FROM SOLICITOR TO STYLIST – MY STORY

FROM SOLICITOR TO STYLIST – MY STORY

Jul 1, 2018 | | 0 |

FROM SOLICITOR TO STYLIST – MY STORY It’s little-known that I haven’t always worked a personal stylist – although I’ve always been creative and interested in fashion.  This then is my story of how I came to be doing what I’m doing and why. For over fifteen years, law was my career. I started my training with a lovely law firm and worked my way up the career ladder (with two mini-breaks for children) along the way. At length I achieved my long-held ambition to get to the top by becoming the only female partner in the firm. I’m...

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BEWARE THE BARGAIN: HOW TO MAKE SALE SHOPPING STRATEGIC

BEWARE THE BARGAIN: HOW TO MAKE SALE SHOPPING STRATEGIC

Jan 4, 2018 | | 2 |

EVERYONE LOVES A BARGAIN People who know me well will tell you that my Boxing Day used to start early with me in the queue at Next bagging ‘bargains’. That marked the beginning of a week of bargain hunting running from Boxing day to New Year’s Eve. The cash would be well and truly splashed with the justification of how much money I was saving. But that was the old me. The new me knows that a bargain is often nothing of the sort. Let me explain. BREATHE AND COUNT TO TEN – because a bargain isn’t always a...

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#NOSPENDOCTOBER AND MY CHARITY OF THE YEAR

#NOSPENDOCTOBER AND MY CHARITY OF THE YEAR

Nov 1, 2017 | | 0 |

In October 2017, I joined all the women on Instagram taking part in #nospendoctober with @rachelthehat.  This blog is a reflection on how I managed my self-imposed ban and why I wanted to take part. Now don’t get me wrong. I love shopping. I can and do spend hours in the pursuit of retail therapy. Which is why working as a personal stylist and colour analyst is so great. I get to do it for other people as well as for myself.  But, I wanted to see how I would manage with an active decision not to spend any...

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