One of beauty's most iconic looks took hours (and several great little tricks) to be achieved...
Pristine Clean Cherry
WARNING: Not for the squeamish/faint-hearted, and probably guys. Proceed at your own discretion đ Karen Metsos from NakedCherry writes about their latest service for your girly bits: the âvajacialâ â a post-waxing facial for your delicate cherry. What is the ...
Depression does not have an on/off switch
I found this through the wonderful invention that is Twitter and thought it was a very accurate way to explain depression. If you don't have to fight demons every day - even with the help of medication and therapy - you will still not understand the struggle that some...
Ruby Wing Colour-Changing Nail Polish
Guest post by Nafisa from Wired to the Web. I was quite excited to be given a bottle of Ruby Wing colour changing nail polish to try out for a guest post here on Syllable in the City. I received a bottle of green that changes to purple in the sun (yes, really!). It...
Reposting from A Million Miles from Normal – How many lovers is too many?
Paige Nick, one of the collaborators on "A girl walks into a bar" wrote a column for the Sunday Times' Lifestyle supplement about, well the acceptable average number of bed-buddies. She kindly allowed me to repost the column. A MILLION MILES FROM NORMAL â By Paige...
And the winner of #boozeforblogging is…
This was fun... probably not so much for Jade and Gerrit as for me đ I'd like to thank both of them for contributing, marketing, and generally being good sports. The final numbers are in! That gives Jade a grand total of 70, and Gerrit 82. Jade's compelling campaign...
Wax on, wax off – where to go and what to expect
Warning: not for the squeamish/faint-hearted, and probably guys. Proceed at your own discretion đ Karen Metsos from NakedCherry is a doyenne in hair removal, and has some general tips about how to go about this delicate procedure, and what to expect. She also shares...
SITC is a war zone: pick your side!
On Wednesday I published two posts, both submitted by colleagues of mine. To make things a little interesting, I told them that I'd give whoever got the most hits on their posts by the end of the month, a bottle of Jack Daniel's Honey. As a result I've created little...
What your Twitter Bio really means
I still haven't met @PopcornCandi (despite being in the same venue at least twice this year!), and I've just started following her blog. I LOVE Twitter, and this post made me snort coffee all over my laptop. After reading this I looked at my bio again, and yes, it is...












