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Question: What products can be used to create a glossy look around the cheekbone area? I like the way Olivia Newton-John always has a healthy gloss look to her make-up. Jan Reynolds Answer: Pout cosmetics make a wonderful shimmer gloss that has a slight pink to it. It will give you the effect you are […]

I had just moved to the city, found myself a cute little apartment and begun the tiresome chore of unpacking. While cleaning out the drawers in the main bedroom, the bottom drawer base slipped out to reveal a secret hiding spot containing two shoeboxes and a diary. They’d been left behind by the last tenant […]

Question: To avoid bacteria infections in dogs’ paws during rainy days, dry them off when they come back indoors. Answer: Julie Schofield

Question: We seem to have a never-ending flea problem and it’s costing an arm and a leg! Is there anything we can do in one big bang that will help bring the problem under control? Peta Salmon Answer: Fleas can be very difficult to eradicate, as you have found out. I’m sure you have used […]

Question: Hello Mary! About two months ago, I had my salon change my platinum blonde hair to a deep, dark auburn brown. I went through all the required things, like treatments, a new trim etc but now I’m considering going back to my blonde look. My hairdresser has told me that to go back blonde […]

A while back in my early 20s I was working in a very large corporation headed by a very serious and uptight CEO. Thomas was a distinguished looking man in his mid 50s and seemed like the type of person that had never done anything out of line or remotely spontaneous in his life. He […]

Question: I have recently flown overseas and my skin and hair is very dry. I have exfoliated and used moisturising cream — what else can you suggest? Patsy Answer: You may need a professional facial as it sounds to me like your skin has some dry surface skin build-up or you may be using the […]

By Annette Campbell To coincide with the AMA’s Family Doctor Week, we asked Dr Rosanna Capolingua — a Perth-based practicing GP, and chair of the Australian Medical Association’s Ethics Committee — what she thinks most doctors would really like us to know. So the next time you phone to make an appointment to see your […]

Exclusive extract from Those Garrison Women by Louise Shaffer, published by Bantam. The newspaper could have been hers. Hank had been toying with the idea of selling it for a couple of years, and Peggy had offered to buy it for her. Peggy Garrison had been her friend, as were the two other members of […]

Question: When I wake up I have extremely puffy eyes! I moisturise the night before, and do not want to stop doing this, but I do think this might be the problem. Any quick and easy solutions? Clare Answer: You may be using a moisturiser nightly, which is great, but you really need to keep […]