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Zara D’Cotta started OhMyGoodness (OMG) following her breast cancer diagnosis just before her 30th birthday. This life-changing experience inspired her to take a leap of faith and leave her career in corporate communications to combine her passion for health and wellbeing with her love of storytelling.
Continue reading “Zara D’Cotta: Six reasons to eat with seasons”
Sunflowers are grown all over the world and are a hugely important and valuable agricultural commodity. They are incredibly beautiful and there’s nothing like driving through the country when it’s sunflower season, with fields as far as the eye can see of these gorgeous yellow flowers that give the impression they’re turning their heads to the sun – hence their name in French (tournesols) and Spanish (girasoles). Continue reading “All hail the sunflower, king of the good oils”
Zoe Tuckwell-Smith is one of Australia’s best-loved young actresses. Known for her leading role in Winners & Losers, she has appeared in many films and TV series, including Home & Away, All Saints and thriller, Gone. She lives in Melbourne with actor/director partner Damon Gameau and their one-year-old daughter, Velvet.
Your little girl has just turned one! How has your life changed in a year?
Magnificently. I never expected to love being a mummy as much as I do. It’s the most joyful I’ve ever felt!
How do you juggle working as an actress and being a mum?
I don’t really! I only went back for a few months after Velvet was born to finish up a job I’d been on for some time. It was really difficult juggling it all. I’m finished now and have taken the rest of the year off to be a mum.
Are you a healthy eater?
Yes, I eat really well and enjoy cooking a lot. I prefer savoury food over sweet any day and I’m sure most of my wellness comes from having healthy, nourishing food and a good all round diet.
And how do you stay fit and strong?
I’m a huge fan of baby wearing (wearing or carrying a baby in a sling or in another form of carrier). It’s both strengthening for mamas and calming for babies. I’m stronger and fitter now than I was before having a baby for sure.
I also do Pilates only once a week to help with core strength, particularly after having my baby. Other than that I get enough incidental exercise running around after our girl; playing, crawling, lifting and jumping around is my workout!
As far as my mental wellbeing is concerned I mediate by simply breathing steadily when I can for about 20 minutes a day, usually while velvet naps. I also like to stop now and again during the day and really take in a moment very consciously and fully experience it, kind of like making life a meditation and drawing inspiration from whatever is around me.
What are your favourite Ere Perez products and handbag must haves?
The only makeup I wear when I’m not working is mascara and Ere Perez natural almond mascara is my absolute favourite. It’s so gentle. I know it’s a big makeup faux pas to admit that I often go to bed without taking it off, but my eyes have never been irritated by it, so there you go!
I’m also a fan of any product that does multiple things, so the beautiful beetroot cheek & lip tint is a good one for me to keep in my purse for a little extra something if I’m out and about and feel like a pep up!
How do you most like to spend family time?
I just love to be outside in nature. We have an incredible environment where we live. Amazing walks. We head out with velvet in the carrier and wander in the sun or rain or whatever.
What are your strengths and weaknesses as a mum?
I’m patient and feel like I understand our girl really well. I just get her and she gets me. I’m creative and inventive with games and things to do, that’s the actress in me. My weakness is finding time for myself. I actually don’t crave it like some mums do, so I have to force myself to go and exercise or whatever. I prefer being with Velvet; she’s brought so much joy into our lives.
You also have a blog, urthlingz. How did that come about and what are you hoping to do with it?
It’s just my little outlet really. I don’t know what it is other than my intuition speaking from time to time and a desire to reach people’s hearts. I can feel it evolving organically. I have a sense that more and more my inspiration for it will come from my journey as a mother and the joy of experiencing life in new ways with our girl.
Zoe is currently working on a documentary called “That sugar film” with her partner Damon Gameau.
The documentary is a unique experiment to record the effects of a high sugar diet on a healthy body, with the protagonists consuming only foods that are commonly perceived as ‘healthy’. Damon highlights some of the issues that plague the sugar industry, and where sugar lurks on supermarket shelves. Zoe stars alongside other well-known actors and actresses, including Stephen Fry, Isabel Lucas, Jessica Marais and Brenton Thwaites.
