OK I have to write a blog like this every November, the month our thoughts go to the growing tyre around the middle and dusting off the LBD hidden at the back of the closet, remembering you never actually got into it last year. It is going to take four weeks of hell, discipline and facing denial, in order to look and feel amazing through the party season in December and hopefully this time, the penny will finally drop, yo-yo dieting and torture is not the only way to...

The one thing I do every day and have done since I was very young is commit time to getting ready  properly, not just throwing any old thing on and that incudes putting make up on even if I'm not doing anything except going for a walk, Shirley speaks.

One of the best things about being a stylist is you get the celebrity inside scoop.

After the millionaire lifestyle, there's something enormously satisfying about bagging a major bargain by shopping secondhand.

Confidence and self belief is not half the battle it's the whole war when it comes to styling. When we are young dressing to impress is part of our youthful DNA. It tends to dwindle as we age and other priorities take over but it doesn't have to be this way.

When I started The Hollywood Look For Less and opened the first clothes swapping studio in Leicester in 2007 I thought I was genius. Everyone thought I was crazy but then again I've always been ahead of the pack.

Having lost everything the start of my recovery journey began as a volunteer in Oxfam. It wasn't long before I was touring the county styling all the customers.

There's a budding stylist in everyone. And the beauty about creating your own style, the only person you have to please is yourself.

Donate your unwanted clothes to charity shops or thrift stores.