So g-friends, how was your yule?

Miss Aimz rocked it with her fam and I headed to Salzburg, Austria where I indulged in a whole lot o’ Sound o’ Music fabulousness, mistletoe kisses with leather-pant wearing Austrian boys, dee-lish hot chocolate drinking, apres-ski,  apple strudels – it was dee-vine! Will share the Austria love with you via pix as soon as I’ve uploaded them, but now I’m back, I’m prepping for a new decade – wowzers – when did that happen?

But before we roll out all of the 2010 goodness, we need to celebrate the end o’ 2009 so we’ve asked some of our favourite ladies to share their 2009 Lists o’ Love… Today we’re kicking off with the too-cool-for-school zine queens Miss Kandy Diamond and Miss Seleena Laverne Daye, creator-girls of the fabulous Sugarpaperzine (issue 4 available NOW! Go buy it!)

Miss Seleena 2009 List o’ Love – she’s the one with the red hair and cute cardi btw!

Book: I’ve been enjoying older stuff this year like Jonathan Coe and B S Johnson, rediscovering old favourites, but I did get all consumed with The Twilight Saga! I loved Twilight and New Moon, but was sorely disappointed with Breaking Dawn, all in all, they were still my books of ‘09!
City you visited: Portland. Dream come true, I could totally live there.
Event you attended: Midnight screening of New Moon, got over excited made top trumps and vegan gingerbread. Going to the cinema at that time is a little too exciting!
Highlight of the year: Going on a trip of a lifetime, my one month American west coast road trip, visiting the places all my favourite bands come from, amazing!
Movie: I enjoyed seeing Robocop at a cinema in Portland for $3, but I haven’t been to see much else. New Moon – I see a pattern here!
Album: I have been rubbish this year and bought like 3 albums, the one I have listened to most has to be  Brand New Eyes by Paramore.
Quote: probably something form the Twilight DVD commentary (I’m not obsessed, honest.)
Website: shameless plug: http://sugarpapergang.blogspot.com/
Make-up brand: Collection 2000, purely for their glitter eyeliners, a must for all Kenickie fans!
Etsy shop: Bunny Bissoux  – http://www.etsy.com/shop/bunnybissoux
Sad event of the year: the end of Mika Miko, boooooooo!

Miss Kandy’s 2009 List o’ Love…

Book: Twilight…totally hooked!!!
City you visited: Amsterdam (beautiful, plus, got tattooed by the amazing Angelique Houtkamp and stayed in the best B&B ever, above a cake shop with flamingo tapestries!)
Event you attended: Errrrr, Mika Miko gig/s.
Highlight of the year: My Birthday was ace, twilight cakes, friends, ice cream, 50s diner, woooop!
Movie: Harry potter and the half blood Prince.
Album: Shirley Ellis
Quote: “you’re my own personal brand of heroin” – Twilight
website: www.knitanddestroy.co.uk
make-up brand: snazaroo

Come back tomorrow for more fabulous-o girls sharing their 2009 Lists o’ Love – we’d love to know yours too – care to share?

Be prepared for serious life envy as I intro you to the awesomeness that is Laura Rudoe, the founder and driving force behind beauty range, evolve.

Laura, who has always had an interest in ethical and environmentally friendly business practices, is also passionate about food and wellbeing, and has worked extensively using alternative medicine and nutrition to improve her own health.

Inspired by natural superfoods, Laura’s deep appreciation for nature is at the centre of the evolve range; “nature is much smarter than we think. there are so many amazingly effective ingredients we have found derived from natural superfoods used for generations such as moringa, acai and argan as well as natural peptides. there is really no need for synthetics.”

See? Told you didn’t I?

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Quick…print this out and pin it under the nose of any potential pressie-buyer – isn’t it blimmin’ gorgeous?!

If like me however, you can’t wait, buy it for yourself now, it’s £16.50 at: www.temporary-secretary.com

The idea of drawing pictures for a living fills me with total glee, but that would involve me actually being able to draw – boo – so instead, I like to indulge in the creativity of kick-ass, talented g-friends like Gemma Correll. Not only is she beyond clever with a felt-tip pen, she also shares my total love for pug dogs, in fact her tote bag is on my 12 gifts o’ Christmas list – j’adore.

