out of getting dressed with our free outfit planner](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/01/free-outfit-planner/) - I was interviewed for an article about Invisible Women Syndrome. It's something that I talk about a lot here - and have done for years. The fashion and beauty industry don't really talk to us any more. Well, they try to talk to us but they do so in a way that either completely misses
- [The Model and Me: Boom Shankar spring-summer 2020](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/10/boom-shankar-spring-summer-2020/) - Here in Queensland, the "arms out" season has arrived. It's already so hot and steamy most days that the care factor about showing my arms is once again disappearing into a sweaty mess of "who really cares?" Like my annual Swimsuit Edition (which is coming again this year ... I promise it will be worth
- [The Model and Me: Maiocchi spring-summer 2020](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/11/the-model-and-me-maiocchi-spring-summer-2020/) - Too soon to start planning your festive season outfits? I say, absolutely not! This emerald dress from the Maiocchi spring-summer collection is perfect. I'm a big traditionalist when it comes to choosing festive outfits, opting for classic colours of green, red, white and, of course anything that sparkles gold or silver. What say you? Even
- [Which foundation stays all day and goes the distance on my face](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/11/which-foundation-stays-all-day/) - The last time I shared a Trinny London makeup update, I had a lot of questions about which of my personal foundation choices stays all day and goes the distance on my face ... because I use three different foundations depending on what the day holds. Have a watch of the video for a three-day
- [Truth bomb: I drank too much during the COVID lockdown](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/07/i-drank-too-much-during-the-covid-lockdown/) - I'm sitting across from my GP. He's the person, who six years ago listened, like really listened, to me for the first time about my life with Hashimotos. We're a health partnership. He's thorough. He doesn't just write a script and tell me I should be feeling ok when I'm not. I'm here for my
- [Please support these Victorian online businesses #COVID](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/09/please-support-these-victorian-online-businesses-covid/) - This community knows how to show its support for small businesses doing it tough. We've helped out our rural and regional sisters in the #shopitforward campaign. And we've stood behind our fellow Australian-made fashion labels during these crazy COVID times. Now, I'm asking you to again consider where you shop for your clothes - please
- [The Model and Me: Zarc spring-summer 2020](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/10/zarc-clothing-spring-summer-2020/) - When I was sorting through and editing my wardrobe a couple of weeks ago, I uncovered a number of "trends" and by "trends" I mean obsessions. One of those obsessions seems to be white dresses. Clearly the summer vision I have for myself is swanning and floating about in swathes of white fabric. BECAUSE I
- [The Model and Me: Bohemian Traders spring-summer 2020](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/10/model-and-me-bohemian-traders-spring-summer-2020/) - New Model and Me! I have a bit of a default summer casual look: denim shorts and a white top. It feels light and beachy and classic all at once and is my go-to for warm weekends if I'm not throwing on a dress. Bohemian Traders has long offered up denim that just works and
- [How to shop mindfully for your 2020 spring-summer wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/10/how-to-shop-mindfully-for-your-2020-spring-summer-wardrobe/) - My tips for how to take your wardrobe into spring-summer are generally the same every year. But with this year being the year that keeps on giving, I thought I'd look at tips on how to shop mindfully for your 2020 spring-summer wardrobe. Will you be stepping out of those fancy tracky pants into equally
- [The Sneaker Test: make sure you new clothing purchases pass it](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/09/the-sneaker-test/) - Sponsored by FRANKiE4 Footwear The Sneaker Test: an unscientific experiment whereby you test the wardrobe versatility of a garment. If said skirt, dress or pant can be worn with both a heel OR a pair of sneakers, it passes the test. Go straight to the smug zone this fashion season. Ok, so the whole "wear
- [The Model and Me: harrie and sam](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/09/harrie-and-sam/) - Hello, I've not only got a new Model and Me post for you but it's also featuring a label that I've not featured before - harrie and sam - an ethically designed and made in New Zealand label that I think you're going to love. And yes, they now ship to Australia*. It's a label
- [The Model and Me: Alessandra autumn-winter 2020](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/08/alessandra-autumn-winter-2020/) - I know first hand how tough it's been this year - running a business is never easy but throw in a pandemic and restrictions out of your control and it's a whole new level of pivoting and changing things up. If you run an online fashion or lifestyle business and are in lockdown in Victoria
- [Why a Trek West hike should go on your travel wishlist](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/08/trek-west/) - If someone had told me even two years ago that some of the most memorable travel memories of my life would be made on a Trek West hike in north-west Queensland, I would have asked them to point me towards the nearest five-star hotel and check me in until I'd come to my senses. But
- [The biz-leisure trend is here to stay (even if you're back in an office)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/08/biz-leisure-trend/) - Hold on to your (fancy) trackies, the biz-leisure trend that grew out of the first months of COVID lockdown isn't going anywhere. In fact, it might just follow you back to the office. Writing this, I'm back in the office - and have been since the end of May - so I know that I'm
- [10 ways to dress for French champagne on an Aussie beer budget](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/07/10-ways-to-dress-for-french-champagne-on-an-aussie-beer-budget/) - Like the finer things in life - especially clothes - but don't have a budget to keep up with your tastes? Here are 10 ways you can fake it till you make it.
- [My super hydrating perimenopausal skincare routine](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/07/perimenopausal-skincare-routine/) - Getting older brings so many *wonderful* things. After decades of rarely problematic combination skin, I hit perimenopause and overnight had to re-think my skincare routine. After publishing this post about my current makeup routine, I've been asked about my perimenopausal skincare routine. I'll preface this blog post with five things ... 1. One of the
- [There's always something new to learn](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2013/09/theres-always-something-new-to-learn/) - You didn't have to be a problogger to take home some great ideas from PBEVENT 2013. There's always something new to learn.
- [I'm still wearing makeup even though I'm staying at home](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/05/wearing-makeup-even-though-im-staying-at-home/) - Yes, I'm still wearing makeup even though I'm staying at home 😱. Yes, I'm still buying and using Trinny London products. I know, I know wearing makeup right now is not for everyone but as I talked about in this post, it's part of my work-from-home daily motivation routine. It's not like it's a makeup
- [My simple summer everyday no-makeup, makeup look](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/02/my-simple-summer-everyday-no-makeup-makeup-look/) - I've had quite a lot of DMs about whether I'm still using Trinny London products. The short answer is yes! The long answer is a new summer everyday no-makeup, makeup look video for you! I did buy some more TL products before Christmas, with the express purpose of creating an even more pared back makeup
- [My winter warmer Trinny London everyday makeup look](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/07/winter-warmer-trinny-london-everyday-makeup-look/) - I'm not paid to write any of these blog posts or film these videos - this is actually what I put on my face most days. Recently, however, I was sent two TL products*, which I promptly slipped into this winter warmer Trinny London everyday makeup look. The below routine is a slight change on
- [The Model and Me: Maiocchi autumn-winter 2020](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/07/maiocchi-autumn-winter-2020/) - Brisbane label Maiocchi, known for its shape-loving styles and custom prints, is bringing its love of florals to the fore right now. When you think of florals, it's so easy to think that styling these prints needs to be all about continuing the feminine theme. They most certainly can be worn that way but knowing
- [Why visiting Noosa in winter is an extremely good idea](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/07/visiting-noosa-in-winter/) - I know these are strange times and that the kind of travel that we took for granted is no longer available to many of us but if you can, please do travel to regions in your state and support local tourism operators after what's been a very trying and stressful time. It's what found us
- [The Model and Me: bird keepers at Birdsnest autumn-winter 2020](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/07/bird-keepers-at-birdsnest-autumn-winter-2020/) - Forgive my dear Stylers, it's been too long between Model and Me blog posts but we're BACK. The fashion industry really has been hit for six this past few months and it's very much my ongoing intention to support Australian independent designers and wherever I can. That's always been part of the mission of these
- [What to pack for a winter weekend escape - now that we can!](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/06/what-to-pack-for-a-winter-weekend-escape/) - Hip, hip hooray, not only can we plan trips away, we can start planning what to pack for a winter weekend escape. Or, dare I say it, an extended holiday somewhere that's not at our homes. Sure, international travel is off the cards and not all borders are open but we are free to travel
- [How to work out your personal style (and why it's ok if you can't)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/06/how-to-work-out-your-personal-style/) - Worried that you should know what your style is by now? Here's how to work out your personal style - and be ok if you can't. This week in our Facebook group, one of our members reached out for some support from others in the group: "Help, nothing to wear! I’m surprisingly clueless about my
- [Three ways to wear your favourite summer dresses in winter](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/05/ways-to-wear-your-favourite-summer-dresses-in-winter/) - Don't pack away your favourite dresses yet - here are three ways to wear summer dresses in winter. I'm all about maximising what's in your wardrobe. When you fill your wardrobe with pieces that you can wear most of the year, you'll always have something to wear. Taking your summer dresses into winter is all
- [Skin cancer: my experience with photodynamic therapy (PDT)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/05/skin-cancer-photodynamic-therapy-pdt/) - As a pale-skinned Aussie kid who grew up in the 1970s not wearing shoes to school, let alone hats or sunscreen, I've done extremely well to get to almost 53 before having my first skin cancer treatment: photodynamic therapy (PDT). At my annual skin check this year, I asked my doctor about the small area
- [What good things will happen post-COVID in the fashion industry?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/05/post-covid-in-the-fashion-industry/) - Fashion is a funny old thing, isn't it? I have a mostly love relationship with it but sometimes it leaves me scratching my head thinking WTAF - not in terms of the weird and wacky that it can bring us or the revisiting of old trends (hello matchy-matchy tracksuits!) but more in the way the fashion
- [How are matching tracksuits a thing ... again? COVID?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/05/matching-tracksuits/) - How are matching tracksuits a thing ... again? We could blame it on COVID times coinciding with the arrival of winter in Australia but "celebrities" were captured embracing the matching tracksuit trend pre-lockdown. All this "inspiration" did was throw fuel on a fire that has us reaching for comfy cosy pieces to substitute all the
- [How to shop mindfully in these tricky COVID-19 times](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/04/how-to-shop-mindfully-in-these-tricky-covid-19-times/) - Never before has there been a better time to embrace the concept of mindful shopping - something I've been talking about for y​​ears and something that we've been discussing in our Everyday Style Facebook Group today. In a nutshell, how to shop mindfully in these tricky COVID-19 times comes down to two things: Are you
- [12 gift giving ideas you may not have thought of](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/12/12-gift-giving-ideas-you-may-not-have-thought-of/) - I get asked a lot about where to buy gifts, particularly if you're looking for something different or need to send it to someone. I thought I'd share 12 gift giving ideas you may not have thought of. This also might a post you want to share with the person/people shopping for you now -
- [The Model and Me: Boho Bird autumn-winter 2020](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/04/boho-bird-autumn-winter-2020/) - Who says we can't look and feel a little luxe in lockdown? These pieces from the Boho Bird autumn-winter 2020 collection will have you ready for #formalfriday. Every Friday during these COVID-19 times, I've been wearing something that's a bit more special, something with a bit of sparkle or interest to it. Why not join
- [The Model and Me: Boom Shankar autumn-winter 2020](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/04/boom-shankar-autumn-winter-2020/) - It’s no secret that I’ve long supported Australian independent designers here on my blog and in my wardrobe. To celebrate that, every day this week on Instagram, I’m sharing and highlighting some of my faves. I can’t stress enough to you right now that if you are shopping for clothes, independent labels need our support
- [I'm all about skincare for better ageing - not anti-ageing](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/03/skincare-for-better-ageing/) - Sponsored by Avène I don't know about you but I'm definitely not for anti-ageing anything. I am, however, all about better ageing. I'm happy to be alive. I'm older than my mum lived to be and I'm truly grateful for my health, especially in these uncertain times. When it comes to skincare for better ageing,
- [How I stay motivated when working from home during COVID-19 times](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/04/stay-motivated-when-working-from-home/) - I'm somewhat of a veteran in this working from home business so I thought I'd share my tips on how to stay motivated when working from home during COVID-19 times and beyond. Disclaimer: these tips may not work for you but they definitely help me. I start from the principle of 3Gs: Get up. Get
- [What to read, watch and listen to during COVID-19 times](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/04/what-to-read-watch-and-listen-to-during-covid-19-times/) - For those of us self-isolating at home and not working across the Easter long weekend, this list of what to read, watch and listen to during COVID-19 times might help you fill the time. For our essential, front-line workers, thank YOU. Thank YOU for all that you're doing. We're all in this together. What to
- [Top 20 beauty products 2015](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/12/top-20-beauty-products-2015/) - It's here. The Styling You top 20 beauty products 2015. This list features products that were released on to the market in 2015 as well as some previous releases that I discovered and fell in love with. Most of the products below come from the posts I featured each month up in my monthly beauty favourites posts. Others have
- [August 2015 beauty favourites](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/08/august-2015-beauty-favourites/) - Hello and welcome to the monthly beauty post where I feature five of my favourite beauty products I’ve been trialling for the past month. Not everything I feature will suit you but I’ll feature it here if it has suited me and has had some point of difference that I think you’d be interested in
- [What to pack for a holiday in Bali: new 15-piece capsule](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/06/what-to-pack-for-a-holiday-in-bali/) - If you'd love to see more capsule wardrobe ideas, including everyday wear, workwear or travel, visit our capsule wardrobe index here. Sponsored by Allianz Travel Insurance It's just one more sleep until we take off for a 10-day holiday to one of my favourite places - Bali. We'll be staying in a couple of new (to
- [The spring-summer 2018 trends you'll want to add to your wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/08/spring-summer-2018-trends/) - If you'd love to see more capsule wardrobe ideas, including everyday wear, workwear or travel, visit our capsule wardrobe index here. I've been happily floating along in a fashion bubble this week, getting a front row (at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Festival Brisbane) look at the spring-summer 2018 trends that will be vying for coveted real estate
- [6 pieces, 11 outfits: this is your spring travel capsule wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/10/spring-travel-capsule-wardrobe/) - If you'd love to see more capsule wardrobe ideas, including everyday wear, workwear or travel, visit our capsule wardrobe index here. Sponsored by Motto We talk a lot about capsule wardrobes here at Styling You - and, I believe I do so with good reason. A capsule wardrobe doesn't have to limit your outfit creativity.
- [How to create a week-day uniform capsule to suit your lifestyle](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/03/week-day-uniform-capsule/) - If you'd love to see more capsule wardrobe ideas, including everyday wear, workwear or travel, visit our capsule wardrobe index here. We talk a lot about travel capsule wardrobes that make any trip away SO easy but what about creating a week-day uniform capsule to take the stress out of your everyday style? This is
- [15 ways to refresh your winter work wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/07/refresh-your-winter-work-wardrobe/) - If you'd love to see more capsule wardrobe ideas, including everyday wear, workwear or travel, visit our capsule wardrobe index here. It’s about six weeks until spring and it's about at this mid-way point of the season that we can start to tire of our wardrobe, especially the weekday part. To save you from seasonal
- [How to plan and pack for a fun girls' weekend away](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/01/how-to-plan-and-pack-for-a-fun-girls-weekend-away/) - If you'd love to see more capsule wardrobe ideas, including everyday wear, workwear or travel, visit our capsule wardrobe index here. Sponsored by Allianz Travel Insurance* If you're a mum, getting away from the family for a weekend away takes much organisation and even more planning. Most weekends are a juggle of kids' sport activities and
- [The Model and Me: Jericho Road autumn-winter 2020](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/03/jericho-road-autumn-winter-2020/) - Now, more than ever, Australia's independent labels need our help. This post features a fun dress from one of Jericho Road's autumn-winter 2020 collections, Wide Open Spaces. The irony of the collection name is not lost on me as we need to take measures to create physical space between us in an attempt to slow
- [Autumn-winter 2020 style trends: at-home comfy-cosy](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/03/autumn-winter-2020-comfy-cosy/) - To be honest, I had a totally different autumn-winter 2020 style trends post to share with you but in view of the increasingly likelihood that many of us will be spending some quality time at home, I've brought forward my look at possibly my favourite trend: comfy-cosy. It's not rocket science. It is what it
- [Why you might want this new brand of shapewear in your wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/03/figur-shapewear/) - I have a drawer in my wardrobe dedicated to wardrobe helpers - slips, camis, strapless bras, seamless underwear and shapewear. It's not a drawer I need to dip into every day but it's a drawer that is there for me, should I want to wear an outfit that needs certain type of under garments to
- [Autumn-winter 2020 style trends: any and everything animal print](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/03/autumn-winter-2020-animal-print/) - The weather may be still on the "please let me not have to leave the air-con all day" side of the equation but in Fashion Land we're being served up autumn styles, silhouettes, print and colours. In the first of a series showcasing autumn-winter 2020 style trends, we are looking at the trend that thankfully
- [The Model and Me: Bohemian Traders autumn-winter 2020](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/02/bohemian-traders-autumn-winter-2020/) - You guys! I'm coming up to 10 years this year of serving up Model and Me posts for you. Yes, I've been at this old blogging game since before Instagram! My Model and Me concept is one that has stood the test of time in a social media world that's all about the quick scroll.
- [The SY Journal January 2020](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/02/the-sy-journal-january-2020/) - HELLO 2020. It's so nice to be getting stuck into you after what felt like a staggered start in January. I don't know about you but I feel like we can finally get on with this new decade now that regular programming has resumed. For me, regular programming is always the start of the school,
- [10 reasons to fall in love with Lanikai (Oahu, Hawaii)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2020/01/fall-in-love-with-lanikai-oahu-hawaii/) - Whenever anyone tries to tell me that Hawaii is too flashy, too busy, too EVERYTHING, I like to drill down exactly what they're talking about. Mostly, I find they're talking about Waikiki. They've either been to Waikiki - once - or never been and assume it's going to be ALL of those things. On our
- [17 tips for travelling to Hawaii if you are a newbie](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/07/17-tips-for-travelling-to-hawaii-if-you-are-a-newbie/) - Editor's note: this post was originally based on a family trip to Hawaii in July 2016 and has been updated following a second visit to Hawaii in January 2020. My hottest tip if travelling to this magical paradise is to travel outside of peak seasons (July 4 and New Year's ... umm, yes the very
- [Goodbye to the Tweens/Teens ... my wish for the 2020s](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/12/my-wish-for-the-2020s/) - “Goodbye Noughties, hello "Tweens/Teens". Cannot believe in last 10 years, have got married, had third "baby" and started my own business. Bring on next 10. I'm ready.” This is what I wrote on my personal Facebook profile 10 years ago. My “baby” is now heading into Year 9; my eldest kids are adults; I’m still
- [20 books to add to your 2019 summer holiday reading list](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/12/2019-summer-holiday-reading-list/) - I made a little pact to myself at the start of this year ... instead of mindlessly scrolling my phone at night, to get myself off to bed early and read. Some nights it may have only been five minutes, but I guarantee you that was better for my brain - and sleep - than
- [The Model and Me: Boom Shankar spring-summer 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/12/boom-shankar-spring-summer-2019/) - (Editor's note: Would you believe I've been sharing Model and Me blog posts for more than nine years? Thanks to all the independent designers who I love and collaborate with each season. It's always been part of the Styling You ethos to support my slow fashion sisters and I love sharing with you the creative
- [The Model and Me: Harlow Australia spring-summer 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/12/harlow-australia-spring-summer-2019/) - I've officially declared the start of the "throw and go" season. You know what I'm talking about, don't you? When it's so hot and you're so tired with end-of-year everything, you just want easy, cool dresses to throw on and go. Not only do you not have to think and outfit plan - it's one
- [Journal November 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/12/journal-november-2019/) - We're here ... the end of the year is nigh; school has wrapped up for us and I spend each business day swinging between getting immediate things ticked off the list and planning for 2020. I am an unashamed planner. I love the structure that it brings to my life. I don't need to rigidly
- [The Model and Me: Zarc spring-summer 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/12/zarc-spring-summer-2019/) - The Zarc label is a little over 12 months old and it's now solely run by Vanessa Zacharia. You might remember my love of this dress? Zarc offers garments from size XXS to 4XL in fabrics made for summer. I'm loving this shorts and top outfit from the Zarc spring-summer 2019 collection. You get the
- [The Model and Me: iland co. spring-summer 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/11/iland-co-spring-summer-2019/) - I've shared a lot here over the years about Australian label iland co. - and you've fallen in love for the brand's duster jackets that come in three different lengths because, hello, we're all different heights and need to play with different proportions. iland co. has now branched out into creating other fashion pieces and
- [If you shop at an airport, did it really happen? Part 2](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/11/if-you-shop-at-an-airport-did-it-really-happen-part-2/) - Sponsored by Brisbane Airport Corporation Since I wrote this post two years ago about shopping at Brisbane Airport, I've been inundated with messages from other "like-minded" airport shoppers, kindred spirits, if you like. It seems if you shop at an airport - and lots of us do - it really does feel like it happens in
- [The Model and Me: Lola Australia spring-summer 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/11/lola-australia-spring-summer-2019/) - The Nina Proudman x Styling You legacy lives on. Long after we said goodbye to Neens and her wardrobe, the labels that the show introduced to us continue to serve up the goods. Lola Australia has been a favourite of mine since the Offspring days. Who could forget the gorgeous silk maxi which featured in
- [Triaction by Triumph: the sports bras that support my girls](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/11/sports-bras-that-support/) - Sponsored by Triaction by Triumph Finding good sports bras that support your bust should be a personal mission whether you run, hit the gym, do yoga or pilates ... or simply go for a walk. Me? I could do a bit of all of the above all in one week. Yes, I've become one of
- [The Model and Me: Jericho Road spring-summer 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/11/jericho-road-spring-summer-2019/) - It's no secret around these parts that I'm a huge fan of the Brisbane sisters Chloe and Kate - the girls behind the Jericho Road label. I tell you, it's impossible not to smile when wearing one of their designs. The label is known for its vibrant, original prints and fun shapes, collaborating with many
- [Journal October 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/11/journal-october-2019/) - I was chatting to a friend this week about how I mentally and physically prepared for the month just gone. October 2019 was my biggest work month to date since starting my business. I know there will be bigger months ahead of me but I'm grateful that I planned to cope as best I could.
- [The Model and Me: Frankie and Dash spring-summer 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/11/frankie-and-dash-spring-summer-2019/) - Brisbane-based label Frankie and Dash has done it again with its spring-summer 2019 collection offering fabulous prints, colourways and shapes to see you through this summer and beyond. You'll find block colours, stripes, dots, and florals in dresses of all lengths, playsuits and jumpsuits. The vibe is very much one that fits the relaxed party
- [Capriosca: Embrace swimwear that loves your curves](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/11/swimwear-that-loves-your-curves/) - Sponsored by Capriosca {Editor's note: I'm very excited to announce that this summer I'm an ambassador for Capriosca Swimwear - swimwear that loves your curves. To celebrate, read on for how you could win a $250 gift card, save 10% on your online orders and meet me for a swimsuit fitting at Capriosca on the
- [The Model and Me: Anannasa spring-summer 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/10/anannasa-spring-summer-2019/) - Hot on the heels of the fabulous red and white Solito print I shared recently, I've found another Christmas Day/party option that you're going to love. It's from Queensland label Anannasa - a label I'm excited to share the catwalk with at the Brisbane Fashion Month resort finale on Wednesday night. I tell you Queensland
- [Will you get into a swimsuit this summer? (2019 Swimsuit Edition)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/10/will-you-get-into-a-swimsuit-this-summer-2019-swimsuit-edition/) - Does being photographed (and sharing the photos) for the annual Styling You Swimsuit Edition get any easier? Yes and no. No, because really getting around without much on brings to the surface ALL the body insecurities I’ve lived with since I was a kid. Yes, because the older I get the fewer f$%ks I give.
- [The Model and Me: Montique spring-summer 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/10/montique-spring-summer-2019/) - Whenever the cocktail or formal event dressing question pops up in our Facebook group, I usually point our members to White Label Noba, Sacha Drake and Moonlight bird ... but I've found a new label to add to that go-to list. Say hello to Montique. Montique offers a ready-to-wear collection of elegant, contemporary event wear for every
- [More things to do and a new fave place to stay in Byron Bay](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/10/more-things-to-do-in-byron-bay/) - Watching the sun rise over the ocean at Australia's most easterly point - Cape Byron - will never get old. As we stood together leaning over the fence, coffees in hand, a light and nature show played out before us. A rock wallaby stopped for a look-see and whales played about 200 metres off shore
- [Shop online with these businesses located in drought-affected areas](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/08/shop-online-businesses-located-in-drought-affected-areas/) - The super power of the Styling You community is our ability to get behind and support other women in need. Over the last couple of weeks we've done that through fundraising for Dress for Success Brisbane (our $10,000 raised will help 30 unemployed people get a leg up into a job - how GREAT is
- [The Model and Me: Solito spring-summer 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/10/solito-spring-summer-2019/) - Is it too early to start planning Christmas Day outfits? I think not. I'm one of those girls who sees anything in red and white in the three months leading up to Christmas and instantly find myself imagining that same piece making the cut for December 25. The top I'm featuring below from the Solito
- [NEW: Styling You The Label spring-summer 2019 is here](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/10/styling-you-the-label-spring-summer-2019/) - We want to you to be excited about getting dressed each day because our pieces make it so easy. In designing the Styling You The Label spring-summer 2019 collection, we’ve listened to you. We listened to the feedback you've given on our first two collections and we've noted which kind of pieces you wanted more
- [Journal September 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/10/journal-september-2019/) - The fact that it's now a week into October and I'm only getting the September 2019 journal to you now probably says as much about the state of my life right now. This has been one of the most challenging and exciting years I've had in my professional life and I'm really still trying to
- [The Model and Me: Maiocchi spring-summer 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/10/maiocchi-spring-summer-2019/) - I've long been a supporter of Brisbane fashion label Maiocchi and the Maiocchi spring-summer 2019 collection has me falling in love all over again. Designer Deanne Mayocchi is renown for her exclusive prints and classic shapes, so yes, you'll find lots of those this season, but what you'll also find are more block colour offerings,
- [Get glowing skin with a new serum that fights the lifestyle factors that dull it](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/10/get-glowing-skin/) - Sponsored by dermalogica Editor’s note: I’m excited to be part of the #DermTribe. As part of this ambassadorship, I bring you news and my reviews of dermalogica products. I love and use these products on a daily basis and always trial any new products for a month before sharing my thoughts. Get glowing skin with
- [The Styling You X Nicole Fendel jewellery collection is here](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/09/styling-you-x-nicole-fendel/) - Styling You X Nicole Fendel! You guys! I'm so incredibly excited to share with you a jewellery collaboration that's been almost a year in the making. Shop the Styling You X Nicole Fendel HERE I first connected with the Melbourne-based jewellery designer back in the heyday of all things Nina Proudman and Offspring. For years,
- [The Model and Me: Hammill and Co spring-summer 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/09/hammill-and-co-spring-summer-2019/) - Fashion should be fun. We shouldn't take what we wear too seriously. And there is never anything wrong with a splash of colour. The Hammill and Co spring-summer 2019 collection brings fun and colour in bucket loads and online boutique Sissy Mt Eliza currently has an extensive range available. I'm featuring a sweatshirt from the
- [Are fashion trends a thing of the past? Let's discuss!](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/09/are-fashion-trends-a-thing-of-the-past-lets-discuss/) - Are fashion trends a thing of the past? I posed this question in last week's subscriber newsletter after reading this article by Leandra Medine. Leandra is an incredible US fashion writer who I've been following since the very early days of blogging. Her blog is now a media empire of its own. New York Fashion
- [The Model and Me: Bohemian Traders spring-summer 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/09/bohemian-traders-spring-summer-2019/) - The Bohemian Traders spring-summer 2019 Lago collection has just landed and it's enough to want to make you pack your bags immediately and head to Lake Como, Italy, where the collection was photographed. Pass me an Aperol Spritz and a caprese salad. Oh, and point me in the direction of George Clooney's villa. STAT. Bohemian
- [Before and after: renovating a 1990s concrete pool and deck](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/09/renovating-a-1990s-concrete-pool-and-deck/) - It seems that we're not the only ones who have been renovating a 1990s concrete pool or thinking about renovating one. I've had so many DMs on Instagram since we started our pool and deck renovation in March 2019 that I thought compiling the process and products in one place could be potentially helpful for
- [The Model and Me: Sacha Drake spring-summer 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/09/sacha-drake-spring-summer-2019/) - A couple of weeks ago, I got my fashion on for the Sacha Drake spring-summer 2019 show as part of the Mercedes-Benz Brisbane Fashion Festival. I've been a fan of this label for occasion wear for longer than I've been writing this blog. I first met Sacha back in my days as a fashion editor.
- [Journal August 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/09/journal-august-2019/) - Spring has definitely sprung in my neck of the woods. I'm ready to attack messy cupboards and put away the winter woolies. And I'm very ready to enjoy relaxing on weekend afternoon beside our renovated pool. More of that please. August 2019 has felt like a slight pause ahead of a very full run until
- [Why I thought learning to run at 50 would be a good idea](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/01/learning-to-run-at-50/) - Want to know why I thought learning to run at 50 would be a good idea? Efficiency mixed with laziness. Stick with me here. You see, up until making the decision to learn to run, I'd spent the six months prior pounding the pavement walking. Initially the walking had a goal - I'd signed up
- [Ageism: Just because I'm over 50 doesn't mean I'm a grandma](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/08/ageism-over-50-doesnt-mean-im-a-grandma/) - It may have been the adrenaline of finishing the 10km Bridge To Brisbane fun run, a rush of blood to the head, if you like, but when I sat down inception-like in The Sunday Mail subscriber post-race hospitality area and opened The Sunday Mail to read a story about me, I completely overlooked the headline.
- [The Model and Me: Boho Bird spring-summer 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/08/boho-bird-spring-summer-2019/) - I think I love the transition between winter and spring the most. We're still getting cool-to-freezing temps depending on where we live but the hope, possibility and promise of a little warmth is tempting and teasing us. When it comes to our wardrobes, this possibility of a warmer weather has us thinking about how we
- [Living room transformation: the power of white paint](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/08/the-power-of-white-paint/) - Sponsored by British Paints I'm obsessed with the power of white paint to transform any space but when it came to transforming our living room, I quickly learned (like everyone before me) that there are whites and there are whites. I started down the online rabbit hole looking for inspiration about the right white paint
- [Save your spring soles in new FRANKiE4 heels and sandals](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/08/frankie4-heels-and-sandals/) - Sponsored by FRANKiE4 Footwear Just when you thought FRANKiE Footwear couldn't surprise and excite us any more than they have to date, the new-season FRANKiE4 heels and sandals collection takes the combination of foot health and fashion to a new level. I am absolutely blown away by what's to come this spring-summer and in this post
- [10 soft pant options for wearing on a flight when travelling overseas](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/03/10-soft-pant-options-for-wearing-on-a-flight/) - The power of a soft pant can never be underestimated. Never, I tell you. A comfortable pant arrangement is the ultimate for lounging at home or a casual out-of-the-home look but when it comes to travelling on an international flight, there simply is no better solution than styling up a soft pant. Soft pant options for
- [What to wear on a long flight](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2014/06/what-to-wear-on-a-long-flight/) - This post has been updated: please head HERE to read the 2019 version. Do you know which are my fave celebrity paparazzi photos? The ones where someone beautiful and famous has just stepped off a plane looking like they've just been on a three-day-health retreat, not a long-haul flight. Yes, sitting (or lying down) up
- [What to wear on a long-haul flight](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/05/what-to-wear-on-a-long-haul-flight/) - This post has been updated. Please head here to read the 2019 version. I love flying. Have done since I was a small child and wore my TAA "The Friendly Way" Junior Flyer badge with pride. I'd have the hostesses (back when they were called hostesses) fill in my logbook with every flight - mostly
- [What to wear on a flight (and feel comfortable and stylish)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/08/what-to-wear-on-a-flight/) - One of the most searched for topics on this blog is: what to wear on a flight. I've written about this before - as well as in my Confessions of a Reformed Packer e-book - but I thought it was time for an update. Read on for my tips. I'd love to hear yours too.
- [The Model and Me: Belle Bird spring-summer 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/08/the-model-and-me-belle-bird-spring-summer-2019/) - Let the new season of Model and Me posts begin! Yes, while it may indeed be winter, in Fashion Land, the seasons have a changed and the first of the spring-summer styles are starting to land in store and online. I thought I'd ease you into the new season gently with pieces that can be
- [Journal July 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/07/journal-july-2019/) - I was out walking yesterday during the middle of the day and I felt it ... the end of winter. I knew it's a bit of a tease because the night before I could not get my feet warm for the life of me but still. Still. I'm feeling spring in my bones. We may
- [The skincare routine that's helping me through menopause](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/06/menopause-skincare-routine/) - Sponsored by dermalogica Editor’s note: I’m excited to once again be part of the #DermTribe for 2019. I’ll be bringing you news and my reviews of products being released this year. I know how you love an update on what I've been putting on my skin and I thought I'd touch base and let you know how
- [The Model and Me: Bowerbird Collections autumn-winter 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/07/bowerbird-collections-autumn-winter-2019/) - I'm super lucky to be surrounded in my 'hood by so many talented creatives. The mother and daughter team behind Bowerbird Collections are two of those creatives. Peta and Ellie Sweatman opened Bowerbird Collections about 10 years ago to create beautiful custom lampshades. Now if you step into their gorgeous boutique you'll find those lamps
- [How to create the perfect antipasto platter](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/08/how-to-create-the-perfect-antipasto-platter/) - I have a confession to make. I would happily dine out on an antipasto platter for dinner every night. The perfect antipasto platter is like a mini buffet of awesomeness that works SO WELL with a glass of Champagne, Prosecco or your choice of wine. And it being Friday and all, I thought I'd share
- [The Glenorchy tour I had to take into the Rees Valley](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/07/glenorchy-tour/) - The road to Glenorchy is one of the most picturesque you'll ever find yourself on. It winds around the eastern side of Lake Wakitipu, offering staggeringly beautiful vistas at every turn. I mean, LOOK AT IT ... a no-filter required Instagram heaven. Joel Lamason knows a thing or two about Glenorchy. He and his partner
- [9 tips for a Queenstown snow holiday if you're a newbie](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/07/9-tips-for-a-queenstown-snow-holiday-if-youre-a-newbie/) - Of COURSE it "puked" down (as the young kids say about a snowfall) the moment we bid farewell to our Queenstown snow holiday. We knew that we had taken our chances on booking a ski and boarding trip to Queenstown when it was so early in the season but I can tell you the lack
- [Journal June 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/07/journal-june-2019/) - Forgive me, dear Stylers, it’s four days since the mighty month of June ended and I got so caught up in my holiday (a highly recommended thing) that I forgot to put fingers to the keyboard. If you’re new around these parts, these journal posts are my monthly catch-up with you. Life can get so
- [Where to eat and drink in Queenstown, New Zealand](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/07/where-to-eat-and-drink-in-queenstown/) - It's no secret around these parts that I love to eat good food. I love to cook good food at home and when it comes to going out while travelling, I'll do my research in advance to maximise how we spend our dining out budget when on the ground. On our recent snow trip to
- [The Model and Me: Anannasa autumn-winter 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/06/anannasa-autumn-winter-2019/) - Move over "jeans and a nice top", it's time to embrace the jeans and a nice jacket. This one from the Anannasa autumn-winter 2019 collection ticks the box and creates an outfit statement in one easy move. I'm a big fan of designer Sher's Anannasa label. Apart from the fact it means pineapple in Hindi
- [The Model and Me: Catherine Murphy autumn-winter 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/06/catherine-murphy-autumn-winter-2019/) - I'm not ashamed to admit it ... the nostalgia for all things Nina Proudman and Offspring usually kicks in about now. And it kicks in hard. It's about this time of year that the preview ads for a new series would kick in. I loved the relatable yet quirky storylines, I was #TeamPatrick all the
- [5 reasons to stay and play in Uluwatu on your next holiday in Bali](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/07/reasons-to-stay-and-play-in-uluwatu-bali/) - {Editor's note: if you're planning your first trip to Bali, check out this post I wrote after our first trip in 2013. I've updated it after subsequent trips. If you're looking for packing tips, then this post might help} As part of the introduction our butler gave on arrival at our private villa at The
- [Is Canggu the new Seminyak? Fall in love with its chilled ways](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/07/is-canggu-the-new-seminyak/) - {Editor’s note: if you’re planning your first trip to Bali, check out this post I wrote after our first trip in 2013. I’ve updated it after subsequent trips. If you’re looking for packing tips, then this post might help. This post is part 2 of our June/July 2018 trip to Bali, you can read Part 1 HERE.}
- [Where to stay and what to do on a Byron Bay girls' weekend](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/08/where-to-stay-and-what-to-do-on-a-byron-bay-girls-weekend/) - I am one of those people who fully embraces and endorses holiday dressing. Brightly coloured, tropical numbers for Bali. Tick. Splashes of lemon print for the Amalfi Coast. Tick. Red and blue stripes in Paris. Tick. So, it will come as no surprise to you that the minute I set foot in Byron Bay that
- [How to plan and pack for your next holiday (confessions of a reformed over-packer)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/02/how-to-plan-and-pack-for-your-next-holiday/) - Sponsored by Allianz Travel Insurance It’s late on a Thursday evening about five years ago. After driving from the Sunshine Coast to Brisbane and then flying to Melbourne, I’m queued up at Melbourne International Airport to check in my bags for a flight to Kuala Lumpur. To be honest, I’m a bit in a flap.
