Archive for the ‘Things n Stuff!’ Category
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 [...]
C’mon Get Happy – Plan a Holiday
Right, where are we going on holiday? Sometimes you just have to follow the signs. This morning I’ve followed two signs. Firstly, I opened my email to see an ad for Sir Richard Branson’s private island Necker, in the British Virgin Islands…seems it’s only $51,000 per night to rent the whole thing! Bargain! Next I headed [...]
How to get your Man to Behave like a Gentleman
Does your guy need some help to become more ‘manly’? Firstly, let me clarify, I’m not talking about football-and-beer-with-the-boys type manliness. What I’m referring to is manliness in the being-a-mature-adult-and-behaving-like-a-gentleman kind of way. Here’s some examples. Does he know how to cook a roast? Would it occur to him to offer you his jacket as the temperature drops? [...]
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!
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 [...]
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 [...]
Lesley-Ann Trow wears the infamous Toilet Paper Dress
In September we celebrated the release of US entrepreneur Mike Michalowicz’s new book The Toilet Paper Entrepreneur. Gorgeous Things was featured in the book, as well as many other inspiring stories and since then the book’s gone on to sell tonnes of copies worldwide. I celebrated by making a dress from toilet paper, which Mike [...]
See you next year…
I’ve got my new Maggie Alderson novel, a Long Island Ice Tea & a huge Beach Towel…it’s going to be a very Merry Christmas. Lots of Love, LA x
How to Recession-Proof Your Life
Knowledge is power my darlings and with the world having gone mad, it’s time to get a Financial Education. As you know, it’s Beauty & Brains here at Gorgeous Things, so we thought we’d bring you a series of posts over the coming months aimed at Recession-Proofing your life…whatever your circumstances. Firstly we’d like to [...]
Gifts with Heart & Soul – November News
Wouldn’t you love to give a Gorgeously Girlie Gift this Christmas that will help save the planet? Beauty & Brains November 2008 gives you the best Little Luxuaries with Heart & Soul.

