How An Intuitive Jewellery Designer Is Guided To Choose Crystals For Healing

Sofia Ruggeri was working internationally as a fashion designer when she felt called to swap textiles for gemstones. After completing studies with the Ashati Institute, she launched the fair trade, conscious jewellery label, Veluna Gems. Today Sofia works as an energetic healer through her label, where she designs collections and bespoke one-off pieces according to…

ByIlona Marchetta13/06/2025

Beauty & Fashion Sustainability

These Luxurious Products Across Beauty, Fashion And Lifestyle Are Completely Plastic Free

Going plastic-free is not only good for the environment, it can also be a complete uplevel in the luxury stakes as these five products show. Ewe Care's Day and Night Cream There's so much to love about Ewe Care, the first Australian skincare brand to formulate using sheep milk. For one, it…

ByIlona Marchetta13/06/2025

Beauty & Fashion Fitness Happiness Health Nutrition Nutrition Trends Wellness & Health Yoga

Exclusive: Get Yoga Fit With David Beckham’s Aussie Fitness Guru

A former classical dancer and elite gymnast who moved to London in 2014, Shona Vertue’s entire life has been steeped in studying human movement. Celebrities who have reaped the rewards of training with Shona Vertue include David Beckham, who credits her with changing his perspective on yoga. You don’t have to travel to London or be…

ByIlona Marchetta31/05/2025

Lifestyle & Homes

Fight Less, Love More

This one fantasy is usually the reason couples fight a lot, according to a leading psychotherapist Leading London-trained relationship psychotherapist Lissy Abrahams, who has helped hundreds of couples around the world repair, has distilled decades of research and her clinical experience into an online program offering the same growth opportunity of 20 therapy sessions -…

ByIlona Marchetta27/05/2025

News

6 Quick Tips For A More Eco-Friendly Christmas

The Christmas season, with all its excesses, isn't exactly synonymous with slow living, mindfulness and being eco-friendly. Instead, it’s a blissful season where Monday feels like Saturday, the hangovers roll into one, and we throw all caution to the wind with an emphatic "yes" to another glass of wine and helping to buttered brioche. It…

ByIlona Marchetta05/12/2024

Mood and Mind Wellness & Health Yoga

Endota Spa Founder Melanie Gleeson Shares Her Own Wellness Secrets

The morning that I speak to Endota Spa owner Melanie Gleeson by phone, she’s surrounded by boxes as she prepares to merge two offices into one headquarters in Melbourne. Having built the business to 100 locations across Australia, employing over 1000 people (around 90 percent are women), and with an annual network income of $60 million, it’s…

ByIlona Marchetta06/11/2024

World

How Injecting Colour Into Your Style Can Help You Shop Less And Look Better

For years I succumbed to the trap of believing that a black, white and tan wardrobe was the secret to looking luxe. And hey, it probably is. It's certainly the trick to how some of my friends look a million bucks in an outfit they spent just under $100 on. As perennially in style as…

ByIlona Marchetta17/10/2024

Beauty & Fashion

Magdalena Roze Takes Us Through Her Clean Beauty Routine

It’s been seven years since journalist, meteorologist, and food writer Magdalena Roze made the move from Sydney to Byron Bay with her partner, Darren Robertson. Most people familiar with the award-winning reporter will know she’s all about a wholesome lifestyle, from the kitchen to what she puts on her skin. So it makes sense that NIVEA…

ByIlona Marchetta15/10/2024

Beauty & Fashion Fashion Sustainability

5 Up and Coming Australian Labels Every Sustainable Fashion Lover Should Know About

A collection of brands you might not have on your radar yet, but definitely should if you’re building a more sustainable wardrobe.

ByIlona Marchetta15/10/2024

Beauty & Fashion Hair Skin & Body

Premature Scalp Ageing Could Be Why Your Locks Are Dull, Here’s How To Fix It

Once upon a time in the fickle land of beauty, the only bit of attention the skin north of one’s face received was a massage from a hairdresser during a regular 6 weekly trim. How times have changed. Today, ‘exfoliator’, ‘peel’, ‘treatment’, ‘cell turnover’ and even ‘microbiome’ are all terms and activities directly associated with…

ByIlona Marchetta14/10/2024