by Jackie Brooks | Sep 9, 2019 | Fashion, Featured
Autumn is always my favourite time of the year as I feel we get to wear the colours and fabrics that feel good and suit our personality.
It may seem cliché, but as the leaves turn colour so do my love of autumnal shades, and they can be anything from holy hues to florid flame and it seems anything goes this season.
We see reds and pinks combined, bright yellows with shades of green, tartans are back and kimonos worn over jeans outdoors.
Here are some samples of what is hot on the high street.
Paloma Printed Kimono – Monsoon £80
Cord Shirt – pink – River Island £36
Oversized Mustard Boucle Coat – V by Very £80
Ferne Jersey Midi Dress – Boden £90
Vintage Tartan mid swing Dress 50s style – Rosegal £16.22
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by Jackie Brooks | Jun 30, 2019 | Fashion, Featured
If you are about to head off on holiday and want some last minute ideas for adapting your outfits from the Beach to the Restaurant, Café or Bar, I hope I can inspire you where to start looking. There are some stunning options out there to suit all tastes and budgets.
These outfits will also be ideal if you are on a cruise or in a hotel or holiday village, where you alternate between the beach and other activities throughout the day.
Marks and Spencer have some incredible deals with all of their beach wear, and one I spotted is the Pure Cotton Striped Beach vest Top and Trousers set at only £22.50
Monsoon have a gorgeous Gemima Print Jersey Dress at £70. This will also be useful to wear around the house at home, as the print is timeless and it is comfortable to wear even for dinner parties when you get back.
V by Very have a great wide leg Beach Jersey Jumpsuit at £30, which I adore as I am into wearing black this Summer, as it looks cool and chic, and this particular garment is worn with ease. You can fold it up and put it in your beach basket too and it will still come out looking good.
Warehouse Panel Maxi Dress in Ivory at £90 is another adaptable dress for Summer, as it is perfect for casual day or dressed up as more glamorous evening wear.
Simply Beach have a gorgeous Watercult Beach Kaftan in Pink Sand at £119.00 but they do have offers of discounts all the time, so you may be lucky. This is so adaptable and can even double up as a dressing gown. Just love the simplicity of it.
Hope I have got your fashion taste buds flowing to consider how you can travel canny and still look a million dollars.
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by Jackie Brooks | Dec 11, 2018 | Featured, GloWellness
The Queen in Alice in Wonderland also said ‘Sometimes I have believed in six impossible things before Breakfast time’.
Mark Twain famously said ‘eat a live frog before breakfast’ as that will be the worst thing that will happen to you for the rest of the day. A little extreme perhaps, as we would expect from this notorious progressive, but it does illuminate something I have been observing for some time.
A recent study at Harvard University in the States concluded that high achievers complete a number of tasks before breakfast, because the morning brings new feelings of opportunity and achievement, and we are more likely to break through barriers with energy and optimism.
It is also true that the most successful leaders and entrepreneurs have always had one thing in common, they are reportedly early risers and do their most important (and perhaps most dreaded) tasks first thing, rather than delaying them for later in the day.
So I decided to put it to the test. The first thing I would say, and perhaps it is not the best time of the year to say this, but an alcohol free ‘night before’ helps to give you the energy in the morning to tackle your tasks.
As a writer I understood this theory, as I always do my best work between 6am and 8am and it is downhill all the way after that. I put it down to being an early riser and not being a ‘night bird’, but reading this report it does seem to work across the board.
As someone who is involved in a number of projects, and juggling a family with young kids, I tend to write everything down and prioritise as best I can, but as you know if you are in a similar position, this does not always pan out, with other more urgent factors rearing their head throughout the day.
So armed with this freshly confirmed revelation, I have put it to the test, and have been writing down three tasks to achieve as soon as I wake up in the morning, that are important or urgent, and that I can realistically achieve before breakfast.
Has this made a difference to my day? Absolutely! With key tasks being completed so early in the morning, it reshapes the day and affords you so much more space to achieve your goals so that it is a guaranteed win win all the way to Supper time.
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