I don’t know if you’ve noticed, but just about every trend is out and about on the high street at the moment – as exciting as it sounds, it tends to make the decision making process even more tricky than before, however, it does mean that every body shape is catered for! So, how do [...]
by Pipa on January 31, 2011
Research across 2,000 adults was published at the beginning of this year that was fascinating. It discovered that 4 in 10 women always put make up on before leaving the house and 1 in 10 women have never been without make up in front of their life partner. Two thirds of women questioned said they [...]
by Pipa on January 3, 2011
Are you rubbing your eyes? Can it be possible?? We all know a diet can be potentially successful on the short term however, research and experience shows us that diets just don’t work. The reason being is simple, our weight isn’t purely dictated by what we eat! Nor is it sharing the responsibility with the [...]
by Pipa on January 3, 2011
Do you feel like 2010 just chewed you up and spat you out? Are you reeling from a whirlwind year of a million things happening but yet you can’t really remember anything significant? ….or particularly good? Were you standing there on New Year’s Eve holding your glass saying “well there goes another year then” ? [...]
by Pipa on November 30, 2010
Everywhere we turn everyone is talking about rating happiness since David Cameron unveiled his proposal to rate British happiness and wellbeing. This of course has sparked endless conversations online, on radio, on TV – everywhere! We talked about it last week on BBC Radio Londo, Jeremy Vine was discussing it this morning on Radio 2, [...]
by Pipa on November 1, 2010
Learn to manage the stress in your life! I decided to look into this topic as I have over the last few years noticed how stress has taken it’s toll on so many people’s physical wellbeing. Our bodies don’t actually know the difference between what’s real and what we’re thinking about or perhaps even just [...]
by Pipa on October 1, 2010
Bullying?… Not just in the playground … By Alice Todd For three years I, Alice Todd, was bullied. There, I’ve said it! That wasn’t so hard … it’s taken me seven years to admit it out loud because I wasn’t bullied at school. I was bullied at work. I was 30 years old, in a [...]
by Pipa on October 1, 2010
Glad to say The Fashion Detective is back, the gorgeous Jo Payton…. over to you Jo: Pipa blogged about new looks for Autumn/Winter last month and, as she pointed out, you’re going to be enjoying a lot of black, a lot of texture and (just when you thought it was safe to call it ‘cream’ [...]
by Pipa on September 4, 2010
Feminism is an incredibly broad arena which we can discuss at different levels. This post is purely about how the affect of feminism has changed the way we have long term / life partner / marital relations….. There was an interesting inteview in the papers this month with Fay Weldon, author and feminist icon saying [...]
by Pipa on September 4, 2010
Do you remember as a child being told that your school days are the best of your life? Or that if you only knew then what you know now! Well it’s sad to say that I have had recurring echoes of these and similar conversations more frequently lately. It is almost as though they are [...]