Last November, my heart was pinched and bruised by a member o’ boykind – I got angry, I did A LOT of crying, punched a few pillows, ate A LOT of chocolate and for a while, really thought my life would never, ever be the same again.

Amanda Cole’s adorable illustrated grown-up girl fairy tale, I hate Cinderella is told from a mix of personal heartache and her best girlie friends’ heartache stories.  It’s not a ‘boo-to-boys’ book, far from it, it’s quite possibly the prettiest, lovliest story with the most beautiful illustrations that will support you through the heart-break process and shows you that there’s hope, and that you can love again.

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I am blogginz crazy and my google reader is positively filled-to-the-brim with sassy minxes doing awesome things online.

Now, I figured it would be simply rude and wrong of me to keep these ladies o’ fabulousness to myself, so let me introduce you to one of my absolute faves, {Luphia loves…}, a sweet-as-sugar blogginz dedicated to all things pretty – this online space is sassification x 1000. Fact.

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I declared the 4-day Easter holiday an official ‘Chill, Chica’ holiday – no alcohol, no crazy late night/early morning shenanigans and no work, not even email checking.

Why? Because being a Sassy Minx is all about finding the balance. If you work hard and play hard, then you also need to make a date with your sweet self to rest and de-stress. Fact.

Now, I thought I had this whole ‘relaxing’ thing down, I am queen o’ sleep and can watch back-to-back Gossip Girl without feeling any guilt, but four whole days without a diary filled-to-the-brim with social events? What’s a girl to do?

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Left to right: Marilu, Louie, Vale

I heart the Piperita Patties. If you love your music in a kitsch, girl-shaped, day-glo fabulous Italian-o package, then you will most deffo heart them too.

Forget those pesky Pussycat Dolls – The Piperita Patties are a girl band you can really dig. Their music is bubblecore pop’n’roll with a powerful twist – what could be cooler than that?

Answer? Nothing.

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I am an obsesso-girl for hair prods, and I’m not going to lie, my prods of choice are often decided by how pretty the packaging is – there, I said it – and that’s why I fell a little bit in love with the sexy new Play With Me range from Clynol.

The purple packaging makes you think naughty thoughts, I don’t know why, it just does, but it turns out these four fresh-scented stylin’ prods – Tease, Rocky, Matty and Texty – also gives long lasting, playable styling results that will hold out as long as you can…

All prods are £9.95 and my personal fave is the Matty texturising spray. To get a dry, light-wax effect with no crispy coating, just spray into the hair and rub in with fingers and let it dry – it lasts even in hot and humid conditions – LOVE it.

On New Years day, Ms Lisa and I,  sat in our pretty PJ’s in a swanky boutique hotel room in Paris and compiled two lists in our art girl notebooks – a gratitude list for 2008 and a wishlist for 2009. We weren’t hungover – I know, how modern? – and we were watching the French dub of Some like it Hot (Merci Marilyn).

I also wrote a letter.

Call me silly, but I don’t think there’s anything more romantic than receiving a gorgeous handwritten note from the person you love, and as I’m currently romancing myself, it seemed like the perfect thing to do. This is an edited version – it wouldn’t do to give away all of my secrets now, would it? – but you should give it a go, for the whole of January my life became very Hollywood story, and every time I get a life-wobble, I read it and it reminds me of what I deserve and that someone amazing loves me…Me!
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Were you able to do a 100 hoop spins without stopping as a kid? No, me neither, but how much fun was hooping? Now, I’m no gym bunny, so I welcome any fun and fabulous way to keep fit that doesn’t involve a tread mill, that’s why I am currently channeling my 10 year-old self and finding some serious love for the hoopin’ thanks to my awesome new Spinderella hoop from Hoopnotica – LOVE it.

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I am a total etsy freak.

There are so many beyond-talented craft-girl types making incredible one-of-a-kind treats that I’ve decided to  sporadically (officially my fave word ever since I heard it in the movie Clueless) shout about my personal faves in a Want, Need, Must-Have feature – cool, huh?

Today I am in heart with…Bubbles and Frown

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London based lingerie shop, So Shei has teamed up with HOTmilk, an international maternity and nursing lingerie label to celebrate their Knickers For Africa campaign.

“Sometimes we can take a lot for granted, from the roofs over our heads right down to the fact we own underwear,” says HOTmilk co-owner and co-designer Ange Crosbie. “When we heard that something as simple as undergarments had the possibility of giving young women in Zimbabwe a better chance to live a life free of sexual abuse, we knew that we wanted to help.”

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It’s a total treat to hook you up with Miss Aimee, my Sassy Minx collab-girl and lingerie designer. She’s a super-talent, the coolest hang-out bud, a Parisian boy magnet and the only girl I know who can make every moment a fashion moment, even in her PJs.

Dear Aimee-Louise Richards…

I think you’re awesome.

Love Lisa – your number 1 fan x

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