Zoe Tuckwell Smith: Una Mujer que Inspira
Zoe Tuckwell Smith es una de las actrices jóvenes más amadas en Australia, mejor conocida por su papel en la serie “Winners & Losers”, también ha participado en muchos filmes y series de televisión incluyendo “Home & Away”, “All Saints” y la película “Gone”. Zoe vive en Melbourne, Australia con su pareja, el actor y director Daman Gameau, y su pequeña hija Velvet de un año de edad.
¡Tu pequeña hija acaba de cumplir un año! ¿Cómo ha cambiado tu vida durante el último año?
Ha sido genial, nunca pensé que disfrutaría tanto ser mamá. Es la alegría más grande que he sentido.
¿Cómo le haces para combinar tu rol de actriz y tu rol de mama?
En realidad no lo hago, sólo regresé un par de meses después de que Velvet nació para terminar un trabajo que ya había empezado, fue muy difícil; terminé y me dediqué el resto del año a ser mamá de tiempo completo.
¿Comes sanamente?
Sí, como muy bien y además me encanta cocinar. Prefiero la comida salada que la dulce y estoy segura de que mi bienestar proviene de comer alimentos nutritivos y de tener una dieta sana y balanceada todo el tiempo.
¿Cómo le haces para mantenerte fuerte y en forma?
Soy fan de traer a mi bebé para todos lados, ya sea cargado o en carreola. Es muy buen ejercicio para las mamás y a la vez muy relajante para los bebés. Estoy mucho más fuerte y en forma ahora que antes de tener a mi bebé.
También practico Pilates una vez por semana para tonificar mis músculos, en especial después de haber tenido a mi bebé. Además hago mucho ejercicio accidental al correr detrás de mi niña, al gatear, saltar, y brincar junto con ella, esa es mi rutina diaria de ejercicios.
Mi bienestar mental también es importante para mí, por eso cuando Velvet duerme siesta aprovecho para meditar 20 minutos diarios; simplemente cierro mis ojos y respiro detenidamente. También me gusta hacer pausas durante el día para poder apreciar el momento y vivirlo al máximo. Es como hacer de la vida una meditación e inspirarme con todo lo que está a mi alrededor.
¿Cuáles son tus productos favoritos de Ere Perez y los indispensables para traer siempre en tu bolso?
Sólo uso mascara cuando no estoy trabajando y la Mascara con Aceite de Almendras de Ere Perez es absolutamente mi favorita. ¡Es tan suave! Sé que es un gran error admitir que a menudo voy a dormir sin desmaquillar mis pestañas sin embargo mis ojos jamás se han irritado con ella.
También me encanta la Barra de Labios con aceite de rosa mosqueta en tono “Love“. Soy fan de los productos que te dan múltiples beneficios así que el Tinte Multiusos con extracto de betabel es esencial para traer en mi bolso ya que me da un extra si ando fuera y quiero animarme un poco.
¿Cómo suelen pasar su tiempo en familia?
Amo pasar tiempo afuera, en la naturaleza, tenemos un medio ambiente hermoso en donde vivimos, hacemos unas caminatas increíbles, salimos con Velvet en su carreola y disfrutamos del sol, la lluvia y todo a nuestro alrededor.
¿Cuáles son tus fortalezas y debilidades como mamá?
Soy muy paciente y siento que entiendo a nuestra hija muy bien. La entiendo y me entiende. Soy muy creativa e invento juegos y cosas qué hacer, saco a la actriz que hay en mí.
Mi debilidad es encontrar tiempo para mí, en realidad no pido mi tiempo tal como lo hacen otras mamás; así que tengo que forzarme y salir a hacer ejercicio o cualquier otra cosa. Prefiero estar con Velvet, ella ha traído mucho gozo a nuestras vidas.
También tienes un blog: Urthlingz. ¿Cómo es que empezó el blog y qué esperas de él?
