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Hi guys! Here is a bumper bunch of links to hopefully inspire and delight you, it’s been a while since we’ve done the wellness links, some exciting projects and plans have been taking up a bit of time – but never fear! The links are back. Hope you love them ♥

♥ 5 Easy Steps to an Alkaline Diet

♥ Mango Avocado Herbed Baby Spinach Salad – YUM!!!

♥ 10 Tips to Set Yourself Up for Success Every Day – some good ideas in here.

♥ Vegan Cheesy Hummus with Dill – now I’m getting hungry.

♥ My Spa Guide wrote up a little post about Wellness WA!

♥ Top Tips for Skin Fitness

♥ The Nutritionists Grocery Bag – see what those who are paid to tell us what to eat, shop for!

♥ Healthy Cherry Ripe – oh yes, it’s true. SO good.

♥ How Meditation Benefits Your Fitness Plan – even more reasons to meditate.

♥ Why Eat Organic? – this short video is AMAZING and everyone who is or isn’t interested in eating organic should watch it.

♥ Kris Carr: Crazy Sexy Entrepreneur – a great article about an amazing woman who kicked cancer’s ass, and is now helping others do the same.

One of my favourite yoga-babes, Tara Stiles, chats a little about yoga x

♥ 92 Year Old Yogi!!! “I’m still a beginner” – very inspiring.

♥ – Galadarling – How to Live a Beautiful Life

Hope you enjoy! And as always let me know if you find any amazing links throughout the week. xo

Be well,

Annette

xoxo

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I feel so lucky to now be writing the beauty page for the quarterly editions of X-Press Fashion Magazine! Some of you may remember my Warm and Toasty Beauty article from last season, if not check it out, though some of the advice is more relevant for chilly days. (How beautiful was the weather this weekend!!)

This time around I decided to focus on Spring Cleaning Your Routine 🙂 There are lots of tips in there on how to get you on track to having your best skin yet, have a read and let me know what you think. I would love to know your thoughts!

Click here to download the PDF, or scout around wherever X-Press weekly editions are usually stocked and you should be able to find a hard copy version.

I hope you enjoy reading it!

Be well,

Annette

xoxo

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Dear Zoe,

Why hello there ultimate swoon-boat and idol of dreams (check out Primped if you haven’t already, dear readers)! It appears that you have a new and fancy book out called Amazing Face (RRP $39.95) on how to be a pretty awesome makeup, hair and skincare princess + many more wondrous tips.

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I feverishly read your book from cover to cover, barely stopping to breathe, on the first day it came out. I also had to harass some Dymock’s employees to find your tome in a box out the back! It was well worth it.

Here is a list of reasons why your book heaps deserved to be at the number one spot on the Dymocks best selling books for a couple of weeks (true story!):

♥ It’s for everyone. There’s tips for teens, 20 somethings, 30’s, 40’s and 50’s+
♥ This quote “Happy, healthy, radiant skin is your finest and most powerful accessory”
♥ You’re so smart, and witty, and funny, and pretty. Every page is ultra enjoyable to read and you tell me correct order in which to apply my skincare before bed, which I previously DID NOT KNOW!
♥ There is approximately 5 million tips in here about how to glow ‘a rude shade of health’.
♥ Tutorials, how-tos, lists (with pix!), Q&A, bonus tricks… there is a lot of information, presented in lots of different ways.
♥ The design is stunning, every page is different and delightful.

There are more reasons! But I don’t want to reveal all of your secrets.

Cute haircut n makeup Zoe! It looks like you do know your stuff.

Thanks Zo, you have once again inspired me to mix up my beauty routine a bit and reminded me to pull up my socks and stop being a bit lax with skincare, naughty naughty.

Lucky readers! Penguin Books Australia have generously provided 2 copies of Ms. Foster’s book for us to give away 😀 To be in the running to win, all you need to do is make sure you’re a fan of our Facebook page and leave a comment below letting us all know:

Good luck! Entries close 19th September xx

Be well,

Annette

xoxo

27! Flowers c/o my lovely boyfriend and the wrapped gift on the left is actually from Kikki K and called “Be Happy: 170 Ways to Transform Your Day”!

Alright so there is a photo of me on my birthday, I don’t post heaps of them up here because I am a bit shy about doing so.