- [Why I've felt ashamed to write an update about my health story](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/06/why-ive-felt-ashamed-to-write-an-update-about-my-health-story/) - Editor’s note: This post is not meant as medical advice – please see your health care professional/s and work together on a plan that works for you. If you’re new to the blog then you can read the archive of these posts. I first wrote about my Hashimotos health story back in 2013, when I had a major
- [The Model and Me: Read and Bell autumn-winter 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/06/read-and-bell-autumn-winter-2019/) - I have a thing for "nice tops" ... but you knew that already, didn't you? Nice tops immediately make any jeans outfit look a little bit special, whether it's for casual or for an evening outing. Nice tops enable you to bring out your colourful or playful side. They give you the opportunity to express
- [How to plan and put together winter special occasion outfits](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/06/winter-special-occasion-outfits/) - So, you've been invited to an event when the weather is set to be on the cool-to-arctic side? Fear not, you can still look dressed up without freezing. How you put together winter special occasion outfits takes all the pre-planning I always advise - no matter what the season - but with plenty of extra
- [The Model and Me: Boho Bird autumn-winter 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/06/boho-bird-autumn-winter-2019/) - When I posted this photo on Instagram, my favourite comment was: "you look like a vase of flowers". I mean, isn't that the loveliest? I was just casually sitting on the steps of Brisbane City Hall with three of my faves. We'd all arrived for the Share the Dignitea high tea in colours and florals
- [Journal May 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/05/journal-may-2019/) - Dear Stylers Winter IS here, which means it's my birthday month and that brings me great joy. I fear not the arrival of another year on this planet. Quite the contrary. I celebrate it with a week or month-long festival in true Gemini style. To all my fellow May/June Gemini sisters, happy happy birthday to
- [The HER and HIS review: Volvo XC90 T6 R-Design](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/05/volvo-xc90-t6-r-design/) - {Editor's disclaimer: for the past 6 months I've had on loan the Volvo XC90 T6 R-Design from Volvo Cars Mt Gravatt. In return for that loan I was asked to share my thoughts about the car and how it fits into our lifestyle. The below is not a paid endorsement. It's my - and my
- [The Model and Me: Harlow Australia autumn-winter 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/05/harlow-australia-autumn-winter-2019/) - If you thought my love of anything animal/leopard in a clothing or accessory piece would disappear. Think again. I cannot get enough and am beyond excited that this season there is a veritable smorgasbord of animal print options to add to my collection. This dress from the Harlow Australia autumn-winter 2019 collection had me all
- [Win 1 of 3 spots in our AW19 online style program](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/05/win-aw19-ucw/) - Stress-free dressing is yours for the making. It just takes a little work and a little organisation. If you’re looking to get your wardrobe in a very good position for the season ahead – especially if you’re joining us for the autumn-winter 2019 Ultimate Capsule Wardrobe online style challenge – then work through these steps below.
- [Journal April 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/05/journal-april-2019/) - Dear Stylers May is here, winter IS coming. There is something quite satisfying in sharing all the ins and outs of happenings for the past month. Read on for a little taste of April 2019. SYTL HQ It's ALL systems go here at the moment in the lead up to launching the next collection of
- [The Model and Me: Mela Purdie autumn-winter 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/04/mela-purdie-autumn-winter-2019-zambezee-boutiques/) - You know I fall squarely into the quality over quantity and easy-care/easy-wear wardrobe camp. One of the original labels to tick those boxes in my wardrobe was Mela Purdie. It was through connecting with the designer and working with Sunshine Coast-based fashion boutique, Zambezee, that I came to understand that style did not have to
- ['Tis the season for going out in "jeans and a nice top"](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/04/jeans-and-a-nice-top-season/) - Praise be cooler weather and a chance to embrace the season of the jeans and a nice top. Because, let's face it, it's our going out uniform of choice. There is nothing quite like popping on a pair of jeans, a fun and fresh top and heading out the door. It feels comfortable and effortless
- [The Model and Me: Zarc clothing autumn-winter 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/04/zarc-clothing-autumn-winter-2019/) - Remember when you went nuts for this dress from then new fashion brand, Zarc Clothing? The design duo Liv and Vanessa are back with a brand new collection that brings more of their flair for creating fashion-forward pieces that suit sizes 8 through to 24. I've chosen the navy polka jumpsuit from the Zarc Clothing
- [Join the SY #everydaystyle community](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/07/join-the-sy-everydaystyle-community/) - I've said it before and I'll say it again, the Styling You community is the best thing to come out of this blogging business. Yes, YOU. You make it so much fun to be here. It's not just about me broadcasting my thoughts to the world, it's about starting a conversation and inviting you into
- [The Model and Me: Solito autumn-winter 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/04/solito-autumn-winter-2019/) - In this transition between our warmer and cooler months I like to "winterfy" my outfits to rule a line under summer in anticipation of a wardrobe change to come. The easiest way to do that is to swap out a sandal for a boot. (Scroll down to check out one of my fave boots ever
- [6 grown-up pyjama options without a cutesy slogan in sight](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/04/grown-up-pyjama-options-without-a-cutesy-slogan-in-sight/) - Easter has long been a time in our family for splashing out on a new set of pjs. It started when the kids were little and would have grown out of their winter pjs from the year before. Our Easter photos and Facebook memories are filled of the kids walking bare-footed in too-long pyjama pants
- [The Model and Me: Motto autumn-winter 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/04/motto-autumn-winter-2019/) - It's here. Autumn. Hip, hip hooray. I know things are relative but when Queensland evening and morning temperatures dip to doona level, I'm one very excited girl. That also means I can share some autumn fashion finds around these parts that you can actually wear. Double hip, hip hooray. Motto has done it again with
- [Journal March 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/03/journal-march-2019/) - Dear Stylers It's somehow the end of March and I thought it was time for an overdue check-in and a catch up. Every day on Instagram or Facebook I (over) share bits and pieces happening in my life - work and personal - that I thought it would be fun to put it all together
- [The autumn-winter 2019 fashion trends you'll want in your wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/03/autumn-winter-2019-fashion-trends/) - Whenever we start to talk about new-season fashion purchases, talk invariably leads back to the trends of the season. Trends are what keeps fashion fresh; they are what keeps our wardrobes fresh. BUT. Like I repeat each fashion season, not all fashion trends are for all of us. And trends these days are never new. Not
- [The Model and Me: Binny autumn-winter 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/03/the-model-and-me-binny-autumn-winter-2019/) - It's no secret around these parts that one of my favourite Australian fashion labels is Binny. I first connected with Binny way back when Offspring and Nina Proudman were our collective fashion obsession. Last year I finally got to meet Binny herself when she was guest at an event at Petrol Boutique in Brisbane. I
- [How to style ankle boots with jeans and dresses for autumn-winter 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/03/how-to-style-ankle-boots-with-jeans-and-dresses/) - Sponsored by FRANKiE4 Footwear While the temperature may not have got the autumn memo in most parts of Australia, in my fashion head I've moved on into the next season. The tricky part is most autumn-winter clothes are just too hot to wear right now. The easiest and non-sweat-inducing way to add an autumn-winter element
- [The Model and Me: Sacha Drake autumn-winter 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/03/the-model-and-me-sacha-drake-autumn-winter-2019/) - There are many reasons to herald the potential arrival of cooler weather. For me, it’s the heralding in of the “jeans and a nice top” season. Do I hear a collective, “hell, yes!”? Think about it ... if you’ve nailed your perfect pair of jeans, then treating yourself to a new top can be all
- [The Model and Me: Belle bird autumn-winter 2019](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/02/belle-bird-autumn-winter-2019/) - The shift dress is my favourite style of dress. It suits my body shape as I'm short-waisted and like things to skim over my hips and tummy. To me, it's an effortless style that always looks put together. And when you add to that shape, cold shoulder detailing and fabulous polka dots, then you have
- [It's here - Styling You The Label has landed](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/02/its-here-styling-you-the-label-has-landed/) - Styling You has always been about encouraging women to tick off the wardrobe basics before being seduced by the show pony pieces, so it makes sense that Styling You The Label is all about the basics. But these basics are far from boring. Check out our models on parade at our launch on February 12. https://www.facebook.com/StylingYou/videos/804334336591612/ We have produced quality,
- [Dry skin? You need these dermalogica products on your face](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/02/dry-skin-dermalogica/) - Sponsored by dermalogica Editor's note: I'm excited to once again be part of the #DermTribe for 2019. I'll be bringing you news and my reviews of products being released this year. It's almost two years since I started exclusively using dermalogica products on my face and can I just say that my skin has never looked
- [Styling You The Label is almost here](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/12/is-almost-here/) - I've been working behind the scenes on my biggest project to date. It's had me equal parts excited and quietly pooping myself. Drum roll … on February 12 we're launching Styling You The Label. EEEK. I'd love you to mark the evening in your diaries … if you don't have tickets to our sold-out event, you
- [The Model and Me: Jericho Road Clothing Lovers collection](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/02/jericho-road-clothing-lovers-collection/) - I was late to the Jericho Road Clothing bandwagon when I bought this top last year but boy, oh boy, am I making up for lost time. Jericho Road Clothing is the brainchild of sisters Kate and Chloe, two amazingly talented Brisbane women who grew up on a property in Central Queensland. Here are we
- [Step into 2019 with shoes that mean business (and are good for you)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/01/shoes-that-mean-business/) - Sponsored by FRANKiE4 Footwear Anyone else feeling that the working year really doesn't start until the kids are all back at school? It's my 19th year as a school mum this year and this is one thing that never changes, no matter what job I'm doing, whether I'm working for someone else or running my
- [The Model and Me: White Label Noba Wanderlust collection](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/01/white-label-noba-wanderlust-collection/) - There is always so much to love-love about a White Label Noba collection but this summer has been one to love-love-LOVE. You've already gone nuts for so much. The dress I wore for Melbourne Cup Day (that Zara Phillips wore for Magic Millions) was a fave, as was the dress I wore for the White
- [The Model and Me: Bohemian Traders Daydreamer collection](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2019/01/bohemian-traders-daydreamer-collection/) - Hello! And welcome back to regular programming around these parts for 2019. If you're new to Styling You, then please make yourself at home. Most Mondays throughout each fashion season, I'll feature a Model and Me blog post here. Fun fact: I started these posts by accident back in 2010 after being asked to model
- [8 fabulous cocktail dresses to see in the New Year](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/12/8-fabulous-cocktail-dresses-to-see-in-the-new-year/) - Sponsored by birdsnest Have you got plans for New Year's Eve that will see you frocking up to welcome in 2019? If you're looking for something special to wear, I've found 8 fabulous cocktail dresses that will make you feel a million bucks. Best of all, each of these cocktail dresses will happily come out
- [The Model and Me: Read and Bell spring-summer 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/12/the-model-and-me-read-and-bell-spring-summer-2018/) - Are you a festive dresser? Me too. In the week leading up to Christmas (and the day itself), I cannot get enough of Christmas-y red, white, green and sparkles in my outfits. So, it seemed fitting for the final Model and Me post for 2018 that I feature a frock that would make a perfect
- [Your summer resort style wardrobe starts here with Mist](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/12/summer-resort-style-wardrobe/) - Sponsored by Mist Hands up if you're planning a beach getaway this summer? If that's you, then your summer resort style wardrobe starts here - with a label I'm excited to share more about with you. It’s almost six years ago since I discovered the resort wear label, Mist. I was given the heads up
- [The Model and Me: Anannasa spring-summer 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/12/anannasa-spring-summer-2018/) - Anannasa means pineapple in Hindi, so given my love of of anything pineapple, it's no wonder that many an Anannasa piece has made it into my wardrobe and into my heart. The Brisbane-based label is the brainchild of designer Yen Sher Lo. Anannasa clothes are "influenced and inspired by Sher's many travels, sampling different cultures,
- [Save your soles this party season with FRANKiE4 Footwear](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/12/save-your-soles-this-party-season/) - Sponsored by FRANKiE4 Footwear The party season is in full swing. Maybe you’ve got work Christmas parties to attend? Casual family gatherings? Book Club end-of-year celebrations? New Year’s Eve events planned? Whatever the party or celebration, you’re bound to be spending a lot of time on your feet – talking, dancing, waiting for that elusive
- [The Model and Me: Bowerbird spring-summer 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/12/bowerbird-spring-summer-2018/) - Bowerbird collections is not new to the Brisbane interiors scene. What Bowerbird is new to is the fashion design scene. Mother and daughter duo Peta and Ellie Sweatman have been in the business of interior design and creating bespoke home decor in Brisbane for 10 years. "Due to the overwhelming support we’ve received in our
- [The search for your summer go-to dress stops here](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/11/summer-go-to-dress/) - Sponsored by Motto There are Little Black Dresses and there are Little Black Dresses. This new summer go-to dress from Motto is one that not only feels incredible on; it comes with the ultimate in wearable versatility. It’s fabricated from a black jersey that breathes – and in a style that suits all shapes and sizes from
- [What inflight and travel beauty essentials do you need for your next trip](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/11/inflight-and-travel-beauty-essentials/) - Sponsored by Brisbane Airport I've never claimed to be a minimalist when it comes to my inflight and travel beauty essentials. Far from it. I love my beauty products and the idea of leaving some part of my routine at home while I'm travelling just isn't a possibility. BUT. There's always a but, isn't there?
- [The Model and Me: iland co. spring-summer 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/11/iland-co-spring-summer-2018/) - My love of the kimono runs deep but it's during the summer months that this clothing piece really comes into its own. Layering is a cinch in the cooler months - it's what makes a winter outfit. In summer, a kimono is your ticket to layering and not sweltering. Pop it on over a tank,
- [The Styling You home office and lady room](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2014/02/home-office-and-lady-room/) - For the first time ever, Styling You actually has its own space. Come and take a peek into the SY home office and lady room.
- [Say hello to KAILO Wellness Medispa and take your self care next level](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/11/kailo-wellness-medispa/) - Editor's note: I was a guest of Kailo Wellness Medispa and the Styling You team will be experiencing the spa as guests next month as part of our end-of-year celebrations. My love of a spa visit runs deep. VERY deep. If you're a regular around here, this will not be news to you. I've no
- [The Model and Me: Harlow spring-summer 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/11/harlow-spring-summer-2018/) - Harlow is one of Australia's leading "curve" labels and I've been proud to support this independent since it started. Reason being: finding edgy/urban fashion pieces for women with curves (and in sizes 12-26) is not as easy as it should be. Harlow does urban curves extremely well - every season. It's a Melbourne-based, Australian-made label and
- [Solito has your summer 2018 style covered for all occasions](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/11/solito-summer-2018/) - Sponsored by Solito I've been following the Solito story since its beginnings four years ago. I remember co-designer Liv Mills contacting me to share early designs from her and Mary Zacharia's first collection. The pair are were - and are - no strangers to the world of fashion. They ran (and continue to run) a
- [How to choose the FRANKiE4 sneaker that is right for you and your style?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/11/how-to-choose-the-frankie4-sneaker-that-is-right-for-you/) - Sponsored by FRANKiE4 Footwear Lovers of sneakers, listen up. The FRANKiE4 Footwear sneaker collection continues to grow, offering something for everyone’s foot shape and style preference. With the expanded range, one of the most asked questions in the Styling You community has been: “which sneaker is right for me?” The truth is there is no
- [The Model and Me: Ella and Sunday spring-summer 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/11/ella-and-sunday-spring-summer-2018/) - It's quite amusing that natural fibres has been deemed a "trend" for spring-summer 2018. Amusing because, HELLO, it's summer. It's hot. Natural fibres in clothing are a no brainer. And it's not as if they're NOT to be found every summer. What's happened this summer is that the spotlight has been shined on linen, cotton
- [When Scandi style meets fashion: say hello to Scandi bird](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/11/scandi-bird/) - Sponsored by birdsnest When we think of all things Scandi, we often think of furniture (thank you IKEA) but Scandi style very much extends to fashion. With Scandi fashion, the silhouettes are uncomplicated and ageless but pieces are brought to life with print and colour. It’s a perfect combination for an Australian summer and that’s
- [How the new in-salon Dermalogica Pro Power Peel has changed my skin](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/11/dermalogica-pro-power-peel/) - Sponsored by Dermalogica Australia (I’m excited to be a part of the #DermTribe for 2018. I’ve been bringing you skincare tips and new product information. In this post I’m introducing you to a new salon treatment - the Dermalogica Pro Power Peel) Before I get into the nitty gritty of the Dermalogica Pro Power Peel, I'd
- [The Model and Me: Hunt + Kelly spring-summer 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/11/hunt-kelly-spring-summer-2018/) - The jumpsuit trend is not going away any time soon. It's a fun and fresh alternative to wearing a dress - for casual or for an occasion. But what if the struggle is very real and jumpsuits just don't suit your body shape? What if you could achieve the jumpsuit look without wearing a jumpsuit?
- [Is this the year you get your body into a swimsuit? (2018 Swimsuit Edition)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/11/get-your-body-into-a-swimsuit/) - You'd think I'd be ok with this "get your body into a swimsuit" business, wouldn't you? After all, I've been banging on about swimsuit confidence for years. This is the sixth annual Swimsuit Edition on this blog and I'd love to tell you that it gets easier, that I'm less critical of the bits that
- [Russell Hobbs Steam Power Steam Station: who rules the iron in your house?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/10/russell-hobbs-steam-power-steam-station/) - Sponsored by Russell Hobbs Mr SY and I have been living together for more than 16 years now. In the early days I tried to impress him with my domesticity, cleaning like a mad woman, cooking dishes beyond my capabilities and ironing his business shirts. Turns out it was all in vain. Or was it?
- [The Model and Me: Frankie + Dash spring-summer 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/10/frankie-dash-spring-summer-2018/) - I'm excited to introduce you a new independent label to the Model and Me series. Drum roll please ... and give a big welcome to Frankie + Dash. This is only the second year for the Brisbane-based label. Designer Yasmyn Paul made a huge splash with her first collection in 2017 and I think you're
- [Lilly & Lime: swimwear that supports and uplifts a D cup and up](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/10/swimwear-that-supports-and-uplifts/) - Sponsored by Lilly & Lime Swimwear Confidence is at the crux of all that I talk about in this community. Yes, there’s a lot of body image acceptance that goes hand in hand with that. Yes, it’s a work in progress for most of us. And that’s ok. My job is to help with that progress,
- [The Model and Me: Mojo Beach spring-summer 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/10/mojo-beach-spring-summer-2018/) - It was one of the many classic lines in the movie The Devil Wears Prada and it's no surprise it's become an online meme. Florals? For Spring? Groundbreaking. Yes, Miranda Priestly, cynicism is all well and good but how could spring NOT be synonymous with with florals? I'm not a HUGE floral print person but
- [Eat, live and play local at Brisbane's Portside Wharf, Brisbane](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/10/portside-wharf/) - Sponsored by Portside Wharf There is a buzz in the air the morning we arrive at Brisbane's Portside Wharf. A cruise ship is docked and passengers are taking advantage of last-minute travel wardrobe shopping or chatting over coffee before boarding. On my next visit, Portside Wharf is still buzzing but no cruise ships are in
- [Save time on your hair with bhave Smoothe treatment](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2014/05/bhave-smoothe/) - Sponsored by bhave (Editor's note: This post was first published in May, 2014 and I have continued to get these treatments on my hair ever since.) My hair is no stranger to all kinds of in-salon treatments designed to bring it under some kind of manageable control. Chemical straightening? Yes, I've been on the receiving
- [The Model and Me: Lola Australia spring-summer 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/10/lola-australia-spring-summer-2018/) - Spring may be taking its sweet time to properly arrive (yes, even in Queensland!) but when it does, I am ready. I love the simplicity of popping on a cotton frock when the heat is on. Lola Australia knows its way around a perfect summer frock. I first discovered this label via the fabulous Offspring
- [The spring-summer 2018 Styling You Shop edit is here](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/10/spring-summer-2018-styling-you-shop-edit/) - I'm not much of a puzzle person but planning our seasonal Styling You Shop edit is one jigsaw puzzle I look forward to putting together. Planning starts more than six months out from launching. These capsules work side by side with our Ultimate Capsule Wardrobe program and I love working on just the right combination of
- [Join our spring-summer 2018 Ultimate Capsule Wardrobe program](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/10/spring-summer-2018-ultimate-capsule-wardrobe/) - "I am in a style wilderness, stumbling blindly from one look to another, but never quite feeling I am in the right place." - Suzanne "My wardrobe is full of pieces that I keep thinking I will fit into one day. I don’t know if that day will come, so in the meantime I need
- [The Model and Me: SunSoaked resort spring-summer 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/10/sunsoaked-resort-spring-summer-2018/) - SunSoaked is well known now as an independent swimwear label offering sun-safe styles for women of all shapes and sizes - Nicole Kidman has even been spotted in SunSoaked. In the past couple of seasons, designer Kate Davis Steer has also introduced a resort clothing range to complement her swimwear. And it's two pieces from
- [These heels are made for walking: FRANKiE4 spring-summer 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/10/frankie4-spring-summer-2018-heels/) - Sponsored by FRANKiE4 Footwear I love wearing heels, oh I do. I feel a little more dressed up whenever a heel is involved in finishing an outfit. Sure, for the every day, you'll mostly find me in a sandal, slide or active flat, but if I'm stepping out for a meeting, an event or occasion, it
- [How to get your wardrobe sorted for spring-summer 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/10/get-wardrobe-sorted-for-spring-2018/) - I spent quality time last weekend sorting through my wardrobe. Let’s just say that it was not a pretty sight to begin with. Clothes were squeezed in wherever I could fit them. If I wanted to flick through and see what I actually had to wear, I couldn’t. They were that jam-packed. Something had to
- [The Model and Me: Solito spring-summer 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/10/solito-spring-summer-2018/) - If you thought it was safe to return here for another spring edit and find that I'd finally put my shoulders away, click away now. They are out. And proud. May the off the shoulder trend never die. I stand by all that I wrote in this post two years ago - my case for the
- [The complete guide to wearing off the shoulder tops and dresses](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/10/the-complete-guide-to-wearing-off-the-shoulder-tops-and-dresses/) - The off the shoulder top or dress has a growing number of fans - I'm definitely on #teamOTS. HOWEVER. Every time I wear this trend I am asked the same questions from those who are yet to jump on board or from those who have dipped their shoulders in but haven't yet found comfort or
- [Say hello to the spring version of your favourite Motto miracle pants](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/09/motto-miracle-pants/) - Sponsored by Motto When I wrote and shared this blog post back in March, I could not have imagined just how much you would have loved the featured pants as much as I did. But you did. And you've been wearing them through the cooler months, silently giving thanks to the design geniuses behind independent Australian
- [Take time out in coastal luxury and book into the Halcyon Spa](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/09/halcyon-spa/) - Three letters. S. P. A. These three letters have the power to transport me to an immediate state of relaxation. And that's where I found myself last weekend at the Halcyon Spa. It was our third time staying at Halcyon House, a boutique hotel in northern NSW (and it most definitely won't be our
- [18 reasons for hatching a plan to escape to Halcyon House](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/10/escape-to-halcyon-house/) - Updated September 2017 and September 2018 There are Mondays and there are Mondays. Sitting on the blue and white striped reclining bench seat that runs the length of the pool, sipping on an Aperol Spritz and chowing down on a prawn sandwich, I realised that as far as Mondays go I was in the middle of
- [The Model and Me: Kennedys Boutique spring-summer 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/09/kennedys-boutique-spring-summer-2018/) - I'm back from a dreamy weekend staying at Halcyon House for our wedding anniversary. I'll have more about the stay on the blog later this week but, in this post, I'll continue my obsession with themed holiday dressing. The blue and white decor at Halcyon is something that speaks to my heart and my wardrobe.
- [Escape to Italy with the boho bird La Dolce Vita collection](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/09/escape-to-italy-with-the-boho-bird-la-dolce-vita-collection/) - Sponsored by birdsnest If I close my eyes really tight - or go scrolling through the #amalficoast hashtag on Instagram - I really and truly can imagine myself back in Italy, sitting on our Praiano balcony, sipping Limoncello, while staring out over the deep blue sea to the cliffs of Positano. Or maybe there was
- [The Model and Me: Bird Keepers spring-summer 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/09/bird-keepers-spring-summer-2018/) - T-shirt dresses are spring-summer wardrobe essentials in my style books. They offer that easy, casual, throw-on-one-piece option so you can run out the door - or around the world - in comfort. Birdsnest label bird keepers offers a fantastic range of wardrobe essentials and this t-shirt dress from the bird keepers spring-summer 2018 collection ticks
- [What to do at Brisbane Airport's International Terminal](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/09/what-to-do-at-brisbane-airports-international-terminal/) - Sponsored by Brisbane Airport Is it just me, or do you also purposely factor in a solid amount of airport time when flying overseas - particularly when your departure airport happens to be Brisbane Airport's International Terminal? (Just quietly, the husband and I often comment about how good we have it in Brisbane compared with
- [The Model and Me: Mist spring-summer 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/09/mist-spring-summer-2018/) - Before my first trip to Bali in 2013, I was given the hot tip to check the Mist boutiques in Seminyak. And I was not disappointed. What I found were beautiful summer frocks in hand printed designs on the softest rayon, cotton and linen. In every trip since, I've made a point of heading in
- [The Model and Me: Bohemian Traders spring-summer 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/09/bohemian-traders-spring-summer-2018/) - If there's one spring fashion colour that I've already fallen hard for, it's yellow. I can't wear all shades of it but if it's got a bit of depth and I'm suitably spray tanned, then it works a treat. It's fresh, fun and makes you want to teleport yourself immediately to Italy's Amalfi Coast. The
- [The Model and Me: Rubyyaya spring-summer 2018 at Kabana Shop](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/08/rubyyaya-spring-summer-2018/) - It's the last (official) week of winter. Hip. Hip. Hooray. I'm not one for loving super hot and humid temperatures but I do love the in-betweenie time when you can still wear jeans and a nice top without melting. Or in the case of this week's Model and Me post, jeans, a cami and a
- [The Model and Me: Sacha Drake spring-summer 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/08/sacha-drake-spring-summer-2018/) - There are some strong silhouettes coming through for the new fashion season ahead. Perhaps the strongest of them all is the culotte or wide-legged cropped pant. And when this pant forms part of a jumpsuit like this one from Sacha Drake, you have an on-trend piece that adds instant freshness to your wardrobe. Sacha Drake
- [The Model and Me: Motto spring-summer 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/08/motto-spring-summer-2018/) - We're entering a time of year when it's even more important to have versatile pieces in your wardrobe. You want pieces that can be layered up or de-layered, depending on the day - or in the case of where I live, the hour! Seriously, at the moment I'm getting up and it's 4 degrees; by
- [Summer sandals that not only look good but are good for the health of our feet](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/08/sandals-health-of-our-feet/) - Sponsored by FRANKiE4 Footwear My foot health has never been better, thanks very much for asking. Well, it's as good as it could be considering the punishment that I've put my feet through over my 50-plus years. For goodness sake, as a kid I used to go to school WITHOUT shoes on. That I wanted to
- [The Model and Me: Zarc spring-summer 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/08/zarc-spring-summer-2018/) - I don't mean to be boasty but Brisbane turned it on again this weekend with some very spring-like winter days. We may have started in the single digits but by mid-morning, it was positively balmy. I know not to be lulled into a sense of false security - spring may officially be three weeks aways
- [Ten thousand reasons to celebrate 10 years of Styling You](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/08/10-years-of-styling-you/) - Birdsnest's Tan Ward took me aside briefly last Saturday and asked me whether I'd stopped to look around at the 200 guests in the room. Up until that point I'd been frantically running around, making sure the event was set up just how I'd imagined, greeting guests, talking on stage and taking in the fashion
- [Thanks to these businesses for supporting the Styling You 10th birthday event](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/07/styling-you-10th-birthday/) - The Styling You 10th birthday event is just days away. DAYS! We are very grateful to the following businesses for partnering with us, supplying gift bag items or providing us with lucky door or charity raffle prizes for the event (including one prize that's open to everyone). The event is raising money for Dress for
- [The Model and Me: Belle bird spring summer 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/07/belle-bird-spring-summer-2018/) - The Styling You 10th Bloggy Birthday is happening this Saturday and I'm super excited to have birdsnest as our fashion partners. Together with footwear partner FRANKiE4 Footwear, jewellery partner Jan Logan and accessories partner Miss Monogram, we are presenting a fashion parade of the early new-season releases from these brands. And they'll be modelled on
- [10 tips and advice for what to wear to a high tea fashion event](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/07/10-tips-and-advice-for-what-to-wear-to-a-high-tea-fashion-event/) - So, I have a little gathering happening next Saturday. Hip hip hooray, Styling You is turning 10. There has been A LOT of chat about what to wear to the high tea fashion event. The gorgeous @stace_mcgregs (also one of the models on the day) piped up in a recent Facebook Live video, declaring: "There ain’t
- [How I planned and put together the Styling You home office makeover](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/07/styling-you-home-office-makeover/) - Looking for tips on tricks for a home office makeover? Here's how I took existing furniture to create a new and fresh space for my style blog business. It's no state secret that I like mixing up the spaces in my home. And my home office space is far from immune from my re-decorating ways.
- [13 tips for travelling to Bali if you are a newbie](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2013/01/tips-for-travelling-to-bali-if-you-are-a-newbie/) - * The below post was updated July 9, 2018 Bali has always been on our list of places to visit. So many good friends had been and fell in love. When we booked and surprised the kids with this end-of-school-holidays trip, we had a pretty good idea we'd fall in love too. I've since been
- [How to layer your clothes like a boss (aka how to wear a poncho)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/05/how-to-wear-a-poncho/) - Sponsored by Motto A quick check of my weather app tells me that it's about 10 degrees warmer here right now that it is in Melbourne but that we started the day on the same temperature. That's the crazy thing about this big land we live in, winter can look very different from one city or
- [How to style this season's essential jacket for casual, work and play](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/04/how-to-style-this-seasons-essential-jacket/) - Sponsored by Motto {Editor's note: you went absolutely crazy for the Motto ponte pants I dubbed as magic because of their comfort plus firming qualities. Most sizes sold out within a day. The fabulous people at Motto have put in a new order for these pants and there is limited stock left available on pre-order (with
- [These are the magic pants you need in your wardrobe this autumn-winter](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/03/motto-magic-pants/) - Sponsored by Motto When Motto co-designer Lauren Browne contacted me to suggest I write about the label's best-selling, super-stretch ponte magic pants, she had my curiosity piqued. I am, after all, the Queen of the Soft Pant. It's been a life-long wardrobe quest of mine to get my butt, legs and tummy into pants that
- [9 tips for how to pack and plan for a holiday in Bali](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/10/how-to-pack-and-plan-for-a-holiday-in-bali/) - Sponsored by Allianz Travel Insurance My favourite getaway is hands-down going somewhere warm – and somewhere near the water. Such a location and climate gives you the option of doing very little (sitting poolside or on the beach) or doing sightseeing. Or ticking off both options in one day. Because I have these options, a sub-tropical
- [Why I couldn't love my Modibodi underwear essentials more](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/06/modibodi-underwear-essentials/) - Sponsored by Modibodi The revolution in my smalls' drawer continues unabated. And just when I couldn't love my Modibodi underwear essentials more, the original and leaders in period and leak-proof underwear introduce a whole new shape-loving style. Scratching your head and still wondering what all the fuss is about? Last year I introduced you to Modibodi. You
- [How to nail your next special occasion outfit and feel a million bucks](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/06/nail-your-next-special-occasion-outfit/) - Occasion dressing is far from my everyday style but it's something I've worked at getting better/smarter at over the years. Don't get me wrong, I love a good frock up. And a party. It's just when the frock up happens on a irregular basis, it's easy to be caught off guard and not have just
- [The Model and Me: Carolina autumn-winter 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/06/carolina-autumn-winter-2018/) - I first came across the Carolina label at Sydney airport. I was rushing past the kiosk shop on my way to my departure gate, which I’d just realised was the furthest possible gate. Such is my airport shopping super power, even in my haste; I quickly clocked the amazing accessories, the leopard print, and the
- [How to change and cosy up a living space for winter](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/06/how-to-change-and-cosy-up-a-living-space-for-winter/) - I've always had this thing for changing up spaces in my home. This "thing" started around the age of nine when I got a room to myself after sharing with my two brothers for a few years. It wasn't a big room but it was mine. I had a desk, a bed and a cupboard.
