Notes on looking and feeling your best
Style and scent, confidence and the body, wellness and the season ahead. Practical, considered and written for real lives.
Articles
A considered guide to choosing intimate products
How to choose intimate wellness products with confidence: start simple, body-safe materials, the right lubricant, cleaning and storage, and buying discreetly.
Keeping closeness alive in a long relationship
Long relationships rarely drift apart in big moments. Small daily habits that rebuild connection: attention, touch, rituals and something new together.
Saying what you want: an easier conversation about intimacy
Most couples find it hard to talk about intimacy. How to choose the moment, start with what's good, listen well and keep the conversation going.
What to wear to feel your best, close up
Lingerie, underwear and loungewear that make you feel good: fit first, the right fabrics, your best colours and dressing for yourself. For men and women.
How a jacket should fit: five checks in the fitting room
Five quick fitting-room checks that tell you whether a jacket is right, and what a tailor can and can't fix.
Choosing a scent for autumn and winter
Fragrance behaves differently in the cold. How to choose warmer, richer scents for the darker months, find your family's winter side, and wear it so it lasts.
A ten-minute morning ritual for confidence
How you begin the day shapes how you carry it. A calm, ten-minute routine that gets you dressed, composed and ready to be seen, without an early alarm.
The twelve-piece capsule wardrobe
Fewer clothes, more outfits. How to build a small wardrobe in your own colours where nearly everything works with everything else, for men and women.
Confidence, close up: feeling at ease and enjoying intimacy
Feeling your best doesn't stop at the bedroom door: ease in your body, what to wear, scent, setting the mood and saying what you enjoy.
How to find your best angle for photos
Everyone has one. A simple ten-frame test, done once at home, shows you the angle, height and light that flatter you most, so every photo after it is easier.
Autumn and winter: how to wear your colour season
Trends change every season; the colours that suit you don't. How each colour season can make the most of coats and knitwear this winter.
Understanding your body: proportion, not perfection
Dressing well isn't about size. Understand your frame, proportions and scale, and choose clothes that work with them.
Sleep: the beauty treatment that costs nothing
No serum, haircut or new coat does as much for how you look and feel as a good night's sleep. Six simple habits, drawn from NHS guidance, to sleep better.