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Valentine’s Day In Lockdown

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We Love The Magic Of Romance

If you have been following us for a while, you’ll know that we believe in romance. We love the magic it brings to our daily lives. Not only does it keep us warm and fuzzy, especially now during winter in the UK where we are in a third lockdown; it also inspires us. We feel inspired to cherish the magic of love and to look for its reminders everywhere we can. Usually for Valentine’s Day we would organise a romantic getaway, either in London or somewhere abroad. That getaway would most definitely involve a visit to a Michelin star restaurant. Wherever we went, and whatever we did, we tried to “enhance the romance” if you like.

Good Hair Day – 6 Tips For Luxurious Hair Care At Home

Fashion, Home, Rituals, Tips, Women's Aga

While in lockdown we are, quite rightly, spending all of days at home. Our activities and priorities have changed drastically since the pandemic started and many of us needed to adjust into doing everything at home for the very first time. Just like our priorities, our focus has changed when it comes to our looks. At home we can afford to be more comfortable than professional in our looks. This not only goes for our choice of clothes, but also for our make-up routines and hair styling.

Ironically for me, this is the time when I started paying more attention to my hair and how I care for it. Being deprived of my regular visits to a hair salon, I started analysing what the routine my hairdresser was following to make my hair look its best. While the trim is not something I would be comfortable to imitate at home, the treatment, however, is. Here’s how I do it.

How to treat Self-Isolation as an Opportunity – Part 3: Your Home

Home, Lifestyle, Tips Aga

Part of our Self-Isolation Series
Part 1: Community | Part 2: You | Part 3: Your Home

During this Covid-19 pandemic lockdown, remember you are not stuck at home, you are safe at home. While it’s easy to look at what is no longer available to you, on the bright side you have more time now to live in and appreciate your home. Whether you own or rent, are in a house or an apartment, you have made it your home through the objects and items that you have acquired over time that bring fond memories or simply make you happy.

How to Treat Self-Isolation As an Opportunity – Part 2: You

Home, Lifestyle, Tips Aga

Part of our Self-Isolation Series
Part 1: Community | Part 2: You | Part 3: Your Home

In my last instalment, I was talking about some ideas on how to use the time while being confined within your home due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Connecting with your community was one broad way to help relieve the feeling of confinement and make best use of the time to be helpful during this hour of need.

In this instalment, I want to talk about a few ideas that focus around you. I want to talk about some development ideas that I found particularly useful but I did not always have the time for before the pandemic. All of these ideas can be done in your home with no need to go outside.

It’s a Drone’s Life – Lessons Learned From Taking Up Drone Photography

Experiences, Gifts, Home, Perks, Tips, Travel Tom

In order to improve the quality and variety of pictures that I take, I’ve been talking about getting a drone for the longest time. I’ll be the first to admit that part of it was because I love new gadgets and toys and a drone ticks those boxes. However I genuinely wanted to get shots that no-one else would have, and to get in on this as early as possible before everyone’s mobile phone is also a drone.

Having played with toy drones for a number of years and learning that they’re damn near impossible to fly, I was initially hesitant on getting a “real” drone that cost many times more. After a lot of reading and comparing different drones, my fears were assuaged after reading about all of the safety measures and cleverness that goes into a modern drone. This meant I wouldn’t actually be scared to fly the thing.

How to Treat Self-Isolation As an Opportunity, Part 1: Community

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Part of our Self-Isolation Series
Part 1: Community | Part 2: You | Part 3: Your Home

With the current Covid-19 pandemic that is affecting each and every one of us and where self-isolation and “social distancing” are now commonplace, we still have options as to how we can treat this time. Do we see this as a confinement, a deprivation or even as a prison sentence? Perhaps we can do much better than that. Let’s try to see how we can do something useful with this time.

As the saying goes, it is what it is and we have no choice but to get through this. Worrying will achieve nothing and only waste time. I know that sometimes that’s easier said than done, which is why I think it makes sense to see how other people are dealing with this “time on their hands”.