- [My 2018 winter faves are live now in the Styling You Shop](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/06/my-2018-winter-faves-are-live-now-in-the-styling-you-shop/) - If you're new around here you may not know that we run an online store in conjunction with this blog. The Styling You Shop is home twice a year to my seasonal fashion edit but, in between these capsules, we offer some of my favourite fashion, beauty and lifestyle products. To make the Nikki's faves
- [12 nice knits to keep you cosy in style this winter](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/06/12-nice-knits-to-keep-you-cosy-in-style-this-winter/) - Like my coat collection, for a Queenslander, I own a disproportionate amount of knitwear. I blame my Queenslander house. It's a perfect summer house but in winter, it never warms up from the overnight chilly temps. I'm sitting here typing this and my toes and hands have not warmed up all day. I need ALL
- [The Model and Me: Fabrik autumn-winter 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/06/fabrik-autumn-winter-2018/) - Now, I know the sight of bare legs in June will shock many of my southern style sisters but it's a reality up here when some days can reach low or mid-20s. This week there's a 25-degree day forecast. GAH. That's not ideal after a 9 degree overnight low. A girl has to get super
- [The Model and Me: White Label Noba autumn-winter 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/05/white-label-noba-autumn-winter-2018/) - I get my fair share of event invitations ... and then some. I don't say yes to the majority of them but there's two events I clear the calendar for each year - the White Label Noba season launches. The show and surprise factor is always 11/10 - from the location, to the theme, entertainment
- [A letter to my mum on my 51st birthday](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/06/letter-to-my-mum/) - (Letter to my mum) Mum and I in 1981 on my 14th birthday ... wearing velvet tracksuits Dear Mum, It's been a while between letters. My last one back in 2012 has been lost forever to cyberspace, penned for a website that no longer exists. I could have written to you on my 50th but
- [The Model and Me: Brave + True autumn-winter 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/06/brave-true-autumn-winter-2018/) - Oh, hello winter. Yes, even in Queensland. HAH. We've already had some chilly starts and ends to the days and it takes a whole lot of layering skills to keep things in style AND seasonal. I've said it before and I'll say it again, the cape/wrap/poncho is your layering friend. It's the kind of piece
- [How to grab a real bargain in the end-of-season sales](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/06/end-of-season-sales/) - When the big department stores jump the gun and go early with their end-of-season sales, you know there are likely to be some real bargains to be had in retail land. With winter only officially starting today, that means that you could put together your entire cold-weather wardrobe from sale items. BUT. What tends to
- [How to create a teenage winter capsule wardrobe on a budget](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/05/teenage-winter-capsule-wardrobe-budget/) - Editor's note: Last week the author of this post, Charlotte McArdle, came to spend a week with me doing work experience. I don't usually take on school-aged work experience students but Charlotte is the youngest daughter of a girlfriend I first met 23 years ago in ante-natal classes. Charlotte is motivated and excited about working
- [The Model and Me: The Shirt Muse autumn-winter 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/05/the-shirt-muse-autumn-winter-2018/) - Like so many independent fashion labels, The Shirt Muse has grown out of its founder not being able to find exactly what she was looking for in a garment. In Jenny Geisker's case, that garment was a feminine shirt with a French cuff. "There's something empowering about wearing a French cuff shirt, the structure, the
- [Jeans and a nice top: is this your going out uniform?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/05/jeans-and-a-nice-top/) - I cannot remember a time that I didn't check in with my girlfriends to see what they were wearing if we are headed out to the same place/event. And I can't remember a time (in the non-sweaty, summer months) when our collective response didn't go along the lines, "jeans and a nice top". I thought
- [The Model and Me: Harvest Lane autumn-winter 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/05/harvest-lane-autumn-winter-2018/) - You know how much I love bringing you news and fashion from Australian independent fashion labels, yes? There's only one thing I like more than that and that's bringing you news and fashion from a label you might not have heard about before. This post is one that fills that brief. Harvest Lane is the
- [What to pack for a holiday in Europe spring-summer 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/05/what-to-pack-for-a-holiday-in-europe-spring-summer/) - Sponsored by Allianz Travel Insurance Lately, I've found myself trawling Instagram for updates from places we visited in Europe last year. The European spring-summer season is in full swing and I just want to jump on a plane and go. It's not to be for us this year (don't feel sorry for us - we have
- [The one cold and flu home remedy you must try this winter](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/05/cold-and-flu-home-remedy/) - Remember the cold and flu armageddon of 2017? I don't mean to be smug, but I will be. I bypassed it. Completely. It came into my house and grabbed hold of my husband and youngest son but not me. Boasty much? You bet. This year, not so boasty. I've started the cold and flu season
- [The Model and Me: Harlow Australia autumn-winter 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/05/harlow-australia-autumn-winter-2018/) - For any woman blessed with curves, finding a dress pant that fits and flatters is far from a fun wardrobe adventure. It's not just a matter of sizing up in a cut that's been made for an athletic column-shaped figure. It's a matter of creating a design that drapes with the body to skim and
- [How to nail gift giving on Mother's Day or any day of the year](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/05/mothers-day-gift-giving/) - This post is probably not directly for you. Consider it a potential resource to pass on subtly - or not so subtly - to the person or people most likely to buy you a Mother's Day gift this year. I know, I know. It should be all about the surprise. And that all we really
- [The Model and Me: wYse autumn-winter 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/04/wyse-autumn-winter-2018/) - There is a reason why you will see some labels featured every season in my Model and Me blog posts. I'm a huge champion of independent fashion labels and have been since before becoming a blogger. In my days as a journalist and fashion editor, I loved hearing the stories behind the labels I featured.
- [How much do you really spend on clothes each year?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/04/how-much-do-you-really-spend-on-clothes/) - A lot of conversations go down in this blog's Facebook group (if you're not a member you can join here). This week, this one caught my attention. BIG TIME. Are you ready for it ... Off the top of your head – how much money do you think you spend on clothes, shoes, and accessories
- [The Model and Me: Belle bird autumn-winter 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/04/belle-bird-autumn-winter-2018/) - I love a jeans outfit in winter. I know I'm not alone. If I didn't purposefully switch things up, I could manage to wear jeans every day of the week. They're comfortable, they offer the perfect base for tops, knits, shirts and jackets. I can wear them back with sneakers or boots. In short, I
- [How to get your wardrobe on track for autumn-winter 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/04/get-your-wardrobe-on-track-for-autumn-winter/) - Most people would say I'm an organised person. You probably think I am an organised person. And generally I am. I do like structure and things "in their place". It makes me feel calmer. The problem is ... LIFE ... life can be the opposite of calm. Life can wreak havoc with any attempts to
- [Shop the autumn-winter 2018 Styling You fashion edit](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/04/autumn-winter-2018-styling-you-fashion-edit/) - Planning for our seasonal Styling You Shop edits start more than six months out from launching. These capsules, which work side by side with our Ultimate Capsule Wardrobe program, are like the best jigsaw puzzles someone could assign me to do. I love working on just the right combination of pieces I know you'll love.
- [The Model and Me: Read and Bell autumn-winter 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/04/read-and-bell-autumn-winter-2018/) - Read and Bell is a favourite label of Styling You ... there are many, many reasons why you will fall in love too. Think natural fibres, hand-printed and quality, hand-made Indian textile pieces in designs that fit and flatter. The women behind the label - Tory Read and Anne Bell - understand the women they're
- [How to get your wardrobe sorted for autumn-winter 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/04/get-your-wardrobe-sorted-autumn-winter-2018/) - Last Sunday, I spent about 1.5 hours editing my wardrobe ready for autumn-winter. I always know it's time to tackle this task when the hook on the back of my bedroom door becomes home to way too many clothing pieces that I just can't fit in their regular spot. I am in a different position
- [The Model and Me: Moonlight Bird autumn-winter 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/04/moonlight-bird-autumn-winter-2018/) - Many of the style questions which get asked in our Everyday Style Facebook group (sign up to join here if you're not already a member) are all about what to wear to an event or occasion ... when that occasion or event is in the very near future. This can be one of the most tricky
- [5 very good reasons to visit North Stradbroke Island](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/04/north-stradbroke-island/) - After I posted on social media about our latest escape to Straddie - North Stradbroke Island - this comment popped up: Ssssssshhhhh! Straddie is my fav holiday location EVER! Don't tell too many people how perfect it is ... That's the thing about holiday spots that are not necessarily on everyone's radar, the people who
- [The Model and Me: Solito autumn-winter 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/04/solito-autumn-winter-2018/) - I do love wearing black at any time of year but especially in the autumn-winter months. I know this is polarising. Some will try and tell me and my fellow lovers of this classic neutral that wearing black ages us. You know my thoughts on on such ideas or rules, yes? I say poo-poo to
- [10 everyday style fashion trends for autumn-winter 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/03/fashion-trends-for-autumn-winter-2018/) - In my head, the Easter break signifies a switch in seasons for me. I get excited that the humidity drops a few percent and that the overnight temperatures once again match the air-con settings I've been sleeping to all summer. The reality is, these changes are still very subtle here in Queensland. But I'll take
- [The Model and Me: iland co. autumn-winter 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/03/iland-co-autumn-winter-2018/) - Before I get down to the business of this post's Model and Me offering, I need to catch you up with a little rant I was sharing last Friday on my Insta Story and in our Facebook Group. I don't often rant in these spaces but I couldn't keep silent on this one. The label
- [Meet the new product that promotes sleep for healthier-looking skin](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/03/dermalogica-sound-sleep-cocoon/) - Sponsored by Dermalogica Australia One the big changes I've made to my health in the past year has been a concerted effort to get more sleep. It's not that I have problems falling asleep. Far from it. My Hashimtos condition usually means that it just takes a dimming of the lights and/or slight reclining position
- [The Model and Me: Sacha Drake autumn-winter 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/03/sacha-drake-autumn-winter-2018/) - There are a lot of independent Queensland labels which I champion on this blog. Sacha Drake is one of those. It's a label I've been talking about since before my blogging days. The appeal of this label was the same then as it is now. It's a go-to label for occasion and everyday outfits that
- [How to style your favourite ankle boots for autumn-winter 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/03/style-ankle-boots-for-autumn-winter-2018/) - Sponsored by FRANKiE4 Footwear Oh, hello ankle boot season. I see you and I'm ready to ditch the pedicures and encase my feet in your fashionable fabulousness. I love how you make me feel dressed up. I love that you work equally as well with a skirt or frock, as you do with my favourite
- [The Model and Me: Motto autumn-winter 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/03/motto-autumn-winter-2018/) - Autumn-winter style is all about layering. And, oh boy, it warms the cockles of my wardrobe heart when it does get cool enough to layer. I feel more "dressed" when wearing more than one layer. That's why a jacket becomes a key wardrobe workhorse during the trans-seasonal months and through to winter. One Australian label,
- [2018 autumn-winter fashion colours to add to your wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/03/2018-autumn-winter-fashion-colours/) - My thoughts on colour in fashion are quite well known to regulars around here. If you're new and haven't had a chance to read my book, let me share those thoughts with you now ... before I take you through the 2018 autumn-winter colours you might want to add to your wardrobe. Like everything I
- [The Model and Me: Hunt + Kelly autumn-winter 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/03/hunt-kelly-autumn-winter-2018/) - Please send some cooler weather vibes my way. You see, I've fallen heavily for so many new-season, autumnal looks BUT autumn has failed to arrive in my neck of the woods. Do you have autumn where you are? Please share with me any autumnal adjectives to describe the weather where you are, if only to
- [Checklist and tips: travel beauty essentials to pack for your next holiday](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/06/travel-beauty-essentials-to-pack/) - The countdown is well and truly on until we head away on Tuesday to Italy and Croatia. I've been prepping and planning for what I'm packing for a few weeks now. On the clothing front, I've nailed a 20-piece capsule (follow on Instagram while I'm away to see what I've packed via my daily #everydaystyle
- [How to organise and host a Champagne club afternoon](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/03/champagne-club/) - When asked about my interests out of work and family, I've always struggled to come up with any legitimate hobbies. You know ... the ones you'd actually put on a form or ones that would make for good conversation starters. I the past year, that all changed. I not only decided to learn to run
- [Let me help you stay in love with your wardrobe all year round](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/02/stay-in-love-with-your-wardrobe/) - I can usually tell how crazy my life has become by the state of my wardrobe. When I can’t see all my favourite pieces; when I forget what I feel good wearing; when I drop my weekly outfit planning … that’s when I know that I’m all out of whack. In my life and in
- [10 tips to help transition your wardrobe from summer to autumn](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/02/tips-transition-your-wardrobe-from-summer-to-autumn/) - Sponsored by birdsnest It's pretty difficult to think about dressing for autumn when it's still hot outside. As a Queenslander, I find it really tricky to keep the excitement levels in my wardrobe when summer goes on and on and on, without so much as a cool change on the horizon. Trust me, I check
- [The Model and Me: Maiocchi autumn-winter 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/02/maiocchi-autumn-winter-2018/) - Brisbane is the birthplace of some pretty amazing fashion labels, labels which are not afraid to thumb their noses at trends and march to the beat of their own designer drum. Maiocchi - a long-time favourite here at Styling You - is one of those labels. I've been talking about Maiocchi since before this blog
- [Sofitel Noosa Pacific Resort brings a slice of Europe to Noosa](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/02/sofitel-noosa-pacific-resort/) - I've written before about my deep love for the beachside resort town of Noosa on Queensland's Sunshine Coast. I first visited as a nine-year-old, my first job on the Sunshine Coast was at the local newspaper and I've been a welcome day-tripper and weekender many times during the years in between. The heart of Noosa
- [Have you tried Modibodi, the underwear everyone's talking about?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/02/have-you-tried-modibodi-underwear/) - Sponsored by Modibodi There's been a revolution in my underwear drawer. Maybe there's been one in yours too? Last year I introduced you to the original period-proof and leakproof underwear brand, Modibodi. You can catch up HERE but, in a nutshell, this range is the brainchild of Kristy Chong. Kristy experienced light bladder leakage following
- [The Model and Me: Mela Purdie autumn-winter 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/02/mela-purdie-autumn-winter-2018/) - You know my thoughts on animal print, yes? I've long considered them a neutral in my wardrobe because they function as a plain-coloured neutral, working back with just about every other neutral I own. When that animal print appears in a particularly stunning version as part of the Mela Purdie autumn-winter 2018 collection, my love
- [Keep calm and embrace the new Dermalogica UltraCalming Duo](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/02/dermalogica-ultracalming-duo/) - Sponsored by Dermalogica Australia (I'm excited to be a part of the #DermTribe for 2018. I'll be bringing you skincare tips and new product information. In this post I'm introducing you to two new products that work as an insurance policy against sensitive skin flare ups. Read on to find out more about the Dermalogica
- [Online style program: rediscover your wardrobe mojo for 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/02/rediscover-your-wardrobe-mojo-2018/) - (Registration has now closed. Our next online style program will launch in April.) I love ruling a line under a year with the prospect ahead of a 12-month blank canvas. The problem I have is that come January 1, I'm usually catching waves in the surf and work is the furtherest thing from my mind.
- [The Model and Me: Bohemian Traders autumn-winter 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/02/bohemian-traders-autumn-winter-2018/) - I know that most areas of the country have been experiencing heatwave conditions but the autumn-winter fashion season cares not about our collective sweltering. Instead, it's tempting us with things that are fun and new and shiny and bright. The key when it's so early in the season is to stop, breathe, and be MINDFUL
- [The Model and Me: Sassy Sister high summer 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/02/sassy-sister-high-summer-2018/) - I do love a monochrome wardrobe palette. I do. But I do like to surprise even myself with a pop of colour among that sea of black and white. This summer that pop has come in the form of pink. Lots of pink. Exhibit A HERE. Exhibit B HERE. It's funny, I wouldn't necessarily say
- [How to stay excited about your summer wardrobe when you're over it](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/02/how-to-stay-excited-about-your-summer-wardrobe/) - It's February. We're officially into the last month of summer but, for many of us, the warm months will continue into March, April and even May. It's about this time of summer that you think you need to buy ALL the new things because you have "nothing to wear". The reality is probably very different
- [The Model and Me: wYse high summer 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/01/wyse-high-summer-2018/) - It's got to that point in a long, hot, humid summer where I really have an aversion to clothes covering my arms and legs. Maintaining my personal comfort levels is crucial to my mentally and physically maintaining my cool. Some people get hangry. Me, I get humgry ... anger bought on by excessive humidity. It's
- [Gaga for black and white checks? Here's how to style gingham](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/01/how-to-style-gingham/) - There I was a couple of weeks ago in the change room of Bohemian Trader's boutique (located on the New South Wales' Central Coast), trying on a tonne of different styles but mentally pondering the First World wardrobe question: How much gingham is too much? AND as I put another gingham dress and top on
- [The Model and Me: Lola Australia high summer 2018](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/01/lola-australia-high-summer-2018/) - Hello and welcome to another year of Model and Me posts here on Styling You. If you're new around these parts, these posts started quite by accident back in 2010. I'd beem asked to model for a local boutique which was organising a parade to showcase Metalicus fashion pieces. The models were everyday women of
- [Styling You supports EVERY woman to find style confidence](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2018/01/find-style-confidence/) - Did you catch Oprah's speech at the Golden Globes last week? No? Head on over here. I'll be right here waiting for you in nine minutes' time. I know everyone isn't a card-carrying member of the Oprah fan club - and that's ok - but I AM. I've been so since I was a young
- [The complete Styling You 2017 summer style guide](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/12/2017-complete-summer-style-guide/) - Editor's note: The Styling You team is breaking from December 21 until, Monday January 15. I'll still be popping in on Facebook and Instagram during this time. We wish you a beautiful and safe festive season. I'm spending Christmas at home but then we're heading away for a two-week beach holiday. Bring that on. Thanks so
- [The Model and Me: fabrik spring-summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/12/fabrik-spring-summer-2017/) - Stylers, this is the final Model and Me post for 2017. These weekly posts (which I started back in 2010) are about two things: firstly it's about giving you an opportunity to see a garment on someone who is not of model proportions. That someone is me. Secondly, it's about showcasing Australian independent fashion labels. Since
- [2 simple summer prosecco cocktails you can make at home](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/12/summer-prosecco-cocktails/) - I don't know about you but I keep on starting every sentence with "'Tis the season" ... 'Tis the season for sequins. 'Tis the season for catch-ups. 'Tis the season for platter making. And 'Tis the season for sipping on bubbles. Now, I do like a fancy French Champagne. I even became a member of
- [12 tips for how to pack and plan for your next cruise holiday](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/12/how-to-pack-and-plan-for-a-cruise-holiday/) - Sponsored by Allianz Travel Insurance I'll be upfront with you. I've only ever been on one cruise - and it was a cruise to nowhere - but I plan to go on cruises in the future and I know that many of you here in the Styling You community are avid cruisers. That one cruise sampler
- [The Model and Me: Holiday spring-summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/12/holiday-spring-summer-2017/) - Can you feel it? That hint of holiday in the air. With just two weeks left in my working year, I most certainly can. And my Instagram feed is already filled with so many others already on holidays. After Christmas, we're heading away for two weeks at two different beaches, so planning what to pack
- [Lounge or travel in style with luxe lifestyle label sassind](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/12/lounge-or-travel-in-style-with-luxe-lifestyle-label-sassind/) - Sponsored by sassind Nailing a relaxed and effortless, yet stylish, casual look can be tricky. Me? I don't want to look too dressed up but I want to feel "dressed" even if I'm having a day at home or I'm travelling. The key factors needed to getting relaxed dressing just right are fabrics, shapes and
- [How to get smarter about what clothes you buy this festive season](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/12/get-smarter-about-what-clothes-you-buy/) - Sponsored by Motto Here at Styling You I'm all about giving you tips for how to get smarter about what clothes you buy because I truly want you to LOVE every piece that is in your wardrobe. This is the key to always having something to wear that makes you feel your most comfortable and confident.
- [The Model and Me: Mojo Beach spring-summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/12/mojo-beach-spring-summer-2017/) - The landscape print trend is not going anywhere anytime soon. You'll find it in homewares and, yes, I've got my fair share of that going on in my home but you'll also find it featuring on my summer clothing pieces. Consider it like bringing the outside into your wardrobe. It's fresh, fun and oh-so tropical.
- [The three summer accessories to get you through the season in style](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/12/summer-accessories/) - When the heat is on there are three summer accessories that I rely on to see me through the day in style, at a time when mostly I'm feeling like a sweaty mess. Number one is a hat. I'm all about sun protection and, if I'm outdoors, there is a hat on my head. Or
- [If you shop at an airport when travelling, did it really happen?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/11/where-to-shop-at-airport-brisbane-airport/) - Sponsored by Brisbane Airport Corporation I was scrolling through Instagram the other day when someone reminded me that back in the day if you ate a sneaky Maccas cheesy-b with a Diet Coke, in calorie terms, they cancelled each other out. Go on. You went with that too, yes? I also apply the same il-informed,
- [The Model and Me: Harlow Australia spring-summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/11/harlow-australia-spring-summer-2017/) - Feeling and looking confident when you have curves and/or are above a size that fashion retail land deems as regular, is far from easy. For too long, if we didn't fit into a size 14 or under, we struggled to find on-trend clothing that worked for our curves. There is still a long way to
- [Styling You X birdsnest 9-piece summer holiday capsule wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/11/styling-you-x-birdsnest-9-piece-summer-holiday-capsule-wardrobe/) - Sponsored by birdsnest Whenever I talk about a capsule wardrobe (and we do talk about a capsule wardrobe A LOT around here), I do so not to limit what pieces you might have in your wardrobe but to offer up a little structure. Why structure? With a little structure, thought and mindfulness, it's so much
- [The Model and Me: Ilandco spring-summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/11/iland-co-spring-summer-2017/) - Layering in summer is one tricky business. On some days, just the thought of adding one extra piece to an outfit can have you breaking out in rivers of sweat. But there is one garment that can be added without fear of unasked-for stickiness. The kimono. I've long been a fan. It's a garment that
- [20 summer must-haves to sail through the season in style](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/11/20-summer-must-haves/) - Ahhh summer, you saucy minx. You sneak up on us with your promise of balmy nights and poolside cocktails but in reality you leave us in an unglamorous sweaty mess. Keeping our style game high when the heat is on is a massive challenge. My hot (see what I did there?) tip is to keep
- [The IT bag of summer 2017: here are 20 to buy right now](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/11/the-it-bag-of-summer-raffia-woven-basket/) - The IT bag of summer 2017 will have many embracing its sense of nostalgia, especially those of us whose teenage wardrobes featured this style. Basically, if a bag is woven from cane, raffia, straw, bamboo, crocheted or macramed, it is so trend for summer that you will find yourself starting a collection which features shapes
- [The Model and Me: frockk spring-summer 2017 at Bell and Ford](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/11/frockk-spring-summer-2017-bell-and-ford/) - Summer can test our wardrobes and our ability to look and feel dressed up. It's difficult to feel stylish when you're sweating from every corner of your body. Short of staying inside in air-conditioning or popping on a swimsuit and immersing yourself in a pool all day, the only way to stay cool in style
- [Meet Modibodi: the underwear that's changing women's lives for the better](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/11/modibodi/) - Sponsored by Modibodi We're all friends here, yes? We can chat about just about anything, yes? Good. Glad we're on the same page. I'm a big believer in talking about all the things that affect us as women. I believe so-called unmentionables, women's unmentionables, should be not only mentioned, they should be talked about loudly
- [The Model and Me: wYse Lifestyle spring-summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/10/wyse-lifestyle-spring-summer-2017/) - I've been blogging here for more than nine years now - and years before that, writing about fashion as a journalist. One of the greatest privileges of that time has been getting to know and love Australian independent labels, which have grown and flourished because of their market difference. One of those labels is wYse
- [3 ways to wear shorts in summer but still feel dressed up](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/11/3-ways-to-wear-shorts-in-summer/) - Shorts. They're up there with a swimsuit in the wardrobe department, another piece of clothing that can make even the most confident woman run a mile. Me, I love them. Not all of them. No, not all of them love me either. But I do have a great short selection in my wardrobe. I like
- [10 formal dress shopping tips](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2013/02/10-formal-dress-shopping-tips/) - Are you shopping for a formal dress for your daughter? Don't leave home without these 10 formal dress shopping tips.
- [The Model and Me: Natural for birds spring-summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/11/natural-for-birds-spring-summer-2017/) - I know this doesn't apply to everywhere in Australia right now but here in Queensland the heat really is on. I think twice about what I'm going to wear, particularly if it means I'll be outside and outside of the air-con. Like many, I love a natural fabric - cottons and linens that feel cool
- [My Hashimotos health story - an update - November 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/11/hashimotos-health-story-update-3/) - Editor’s note: This post is not meant as medical advice – please see your health care professional/s and work together on a plan that works for you. If you’re new to the blog then you can read the archive of these posts. I first wrote about my Hashimotos health story back in 2013, when I had a
- [Afraid of wearing white pants? These tips and myth busters will help](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/11/afraid-of-wearing-white-pants/) - Sponsored by Motto I love wearing white. LOVE it. But I know my love of white is not something that everyone shares - especially when it comes to wearing white pants. I'm not afraid of wearing white pants, so when the fabulous people at Motto challenged me to showcase six (mostly) all-white looks, featuring three different
- [The Model and Me: Anannasa at Blue Bungalow spring-summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/10/anannasa-blue-bungalow-spring-summer-2017/) - Whenever anyone says to me that they feel they need to wear more colour, I say, by all means embrace the rainbow, but do it because it makes you feel good, not because you think you should. In my books, it's OK to enjoy wearing classic neutrals if that's what makes you feel confident and
- [Join Share The Dignity It's In The Bag Christmas campaign](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/10/its-in-the-bag/) - I grumble and complain about the cost of tampons and pads - and why there is GST applied to an already ridiculous cost - but, the thing is, I have really no need to grumble. I'm one of the lucky ones. I have the means to go out and stock up each month. Thousands of
- [FRANKiE4 Footwear on mission to save our soles for better foot health](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/10/frankie4-save-our-soles-for-better-foot-health/) - Sponsored by FRANKiE4 Footwear Let me tell you a little story about me and my feet. To be honest, I think I've taken them for granted most of my life. They're there for me, stepping through each day and then the next. But it wasn't until I had a text conversation with the creator of
- [The Model and Me: Hunt + Kelly spring-summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/10/hunt-kelly-spring-summer-2017/) - If you're a regular around here you'll know that I've been talking up the Queensland label, Hunt + Kelly, since it started a little more than two years ago. I actually just has to check that. YES. The label, which is the brainchild of fashion designer Paul Hunt and fashion editor/stylist Kellie Alderman, is not
- [10 swimsuit cover-ups that can be worn away from the beach](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/10/swimsuit-cover-ups/) - When I lived at the beach, I was the Queen of Swimsuit Cover-Ups. My wardrobe bulged with all manner of colourful, patterned, tasseled, sequinned, lightweight, throw-on delights. I've lived in the city for almost four years now and swimsuit cover-ups are still very much a part of my wardrobe but my need for them is
- [25 spring-summer beauty hacks to tackle the season in style](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/10/25-spring-summer-beauty-hacks/) - I don't know about you but winter is a whole lot easier on the beauty maintenance front. I mean EVERYTHING is pretty much covered up, yes? Out of sight; out of mind and all that. HAH. Then spring arrives. The layers come off. And with that de-layering comes the realisation that they're not going back
- [How to create a simple summer daytime makeup look](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/02/how-to-create-a-simple-summer-daytime-makeup-look/) - {Editor's note: this post has had links to products updated on October 12, 2017 - they may not match the images in the photo but they are what I'm using now} I'm a makeup (almost) every day kind of girl. That might not be you and that's ok. It's me. I like to have an
- [21 fake tan tips to give you a glow this spring-summer](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/09/21-fake-tan-tips-to-give-you-a-glow-this-spring-summer/) - {Editor's note: post updated October 17, 2017} I'm always upfront about three things when it comes to my relationship with fake tanning: 1. I'm vain. I like how a fake tan gives me a glow. Naturally, I have a mottled white skin. A fake tan acts like a complexion-enhancing Instagram filter on my skin. 2.
- [How to make a blow dry last](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/02/how-to-make-a-blow-dry-last/) - {Editor's note: updated October 12, 2017} It's no secret that I believe in the power of a good hair day. If I have only time for one grooming thing in the morning, hair will always win out. After all, I can add a pop of lipgloss on in the car and keep my sunnies on
- [15 swimsuit confidence commandments {SY Swimsuit Edition 2017}](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/10/15-swimsuit-confidence-commandments/) - Each summer, if I get just one woman into a swimsuit and into the pool or surf, then my work here is complete. Yes, the 2017 Styling You Swimsuit Edition is here. If you're new to Styling You, I've been putting my body on the line on my blog since 2013. Yes, this is the 5th
- [Get online shopping confidence with the birdsnest Changeroom experience](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/09/birdsnest-changeroom/) - Sponsored by birdsnest For many of us, shopping online comes just as naturally as heading into a store. Some may even say they find it an easier experience. Let's face it, you don't have to get out of your pyjamas and it's perfectly acceptable to shop with a glass of wine in hand (insert Facebook
- [The Model and Me: Binny spring-summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/10/the-model-and-me-binny-spring-summer-2017/) - I've had a search back through the archives here at Styling You to find out when I first started talking to you about Australian label, Binny. Turns out it was back in 2013, when a striped Binny maxi skirt first made its debut on Nina Proudman in Offspring. Did you buy that skirt? Do you
- [Lilly & Lime: the swimsuit solution for women with a D-cup and up](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/10/swimsuit-solution-for-women-with-a-d-cup-and-up/) - Sponsored by Lilly & Lime Swimwear Over the next few weeks, I'll be featuring a number of posts aimed at getting your body beach-ready. Now before you click away, I'm not turning into a trashy supermarket magazine, insisting that you have to "drop two dress sizes by Saturday" before you can get yourself within cocktail
- [The Model and Me: sassind spring-summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/10/sassind-spring-summer-2017/) - I talk a lot here about what to pack when travelling - around the corner or around the world - so I'm always on the hunt for labels which make great travelling companions. Melbourne-based label sassind was introduced to me by a girlfriend and it's been love ever since. It doesn't matter what time of
- [How to plan your spring-summer occasion or event wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/09/how-plan-your-spring-summer-occasion-or-event-wardrobe/) - Hello October, I see you sneaking up on me and reminding me that it's a social slippery slope until the end of the year. I've got quite a few events and occasions already on the calendar - and you probably do too. That's why I like to talk to you now about how to plan
- [The Model and Me: Saints The Label spring-summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/09/saints-the-label-spring-summer-2017/) - Do you have events or occasions coming up in the next few months? If so, you're not alone and I'm here to help. My thoughts are that it's never too early to plan out possible outfits for those events, plus I like to have a frock or two up my sleeve for those impromptu gatherings.
- [8 Australian fine jewellery brands I'm loving right now](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/09/8-australian-fine-jewellery-brands-im-loving-right-now/) - I could blame Nina Proudman but, to be truthful, it's an addiction that's been brewing for a while now. Not so long ago, I was all about the statement necklace and statement earring. Oh, go on, you've got me. I'm STILL about those fabulous things. It's just that, for the every day, I find myself
- [The Model and Me: Solito spring-summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/09/solito-spring-summer-2017/) - My connection with the Brisbane-based label, Solito, goes way back. Way back before the label was even an idea. I met one of the gorgeous women behind Solito through one of the labels that she was representing, as part of her fashion agent business. That label - Metalicus - became the first ever Model and
- [Last chance to join this season's Ultimate Capsule Wardrobe program](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/09/last-chance-to-join-this-seasons-ultimate-capsule-wardrobe-program/) - Long before I started this blog, Styling You, or wrote my book, Unlock Your Style, I had a yearning born from my own love affair with fashion and clothes. You see, I never really felt super confident in both my own skin and what I put on top of that skin. It was a bit
- [15 tips for dressing in spring when it's still cold outside](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/09/tips-for-dressing-in-spring-when-its-still-cold-outside/) - Spring has officially sprung but the weather in your region may not have got the memo. Meanwhile, the stores (our own included) are filling with new-season pieces designed to entice us out of our winter fashion hibernation. So, how to dress for spring when it's still cold outside? That's a question that I'm being asked
- [The Model and Me: Bohemian Traders spring-summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/09/bohemian-traders-spring-summer-2017/) - I've had a look back in the Styling You archives to when I first brought you news of a then newly launched label - Bohemian Traders. It was early in 2014 and Emily, who I'd met through blogging, had set out to source clothing pieces she hadn't been able to find and buy herself. Fast
- [20 pieces you'll want in your wardrobe for spring-summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/09/spring-summer-2017-styling-you-shop/) - Every season here at Styling You, we put together an edit of 20 of our favourite pieces to make it easy for you to update your wardrobe in one place. We think you’re going to love what we’ve chosen for spring-summer 2017. CHECK OUT THE COLLECTION HERE Scroll on for just a small taste of
- [Get control of your everyday wardrobe without busting your budget](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/09/get-control-of-your-everyday-wardrobe/) - Stylers. It’s time. It’s time to get your spring-summer 2017 wardrobe sorted. Our Ultimate Capsule Wardrobe program gives you a blueprint for the fashion season – one that you can adapt and make work to fit your lifestyle. JOIN HERE What’s included in the spring-summer 2017 Ultimate Capsule Wardrobe online style program: Six weeks of dedicated
- [Meet the mother and daughter team behind Australian label Motto](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/09/motto-sponsored-postmeet-the-mother-and-daughter-team-behind-australian-label-motto/) - Sponsored by Motto I've said it before and I'll say it again. Over and over again. In my life as a blogger - and before that as a fashion writer and editor - I get to meet inspiring women who are treading their own paths in the world of fashion. I love that I get
- [The Model and Me: Bird Keepers spring-summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/09/bird-keepers-spring-summer-2017/) - Whenever the topic of online shopping customer service is raised in this community, there is one brand that so many Styling You readers consistently rate highly. That brand is Birdsnest. Birdsnest started as a small bricks-and-mortar boutique in the regional New South Wales town of Cooma. In 2008, despite everyone thinking she was crazy, owner
- [The 10 best Nina Proudman fashion moments from Offspring Season 7](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/08/10-best-nina-proudman-fashion-moments-offspring-season-7/) - I took a little peek over on the Offspring Facebook page and I quickly retreated. It was a not a pretty place, I tell you. Keyboard warriors aplenty taking swipes at this season's Offspring offering. The way I see it, we're SEVEN seasons down, we've taken full ownership of the characters and most of us
- [7 things not to miss when visiting Noosa (on Queensland's Sunshine Coast)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/02/7-things-not-to-miss-when-visiting-noosa/) - My love affair with Noosa stretches right back to a childhood camping weekend staying at the end of Hastings Street where you'll now find public parkland. As a young journalist, my first Sunshine Coast posting was to the Noosa office, where I was caught smack bang in the middle of the battle to shut down
- [30 ideas for carry-on luggage you may not have thought of](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/03/30-ideas-for-carry-on-luggage/) - Mr Styling You is always perplexed when I present him with a new bag purchase. He strangely does not understand that a girl needs bag options for every occasion. I'm pretty loyal to my regular "day" bags, switching between a saddle bag and a tote, depending on whether I'm heading to a meeting and might
- [Shopping in Melbourne: the ultimate girls' getwaway](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/04/shopping-in-melbourne/) - There's something about shopping in Melbourne that is synonymous with a girls' trip. Even though around Australia - and around the world - you can visit any capital city and find the same global chain stores, Melbourne still offers up that promise of something more, something you might not find anywhere else. And if you
- [9 things to do and see on a short stay in Split, Croatia](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/07/9-things-to-do-and-see-on-a-short-stay-in-split-croatia/) - When two separate close friends* rave about a country you’ve never been to and said friends are the type of people you like holidaying with, you make that country next on your must-see list. From the moment we touched down … well, maybe not the airport bit … but definitely the moment we arrived in
- [9 things you can’t miss on a short stay on Italy’s Amalfi Coast](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/06/9-things-you-cant-miss-on-a-short-stay-on-italys-amalfi-coast/) - The speedboat pulled up alongside our “typical” fishing boat. We’d stopped in a small bay and this boat was taking us to the restaurant and beach club on shore. As it skimmed across the crystal-clear, bluer-than-blue water (around many boats – small and very big!) towards shore, I couldn’t help but think we’d landed in
- [10 things to do and see on the stunning Croatian Island of Vis](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/07/things-to-do-on-the-croatian-island-of-vis/) - There are two reasons why I don’t want to write this blog post about the Croatian Island of Vis. #1: It means we are leaving this stunningly and beautifully chilled part of the world. #2: I’m not sure I want the rest of the world to know about it. HAH. Kidding. I’ve been an over-sharer
- [10 things to do and see on a short stay in Rome, Italy](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/07/10-things-to-do-and-see-on-a-short-stay-in-rome-italy/) - Our driver asked us if it was our first visit to Rome. Technically, no it wasn’t but in the previous two and a bit weeks we’d passed through its airport twice. Finally, we were making our way into the city centre, with no further holiday distractions to be had. Rome was our final stop on
- [How to plan and pack for a European spring-summer holiday](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/04/how-to-plan-and-pack-for-a-european-spring-summer-holiday/) - Sponsored by Allianz Travel Insurance There are a lot of excited people out there right now with tickets booked, passports checked, travel insurance secured and the countdown firmly on until they jet away to Europe for spring or summer. This is peak time for Australians heading to the Northern Hemisphere to take advantage of the warm
- [13 tips for a fabulous girls' shopping escape to Bali](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/11/girls-shopping-escape-to-bali/) - Shopping, spa-ing, sunsets, sipping cocktails ... There are certain things that will bring women together. I call them life-affirming hobbies. Others may call them interests. Whatever you call them, these "S" words brought 12 women together for a girls' shopping escape to Bali that will be remembered for all of the above as well as
- [What to wear on a road trip + 5 Australian fly-drive destinations you need to visit](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/07/what-to-wear-on-a-road-trip-2/) - Sponsored by Allianz Travel Insurance So you have your travel capsule wardrobe sorted based on your destination. But what if getting to your destination means spending some quality time in the car? I'm not talking necessarily about a super-long road trip. I'm talking about the quick getaway that involves hiring a car when you step
- [How to plan an overseas holiday so that every day is awesome](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/07/how-to-plan-an-overseas-holiday/) - The holiday that now seems like a memory has me scrolling back through the photos on my phone just to double check that it really did happen. IT DID, RIGHT? I mean, look at this ... {Want to play catch up? Here's what I recommend to do and where to stay in Rome, the Amalfi
- [The Model and Me: Maiocchi spring-summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/08/maiocchi-spring-summer-2017/) - One of the many Queensland designers I've been championing since before this blog even existed is the fabulous label Maiocchi. Since moving to Brisbane more than three and a half years ago, I've gotten to know the designer behind the label - Deanne Mayocchi - which has only made me love the label more. Dee is
- [Step into spring with stylish heels that support your feet and legs](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/08/step-into-spring-with-stylish-heels-that-support-your-feet-and-legs/) - Sponsored by FRANKiE4 Footwear One of the more popular memes around the interwebs embraces that feeling of taking off your bra at the end of the day. I'd hazard a guess that if you're heel-wearer, that feeling is similar, yes? That used to be me ... that feeling of sweet relief when taking my heels
- [How to recreate the Nina Proudman look (season 7; episode 9)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/08/how-to-recreate-the-nina-proudman-look-season-7-episode-9/) - Love it or hate it, Nina's new wardrobe silhouette is here to stay. Yes, she'll throw in a jeans and flowy, boho top combo to satisfy the diehard Nina style fans among us but her new signature look continues to dominate. That look - midi skirt or culotte with a fitted top, often a knit,
- [The Model and Me: Sassy Sister spring-summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/08/sassy-sister-spring-summer-2017/) - I've long talked up the power of a frock. It's a single garment that makes an instant outfit, which makes it a no-brainer in my outfit-planning department. For me, I like to feel comfortable and stylish in a frock, whether that's for the every day or an occasion. While I'll never say never to a
- [How to recreate the Nina Proudman look (season 7; episode 8)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/08/how-to-recreate-the-nina-proudman-look-season-7-episode-8/) - Boy oh boy, talk about keep a girl guessing. For those who don't know, I usually watch each episode in advance so I can write these posts and have them ready for you bright and early Thursday morning. Not this week. There was a total media ban on previewing last night's episode. Scroll on down
- [How to recreate the Nina Proudman look (season 7; episode 3)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/07/nina-proudman-look-offspring-season-7/) - You know the first thing I did after unpacking on Sunday night from our overseas adventures? Binged the first two episodes of Offspring, OF COURSE. For the second year in a row I've missed the start of your - and my - favourite show but never fear, I'm here and back with weekly de-briefs on
- [How to recreate the Nina Proudman look (season 7; episode 4)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/07/how-to-recreate-the-nina-proudman-look-offspring-season-7/) - We talk a lot here about the differences between Nina and Billie Proudman's style. Nina is the romantic boho; Billie the corporate rock chick with the two distinct styles rarely meeting. But meet they did in this week's episode (Season 7; episode 4) ... IN NINA'S WARDROBE. Spoiler alert: read on about why Billie is
- [How to recreate the Nina Proudman look (season 7; episode 5)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/07/how-to-recreate-the-nina-proudman-look-offspring-season-7-5/) - I have to confess, when Offspring's Nina Proudman trots on to our TV screens wearing an outfit that is the traditional Neens, I get more than a little excited. I try to embrace the printed jogger pants and pattern-clashing tops or kimonos but it's just not me. If I tried to attempt the below look
- [How to recreate the Nina Proudman look (season 7; episode 6)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/08/nina-proudman-look-season-7-episode-6/) - Whenever I think of Nina Proudman, I rarely think of her standing still. There always seems to be so much movement in her character. I love how Offspring's costume designers have enhanced that movement through the outwear that Nina wears - and this season it's all been about the lightweight trench in silk or tencel.
