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I Do Not Have Much in Common With Gwyneth Paltrow … Except Our Facial

I don’t own a jade egg. I’ve never voluntarily fasted. And, I have no plans to sell a candle that smells like my vagina. Which is to say: Gwyneth Paltrow and I are not exactly spiritual sisters. But, in a surprising twist of skin care fate, it turns out we do share one thing -…

ByMarie-Antoinette Issa16 hours ago

No Booze? No Big Deal. This Nojito Recipe is Perfect for Dry July

Looking for a zingy, zesty drink that feels like a cocktail but keeps things clean this Dry July? Meet your new favourite no-booze pour. This Kiwi Ginger Nojito recipe is a playful, punchy twist on the classic mojito - swapping out the rum for refreshing ginger fizz and dialling up the flavour with fresh kiwi…

ByMarie-Antoinette Issa17 hours ago

Food & Drink Healthy Quick & Easy

How to Make the Most of Your Meal Kit

Between grocery shopping, figuring out what to cook, and trying to please everyone’s taste buds (while avoiding the sixth serve of Spag Bol in a week), dinner can become a daily drama. That’s where the best meal kits step in, promising a solution that’s quick, convenient, and nutritious. But, with so many kits on the…

ByMarie-Antoinette Issa1 day ago

Beauty & Fashion Hair Skin & Body Make-Up News & Trends

This is What You’ll Find in Australia’s Number One Selling Foundation (And What You Most Definitely Won’t)

Powder foundation has long been the problem child of the makeup world. Hands up who's given it a chance, thinking it was going to give them that smooth, soft-focus finish, only to end up looking like a poorly iced sponge cake. Dry, cakey, flat… and clinging to fine lines? And so, it’s no surprise that…

ByMarie-Antoinette Issa2 days ago

Beauty & Fashion Hair Skin & Body News & Trends

Jurlique is Turning 40 … And They Want You To Stop and Smell the Roses

Happy birthday to the beauty brand that’s been bottling nature’s best florals for four decades! Jurlique is turning the big 4-0, this July. And, like any milestone worth celebrating, they’re doing it in style - by launching something truly special. The beauty in bloom is the Intense Rose, a world-first botanical beauty born to mark…

ByMarie-Antoinette Issa2 days ago

Beauty & Fashion Hair Skin & Body

Hot Flush? Comedy Queen Celeste Barber Has a Cool Solution

Perimenopause can be a real rollercoaster. And, Celeste Barber is done watching women suffer through it in silence. Or, with a pricey skin care routine that’s probably better suited to some of the 20-year-old influencers she hilariously parodies in her signature Instagram videos! Her solution (no joke) is to drop her Booie Beauty brand's…

ByMarie-Antoinette Issa4 days ago

Travel & Leisure

The Former Tallest Residential Building in Sydney is Now a Hotel with Some of the Best Harbour City Views

School holidays are just around the corner. And, if an overseas escape with your crazy clan is off the cards (or, even If you’ve ever wanted to play tourist in your own city without spending like one!) , then the Park Regis City Centre Sydney might just be your next favourite getaway. Once the tallest…

ByMarie-Antoinette Issa4 days ago

Baking Food & Drink

Passport to Pastry: Catherine Zhang’s Dessert Pop-Up is Bringing a Taste of Travel to Sydney

Sydney siders don’t need a boarding pass to take their tastebuds on a globe-trotting getaway this weekend. Instead, a short stroll to inner-city Surry Hills should satisfy both their sweet tooth and taste for travel. In an exciting collaboration that’s truly the icing on the (matcha) cake, ING will be serving up a slice of…

ByMarie-Antoinette Issa5 days ago

World

Meet the Florist Leading a Global Movement to Clean Up the Floristry Industry

Rita Feldmann is not your average florist. A second-generation flower lover turned botanist, science writer and activist; she’s on a mission to transform the $50 billion global floristry industry, starting with the silent pollutant hiding in plain sight: floral foam. Rita has always had flowers in her life. Growing up in Melbourne, Australia, she was…

ByRobyn Foyster25/06/2025