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  • Cape Town’s top five beaches

    by Sam Growdon

    So, you’re off to Cape Town! Excellent news! You’ll have a long list of things to do, see, hear and eat and if you’re looking for the top 5 beaches to visit – then you’ve come to the right place. The best time of year to visit Cape Town is November through to March – it’s hot and sunny and also a superb time to...

    February 3, 2017
    Comments 3
    Kids, Top Post
  • Victoria Beckham x Estee Lauder

    by Sam Growdon

    Victoria Beckham x Estee Lauder beauty collection launch in Hong Kong

    January 18, 2017
    Comments 0
    Beauty, featured, Lust-Have List, Top Post
  • Party Props!

    by Sam Growdon

    Since our trip to France time has flown too fast – it’s almost been a month! I’ve been wanting to upload the look I wore for my Mom’s birthday party for a while, and finally it’s here and what could be more easy than an LBD? Yup, a little dress that one can throw into a suitcase is always a must when travelling and preferably...

    October 14, 2015
    Comments 2
    Looks, Personal style
  • September’s Camera Roll

    by Sam Growdon

    September has been such a busy and exciting month that my camera roll was more bloated than usual! Watching Autumn start on two continents, Hong Kong and Europe and experiencing their total differences, exploring more of my new home city – tram rides, beach trips and indoor evening swims. Packing for a two week trip to France to celebrate my gorgeous Mama’s 30×2 birthday...

    October 8, 2015
    Comment 1
    Lifestyle, Paris, Personal
  • Falling for Autumn

    by Sam Growdon

    The family and I have been back in France for the last two weeks to celebrate my mama’s birthday, which btw has been far too much fun. Spending time in the French countryside in Autumn is magnificent. Big blue skies and soft sunshine during the day whilst sightseeing the local villages and evenings spent by the fire drinking red wine – who could ask for...

    October 1, 2015
    Comments 6
    Looks, Personal style
  • Get stoned

    by Sam Growdon

    The last few seasons have seen blinged-up accessories adorning the catwalks and retail shelves everywhere. Statement neckpieces with shiny stones, finer jewelry with diamonds and diamanté, as well as coloured gemstones to finish off an outfit of the day perfectly. Now, it’s all about returning to the roughest form of the stone – uncut and unpolished. So, If you’re looking for a little something...

    September 9, 2015
    Comments 0
    style & Trends
  • Must-have beauty products for your make-up bag

    by Sam Growdon

    Written by Andrea Thorne As you’ll soon find out that I love trying out new products so here are seven of my latest favourites that I’ve tried and tested and are inside my back-to-work-after-the-summer make-up bag (it’s a thing!) #backtoworkaftersummermakeupbag Read on … Let’s start with Foundation, and usually this comes with commitment. It means surety on colour, texture, application, season, finish and never...

    August 27, 2015
    Comments 0
    Beauty
  • Here comes the sun

    by Sam Growdon

    Doesn’t summer just make us happy? Sunshine, green grass, blue skies, pineapples and one of my favourite places to hangout in – the Luxembourg Gardens (yes… I may have mentioned this before!) And even though the Parisians have a bad reputation for saying ‘non‘ to most things – along with the famous shoulder shrug and ‘bof‘ – it’s trés hard to say ‘non‘ to beautiful summer days...

    August 19, 2015
    Comments 0
    Looks, Personal style
  • We’ll always have Paris

    by Sam Growdon

    It’s been 6 weeks since my husband, two boys and I left Paris and made a new home in Hong Kong. This weekend I saw a Facebook post from an ex-colleague who was visiting Paris and she’d attached a funny image of a quintessentially French moment – a baguette neatly tucked into a briefcase after the ‘statutory’ visit to the local boulangerie. This photo,...

