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Treat ‘em Mean…Keep ‘em Keen

When I tell people I grow Orchids, they usually give me a bit of a weird look. As my dear friend Nell would say, it’s my ‘nerd sport.’ Orchids are likely to be considered the domain of retired Bank Managers and other such types who have the time and inclination to put the effort that’s [...]

Domestic Goddess, Green & Gorgeous April 12, 2009 0 Comments

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 [...]

Great Books, Health April 8, 2009 2 Comments

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 [...]

Great Books, Things n Stuff! March 4, 2009 0 Comments

101 Safe & Natural Cleaning Tips – Free Ebook from Cinderella

Be a fabulously Green & Gorgeous Domestic Goddess with the new Ebook from Cinderella. Clean your home with the safe & natural alternatives. Download your Free Ebook Here Happy (non-toxic) Cleaning!

Chemical Nasties, Domestic Goddess February 14, 2009 0 Comments

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 [...]

Chemical Nasties, Great Books, Green & Gorgeous, Health February 4, 2009 0 Comments

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 [...]

Great Books, Things n Stuff! February 3, 2009 0 Comments

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 [...]

Great Books, Things n Stuff! January 4, 2009 0 Comments

Invisible Zinc for Allergy Free Sun Protection

Hands up who gets annoyed with slimy sunscreen that always seems to end up in your eyes!? Here’s the answer. If you haven’t tried Invisible Zinc…firstly, where have you been for the last 2 years…hopefully somewhere nice. Just kidding – but seriously, if you’re an allergy sufferer then this could be the answer to your [...]

Chemical Nasties, Health December 28, 2008 1 Comment

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

Chemical Nasties, Domestic Goddess, Great Books, Green & Gorgeous, Health, Things n Stuff! December 18, 2008 0 Comments

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 [...]

Chemical Nasties, Domestic Goddess, Great Books, Green & Gorgeous, Health, Things n Stuff! November 29, 2008 3 Comments