Portfolio: Beauty & Aesthetics
What’s the safest way to whiten your teeth? Should you travel abroad for cosmetic surgery? What do you need to know about anti-ageing beauty therapies? Which health issues are reflected in your face? Can you eat yourself beautiful?
I write about cosmetic surgery and holistic beauty. I was one of the first health writers in the UK to write about vaginaplasty, my feature appearing in one of the launch issues of Grazia.
I can craft consumer-friendly content for your website, blog, pamphlets, and advertorials.
Is walking the best exercise you can do?
Walk the dog, jump off your bus two stops early, and leg it up the stairs instead of taking the lift… We’re all being urged to get to our feet to boost our health and work off excess pounds –...
What can your face reveal about your health – and how can your diet improve your looks and wellbeing?
If you want to know what’s really going on in your body, take a good long look in the mirror… Your face reveals all sorts of secrets about your health according to the nutritionist and naturopa...
Is it better to sleep naked?
Ditch the winter wynceyette – you’ll sleep better in the buff… That was the argument I made in this feature for My Weekly (link to pdf) – but, of course, the truth, as was soon to be establ...
When is the best time of day to moisturise your skin?
Morning, night, or both? Does it make any difference what time of day you apply your moisturiser? Yes! So says Dr Michaela Arens-Corell of the skin care company Sebamed. In this fun health feature ...
Cancer myths – sorting fact from fiction
Can your tight bra cause cancer? Will dyeing your hair put you at risk? Is sugar really fuel for cancer cells? In this feature I explored the truths and myths about cancer. One fact is sure: 50% of...
Lent… I relent (with consequences)
As I do not have a religious bone in my body, my Lent abstinence was destined to fail. I’d embarked on it with the promise that I would make an exception for my trip to Rome (just a few days into...