Beating Period Pain
Alethia Tiang offers some suggestions for dealing with period pain
Every month, we women have to endure that dreaded seven long days of inconvenience and nuisance that come with being a life-sized blood bag. Some of us are lucky enough to get through the time with the minimum of discomfort, while for...
Video of the Week: So Bad, It’s Brilliant
Feeling sad? Then watch this clip for a guaranteed pick-me-up
It’s always a little dangerous to believe the names of the videos posted on YouTube, but for once, they’ve got it exactly right. Called ‘Worst Music Video EVER’, there cannot be much debate about it. But the thing is, it’s so bad...
In Profile: Tara Moss
Verity Gray discovers the brains behind the beauty
You’d be forgiven for taking Canadian-born Australian supermodel Tara Moss purely at face value – after all, she is enviably gorgeous, with legs up to her armpits – but this chick is much more than just a pretty face.
Leaving her modelling career...
A Decade in Pictures
Striking images of unforgettable events from the turbulent noughties…
There probably have been more turbulent decades in the history of the world, but none has been so well-documented. As social media came to the fore (with the likes of MySpace, Facebook and now Twitter leading the charge), everything...
Women to Watch in 2010
Posted by A Pampered Life in Celebrities, Entertainment, Featured Articles on January 20, 2010 | No Comments
Why these Aussie women will be making waves this year…
Magazines at this time of year are full of lists of up-and-comers to keep an eye on over the coming year. According to Vanity Fair, for example, Lily Collins (daughter of Phil), Zoë Kravitz (daughter of Lenny), Amber Heard, Isabel Lucas, Vanessa...
Video of a young Sarah Jessica Parker
Posted by A Pampered Life in Celebrities, Entertainment, Fashion, Relationships, Videos on January 15, 2010 | No Comments
Before Carrie Bradshaw made her a superstar, SJP looked something like this…
This featured video is the first in an occasional ‘before they were famous’ series of clips we’ll show of megastars when they weren’t quite so mega.
With Sex and the City 2 out in cinemas this year, women around...
Video of the Week: Laughter Yoga
Posted by A Pampered Life in Entertainment, Healthy Lifestyle, Videos on January 11, 2010 | No Comments
Why laughter is not only the best medicine, it’s also the best exercise…
This week’s featured video comes from London, where a new exercise and mental wellbeing craze is taking hold. Called laughter yoga, it’s becoming widely recognised as a fantastic stress-buster enjoyed by people of all...
Avoiding The Travel Blues
Travelling the world for a year or two has become a rite of passage for many young Australians. But without the proper preparation, that trip of a lifetime can descend into a holiday from hell. Bhriannon Stokes offers four golden rules to ensure you’re not caught out…
Your bags are packed, every...
Lady To Ladette
Verity Gray investigates the rise of the yobbo culture surrounding young Aussie women
According to the Urban Dictionary, a yobbo is ‘a loud, inconsiderate person, usually found in groups for self-preservation. Sometimes prone to violence, always found with beer and cheap smokes. Usually smell.’
We’ve...
Coffee Culture
It doesn’t matter if you order a double shot skinny chai with sweetener or just your regular flat white, the coffee shop is the new vogue in social hangouts – and everyone is invited, says Verity Gray
Like any trend that grows and takes hold, the origins of the Australian coffee culture are quite...
Summer Flirt!
Posted by olivia in Fun Stuff on January 5, 2010 | No Comments
As summer approaches it is time to get down to the beach, where a lot of quality flirting happens. Studies suggest that six out of ten women like chat up lines. Do they make you laugh or cringe? Here are some of the funniest and worst beach chat lines. Let me know if anyone actually uses them on you...
What Men Really Want
Posted by A Pampered Life in Advice, Featured Articles, Love & Dating, Relationships on January 4, 2010 | No Comments
Think men just have a one-track mind? Think again…
As theories go, this one has a lot of traction. It’s the one that says all men, from puberty to the grave, are obsessed with one thing: sex. If the Freudians are right, everything a man does – from playing sport to drinking with his buddies –...
Happy New Year!
Everyone at A Pampered Life would just like to wish all our readers a very happy and prosperous new year. Here’s hoping that 2010 is everything you want it to be.
Of course, at this time of year, it’s traditional to make resolutions for the year ahead. You know the sort of thing: lose weight, quit...
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