VACCINE HESITANCY KILLS

Sri Lanka has implemented one of the most successful vaccination programs in the world which is no small feat, considering the huge global vaccine shortage and inequity.

Why Staying In Can Be As Fun As Going Out!

Yeah right, I hear you say with the obligatory eye-roll followed by “puhlease!!!!” Ok,

Covidiocy Is The Worst Look This Season!

The advance of COVID-19 has triggered a broad-scale mission of “responsibilization”.

Unfair and Unlovely!

Why is there such an obsession with fair skin being the beauty benchmark and the resulting denigration of people with darker hued skin?

Green for Avurudu and a Spring-Summer 2021 Favorite!

For Avurudu, green is the key color, there is a shade to flatter all skin tones. Green is associated with balance, nature, spring, and rebirth. It’s the symbol of prosperity, freshness,

The Joys of Luxe Lounging!

I haven’t touched about eighty percent of my wardrobe since March 2020. A closet full of clothes and nothing to wear has turned into a closet full of clothes and nowhere to wear!

Fashion Is Not Frivolous: In Defense of Designer Duds!

It’s unfortunate, but reactions to an interest in fashion can often be dismissive and condescending. The go to slur among some in society is the ridiculing of people who like to wear designer clothes, shoes and bags.

From Attire to Assault: Don’t Blame The Clothes, Blame The Culture

It’s 2021 and women are still having to have conversations around why we are not safe. This week saw two large protests against violence towards women on opposite sides of the globe.

Nature Knows Best

Maybe it’s all the time I’ve spent at home, spending time on Instagram, watching T.V. shows and movies and feeling more than a bit put-off by the preternaturally plumped cheek, plastic-sheen skin breed of women who are out there, on-screen, admittedly mostly in Hollywood and Bollywood productions.

HYPER-SEXUALIZATION, OBJECTIFICATION AND CONSUMERISM THE NEW NORMAL?

A few years ago at a friend’s wedding, two little girls performed a dance routine, they came on the dance floor, everyone clapped and said oh! how cute. The music started and it was a Pop hit, everyone started cheering and then the girls started to perform.

The Insider: Yoga Vs. Pilates or Maybe Just Do Both?

For the uninitiated (myself included, I mean a couple of classes here or there doesn’t really count? Or does it?) they seem to be similar disciplines, my curiosity was further piqued when I recently ran into a friend I hadn’t seen since lockdown last year, while most of us are emerging reluctantly,

Fashions Newest Thing…Old Clothes!

Disposability is no longer chic. People who took pride in only wearing things once are now looked down on as being completely ignorant and utterly wasteful. There isn’t a Royal or celebrity of late who hasn’t been spotted proudly re-wearing their clothes to engagements, Kate Middleton’s wardrobe is a masterclass in this, she also works with design houses to alter some gowns to give them a modern uptake so she can enjoy them for longer.