En realidad es mi pequeño escape. No es más que mi intuición que habla de vez en cuando y el deseo de llegar a los corazones de la gente. Puedo sentir como evoluciona orgánicamente. Tengo la sensación de que mi inspiración proviene de mi experiencia como madre y del gozo de experimentar la vida en nuevas formas con nuestra pequeña.
Zoe está trabajando actualmente junto con su pareja Damon Gameau en un documental titulado “That Sugar Film”.
El documental es un experimento único que registra los efectos que tiene en un cuerpo sano llevar una dieta alta en azúcar, los protagonistas consumen sólo alimentos considerados como “nutritivos”. Damon destaca algunas de las cuestiones que abundan en la industria del azúcar, y nos habla sobre su nivel de importancia en los anaqueles de los supermercados. Zoe protagoniza el documental junto a otros actores y actrices muy conocidos, entre ellos Stephen Fry, Isabel Lucas, Jessica Marais Y Brenton Thwaites.
Everything You Need For An Active, Healthy Lifestyle
It’s time to clear out all the unnecessary, old and unhealthy makeup from your cosmetics bag and concentrate on natural products that require minimum time for maximum nourishment and effect. Ere Perez Natural Cosmetics has some beautiful, healthy multi-taskers to the provide the perfect natural makeup arsenal for a busy, active life on the go. Continue reading “Natural Makeup Multi-taskers”
The young wildlife warrior shows Aussie teenagers how to look young, fresh and age appropriate!
Wow! Little Bindi is all grown up and we love her look. Always a great ambassador for Australia, Bindi is a class act as a teenager, showing her personality and edginess, but maintaining a healthy, natural look. If only all Australian teens would take her lead on how to look young, fresh and age appropriate!
All our products are healthy, nourishing, free from all nasties. They’re designed to let the skin breathe, so they’re perfect for young skins.
Get Bindi’s look with the following:
Look up all of these great makeup must-haves on our shiny new website. www.ereperez.com
Ere Perez now has a brand new collection of Eco Vegan brushes!
These new brushes are so unbelievably soft you’ll just want to sit and brush your face with them all day!! Of course they’re all still of the highest professional standard, using natural, supersoft and cruelty free materials, but they’re now vegan and include a brand new Multipurpose Flat Head Brush, especially designed to apply our creamy multi-tasking cheek and lip products, foundation and highlighters.
Natural, supersoft, vegan and certified Cruelty Free, we use biodegradable materials, such as corn resin (instead of plastic) for the handles and the hair is now made from super silky nylon, rather than animal hair. The synthetic hair is particularly good for sensitive skin and is much more economical with the makeup itself, wasting a lot less than more porous animal hair.
All these fab new brushes are designed to be super easy to work with as well as to achieve the best results possible: They are are tapered and textured to provide great coverage and softness and designed to give all users the tools to create a perfect look with the minimum makeup know-how!
The handles are much longer lasting than wood handles and should be cleaned with a mild hair shampoo for hygiene when necessary.
The new brushes include:
ECO VEGAN MULTIPURPOSE BRUSH – This is an absolute brush winner and will become a makeup bag essential! Designed to give the best application for all creamy products, it’s perfect for Ere Perez Clever Carrot Cheek & Lip Balms, Versatile Vanilla Highlighters and the Oat Milk Foundation. RRP AUD $32.95
ECO VEGAN CONCEALER AND LIP BRUSH – The tool that makeup artists rely on, this is the essential vegan and eco cover-up brush for Arnica Concealer and Oat Milk Foundation. Two brushes in one, it’s perfect for touching up and creating flawless skin. The larger brush end has a wide, flat surface, ideal for disguising red cheeks, broken capillaries, sunspots or any areas of discolouration. Use the smaller, defined end to apply directly to spots, breakouts and over delicate areas, such as the rim of the eye or for lipstick application. AUD $29.95
ECO VEGAN EYE BRUSH – The beautiful dual purpose, two-ended vegan eye brush has a fine tapered end to apply fine lines to create more of an eyeliner look. It can be used wet with our Creative Chamomile Eye Shadow Duo colours to give a more precise eye colour, while the fatter, rounder end is perfect for smudging and blending. AUD $29.95
ECO VEGAN POWDER BRUSH – Look no further than this brush to use with all Ere Perez natural Pure Rice Powders. With full, round bristles for smooth application, it feels amazingly soft on the skin, to the point you might get stuck in front of the mirror just brushing your face for hours. AUD $33.95
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EASY TO USE, BEAUTIFULLY DEFINED EYES, NATURALLY
Ere Perez Natural Cosmetics has reformulated its popular natural Jojoba Oil Eyeliner Pencils and now all pencils are made with a blend of organic oils, including jojoba, sweet almond*, sesame* and also plant-derived anti-oxidant, Tocopherol (Vitamin E).
