Innholdsfortegnelse for 1708 i New Zealand Woman's Weekly

They’ll be all glammed up and looking their best when they walk the red carpet at the Academy Awards later this month, but here are some of this year’s Oscar nominees looking less-than-stellar. Long before there was Facebook there were school yearbooks, which luckily for us have preserved celebrities in all their gawky teenage glory – and in Mel Gibson’s case, even further back to when he was so young that it was impossible to imagine being able to produce the bird’s nest of a beard he sports today. Meryl Streep and Natalie Portman show signs of the lovely leading ladies they’d go on to be, and Denzel Washington and Viola Davis hardly appear to have aged. But let’s be honest here, Nicole Kidman has clearly benefited from the help…

‘Nobody wants to be Mr Minogue. It takes a very strong man to put themselves in that position’ Kylie Minogue is unlucky in love yet again. Friends and family are gathering around the star as she faces the coming weeks dealing with the fallout of her broken engagement to the person she thought was “The One”, Joshua Sasse. The Spinning Around singer kicked her 29-year-old former fiancé out of her west London home after reports surfaced that he was getting close with his Spanish co-star Marta Milans (34) while filming US TV drama No Tomorrow, in Canada last year. It came only weeks after Kylie (48) gushed in TV interviews about Josh and how she was prepared to take his surname. “Sasse is a great name,” she told reporters. “Kylie…

Boring sandwiches be gone! This week’s recipes introduce some wickedly good fillings. Expand your lunch horizons to include these beauties – some of which are meals in themselves. Send your foodie thoughts and questions to Nici: nwickes@bauermedia.co.nz Toasted pastrami fingers MAKES 12 Toasting this club sandwich will make it the best snack ever! 100g butter, softened 12 slices sandwich bread 200g gruyére cheese, sliced 6 gherkins, sliced 200g pastrami (or ham) 20g butter, for cooking 1 Butter each bread slice on one side only. 2 Top 4 bread slices with the cheese and gherkins, then another slice of bread, butter-side down. Butter the upper sides and top with pastrami (use all of it), followed by the remaining bread slices. Butter the tops, remove the crusts and slice each into three…

Not that I’m biased but blondes and redheads, look away... this week is all about brunettes! I asked an expert for advice on how to wear this glossy, glamourous colour well, even when you’re battling the ageing process. I’ve been dyeing my naturally ash-brown hair varying shades of brunette for decades, but these days my regrowth is revealing a lot more than just a sprinkle of “platinum”, and I’ve been wondering if I should consider other options. Should I be lightening up a shade or two now I’m in my mid-40s? Do I need to look at additional colouring techniques like balayage, highlights or lowlights? Am I just going too grey to maintain a brunette regime? These are all questions I’ve been pondering. Recent studies reveal that 75% of women…

How to pre-soak new baby clothes, create DIY window cleaner and make your own citrus household cleaner. Over the summer, we had a lot of visitors with little fingers who left loads of little marks all over the windows. I’m not usually very fussy when it comes to windows but one afternoon I decided it was time to do something about the marks. I armed myself with some old newspapers and made up this cleaner which worked brilliantly. WINDOW CLEANER 1 Fill a spray bottle with 2 cups water and 1 cup white vinegar. 2 Add a few drops of liquid detergent and a few drops of lavender oil. 3 Spray windows, wipe with a rag and finish off with some scrunched-up newspaper. CITRUS HOUSEHOLD CLEANER I’ve been enjoying making…

I love the post-Christmas period. I know it’s full-on summer when the jacaranda outside our local vet clinic is in full bloom and my neighbour is grumpy because his is dropping flowers in his pool. There’s no pleasing some people. I mean, how lucky can you be to have a jacaranda and a pool? There’s nothing quite as splendid as a mature jacaranda in full flower. No, not even a pohutukawa can match it for elegance, intensity and sheer brilliance. Ours flowered for the first time this year and although it’s not even as tall as I am yet, it managed quite a few blossoms and provided a mini-spectacle at the entrance to the property. A couple of months ago, I’d thought it was on its last legs but jacarandas…

