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My Summer Beauty Edit.
With the arrival of summer (maybe not so much in Scotland, but I remain hopeful) and my calendar filling up with a couple of sunny trips, it’s time to make a few beauty swaps! In honour of the new season, here are some of my...
Resolution Reflections: Six Months On
You’ll be well aware by now that I love setting myself goals, they’re never overly unrealistic so they serve more as reminders than anything else. I have a Notes folder full of lists of small tasks to get through, whic...
My Daily Shower Essentials.
After a morning of sweating it out at the gym (*hair flick*), I look forward to a big ol’ scrub in the shower! There is no better feeling than lathering up my hair and scrubbing my lizard-like legs while testing out the acou...
Our Long Weekend In London.
Although I go to London often for work, and I lived there for a short spell when I was 20, it’s never somewhere I really explore unless Jordan and I go together. Those are the times when I experience (and fall in love with!)...
My Love For All Things Rattan.
Mixing materials & working in textures… This past year or two I’ve really fallen for the Southern Californian sort of style in a home; I adore the simple but beautiful combination of white walls, lots of greenery ...
On My Bathroom Beauty Shelves.
I have always been obsessed with beauty products (really, Kate?) and even though I feel like I’m at the point where I really know my skin and what it needs, I love trying new products! More often than not I have a refined select...
A Day On Waiheke Island.
Our most recent trip back to New Zealand was one of my favourites, I think because we explored a little more. Every year when we head home, we try to see one other city as well as Nelson, where my family live. This time we decided...
About Kate
Hi, I’m Kate – writer of katelavie.com! I set this blog up in late 2009 and it’s been going ever since – follow me as I share everything from my daily life, tours around my home and my favourite beauty finds…
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