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5 days ago | 
smh.com.au | Lauren Ironmonger
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Fourteen is a pivotal age for anyone, but for Molly Burke, it was the year her life changed. After being diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa at four, a condition that causes low vision, she lost most of her sight at 14. “I struggled a lot.
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1 week ago | 
smh.com.au | Lauren Ironmonger
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Hailey Bieber is the latest celebrity-turned-entrepreneur to join the coveted billionaire club. On Thursday morning, e.l.f. beauty, an American cosmetics brand, announced it would acquire the social media star’s skincare brand Rhode for US$1 billion ($1.5 billion).
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1 week ago | 
smh.com.au | Lauren Ironmonger
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Having written over 100 books, many of them cookbooks, and spawned countless imitators, who better to comment on the latest food world stoush than the doyenne of homemaking, Martha Stewart?
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1 week ago | 
smh.com.au | Lauren Ironmonger
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Stroll down any major shopping thoroughfare in Australia and you’ll come across dozens of beauty retailers jostling for your attention. Mecca, Wesfarmers’ Priceline and smaller retailers such as W Cosmetics have all carved out a cosmetic counter of their own in the market. Among them is Sephora, the American brand owned by luxury conglomerate LVMH.
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2 weeks ago | 
smh.com.au | Lauren Ironmonger
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. When was the last time you flew a kite? Played with Lego? Or simply embraced a bad situation with good humour? As it turns out, play is about more than just silly fun – it can make us better, more resilient humans. An American study published in February examined the role of playfulness in helping adults navigate adversity.
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2 weeks ago | 
smh.com.au | Lauren Ironmonger
, register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. This story is part of the May 18 edition of Sunday Life.See all 14 stories. One might assume, as a woman in Hollywood, that Hayley Atwell is sick of being asked about Mission: Impossible co-star Tom Cruise, who she’s worked with now for over five years.
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3 weeks ago | 
smh.com.au | Lauren Ironmonger
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4 weeks ago | 
watoday.com.au | Lauren Ironmonger
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4 weeks ago | 
watoday.com.au | Lauren Ironmonger
He plans to revisit the rule when his daughters are around 15, “when they’re more mature and when they’re more armed to defend themselves, I suppose, in the event of something happening”. Changing cultural attitudes to sleepoversGabrielle Hunt, a PhD candidate at Australian Catholic University and a registered psychologist, says more Australian parents are becoming wary of sleepovers. Some are worried about the risk of sexual abuse, says Hunt.
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4 weeks ago | 
brisbanetimes.com.au | Lauren Ironmonger
They’re a childhood rite of passage, so why are more parents saying ‘no’ to sleepovers? We’re sorry, this feature is currently unavailable. We’re working to restore it. Please try again later. , register or subscribe to save articles for later. Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. For many children and parents, sleepovers are an important rite of passage. But a growing number of parents are expressing their concerns about overnight stays – and saying “no”.
