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Get Over Yourself. Use Your Image. Tell Your Brand Story

This week I sat makeup free on my green velvet couch working on a client proposal when the idea pooped into my head to have our production assistant take a quick photograph of the moment. She whipped out her phone, I looked up smiling and that simple three-minute act turned into a brand story about entrepreneurship...

The perfect oils do two things: they are transdermal and absorbs easily through the skin and they are olfactory; they should provide the right aromatherapeutic scent for you and connect that feeling of goodness not just to the body but also the brain.

The Essential Oils To Supercharge Your Health And Wellbeing

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Who doesn’t love a massage? Whether you’re doing it as part of a self-care routine or you're getting one while lying on a spa table, that feel good human contact is made infinitely better with the right oil. The perfect essential does two things: it’s transdermal and absorbs easily through the skin; its also olfactory and...

How Natalie and I Began The Forward Forty Travel Blog

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I remember when my dear friend Natalie Suite and I chatted about her writing the travel stories for our blog about 3-and-a- half-years ago. At the time, she was living in Peru about to head to Paris with her toddler and partner, Mikele. Both of us did not know much about travel blogging but what I did...

It’s the greatest show in the world, but the frenetic, frenzied, and fantastical two-day party we call Carnival is also one of the most tiring events you can engage in. As fun as it is (and yes, know it’s exhilarating!), the non-stop drinking, wining, jumping, and endless bacchanal does take a significant toll on your body.

How To Properly Take Care Of Your Body Post-Carnival

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It’s the greatest show in the world, but the frenetic, frenzied, and fantastical two-day party we call Carnival is also one of the most tiring events you can engage in. As fun as it is (and yes, know it’s exhilarating!), the non-stop drinking, wining, jumping, and endless bacchanal does take a significant toll on your body. Sore feet? Check. Tired...

3 Of The Chicest Shorts For Carnival; And No You’re Not Too Old To Wear Them.

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Once you cross 40 and head towards your 50s there are a lot of rules about what you should and shouldn’t wear. Have you heard them? Don’t you find some to be downright weird? Why on earth would any confident woman over 40 want to avoid colour, wear their hair only at a certain length,...

If you’ve travelled from the far corners of the world to experience the world’s biggest 2-day street party in Trinidad and Tobago, then you’re probably quite familiar the rollicking costume parade, the infectious soca melodies spitting from big music trucks -did you ever know you could go so low?- and some of the most high energy parties you’ll ever go to.

After Carnival, Trinidad and Tobago Will Steal Your Heart.

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If you’ve travelled from the far corners of the world to experience the world’s biggest 2-day street party in Trinidad and Tobago, then you’re probably quite familiar the rollicking costume parade, the infectious soca melodies spitting from big music trucks -did you ever know you could go so low?- and some of the most high energy...

Calypso Rose, an icon of the Caribbean music scene, is as prolific an artist as they come. Despite having an award-winning career spanning 65 years, Rose continues to refine and adapt her sound to contemporary times.

10 Things You Didn’t Know About The Iconic Calypso Rose

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She’s beautiful, resilient, has the charm of an angel, and even at 79, continues to beam at the world. Calypso Rose, an icon of the Caribbean music scene, is as prolific an artist as they come. Despite having an award-winning career spanning 65 years, Rose continues to refine and adapt her sound to contemporary times. Her 2019 ...

Bloated? Feeling less so involves making conscious choices about what you eat over the next couple of days as some foods are delicious and great for your body but wont help you wit the bloat

Feeling Bloated? We’ve Got Some Remedies For That

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When you're slipping into your swimwear on Carnival Monday, (let's face it, that's the base of 99% of all costumes) the last thing you want is a bad case of bloating. You’d think that avoiding the usual suspects like salt and dairy ahead of hitting the streets is all that it takes to battle the...

Norway powers its economy from oil and gas, but it doesn’t power their homes. Almost all of in fact, 98-99% of Norway’s domestic power usage is drawn from hydroelectric power, more than any other country.

Fast Facts About Norway That Will Make You Want To Go There

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Are you even a little curious about Norway? Well just in case you are, here are a few compelling facts that may sway you to pencil it into your travel wish list. Where is Norway? Norway is a remote Nordic country in Northwestern Europe whose territory comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....

What happens when social media and facebook creates an untruthful version of your life and how to cope

Is It Ok To Not Be Ok? And What A Break From Facebook Taught Me.

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Keep smiling, right? That's what Facebook and Instagram tell us to do. Do it often enough and it becomes easy to show the world that everything is ok when in fact we're hurting inside. Easier still to put up all the images that make us look pretty when in fact we feel our lowest. It's...

How To Live Life On Your Own Terms