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Category Archives: Wellbeing

what to wear to bed back back or pregnant

What to Wear to Bed When You’ve Got a Bad Back or are Pregnant

Wardrobe, WellbeingBy Imogen LamportJuly 31, 20198 Comments

I’ve just spent a week with my back taped up after I could barely move for a couple of days as I’d managed to do some damage to my back that caused some discs to bulge. Lying in bed and trying to heave myself over, using my hands to physically shift my body (simple rolling,…

Sick of Thinking About What to Wear? 4 Ways to Deal with Image Burn Out

Style Tips, Wardrobe, WellbeingBy Imogen LamportJuly 12, 201915 Comments

Have you ever been burnt out in your life? I’ve had three instances in my adult life where I’ve become completely burned out and had to reassess where I was going, what I was trying to achieve and whether or not my approach was working for me, given how I was feeling. The first time…

Meet Our New Puppies Bo and Arrow

More, WellbeingBy Imogen LamportMay 21, 201919 Comments

Recently we lost our gorgeous whippet Cleo to cancer and so it is with great joy that I’m introducing you to our new family members, Bo and Arrow the whippet puppies. Currently they are 9 weeks old and just starting to look whippety. They brother and sister (from a litter of 8) and we had…

Discover why I chose my focus word for 2019

My Focus Word For 2019

More, WellbeingBy Imogen LamportDecember 27, 201811 Comments

Each year, instead of making a bunch of New Year’s Resolutions, I like to choose a word that will be my focus for the coming year, a reminder, an aide-memoire to keep me on track on all my goals – both work goals and personal ones too. As opportunities arise and decisions have to be…

3 months post bunion surgery update

Free to Do as I Please – 3 Month Bunion Surgery Update

WellbeingBy Imogen LamportDecember 19, 20182 Comments

The x-rays are in and my bones are healed up, so my orthopaedic surgeon has given me the all clear to run, jump and do as I please again. This is great news and what is also great is that my toes are starting to move much more freely again as well. There is still…

Give an awesome experience gift and make some memories while you learn something new

Give an Awesome Experience Gift this Christmas

More, WellbeingBy Imogen LamportDecember 5, 20183 Comments

What to get the person who has everything or just doesn’t want any “thing”? How about an experience gift of some sort? How about something creative where they learn something new? Or go somewhere and discover something new? There are lots of fabulous experience gifts to give to someone (or just give to yourself), or…

9 Weeks Post Bunion Surgery Update

How I’m Feeling 9 Weeks After Bunion Surgery

WellbeingBy Imogen LamportNovember 29, 201818 Comments

It’s now been a little over 9 weeks since I had my bunion surgery and I thought I’d give you an update. What’s Changed in the Past 3 Weeks Since My Last Bunion Surgery Update I can stand the bed covers weighing down on my toes, it’s now no longer uncomfortable and I don’t need…

6 Weeks post bunion surgery update

Bunion Surgery Update – 6 Weeks Post Operation

Accessories, WellbeingBy Imogen LamportNovember 6, 201815 Comments

It’s been 6 weeks since my bunion surgery and I’m so so excited that I can finally drive again! I think that has been one of the hardest things about the recovery from my recent bunion surgery.  Having to ask others for help and being only able to go out and do things at the…

4 weeks post bunion surgery

4 Weeks Post Bunion Surgery Update

More, WellbeingBy Imogen LamportOctober 24, 201835 Comments

It’s now just over 4 weeks since I had my bones realigned in my right foot to remove my bunion and fix my foot. Under doctor’s orders, I’m still wearing the post-operative shoe and have to do so for another 2 weeks) and find that I still need to keep my foot elevated a lot,…

Want to Avoid Getting Wrinkles? You Need a Sun Smart Strategy

Want to Avoid Getting Wrinkles? You Need a Sun Smart Strategy

WellbeingBy Imogen LamportOctober 19, 20187 Comments

When I was in my teenage years, getting a tan was seen as a great thing. In fact, the advertising in magazines for tanning products was all about how dark you could tan, rather than protecting your skin from the risk of skin cancers. We would sit outside at lunchtime at school trying to soak…

What to Wear After a Foot Operation When You Have to Wear a Post-Operative Shoe

What to Wear After a Foot Operation When You Have to Wear a Post-Operative Shoe or Moonboot

More, Wardrobe, WellbeingBy Imogen LamportOctober 17, 201816 Comments

It’s now three weeks since I had my bunion operation and am continuing to recover slowly but surely. Still needing to keep my foot elevated as much as possible, but can get around more than I have been. I’m still sleeping with my foot out from under the covers (if it was winter I’d do…