The ability to pay in one lump sum for a service that is done throughout the year appears to be numbered. These days, many companies prefer to be paid by direct debit, but you don’t know why. In the past, you paid your wheelie bin company in advance annually. Now it’s insisting on being paid by direct debit. You don’t feel comfortable using this payment method because you feel you no longer have total control over your bank account. But they insist. What are my thoughts? I don’t know what you’re worrying about. You will still be paying in advance annually. It’s just that you will be giving your bank permission to pay them the exact amount of money from your bank account. It’s not as though they can take…

AQUARIUS Jan 21 – Feb 19 You will have to work under pressure and it may well interfere with any other plans you have this week. You might be able to fit in a quick meal, or movies and a takeaway with your lover, but that is about it. The upside is that by focusing on work and putting in the extra hours, there will be a nice reward at the end of it. Plus, you will be able to schedule in that romantic dinner. PISCES Feb 20 – Mar 20 There is something you really need to focus on: it is not necessarily work; but more a personal interest, sport or study. The important thing is to take your time so that you are satisfied with the end result.…

‘The trick is to have friends who are much grouchier than you’ Men, it is commonly said, have a tendency to turn grumpier the older they get. I’m not sure who suggested such a thing but the claim has been repeated enough to be thought of as some sort of truth when, of course, it’s complete nonsense. And I say this as a man who is getting older, a not altogether awful development, though it has its drawbacks. One of them is having to listen to the suggestion that I might be getting grouchier, even though I’m not. For the record, I was a great deal grouchier when I was much younger. My grouchiness probably peaked when I was about 16. My mother still talks about how difficult I was…

One of things I love about novels is the way they can take you to places you’ve never visited and into situations you’re unlikely to experience in your own life. As you turn the pages, you get to walk in someone else’s shoes. I am never going to have a transgender child (I’m way too old!) but I’ve gained a greater understanding of what it must be like thanks to this warm and quirky novel. In real life its author, Laurie Frankel, has a little girl who used to be a little boy. This isn’t her story at all, but it’s clear the novel is illuminated by lots of genuine insights. While the author only has one child, the mother in her story, stressed-out A&E doctor Rosie Walsh has a…

It’s a year of milestones here at the Weekly, with anniversaries and birthdays galore for us to acknowledge and celebrate. It’s meant we’ve had ample reason to look back through our archives, where so many gems lie. We could have easily spent the entire week just looking through galleries of pictures of Her Majesty , who has marked her Sapphire Jubilee – 65 years as our queen. The official portrait we’ve chosen for our cover is from a 1985 sitting, where you’ll see she is wearing her sapphire jewels, reported to be a wedding gift from her father . Her jubilee is an incredible occasion to acknowledge, but one that is also obviously tinged with sadness, as it simultaneously marks the sudden passing of her father , King George VI.…

‘His every public move was being orchestrated to appeal to the committee’ For most of his life, David Beckham has hardly put a foot wrong – especially his right foot, which scored many of the goals that made him a sporting legend. But the former golden boy of football’s reputation has been severely tarnished by the hacked email scandal dubbed “Beckileaks”. The leaked emails, which David (41) sent to his publicist Simon Oliveira, paint a picture of a man hell-bent on getting a knighthood and furious at not receiving the honour. When overlooked, he referred to the Honours Committee as “unappreciative c***s”, according to one email. The correspondence suggests he’s been doing whatever he can to try to become Sir David, even using the charity work for which he has…

BERRY FOOL SERVES 4 300g frozen mixed berries, thawed 1 tbsp icing sugar 2 cups berry yoghurt 1 cup cream, whipped 50g hazelnuts, toasted and chopped Mint leaves, to serve 1 Place 4 × 1-cup serving glasses, jars or bowls on an oven tray. Set aside. 2 In a medium bowl, mix the berries with the sugar until combined. Spoon a third of the berry mixture into each serving glass. 3 Top with half the yoghurt. Spoon a little whipped cream evenly over each. Finish with half the remaining berries, followed by the rest of the yoghurt. Using a spoon, swirl through each dessert to create a marbled effect. 4 Chill until ready to serve, then top each with an even amount of the remaining berries, hazelnuts and mint. •…