    August 17, 2015
    Comments 9
    Paris, travel
  • Beauty Tips : Summer tanning sorted

    by Sam Growdon

    Hey La Belles,  This post was written by my oldest and proudly beauty-obsessed friend, Andrea Thorn. Ms Thorne was wearing lipstick before I even knew what lip balm was and she has her well-manicured figure tips on all the cutting edge products and how-to’s in the beauty industy (in fact, by day she even works in the beauty world, SO glam!) Lucky for us – she’ll...

    August 6, 2015
    Comments 2
    Beauty

Look Book

October 14, 2015

Party Props!

Since our trip to France time has flown too fast – it’s almost been a month! I’ve been wanting...

by Sam Growdon
Comments 2
October 1, 2015

Falling for Autumn

The family and I have been back in France for the last two weeks to celebrate my mama’s birthday, which...

by Sam Growdon
Comments 6
August 19, 2015

Here comes the sun

Doesn’t summer just make us happy? Sunshine, green grass, blue skies, pineapples and one of my favourite places to hangout...

by Sam Growdon
Comments 0
July 9, 2015

Reflecting white

Just before heading east to Hong Kong, I managed a few more shoots in the beautiful city of Paris....

by Sam Growdon
Comments 4

Mama Musings

Forcing a W’robe Detox

by Sam Growdon

If you’ve been following me on Instagram you may have seen that I’ve moved. Yup, across the globe. I’ve changed apartment, city, country, continent, culture and time zone and now officially call Hong Kong home! As a family, this is our third move in under 5 years, and with each move I find myself detoxing my wardrobe! There is obviously a lot of other stuff that goes with moving half way across the world, but this seems like the most relevant for me today, as I sit in the same pair of denims I’ve been wearing for the last 3 weeks already (they have been in the laundry in between of course!) I am really surviving on a super-edited “Capsule Wardrobe”. At the end of every season I do find myself purging my closet. It’s an opportunity to reinvent your fashion-self, get out of a style-rut and reassess the clothes you own so that you show off your best parts – plus it’s extremely therapeutic and strangely cathartic. (and I ALSO have IKEA catalogue images...

July 7, 2015
Comments 2
featured, Mama Musings

Collaboration

August 28, 2015

How well do you know your Minionistas? Take the Quiz

May 18, 2015

The Art of Packing with Louis Vuitton

May 5, 2015

It’ll be hard to hold yourself back!

March 17, 2015

Louis Vuitton A/W 2015 show diary : see all the pics

March 10, 2015

Labellecrush x LouisVuitton

In my Bathroom Cupboard

Springing into beauty action

by Sam Growdon

It’s no shock that I’m obsessed with Spring – i mean after months of the cold who isn’t right? I’m definately done with Winter and every now and then Paris teases us with a warm day reminding me what to look forward to! We may still be a few weeks away but I’m already in the Spring mood, and a very red one at that. These...

April 5, 2015
Comments 0
The Bathroom #shelfie

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I am Sam, more commonly referred to as Jack and Tom’s mom. I originally hail from the Vuvuzela-loving city of Johannesburg, I’ve lived in London and Hong Kong, I called Paris home...

November 28, 2014
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5 reasons to go on a yoga retreat

by Sam Growdon

Even if you have never stepped foot onto a yoga mat before, there are lots of reasons to pack a bag and immerse yourself in the ancient practice of poses, breathing and meditation for a few days with no other distractions. I did just that at the end of last year – I packed a weekend bag filled with stretchy sweat pants (thanks LuluLemon!), a re-usable water bottle, some body-fitting comfy tops, a yoga mat, a swimsuit for good measure and headed for Chiang Mai in Thailand. This particular yoga retreat was organised by The Yoga Room, an intimate yoga studio in Hong Kong, and taught by the gorgeous, stretchy yogini Nora Lim. It was a four day retreat held at  The Pavana Resort  – a holistic resort with great vegetarian food and spa (very important!) Here are my top five reasons why everyone should find a retreat, make the time to go and indulge in yoga, meditation, pranayama and yourself : You practice yoga every single day – sometimes a few times a day....

January 19, 2017
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