Bunion surgery experience

Bunion Surgery 2 Week Post-Operation Update

More, WellbeingBy Imogen LamportOctober 9, 201842 Comments

Warning – this post includes photos of my feet and scars. It’s now been a couple of weeks since I had my bunion surgery and have discovered the answer to a question I’d been pondering… Now that I have metal screws in my foot, would I automatically trigger the security sensors at airports? Well, I…

Why I Decided to Have Bunion Surgery

WellbeingBy Imogen LamportSeptember 26, 201854 Comments

My life as an image consultant and style blogger is all glamour. Absolutely, I’m sure that’s what you think. The reality, not so. Really it’s lot of time spent thinking and writing about style and colour topics and seeing clients and helping them sort out their wardrobes. Now I’ve always loved a fabulous pair of…

Paint by numbers for adults - experience and review - see how they turn out

And This is Why I Have Creative Hobbies

Lifestyle, More, WellbeingBy Imogen LamportApril 10, 201810 Comments

Do you have a hobby or some sort of activity you enjoy doing? What is it that you enjoy? There are so many different sorts of hobbies – from the physical (sports, golf, rock climbing, hiking, skydiving, yoga. etc) to the home-based (gardening, cooking etc.) to the social (dancing, Italian conversation classes, chess, mahjong etc)…

Road Testing Carbon Coco Charcoal Toothpaste

Road Testing: Carbon Coco Activated Charcoal Toothpaste

Beauty, Grooming, Reviews, WellbeingBy Imogen LamportApril 7, 2018Leave a comment

Charcoal toothpaste is all the rage on the beauty blogs and as a woman who cares about her teeth and knows just how a good set of choppers makes a difference to your overall appearance, I was happy to road test Carbon Coco Activated Charcoal toothpaste when they offered to send me an Ultimate Carbon…

Benefits of getting out of your comfort zone

The One Word that Will Provide Direction and Guidance in 2018

More, WellbeingBy Imogen LamportJanuary 1, 201817 Comments

Happy New Year to All You Lovely People! Each year for the past few years I’ve been picking a “word of the year”, a theme, for me to follow. It works as a guiding principle for me and helps to keep me on track. The words I’ve chosen over the past years are words that…

6 Life Lessons to take into your future to have a happier and more fulfilled life

6 Life Lessons to Take into the New Year

More, WellbeingBy Imogen LamportDecember 25, 201715 Comments

When I lived in the UK (start of 1999 – end of 2001) I found that I could never believe it was Christmas time as it hadn’t gotten hot yet. Even though we are fed a diet of snow, ice and winter scenes for Christmas, in Australia it comes in summer so it just didn’t…

Why Vulnerability is an Act of Strength and Courage

Why Vulnerability is an Act of Strength and Courage

Personal Style, Videos, WellbeingBy Imogen LamportDecember 13, 20174 Comments

Jill Chivers from 16 Style Types and I discuss why showing your vulnerability is an act of strength. Many women want to hide, to be invisible, to not draw attention to themselves. There are many reasons for this, often through feelings of poor self-esteem and worthiness, sometimes from messages received whilst growing up. Frequently people…

Tips on how to feel fabulous in your style - improve your self-esteem and add some self-care

Getting to “Feeling Fabulous” About Your Style

Personal Style, Videos, WellbeingBy Imogen LamportDecember 6, 201710 Comments

Following on from the video post we did about feeling fabulous in your style, Jill Chivers of 16 Style Types and I discuss this topic again, and in this video, Jill shares her journey to feeling fabulous. How to Feel Fabulous About Your Style Jill shares that feeling fabulous about her style is a conscious…

How sexual harassment will change your personal style

How I’ve Seen Sexual Harassment Influence Personal Style

More, WellbeingBy Imogen LamportNovember 27, 201721 Comments

Only a week ago my lovely assistant Kate and I were chatting, and as rumours have been rumbling around Australian media about who is the Australian Harvey Weinstein, my speculation, from having worked in publicity for Penguin Books back in the 1990s, was the host of a very popular TV show at that time as…

Compliments - Why You Should Give Them and Take Them

Compliments – Why You Should Give Them and Take Them

Lifestyle, WellbeingBy Imogen LamportNovember 23, 2017Leave a comment

Following on my from my blog post the other day about how I like to find the positive in the negative I wanted to discuss the topic of compliments. I used to think I was a realist, but then I realised that I’m always hoping for the best, so really I’m a natural optimist). I…

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