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How to go on a Backpacking Holiday

Thinking of taking off on an around-the-world adventure? Here are our tips for making sure the experience is a good one… There’s nothing like the freedom of having all of your worldly possessions on your back, exploring an unknown country and meeting a whole host of new travelling companions along the way. But while there’s more romance and adventure connected to the backpacking lifestyle, but don’t make the mistake of thinking that it’s all charming anecdotes and deep connections. Backpacking...

Posted by EyeBall on January 5, 2011 Welcome To The Stress-tive...

A Pampered Life presents three ways to reduce stress this festive season… Overheard on a bus this morning: ‘Festive Season? More like Stresstive Season!’ While many of us embrace the silly season in order to let loose and kick up our heels, fun and stress are not mutually exclusive, and an increasing number of people are finding the financial, emotional and physical toll that the festive...

Posted by EyeBall on December 28, 2010 Seasonal Fitness...

A Pampered Life presents… three ways to get fit this summer without visiting a gym! Everybody knows that gyms are soul-destroying places. The eyeing off on the treadmills, the scent of sweat, the blaring dance-music and the hyperactive instructors… shudder. The thing is, in order to be able to show our faces (or should that be bodies?) on the beach this summer, a large portion of us will force...

Posted by A Pampered Life on December 27, 2010 Video of The Week: Pin-Up ...

Video of The Week: Pin-Up girl make-up tutorial

Pin-up, burlesque and old-school glamour are roaring back into vogue thanks to style gurus like Christina Aguilera and Dita Von Teese. If you want to get in on this look, but have no idea where to start, check out this video from Dita’s very own make-up artist!

Posted by A Pampered Life on December 21, 2010 Video Of The Week: DIY Chr...

Video Of The Week: DIY Christmas decorations

Recycling? We love. Creativity? We love. Christmas? We LOOOVE! Here’s a quick video that shows you how to make a sweet little vintage Christmas decoration out of recycled books. Hoorah!

Posted by EyeBall on December 21, 2010 Rising Star Watch...

Meet Genevieve Chadwick, Australian-born but with a very blue soul If you’ve been missing the presence of a gutsy, bluesy female vocalist on the Aussie music circuit, the wait is over! Genevieve Chadwick is set to revive and revamp the soundwaves with her unique brand of hollerin’ blues, roots and rock and roll. After packing up and leaving home to live in her car and chase her dreams, Genevieve...

Posted by A Pampered Life on December 17, 2010 The Wash Up...

Do we really need to take daily showers? Social convention says yes, the environment says no. Bek Warnock weighs up the arguments… An article in The Sydney Morning Herald recently reported on a growing trend of ‘soap dodging’. Before you ask: no, it’s not a whacky Finnish pastime wherein fluffy-hatted men run around in saunas pitching bars of soap at each other (although it would make for an...

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