It’s all in the detail

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Accessories, Accessorising, Black Dress, Detail, Extras, Heels, LBD

Accessories can really make or break an outfit, if you are never really sure how to do it there are some simple steps you can take to make sure you get it right.

The first thing to do is to take a look at when it goes wrong. I have chosen a really simple and classic black dress from Miss Selfridge to really demonstrate what works and what doesnt.

Why Do We Love Shoes?

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Benefits of heels, black dresses, fat day, Feeling good, Positive, posture, Shoe love, Shoe lust, Stilettos, Why do we love shoes

So many women seem to have the same intense feelings about shoes that I do. I don’t just like them, I LOVE them. I will never own enough pairs of shoes and will never get bored of looking at them. So why do shoes provide such strong emotions in us?

7 Ways to Remember What Christmas is Really About

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2012, Baking, Christmas, Decorations, Dr Seuss, Father Christmas, Festive, Its a Wonderful Life, James Stewart, Santa, Spirit, Tree, Xmas

A few weeks ago I blogged about catching the ‘Christmas Lurgy‘, where seemingly intelligent and sane people become in a frantic panic over Christmas from around September!

Before the December mayhem ensues and we all catch this Christmas Lurgy, I have been reminded of a quote from one of my favourite writers, the much loved Dr Seuss.

Bring Me Sunshine!

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Boots, Energy, Exercise, health, Holiday, Light Box, Macoo, mental-health, nature, outdoors, Play.com, SAD, Sun Lamp, sunday stroll, Syndrome, Vitamin D, Winter, winter exercise

Last weekend saw the clocks go back and you may have already noticed that the nights are drawing in. Many of us will now be getting up in the dark and coming home from work in the dark and we have several more months of it.

Whether you suffer from SAD syndrome or not, most of us to get affected by the lack of sunshine in our lives but never fear, there are ways you can inject that sunshine back into your life even if only in small doses.

The Difference Colours Make!

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beauty, bright colour, bright colours, Colour, Fashion, Macoo, Shoes, stripes, Style, United Nude

This week Macoo had a delivery of some gorgeous United Nude shoes, they have them in black which are fab, but the ones I immediately fell in love with and ordered were the multi stripe. They happened to be delivered on a day where I was feeling unwell and after dragging myself to the front door to the postman, I opened up a parcel to find these beauties!

I can tell you that I immediately felt much healthier!

 

 

Lose Weight Without Dieting (No fads or gimmicks!)

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Bandage Dress, beauty, clothing, Heels, Herve Leger, Iron Fist, lose weight, Macoo, Peplum, posture, pounds, Shoes, slim, Smile, Style

We all have times where we have either piled on a few pounds, or at least feel as if we have, and could do with a bit of a boost. Of course, healthy eating and regular exercise will help to keep you in good shape, but sometimes we just need a quick fix or an ego boost. Here are my top 5 ways to feel like you’ve lost weight without eating cabbage for a week.

State Your Shoe!

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Fashion, Heels, Irregular Choice, Sabrina Johnson, Shoes, Statement, Style, Toe Caps, Trends, United Nude

State Your Shoe

I love shoe statements.  I love looking at them and I love buying them.  But I can appreciate that shoe statements can be very daunting.  Many people think that you have to be arty or quirky to pull them off.  But you don’t, it’s all about confidence and making shoe statements that you are comfortable with.  Anybody can do shoe statements.   Statements don’t have to be big; they can be bright and bold, or small and classy. 

September Survival

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Autumn, Back to School, Blowfish, Blues, Macoo, September, Shoes, Slanket, Survival, Swarovski, Winter

This Saturday is the first of September and thoughts will move to back to school, back to work routines, Halloween and even Christmas!

Personally, I have always loved September, it seems to bring the same opportunity for hope and new beginnings that January can offer and yet there is a feeling of excitement and anticipation that January certainly doesn’t offer.

However, for those of you who struggle with the change in season and the prospect of heading towards the Winter of another year, here are a few of my survival tips.

Mood Boosting

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Asparagus, Bad Mood, Brickhouse, Commodores, Food, Grumpy, health, Humour, Macoo, mental-health, Ruby Shoe, Ruby Shoo, vacation, Yoga

Well the fantastic London 2012 Olympics closed on the weekend and here we are looking at a slightly grey and overcast start to the week. Many of you may have had a few days / weeks off to coincide with the Olympics and now may be heading back to work, some of you are in your 4th week of the school holidays and may be wondering how to survive until September without hitting the Gin? I don’t know about you but I could really do with having my mood boosted right now in order to shake off this feeling.

So I looked online to see some of the best mood boosting strategies out there.

Good Shoes = Good Mood

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Confidence, Designer Shoes, Fashion, High Heels, Inspiration, Iron Fist, Irregular Choice, Macoo, Shoes, Style

As you have probably guessed, I am shoe obsessed. I own over 100 pairs (all neatly laid out on special shelves) and I can spend hours trawling the internet engaging in a bit of shoe lust; but I am convinced that asides from being beautiful shoes can actually be good for your mood!

Not convinced? Hang in there with me and I will prove it to you!