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Say goodbye to ‘gossip’ magazines?

Hair salon removes ALL ‘gossip’ magazines after death of former Love Island host Caroline Flack. We’ve all been there, plonked directly opposite an unavoidable mirror looking less than glamorous with a head full of foils, and what better way to distract ourselves than indulge in various magazines? Headlines such as, ‘Hurt & Humiliated’, ‘Troubled &Continue reading “Say goodbye to ‘gossip’ magazines?”

Meet Laura Kingston, editor of the region’s new online women’s magazine High Life North.

Despite being a weekday there isn’t a spare table in sight at Caffe Bistro 1901 in Jesmond. Amongst the swarm of people we spot Laura and her adorable cavalier King Charles Henry; “I’m mainly working from my kitchen and coffee shops” she confesses, her table an organised chaos of notebooks, wires, and various Apple devices.Continue reading “Meet Laura Kingston, editor of the region’s new online women’s magazine High Life North.”

MUA from Newcastle supports #SmearForSmear

Owner of C&C Makeup Artists uses social media platforms in order to promote smear test awareness by offering clients a 50% discount. It’s no secret that there’s a universal sense of dread amongst some women when it comes to getting a cervical screening. Fear of the unknown and (popular) rhetorical question ‘is my vagina normal?’Continue reading “MUA from Newcastle supports #SmearForSmear”

Instagrammable bars and cafes in the North East

The days of wishing that we lived in London for an extensive choice of locations for our Instagram photos are long gone. Us Northerners need not pine over our fellow Southerners backdrops of colourful houses in Notting Hill, or potentially one of the most photographed cafes, Peggy Porschen Cakes. The North East has some ofContinue reading “Instagrammable bars and cafes in the North East”

Instagram buzz in the North East

A variety of creators from various blogging tribes were able to engage with one another (one of the very few social opportunities where building up that follower count can be slipped into casual conversation).

The RAWR’ing twenties

A lot has changed in just over a decade, particularly the decrease in certain subcultures, and as the clock struck midnight on New Year’s Eve the idea of the rawr’ing twenties began to circulate. Why the rawr’ing twenties? Because rawr means I love you in dinosaur, of course. Rewind back to 2009, a time whenContinue reading “The RAWR’ing twenties”