But thanks to the vagaries of the ever-changing ‘traffic light’ travel system in the UK and the threat of quarantine, we finally decided to stop holding out and book a staycation instead.
This has been a looong time coming!
GHD, the undisputed OG of the hair straightener universe has just released Unplugged, it's cordless styler.
Probably prompted by the Dyson Corrale snapping at it's heels, it was time to innovate and do the thing a lot of us has been waiting for by finally getting rid of that pesky trailing power cord.
GHD Unplugged offers all the sleek design, power and performance of the brand's corded models, with the freedom of being untethered.
It’s been a minute, hasn’t it? I haven’t posted any fashion content for quite a while now but as the world continues to open up more, there’s additional reasons for getting dressed up and I am here for it,
Confidence is the secret sauce in life. It’s the one ingredient that can set you apart and really change your life and your prospects.
So why is it so freaking hard?
I’ve been doing a lot of learning around this very subject lately. It seems that not only is there a physical component to confidence (some people are literally genetically programmed that way) but there’s also a huge social component - to do with your upbringing and environment. A lot of this - mainly the societal part - actually makes it harder to be confident as a woman, which will surprise precisely no one female.
But that doesn’t mean that there aren’t ways to become more confident. The great thing about brains is that they can be rewired, with the right tricks and a little patience.
One of the quickest and easiest ways to elevate your look and give an appearance of being pulled together (even if you’re a mess underneath, like me!) is to stock your wardrobe with a few on-point accessories.
A bit of well placed tailoring or the right bag can give everything a bit of a sophisticated slant without any extra effort on your part. That’s why bags have always been one of my favourite pieces to buy.
Any bag capsule wardrobe should really contain a large, structured tote in black, but strangely enough this was the one thing missing from my collection.
It’s that rather seductive idea of the one bag to do it all - office days, trips to the gym, airport dashes. Everyone needs a large, smart tote that can cover all these bases and look good doing it. And I might just have found it in the beautiful ‘Stockholm’ bag from Azurina.