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So, you know how us Sassy Minxes heart pretty, pretty lingerie? And you know how we dig all things Burlesque too? Well, the gorgeous Miss Ruka, creator-girl of Sugarlesque has combined our two big loves and damn, the result is pretty. Really pretty. So pretty in fact, they make out hearts do a li’l skippy thing – j’adore.

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Fellow Sassy Minxes, please join Miss Lisa and I as we smudge our eyeliner and smoulder, in homage to one of Britain’s multi-talented creatives, Pearl Lowe.

Pearl was the vocalist of Brit Pop bands Powder and Lodger in the nineties, is renowned for being the Queen of Lace – her homewares and dresses adorn Rock and Roll royalty and has been collaborating with Peacocks on a high street line of dee-lish prodz. She’s a mother of four, a writer, an ambassador for Action On Addiction, was a singer in the Britpop bands Powder and Ledger (as well as being wife to Mr Danny ‘Supergrass’ Goffey), and was briefly the face of Agent Provocateur – phew! With all this going on, it was great to be able to catch up with Pearl and talk to her about her collaboration with luxe lingerie label, Yes Master…
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My first Jessica Adams book, Cool For Cats, was bought for me by my boyf at the time, and while he has since been banished to ex-boyfriend-ville, Jessica and her books have remained a much-loved constant in my world.

Jessica is not just a kick-ass author, she’s the astrologer for Vogue and Cosmopolitan – I know: cool, right? She’s got two homes, one in Brighton and one in Australia – yep, I’m envy-green too and her new book, Shall I Stay is her best book, s’far. According to me, obv.

The Shall I Stay blurb: When Alice met Nash, she fell head over heels. Two years later, she can’t quite remember what it was that had seemed so brilliant about him. All they do is argue – especially about money. In a last-ditch attempt to save their relationship, they agree to leave rainy England behind and emigrate to Australia. But when Alice finds out that Nash has been unfaithful, their plans are ruined and she decides to go to Australia alone.

Packing what she can into four suitcases, she heads to Bondi to stay with her cousin. Australia is a very strange place where everything seems upside down and anything over two syllables is abbreviated. Will Alice ever be able to lose her English inhibitions and relax into the Aussie way of life? Can she ever find a proper job? And, more importantly, will she be able to control herself around Joel, her extremely attractive Australian cousin?

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Ohh, I love me a vintage ensemble,  pretty, pretty clothes with history – j’adore.

If you, like me, are retro-hearted, then you will dig www.retrochick.co.uk – a swoony-swoon site that helps you discover your own personal style by finding the best in affordable vintage, and ethical fashion and making it work everyday. I’m a total fan-girl and love, love, love creator-girl, Miss Gemma Seager, mainly because she believes in the following:

• Fashion doesn’t have to cost the earth, in any sense
• Style never goes out of fashion
• There isn’t much that can’t be made better by a nice cup of tea
• If you’re nice to people they’ll be nice back.

You love her too now, right?

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It’s National Chocolate Week – hurrah! And I for one, feel it’s a week absolutely worth celebrating. Being a Sassy Minx, I confess to occasionally eating a little bit for breakfast, or mixed with a splash of vodka in a cocktail. If I’m completely honest, I probably celebrate this week nearly everyday.

So go and grab a bit of something sweet – it is a Monday after all – and join in the celebrations! I’m all for believing that a bit of something you fancy, does you good….
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Today is National Poetry day and to celebrate I’d love to share my favourite poem of all time with you, it’s called Phenomenal Woman and it’s by poet, author, activist, producer, actor, director and inspir-o girl, Maya Angelou. I have this poem hanging in the boudoir of the Pink Palace – buy yours here – so that it’s the first thing I read every morning and the last thing I read at night – I love it, hope you do too…

Phenomenal Woman

Pretty women wonder where my secret lies.
I’m not cute or built to suit a fashion model’s size
But when I start to tell them,
They think I’m telling lies.
I say,
It’s in the reach of my arms
The span of my hips,
The stride of my step,
The curl of my lips.
I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me.

Now you understand
Just why my head’s not bowed.
I don’t shout or jump about
Or have to talk real loud.
When you see me passing
It ought to make you proud.
I say,
It’s in the click of my heels,
The bend of my hair,
the palm of my hand,
The need of my care,
‘Cause I’m a woman
Phenomenally.
Phenomenal woman,
That’s me.

Care to share your favourite poems, Minxes?

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