Archive for the ‘Great Books’ Category
Marcus Buckingham and how to discover your ‘strongest life’
Here’s a question for you… ‘Out of three, how would you rate your level of happiness?’ With one being ‘not very happy’, two being ‘fairly happy’, and three being ‘very happy’ How can this be right? According to management consultant, author and speaker, Marcus Buckingham (who by they way, is fabulous if you ever get [...]
Book Review: The Book of Tomorrow by Cecelia Ahern
Reviewed by Gabrielle Sutton When someone experiences a particular difficult event in their life whether it be a death, divorce or other major life changing experience, advice is usually given to take ‘one day at a time’. What if you knew what tomorrow held? Could you change it? Would you want to change it? And [...]
32 Natural Beauty Tips & Tricks – Exclusive Free Ebook
— – Want to know how to get luscious locks without all the chemical nasties? – Maybe you have sensitive skin that reacts to conventional beauty products? – Or, perhaps you want to know how to bring your abundant inner beauty to the outside? — Here’s 32 Tips & Tricks to do all of that [...]
All-time Top 5 Break-ups – in Chronological Order
Some of the best books get made into films, which is great because it means many of our favourite characters have been brought to life on the big screen – although sometimes with mixed results. Some of the most notable in my opinion are, starting with the obvious, High Fidelity – Nick Hornby book becomes John Cusack [...]
Beauty & Brains June Newsletter
The Gorgeous Things Winter Survival Guide is now available online. Subscribe to Beauty & Brains Monthly Newsletter What you’ll find in the June Edition of Beauty & Brains: Natural Winter Skincare Tips How to Whiten & Brighten your clothes without Bleach Latest Videos on the TED site Anti-viral Aromtherapy to keep you Healthy How to make your Bedroom [...]
Beauty & Brains May Newsletter
Take a break with the Gorgeous Things – Beauty & Brains Newsletter Inside you’ll find: Autumn Skincare Winter Vegetable Gardening Tips What’s on for Fairtrade Fortnight Curl up with a Great Book – choose from our reviews Add yourself to the Beauty & Brains Mailing List We promise you…No Spam…ever!
Meeting Poppy King – The Lipstick Queen
What do you do when you unexpectedly come face-to-face with one of your heroes in a Department Store? Panic, forget your own name and stare at your shoes as your cheeks grow increasing pink? Jump at the chance to pitch your latest business idea…she’ll be clambering to get on board…right? Ask her to help you [...]
Women of Australia – Kaz Cooke Needs your Help!
Kaz Cooke, bestselling author of Up the Duff, Kidwrangling and Girl Stuff needs your help with her biggest project yet – a national survey being conducted for her new book, Women’s Stuff. Kaz is appealing to the women of Australia to fill in a survey on her website www.kazbook.com “Help me! I need to [...]
Toxic Beauty – Do you Believe the Hype?
Ladies, a bit of perspective if you will… I find it hard to read an article that focuses soooooo much on what’s wrong with the cosmetics industry and the ingredients that can possibly harm us and spends so little time giving positive, “so what the hell can we use” advice. Sure, we all can do [...]
Pomegranate Soup by Marsha Mehran
Book Review by Gabrielle Sutton This book is a prequel to Rosewater and Soda Bread and is based around three Iranian sisters who have fled Iran and are re-establishing their lives in Ballinacroagh, a small town in Ireland. The sisters open a café cooking traditional Peruvian dishes and slowly weave their magic with exotic spices [...]

