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Lipstick

The Red Revolution

The Red Revolution: How One Lipstick Can Change Everything.

Infected

The Infected Heart

Forgiveness is meant to be cleansing. So why does intimacy still feel contaminated? An essay on betrayal, bodies, and the ghosts we invite back into bed.

Vibrator

From Guilty Secret to Wellness Essential

Female pleasure has long been treated as optional. Vibrators disagree — firmly, efficiently, and without needing emotional reassurance.

Is Timing Everything?

A story of grief, betrayal, and rebuilding when life forgets to pause.

How your email finds me

From crying in the office bathroom to answering emails through emotional devastation, we’ve normalised working through heartbreak.

Candle

Burn, Baby, Burn

You’re not spiralling — you’re glowing. How scented candles turn existential dread into a curated moment of calm.

Learning to Live Again, One Dog Walk at a Time

In the quiet aftermath of a breakup, caring for someone else — even briefly — became a way back to myself.

Dogs-and-Heartbreak

Cuddle-Dressing

Cuddle Dressing: Fashion for the Emotionally Bruised

When life hurts, get dressed like a duvet with boundaries. Quilted coats, padded skirts and scarves designed to keep you warm, safe and gently facing the world again.

Byredo

Designed to Be Touched

With its organic silhouette and warm metallic finish, Byredo’s eyeshadow palette elevates everyday makeup into a tactile, design-led object.

What Happened Before the 14:27 to Euston

A Quiet Moment in Stockport, miniature wines, heartbreak, and Molly-Mae.

Tarot

It's not you, it's the moon

Tarot Cards Before and After the Breakup by a woman who definitely shuffled three times and still got The Tower.

Carrying On

From lipsticks worn like talismans to the emotional debris we’re better off without, this is a guide to navigating heartbreak — one thoughtfully packed handbag at a time.

Bright-Colours

Can Wearing Bright Colours Heal a Broken Heart?

Colour won’t mend your heart. But it might remind you that joy still exists — even if you’re not ready to feel it yet.

A Haircut Will Not Fix This

On sadness, salons, and resisting the urge to make permanent changes during temporary emotional freefall.

Eggs

The Future I Tired to Freeze Walked Off Without Me

We entered fertility treatment together, buoyed by science and shared timing. She emerged pregnant. I emerged changed — and learning how to survive the gap between expectation and reality.

The Emotional Weather Forecast Was Accurate

Crying is inevitable. Smudging doesn’t have to be. Why choosing makeup that stays put can be a small, practical form of self-respect on hard days.

When the Breakup Takes More Than One Person

When love ends, entire social ecosystems collapse. On grief without rituals, ghosting without explanation, and the hope that grows in what’s left.

Finding--Yourself-Again

No Longer Asking, Finally Living

After the devastation comes an unexpected freedom: no compromises, no negotiations, no asking for approval. Just the unnerving, exhilarating task of building a life entirely on your own terms.

Spice-Girls

The Spice Girls, My First Permission Slip

When five women arrived loudly, joyfully and together, they gave a generation of girls permission to take up space — and to never do it alone.

Comfort

Why We Keep Going Back to What Comforts Us

When everything feels untethered, we reach for what’s familiar. Not because we’re afraid of change, but because safety is where resilience begins.

Sunglasses

Throwing Shade

They don’t ask questions, they don’t judge, and they let you cry on public transport with dignity.

Why-Cherish-Yourself-Exists

The Woman Who Taught Me to Cherish Myself

A tribute to my nana — a woman who believed self-care was essential, love was worth the risk, and cherishing yourself inside and out was how you survived life.

Whats-in-your-bag

The Things I Carry

A guided tour of the small objects that help me stay soft, sane and upright — even on days when I’d rather crawl back into bed and start again tomorrow.

Insomnia Is Just Anxiety in Silk Pyjamas

When sleep won’t come, the advice is endless and the guilt is immediate. But what if rest isn’t something to hack — just something to approach with a little more kindness, scent, and self-forgiveness?

Voice-Notes

In Defence of the
45-Minute Voice Note

From freelance chaos to baby schedules and heartbreak survival, the long voice note has quietly become the most tender way women hold each other together.

Skincare

Skincare that feels like soothing the soul

A reminder that while life can fall apart spectacularly, your skincare routine — and your future — doesn’t have to.

Nail-Varnish

Neutral Territory

Nude nail varnish isn’t boring — it’s a boundary. On why neutral nails have become my quietest, most convincing act of self-care.

Turn It Up

Music doesn’t just comfort us — it emboldens us, reminding us who we are, where we’ve been, and why we’re allowed to feel everything loudly.

Joyous-Accessories

On Choosing Joy (and Really Good Earrings)

Accessories that don’t fix everything — but do remind you that you’re allowed to enjoy yourself, even now.

Marbles

I Thought I Was Losing My Marbles. Turns Out Someone Else Had Them

How doubting your own memory became a full-time job, why “you’re too sensitive” is not a personality trait, and what happens when you finally trust yourself again.

Shoes

Unstoppable Shoes

From stilettos to stomper boots, the right pair of shoes doesn’t just change your outfit—it changes your posture, your mood, and the way you move through the world.

Eyeliner

Lined in Confidence

From bathroom mirrors to global movements, the feline flick traces a lineage of bold women who understood that sometimes power begins with drawing a line.

When-Life-Doesnt-Work-Out

The Missing Milestones

There’s a particular grief in letting go of the future you always assumed was coming. On weddings that didn’t happen, children that didn’t arrive, and learning to love the life that stayed.

Compacts

Click Shut, Carry On

Why a tiny mirror, a satisfying click and five unapologetic seconds of self-regard might be the most luxurious ritual we have left.

Art-of-self-bought-jewellery

Buy Yourself the Damn Jewellery

No milestone required. No permission needed. Just beautiful pieces bought by women who know their worth—and occasionally need reminding.

Bath-and-Body

The Luxury of Taking Your Time

Luxury bath rituals as self-care, self-respect and mild emotional maintenance — no life overhaul required.

Caps

The Bravery of a Brim

A cap is what you wear when you’re not hiding—just protecting. A fashion edit for the in-between days.

Prada Lipstick

The Red Revolution

The Red Revolution: How One Lipstick Can Change Everything.

Cinema

Still Showing

What started as distraction became survival as I navigated the quiet, confusing middle of heartbreak from the safety of the dark.

How your email finds me

From crying in the office bathroom to answering emails through emotional devastation, we’ve normalised working through heartbreak.

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All opinions and observations are written reflections that are personal and subjective, not factual claims or advice. If you are struggling with your mental health, please seek support from a doctor or qualified health professional.

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