- [How to recreate the Nina Proudman look (Season 7; Episode 7)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/08/nina-proudman-look-season-7-episode-7/) - Every week Offspring dishes up for us a virtual wardrobe feast. I think it's important for us to remember that getting the Nina Proudman look ... or the Billie ... or Zara ... or Kerry ... or Geraldine look is just that - virtual. Each week I get asked about specific pieces from the show
- [These are the 2017 spring-summer trends you'll want in your wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/08/2017-spring-summer-trends/) - It's an unseasonably warm winter day here in Brisbane today. The temperature app is telling me it will be 32 degrees. That's just crazy for August - even for Queensland. I know the rest of the country is shivering and that you probably hate me right now but here's the other thing we can't control:
- [12 tips for organising your wardrobe for stress-free daily dressing](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/10/12-tips-for-organising-your-wardrobe-for-stress-free-daily-dressing/) - How to organise your wardrobe is a topic that I'll never stop discussing here on Styling You. If you do nothing else at the start of each fashion season, this task alone will be enough to make the process of getting dressed each morning so much easier and less fraught with stress. You know that stress
- [The Model and Me: Boho Bird by Birdsnest spring-summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/08/boho-bird-by-birdsnest-spring-summer-2017/) - It's no secret around here that I love to embrace my inner boho chic whenever the moment or mood takes me. I embraced this style personality long before Offspring and Nina Proudman arrived on our screens. I love how relaxed this style feels when wearing it. I love that there is usually detailing involved that
- [How to make your wardrobe work for you while losing weight](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/08/how-to-make-your-wardrobe-work-for-you-while-losing-weight/) - I cannot tell you how much weight I've lost this year because I refuse to own a pair of scales. I can, however, tell you that I have lost about two dress/jeans sizes since January. Left (dress details); Right (dress details) Pictured on the left was me on my first day back at work after
- [The Model and Me: Mela Purdie spring-summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/08/mela-purdie-spring-summer-2017/) - I'm very much stepping out of my pant comfort zone this fashion season. The wide-legged culotte is everywhere. It's a pant style that I've very much steered cleared of most of my entire adult life. So why the change in attitude? I honestly don't know. All I know is that I'm always open to giving
- [Offspring's costume designer talks Nina Proudman style for season 7](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/06/nina-proudman-style-offspring-season-7/) - Neens and the whole entirely dysfunctionally loveable Proudman family are back on our screens and in our hearts. Yes Offspring is back for its SEVENTH season tonight on Channel Ten at 8.30pm. Can you believe it? Who's been watching from the start? That would definitely be me. If you’re new to these parts, I’ve been writing
- [The Model and Me: Motto spring-summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/07/the-model-and-me-motto-spring-summer-2017/) - I've said it before and I'll say it again. One of the best things about this job is being able to introduce you to independent Australian labels which are helping women on a daily basis to look and feel amazing. If you're a regular around here, you would have seen me talk about and wear
- [8 tips for styling your bed for an awesome Clean Sheet Day](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/02/tips-for-styling-your-bed/) - Sponsored by Marks & Spencer (Australia) It's no secret that I love a Clean Sheet Day (I know I'm not alone in this). So when Marks & Spencer (Australia) asked me to check out its range of bed linen and style up a new Clean Sheet Day look, I was adding to cart quicker than you
- [6 ways to wear jeans or jeggings for autumn-winter 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/04/6-ways-to-wear-jeans-and-jeggings-for-autumn-winter-2017/) - Sponsored by Marks & Spencer (Australia) I'm excited to have teamed with Marks & Spencer (Australia) to showcase six ways to wear jeans or jeggings this season. All of the looks I've featured below are trans-seasonal so perfect for now and ideal for layering later. Buying a pair of jeans or jeggings for autumn-winter is akin to
- [The Model and Me: Cassandra Harper spring-summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/07/cassandra-harper-spring-summer-2017/) - Did that fabulous European holiday really happen? My photos tell me it did but in the day to day of life, it seems so long ago. I've been madly following anyone and everyone on Instagram who is travelling somewhere fabulous and warm in the Northern Hemisphere. Do you do this too? I have wanderlust bad!
- [The Model and Me: Sacha Drake spring-summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/07/the-model-and-me-sacha-drake-spring-summer-2017/) - A month ago I was excitedly packing for our trip to Europe - a trip that took us to Italy’s Rome and the Amalfi Coast, Croatia’s Split, Dubrovnik and the Island of Vis. I created a 20-piece capsule wardrobe, which was based on the principles that I talk about in my e-book, Confessions of a Reformed Packer. BUT. On top
- [The Model and Me: sassind autumn-winter 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/07/the-model-and-me-sassind-autumn-winter-2017/) - There's no place like home. Well, that's what I'm telling myself on this jetlagged Monday morning. There is always such excitement around a planned trip. When it comes together beautifully and you can't stop thinking about afternoon Aperol spritz drinks, diving into crystal clear water and getting lost in history, you know the only cure
- [The Model and Me: Read and Bell autumn-winter 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/06/read-and-bell-autumn-winter-2017/) - Editor's note: we're off on holiday to Italy and Croatia tomorrow, June 20. Follow along on Instagram. Plus, I'll have some travel blog posts and some Nina Proudman Offspring updates here for you along the way. Regular programming will resume on Monday, July 10. Do you have a default winter outfit? I do. It looks
- [9 tips for a girls' getaway to Bali](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2013/10/girls-getaway-to-bali/) - A little over 12 months ago we were standing under a big, old mango tree, solving the first world's problems over champagne while celebrating my girlfriend Simone's 39th birthday. As the mango flowers dropped around us, a seed was planted for her 40th. I didn't think much more of it (blame the champagne) until March
- [How to add a little boho to your winter 2017 wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/06/adrift-winter-embroidered-boho/) - Sponsored by Adrift I talk often about style personalities when I talk about unlocking your style. You may be able to identify that you have just ONE personality playing out in your wardrobe. Me? I have multiple style personalities. That doesn't mean I'm confused about my style. It means that I like to dress different ways
- [The Model and Me: Maiocchi autumn-winter 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/06/maiocchi-autumn-winter-2017/) - One of the most fabulous parts of my business is that I get to meet the designers behind some of my favourite independent fashion labels. These are the people whose creative brains never switch off. I'm in awe of their capacity to be inspired season after season. One of those designers is the gorgeous Deanne
- [Styling You Shop: these are a few of my favourite things](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/06/few-of-my-favourite-things/) - I blame our collective obsession for the leopard print scarf that starred in the Styling You Shop over the past couple of winters ... but let's just go with this. At the start of the year, I thought to myself, what if in between the Styling You seasonal shop capsules, we offered for sale some
- [Dear Me: a letter to my 21-year-old self on my 50th birthday](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/06/letter-to-21-year-old-self-on-50th-birthday/) - To my 21-year-old self (on my 50th birthday), Your 21st birthday party didn't quite go the way you hoped it would, did it? Please waste not one minute more on that very bad egg who ruined your night. He won't be the last to mess with your emotional state. You'll kiss more than a
- [Say hello to Dermalogica Overnight Retinol Repair 1% and firmer skin](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/05/dermalogica-overnight-retinol-repair-1/) - Sponsored by Dermalogica Australia In a little more than a week, I will have reached my much talked about (by me) milestone birthday. Like the milestones that have come before it, I’m quite ok with the number. My life is good. Yes, in 50 years I’ve faced my fair share of challenges but overall life
- [The Model and Me: wYse autumn-winter 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/06/wyse-autumn-winter-2017/) - Dear Stylers, the Festival of 50 is very much in full swing. I had the most fabulous time with close friends and family on Saturday. We started at lunch time and climbed into bed at the Brisbane Marriott Hotel about 11pm. Not a bad effort for an old duck. Last night, I dusted myself off
- [How to create a winter workwear 15-piece capsule wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/05/winter-workwear-15-piece-capsule-wardrobe/) - I know when I start to feel winter in the air here in Queensland that my southern style sisters are very much in the throes of chilly days. Getting up and getting out the door to work is made all the more challenging. It's possibly still dark and did we mention very, very cold? These
- [The Model and Me: White Label Noba autumn-winter 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/05/white-label-noba-autumn-winter-2017/) - If you follow along on Instagram, you would have seen a sneak preview of the White Label Noba autumn-winter collection at the launch evening. The audience – myself very much included – was blown away by what was on offer for the season ahead. What I love about this Brisbane-based label is a combination of
- [15 knitwear pieces to keep you warm in style this winter](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/05/15-knitwear-pieces-to-keep-you-warm-in-style-this-winter/) - I dipped my toes into winter this week. Scratch that. I dipped my EVERYTHING into winter for two days on a work trip to Melbourne. I treated myself to a new knit. I got to wear the new cape I bought in Melbourne in March and I was rewarded with an opportunity to layer. I
- [The Model and Me: Motto autumn-winter 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/05/the-model-and-me-motto-autumn-winter-2017/) - I tell you, when I find a shape of clothing that really works for me - and for so many others - I just can't get enough of it. I'm featuring a skirt today that I can't get enough of. My love affair with this shape started way back in January with white, extended to last
- [How to create a winter outfit (when it's not so cold outside)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/05/how-to-create-a-winter-outfit-when-its-not-so-cold-outside/) - Sponsored by Adrift Don't laugh (oh go on, you can) but currently I'm leaving open the windows to our Queenslander home. ON PURPOSE. Just to feel the cool edge to the season that has finally hit. In a month or so, I'll be shutting everything down because the novelty will have worn off and the
- [The Model and Me: Harlow autumn-winter 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/05/the-model-and-me-harlow-autumn-winter-2017/) - My love of the t-shirt dress runs strong. It's the dress equivalent of throwing on a pair of trackies. Comfort levels are high, yet you feel - and look - like you've gone to some effort. The reality is that you've just added ONE garment. Some may call it lazy. I prefer effortless. And embrace
- [The Model and Me: Hunt + Kelly autumn-winter 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/05/the-model-and-me-hunt-kelly-autumn-winter-2017/) - I’m a visual person – I understand things better when I see them - but I’m also a tactile person. I love the FEEL of things. Show me a faux fur vest, a super soft knit or a sleek leather pant and I’ll be unable to resist the urge to stroke said pieces. If that
- [How to wear a tube dress (aka Mrs Woog dials a stylist)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/03/how-to-wear-a-tube-dress/) - There I was daydreaming about a day without rain when Mrs Woog called with a style challenge: how to wear a black tube dress three ways.
- [Wardrobe boot camp: How to take your outfit from day to night](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2013/09/take-your-outfit-from-day-to-night/) - Does your job involve a lot of after-hours networking? How to take your outfit from day to night can be tricky but not if you follow these simple guidelines
- [The Model and Me: Mela Purdie autumn-winter 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/05/the-model-and-me-mela-purdie-autumn-winter-2017/) - The humble tracky dack has come a long way from the the practical pants you'd pop on to keep you warm while training for sport in the middle of winter - or the pants you'd put on for a lazy day at home on the couch. Now trackies are fancy. They are not only worn
- [My Hashimotos health story - an update](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/04/my-hashimotos-health-story-an-update/) - Editor’s note: This post is not meant as medical advice – please see your health care professional/s and work together on a plan that works for you. If you’re new to the blog then you can catch up on my health story here, here, here, here, here and here. If you'd like details of my Brisbane-based thyroid-specialist GP, please email admin@stylingyou.com.au.
- [The Model and Me: Adrift autumn-winter 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/04/the-model-and-me-adrift-autumn-winter-2017/) - There is no place like home but the last few days have been pretty damn amazing. I'm just back after hosting our first Melbourne trip with Hello Me Escapes. Remember Bali last year? (and yes, Bali is on again in October), well this trip brought together even more awesome women. Some travelled in pairs. Some
- [The Model and Me: Surafina autumn-winter 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/04/the-model-and-me-surafina-autumn-winter-2017/) - Did you get a break over Easter? Back to regular programming today? Confused as to why Model and Me Monday is on a Tuesday? Me too. But let's just go with another short week, shall we? I talked on the blog about outfit planning for autumn and winter events and this post offers up another option
- [How to dress for an autumn-winter occasion or event](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/04/how-to-dress-for-an-autumn-winter-occasion-or-event/) - How's your social calendar looking? I just took a peek at mine and took a long, deep breath. The run up to my Festival of 50 is looking fun and ... well ... festive, starting next week with my Hello Me Escapes hosted trip to Melbourne and high tea event. I'm in full Outfit Planning Mode
- [The Model and Me: Solito autumn-winter 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/04/the-model-and-me-solito-autumn-winter-2017/) - It's definitely cooler than it was a few weeks ago but it's nowhere near winter where I live. Queenslanders often joke that we get three days of winter each year but the truth is: yes, it's a shorter season for us, but it really can get cold overnight. Like single-digit, almost-zero-degrees cold. And many of
- [3 essential autumn outerwear pieces you need in your wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/04/3-essential-autumn-outerwear-pieces-you-need-in-your-wardrobe/) - I'm sitting on my couch in the lounge room of our timber Queenslander home. All the windows are open. Wide open. There is a pleasing light breeze filtering through. I feel it in my feet. Thanks to my dodgy old thyroid, my feet are the barometer from which a judge whether a season has changed
- [The Model and Me: Eb&Ive autumn-winter 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/04/the-model-and-me-ebive-autumn-winter-2017/) - Oh I do love a productive Sunday, I do. Don't you? I spent yesterday afternoon, following my own advice about prepping my wardrobe for autumn-winter, and am feeling quite smug today. I haven't rotated my high winter clothes into my everyday wardrobe as yet but what I have done is thoroughly look through what I
- [Get your autumn-winter 2017 wardrobe sorted with the Ultimate Capsule Wardrobe style challenge](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/03/get-your-autumn-winter-2017-wardrobe-sorted/) - Stylers. It's time. It's time to get your autumn-winter 2017 wardrobe sorted. I shared my 13 tips for organising your wardrobe HERE and today's the day to make your next move. That next move involves creating a capsule wardrobe for autumn-winter. Don't worry, I'm here to help. Our Ultimate Capsule Wardrobe program gives you a blueprint for the
- [How to prep and organise your wardrobe for a new fashion season](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/03/how-to-prep-and-organise-your-wardrobe-for-a-new-fashion-season/) - Do you remember what your wore last autumn-winter? Unless you live in the southern part of Australia and need your warmer clothes on hand at any time or you travelled to the northern hemisphere at Christmas, then you'll probably struggle to remember what you did wear and what you already own. We're set to launch
- [The Model and Me: Beech and Bird autumn-winter 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/03/beech-and-bird-autumn-winter-2017/) - The items in your wardrobe that are classified as “trans-seasonal” pieces are the ones that get the most rotation throughout the year. {Unless, of course, you live in tropical climes where there is little difference between the seasons.} Tran-seasonal means “between seasons” and now is technically that time. Again, this depends on where you live,
- [These are the hottest fashion colours for autumn-winter 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/03/hottest-fashion-colours-for-autumn-winter-2017/) - As I wandered around Toowong Village shopping centre yesterday prepping for my style workshop in the centre, I fell in love, over and over again, with the hottest fashion colours for autumn-winter 2017. Don't get me wrong, I do not plan on letting go my life-long love affair with black, it's just that this season's
- [How to prep and plan for Coastrek if you're a newbie](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/03/how-to-prep-and-plan-for-coastrek-if-youre-a-newbie/) - As we approached the northern most loop of the Sydney's South Head national park, two cheery, purple-clad, young volunteers told us that we had less than 10kms to go. Despite the gail force winds and intermittent rain, a detached left glute muscle (and resultant left leg agony situation), I smiled. Widely. Or should that be
- [The Model and Me: Sacha Drake autumn-winter 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/03/the-model-and-me-sacha-drake-autumn-winter-2017/) - If you're new to Styling You you may not have heard me bang on about Brisbane-based label, Sacha Drake. I've known Sacha personally since my time as a fashion writer and journalist. Back then - and now - she continues to design clothing pieces that just work. Not just on models but on everyday women. My
- [Win one of three autumn-winter 2017 Ultimate Capsule Wardrobe memberships](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/03/win-ultimate-capsule-wardrobe-memberships/) - I'm a big believer in getting the most out of your existing wardrobe and only shopping in a conscious way when it comes to updating each fashion season. If you need a little helping hand in getting organised and getting sorted for the autumn-winter 2017 fashion season, then you've come to the right place. The Ultimate
- [The Model and Me: Saints The Label autumn winter 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/03/the-model-and-me-saints-the-label-autumn-winter-2017/) - One of my go-to trans-seasonal outfits or looks is the combination of a pair of jeans (that fits and flatters) and a white shirt. You simply cannot get this combination wrong. It's classic and it works. Whether you team the outfit with sneakers, heels or boots, it's a look that can take you just about
- [5 foundations that won't slide off your face](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/03/5-foundations-that-wont-slide-off-your-face/) - I don't wear foundation every day. Let me clarify that. I DO wear something on my face every day. It's just not necessarily full-blown foundation. I'm a huge fan of a CC/BB cream and/or tinted moisturiser for the every day but if I'm going to an event or I need my makeup to stay in place
- [The Model and Me: Boho Bird autumn-winter 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/03/the-model-and-me-boho-bird-autumn-winter-2017/) - Stylers, we're officially in a new fashion season. Autumn-winter 2017 may not be here weather-wise but it's on our radar when it comes to fashion and what's in store now. The tricky part is ... how do we transition from summer to autumn without feeling like a Sunday roast in a pressure cooker? The key,
- [Life's too short for uncomfy undies - get into some Bonds Comfytails](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/03/get-into-some-bonds-comfytails/) - Sponsored by Bonds It's not uncommon to see me here on the blog in my swimsuit. But underwear? This was a big step for me. When Bonds contacted me to see if I'd like to get on board with the Bonds Comfytails Comfy Undies campaign, I hesitated for a minute then gave my inner self
- [The Model and Me: Sassind summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/02/the-model-and-me-sassind-summer-2017/) - One of the most wonderful things I love about my business is that I get to showcase and introduce to the Styling You community independent fashion labels they may otherwise not have heard about. The fashion industry is not an easy one. Ask anyone who's working in it. But we - the consumer - often
- [The Model and Me: Iland Co summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/02/the-model-and-me-iland-co/) - There's no doubting that layering in an outfit adds interest and takes your whole look up a notch. In the warmer months, however, layering is not easy to pull off without sweating up a storm. There is one wardrobe piece that can work in the layering department when the heat is on - the kimono.
- [3 sleepwear and pyjama solutions that look as good out of bed as they do in](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/02/sleepwear-and-pyjama-solutions/) - I LOVE sleeping. My enjoyment of a good slumber starts with fabulous bed linen. There is absolutely nothing like slipping under fresh sheets. Nothing. But combine that with fabulous sleepwear then you have got a match made in sleepy heaven. Summer sleepwear is generally not about being cosy but being comfortable and cool. Personally, I’ll minimise what
- [The Model and Me: Bird Keepers by Design summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/02/bird-keepers-by-design/) - I talked about the challenge that comes with dressing for the office in the height of summer in this post. Getting out the door on time can be a challenge all year round but in summer you have you have the extra challenge of looking put together when conditions are on the distinctly sweaty side.
- [3 date night outfits to take you out on Valentine's Day and beyond](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/02/3-date-night-outfits/) - I am one of those people who DOES subscribe to the whole Valentine's Day palaver. I know it's not typically PC to be so but the romantic in me will never let it go. I'm also lucky that Mr SY is on board with it. This year he even beat me to it, organising and
- [3 autumn winter 2017 trends you can wear now in summer](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/02/3-autumn-winter-2017-trends-you-can-wear-now-in-summer/) - I sweated up a storm yesterday … for those 20 minutes I was forced to be outside the cool cocoon that is my air-conditioned office. It was hot. Damn hot. Despite these epic proportions of perspiration, there DJs was on Wednesday night telling us at the store’s celebrity-packed launch what we’ll be wearing this autumn-winter.
- [The Model and Me: Bohemian Traders denim 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/02/the-model-and-me-bohemian-traders-denim-2017/) - After black and white garments, it's denim you'll see taking up the lion share of my wardrobe real estate. I love the colour of denim - in all its shades - and I love its wardrobe versatility. When you find a pair of jeans that you just love wearing then your wardrobe immediately opens up
- [17 ways to pose for an outfit photo and feel confident](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/01/17-ways-to-pose-for-an-outfit-photo/) - Sponsored by Olympus Australia I've just done a quick calculation and it seems that I've published more than 1150 outfit photos on Instagram since starting the #everydaystyle movement late in 2013. {That's a whole lot of posing, I tell you ... read on for my 17 ways to pose for an outfit photo} GUYS! It was
- [The Model and Me: Hunt + Kelly summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/01/the-model-and-me-hunt-kelly-summer-2017/) - On of my summer staples in the wardrobe department is the t-shirt dress. I love them for many reasons. Below are just a few. It's a throw-on garment situation. In one swift move, you're dressed and ready. You FEEL comfortable all day, like pyjamas comfortable. You can dress it up or dress it down simply
- [How to create a 15-piece summer workwear capsule wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/01/how-to-create-a-summer-workwear-capsule-wardrobe-2/) - If there ever was a more challenging time to dress for work, it's January and February in Australia. Across most of the country, the high heat and humidity factor is energy zapping, making you feel far from fresh. Add to this energy-zapping situation, you may have run out of steam in the outfit inspiration department.
- [My everyday style starts with sunscreen - and yours should too](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/01/everyday-style-starts-with-sunscreen/) - Sponsored by Hamilton You know my views on sunscreen, don't you? In my style and beauty book, it's an essential. My everyday style starts with sunscreen. It's the base layer to any makeup I might be applying. It's the protection for any skin that might be exposed in my outfits. And it's part of my
- [The Model and Me: Mojo Beach summer 2017](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/01/the-model-and-me-mojo-beach-summer-2017/) - I'm back with the first Model and Me post for the year. If you're new to Styling You, I share these posts weekly. It's something I started on the blog seven years ago this year. It started as a bit of fun after being asked by a boutique to be a model for their spring fashion
- [How to create a work from home summer capsule wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2017/01/work-from-home-summer-capsule-wardrobe/) - The youngest is back at school next week. It's been great relaxing the routine a little but when you run your own business from home, the whole work/life juggle gets a little testing. Mother guilt kicks in about just how much time he's spent on PlayStation. Work guilt kicks in because you know you're only
- [The Model and Me: Bombshell Bay spring-summer 2016](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/12/the-model-and-me-bombshell-bay/) - We talk a lot here about packing for holidays. Nailing those pieces that are ideal for more than one use while on a trip means that you don't need to worry about excess baggage surcharges. My friend, Emily, the powerhouse behind independent swimwear label Bombshell Bay (I featured one of her swimsuits here), knows her way
- [2016: the year that was on Styling You](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/12/2016-the-year-that-was-on-styling-you/) - I don't think there's been a year in recent memory that's garnered such a bad reputation as 2016 has. What say you? 2016: the year that was on Styling You was a good year but GEEZ, it's not come without feeling like being dragged through quicksand as it unfolded. I made a big, behind-the-scenes business decision
- [The Model and Me: Sassy Sister](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/07/model-and-me-sassy-sister/) - Oh hello, aren't you looking lovely today. A holiday is extremely lovely but it's great to be home and back on the blog. More about those Hawaiian adventures tomorrow. In a nutshell ... we loved it. Also, stay tuned on the blog this week as we're launching something very exciting ... a special place for
- [15 ways to layer winter outfits](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/07/15-ways-to-layer-winter-outfits/) - 'Tis the season to layer up to stay warm ... well except for those record-matching days of unseasonal warmth last week in New South Wales and Queensland. The rest of the month has very much been about creating a Sara Lee layer-upon-layer situation with our outfits. The tricky part is to make the layers work without
- [The Model and Me: Adrift](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/08/the-model-and-me-adrift-2/) - There is something about embroidery on a garment that gets me excited. My inner-boho heart starts to beat a little faster. I imagine that any minute I'm about to be whisked away somewhere exotic and that someone will thrust a cocktail in my general direction. {Yes, I can get very carried away with my dreaming.} This is my
- [My health story - an update](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/08/my-health-story-hashimotos-thyroid/) - Editor’s note: This post is not meant as medical advice – please see your health care professional/s and work together on a plan that works for you. Forgive me dear readers, it's been way too many months between updates on my health. My blog tells me it was December last year. Eek. Where has the
- [The 10 hottest spring summer 2016 fashion trends](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/08/hottest-spring-summer-2016-fashion-trends/) - It was a public holiday here in Brisbane yesterday and we took advantage of the non-winter temperatures and headed to the beach for the day. Yes, the nights may still be on the chilly side but spring is very much on its way. In fashion terms, I'm already gearing up for the season ahead with shoots for new-season pieces
- [Get your wardrobe sorted - join our spring-summer online style program](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/09/spring-summer-online-style-program/) - Welcome! You've landed here because you're interested in finding out more about how to take the stress out of dressing this season with my spring-summer online style program. I'm so glad you're keen to know more. First I'd like to give you a little background information. For more than eight years, I've been writing this
- [The Model and Me: Bohemian Traders spring 2016 denim](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/09/the-model-and-me-bohemian-traders-spring-2016-denim/) - Remember when I introduced you to Bohemian Traders' first denim collection back in February? Those distressed skinny jeans have become a firm fixture in my wardrobe and my #everydaystyle posts. They made the cut in my 7 most comfortable jeans post and I can't imagine them ever not surviving my bi-annual wardrobe edits. But I'm
- [The Model and Me: Philosophy Australia spring 2016](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/09/the-model-and-me-philosophy-australia-spring-2016/) - When I was preparing this post I had a little bit of a moment. I wore and shot the outfit I'm featuring this week during our magical holiday in Hawaii two months ago. We seriously have not stopped talking about how wonderful that trip was and how we can't wait to get back there as
- [The Model and Me: wYse Lifestyle spring 2016](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/09/the-model-and-me-wyse-lifestyle-spring-2016/) - There are a handful of Queensland-based labels that I've been wearing and recommending since before I started this blog. wYse Lifestyle is one of those labels. Whenever I think of my wYse pieces, I immediately think of what it feels like to wear them. The fabric - a modal made from the pulp of beechwood
- [The Model and Me: Solito spring 2016](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/09/the-model-and-me-solito-spring-2016/) - If you thought it was safe to come her and find me NOT wearing another off-the-shoulder number, I'm very sorry to disappoint. It's a fashion obsession I refuse to give up. I love it - despite the potential issues I raised in this post. I love that wearing an OTS top or dress makes you
- [The Model and Me: Bird Keepers spring 2016](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/10/the-model-and-me-bird-keepers-spring-2016/) - If I had to nominate one dress style that just works for me EVERY time, it would be the shift. This style skims over my hips and stomach, hides the fact that I have a short waist and takes the focus to my legs. There's a whole lot of comfort wrapped up in wearing this style and
- [The Model and Me: Binny spring-summer 2016](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/10/the-model-and-me-binny-2/) - It's no secret around here about my love of the off-the-shoulder anything, so if you thought it was safe to click on through and find me not wearing another one, click away. It's also no secret that I have big, big love for Australian label Binny. Binny first contacted me way back when her label
- [Spring-summer 2016 Styling You Shop: 15 pieces; 28 different outfits](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/10/spring-summer-2016-styling-you-shop/) - How did it get to be late October? Has spring found its way to you? With wardrobe thoughts firmly fixed on the long, hot summer ahead, I've got just the outfit plan to see you through. YES! The spring-summer 2016 Styling You Shop launches today. We've got wardrobe options that will take you from spring occasions through
- [The Model and Me: Rasaleela spring-summer 2016](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/10/the-model-and-me-rasaleela-2/) - Oh hello. I'm up early this morning and off to the airport, super excited to head to Bali and hang out with 12 fabulous women - Styling You readers - for six days of shopping, spa-ing and sipping cocktails. It's a tough gig but I think I've spent most of my adult life qualifying for the
- [The Model and Me: Read and Bell spring-summer 2016](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/11/model-and-me-read-and-bell-2/) - I live in Queensland and we experience some pretty hot, humid days across summer but I always forget just how hot and humid the days in Bali are. Most days (if you're venturing away from the pool), it's a three-outfit-day scenario. It's that hot and STICKY. Last week I'd start with a poolside cover-up; switch
- [3 casual outfits to take you from spring to summer in style](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/11/casual-outfits-to-take-you-from-spring-to-summer/) - I have a wardrobe that is about 80% devoted to smart casual. I know this is not everyone's wardrobe situation - but increasingly it's a lot of women's situation. More and more women are working from home. And more and more workplaces are switching to a more casual dress policy. When I first went from
- [The Model and Me: Boho Bird spring-summer 2016](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/11/the-model-and-me-boho-bird-spring-summer-2016/) - Wow. What a weekend that was. I had never travelled that far inland in Australia and I’m so glad I said yes when Miss Chardy put the call out. Meeting all the fabulous women at the Barkly Women’s Day was inspiring. Talk about super stylish ladies. I’ll have more on the blog on Friday about
- [The Model and Me: Eb & Ive spring-summer 2016](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/11/model-and-me-eb-ive-spring-summer-2016/) - It's been almost three years since we packed up and left the beach for the city. My wardrobe's adapted to the change but one section I refuse to give up on is my dedication to the flowy, summer beach dress or cover-up. Granted, they may not get as regular a run as they once did
- [The Model and Me: Bella Lido spring-summer 2016](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/12/the-model-and-me-bella-lido-spring-summer-2016/) - This time 20 years ago (depending on when you're reading this post) I was in quite a deal of pain. Miss SY had taken her sweet time to decide when she was coming into the world. It was hot, damn hot, and I had spent the previous two weeks doing laps of the air-conditioned local
- [3 party outfits to take you through the holiday season and beyond](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/12/3-party-outfits-to-take-you-through-the-holiday-season/) - The holiday party season is in full swing. Gatherings, catch-ups, work Christmas parties, end-of-school shenanigans ... these have all been popping up on my calendar with a few birthday celebrations thrown in for good measure. But what about the two big outfit days on the holiday calendar - Christmas Day and New Year's Eve? Forget
- [What to pack for an Australian holiday at the beach](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/12/what-to-pack-for-an-australian-holiday-at-the-beach/) - As long as I can remember, holidays at this time of year have mostly involved some kind of beach stay. As young kids we loved roaming the foreshore caravan park (totally unsupervised) with our cousins and school friends at Hervey Bay. My brothers and I also loved our Gold Coast trips with mum. She'd pack
- [How to create your perfect spring shoe-robe: FRANKiE4 Spring 2016](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/09/how-to-create-your-perfect-spring-shoe-robe-frankie4/) - Sponsored by FRANKiE4 Footwear I think shoes can make or break an outfit. Often when I’m playing around with different outfit combinations, it’s more likely going to be the shoes over any other piece that I switch until I get the look I’m happy with. Until I started as ambassador for FRANKiE4 Footwear, I was
- [Save your soles with FRANKiE4 Footwear shoes](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2014/10/frankie4-footwear/) - Sponsored by FRANKiE4 Footwear This year my lifestyle has changed hugely since swapping the beach for inner-city living. There is less reliance on our car – we’ve actually gone from owning two cars to one – and more emphasis on walking. I like this for a lot of reasons. I like it for the incidental health
- [The complete Styling You 2016-17 summer style guide](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/12/summer-style-guide/) - I had a quick check of Instagram earlier this week and saw that my good friend BabyMac had her fireplace on. No, she's not holidaying in the northern hemisphere - she's at home. In Australia. And it's December. Meanwhile, we've been sweltering under a typical Brisbane summer's day before a short and sharp thunderstorm. I've said
- [Online shopping find: abi and joseph](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/10/online-shopping-find-abi-and-joseph/) - Styling You continues its series of profiles on independent online lifestyle stores: abi and joseph, a WA-based store dedicated to yoga, Pilates and travel wear.
- [Styling You's top 20 beauty products 2016](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/12/top-20-beauty-products-2016/) - It’s here. The Styling You top 20 beauty products 2016. This list features products that were released on to the market in 2016. Most of the products below come from the posts I featured each month up in my monthly beauty favourites posts. Others have come from themed posts and sponsored posts. The big test for their inclusion
- [Say hello to softer, brighter, glowing skin with PuraSonic ViVA](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/12/softer-brighter-glowing-skin-with-purasonic-viva/) - Sponsored by PuraSonic VIVA It is so, so easy for our skin to lose its glow factor. Lack of sleep, stress, lack of water, air-conditioning, ageing ... all these work against us when it comes to seeking out the holy grail of beauty - skin that is radiant and strong. There are a tonne of
- [Why sunscreen is your number one summer beauty essential](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/12/sunscreen-is-your-number-one-summer-beauty-essential/) - I've long been an advocate and supporter of sunscreen use. Sunscreen is your number one summer beauty essential AND correct use can help to prevent skin cancer. I'm fast heading towards the big 5-0 and one of the things people most comment on is my skin. Yes, I've got a great skincare routine happening -
- [7 tips for choosing a swimsuit cover-up that works for your everyday style](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/11/7-tips-for-choosing-a-swimsuit-cover-up-that-works-for-your-everyday-style/) - Style talk at this time of year tends to fall into two camps - party style or resort/beach style. If we're not frocking up for a pre-Christmas gathering/catch-up/shindig, we're playing resorts - either at an actual beach or beside our pool or a neighbour's! I'm extremely skilled and resourced at this playing resorts business. Surely
- [The SY Swimsuit Edition 2016 (how to feel great in a swimsuit)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/11/how-to-feel-great-in-a-swimsuit/) - Listen up, ladies. Just when you thought it was safe and I'd stop banging on about how to feel great in a swimsuit, I'm back. I've been putting my body on the line - well into a pair of cosies, togs, bathers - for a few years now to compile the annual SY Swimsuit Edition.