It’s been a bit quiet here the past few days due to birthday preparation, so I wanted to share with you just what I’d been upto this past weekend of celebration – yep I dragged it out the whole three days to make the most of it! So come join me on a vaguely stalkerish account of my weekend … 😉

Friday

I kicked off the weekend wellness style with an incredibly relaxing bath which seriously felt like any worries were dissolved as soon as I sunk in. I have found the most incredible shower/bath wash which makes me feel like I’m at the day spa every morning and night. It is that good and a teeny tiny bit goes a long way, you’ll get tonnes of bubbles in the bath, and if you use a loofah a tiny pump gets you sudsy in seconds.

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The name of my new love is Dermalogica Conditioning Body Wash and its concoction of essential oils including sandalwood, lavender, lemon and eucalyptus manages to both soothe a weary mind and pep you up in the mornings too. It’s a pricey little peanut at $71.50 for a 473ml pump bottle, but if you have the bucks to spare this is incredible for giving you an easy peasy day spa experience whenever you hop in the shower!

After the dream bath, my boy took me to The Curry Tree in Nedlands for an indian feast, the food took a long time, but was yummy when it finally arrived. There was also a fireplace which was a dreamy addition on a chilly night.

Saturday

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Subiaco Farmers Markets ahoy! We did the usual rounds, saw a heap of pups (my favourite part!) and ate some treats.

Breakfast was an innnnncredible combo of muesli, warm stewed apple & natural yoghurt from Food Well Thought, for $5 this is an absolute must in my farmers market experience. TRY IT! You will be amazed.

My other favourite is the 100% organic and preservative free dried apple crisps from the Spring Valley Orchard in Donnybrook!! The crisps are $4 for a generous bag and are absolutely delicious, if you’re looking for a healthy, crunchy snack then seriously look no further. I hadn’t had these before and I’m definitely going back next week to stock up. They also sell a variety of non-dried apples which are equally delicious.

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Next on the b’day agenda was some time with a girlfriend and fellow Wellness WA writer. We hit up Boubar and they kindly let me have an item from the breakfast menu even though it was way past brekky (avocado, tomato, rocket and fetta on sourdough – YUMM) – WINNERS! This, along with a freshly squeezed OJ, a few choice pressies from my friend and some great chats made for the perfect afternoon.

For dinner I rounded up some more friends and headed to Lotus Vegetarian Restaurant in Northbridge, the satay “chicken” sticks (mock meat) with rice have been my long time favourite and it’s all I ever order. If you’re a vegetarian and haven’t been here try it out! The service can be bizarre at times, but it’s cheap and delicious!

Prior to the feast we all headed to the EP launch of local band Mezzanine, which one of my besties plays in, and it was a great night!

Sunday

One of my fav places for brekky lately has been The Pearfect Pantry in Wembley, who have been making some waves recently with promoting their oddly situated little cafe via social media. It’s worth a look, as they have MANY vegan options for brekky and lunch, as well as vegan biscuits & cupcakes at times too! Meat and cheese lovers are not to fear though, as there is a wide selection of other goodies to choose from too.

I had the vegan black bean, avocado and cashew-nut cheese with fired whole wheat tortilla (SO SO SO SO SO GOOD)!

To round off the weekend I had a picnic and invited a bunch of good friends, the food was delicious, the sun shone for a bit and there were two adorable doggies present. Dreamy.

So that’s my weekend 🙂 I hope you had a fabulous one too, and I would love to hear about any wellness activities you got up to if you’d like to share!!!

Be well,

Annette

xoxo

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Thank you so much to everyone who entered our competition to win both a Benefit ‘They’re Real!’ Mascara & a Bella Bamba 3D Brightening Face Powder.

It was so useful to get feedback about what you want to see more of, so expect to see your ideas scattered throughout our upcoming articles! Yippee!

The luck winner (chosen at random via random.org is:

Even though the winner was chosen at random I’d like to share what Naila wrote 🙂

It would be useful to see more beauty, wellness centre and spa reviews/photojournalist articles of Perth and Margaret River with a star rating system, photos, treatments available etc. Almost like a magazine feature on a restaurant. It is so hard to find a good treatment at a good place with affordable prices. I can barely make recommendations for friends and family visiting as you just don’t know what level of service you are going to get these days!

Thanks Naila! I’ve emailed you to get your details so I can get these great prizes flying out to your mailbox ASAP!

Mwa mwa mwa to you all! x

Best regards,

Annette

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