The Panties of Joy – How to Love Your Undies

how many of you are wearing old and saggy knickers which have greyed and faded in the two hundred washing cycles they’ve been through? (Oh – and how many of you have had to have a sneaky look to check?)

And – even if your knickers are new and vibrant, are they the right colour for you? Are they the right style for what you’re wearing?

So here are some questions I want you to consider before you buy new panties and certainly before you put them on in the morning.… Read More The Panties of Joy – How to Love Your Undies

May 12, 2016June 20, 2016 maryblackhill1 Comment

Which Song are You?

Oh I have had so much fun this week! You see, once upon a time I used to be quite a music buff. When I say once upon a time I am meaning that time when T Rex was not only a band (Ah, that Marc Bolan…) but a very real and present danger if… Read More Which Song are You?

July 17, 2015 maryblackhill3 Comments

Lose Your Heart But Not Your Head

SUMMER SALES ‘Twas sunny and the catalogues Did flop and flutter through the door All tempting were the offerings To get you spending more and more Beware the Summer Sales, my friend. The cuts that tempt, the prices slashed Beware the date the sale MUST END To get you through the door in a… Read More Lose Your Heart But Not Your Head

July 13, 2015July 13, 2015 maryblackhillLeave a comment

Which Goes With What – Or the Other Way Round…

An Essential Exercise After Shopping! Honesty time? I hate shopping. Any kind of shopping really. I manage the weekly grocery shop by going at a time when Tesco’s is almost empty, when the lovely staff have time to chat and I have the most organised list you will ever meet, with my requirements noted in… Read More Which Goes With What – Or the Other Way Round…

June 20, 2015June 19, 2015 maryblackhillLeave a comment

If you’re sorting your knickers there’s something you’re not doing!

What Should You Be Doing Instead? I bought a jacket this week. A lovely geranium pink jacket in a slubby cotton. Nothing strange in that, you might think, but actually yes. You see, I’ve been putting off buying clothes because I really didn’t want to buy clothes in size 16. Which resulted in having no… Read More If you’re sorting your knickers there’s something you’re not doing!

June 19, 2015June 19, 2015 maryblackhillLeave a comment

Body Shaming

The Body Shaming Issue Just a laugh? I don’t usually do “serious on Facebook. My philosophy is generally one of Some of you who have befriended me on that platform will know that. In fact, I rather pride myself on my ironic and acerbically witty tones But something a friend posted the other day… Read More Body Shaming

June 1, 2015June 1, 2015 maryblackhill2 Comments

Six Reasons To Love House of Colour

I am always amazed at the reasons people give for coming and sitting in my studio, with a bare unmade up face, in front of my brutally honest mirror in broad and unrelenting daylight while I flip pieces of coloured material round their neck. The amount of trust that takes is immense and I never… Read More Six Reasons To Love House of Colour

July 3, 2014July 9, 2014 maryblackhill1 Comment

Why You Should Start Dating

Yes, it’s happened to me again! In spite of all my best intentions my toe-nail polish is peeling, my legs are furry and my eyelashes have reverted to their naturally blond state. I need my beautician and I need her NOW! (Actually I needed her a fortnight ago but the case is currently desperate.) Now,… Read More Why You Should Start Dating

May 29, 2014 maryblackhillLeave a comment

Don’t Boob with your Boobs!

Breasts! Most of us have ’em; ranging in size from the delicately contoured 32AA (that would be my 12 year old daughter and what one of my friends up to fairly recently thought she was) to the very amply blessed (and I won’t embarrass you with the statistics but I do know that Rigby and… Read More Don’t Boob with your Boobs!

May 15, 2014May 29, 2014 maryblackhillLeave a comment

The Monster in the Wardrobe – part II

So you have taken your sword of knowledge and attacked the monster. You have decimated his habitat of unworn, unwanted and unsuitable clothes and refused to feed him with negative emotions. You may be fortunate and find that you have successfully eradicated him completely. More likely he will still be there, cowering in a back… Read More The Monster in the Wardrobe – part II

January 30, 2014 maryblackhillLeave a comment

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