- [November 2016 beauty favourites](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/11/november-2016-beauty-favourites/) - If you’re new to the blog (*waves*), these regular posts are all about sharing with you the best of the beauty products that have landed in my bathroom and on my face/body/head. To make the cut in my monthly list of beauty favourites, the product has to be pretty damn special. What I feature may not work
- [10 undergarment solutions for staying cool in summer](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/11/10-undergarment-solutions-for-staying-cool-in-summer/) - When I brought up the topic of holding on to your style when the heat is on, many said that they were still waiting for the spring-summer switch to be flicked. A quick look at the weather app tells me that that switch is firmly on in most parts of Australia. What that blog post
- [The Model and Me: Firefly spring-summer 2016](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/11/the-model-and-me-firefly-spring-summer-2016/) - Are you a colour and pattern kind of girl? Generally, I'm not. My typical style personality errs on the minimalist/neutral side but I do come with multiple style personalities, including one that every so often likes to embrace her inner peacock. I can go for days in my white, navy, stone, black palette style palette and
- [I visited Australia's Outback for the first time (#12before50)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/11/visited-australias-outback/) - I'm still digesting all that I experienced last weekend. I visited Australia's Outback for the first time. (I feel the need to add a gazillion exclamation marks after this sentence.) Talk about adding to my quest to try 12 new things before I turn the big 5-0 (#12before50) in June next year. {So far I’ve done
- [How to look and feel stylish in summer when the heat is on](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/11/how-to-look-and-feel-stylish-in-summer-when-the-heat-is-on/) - Sponsored by Adrift Every summer I cannot believe how hot and humid it can get. This is kind of crazy as I've lived my entire life in Queensland and that is how we roll. Attempting to look and feel stylish in summer when the heat is on IS a challenge but it is do-able and is
- [The Model and Me: Harlow spring-summer 2016](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/11/the-model-and-me-harlow-spring-summer-2016/) - Oh HELLO November, really how did you sneak up on me like that? Wasn't it just June? Stylers, are you with me? Can you believe that we are very much on the downhill slide toward the end of the year and Christmas? My son finishes school for the year on the last Friday in November.
- [Create a flexible business with The Body Shop At Home](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/11/create-a-flexible-business-with-the-body-shop-at-home/) - Sponsored by The Body Shop At Home It's more than eight years since I made a crazy now-or-never leap into the world of running my own business. To this day, I still can't quite believe I did it. I had pretty much worked for the same company my entire life. I was very much used
- [October 2016 beauty favourites](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/10/october-2016-beauty-favourites/) - If you’re new to the blog (*waves*), these regular posts are all about sharing with you the best of the beauty products that have landed in my bathroom and on my face/body/head. To make the cut here, the product has to be pretty damn special. What I feature may not work for you but I hope I
- [Dress effortlessly by following these three secrets of timeless French style](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/10/three-secrets-of-timeless-french-style/) - Sponsored by Michel Herbelin I've loved clothes and accessories for as long as I can remember. When I think of particular moments in my life, what I was wearing at that time is as vivid as the memory. That floral a-line shift dress and pink round plastic sunnies as a three-year-old in the front yard of our
- [The Model and Me: frockk spring 2016 at Bell & Ford](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/10/the-model-and-me-frockk-spring-2016/) - This time next week I'll be winging my way to Bali to join 11 other women for a week of four Ss - styling, shopping, spa-ing and sipping (cocktails). I totally understand if you hate me right now. It's going to be a fabulous trip with my mate Mrs Woog and hopefully the first of
- [I got my first dog (#12before50)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/10/i-got-my-first-dog-12-before-50/) - Two weeks ago our family got a new addition. I got my first dog at the tender age of 49. My husband has wanted a dog in our family since about the second date 14 years ago. Me? I kept pushing back. First there was the human baby reason. Then there was the commuting family reason.
- [Clean Sheet Day in summer](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/02/clean-sheet-day/) - Slipping into a freshly made bed on Clean Sheet Day is up there with some of my most favourite things to do. The feeling, the smell, the freshness. I love it all. If you follow me along on Instagram, you'd know that Clean Sheet Day is honoured religiously on a Sunday in our home. I
- [How to create a bouquet of flowers (#12before50)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/09/how-to-create-a-bouquet-of-flowers-12before50/) - I love flowers. I love flowers on bushes and trees. I love flowers in gardens. I love flowers in the wild. And I LOVE treating myself with a fresh bunch of flowers. For way too many years - un-partnered years - I didn't buy myself flowers. I stupidly thought flowers were something that others bought
- [10 spring 2016 trends as seen on the real women of #everydaystyle](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/09/10-spring-2016-trends-as-seen-on-real-women/) - Spring officially sprung almost a month ago but it's been slow in arriving in many parts of Australia. Even where I live in Queensland, we've not had the traditional flick of the switch from cool to hot. And I like it. I like that the evenings are still fresh. I like that most of the
- [August-September 2016 beauty favourites](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/09/august-september-2016-beauty-favourites/) - Forgive me SY Beauties for I do not know what happened to August ... or September for that matter. Can someone please point me in the direction of those missing weeks? To make up for my accidentally forgetting to bring you my five beauty favourites in August, I have doubled the fun here with 10
- [9 tips for organising a Cancer Council Girls' Night In](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/09/9-tips-for-organising-a-girls-night-in/) - Sponsored by Cancer Council Girls' Night In I'll be frank. My girlfriends and I don't need much of an excuse or an agenda to get together. It usually just takes one person making a venue suggestion and, pending calendar clashes, we're there. So when I put the word out that I was working with Cancer
- [How to plan your spring-summer special occasion wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/09/how-to-plan-your-spring-summer-special-occasion-wardrobe/) - Spring weddings have started. The spring racing season has too. And the traditional party season is almost upon us. Ladies, do not be alarmed. Be alert. Because the last thing you want to be is stressed about what you're going to wear to any spring-summer special occasion that might be on the horizon. Stress is
- [How to dress like Offspring's Nina Proudman](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/09/how-to-dress-like-offsprings-nina-proudman-10/) - Ok, so I'm putting it out there that a new season of Offspring is already being filmed. I may be way off the mark, but my spies on the ground in Melbourne who live near lots of the locations featured on the show have told me about seeing the filming of certain scenes that didn't
- [How to dress like Offspring's Nina Proudman](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/09/how-to-dress-like-offsprings-nina-proudman-8/) - Nina Proudman and Offspring were BACK last night. I tell you. BACK. Scroll down for the de-brief but let's just say this was the episode I'd been waiting for. Pity there are only two episodes left of this season. My secret squirrel on the ground in Melbourne did tell me that she saw them filming
- [Yarra Trail celebrates 20 years in Australian fashion](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/09/yarra-trail-celebrates-20-years-in-australian-fashion/) - Sponsored by Yarra Trail It's only when I get a chance to speak to current university journalism students that I stop and think about the twists, turns and technological changes that have had an impact on my career and business life. I always show the students this photo from my first week as a graduate
- [How to dress like Offspring's Nina Proudman](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/09/how-to-dress-like-offsprings-nina-proudman-9/) - When I interviewed Offspring costume designer Michael Chisholm before the start of this series six of Offspring, he offered up many gems, but this one stuck with me: Nina wears pieces again that become her favourite pieces but she never wears them the same way the second time around. Nothing goes back with the same combination. And
- [13 ideas for hosting a Girls' Night In event](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/09/13-ideas-for-hosting-a-girls-night-in-event/) - Sponsored by Cancer Council's Girls' Night In It's about 11 years to the day that we got the phone call that no family ever wants to get. My husband's mum, my beautiful mother-in-law (I know mother-in-laws get a bad rap but not this one) had just been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. She was 53. Four years older
- [THE dress of summer 2016](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/01/the-dress-of-summer-2016/) - HELLO. It's me. No, not Adele. It's ME. I'm back. How good is a summer break if you can swing it? We did indeed swing it and had a week at the beach (more on that here). Today I had the need to touch on a wardrobe subject that's become something of an obsession. I'm
- [9 ways to wear colour in winter](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/08/ways-to-wear-colour-in-winter/) - It's officially the last day of winter. I hope wherever you live today that you get a taste of spring in coming weeks. In Queensland, we've had a mild couple of weeks with a few cooler nights. It's been a strange winter and I can count on two hands how many times I've had the heating
- [My health story - an update](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/12/health-story-hashimotos-thyroid/) - Editor’s note: This post is not meant as medical advice that would necessarily work for you – please see your health care professional/s and work together on a plan that works for you. I sat in my GP's rooms last week with my latest blood tests up on the computer screen for us to check.
- [Why I'm simply in love with Simply Nigella](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/02/simply-nigella/) - I love to cook. And to eat. Not that the two need to necessarily need to go hand and hand. But in my experience, it does help. Like my wardrobe, though, it's very, very easy for me to fall into a cooking rut. You know the rut, don't you? Buying the same ingredients and cooking
- [Buckwheat pancakes with salted caramel sauce](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/02/buckwheat-pancakes-with-salted-caramel-sauce/) - Editor's note: Please make very welcome Styling You's new food writer. We're excited to have Jennifer Schmidt, food stylist and blogger at Delicious Everyday on board. I know you're going to love what she's cooking for us. Valentine's Day is right around the corner. Regardless of whether you celebrate or not, I thought I'd share a
- [Red Lentil and Sweet Potato Soup Recipe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/05/sweet-potato-soup-recipe/) - Editor’s note: Please make very welcome Styling You’s food writer. Jennifer Schmidt is a food stylist and blogger at Delicious Everyday. I know you’re going to love what she’s cooking for us. Nothing beats the feelings aroused when eating a hearty and comforting soup on a cold wet night! While the weather refuses to cool
- [The Model and Me: Belle Bird](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/08/the-model-and-me-belle-bird-2/) - Talk about plus-size labels inevitably leads to talk about what actually constitutes plus-size. In fashion industry terms, plus size can refer to any size above a size 12. It's indicative of the ludicrous idea that fashion is only about size 4, 6, 8 and 10. In my opinion, it's the label "plus size" that gets
- [Boost confidence with Philips Zoom teeth whitening](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/08/philips-zoom-teeth-whitening-treatment/) - Sponsored by Philips Zoom There are many parts of my body that I have a love-hate relationship with. Don’t get me wrong, the whole love-love idea is a life-long work in progress but some days, you know, the negative Nancy talk wins out. There is one part of my body, however, that Nancy never mentions
- [What to wear for casual Friday at the office](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/08/what-to-wear-for-casual-friday-at-the-office/) - It's many years since I worked in an office. Even then, the concept of casual Friday was not one that was embraced. Real casual was reserved to those of us working the night or weekend shifts. I think it also wasn't so much of a thing in a newsroom because, most days, most people opted for
- [The Model and Me: Maiocchi](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/08/the-model-and-me-maiocchi-2/) - I frocked up last Tuesday night to celebrate the new collection from one of my favourite designers, Deanne Mayocchi, the talented woman behind the Australian-made label, Maiocchi. The in-store event featured some of the fabulous women who blog and share their outfits on #everydaystyle, showing how they will wear their favourite pieces from the new "Head
- [My health story - an update](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/06/my-health-story-an-update/) - Editor's note: This is not medical advice that would necessarily work for you - please see your health care professional/s and work together on a plan that works for you. My alarm went off at 5.30am this morning. Like it does two mornings each week so I make it to my 6am yoga classes. There
- [The Model and Me: Mela Purdie Spring 2016](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/08/mela-purdie-spring-2016/) - There are certain pieces in my wardrobe that always survive my bi-annual wardrobe edit. Mostly these are basics with a few "I simply-cannot-part-with" show-pony items. And if you were to do an audit on the labels that represented the basics side of the edit equation, you'd find a heavy smattering of Mela Purdie pieces. I
- [Coming soon - get advice from our online style program](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/08/styling-yous-first-online-style-program/) - You may or may not know the story of how I came to be sharing my style tips each day here with you. Eight years ago I left the (relative) security of being a journo - a magazine editor at my local paper - to start a personal styling business. I'd been the newspaper's and magazine's
- [How to dress like Offspring's Nina Proudman](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/08/how-to-dress-like-offsprings-nina-proudman-7/) - Ahh ... thank goodness the TV planets have re-aligned and Wednesday nights have resumed their normal programming. Offspring, I would happily have watched you instead of that other thing starting with O but I forgive you for leaving me for three weeks ... now that you're back. Call me sentimental but I do love it
- [How to dress like Offspring's Nina Proudman](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/08/how-to-dress-like-offsprings-nina-proudman-6/) - I'm struggling with Nina Proudman's new found fashion love of the culotte. There. I've said it out loud. Or written it out loud. Whatever the loud, it's out there. Granted, Nina could pop on the proverbial hessian sack and still look fabulous, but for us mere mortals, the effect of trying to recreate Nina's new
- [How to dress like Offspring's Nina Proudman](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/07/how-to-dress-like-offsprings-nina-proudman-4/) - New Nina and old Nina style collided last night. It made me very happy to see her donning a kimono and jeans, even if she didn't leave the house in said kimono situation. And it made me very happy to see her trot out a soft jacket, jeans and boots. Don't get me wrong, new Nina
- [Why you should totally change your hair style](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/08/change-hair-style/) - About six weeks ago I messaged my hairdresser with this photo. I gave her the heads up that I was ready for a change of 'do and this was it. When she didn't send back a barrage of "tears streaming down face" emojis, I took this as a sign that I was onto a good
- [Join us at the next Style + Champagne event](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/08/style-plus-champagne/) - This is my favourite photo from the inaugural Style + Champagne event - held in April this year. Why? Because the lovely Louise, pictured, epitomised what we saw when we looked around the room that afternoon. Carolyn, Gillian and I were blown away but the positive, fun vibe and that vibe came down to the
- [The Model and Me: Sacha Drake](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/08/the-model-and-me-sacha-drake-2/) - I've been talking up Sacha Drake designs since before this blog was even thought of. Sacha understands how a garment drapes on a woman. She just gets it. Last summer in the Styling You Shop, I introduced you to one of her most genius styles to date, the Column Drape dress. I have the Column
- [How to dress like Offspring's Nina Proudman](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/07/how-to-dress-like-offsprings-nina-proudman-5/) - Nina does re-wear some of the pieces from her wardrobe but not usually so quickly in succession. Last week - in episode 4 - she wore a silk-printed Mes Demoiselles blouse and this week she trotted out the same blouse again but with a midi suede skirt. There's a story behind the skirt which I'll share
- [July 2016 beauty favourites](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/07/july-2016-beauty-favourites/) - Hi Beauties, it’s time again to delve into my bathroom cabinet and see what I’ve been trialling on my skin, hair and face. Each month, dozens of new beauty products land on my desk (and I frequent all manner of beauty counters and supermarket aisles) for possible trial, review and feature here. It’s a hardship
- [The Model and Me: Motto](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/07/the-model-and-me-motto-2/) - It's no secret around here that I'm a fan of the little black dress. My wardrobe is full of them. Like stripes and leopard print, I can never have too many. I don't subscribe to the theory that black makes you look older ... much like I don't subscribe to most silly fashion rules. I
- [Two new pairs of jeans that fit, flatter and offer comfort](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/07/two-new-pairs-of-jeans-that-fit-flatter-and-offer-comfort/) - Sponsored by Katies Jeans and I were not always the best of change room friends. Not many ever made it from the change room to my wardrobe, such was the disconnect between my body shape and the jeans styles commonly available for most of my adult life. Now, it’s a very different story. Jeans are
- [Try stand up paddle boarding (#12before50)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/07/try-stand-up-paddle-boarding-12before50/) - When I made up my working list of 12 new things I could try before I turn 50, I always had this one in mind. New thing #2: stand up paddle boarding I figured that if I was going to try stand up paddle boarding - or SUPing - for the first time that it may
- [The Model and Me: Surafina](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/07/the-model-and-me-surafina-3/) - Every Sunday I check the weather app for the forecast before planning out my outfits for the week ahead. I haven't always done this level of planning but it's now something that gives me a road map for the week ahead and means that I'm not wasting time each morning deciding what to wear. It
- [How to dress like Offspring's Nina Proudman](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/07/how-to-dress-like-offsprings-nina-proudman-3/) - I tell you all is now right in my world. I had major FOMO while on holidays overseas and unable to access episodes one and two of Offspring series six. Major FOMO. But I've put that all behind me and got straight in with the first of the how to dress like Offspring's Nina Proudman
- [How to dress like Offspring's Nina Proudman](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/07/how-to-dress-like-offsprings-nina-proudman-2/) - I cannot wait to catch up on Offspring when I fly in tonight. I don't care if I'm jetlagged and lacking in sleep. I NEED to know what's been happening. Today I'm sharing with my interview with one of the members of the wardrobe design team from the show. You get so much intel when
- [How to dress like Offspring's Nina Proudman](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/06/how-to-dress-like-offsprings-nina-proudman/) - It's been almost two years between Offspring de-brief posts here on Styling You. If you're new to these parts, I've been writing "how to dress like Nina Proudman" post since Series 1 (the back catalogue is here). What started as one post where I thought I'd see if anyone else out there was as crazy
- [Winter reading suggestions](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/06/winter-reading-suggestions/) - Editor's note: Please welcome back Deborah from Debbish (dot com) who's been sharing her favourite new releases with Styling You readers each month. Winter is finally here so it's the perfect weather to curl up by the fireplace with a glass of red wine, some chocolate, a fluffy blanket and a book. Although... I live
- [7 ways to add texture to winter outfits](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/06/7-ways-to-add-texture-to-winter-outfits/) - I was at the butchers yesterday and a woman accidentally bumped into me. You know if you do that to someone else, your natural instinct is to give that person a reassuring pat on the shoulder as you say sorry? Well yesterday, the reassuring pat I was on the receiving end of as I almost
- [What to pack for Hawaii](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/06/what-to-pack-for-hawaii/) - Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away it was the mid '80s and this university girl was known to fall immediately to the floor of any club - not because she had consumed too many beers. Actually the beer consumption may have helped with removing any fear from making such a fast vertical drop
- [June 2016 beauty favourites](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/06/june-2016-beauty-favourites/) - Hi Beauties, it’s time again to delve into my bathroom cabinet and see what I’ve been trialling on my skin, hair and face. Each month, dozens of new beauty products land on my desk (and I frequent all manner of beauty counters and supermarket aisles) for possible trial, review and feature here. It’s a hardship
- [The Model and Me: Surafina](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/06/the-model-and-me-surafina-2/) - Boy oh boy did the heavens open up here yesterday afternoon. Did you manage to stay dry if they opened for you too? Luckily we didn't have to be anywhere and it was like being given permission to hunker down and fire up the Netflix offerings. I love a slouchy Sunday - or any slochy
- [What to pack for a holiday](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/02/what-to-pack-for-a-holiday/) - I'm one of those people who loves "holiday spam" photos flooding my Instagram and Facebook feed. I'm intrinsically nosey and I want to know all the things. I want to know where people are heading to, what they're seeing, what they're eating, where to do the best shopping, where they pour the best cocktails and
- [How to create a winter workwear capsule wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/06/winter-workwear-capsule-wardrobe/) - Getting up and out the door for work is a mission at the best of times. Add in a cold, pitch-black morning and you will need to harness every ounce of motivation to leave the home feeling put together. The aim is definitely not to feel bulky in layers of clothes but to feel and look
- [13 ways to change up your beauty routine for winter](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/06/ways-to-change-up-your-beauty-routine-for-winter/) - I feel a bit cheaty writing this post as it feels like I've just dipped my toes into the crispness of winter before whisking them (and my entire body) away for a couple of weeks of summer in Hawaii. But I'll persist because, despite spray tanning and pedicuring it up before I fly, I will
- [The Model and Me: Metalicus](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/06/the-model-and-me-metalicus/) - It's almost six years since I began Model and Me posts here on Styling You. They began by accident after I had been asked by a boutique to model for them in a Metalicus fashion parade. This boutique stocked and sold Metalicus to women of all ages, shapes and sizes so they wanted the label
- [4 winter outfit ideas that don't include jeans](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/06/winter-outfit-ideas-that-dont-include-jeans/) - My friend Carly (from Smaggle) commented on one of my outfits this week: "Your 'winter' style is so amusing to me. I've reached Melbourne peak fashion where I wear my down coat all day. I'm a walking ugg boot." This made me laugh. So much. Because, yes, I am a Queensland girl and our winter attire looks
- [Are you a personal stylist?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/06/are-you-a-personal-stylist/) - Thanks again for all the lovely birthday wishes. I had a fabulous festival and the best thing is that it is set to continue as my girlfriends all chipped in and bought be a voucher to spend at a day spa. HELLO. Best friends ever. Today, I've got a very important task for you. It's been
- [The Model and Me: Read and Bell](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/06/the-model-and-me-read-and-bell/) - Good morning Stylers. Hip, hip hooray, it's my birthday. I know, I know, I feel sorry for me too. Mondays and birthdays don't sound very celebratory, do they? Rest assured, I've done plenty of celebrating across the weekend. Why have just one day when you can have a festival, I say. As you know from
- [How to layer clothes in winter without looking bulky](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/06/how-to-layer-clothes-in-winter-without-looking-bulky/) - Pinch and a punch, it's the first day of the month and the official start to winter. I've had a little taste of cooler weather this week and quickly remembered how our Queenslander house is not made for anything but summer. If you can get out into the sun, that's a whole different story. Winter
- [Why I want to experience 12 new things in the next 12 months](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/05/why-i-want-to-experience-12-new-things-in-the-next-12-months/) - Last week I attended a Thrive workshop. The workshop formula is the brainchild of author Arianna Huffington (co-founder of Huffington Post) and based on her best-selling book of the same name. It was delivered to us by Arianna's Thrive buddy and sister, Agapi Stassinopoulos, at a Business Chicks event. The key messages were not new to
- [The Model and Me: White Label Noba](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/05/white-label-noba/) - Many things get me excited about what I do here at Styling You. Connecting with you, my gorgeous readers, that's a big one. Another big one is meeting and getting to know a bunch of fabulously talented independent designers creating and working in the Australian fashion industry. I first met White Label Noba's Tracey Watkins
- [Teenage style: 5 tips for travel-wear](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/06/teenage-style-5-tips-for-travel-wear/) - Editor’s note: Sammy is Miss SY’s best friend from school and a journalism/PR student. Each month she shares some style and beauty tips that are relevant to teenage girls of all ages – please leave us a question if you have a teenage style/beauty question you’d like answered. With winter now here, it's a good time to
- [May 2016 favourite reads](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/05/may-2016-favourite-new-releases/) - Editor's note: Please welcome back Deborah from Debbish (dot com) who's sharing her favourite new releases with Styling You readers each month. I cannot believe we're almost half-way through the year already.... in fact I'm a little shocked the Christmas decorations aren't out already. But as for my month, it's been busy with lots of
- [15-piece Nina Proudman capsule wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/05/nina-proudman-capsule-wardrobe/) - There I was last week, salivating over dishes being plated up on Masterchef when this happened: Five seasons of riding the emotional rollercoaster that is life with Nina Proudman rolled into one showreel that nearly broke the interwebs (you can play catch up on the Offspring on Ten Facebook page). Oh NEENS. We're so ready
- [19 ways to wear a scarf](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/05/19-ways-to-wear-a-scarf/) - I have a situation behind the door to my office/lady room. Said situation involves a colony of scarves. I do not use the word colony lightly as they do indeed seem to be breeding. Tell me the following scenario happens to you? I can be in any store and I'll find myself magnetically drawn to any
- [May 2016 beauty favourites](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/05/may-2016-beauty-favourites/) - Oh MY, aren't you looking utterly gorgeous today. Hope you're feeling that way too. It’s time again to delve into my bathroom cabinet and see what I’ve been trialling on my skin, hair and face. Each month, dozens of new beauty products land on my desk (and I frequent all manner of beauty counters and
- [The Model and Me: Adrift](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/05/the-model-and-me-adrift/) - The past few weeks when I'm planning out my outfits (and yes, I do this every Sunday - the plan is subject to change but it gives me a solid starting point), I look at the weather app in anticipation that autumn will finally be on my door step. I don't think we're in for an
- [8 ways to add autumnal elements to your outfit](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/03/autumnal-elements-to-your-outfit/) - When I announced the #SYAW16 monthly style challenge, I did not know just how much of a challenge it would be. It's been far from autumnal where I live and, even in the southern states, there has been unseasonably warm weather. BUT. Oh my, the real women of #everydaystyle love a challenge and they've offered
- [How to wear denim autumn 2016](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/04/how-to-wear-denim/) - Denim on denim on denim. If there is one style of clothing that endures, it's anything made from this hard-wearing cotton twill fabric. All shades of blue denim may be most popular but white and black hold their own in a sea of blue. The real women of #everydaystyle love a challenge and they’ve offered up
- [The Model and Me: Firefly](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/05/the-model-and-me-firefly-2/) - I'm no stranger to the tunic and leggings look as a jeans/knit alternative for autumn-winter. I recently featured a kimono-style tunic from Rasaleela, and today I'm featuring a shirt-style from Firefly. I personally love both shapes - variety being the spice of life and all. Firefly is an Australian label which is ethically produced by
- [Affordable Winter Maternity Capsule Wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/05/affordable-winter-maternity-capsule-wardrobe/) - Editor’s note: The gorgeous Jasmine Hunt from Pretty Chuffed had her second baby late last year and is on the blog with tips on creating an affordable capsule maternity wardrobe. Ahh, maternity wear. Whilst you might only be pregnant for nine (well, technically ten) months of your life, it can arguably be the most challenging, wardrobe-wise. Firstly,
- [21 beauty hacks, tips and short cuts to make your life easier](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/05/21-beauty-hacks-tips-and-short-cuts-to-make-your-life-easier/) - I'm a low-high maintenance girl when it comes to my beauty needs. My vanity rules and fuels my need to polish my look with all manner of salon and home beauty essentials. Everyone's vanity meter is different. You might be horrified to know that I'm writing this without a scrap of makeup on my face.
- [The 7 most comfortable jeans that fit like a boss](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/05/most-comfortable-jeans/) - Not so long back - about 11 years in fact - I struggled to find a pair of jeans that worked for my shape. Like. REALLY struggled. For most of my adult life. I'm a size 16 around the hips. My bottom is wide and flat and extremely pancake-like. I have a front bottom. My legs
- [10 things to do in Bondi](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/05/10-things-to-do-in-bondi/) - The partner of a friend of mine texted said friend while were were sitting above Bondi's iconic outdoor pool to report that he'd just seen the Bondi Vet eat some lunch. In Bondi. The Bondi Vet is, of course, Dr Chris Brown, and this snippet of information did indeed please me so. Not because I
- [Tween style - autumn-winter](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/04/tween-style-autumn-winter/) - Editor’s note: please welcome today’s guest blogger Kim Abbate from Life With Tweens. With a tween of her own, she will contribute a regular post on age-appropriate tween style to help those of us with kids in that awkward stage. Do you remember the days when Dolly magazine was a bible and you would pore over
- [March 2016 favourite reads](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/03/march-favourite-reads/) - Editor's note: Please welcome back Deborah from Debbish dot com who's sharing her favourite new releases with Styling You readers each month. After a bumper crop of books last month, March started a little slowly. I usually read most nights and - although my (to-be-read) pile rivalled Mt Kosciuszko the big hill at the end of my street - nothing
- [February 2016 favourite reads](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/02/february-2016-favourite-reads/) - Editor's note: Please welcome back Deborah from Debbish dot com who's sharing her favourite new releases with Styling You readers each month. If I was prone to swearing or hyperbole I'd tell you all what a bloody amazing reading month February has been. In fact, I’ve doled out two 5-star reviews this month after offering up only 1-2
- [Teenage beauty: 5-step makeup routine](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/03/teenage-beauty-5-step-makeup-routine/) - Editor’s note: Sammy is Miss SY’s best friend from school and a journalism/PR student. Each month she shares some style and beauty tips that are relevant to teenage girls of all ages – please leave us a question if you have a teenage style/beauty question you’d like answered. Ahh Makeup. It's been a long love-affair between us
- [Teenage style: what to wear to uni](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/02/teenage-style-wear-uni/) - Editor’s note: Sammy is Miss SY’s best friend from school and a journalism/PR student. Each month she shares some style and beauty tips that are relevant to teenage girls of all ages – please leave us a question if you have a teenage style/beauty question you’d like answered. Well Stylers, I must say, it's good to be
- [How to refresh your summer teaching wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/01/refresh-summer-teaching-wardrobe/) - Editor’s note: sharing her style on the blog is What The Teacher Wears blogger, Alex Paterson. I met Alex and discovered that there is a whole world out there of teachers sharing their style. It’s far from the teacher style I knew back in the day and even if you’re not a teacher you’ll be
- [January 2016 favourite reads](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/01/january-favourite-reads/) - Editor's note: Please welcome back Deborah from Debbish dot com who's sharing her favourite new releases with Styling You readers each month. Happy 2016! No doubt you've had time to make, break and revisit your resolutions already... or if you're like me, you've given up on the notion entirely. It's a bit of a thing in the book
- [April 2016 favourite reads](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/04/april-2016-favourite-reads/) - Editor's note: Please welcome back Deborah from Debbish (dot com) who's sharing her favourite new releases with Styling You readers each month. Sorry folks, but we've no time for friendly chit-chat today as I'm showcasing six, yes SIX books. So I'll just assume you're all fine and dandy and dive straight in to my fave April new releases.
- [Teacher style AW16](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/04/teacher-style-autumn-winter/) - Editor’s note: sharing her style on the blog is What The Teacher Wears blogger, Alex Paterson. I met Alex and discovered that there is a whole world out there of teachers sharing their style. It’s far from the teacher style I knew back in the day and even if you’re not a teacher you’ll be
- [Caramel apple upside down cake recipe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/04/spiced-apple-upside-down-cake/) - Editor’s note: Please make very welcome Styling You’s new food writer. We’re excited to have Jennifer Schmidt, food stylist and blogger at Delicious Everyday on board. I know you’re going to love what she’s cooking for us. Call me old fashioned, but I love a good upside-down cake! I first fell in love with upside
- [An affordable capsule wardrobe for new mums](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/03/an-affordable-capsule-wardrobe-for-mums-with-young-babies/) - Editor’s note: The gorgeous Jasmine Hunt from Pretty Chuffed had her second baby late last year and is back on the blog with tips on creating an affordable capsule wardrobe for mums with young babies. Jasmine will also be popping up here more frequently this year with great style tips for stay-at-home mums. I'm not going to lie
- [What to wear to a winter wedding](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/05/what-to-wear-to-a-winter-wedding-2/) - The winter wedding season is almost upon us. While spring is traditionally the season of the bride, winter offers up a completely different experience. And if the location is chosen well, it can enhance the whole experience. I'm thinking a big positives are that there is a lot less sweat involved and a that there
- [Tell me ALL the things](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/04/tell-me-all-the-things/) - Today is a little crazy around the Styling You traps. I'm shooting a new project for Katies - can't wait to share that - and I'm also putting the final touches on the first Styling You Shop capsule collection for 2016. Basically I'm doing all the things I love while playing dress ups. WINNING. Here's a sneak
- [15-piece autumn-winter basics capsule wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/05/15-piece-autumn-winter-basics-capsule-wardrobe/) - There are two key factors involved in a wardrobe that always delivers you something to wear. Both are pretty obvious but both are things we are all prone to not concentrating on. I know this because my failing at these two factors was very much the reason why, for such a long time, I felt like I
- [The Model and Me: eb&ive](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/05/the-model-and-me-ebive/) - Don't get me wrong. I LOVE wearing black. It's my go-to colour no matter what the time of year. Come winter, I favour it even more. I poo-poo those who say you can't wear black because it makes you look older. Because, no it doesn't. It may not be YOUR colour but please don't put an
- [Teenage style: what to wear to a uni ball](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/05/teenage-style-what-to-wear-to-a-uni-ball/) - Editor’s note: Sammy is Miss SY’s best friend from school and a journalism/PR student. Each month she shares some style and beauty tips that are relevant to teenage girls of all ages – please leave us a question if you have a teenage style/beauty question you’d like answered. Oh uni ball season... you are my favourite time
- [How to create a lipstick wardrobe?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/05/lipstick-wardrobe/) - If there is one thing I can't leave the house without, it's lippy. Oh, ok, you got me ... my preference is also that I'm fully clothed and not in danger of embarrassing my son on the school run. But apart from clothes, there has to be something on my lips. I seriously do not
- [Style + Champagne event - it's a wrap](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/05/style-champagne-event-2/) - What do you get when you put 90 women in one room, serve them high tea and French Champagne and teach them a few life and style hacks? FUN with all the capitals, that's what. The inaugural Style + Champagne event was everything that we'd hoped it would be. Gillian, Carolyn (the awesome Champagne Cartel chicks)
- [The Model and Me: Harlow](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/05/the-model-and-me-harlow/) - It was reported on last night's news that Brisbane's April temperatures were some of the hottest on record. And this week we're staring down the barrel of another week of high 20s/early 30s temperatures. I'm calling ENOUGH. It's May. Winter IS coming. Isn't it? I've got a fab wardrobe ready to roll out when it
- [Mother's Day style inspiration at Katies](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/04/mothers-day-style-inspiration-at-katies/) - Sponsored by Katies We are big markers of any occasion around here and Mother's Day is firmly fixed on the celebration agenda each year. This has nothing at all to do with the fact that I am a mother and stand to personally gain from being made the focus of attention on said day. No, nothing at
- [The Model and Me: Boom Shankar](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/04/the-model-and-me-boom-shankar/) - I've been sharing my love for Noosa-based label, Boom Shankar, here for many years. Boom Shankar is 20 years young and grew from designer Dui (Katie) Cameron's days living in India. Any one who visited the iconic Eumundi markets from the label's inception, would recognise it. Many people still have those original purchases - clothes that
- [April 2016 beauty favourites](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/04/april-2016-beauty-favourites/) - Hello Beauties. It’s time again to delve into my bathroom cabinet and see what I’ve been trialling on my skin, hair and face. Each month, dozens of new beauty products land on my desk for possible trial, review and feature here. I KNOW. Tough doesn’t come close to describing this aspect of my job. For
- [15-piece autumn-winter 2016 capsule wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/04/15-piece-autumn-winter-2016-capsule-wardrobe/) - There is a crispness in the air that I can no longer deny. Sure, the days might still be warm (especially where I live) but as soon as the sun goes down, we are reaching for a wardrobe piece to keep us warm. Welcome to the trans-seasonal autumn-winter season, where layering is key to outfit
- [The Model and Me: wYse](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/04/the-model-and-me-wyse/) - My most favourite clothing pieces are ones that can be easily washed, require no ironing and look good wear after wear. I've long termed these style of clothing pieces lifestyle clothing. Clothes that just fit in your life. wYse is a label that you would have heard me talk about a lot in regards to
- [Autumn-winter 2016 everyday style inspiration at Katies](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/04/autumn-winter-2016-everyday-style-inspiration-at-katies/) - Sponsored by Katies Back in February I flew to Sydney in the height of summer to don jeans and knitwear. Not because I'm all kinds of crazy (although that does help sometimes) but because I'm excited to be working again with Australian iconic fashion brand Katies to showcase their autumn-winter 2016 collection. And yes, if
- [5 scalp friendly shampoos](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/04/scalp-friendly-shampoos/) - I know I'm not alone in this struggle so I thought I'd do an update of this post I wrote a few years ago. I've been a psoriasis sufferer from the age of nine. Psoriasis is an autoimmune condition that shows itself as an overproduction of skin cells that appear as lumpy, itchy scaly clumps.
