As event season blooms into life, here are our favourite outfit solutions that you’ll love long after the big day SECRET BOUTIQUE Main street, Gullane EH31 2AP | t: 01620 842 222www.secretboutique.shop
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Time to Spring Clean your Makeup Bag
Spring is here, and the change of season is a perfect time to boost your beauty routine by giving your makeup bag a bit of a clear-out. As it takes a lot to find the perfect makeup – trial and error with foundation alone equates to more time than we care to admit – we…
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Ayurvedic Yoga – Ready for Spring
MATSYASANAFish Pose Return to a seated position and move through a shoulder stand and plough pose, five deep breaths in each. Then come out of plough pose through shoulder stand and into fish pose. Take a deep inhale and as you exhale, engage your core, bring your hands on your mat and slowly start to…
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Love and Forgive all Parts of You
Bernadette Petrie asks, can our history as invaders teach us to love, and forgive? In 2018, I was lucky enough to be part of a group staying in Villa Casa Fuzetta in Olhao, Portugal. As part of a food walking tour led by the amazing Joana from Eating Algarve, we learned about the history of…
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A Day in the Life of… Becca Ferrier Baker
Becca Ferrier Baker has always loved the process of record digging, buying and collecting. The concept behind Orange Moon Records and Coffee began during the pandemic in 2020; between jobs, Becca began to re-evaluate what was important to her and took a leap of faith to start fulfilling her lifelong dream – running her own…
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Artist Profile… Dominque Cameron
Dominique Cameron is an artist whose practice is rooted in landscape. She draws, paints, films and writes about her encounters whilst walking through an area of interest – be it the urban or the rural environment. Up with the Larks is a landscape exhibition of process, from figuration toward abstraction. The works include a series…
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A Celebration of Spring – Chicken Caesar Salad
FOR THE SALAD3 thick slices white sourdough (or 3 thick slices of white bread)3 tbsp olive oil2 rashers of streaky baconCooked chicken breast or leftover chicken 1 large cos or romaine lettuce, leaves separatedSea salt & pepper FOR THE DRESSING1 garlic clove1 tub of white anchovies (4 anchovies for the dressing and the rest for garnish)…
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Stories in Stone – Bankton House
Heritage consultant David Hicks brings us the stories behind some of East Lothian’s historic properties. One of the most noticeable landmarks as you travel up the A1 is Bankton House near Prestonpans, a splash of colour in the landscape that grabs your attention as you head into Edinburgh. Once described as ’a standing disgrace’ to…
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Teapot Trust to have a Garden at Chelsea
The Teapot Trust, a Scottish charity which offers art therapy to children and young people living with chronic conditions, will have the chance to show off the power of art therapy at this year’s RHS Chelsea Flower Show which takes place from the 23rd to 27th May. The Teapot Trust Elsewhere Garden, which explores the…
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