Shop without regret

23rd April 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

Clothes… Oh how I love to spend my money on clothes, especially these past couple of days. I used to have a love-hate relationship with clothes. I love getting new clothes, but I could never find the right piece that I would really like and would wear. I always want to be different, it’s funny […]

Brunna Mancuso

12th April 2019.Reading time 2 minutes.

How wonderful are these illustrations by Brazilian artist Brunna Mancuso? Each of the ladies are full of authentic character and individualistic charm. I love the way she incorporates colour and style into these portrayals of strong, culturally diverse women. Their facial expressions are so full of confidence and life. LOVE!! About the artist Freelance illustrator, […]

Learn to see

29th March 2019.Reading time 1 minute.

The most attractive thing about you should have less to do with your face and body, and more to do with your heart and how you treat other people. Let’s face it, we see an appearance first and have your first impression based on an appearance. Our appearance is where we can hide behind. But […]

Body positivity

18th March 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

I recently thought a lot about: why is ‘body positivity’ a thing!? And not because I think it’s stupid but because I don’t understand why ‘we’ need to make it clear that it’s OK to be curvy, thick or ‘fat’. For me, it feels like I need to make it clear to people that it […]

Investing in friendships with women

22nd February 2019.Reading time 3 minutes.

Paperbeau l Investing on women friendships l jackie-parker

On investing in friendships with women: I was raised by two altruistic parents who accepted everyone despite their background, religion and colour of their skin. Having a heart bigger than yourself can always be either misconstrued as a symbol of weakness, therefore, people who fall in this category often get taken advantage of. One of […]

My Protective Hair Style

21st January 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

Hi, Y’all, I know it has been a while since my last post. It has been crazy busy. But I am back at it 🙂 So December last year, I made a trip to the USA where I visited Louisville Kentucky, Seattle and San Francisco. And while packing and making everything ready for the trip […]