- [7 ways to wear a denim shirt](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/04/7-ways-to-wear-a-denim-shirt/) - I learned long ago on my style journey to never say I wouldn't revisit a fashion trend that I tried the first time it came around. Why? Because such nonsense will inevitably come back to bite me on my wide-but-flat-as-a-pancake bottom. Let me give you some examples where I've gone back on my word and embraced
- [Friendships](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/04/friendships/) - The last time we'd all been together we were fresh of face and hard of hair on account of our collective over-consumption and addiction to hairspray. Sure some of us had caught up with others in the group over past 26 years. Been to each other's weddings. Been Godparents for our kids. Been supports through the worst
- [The Model and Me: Boho Bird](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/04/the-model-and-me-boho-bird/) - If I were to nominate one look that is my signature for cool autumn and mild winter days it would be this one. A loose boho-style top worn with skinny jeans. It's a no-brainer outfit for me. The style of jeans just works and the top skims over the bits I'd like skimmed over around
- [How to get the perfect eyebrow](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/04/how-to-get-the-perfect-eyebrow/) - In my formative and early adult years I really did not pay enough attention to my brows. By enough, I mean ANY attention. I truly did not understand the power of the brow and its magical abilities to make or break a face until a little more than five years ago. Yes, I'm a late bloomer.
- [The Model and Me: Rasaleela](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/04/the-model-and-me-rasaleela/) - I've become one of those people who endlessly talks about the weather. It's got so bad (the weather and me talking about it) that I'm trying to ban myself from the subject. That's all a bit difficult, I guess, when what we wear is so linked to what the weather is doing. What I'd love
- [Save your winter soles with FRANKiE4 Footwear](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/03/frankie4-footwear-2/) - Sponsored by FRANKiE4 Footwear I remember the first time my feet slipped into a pair of FRANKiE4 Footwear shoes. It was very much a happy dance moment. A COMFORTABLE happy dance moment. Like any woman with half an eye on fashion trends, up until that point I’d pretty much sacrificed any foot comfort for a
- [How to create an autumn workwear capsule wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/04/autumn-workwear-capsule-wardrobe/) - The fashion seasons have a changed and the weather is also catching up with the change in some parts of Australia. If you're a Monday-Friday office worker then you're probably on the look out for pieces that can freshen up your existing work wardrobe. This is a very good time for that. Most stores have
- [Teenage style: what jeans suit you?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/07/teenage-style-what-jeans-suit-you/) - Editor’s note: Samantha (Sammy) is Miss SY’s best friend from school and a journalism student. Each month she shares some style and beauty tips that are relevant to teenage girls of all ages – please leave us a question if you have a teenage style/beauty question you’d like answered. Let’s talk jeans. Whether they’re skinny, ripped, or
- [How to wear ankle boots - autumn-winter 2016](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/03/how-to-wear-ankle-boots-3/) - Sponsored by FRANKiE4 Footwear Do you love an ankle boot as much as I do? For me, they are the dot point to my exclamation mark in just about any autumn-winter outfit. While I have flirted - and will continue to flirt - with their knee-high sisters, ankle boots never let me down. They worry
- [March 2016 beauty favourites](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/03/march-2016-beauty-favourites/) - Hello Beauties. It's time again to delve into my bathroom cabinet and see what I've been trialling on my skin, hair and face. Each month, dozens of new beauty products land on my desk for possible trial, review and feature here. I KNOW. Tough doesn’t come close to describing this aspect of my job. For
- [The Model and Me: Binny](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/03/the-model-and-me-binny/) - My love for the Australian label Binny is far from a state fashion secret. I first discovered the label via your imaginary TV friend and mine - Offspring's Nina Proudman - and have been a card-carrying fan ever since. What I love about Binny's designs is that they always surprise and delight in the details and
- [How to dress when it's hot (#everydaystyle inspiration)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/03/how-to-dress-when-its-hot/) - Today is officially the first day of autumn in Australia but it seems that the weather gods failed to get the memo that we're very ready to change up our wardrobes. Thankfully throughout February the real women of #everydaystyle have provided us with much inspiration for how to dress when it's hot, sharing their style via
- [How to remove fake tan](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/03/how-to-remove-fake-tan/) - I've got those long-weekend feels happening. And by feels I mean prepping, planning and packing. We're heading to the beach. The forecast is hot, hot, and hot - so like all good girls who like to be sun-safe, I'm packing the hat, beach shelter and I've booked in for a spray tan. While ever it's
- [The Model and Me: Sacha Drake](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/03/the-model-and-me-sacha-drake/) - If you're a regular around here you'll very much be aware of my love for Brisbane-based fashion label, Sacha Drake. I've been wearing Sacha for about 12 years now. Her designs are timeless. Her prints captivating. And lately it's been her everyday style solutions that have had me excited. Remember last year the column drape
- [How to get your house ready for guests](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/03/how-to-get-your-house-ready-for-guests/) - Yesterday we talked about escaping for the Easter break but then I got to thinking, maybe many of you are hosting visitors across the long weekend and are madly getting your house ready for guests. Having friends and family come to stay can be a whole lot of fun but it also can take a
- [How to pack for a long weekend](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/03/how-to-pack-for-a-long-weekend/) - Are you heading away for the Easter long weekend? Camping? Hitting the beach for the last blast of warm weather? Because I'm nosey, I want to know what everyone is up to. And because I'm a reformed packer, I want to know what everyone is packing for their particular destination. We've managed to carve out a
- [Where to stay, shop, eat and drink in Brisbane](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/03/where-to-stay-shop-eat-and-drink-in-brisbane/) - It's been a little more than two years since we made Brisbane our home and I must say we've very much fallen in love (all over again) with this city after both of us spending many years living away. I love the smaller communities within the big city. I love our little community in the
- [The Model and Me: Fabrik](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/03/the-model-and-me-fabrik/) - It's no secret that I cannot wait until Nina Proudman returns to our screens this year for the sixth season of Offspring. In anticipation I find myself channelling a little Nina style here and there. Last week it was this outfit, today it's a cotton maxi dress that I just know Neens would add a
- [Styling You Giveaway: WIN 1 of 12 prizes valued at $1761](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/03/styling-giveaway-win-1-12-prizes-valued-1761/) - It's time to celebrate the fact that the first Styling You giveaway for 2016 is here. We have brought together 12 fabulous prizes valued at $1761 from some of your favourite brands. Who would like a prize? Do you need to give your wardrobe a boost as the season change? Then the prizes from Birdsnest, Sequins
- [16 best shops Paddington Brisbane](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/06/best-shops-paddington-brisbane/) - It's 18 months since we made the move from the Sunshine Coast to Brisbane. EIGHTEEN months. In some ways it feels like it's longer. In some ways it seems like yesterday. We've very much settled into our new environment. We're fortunate to have made some beautiful new friends, have re-connected with old friends and completely
- [Book now for the inaugural Style + Champagne event](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/03/style-champagne-event/) - I've been hinting at it for some time now but it's here: news and details of the inaugural Style + Champagne event. I've teamed up with the fabulous duo from Champagne Cartel (Gillian Moody and Carolyn Tate) for these events. We've been inundated with requests from our fabulous online communities to host events and are pleased to announce
- [15-piece underwear essentials capsule wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/03/underwear-essentials-capsule-wardrobe/) - We're going to get a bit personal. I'm going to delve into my smalls' drawer and I'm going to encourage you to do the same. See, we can have all the clothes in the world but if we don't have all the underwear essentials on hand, then our outfits can be seriously let down. At
- [How to get the most out of an eyeshadow palette](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/03/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-an-eyeshadow-palette/) - There is something about an eyeshadow palette that seduces me in with promises of fabulous colour contouring combinations. Only ... I'm guilty of sticking to the same one or two colours in a palette, leaving the others lonely and untouched. Why stick to a palette then? Good question. I'm glad you asked. I have two reasons:
- [The Model and Me: Bird Keepers](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/03/the-model-and-me-bird-keepers/) - THE look of summer is well and truly alive and turning heads for autumn-winter 2016. Yes, keep those shoulders at the ready Stylers. They are still very much in demand as the season changes. You'll have them out in knitwear, silken tops and frocks like this one from Birdsnest label, Bird Keepers. The model Bird Keepers The
- [How to get Julia Morris' wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/03/how-to-get-julia-morris-wardrobe/) - "It just screams jungle yet again. I just love it." Julia Morris, you crack me up with every outfit, every innuendo pointed in Dr Chris Brown's general direction and your insistence on wearing anything BUT jungle ... when in the jungle. Julia is comic royalty in Australia and is currently ensconced in the African jungle
- [The Model and Me: Motto](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/02/the-model-and-me-motto/) - Do you know my favourite style of clothing? Anything that is one step up from pyjamas, yet is a legitimate garment suitable for letting loose in public. I've featured many a garment here that fits that description and many of them have come from Australian label Motto. Each piece from this label is travel and
- [Christmas giveaway: Win 1 of 18 prizes worth $4717](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2014/11/styling-christmas-giveaway/) - Can you believe that it's the silly season already Stylers? As scary as that may be, the good news is that it's time for the Styling You Christmas giveaway! We have 18 prizes valued at a whopping $4717 for you to fill your own stockings. How does that sound? Depending what is on your wish
- [Beauty favourites February 2016](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/02/beauty-favourites-february-2016/) - Hello beauty lovers. If you're new around these parts you may not be up to speed on this monthly post. In a nutshell, for a girl who'll go gaga over a new lipstick release, I have THE BEST job in the world. Each month, dozens of new beauty products land on my desk for possible
- [The Model and Me: Bohemian Traders denim](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/02/bohemian-traders-denim/) - This blogging world is a pretty special one. Not only has it allowed me to *meet* you but it's also given me the opportunity to meet some incredible men and women, each with a different voice and each forging a different pathway with their blogging-based businesses. One such voice is Emily Berlach. Emily is a
- [Styling You's 2000th blog post](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/02/styling-yous-2000th-blog-post/) - You know how I love an even number? Well when that even number situation collides with a milestone, then you bet I’m excited. Drum roll please … this is 2000th blog post on Styling You. That’s a whole lot of writing, photographs, sharing and comments that have gone down in seven and a half years.
- [The Model and Me: Maiocchi](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/02/the-model-and-me-maiocchi/) - Brisbane-based designer Deanne Mayocchi of label Maiocchi always excites with her seasonal collections. With exclusive prints and her Australian-made designs, you know you're wearing something special and buying a piece that will remain in your wardrobe for years to come. This season's collection - Orient Excess - is inspired by Deanne's love of traditional Oriental design,
- [What's your One Word for 2016?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/02/whats-your-one-word-for-2016/) - Sponsored by Triumph I received an email recently from a Styling You reader asking me how I get everything done in my day. Truth be told, I don't always get everything done. I don't always tick off all the tasks I set myself. And I don't always feel like I've got it together in every aspect
- [What to pack for a European summer holiday](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/06/what-to-pack-for-a-european-summer-holiday/) - This would have to be my biggest packing challenge to date. Well, since I started seeing every trip as an opportunity to better myself in this game the experts call packing light. I need to be upfront with you from the outset, if you're looking for a "how to pack for three weeks in Europe with
- [Summer hair care boot camp: the results](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/02/summer-hair-care-boot-camp-4/) - Sponsored by Schwarzkopf My hair has been severely tested this summer. Humidity is not my friend. It's not the friend of my hair, nor of my ankles and my general disposition, come to think of it. Much as I'd love to walk around in an air-conditioned bubble, it's just not possible. So, I choose to
- [Parenting style the third time around](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/02/parenting-style-the-third-time-around/) - Sponsored by Bupa Australia When I look at the photo below of my first-born children, the cute factor is (almost) lost on me. Ok, so the babies in this photo are now adults. Therefore CUTE. BUT. Oh my. This image represents my time deep in the baby-parenting trenches. I get a bit tense and twitchy
- [What to wear on a date night](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/02/what-to-wear-on-a-date-night/) - I'm as schmaltzy as it comes when it comes to hanging out with my significant other. I know it's not how everyone's relationship works but, for us, carving out couple time in two busy schedules is a priority. And anyone with kids knows that this is not as easy thing to achieve. We have it
- [The Model and Me: Belle Bird](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/02/the-model-and-me-belle-bird/) - It's a new fashion season here on the blog. That won't mean you'll see me trotting out winter clothes for my #everydaystyle posts on Instagram but it does mean that these Model and Me posts will take on a different feel as (in fashion land) we leave summer behind. As I mentioned in this post,
- [Listen in.  I've got an uplifting bra story to tell](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/08/listen-in-ive-got-an-uplifting-bra-story-to-tell/) - Not all boobs are created equal. Mine have particular uplifting needs. These bras from Berlei and Bendon help those needs and are are now wardrobe essentials.
- [Fab Friday style tip:  get set for spring-summer 2011](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/08/fab-friday-style-tip-get-set-for-spring-summer-2011/) - The current warmer weather is a timely hint because stores are starting to fill with lots of new-season loveliness. Take a look at Country Road and Witchery
- [The Model and Me:  Country Road spring-summer 2011](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/08/the-model-and-me-country-road-spring-summer-2011/) - The Model and Me is back for another fashion season. I try on a Country Road stripe maxi dress for size and show you what it looks like on a model ... and me!
- [Are you a Spanx or a Bonds girl?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/08/are-you-a-spanx-or-a-bonds-girl/) - Two ends of the underwear spectrum arrived yesterday. In the left corner, were two pairs of sexy Bonds undies. In the right corner, Spanx Super Power Panties
- [This is what a big red virtual hug looks like](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/08/this-is-what-a-big-red-virtual-hug-looks-like/) - Denise and Bruce Morcombe fronted the media again yesterday. Denise said she hoped Daniel would never be forgotten. No, Denise. He won't be.
- [Think minimalism and you'll always be in style](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/08/think-minimalism-and-youll-always-be-in-style/) - If ever there was a season to stock up on key wardrobe pieces, this is it. The key spring 2011 trend is new minimalism - for chain store chic Trenery is the go
- [Fab Friday style tip: how to colour block](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/08/fab-friday-style-tip-how-to-colour-block/) - Colour blocking: Listen to these key tips and you'll be clashing colours in the one outfit quicker than you can say, pass me that yellow clutch.
- [The Model and Me:  Eco Diva kaftans](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/08/eco-diva-kaftans/) - Want to float through spring and summer in a silk kaftan or two? Here's how to do it with kaftans from an Australian label with an eco conscience.
- [Fashion power is not size-ist](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/08/fashion-power-is-not-size-ist/) - The power of fashion is in the way a garment is able to make a woman feel fabulous. At Sydney Fashion Festival commentators have shown their ugly size-ist side
- [Online vs in-store shopping.  Where do you flex your credit card?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/08/online-vs-in-store-shopping-where-do-you-flex-your-credit-card/) - 60 Minutes reporter Charles Wooley was last night surprised at how big online shopping was. Do you shop online or still prefer in-store? Any tips for others?
- [Now, about that bra size](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/08/now-about-that-bra-size/) - Apparently my boobies are actually bigger than I thought they were. And they sit sideways. Which means I need a particular type of bra. You might too.
- [Fab Friday style tip:  white's all right for spring-summer 2011](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/09/fab-friday-style-tip-whites-all-right-for-spring-summer-2011/) - Wearing all white is in total contrast to spring-summer's colour blocking trend. Embrace it and look effortlessly cool this season.
- [What's on my fashion wishlist for spring-summer 2011-12?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/09/whats-on-my-fashion-wishlist-for-spring-summer-2011-12/) - I can't help it. I need to make a list. The shopping seasons they are a changing. Here's what's on my spring-summer 2011-12 wishlist.
- [The 10-step wardrobe edit: PLUS $500 Freedom Furniture gift card giveaway](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/09/the-10-step-wardrobe-edit-plus-500-freedom-furniture-gift-card-giveaway/) - Are you hanging in there (pardon the wardrobe pun)? It's Day 4 of Styling You's Spring Clean Week? Today you can win a $500 Freedom Furniture Gift Card!
- [Why you need to go nude this summer](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/09/why-you-need-to-go-nude-this-summer/) - Don't panic, I'm not suggesting *that*, I'm talking nude shoes, why you need them and why you need to check out Florsheim's new fashion range, Zizi.
- [WIN a Westfield styling session plus $1000 to spend on your new-season look](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/09/win-a-westfield-styling-session-plus-1000-to-spend-on-your-new-season-look/) - To celebrate the new fashion season, Styling You and Westfield are giving you the chance to win a Westfield styling session PLUS a $1000 Westfield gift card!
- [6 fashion bites to help style up your weekend](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/09/fab-friday-style-tip-advice-from-around-the-interwebs/) - Looking for some style inspiration for the weekend? Here are 6 things - from how to pose in a photo to welcoming ASOS to Australia - that will get you started
- [Summer relaxed style on a budget.  (Yes, it is possible.)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/09/summer-relaxed-style-on-a-budget-yes-it-is-possible/) - I'm always on the hunt for great new fashion finds but I get really excited when I find new budget collections. This one from Big W ticks all the style boxes.
- [WIN: one of two pairs of Habbot hand made Italian leather shoes](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/09/win-one-of-two-pairs-of-habbot-hand-made-italian-leather-shoes/) - I have a thing for shoes. This is the second collection from Habbot and you have the chance to win one of two hand made pairs from this new Australian brand.
- [The Model and Me: Metalicus Spring 2011](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/09/the-model-and-me-metalicus-spring-2011/) - The Model and Me is back with my favourite piece from the Metalicus Spring 2011 collection. Check it out on the model and then on me, a size 14.
- [5 fashionable ways to live a luxe life for less](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/09/5-fashionable-ways-to-live-a-luxe-life-for-less/) - Australian-born Kerrie Hess is living a fashionista's dream. Here the illustrator and author shares her top 5 tips for living a luxe life for less. Listen up!
- [WIN: one of two $250 Leoni & Vonk jewellery gift vouchers](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/09/win-one-of-two-250-leoni-and-vonk-jewellery-gift-vouchers/) - Statement jewellery can make or break an outfit. This week on Styling You you can win one of two $250 vouchers to spend at bespoke designers Leoni and Vonk.
- [The Model and Me: Boom Shankar Spring-Summer 2011](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/10/the-model-and-me-boom-shankar-spring-summer-2011/) - This week's Model and Me post looks at the current collection from Queensland-based label, Boom Shankar - a collection perfect for a relaxed lifestyle.
- [Sunshine Plaza style: have you got what it takes to win a $5000 shopping spree?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/10/sunshine-plaza-style-have-you-got-what-it-takes-to-win-a-5000-shopping-spree/) - The Sunshine Coast is home to a style all of it's own. Sunshine Plaza is looking for the person who best showcases that style. He or she will win a $5000 shopping spree.
- [Online shopping find: Bella Lido](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/10/online-find-bella-lido/) - This is the first in a new series on Styling You where I will profile independent online stores that offer something special for you to buy. Profile: Bella Lido
- [Fashion and groceries really do Mix](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/10/fashion-and-groceries-really-do-mix/) - Would you like a new bikini with your loaf of bread and 2l milk? No problem, it's all being served up a 52 Coles supermarket stores around Australia.
- [The Model and Me: Feathers spring-summer 11-12](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/10/the-model-and-me-feathers-spring-summer-11-12/) - This week's Model and Me post takes a look at a great little black dress from iconic Australian label, Feathers. It's called The Magical Dress.
- [Fab Friday style tip: how to wear a loud shirt](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/10/fab-friday-style-tip-how-to-wear-a-loud-shirt/) - Next Friday is Loud Shirt Day, raising funds so that deaf children around Australia can learn to listen and talk. Some tips for you on how to wear a loud shirt without looking like a tourist in Hawaii.
- [The Model and Me: Verily Spring-Summer 2011](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/10/the-model-and-me-verily-spring-summer-2011/) - This week's The Model and Me styles two looks with a nautical flavour - a red shift dress and a navy and white maxi - both from the label, Verily.
- [6 things Aunty Gok told me that you need to know now](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/10/6-things-aunty-gok-told-me-that-you-need-to-know-now/) - UK celebrity stylist Gok Wan has just finished his second tour of Australia for Westfield. Styling You interviews the man known affectionately as Aunty Gok.
- [What makes great summer style? You be the judge](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/10/what-makes-great-summer-style-you-be-the-judge/) - Voting is now open in the Sunshine Plaza Showcase Your Style competition. Check out the first week's outfits for tips on how to wear this season's hottest colour blocking trend.
- [How not to get caught looking like an Class A dag](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/10/how-not-to-get-caught-looking-like-an-class-a-dag/) - The chances of getting caught looking daggy in public are completely proportionate to the level of dagdom with which you've chosen to embrace. This was my day.
- [WIN: One of five $100 jewellery gift vouchers from Jive Design](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/11/win-1-of-5-100-jewellery-gift-vouchers-from-jive-designs/) - It's no secret that I'm a huge fan of using jewellery and accessories to give your outfit a leg up to the next level. Jive Design fits the bill and more.
- [Online shopping find: ShoeSales.com.au](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/11/online-shopping-find-shoesales-com-au/) - Styling You regularly profiles online stores where you can build your style with a few clicks. This week I profile ShoeSales.com.au
- [The Model and Me: Sacha Drake summer 2011-12](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/11/the-model-and-me-sacha-drake-summer-2011-12/) - This week's Model and Me post features a maxi dress from Sacha Drake's 2011-12 collection. It's figure hugging but skimming, so yes you CAN wear it!
- ["Purposeful" shoes. Do we need them in our shoe-robe?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/11/purposeful-shoes-do-we-need-them-in-our-shoe-robe/) - FitFlops have been around since 2007 - 12 million people now own a pair. Do you? Or do you prefer your shoes on the showy and uncomfortable side?
- [Fab Friday style tip: quick tips for the career mum](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/11/fab-friday-style-tip-quick-tips-for-the-career-mum/) - Are you a mum working in the corporate world or for yourself from a corner of the lounge room? Here are some tips to take the stress out of knowing what to wear
- [Online store profile: The Little White T-Shirt Company](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/11/online-store-profile-the-little-white-t-shirt-company/) - The latest in the Styling You's online shopping find series features ethical and fairtrade clothing from WA-based The Little White T-Shirt Company.
- [3 things to make specs wearers very happy](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/11/3-things-to-make-specs-wearers-very-happy/) - I'm a specs wearer. I don't mind too much. It is another accessory, after all. Some news for you that will help your specs style from Gok Wan for Specsavers, OPSM and Vision Direct
- [Online shopping find: Still Your Mind](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/11/online-shopping-find-still-your-mind/) - The latest in my series of online store profiles features products that are natural and sustainable and designed to bring you harmony.
- [Do you have a secret fashion store that really *gets* you?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/11/do-you-have-a-secret-fashion-store-that-really-gets-you/) - Help me create a list of fabulous boutiques, labels, online stores and chain stores that sell clothes and accessories just right for women aged 30 and over?
- [There's always room for one more pair of shoes](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/11/theres-always-room-for-one-more-pair-of-shoes/) - My shoe-robe has everything from Havaianas through to teetering heels and a good supply of wedges and platforms to round it out for good measure.
- [My secrets to helping busy women find their style mojo](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/11/my-secrets-to-helping-busy-women-find-their-style-mojo/) - Do you have a wardrobe filled with clothes that make you feel more drab than fab? Read my five tips to great style and never make a dud clothing purchase again.
- [Online shopping find: Sequins and Sand](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/11/online-shopping-find-sequins-and-sand/) - The latest online shopping find on Styling You is just in time for holiday wardrobe planning. Take a look at what's on offer at Sequins and Sand.
- [The Model and Me: wYse holiday 2011-12](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/11/the-model-and-me-wyse-holiday-2011-12/) - The Model and Me is back - this time in holiday mode with a look at a pantsuit from the wYse holiday collection. Check it out on the model and then see it on me.
- [Are you dreaming of staying cool, stylish and on budget?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/11/are-you-dreaming-of-staying-cool-stylish-and-on-budget/) - I'm impressed again by the value for money and style that continues to come out of the Emmerson Big W range. Check out these $7 shoes!
- [Online store profile: Aussie Swim Store](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/12/online-store-profile-aussie-swimstore/) - Don't fancy trying on a new swimsuit in a store? Buying online might just work for you. This online swimwear store takes a lot of the guess work out for you too.
- [What I wore: the office Christmas party](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/12/what-i-wore-the-office-christmas-party/) - What I wore ... to my husband's work Christmas party. Love the "miracle" qualities of this Sacha Drake dress.
- [The Styling You reader shopping directory is up](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/12/the-styling-you-reader-shopping-directory-is-up/) - Styling You readers have helped me create an online shopping directory of all their favourite stores - from independents through to online and chain stores.
- [I'm going to Malaysia. For the weekend.](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/12/im-going-to-malaysia-for-the-weekend-heres-what-im-packing/) - I'm winging my way to Malaysia this weekend to cheer on the Australian blogging contingency at the Nuffnang Asia Pacific Blog Awards. Here's what I've packed.
- [When is a little black dress actually 10 little black dresses?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/12/when-is-a-little-black-dress-actually-10-little-black-dresses/) - My latest wardrobe addition is a 1950s-style wrap dress that can actually be worn 10 ways - and reversed. Meet the Chameleon by NZ designer Annah Stretton.
- [Did someone say shopping?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/12/did-someone-say-shopping/) - Our earnest Malaysian tour guide was clearly deciding to ignore the dominant state of his passengers. Most were hiding behind dark sunglasses, heads sinking back into the high-backed bus seats. If any chatter was happening it was coming from those who had passed on the midnight trip into Kuala Lumpur's CBD for drinks and some
- [2011: the Styling You blog posts you loved](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2011/12/2011-the-styling-you-blog-posts-you-loved/) - I've gone back through my archives and poured over my Google Analytic stats to unearth the posts you most like reading this year. Here are the top 10.
- [I have the summer holiday blues. In a good way.](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/01/i-have-the-summer-holiday-blues-in-a-good-way/) - Staying cool in summer is always tricky. These three blue cotton frocks saved my summer style.
- [I have found my new happy place](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/01/i-have-found-my-new-happy-place/) - There is nothing like an escape to a spa with girlfriends to make you chill ... and if you add in mineral flotation therapy on top, you've made me very happy.
- [Do you have a style mantra for 2012? Here's mine.](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/01/do-you-have-a-style-mantra-for-2012-heres-mine/) - These are the style statements I plan to live by in 2012. How about you? How will you show your style this year?
- [Future beauty: what you'll be buying very soon](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/01/future-beauty-what-youll-be-buying-very-soon/) - Over the past few weeks, I have been given the heads up on some fun new beauty products about to hit beauty counters and supermarkets near you.
- [Online shopping find: French Chic Fashion](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/01/online-shopping-find-french-chic-fashion/) - My online shopping profiles are back. This week we profile a store that is offering a little French chic that we may not otherwise access except via a trip to France!
- [Which celebs owned their style at the 2012 Golden Globes](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/01/which-celebs-owned-their-style-at-the-2012-golden-globes/) - I wasn't on the red carpet but via the tweets and live blogging, I felt like I was. Here are my favourite looks from the 2012 Golden Globes red carpet.
- [Yes, you CAN wear high heels. You can.](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/01/yes-you-can-wear-high-heels-you-can/) - Do you like high heels ... or run a mile to avoid wearing them. Guest blogger Rachel Wernicke paints a compelling picture as to why we need them in our wardrobe
- [Keeping it real: the wet, cold summer day outfit](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/01/keeping-it-real-the-wet-cold-summer-day-outfit/) - This is the first in a new semi-regular post on Styling You. Real outfits, not the fancy ones for special occasions; the ones I wear everyday for work and play.
- [5 for Friday: Autumn 2012 fashion lustings](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/01/5-for-friday-autumn-2012-lustings/) - Word of the new-season fashion collections is starting to trickle in. Today's 5 for Friday gives you a peek at five that I'm lusting over right now.
- [Online shopping find: Ambrosia Luxury Scented Candles](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/01/online-shopping-find-ambrosia-luxury-scented-candles/) - This week's online shopping find is Ambrosia Luxury Scented Candles - an Australian store home to some of your favourite candle brands
- [Keeping it real: back to school outfit](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/01/keeping-it-real-back-to-school-outfit/) - My Keeping It Real post got such great feedback last week that I'm back with a newy. This time it's the outfit I wore for taking my youngest back to school.
- [5 for Friday: Swimwear for those NOT seeking skimpy](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/01/5-for-friday-swimwear-for-those-not-seeking-skimpy/) - Are your bikini days over? Or like mine, never there in the first place? Here are 5 not-so-skimpy swimsuits that will make you look like a goddess.
- [Online shopping find: StyleRocks](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/01/online-shopping-find-stylerocks/) - This week's online shopping find features a store - StyleRocks - where you get to be the designer and customise your jewellery selection.
- [Guest post: 7 ways to save money on fashion](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/01/guest-post-7-ways-to-save-money-on-fashion/) - You can be stylish and stick to your budget. So says the budget guru and money making queen, Kylie Ofiu.
- [Keeping it real: the school function outfit](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/02/keeping-it-real-the-school-function-outfit/) - This week's Keeping it Real outfit is a bit more dressy that the last ones. I frocked up a little for my eldest son's school leadership induction.
- [Three reasons why a facial should be on your must-do list](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/02/three-reasons-why-a-facial-should-be-on-your-must-do-list/) - Never had a facial? Or a regular salon rat? I'm a big believer in incorporating facials into your skincare routine. Here's an anti-ageing one I recommend.
- [It's not just me who's crazy for Garnier's BB Cream](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/02/its-not-just-me-whos-crazy-for-garniers-bb-cream/) - Australians are big on budget beauty - and this survey of 7000 - like me - has declared Garnier Skin Perfector BB Cream its 2012 Australian Beauty Product of the Year.
- [Online shopping find: Cashmere & Kaye](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/02/online-shopping-find-cashmere-kaye/) - Do you love a scarf as much as I do? Then don't miss this week's online shopping find. I love how the inspiration for the store came about.
- [Does your work wardrobe need a shake-up?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/02/does-your-work-wardrobe-need-a-shake-up/) - Have you headed back to work this year but feel your wardrobe's still back in 2011? Maybe one or two of these key pieces will give you a work wardrobe lift.
- [Lazy girl beauty: face wipes](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/02/lazy-girl-beauty-face-wipes/) - This is the first post in a new series. It's all about beauty short-cuts for the time-poor (or lazy like me). First up I state my case for face wipes.
- [Keeping it real: the girlie birthday lunch outfit](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/02/keeping-it-real-the-girlie-birthday-lunch-outfit/) - I do love a lunch catch up for a girlfriend's birthday and this one was very much needed. Here's what I wore from my wardrobe - based on a new pair of shoes!
- [Did someone say orange lips?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/02/did-someone-say-orange-lips/) - You know I'm mad about all things orange, right? Well, I've turned my obsession for this zesty colour to lips now too.
- [5 for Friday: new-season bag lustings](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/02/5-for-friday-new-season-bag-lustings/) - Did you hear the one about the husband who said you can never own too many bags? No, of course you haven't Stylers. They wrongly think you should have just one!
- [Keeping it real: the trip to Sydney outfit](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/02/keeping-it-real-the-trip-to-sydney-outfit/) - This week's keeping it real is all about the outfit you might wear to a business meeting at a creative office. I had to fly to my meeting!
- [I AM on Team Jeggings. I just have 5 rules.](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/02/i-am-on-team-jeggings-i-just-have-a-few-rules/) - Where do you sit in the great Jeggings fashion debate? Love or loathe? I'm on Team Jeggings and here's how you can wear them and look stylish.
- [5 for Friday: super cute frocks from the DJs show](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/02/5-for-friday-super-cute-frocks-from-the-djs-show/) - This week's five is all about the super cute frocks at the David Jones AW 2012 fashion launch, starring Miranda Kerr. Only concern: you might need a coat!
- [Keeping it Real: the in and out of the home office outfit](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/02/keeping-it-real-the-in-and-out-of-the-home-office-day/) - Most days I work from home. In my lounge room. I may have to pop out for a cafe meeting so I like to keep things casual but semi respectable for public.
- [5 for Friday: wardrobe helpers to keep up the illusion you've got it going on](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/02/wardrobe-helpers/) - Do you have little wardrobe helpers lurking in your smalls drawers? I do. Here are 5 of mine that I call on to help me out of a wardrobe bind.
- [De-cluttering a wardrobe: the results in beach cottage style](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/02/wardrobe-decluttering/) - Sarah from A Beach Cottage guests blogs today about de-cluttering her small wardrobe and unearthing a pair of pants which inspired two new outfits.
- [My take on the Oscars 2012 red carpet](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/02/my-take-on-the-oscars-2012-red-carpet/) - Who was your favourite celebrity on the red carpet at the 2012 Oscars?
- [WANTED: Nikki Parkinson for crimes to her hair](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/02/hair-crimes/) - I am good at getting my hair regularly cut. I'm not good at respecting the damage I do it by getting it regularly coloured and styling it most days. You?
- [Keeping it Real: the 60th birthday coloured jeans outfit](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/02/keeping-it-real-coloured-jeans/) - This week's Keeping it Real post features my new NYDJ red coloured jeans, which I brought out to play for my step-mum's 60th birthday party.
- [Layer your winter wardrobe from the basics up](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/03/winter-budget-fashion/) - Creating a winter wardrobe on a budget is possible, thanks to retailers such as Emerson at Big W. It's about sourcing key basic pieces and layering for interest
- [5 for Friday: lust-have beauty products you need right now](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/03/lust-have-beauty/) - 5 beauties for Friday: The ghd air hairdryer that's worth your $200, a new BB Cream in town, chocolate in the shower, mint on the sink and a lippy that lasts.
- [The Model and Me: Leona Edmiston Autumn-Winter 2012](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/03/leona-edmiston/) - The Model and Me is back for 2012. Check out a Leona Edmiston red dress on a model - and on me, a size 14-16.
- [The good oil on hair oils (plus win to try for yourself!)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/03/the-good-oil-on-hair-oils/) - Remember my hair crime confessions? I'll let you in on a little secret: there's a $10 supermarket hair oil that's been helping me and I've got 10 to give away!
- [Did you buy a maxi tube dress?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/03/did-you-buy-a-maxi-tube-dress/) - If you bought a Seed maxi tube dress (the condom dress) after reading Mrs Woog's and my blog posts yesterday, we'd love to see a photo of you in it.
- [5 for Friday: Diane von Furstenberg for GapKids](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/03/dvf-for-gapkids/) - Diane von Furstenberg collaborates with GapKids for some pretty cute results. If only they were in my size ... or I had a little girl.
- [Keeping it Real: The Taylor Swift concert outfit](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/03/keeping-it-real-concert-outfit/) - I was invited to a Taylor Swift concert. Here's the keeping it real outfit I wore so I didn't look all "muttony" in a sea of tweenage girls.
- [A tale of two liquid foundations](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/03/two-foundations/) - Whenever I leave the house to actually go somewhere where my makeup needs to stay put, I'll use a liquid foundation as my base. Here are two for you to consider
- [One $5 tee. Three different outfits. Yes, it is possible.](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/03/one-top-three-outfits/) - A winter wardrobe needs good quality basics - the $5 rib tee from Emerson at Big W offers just that. Here's how to style it three different ways.
- [A lot goes on behind the scenes to get me TV ready](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/03/getting-tv-ready/) - Take a peek into what goes on behind the scenes as a TV newbie - me - makes her advertorial debut for Big W and Emerson.
- [Keeping it (VERY) Real: one dress, more than 30 ways](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/03/keeping-real-condom-dresses/) - The verdict is in: we LOVE the maxi tube dress (aka the condom dress) from Seed Heritage. This gallery shows it styled more than 30 ways.
- [Lazy girl beauty: the 2-minute face](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/03/two-minute-makeup/) - The latest in my lazy girl beauty series is all about getting your "go" face on fast. I've got my routine down to two minutes.
