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Kay Alleyne Born to Shine

Everything about Kay Alleyne says star quality. The hazel-coloured contact lens, the well made up face, the mass of copper-streaked hair piled high in a ponytail and the outfit.

 

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From the editor

For the first time in years, I will not be ordering pastelles and black cake for Christmas. Let me say that I am neither lazy nor inept in the kitchen, as I tell people, I have a dolly house stove that won’t allow me to do much more than cook.

 

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Tips to help trim uletide spending

Prime Minister Patrick Manning put it succinctly in his address to the nation: “It’s time to tighten our belts.

Drop out scores big in business

Her teenage pregnancy forced her out of secondary school, but that never stopped Natasha Joseph from following her dream to open her own business.

Season draws crowds of window shoppers

WomanWise Writer Desiree Mc Eachrane began her Christmas shopping in earnest and wanted to take you along with her.

Tone down how you celebrate Christmas

The atmosphere, the smells, the music, the shopping, the decorating, the parties and the food. Yes, it’s Christmas time all right. The question is can we tone it down in response to calls for tightening our belts and saving.

Single at christmas

She’s the woman who revels in single-ness for most of the year. However, as soon as the Yuletide season comes around, her single-ness turns to loneliness and she morphs into the gracious host of her own pity party.

Garden shopping

To conclude this year’s guide to garden shopping, today I would like to tell you about three more well known garden establishments in different parts of the country, this time in south, central and north Trinidad.

Couple’s styles combine to make beautiful haven

Dick, my walking partner and former neighbour, mentioned to me the other day that Yvette, his bride of two years, had taken a keen interest in their garden and was working very hard at it...

Distributor’s products offers evocative smells

In her short life, there seems to be nothing Nalini Mansoor hasn’t done. She’s travelled the world, studied both in England and Florida, and even won the title of Miss Amity at Wayne Berkeley’s Carnival Queen competition. Now she owns her own company, Zahra Lily Ltd, which she operates out of her Westmoorings home...

What women see ...but what men think

We’ve often heard as women that men see us much differently than we see ourselves. But just how much does a woman’s opinion of herself differs from a man’s opinion of her? That’s what WomanWise wanted to find out...

 
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