The ultra smooth, super soft, 100% natural pencils glide onto your eyelids to give a really easy, perfect application every time.
A must-have for everyone, these beautiful pencils deliver perfect lines to expertly frame the eyes. In a rich black or a dark chocolate brown, they can also be combined with eye shadow or smudged with Ere’s new Eco Vegan Line & Shade Eye Brush to create a more intense, blended look.
The soothing organic jojoba oil formula contains no nasties, so won’t clog up the roots of lashes or irritate the eyes. Its gentle, lightweight natural formula is excellent for use day or night, on the inner eyelids and also for sensitive eyes and lashes.
Create ultra dark and mysterious night time eyes with the rich soft black – perfect for night time use, or go a little more subtle with the dark chocolate brown pencil which suits all skin tones.
These fantastic eyeliner pencils are formulated with a blend of organic oils with anti-ageing and soothing properties to ensure your eyelashes and skin are as nourished and cared-for as possible. Easily removed with an oil based makeup remover or simply use a little bit of jojoba oil, which you can get from health food stores and which lasts for ages.
Combine with Ere Perez Creative Chamomile Eye Colour Duos and Ere Perez Natural Almond Oil Mascara (Black) or Sunflower Oil Mascara (Brown).
*Coming Soon – a brand new biodegradable pencil sharpener!*
NB not to be used by people with Sesame allergy.
At Ere Perez we believe very strongly in the need for a total ban on animal testing for cosmetics.
Last year Cruelty Free celebrated a historic moment as Cruelty Free’s founding organisation, the campaign led by BUAV (British Union for the Abolition of Vivisection) to end animal testing for cosmetics finally came to an end in Europe – with the last phase of the European Union’s ban coming into force.
Now it’s time for Australia to get on board too and recently UK comedian and actor, Ricky Gervais spoke on behalf of the Be Cruelty-Free Australia campaign.
Coordinated by Humane Research Australia and Humane Society International, it is part of the largest campaign in the world to end animal testing for cosmetics such as lipstick and shampoo.
The End Cruel Cosmetics Bill was introduced in March 2014 by Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon, and seeks to ban both cosmetics animal testing within Australia, as well as the import and sale of newly animal-tested cosmetics from abroad. This would mirror the historic ban in place across the 28 member countries of the European Union, the world’s largest cosmetics market.
Animal testing for cosmetics is still legal in Australia. Although often assumed to occur infrequently, there are no official statistics to show how often such tests are conducted here or how many animals are subjected to cosmetics suffering. Additionally, many of the cosmetics on sale in Australia’s shops will have been tested on animals in another country.
We are a Cruelty Free brand and believe there is absolutely no excuse for animal testing to occur anywhere in the world for the sake of cosmeticsWe only test on friends and family! And we never use any unsafe ingredients. Why would we? Ere Perez
So if you want to get behind the bill to ban animal testing in cosmetics in Australia, click here to send an email to your Senator asking them to support the End Cruel Cosmetics Bill.
For more information and a who’s who of Cruelty Free ambassadors, go to www.choosecrueltyfree.org.au.
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