- [5 for Friday: packing for an autumn weekend in Melbourne](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/03/what-to-pack-melbourne/) - I'm off to Melbourne next weekend for three nights - here are the top 5 things that will definitely be in my suitcase.
- [The Model and Me: Virtu Autumn 2012](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/03/model-me-virtu/) - The Model and Me is back with an amazing plus-sized black maxi dress from Virtu that really does feel and look amazing on.
- [Jean Genie: WIN a pair of NYDJs](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/03/win-nydjs/) - Would you like to win a pair of jeans that makes you like one size smaller? NYDJ and Styling You want to know your jeans story? Why do you need a new pair?
- [I just might believe in budget hair miracles](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/03/budget-hair-miracles/) - I've been using the Dove Nutritive Nourishing Oil Care Treatment over the past month and I must say, I'm impressed with this budget beauty find.
- [When did you last treat your nails to a nail-cation?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/03/nacial/) - I am not good with my nails. This is not something new to my readers. Shellac has been my friend but in between I like to treat my nails to a nail-cation.
- [The outfits: what I wore in Melbourne for the weekend](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/03/dpcon-outfits/) - Hello Stylers! Today's post is a little variation on the normal Friday post as I'm in MELBOURNE. I flew in yesterday with way too much luggage - remember a girl's got to have options, hasn't she?! I promised I'd share some outfits from the weekend so I'm popping up a couple now and will be
- [Shopping Confessions: what have you bought lately?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/04/shopping-confessions-have-bought-lately-2/) - Have you been shopping lately? What have you bought that was nice? Maybe you need some advice on what to wear with your new purchase? Confess all here!
- [The Model and Me: WIN Sussan Winter 2012 gift cards](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/04/sussan-winter-2012/) - The winter 2012 collection from Sussan offers affordable and practical pieces that are on-trend and stylish. Plus, I've got two $250 gift cards to giveaway.
- [Keeping it Real: The chillax work-at-home outfit](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/04/work-at-home-outfit/) - I'm doing the school holiday juggle again this week and I need my outfits to juggle with me. Here's a sample of what I've been wearing.
- [5 for Friday: It's easy being green](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/04/its-easy-being-green/) - Those of you who have been following me for some time will know that I never used to do colour. At all. Black was my best wardrobe friend. Now, while I haven't ditched black altogether. God forbid. I HAVE allocated wardrobe real estate to a growing rainbow of all things colourful. Last summer I was
- [6 people who made me smile on the 2012 Logies red carpet](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/04/logies-red-carpet-2012/) - I love me a red carpet gawk and Logies 2012 did not disappoint. The style of these 6 people made me smile. Especially hearing of Carrie Bickmore's $15 shoes!
- [The Model and Me: Verily autumn-winter 2012](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/04/verily-autumn-winter-2012/) - The Model and Me returns again, this time featuring two tunic dresses that are easy additions to your trans-seasonal wardrobe. Just add tights and leggings.
- [Lazy-girl beauty: my night-time routine](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/04/nighttime-beauty/) - Here is another in my lazy-girl beauty routine series: a look at my nightly beauty routine. I've got it down to four products - and yes face wipes are included!
- [So you want to dress like Nina Proudman (part 2)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/04/nina-proudman-2/) - Offspring is back on TEN and that means I'm on Nina Proudman wardrobe alert. Stick with me and you'll be dressing like Nina in no time.
- [Shopping confessions: the fashion week edition](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/04/shopping-confessions-mbafw/) - It's Shopping Confession time again here on the blog. I've bought a few pieces to pep up my beach wardrobe for Australian Fashion Week. What have you bought?
- [Why everyone can now love laser hair reduction](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/04/laser-lounge/) - Laser hair removal is one of the best things I've ever done in terms of keeping things "maintained". Now my dark-skinned sisters can enjoy the benefits too!
- [Styling You wins a Jasmine Award for Best Blog Post](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/04/styling-you-wins-a-jasmine-award-for-best-blog-post/) - I'm sitting at Sydney Airport. (I actually love airports. Do you?) While waiting for my flight, I thought I'd pop up a quick blog post to let you know my fun news. This morning I walked into a beautiful flower-filled room on Sydney Harbour for the annual Jasmine Awards, hosted by The Fragrance Foundation in
- [Lazy-girl beauty: the easiest nail art tutorial in the world](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/04/stick-on-nails/) - This is the easiest way in the world to get great looking, on-trend nails. You have to try nail strips. You do!
- [The bespoke in-salon treatment that your hair will love](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/04/kerastase-fusio-dose/) - There are in-salon hair treatments and there are in-salon hair treatments. This one from Kerastase - Fusio Dose - is fully customised to your hair.
- [So you want to dress like Nina Proudman (part 3)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/04/nina-proudman-3/) - So what does Nina Proudman wear if her apartment burned down? Her sister's clothes, of course. Here's what the Offspring character wore this week.
- [Keeping it Real: Fashion Week Day 1](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/04/fashion-week-all-week/) - What I'm wearing for Day 1 at Mercedes-Benz Australian Fashion Week plus a Maybelline NY product update
- [MBFWA Backstage Beauty: Maybelline NY for Lisa Maree](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/04/backstage-beauty-lisa-maree/) - Beauty tips from Maybelline NY's makeup artist, Nigel Stanislaus backstage before the Lisa Maree show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia 2012
- [MBFWA Backstage Beauty: Maybelline NY for ksubi](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/04/maybelline-ny-for-ksubi/) - Beauty tips from Maybelline NY's makeup artist, Nigel Stanislaus backstage before the ksubi show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia 2012
- [7 autumn winter 2016 fashion trends you can wear now](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/02/7-autumn-winter-2016-fashion-trends/) - If you've been shopping of late to seek out some hard-core air-conditioning action as part of your heat-avoidance program, you may have been surprised to see your favourite stores trying to convince you that it's nearly winter. See, it doesn't matter how much we're sweating and how LITTLE clothing we're wearing right now because it's so hot
- [9 Instagrammers to follow for everyday style inspiration](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/02/9-instagrammers-to-follow-for-everyday-style-inspiration/) - "Who is your style icon?" is a question I'm most asked in interviews. Truth is, I don't have a style icon, a current or former celebrity whose style influences what I wear. I'm more influenced by what the people around me are wearing - my girlfriends and the everyday women I follow through the #everydaystyle hashtag on
- [The Model and Me: Sissy](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/02/the-model-and-me-sissy/) - It's not unusual for me to be seen on #everydaystyle wearing a long-sleeve top or shirt in summer. If I'm out and about, that top is a part of my sun-protection arsenal. Sunscreen is always on but extra insurance for shoulders and arms is always helpful for this fair-skinned person. I don't work up a sweat
- [Keeping it Real: Fashion Week Day 2](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/keeping-real-fashion-week-day/) - Despite feeling far from fashiony last night at the grungy ksubi show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week, I'm continuing with a bright outlook on my Fashion Week outfits today. Part of that is due to only packing a certain number of combinations ... oh, ok ... LOTS of combinations. Today I'm introducing you to two new
- [MBFWA Backstage Beauty: Maybelline NY for Michael Lo Sordo](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/maybelline-ny-for-michael-lo-sordo/) - Beauty tips from Maybelline NY's makeup artist, Nigel Stanislaus backstage before the Michael Lo Sordo show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia 2012
- [MBFWA Backstage Beauty: Maybelline NY for Johanna Johnson](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/mbfwa-backstage-beauty-maybelline-ny-for-johanna-johnson/) - Beauty tips from Maybelline NY's makeup artist, Nigel Stanislaus backstage before the Johanna Johnson show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia 2012
- [Keeping it Real: Fashion Week Day 3](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/keeping-real-fashion-week-day-2/) - Day 3 of my daily outfit posts from Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia
- [MBFWA Backstage Beauty: Maybelline NY for Alice McCall](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/mbfwa-backstage-beauty-maybelline-ny-for-alice-mccall/) - Beauty tips from Maybelline NY's makeup artist, Nigel Stanislaus backstage before the Alice McCall show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia 2012
- [MBFWA Backstage Beauty: Maybelline NY for An Ode to No One](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/mbfwa-backstage-beauty-maybelline-ny-for-ode-no-one/) - Beauty tips from Maybelline NY's makeup artist, Nigel Stanislaus backstage before the Ode to No One show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia 2012
- [Keeping it Real: Fashion Week Day 4](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/keeping-real-fashion-week-day-4/) - Oh. My. Everyone who had ever been to Fashion Week told me how tiring it could be. It wasn't that I didn't believe them. It's just that I could not have imagined the level of tiredness. To give me the little boost I need to make it through till tomorrow I've brought out the bling
- [So you want to dress like Nina Proudman (part 4)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/so-want-dress-like-nina-proudman-part-4/) - A quick Offspring, Nina Proudman wardrobe update. Here are two Nancybird accessories she wore in episode 3.
- [MBFWA Backstage Beauty: Maybelline NY for New Generation 1](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/mbfwa-backstage-beauty-maybelline-ny-for-new-gen-1/) - Beauty tips from Maybelline NY's makeup artist, Nigel Stanislaus backstage before the New Generation 1 show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia 2012
- [5 things I learned about Fashion Week (plus my week in photos)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/what-i-learned-at-fashion-week/) - Hello final day of Fashion Week. My you're looking fabulous. Before arriving for my first Australian Fashion Week, I'd been warned that I needed to treat it like a marathon, not a sprint. Don't go in too hard, too early. Stay away from the parties until the week's out. (Well, that bit was easy as
- [Keeping it Real: Fashion Week Day 5](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/keeping-real-fashion-week-day-5/) - It's the final day at MBFWA ... time to pull out the flat shoes ... but not just any flat shoes. Green flat shoes by Zoe Kratzmann.
- [MBFWA Backstage Beauty: Maybelline NY for Next Gen 2](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/mbfwa-backstage-beauty-maybelline-ny-for-next-gen/) - Beauty tips from Maybelline NY's makeup artist, Nigel Stanislaus backstage before the New Generation 2 show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia 2012
- [My top 5 trends for Spring-Summer 2012-13](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/trends-for-spring-summer-12/) - I saw a lot of fashion on the catwalks at MBFWA 2012 - here are the five trends which I'll be incorporating into my wardrobe this spring-summer 2012-13
- [It's ok to look ok for the school run, isn't it?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/why-its-ok-look-ok-for-school-run/) - A number of blogs in UK are doing what a number of blogs here do well: showing women how to dress post-kids. It's ok to still care about how you look, isn't it?
- [One-of-a-kind jewellery pieces make strongest statement](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/jewellery-statement/) - Sponsored post You know that feeling when you meet someone creative? Someone who might channel their creativity one way but show it in so many other ways? That's how I feel about jewellery designer Renee Blackwell. I've known Renee for many years now, initially through seeing her designs for sale at the famous Eumundi Markets
- [So you want to dress like Nina Proudman (part 5)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/nina-proudman-part-5/) - What Offspring's Nina Proudman wore to work, in her new apartment and having dinner with her biological father
- [5 for Friday: newsy stuff for your weekend](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/newsy-stuff-for-your-weekend/) - The fashiony world keeps on spinning. Here are five newy style bites to get you through to the weekend.
- [The next step in this Remarkable thing called blogging](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/remarkables/) - Today marks a new day in the Styling You business - this blog - and blogging in Australia. The Remarkables Group has launched and I'm excited to be part of it.
- [Keeping it Real: My Ita Buttrose outfit](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/keeping-real-ita-buttrose/) - This is what I wore to MC a business lunch where Ita Buttrose was the guest speaker ... no pressure, hey?
- [Lazy-girl beauty: the salon blow dry](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/lazygirl-beauty-blow-dry/) - You know I'm the queen of lazy-girl beauty, right? Well this lazy-girl tip involves a salon visit for a blow dry and style - the laziness kicks in afterwards.
- [So you want to dress like Nina Proudman (part 6)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/nina-proudman-part-6/) - Oh Nina ... what is to become of you and the mysterious Dr Patrick? And why only one outfit this week? I did love your sunnies though.
- [Keeping it Real: White Shirt Day 2012](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/keeping-real-white-shirt-day/) - Work your white shirt back with something bright and fun, like a neon scarf.
- [The Model and Me: Boom Shankar winter 2012](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/model-me-boomshanker/) - I love the Boom Shankar label for its unique blend and modern twist on retro and boho styling. This denim dress from the winter 2012 is already a wardrobe fave.
- [What's floating my beauty boat this month?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/may-beauty/) - I asked a lot of my beauty products this month but these six all stepped up to the plate and delivered me the beauty fix I needed.
- [Who influences the way YOU dress?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/who-influences-how-dress/) - Who or what influences you when you decided to get dressed each day or for a special occasion? Blogs, magazines, girlfriends, celebrities?
- [So you want to dress like Nina Proudman (part 7)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/nina-proudman-part-7/) - Want to dress like Offspring's Nina Proudman. This series of posts is designed to help and offer you currently available shopping suggestions to do so.
- [5×2 for Friday: Spring-summer 2012-13 shoe trends](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/for-friday-springsummer-shoe-trends/) - I know we're about to hit winter next week but my heart is already lusting over next season's shoes. Take a look at StyleTread's 10 trends for the season.
- [Shopping confessions: the teenage daughter edition](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/shopping-confessions-3/) - It's Shopping Confessions time again on the blog. What have you bought lately? 'Fess up? Has it been something nice for your or someone else?
- [Masking it: 3 masks to save your face this winter](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/winter-beauty-masks/) - Save your face this winter and treat your skin to a hydrating mask once or twice a week.
- [5 trends to buy in the winter sales](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/winter-sales-shopping/) - Winter is yet to beging but stores have gone into end-of-season sale mode. Don't leave home without these sales shopping tips and winter trend suggestions
- [So you want to dress like Nina Proudman (part 8)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/05/nina-proudman-part-8/) - How did you go with last night's Offspring episode? What a roller coaster? And so many Nina outfits. Check out these shopping suggestions.
- [The Model and Me: Virtu Winter 2012](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/06/model-me-virtu-winter/) - Featured on this Model and Me post is a black maxi skirt - a wardrobe staple all year round. Here's how I styled it for an end-of-autumn trip to Sydney.
- [Model and Me: Sacha Drake Winter 2012](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/06/sacha-drake-winter-2012/) - This week's Model and Me post features a silk kaftan from Queensland label Sacha Drake. It's a piece you can adapt to wear all year round.
- [The airline, the fashion designer and the 12,000 staff he has to dress](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/06/new-qantas-uniform/) - Qantas has announced the designer of its new uniform and Styling You has been asked to apply to be Qantas' fashion correspondent to follow the design process
- [Let your legs make a winter fashion statement](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/06/firehosiery2/) - Nothing amps up a winter look more than a statement pair of tights. Online store FireHosiery has a selection that is amazing quality and will definitely get you noticed!
- [10 makeup tips I learned - or re-learned - this week](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/06/10-makeup-tips/) - You're never too old to learn new makeup tricks. These 10 tips you might already know but they're a good reminder all the same!
- [So you want to dress like Nina Proudman (Part 9)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/06/nina-update-part-9/) - A cornerstone of Nina Proudman (Offspring's) signature look is the scarf. Here are some Nina-like options you might like to check out.
- [5 for Friday: The Soccer Mum](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/06/soccer-mum/) - Are you standing on the cold, wet sidelines of a footy field this weekend? What do you wear? Here are my five Soccer Mum wardrobe essentials.
- [Keeping it Real: the anti-mooch outfit](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/06/anti-mooch-outfit/) - I finally got off the couch today - and actually left the house. Here's the casual anti-mooch outfit I chose to wear.
- [Does your skin share your secrets?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/06/sensitive-skin-whats-mean/) - According to a Sydney dermatologist, our skin easily gives away our secrets ... particularly our secrets around our lifestyle. What would your skin whisper?
- [Mark your own history through jewellery](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/07/history-through-jewellery/) - Do you own jewellery pieces with meaning and sentiment? Pandora has just released collectable birthstone rings - and you could win one here.
- [5 things I wished I’d known about makeup when I was 20](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/06/makeup-lessons/) - What did your makeup look like at 20? Mine was dodgy and patchy. Here are 5 things I wish I'd known at the time.
- [5 for Friday: winter skin saviours](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/06/winter-skin-helpers/) - My winter is being cut short by a trip to the US so I need to have my skin looking its best ... Here's what I'm using to stop the ravages of winter.
- [You can wear gloves and text. Yes, you can.](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/06/can-glove-text/) - Cold hands but still want to check your phone? These gloves might just be what you need.
- [So you want to dress like Nina Proudman (part 10)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/06/nina-update-part-10/) - The roller coaster that is watching Offspring continues ... at least we have Nina's fashion to focus on when it all gets a bit emotional.
- [Keeping it Real: the Nina Proudman outfit](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/06/keeping-real-nina-proudman-outfit/) - We talk a lot about Nina Proudman here on Styling You. I love that so many of you are wanting to embrace aspects of this Offspring character’s style. In a nutshell, Nina rocks a boho luxe style. At first glance you might think that you have to have Nina’s shape to suit her look but
- [How do you pick a face cleanser?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/06/cleansers/) - Let’s talk cleansing, shall we? Specifically face cleansing. Are you regular cleanser? Do you like your cleansers all foamy? Do you like a squeaky clean feel on your skin? Must your cleanser be easy to use in the shower? I know. BIG questions. HUGE. You already know my lazy-girl beauty habits when it comes to
- [Shopping confessions: the winter sales edition](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/06/shopping-confessions-sales/) - Well, hello there. I didn’t expect to be doing another Shopping Confessions post so soon. After all, there is the teensy matter of my trip to New York in … drum roll please … 42 days. Yes, that is six weeks. Eeeeeek. But. I was given a Country Road gift card for my birthday, wasn’t
- [So you want to dress like Nina Proudman (part 11)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/06/nina-proudman-part-11/) - Is it just me or do you get to the end of an episode of Offspring and wish you could reach for a Bex and have a little lie down? Last week I may have been riding the roller coaster, albeit while holding on to the rails tightly. This week I feel like I’ve been
- [4 masks your winter-ravaged hair will love](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/06/hair-masks/) - How’s your hair holding up with the onslaught of winter’s cold, dry air? Mine’s not doing so badly, thank-you very much … or should I say, thanks to my hair stylist chopping off about 10cm. With that 10cm went all the dried-out chemically treated bits from colouring sessions many, many moons ago. I’m also fond
- [Why I dig Dinosaur Designs](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/06/dinosaur-designs/) - If you play along with me on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter you would have seen that I was out and about last night … hunting me down some bright new-season colour. Now, I must say it does take a lot to coax me out of my uggs on a winter’s night and drive 1.5 hours
- [The Model and Me: abi and joseph](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/06/abi-and-joseph/) - So I’ve been on a little bit of a health thingy. The kind of thingy where I’ve been giving this old body a little bit of the respect it deserves. I won’t bore you with the details right now but suffice to say, I hadn’t really looked after myself for a while there. I’d taken
- [So you want to dress like Nina Proudman part 12](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/06/nina-proudman-part-12/) - Nina pregnant? I could just leave this Offspring post at that, couldn’t I? I mean the very possibility leaves itself open to so much discussion re designer maternity jeans vs the very good ones you can pick up at Jeanswest; whether she’ll move to low-heeled boots; or how she’ll make the transition from tiny hip
- [5 for Friday: winter knits for big bosomed ladies](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/06/knits-for-big-bosomed-ladies/) - I am staying with the exceptionally well endowed Mrs Woog for a few nights. I am paying her in wine and styling advice, with the odd bit of geekery thrown in for good measure. Yesterday morning we were mooching around in our soft pants. Her pants were actually soft. Mine were PJs as I did
- [Keeping it real: the blogging conference outfit](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/07/keeping-real-conference-outfit/) - Looking for ideas on what to wear to a conference? Here's what I wore to Nuffnang Blogopolis 2012
- [So you want to dress like Nina Proudman (part 13)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/07/nina-proudman-part-13/) - You just know that you're in for a classic Offspring episode when early in Nina lets out a clanger like this. There's a calendar on the wall For those not in the picture, this was her phone response to Dr Patrick asking how she was. Peachy ... and look, there's a calendar. So it's all good. Except
- [6 makeup helpers to keep your face in place](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/07/6-makeup-helpers/) - The secret to getting a makeup face on that lasts starts with some of these six makeup helpers.
- [5 supermarket beauty saviours](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/07/supermarket-beauty/) - Do you sneak your beauty purchases in your supermarket trolley? Here are my current top 5 buys.
- [5 for Friday: winter knits for small bosomed ladies](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/07/small-bosomed-ladies-knits/) - Small-chested? Looking for winter knits to "enhance" your look? Try these 5 on for size.
- [So you want to dress like Nina Proudman (part 14)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/07/nina-proudman-part-14/) - Offspring Season 3 wraps up with some nice endings - thank God! Take a look back at the fashion inspiration Nina has given us this season.
- [Keeping it Real: the engagement party outfit](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/07/engagement-party-outfit/) - We were invited to an engagement party on the weekend and I took the opportunity to take my new sass and bide top out for a run. New outfit post on the blog.
- [What's floating my July beauty boat?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/07/july-beauty-products/) - These five products have joined the lineup in my beauty cabinet this month - I'm about finding my winter glow!
- [High-low beauty shopping: what do you splurge or save on?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/07/splurge-save-beauty/) - Are you a money-is-no-object-when-it-comes-to-vanity kind of woman? Or do you hunt down beauty products that deliver for less?
- [5 for Friday: tummy-friendly cocktail frocks](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/07/cocktail-frocks-hide-tummy/) - Got a special occasion coming up that calls for a cocktail dress but you want a flattering style that disguises a tummy and other wobbly bits? Tips on the blog.
- [How to blog while travelling](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/07/how-to-blog-while-travelling/) - Want to keep blogging while travelling? Here are the devices and apps I use to stay connected when away from my desk.
- [Keeping it real: the birthday lunch outfit](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/07/birthday-lunch-outfit/) - Mr 7 chose Japanese for his family birthday lunch on the weekend. This is what I wore for our casual gathering.
- [I'm off to NYC and BlogHer '12 thanks to Sensodyne](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/07/sensodyne-blogher/) - Thanks to my favourite toothpaste - Sensodyne - I'm off to BlogHer '12 in New York.
- [Inflight travel health and beauty essentials to help reduce jetlag](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/07/inflight-beauty-health/) - How to pack your long-haul cabin bag and still meet all your skin - and your body's travel needs for inflight care.
- [What's on my NYC shopping wishlist?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/07/nyc-shopping-wishlist/) - I always create a shopping wishlist before a new season and before travelling to a shopping destination. Here's what's on my wishlist for New York.
- [Would you like a week's extra holiday for just $1?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/07/viva-holidays/) - Sometimes you need a holiday just to get over a holiday, don't you? How about extending your one-week break an extra week instead? For just $1!
- [5 for Friday: get your Olympic green and gold on](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/07/aussie-olympics-style/) - Want to support Australian Olympic team? It's as easy as donning a bit of green and gold. I say easy because it's all in your favourite fashion stores now.
- [Maiocchi shows its designs on non-models](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2013/11/maiocchi-shows-designs/) - Remember when we gave you the heads up about Queensland fashion label Maiocchi responding to social media feedback from its customers about the models used in the label's campaigns? In a nutshell, Maiocchi customers were not happy that young, size 8 models were being used to market the label to them. They wanted women who
- [5 tips for giving good fringe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/07/5-tips-for-giving-good-fringe/) - This season's fringe is long, deep and sexy ... here are five tips from a professional to help you keep it that way.
- [How to pack for a New York summer](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/07/how-to-pack-for-nyc-summer/) - I'm heading to New York City tomorrow for BlogHer 2012 and a little summer holiday afterwards. Here's what I'm packing to wear at the conference.
- [Keeping it Real: the airplane travel outfit](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/08/travel-outfit/) - Do you get dressed up for travel? I like to - while still staying comfy as well. Here's what I'm wearing to get on board my flight to the US.
- [Disguise your Olympic Fever eyes with these beauty tricks](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/08/disguise-tired-eyes/) - So you've been watching A LOT of TV this week ... late night and early morning TV for the Olympics. Your eyes might need some beauty help!
- [You know you've landed in New York when ...](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/08/new-york-1/) - I'm here ... and nothing says New York to me more than waking up to new shoes delivered to my room for my arrival ... and yellow cabs below!
- [New York postcard: blow outs, Balthazar and balconies](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/08/new-york-postcard-balthazar/) - My first day in New York started with a massage, a blow out and ended with lunch at Balthazar and a Gretchen Rubin book soiree
- [Martha Stewart turns 71 and 4500 bloggers sing her happy birthday](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/08/martha-stewart-turns-71/) - Martha Stewart was the lunch-time keynote speaker on Day 1 of BlogHer '12 and her message to the bloggers in the room was to make a living off their blog.
- [Keeping it Real: the BlogHer '12 outfits](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/08/blogher-12-outfits/) - BlogHer '12 is over. Here's what I wore for each day of the conference. There's more than a hint of Spring 2012 involved.
- [New York postcard: down in the village](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/08/new-york-west-village/) - Our New York adventure has moved to West Village ... to a cute apartment in a tree-lined street near Carrie Bradshaw's apartment. And I've been shopping!
- [The Model and Me: Verily spring-summer 2012-13](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/08/verily-spring-summer-2012-13/) - The Model and Me is on location in New York, testing out some spring 2012 Australian clothes. Featured: a maxi dress from Verily.
- [New York postcard: the helicopter tour](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/08/new-york-helicopter-tour/) - Seeing New York from the air during a helicopter tour is the ultimate way to gain perspective on this amazing city.
- [The Model and Me: SanCerre spring 2012](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/08/sancerre-spring-2012/) - Keeping your cool while keeping your style is more difficult in summer. Here's a Model and Me post featuring Sancerre to show how you can pull this off.
- [New York postcard: sunset sailing on the Hudson River](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/08/new-york-sunset-sailing/) - Looking for a different kind of date night in New York City? Go for a sunset sail on the Hudson River. Romance right there.
- [The Model and Me: Bella Lido spring-summer 2012-13](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/08/bella-lido-spring-2012/) - This Model and Me features a green cotton frock from Bella Lido - the perfect outfit for keeping your cool and remembering those whose lives were lost on 9/11.
- [New York postcard: The Hudson Hotel](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/08/new-york-the-hudson-hotel/) - Best laid travel plans are made to be broken, especially when your safety is compromised. That's why we moved from our apartment to the Hudson Hotel in NYC
- [22 things I learned at BlogHer '12](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2012/08/22-things-learned-at-blogher12/) - A week on from BlogHer '12 I'm finally getting my head around the key things - 22 of them - that I took away from this massive blogging conference.
- [Weekend recipe: gluten-free apple crumble](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2013/07/gluten-fre-apple-crumble/) - We've been embracing all things winter around here ... putting lamps on and lighting candles at 5pm ... making and enjoying mulled wine ... and cooking up hearty food. Come the weekend, we're also just as likely to embrace a winter dessert if we're staying in. On this particular occasion, the fruit bowl was offering
- [Everyday style outfits of the week](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2014/02/everyday-style-outfits-week/) - Get inspired with your everyday style from these women of all ages, shapes and sizes. Why not share your #everydaystyle too?
- [Summer hair care boot camp](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/11/summer-hair-care-boot-camp/) - Sponsored by Schwarzkopf I haven't always had a love affair with my hair. No. As a small child, I was not given any creative input when it came to how my hair would look. I was so DESPERATE for long hair I remember getting in trouble on school assembly in Year 2 for wearing my
- [What to wear when breastfeeding](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/01/what-to-wear-when-breastfeeding/) - Editor’s note: The gorgeous Jasmine Hunt from Pretty Chuffed had her second baby late last year and is back on the blog with tips on what to wear while breastfeeding. Jasmine will also be popping up here more frequently this year with great style tips for stay-at-home mums. You may also find breastfeeding style tips in this post. Pregnancy, birth
- [35 ways to shake up your style in 2016](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/01/35-ways-to-shake-up-your-style-in-2016/) - Shaking up - or unlocking - your style is a way to help you feel good about yourself. It’s an outside-in mentality for me. If I’m feeling good about what I’ve dressed myself in, then my mood in generally better and I’m more motivated to do whatever the day has planned for me. This philosophy
- [The Model and Me: Surafina](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/01/the-model-and-me-surafina/) - It's no secret that I'm a huge fan of the little black dress. Even in summer. Effortlessly chic goals in one garment. But I know that many of you do not carry the same cheerleading pom poms I do for black. I get it. You may not like it so much against your skin tone. (BTW
- [How to create a summer casual capsule wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/01/how-to-create-a-summer-casual-capsule-wardrobe/) - Seven-plus years ago when I kissed my former career and a Monday-Friday office gig goodbye, I was initially excited at the prospect of not necessarily having to get dressed up to do work. I say initially because, honestly, I was quickly at a bit of a wardrobe loss. Going from one wardrobe extreme to the other will
- [Summer hair care boot camp: styling tips](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/01/summer-hair-care-boot-camp-3/) - Sponsored by Schwarzkopf Did your hair survive the Christmas break? Did it go to the beach? Did you follow my tips for caring for your hair when swimming? Of COURSE you did. We all want hair happiness, don't we? This summer hair care boot camp series is all about helping you to fall in love with
- [How to create a summer workwear capsule wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/01/how-to-create-a-summer-workwear-capsule-wardrobe/) - This is the time of year that typically a lot of women are returning to work - either after a break or to the workforce because daycare spots are more likely to be available at the beginning of a year as older kids move out of daycare and into school. It's also a time of
- [A simple summer everyday makeup routine](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/01/a-simple-summer-everyday-makeup-routine/) - This is the last full week of the summer school holiday/work juggle. I have a lot to tick off on the work front so I'm pulling out all stops in the motivation department. Step 1: get up to alarm and exercise. Tick. Step 2: shower and get changed out of activewear into a "work" outfit
- [The Model and Me: Bohemian Traders](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2016/01/the-model-and-me-bohemian-traders/) - Welcome to the first Model and Me post for 2016. If you're new around here, then let me talk you through how the Model and Me concept got started. Way back in 2010, I was asked to be a model for a local boutique hosting a Metalicus fashion parade and showing. The reason I loved
- [A blueprint for 2016 inspired by Oprah](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/12/blueprint-for-2016-inspired-by-oprah/) - I love a fresh start. A clean slate. For me, the start of any year is a chance to map out how you’d like that year to look. It's a chance to look back on the previous year and really find the gratitude in the GOOD things that have made up that year. Then I
- [Summer reading picks 2015-16](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/12/summer-reading-2015-16/) - Editor's note: Please welcome back Deborah from Debbish dot com who's sharing her favourite new releases with Styling You readers each month. It's summertime here in Australia, which usually means a couple of things: holidays spent at the beach or by a pool; and dire weather conditions (cyclones, heatwaves and bushfires). I'm afraid I can't help a lot with
- [15 fake tan tips](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2014/10/fake-tan-tips/) - As you know, I'm vain. This very fact ensures that I put a fake tan on my list of beauty things to do throughout spring and summer. I understand this is not for everyone. And that's ok. I have many a pale-skinned friend who is very happy in their porcelain perfect skin - I wish
- [2015: the year that was](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/12/2015-the-year-that-was/) - I’m a planner. I like to be organised. It doesn’t always come together but generally that planning and organisation helps to keep me on some kind of track. 2015? It just kind of happened. I’d set out with good intentions in January to make big goals for the year but then the year started and
- [How to shop the sales](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/12/how-to-shop-the-sales-3/) - It seems that anyone who left their Christmas shopping until the last minute has been rewarded. Not with quiet shopping centres, empty carparks and queue-less checkouts. No. They've been rewarded with sales that seem to each year get an even bigger jump on the traditional Boxing Day sales. Don't worry though, if you've got a
- [The Model and Me 2015 favourites](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/12/the-model-and-me-2015-favourites/) - The Model and Me posts here on Styling You are some of the most popular on this blog. In this final Model and Me segment for 2015, I thought I'd look back on the top 10 most popular Model and Me posts on the blog. These are the posts that were viewed the most by
- [What to wear New Year's Eve](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/12/what-to-wear-new-years-eve/) - The last evening of the year seems to be something that we spend a lot of time anticipating but that doesn't necessarily pan out to be a GREAT night. If you have kids and don’t have a selfless babysitter on tap then the reality is a night in hoping that you’ll stay awake past the kids’ fireworks;
- [What to pack for a cruise holiday](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/12/what-to-pack-for-a-cruise-holiday/) - Last week I popped my cruising cherry. Yes, 40 years after falling in love with the concept of cruising via The Love Boat and wishing that all things on TV could become real, it did. Master SY and I boarded the US$50million refurbished Royal Caribbean Legend of the Seas (as guests of the cruise company) for
- [The Model and Me: Motto](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/12/motto-4/) - We're at the pointy end of 2015. It's parties and catch-ups a-go-go. In between, there's Christmas shopping to finish/start, festive menu planning and hunting and gathering to happen and a touch of wardrobe management thrown in for good measure. I shared ideas last week about what to wear on Christmas Day and later this week I'll be sharing
- [Teenage style: what to wear to the beach](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/12/teenage-style-wear-beach/) - Editor’s note: Samantha (Sammy) is Miss SY’s best friend from school and a journalism student. Each month she shares some style and beauty tips that are relevant to teenage girls of all ages – please leave us a question if you have a teenage style/beauty question you’d like answered. 14 SLEEPS. THAT IS ALL THAT'S LEFT. Oh
- [Summer hair care boot camp: home maintenance](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/12/summer-hair-care-boot-camp-2/) - Sponsored by Schwarzkopf Fun fact: I was offered a hairdressing apprenticeship when I was 15. Yes, despite managing to drench at least three elderly clients at the basin during a week's work experience at a salon, I was asked whether I'd like to join the team. Back in the day, plenty of my friends left school
- [What to wear Christmas Day](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/12/what-to-wear-christmas-day-3/) - What to wear on Christmas Day recently came up in conversation on the Styling You Facebook page and one particular reader got me thinking. This reader told me that she'd be trotting out her Christmas Camilla again this year for Christmas day. That this prized piece had become her Christmas Day uniform of sorts. Albeit
- [The Model and Me: Rasaleela](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/12/rasaleela-2/) - The power of the cotton frock when the heat is on cannot be underestimated. They are cool, comfortable and keep you looking stylish when the weather threatens to undermine all that. One of the best collections of summer cotton frocks can be found at Rasaleela Clothing. Rasaleela Clothing was started in 2002 by Trish Louey
- [Say hello to the Olympus selfie camera](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2014/12/olympus-selfie-camera/) - Sponsored by Olympus Australia I can remember my first camera. Can you? It was rectangular in shape, had a basic point and shoot action and a flash. The subjects of my photos were always off centre and I'd make each roll of film last as long as possible, knowing the cost of having it processed was
- [Styling your Christmas table](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/12/styling-christmas-table/) - Editor’s note: Please welcome the SY interiors expert, Kristie Castagna from Elements at Home. Kristie is a professional blogger, interior stylist and colour consultant so who better to give some advice on getting the most out of spaces at home? Some of my favourite Christmas table decorating tips are simple, easy and achievable for every table in every home. They
- [#everydaystyle turns 2](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/12/everydaystyle-turns-2/) - Sponsored by Olympus Imaging Australia If someone had told me two years ago that I'd be getting a photo of myself every day and uploading it on the internet for all the world to see, I would have checked the sky for any low-flying pigs. Yes, I'd been putting myself out there for a few
- [17 summer beauty tips for 2015](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/12/17-summer-beauty-tips/) - The heat is definitely on. Now that I've got you not giving a toss about putting on a swimsuit and splashing around at the beach or in a pool this summer, it's time to talk summer beauty tips. My 17 spring beauty tips were all about possibly changing things up for the season ahead. My
- [How to feel more confident in a swimsuit](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/12/how-to-feel-more-confident-in-a-swimsuit/) - Oh hello first day of summer. I see you, I feel you and I'm not scared by you. Well, maybe just a little scared. You know how you and I really don't do the whole humidity thing so well? My hair frizzes up. My ankles disappear. And I'm at risk of turning into one giant
- [The Model and Me: Fabrik](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/11/fabrik/) - I do love coming across independent fashion labels that are offering fabulous alternatives for women looking for something a little different in their wardrobe mix. I love even more bringing those finds to you. The latest discovery is the label Fabrik. Fabrik is the brainchild of Sarah Hardie. Sarah previously worked alongside the amazing Lee Matthews
- [Summer 2015 Styling You Shop](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/11/summer-2015-styling-you-shop/) - The countdown to summer is officially on and in many parts of Australia it already feels very much like it's here. Days are longer. Temperatures are (mostly) higher. The calendar is filling with parties and "catch-ups" that just *have* to happen before Christmas. For the lucky ones among us, we're also planning a summer holiday
- [What is on your bedside table?](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/11/what-is-on-your-bedside-table/) - Editor’s note: Please welcome the SY interiors expert, Kristie Castagna from Elements at Home. Kristie is a professional blogger, interior stylist and colour consultant so who better to give some advice on getting the most out of spaces at home? I love decorating my bedside but I think it is one of the hardest zones to decorate
- [Christmas book ideas - gifts for family and friends](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/11/christmas-book-ideas/) - Editor's note: Please welcome back Deborah from Debbish dot com who's sharing her favourite new releases with Styling You readers each month. Yesterday Nikki mentioned a friend called Debbie who'd done her Christmas shopping. Just in case you were wondering.... that was not me. Sadly I wait until December rolls around to start thinking about Christmas. Fortunately however, I'm
- [November 2015 beauty favourites](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/11/beauty-favourites-10/) - Hello and welcome to the monthly beauty post where I feature five of my favourite beauty products I’ve been trialling for the past month. Not everything I feature will suit you but I’ll feature it here if it has suited me and has had some point of difference that I think you’d be interested in
- [How to buy gifts at Christmas](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/11/how-to-buy-gifts-at-christmas/) - Last Sunday, I bumped into an old friend from the Sunshine Coast in the middle of Brisbane's CBD. Let's call her Debbie ... because that's her real name. She caught me looking down at her arms which were laden with shopping bags. "Don't hate me," she said. "I've just finished my Christmas shopping." Deb was
- [Covering arms in summer](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/11/covering-arms-in-summer/) - I need to be upfront here. I have had a love/hate relationship with my arms but in recent years it's been more love than hate. I'm not getting any younger, so I figure that they're the best they're going to be right now. No use looking back in years to come and wondering why I
- [The Model and Me: Firefly](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/11/firefly/) - Can we talk about how hot it was in so many part of Australia at the end of last week and across the weekend? It was the kind of weather that required cool and comfortable clothing as a matter of wardrobe survival. Saturday was particularly hot here in Brisbane and I trotted out this cotton
- [Christmas giveaway: win 1 of 15 prizes valued at $3365](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/11/christmas-giveaway-win-1-of-15-prizes-valued-at-3365/) - Can you believe that another year is drawing to a close, and we need to think about Christmas outfits for the party season, not to mention finding time to buy gifts for friends and loved ones? Well, the team here at Styling You have worked together with some of our favourite brands to bring you an
- [Fashion myth busted: stripes do not make you look bigger](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/11/stripes-do-not-make-you-look-bigger/) - Oh I do love to tackle a fashion myth. I do. I do not know who created the so-called rules around fashion that grow into myths but they have an awful lot to answer for. Fashion myths and rules do not help us. What fashion myths do is create doubt in our own minds when
- [New holiday everyday style inspiration at Katies](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/11/katies-3/) - Sponsored by Katies Not getting stressed about what to wear every day starts with a little pre-planning. Oh, ok ... A LOT of pre-planning if the month happens to be November or December. Welcome to the party and holiday season, where your social calendar really does underline the Silly in Silly Season. The number one key to
- [LED light facials visibly improve your skin](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/11/led-light-facials-visibly-improve-your-skin/) - "You're famous," my 10-year-old son announced last week as I picked him and his mate up from school to head to swim squad. "What makes you think that," I asked, perplexed as to why this was his opening statement after six hours of learning between handball games. "Everyone in my class has seen you on
- [The Model and Me: Lola Australia](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/11/the-model-and-me-lola-australia/) - Five years ago when I first started posting Model and Me blog posts here on Styling You, the aim was to show that a garment you might have seen on a model could work on a shorter, non-size-6 woman. It wasn't to show that I looked better than the model. It was to show an
- [White Christmas Rocky Road](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/11/white-christmas-rocky-road/) - Editor’s note: please make today’s guest welcome, Kristie Welsh, PR and Comms wonderwoman who runs her own agency called Communicated. Kristie shares monthly recipes with all of us, so that we can wow our friends and family with her achievable but delicious creations. Yep, it’s that time of year again. Get your jingle on people... Christmas is
- [Save your summer soles with FRANKiE4 Footwear](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/10/save-your-summer-soles-with-frankie4-footwear/) - Sponsored by FRANKiE4 Footwear From the hills of Paddington in Brisbane, to a ride on the London Eye, atop the Eiffel Tower and to the beaches on the stiletto heel of southern Italy, FRANKiE4 Footwear shoes continue to save my well-tread soles. After months of teasing and testing that included taking samples to Europe for the northern hemisphere summer, I'm
- [Everyday moments that matter in a SY work day](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/10/everyday-moments/) - Sponsored by Nair If you’ve been a reader here for some time you’ll know that I’m a big fan of lazy-girl beauty short cuts. This doesn’t mean that I let maintenance slip … well not always. It does mean that I stock my beauty cabinet with products that mean I can get the beauty essentials
- [Teenage beauty: 5-step skincare routine](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/11/teenage-beauty-5-step-skincare-routine/) - Editor’s note: Samantha (Sammy) is Miss SY’s best friend from school and a journalism student. Each month she shares some style and beauty tips that are relevant to teenage girls of all ages – please leave us a question if you have a teenage style/beauty question you’d like answered. Skincare. It can be a love-hate relationship for
- [LBDs vs LWDs](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/11/lbds-vs-lwds/) - Oh we do love to tackle the hottest of hot topics around here. Wardrobe topics, that is. Now, there is no denying the timeless power of the LBD - the Little Black Dress. It started with Chanel in 1926 and US Vogue calling that particular dress “a sort of uniform for all women of taste”. That
- [How to contour face makeup](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/11/how-to-contour-face-makeup/) - If you've come here looking for a war-painted, extreme, Kardashian-like version of makeup contouring, you've come to the wrong place. Back to Google you go. I'm not one for fads (oh, you got me ... except pineapples) and when it comes to makeup, for me, it's all about playing with different products to create an
- [The Model and Me: Leona Edmiston](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/11/leona-edmiston-3/) - Melbourne Cup is done and dusted and that means that the party season has officially started. I've previously shared my 11 tips for how style your way through the season to Christmas Day. At the time I was heading into a very busy October. Now it's November, the calendar looks socially similar, ie crazy fun.
- [Let's talk about breast health](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/10/genius-3d-mammography/) - Sponsored by Genius 3D Mammography and difw Let's talk about breasts. Mostly when I talk about boobs here on the blog I'm encouraging you to book in for a fitting to wrangle them into a bra that gives your girls the support or uplift they need. Today, I'm talking about bosies in the hope that you'll be even more
- [Now add honey - and a spoon full of confidence](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/11/now-add-honey/) - Sponsored by Olympus Imaging Australia Today I'm getting all fancied up for a Melbourne Cup lunch. There will be an outfit photo posted and, yes, it will be very much removed from my work-from-home, minimal makeup everyday style. The professional hair and makeup will happen. I'll be spray tanned. And I'll be frocked up. Superficial
- [The Model and Me: Read and Bell](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/11/read-and-bell-2/) - I've got a serious problem this fashion season. Well, not world-peace serious. No, I've got a problem with my inability to turn away from any piece of clothing in a blue hue. In my defence, there is a lot of blue around this season. And, for me, it says - no, screams - summer. It's
- [What to wear when pregnant](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/10/what-to-wear-when-pregnant/) - Editor's note: The gorgeous Jasmine Hunt from Pretty Chuffed is due to have her second baby in a few weeks and has taken time to answer many a reader question I've been receiving of late. Given that it's been more than 10-plus years since I've been pregnant, I figured she was way more qualified to respond. You may
- [October 2015 favourite reads](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/10/october-2015-favourite-reads/) - Editor's note: Please welcome back Deborah from Debbish dot com who's sharing her favourite new releases with Styling You readers each month. We’re getting to the pointy end of the year so bookshops are being stocked with memoirs, books designed to sit on coffee tables and those promoting the unthinkable... like quitting sugar. ;-) All ideal presents. But
- [The Model and Me: Mela Purdie](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/10/mela-purdie/) - The clothes that survive my bi-annual wardrobe edit are the ones that continue to make me feel fabulous when I wear them. AND they're the clothes that still look as good as the day they first set up residence in my walk-in. I've long talked up Australian label Mela Purdie. I've got a Mela Purdie piece that
- [New everyday style inspiration at Katies](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/10/katies-2/) - Sponsored by Katies Dressing for spring is all about finding key pieces that work for YOUR lifestyle - every day. You also want everything in your wardrobe to fit, flatter and be wearable. You want pieces that can be dressed up or dressed down. And you want on-trend clothes that are accessible. That's not too
- [10 summer beauty and fashion essentials](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/10/summer-beauty-and-fashion-essentials/) - Sponsored by Olay Embracing long warm days and balmy evenings is what summer is all about. Being prepared for said warm days and balmy evenings will only enhance your enjoyment of the season. I have a list of non-negotiable summer beauty and fashion essentials that work for me. They may just work for you too.
- [Tween spring/summer style](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/10/tween-springsummer-style/) - Editor’s note: please welcome today’s guest blogger Kim Abbate from Life With Tweens. With a tween of her own, she will contribute a regular post on age-appropriate styles to help those of us with kids in that awkward stage. One of my biggest issues about the tween years is not the impending moods I have been
- [How to wear shorts](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/10/how-to-wear-shorts/) - There are a few items of clothing that scare most women when it comes to buying them ... and wearing them. Swimsuits. Jeans. and ... Shorts. Most of our fear around buying and wearing these items is wrapped up in our own crazy body issues. It took me styling more than 150 women (before this
- [October 2015 beauty favourites](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/10/beauty-favourites-9/) - Hello and welcome to the monthly beauty post where I feature five of my favourite beauty products I’ve been trialling for the past month. Not everything I feature will suit you but I’ll feature it here if it has suited me and has had some point of difference that I think you’d be interested in
- [The Model and Me: Bella Lido](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/10/the-model-and-me-bella-lido-2/) - It seems that most places in Australia have had an early taste of the summer ahead. Scrolling through the #everydaystyle feed on Instagram last week showed that my southern style sisters were indeed enjoying some balmy spring conditions. Here in Queensland the balmy meter has been switched on and my seasonal default mode of dressing
- [Summer sleepwear solutions 2015](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/10/summer-sleepwear/) - Ok, let's get personal. We're among friends. What do you wear to bed in summer? Are you a nightie kind of girl? Shorts and tee? Sexy slip? Or, is clothing optional? Oops, there I go again. I just want TOO MUCH INFORMATION. This post has been prompted by reader Bec, who asked: Where could I
- [The Model and Me: Binny](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/10/binny-5/) - I've never met Binny - the designer behind the Australian label of the same name - but it feels like I have. Catch up on the Binny archive here. This Victorian-based label came to my attention thanks to the TV series Offspring (thank the TV gods that it's coming back next year) when the costume designers dressed
- [Lemon Yoghurt Cake](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/10/lemon-yoghurt-cake/) - Editor’s note: please make today’s guest welcome, Kristie Welsh, PR and Comms wonderwoman who runs her own agency called Communicated. From now on, Kristie will share monthly recipes with all of us, so that we can wow our friends and family with her achievable but delicious creations. So, today may or may not be my birthday… And
- [11 party season style tips](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/10/11-party-season-style-tips/) - Next week on the social calendar I have an evening boutique spring soiree, a charity long lunch and an afternoon/evening 30th birthday celebration in the city. I don't say this to boast. Far from it. I'm already fearful for my liver and my future sleep-deprived state. I say it as an example of how social
- [11 party season beauty tips](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/10/party-season-beauty-tips/) - It seems October is the new November which previously had the crown as the new December. Lost? Me too. Lost in an iCal calendar already filled to the max with end-of-year social events. I'm getting set to hold on tight for the final quarter of 2015. Of course, said holding on tight will happen with
- [The Model and Me: Harlow Australia](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/10/harlow-australia-2/) - Oh don't you just love a public holiday ... if you can swing it? All week, you'll be thinking it's the day before it really is. Then you'll get all excited when you realise you're closer to the weekend than you first thought. And I'm contributing to that confusion today by switching Model and Me
- [Teenage style: summer 2015 casual fashion trends](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/10/teenage-style-summer-2015-casual-fashion-trends/) - Editor’s note: Samantha (Sammy) is Miss SY’s best friend from school and a journalism student. Each month she shares some style and beauty tips that are relevant to teenage girls of all ages – please leave us a question if you have a teenage style/beauty question you’d like answered. Okay. It's official. Summer is *basically* here. Well... at least
- [Teenage style: autumn-winter 2015 trends](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/05/teenage-style-autumn-winter-2015-trends/) - Editor’s note: Samantha (Sammy) is Miss SY’s best friend from school and a journalism student. Each month she shares some style tips that are relevant to teenage girls of all ages – please leave us a question if you have a teenage style question you’d like answered. Brrrrr! Okay QLD. We've had our fair share of Summer.
- [How to shop the sales](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/06/how-to-shop-the-sales-2/) - Most of Australia is heading into a long weekend this weekend. Sorry Western Australia - don't worry Queensland won't have this holiday at this time next year either. This move does not please me as the Queen's Birthday long weekend has typically coincided with my birthday weekend - something that very much has pleased me
- [Get the Nina Proudman apartment look](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/10/nina-proudman-apartment/) - Editor’s note: Please welcome the SY interiors expert, Kristie Castagna from Elements at Home. Kristie is a professional blogger, interior stylist and colour consultant so who better to give some advice on getting the most out of spaces at home? Let us all go back to a time when all was right with our Nina Proudman world.
- [Teacher style spring-summer 2015](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/10/teacher-style-spring-summer-2015/) - Editor’s note: sharing her style on the blog is What The Teacher Wears blogger, Alex Paterson. I met Alex and discovered that there is a whole world out there of teachers sharing their style. It’s far from the teacher style I knew back in the day and even if you’re not a teacher you’ll be
- [How to get your tween into a good skin care routine](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/09/how-to-get-your-tween-into-a-good-skin-care-routine/) - Editor’s note: please welcome today’s guest blogger Kim Abbate from Life With Tweens. With a tween of her own, she contributes posts on age-appropriate styles and solutions to help those of us with kids in that awkward stage. Skin care is something that needs to start early to ensure it becomes a lifelong habit rather than
- [How to wear a striped dress](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/09/how-to-wear-a-striped-dress/) - I've never met a stripe I haven't loved. Combine a stripe with an easy-wear, relaxed spring-summer dress and you've really got my attention. This Bohemian Traders striped dress ticks all the boxes for a versatile summer dress that will serve you well for any number of occasions. I love the weight of this fabric. It's heavy
- [The Model and Me: Bohemian Traders](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/09/bohemian-traders-5/) - I love outfits that offer an element of surprise - garments that when worn offer a contrast of either textures, colours, patterns or styles. Or all of the above. Australian online store Bohemian Traders (I think I've been its number one fan since day one!) does that surprise factor so well. I love how I can
- [September 2015 favourite reads](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/09/september-2015-favourite-reads/) - Editor's note: Please welcome back Deborah from Debbish dot com who's sharing her favourite new releases with Styling You readers each month. Halfway through this month I was panicking. I'd read 9 or 10 books over the first couple of weeks but was feeling underwhelmed. Of course I was then bombarded with fabulous books (including seven new arrivals
- [Say hello to the Olay Regenerist Miracle Duo](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/09/olay-regenerist-miracle-duo/) - Sponsored by Olay If you're a regular reader around here you'll understand a few things about my philosophy when it comes to skincare. Firstly, I think the number one key to a skincare routine working is actually having a skincare routine. Secondly, I believe in simplicity of skincare. Thirdly, I don't think it's necessary to spend
- [How to layer skin care products](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/09/how-to-layer-skin-care-products/) - Sponsored by Olay Layering clothes is one of the most effective ways that you can lift an outfit to the next level. Don't believe me? Stand in front of a mirror in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. Then add one thing. A scarf maybe? That one thing completely changes how "put together" you look.
- [How to wear a cashmere knit](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/09/how-to-wear-a-cashmere-knit/) - There is one very important thing that guides us each day as to what to wear. Yes our body shape, personality, an occasion and our lifestyle do influence our outfit choices but the biggest influencer of all has to be the weather. I'm a weather app nerd. SERIOUSLY. I even have a folder on my iPhone
- [September 2015 beauty favourites](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/09/september-2015-beauty-favourites/) - Hello and welcome to the monthly beauty post where I feature five of my favourite beauty products I’ve been trialling for the past month. Not everything I feature will suit you but I’ll feature it here if it has suited me and has had some point of difference that I think you’d be interested in
- [The Model and Me: Louenhide](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/09/louenhide-2/) - Hello to all those lucky enough to be enjoying the September school holidays by the beach. I had a taste of that across the weekend, celebrating our anniversary with a kid-free weekend in Noosa. The weather has been surprisingly and unseasonably cool (for Queensland) and I did get a little caught by surprise with the
- [Spring giveaway: win 1 of 25 prizes valued at $3690](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/09/spring-giveaway-win-1-of-25-prizes-valued-at-3646/) - Has it felt like a really, really long winter for you this year? Well don't worry, because spring has now set in, and to celebrate, we have a GIANT giveaway for you. With 25 chances to win $3690 worth of prizes, you're going to find something that you'll truly love. Does your wardrobe need some
- [Spring lamb, butternut pumpkin and pecan salad](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/09/spring-lamb-butternut-pumpkin-and-pecan-salad/) - Editor’s note: please make today’s guest welcome, Kristie Welsh, PR and Comms wonderwoman who runs her own agency called Communicated. From now on, Kristie will share monthly recipes with all of us, so that we can wow our friends and family with her achievable but delicious creations. Ah, spring, with your longer days and soft warm breeze
- [17 spring beauty tips for 2015](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/09/spring-beauty-tips/) - Spring has sprung. Your wardrobe is all sorted, isn't it? But what about your beauty routine? Could that do with an edit and a shakeup too? Or at least a taking stock? These 17 spring beauty tips will help you emerge from winter's hibernation in preparedness for the warmer months ahead. 1. Clean out your skincare products. Have
- [How to wear a white jacket](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/09/how-to-wear-a-white-jacket/) - I'm heading to the annual Women in Focus conference today. This year it's just up the road in Noosa and it's the first time I've been invited. To say I'm excited is an understatement. Two and a half days surrounded by inspirational business women from all around Australia? Yes, that's got me peaking. Mr SY
- [The Model and Me: Bamboo Body](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/09/bamboo-body/) - I'm a huge fan of lifestyle clothing pieces - pieces that need minimal care but always look good no matter where you need them to take you. I'm also a huge fan of such pieces as they are as comfortable to wear as pyjamas or a trackie. So, in effect, they are cheat clothes. You
- [Teenage style: what to wear to spring races](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/09/teenage-style-what-to-wear-to-spring-races/) - Editor’s note: Samantha (Sammy) is Miss SY’s best friend from school and a journalism student. Each month she shares some style and beauty tips that are relevant to teenage girls of all ages – please leave us a question if you have a teenage style/beauty question you’d like answered. Ah. Hello there spring. Nice to have you
- [How to wear a jumpsuit](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/09/how-to-wear-a-jumpsuit/) - I remember when I first stepped into my Sacha Drake Solange jumpsuit. It was a near-religious experience. Not only did it feel as comfortable as wearing (fancy) pyjamas, I felt immediately dressed up. Sacha Drake jumpsuit $249 (available size 8-18) The jersey fabric drapes beautifully over the bits I prefer being draped over. The sleeves can
- [Katies offers everyday style inspiration for all women](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/09/katies/) - Sponsored by Katies If you're a fellow Australia child of the '70s, you'd remember this ad: https://youtu.be/0ShLil4MDPI K-k-Katies ... you've got the clothes I adore ... I'll see you at your Katies store. I KNOW. It's in your head now too. I remember my mum shopping at Katies in Brisbane, buying up pieces to wear
- [Feel like a beauty editor with Bellabox](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/08/bellabox/) - Sponsored by bellabox Whenever anyone even slightly beauty product-obsessed walks into my bathroom or my office, they tend to either gasp or let out an audible sigh. I have drawers dedicated specifically to hair products, to lipsticks, to BB and CC creams, to illuminators. I've also got baskets filled with skincare products. And a trolley filled
- [Teenage style: where to shop online](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/08/where-to-shop-online/) - Editor’s note: Samantha (Sammy) is Miss SY’s best friend from school and a journalism student. Each month she shares some style and beauty tips that are relevant to teenage girls of all ages – please leave us a question if you have a teenage style/beauty question you’d like answered. We've almost made it, Stylers. Soon we'll be
- [The Model and Me: Maiocchi](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/09/maiocchi-3/) - Are you a fan of the frock? I am. I love them all - fabulous and flowy or flirty and fitted. I was editing my wardrobe at the weekend in full prep for the spring-summer season and my love of the frock could not have been more evident. If you've been reading here for some time (and
- [Top 5 home styling essentials for spring](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/09/top-5-home-styling-essentials-for-spring/) - Editor’s note: Please welcome the SY interiors expert, Kristie Castagna from Elements at Home. Kristie is a professional blogger, interior stylist and colour consultant so who better to give some advice on getting the most out of spaces at home? It's spring, I love spring, it sees the end of winter and the fun climb to summer.
- [Escape to O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/09/oreillys-rainforest-retreat/) - We were guests of O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat You know the sign of a good escape? That you're plotting a return before you've even set off for home. We'd only arrived on the mountain at O'Reilly's Rainforest Retreat 24 hours before but that's the magic of the place. It was my first visit to O'Reilly's and
- [Spring 2015 Styling You Shop](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/09/spring-2015-styling-you-shop/) - Pinch and a punch. It's not only the first of the month, it's the first day of my favourite season and the launch of the spring 2015 Styling You Shop. The shop concept is still new to Styling You. This is the second time we've opened up the pop-up online shop and I'm excited that you're
- [The Model and Me: wYse Lifestyle](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/08/wyse-lifestyle-3/) - How's the last day of winter looking where you live? The pre-spring sun is doing its thing here. I had planned to do my spring wardrobe edit in preparation for the new season but my office was in greater need of a de-clutter and overhaul. So soothing. The wardrobe can wait until next weekend. I'm already
- [Styling You reader survey 2015](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/08/styling-you-reader-survey-2015/) - It's been a very big year for Styling You. We launched our first online pop-up shop (our second - the 2015 Spring shop - opens for the month next Tuesday!) and the business behind the blog was a winner at the 2015 Telstra Business Awards. We didn't win at the national level last week but
- [How to build outfits from wardrobe basics](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/08/wardrobe-basics/) - There is more than one way to put together an outfit but the formula I'm sharing here is one way that will help take the stress out of getting dressed for good. This is an outfit formula based on wardrobe basics and it's a formula I've been sharing at my Unlock Your Style events since
- [How to get your spring wardrobe sorted](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/08/how-to-get-your-spring-wardrobe-sorted/) - Spring-summer is a very long fashion season in most of Australia. This means that for most of us, most of our wardrobe is devoted to clothes that are geared towards our daily life in those warmer months. It also means that it's more of a challenge to keep things fresh throughout the season ... because
- [The Model and Me: Bird Keepers](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/08/bird-keepers/) - We spent the weekend 1000m above sea level in the Gold Coast hinterland. More to come on that later in the week but I have to say I did enjoy the cooler temperatures. It was like our last blast of winter. We cranked the fireplace up and enjoyed the non-humid air. Driving home down the
- [August 2015 favourite reads](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/08/august-2015-favourite-reads/) - Editor's note: Please welcome back Deborah from Debbish dot com who's sharing her favourite new releases with Styling You readers each month. We're starting to reach the pointy end of the year so reading fodder is now coming at us thick and fast. In my true all-or-nothing style the month has been characterised by alternating binge-reading fests and
- [Slow roasted Moroccan lamb shoulder](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/08/slow-roasted-moroccan-lamb-shoulder-with-chargrilled-vegetables/) - Editor’s note: please make today’s guest welcome, Kristie Welsh, PR and Comms wonderwoman who runs her own agency called Communicated. From now on, Kristie will share monthly recipes with all of us, so that we can wow our friends and family with her achievable but delicious creations. Here’s a new spin on a roast lamb dish that
- [How to dress for a conference](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/08/how-to-dress-for-a-conference/) - Last weekend I attended the 2015 Problogger Training Event - just a *wee* gathering of about 700 bloggers or people wanting to connect with bloggers. The conference is the brainchild of Problogger's Darren Rowse. It started with humble beginnings as a one-day event in 2010 and has grown to be Australia's only annual blogging conference.
- [The Model and Me: Surafina](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/08/surafina-5/) - My wardrobe consists of two extremes. The winter extreme and the summer extreme. In between you'll find the majority of my clothes, all clothes that fit into the trans-seasonal category. These are clothes that consist of light layers - layers that can easily be added or taken off as the day warms up or cools down.
- [5 blogging for business tips](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/08/blogging-for-business-tips/) - Today I'm heading to the annual Problogger conference. Yes, my non-blogging friends, there is such a thing. This is the sixth conference for bloggers looking to create a business or an income around their blog. I wasn't at the first one in 2010 but I've attended ever since. I remember following the first event roll out
- [Spring Summer 2015 fashion trends](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/08/spring-summer-2015-fashion-trends/) - It's a warm day here in Queensland. I'm not fooled though. We've still got two weeks left of winter and some cool nights ahead later this week. But. Come that last week in August, the seasonal weather switch really does get flicked. Spring does arrive here very quickly, so it pays to be prepared. First
- [The Model and Me: Belle Bird](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/08/belle-bird-2/) - I first introduced you to Birdsnest's Belle Bird label last season. Belle Bird is Birdsnest's own plus-size label and this spring-summer it's once again produced a fabulous edit of wearable and affordable pieces for size 12-22. Now, before you get all huffy and puffy about size 12 not being plus-size. It IS plus-size in terms
- [Irina Werning for NIVEA CELLular Anti-Age](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/08/irina-werning-for-nivea-cellular-anti-age/) - Sponsored by NIVEA Australia Next week I'll be meeting up with some of my oldest friends. The occasion is our university residential college's 30th reunion. It will all start quite civilised with a lunch in the dining hall at the college. The same cannot be guaranteed for the rest of the afternoon and evening's activities. You
- [How to define your eyes with makeup](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/08/how-to-define-your-eyes-with-makeup/) - Day to day, I don't wear much eye makeup. A base eyeshadow and a little mascara maybe but generally that's about it. What I've discovered over the years, though, is that this is far from enough eye makeup for me when it comes to photoshoots or events - particularly night time events where you might
- [The Model and Me: Sacha Drake](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/08/sacha-drake-4/) - Sacha Drake has long been my go-to designer when it comes to special occasion wear. The Brisbane designer just knows how to create timeless garments for women to suit all different shapes. She consistently produces collections that have the ability to make you feel comfortable AND glamorous. This is not an easy feat but if you find
- [How to design your walk in robe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/08/how-to-design-your-walk-in-robe/) - Editor’s note: Please welcome today’s guest blogger: Kristie Castagna from Elements at Home. Kristie is a professional blogger, interior stylist and colour consultant so who better to give some advice on arranging your walk in robe to get the most out of the space? Your walk in robe can be stylish and designer, but mostly it's
- [Teenage style: what to wear for a night out](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/04/what-to-wear-for-a-night-out/) - Editor’s note: Please say hello to Samantha Cheney. Sam is Miss SY’s best friend from school and a journalism student. Each month she’ll share some style tips that are relevant to teenage girls – please leave us a question if you have a teenage style question you’d like answered. Hello there, Stylers. It's me again -
- [Styling You a Telstra Business Awards winner](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/07/styling-you-a-telstra-business-awards-winner/) - Write a speech they said. Be prepared they said. I always do as I'm told. If you're reading this then tonight my blog business - Styling You - has been judged the winner of the Queensland Telstra Business Awards (micro business category). Styling You is the first blogging business to have won a Telstra Business Award
- [July 2015 favourite reads](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/07/july-2015-favourite-reads/) - Editor's note: Please welcome back Deborah from Debbish dot com who's sharing her favourite new releases with Styling You readers each month. As an obsessive avid reader I generally get through 3-4 books a week. I read for pleasure so mostly stick to what I love... suspense / thrillers / crime fiction, some literature and smatterings of romance. I feel I should
- [July 2015 beauty favourites](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/07/july-2015-beauty-favourites/) - Hello and welcome to the monthly beauty post where I feature five of my favourite beauty products I’ve been trialling for the past month. Not everything I feature will suit you but I’ll feature it here if it has suited me and has had some point of difference that I think you’d be interested in
- [How to wear a chambray shirt](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/07/how-to-wear-a-chambray-shirt/) - It's been said that you shouldn't adopt a fashion trend if you're old enough to have worn it the first time it was a thing. I've long poo-pooed this outdated notion. And it's a good job I have too. Why should all the sweet young things have all the fun? Fashion is fun and it
- [An afternoon in Paris with Carla Coulson](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/07/an-afternoon-in-paris-with-carla-coulson/) - Paris dreaming. Yes, it's still happening here. Did those two days really happen? They did and I have some photos to prove it. Not just any old photos. NO. Carla Coulson photos to be exact. Carla is an incredibly talented Australian photographer married to an Italian and living in Paris. She's photographed six books and
- [The Model and Me: Rasaleela](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/07/rasaleela/) - Oh HELLO Monday. I see you. I embrace you. And I bring you another instalment in the Model and Me series. Australia was dishing up some pretty diverse/crazy weather across the weekend. Around here we were teased with a hint of what's to come in about five weeks ... spring. Tops in the mid 20s.
- [Beauty travel essentials (plus essential extras)](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/07/beauty-travel-essentials/) - I am a lover of beauty products. If you are a regular around here, you already know that, right? If you've landed on this page in the hope of finding the secret to packing light when it comes to beauty travel essentials, I have to warn you. This IS my version of packing light when it comes to
- [The Model and Me: Country Road Australia](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/07/country-road-australia-2/) - Oh hello there. I’m BACK. Thanks so very much to the gorgeous Rachel from Redcliffe Style for filling the Model and Me Monday slot here on Styling You while I was in Europe. I loved seeing her take on the designs featured – and I love seeing her #everydaystyle on Instagram each day (make sure you follow along
- [Tween street style](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/07/tween-street-style/) - Editor's note: please welcome today's guest blogger Kim Abbate from Life With Tweens. With a tween of her own, she will contribute a regular post on age-appropriate styles to help those of us with kids in that awkward stage. Tweens are defined as kids aged 8-12. They're no longer young children and not quite teens. Unfortunately,
- [How to stay excited about your winter wardrobe](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/07/how-to-stay-excited-about-your-winter-wardrobe/) - I thought I was being super clever escaping the Australian winter for three weeks. In my head, I'd waltz on back from the south of Italy, all glowing and ready to embrace the new fashion season ahead. WRONG. No, as a major reality check, Queensland - and the entire Eastern seaboard of Australia - was
- [What to see and do in Puglia, Italy](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/07/what-to-see-and-do-in-puglia/) - I’m sitting on a beach chair under an umbrella staring out at a sparkling sea of turquoise and sapphire hues. It’s near lunch time and the only thing beckoning is a Spritz* and anti pasti at a nearby trattoria. Life IS good. It’s something I’ve hashtagged a lot this past week. When my beautiful friend
- [Styling You finalist in 2015 Telstra Business Awards](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/07/some-exciting-news-at-styling-you-headquarters-telstra-business-awards/) - Note: This is Kim here, Nikki's assistant. I'm hijacking her blog to share some really exciting news! I might get in trouble for sharing it with you all, but I thought you'd love to congratulate her along with me! While travelling through Paris last week, the most romantic city in the world, Nikki received some
- [Italian inspired flourless chocolate hazelnut torte](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/07/italian-inspired-flourless-chocolate-hazelnut-torte/) - Editor's note: please make today's guest welcome, Kristie Welsh, PR and Comms wonderwoman who runs her own agency called Communicated. From now on, Kristie will share monthly recipes with all of us, so that we can wow our friends and family with her achievable but delicious creations. Hands up who’s been following Nikki’s travels through Europe, wishing
- [How to beat jet lag](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/07/how-to-beat-jet-lag/) - Apart from waking up at 3am each day like I'm ready for an evening out sipping prosecco and downing a caprese salad, I really can't tell if I've been jet-lagged since returning from Europe last Friday. Reason being: I've been battling a lovely lurgy picked up two weeks ago while in Italy. That's energy zapping
- [How to choose the perfect trench coat](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/07/how-to-choose-the-perfect-trench-coat/) - Editor's note: please welcome stylist Sally Mackinnon with a guest post about trench coats. Sally is an experienced personal stylist based in Melbourne. A leader in her field, Sally is renowned for helping women of all shapes and sizes dress with style and confidence so that they look and feel great every day. The trench coat is making its way
- [The Model and Me: Bamboo Body](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/07/the-model-and-me-bamboo-body/) - Editor’s note: Please welcome today’s guest blogger: Rachel Wernicke from Redcliffe Style. While Nikki is away, Rachel is taking over the Model and Me posts to give us all a look at what some gorgeous fashion pieces look like on everyday women I love clothes ... I love them a whole lot. The problem is that I don't have
- [What to do in Milan in a day](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/07/what-to-do-in-milan-in-a-day/) - Europe is dotted with some of the most incredible cathedrals in the world but there is so much about Milan’s Duomo which is captivating in its design. It makes it impossible not to gravitate towards it. My gravitation had nothing whatsoever to do with the shops and boutiques lining the streets immediately around the Duomo. Who
- [How to wear ankle boots - an update](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/06/how-to-wear-ankle-boots-2/) - There are many reasons why ankle boots are still very much a part of the winter fashion landscape. For me, I think the main reason is that, unlike their knee-high sisters, ankle boots don't discriminate on calf width. Those of us with greater OR less-than-average thigh widths do not fear shopping for the ankle boot. There
- [The Model and Me: Firefly](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/07/the-model-and-me-firefly/) - Editor’s note: Please welcome today’s guest blogger: Rachel Wernicke from Redcliffe Style. While Nikki is away, Rachel is taking over the Model and Me posts to give us all a look at what some gorgeous fashion pieces look like on everyday women. It's so easy to get stuck in a winter rut, wearing black on black with black. I
- [The Model and Me: Bella Lido](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/06/bella-lido-3/) - I know this Model and Me business is all about Mondays here on Styling You but given that Monday felt like Sunday and today - Tuesday - feels like Monday then I hope you're all ok with us just going with the flow? I had THE best birthday weekend filled with family, relaxation and a
- [Look fabulous in five minutes with this clever makeup routine](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/2015/07/look-fabulous-in-five-minutes-with-this-clever-makeup-routine/) - Editor’s note: Please welcome today’s guest blogger: Gillian Moody from Champagne Cartel. With an extensive background as a professional makeup artist, she is sharing her tips on how to save time in the morning with a five minute makeup routine. I used to be one of those people that would love taking my time to get ready for work in

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- [dress-down](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/tag/dress-down/)
- [commonwealth bank](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/tag/commonwealth-bank/)
- [investment](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/tag/investment/)
- [industry experts](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/tag/industry-experts/)
- [30 days of fashion](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/tag/30-days-of-fashion/)
- [financial savvy](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/tag/financial-savvy/)
- [office wear](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/tag/office-wear/)
- [professional](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/tag/professional/)
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- [nancy ganz](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/tag/nancy-ganz/)
- [holdmetight](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/tag/holdmetight/)
- [nanna pants](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/tag/nanna-pants/)
- [nana pants](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/tag/nana-pants/)

## Picture tag

- [coloured jeans](https://www.stylingyou.com.au/ngg_tag/coloured-jeans/)