Don’t let faded brows give away your secret! Choose a product that closely matches your hair colour and blend through with a brush. Most brow brands have light and dark brunette options. In my experience, the dark brunette is nearly always too dark for a mature complexion, so it’s best to opt for a light brunette shade and build up colour if needed. Brow gels are a genius way to disguise greying eyebrows because they almost act like a tint from root to tip and tame wiry hairs at the same time. The latest is 1 Mellow Cosmetics Tinted Brow Gel, $19.50. Alternatively, a cream-to-powder crayon like 2 L’Oréal Paris Brow Artist Maker, $22.99, can be drawn on and blended through the brow with a built-in soft brush.…

When you’re facing drug treatment for cancer, not knowing what it will be like and how it will affect you can contribute to a lot of your fear. Here’s what to expect from chemotherapy. Cancer is a very scary word. For many people, another word that strikes fear into their hearts is chemotherapy. The thought of having this drug treatment can be terrifying, but it helps to know what is involved. • Chemotherapy uses special anti-cancer drugs to destroy cancer cells while doing the least possible damage to normal cells. The drugs go through the body, rather than directly to the site of the cancer, which means the whole body can be affected. • If you also need surgery, such as in the case of breast cancer, chemotherapy is usually…

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Find your style A sincere thank you, New Zealand Woman’s Weekly, from the bottom of my heart. Your fashion styles are “super duper” and what I really find wonderful is next to the model you list the prices of the items, as well as where they can be purchased! Yes, I have bought some of these clothes thanks to your methods of advertising the wares. I am truly impressed and one very happy lady! Lorra Rose, Whanganui $100 WINNING LETTER Photographic legend I was fascinated reading about the lifetime achievements of acclaimed photographer Lord Snowdon, Princess Margaret’s ex-husband in the Weekly (30.01.17). He was a very charismatic man, by all accounts, with a natural ability to let the camera do the talking. He always seemed to me to have a…

Mary Lambie is a business woman and broadcaster. My favourite book ever is… Last year I enjoyed reading Primates of Park Avenue by Wednesday Martin. It documents New York’s Upper East Side mothers. From their holiday homes in the Hamptons, to buying $200,000 Hermès Birkin handbags, these women’s lives are such a far fetch from mine that this read was pure rubbernecking. My book of the moment is… Major Petttigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson. Major Pettigrew is a 68-year-old retired army officer who falls for the local shop owner, Mrs Ali, a Pakistani widow. A relationship develops, which causes consternation among the locals. It’s warm, funny, engaging and at times quite the page-turner as their relationship picks up speed.…

‘She is not marking becoming the first monarch to reign for 65 years with any special celebration’ As milestones go, it’s a rather significant one. It’s not every day that a monarch gets to mark reigning for 65 years. But for the Queen, becoming the first British ruler to reach her Sapphire Jubilee was an occasion she preferred to let pass with the minimum of fuss. She spent the day at home at her Sandringham estate, with no official engagements scheduled on what’s known as Accession Day. The anniversary was marked only by two royal gun salutes and the issuing of a series of commemorative coins and stamps. Buckingham Palace re-released a photograph taken of the Queen in 2014 by David Bailey, in which she is wearing sapphire jewellery given…

There are dresses everywhere and sometimes it is easy to become overwhelmed with all of the choices around. I have broken down the main styles you will see this season. Fit and flare • A fit-and-flare style is the ultimate flattering shape, no matter what your size, and this Jacqui-E dress covers off the lace trend too. I’ve paired it here with simple white accessories for a day or work look that is chic and simple. • Add a cropped jacket to show off your waist if you want to. DRESS $179.99 from JACQUI-E. BANGLES $15.90 (FOR SET), from COLETTE BY COLETTE HAYMAN. SALUCCI COLLECTION SHOES $79.99 from FARMERS. Tie neck • This season there will be a lot of tie-neck dresses and tops in the shops. This print Witchery…

For dark-haired ladies, traditional dry shampoos can leave tell-tale residue. Try a tinted formula such as 1 Moroccanoil Dry Shampoo for Brunettes, $44.50. Experts recommend colour-care shampoo and conditioners to help prolong the life of your colour and keep it looking shiny. Try a lower sulphate variety like 2 Dove Shampoo Hair Therapy Colour Radiance, $7.49. When those sneaky greys start to peak through and you haven’t got time to colour, a temporary concealer such as 3 L’Oréal Paris Magic Retouch, $19.99, is the perfect solution. Arm yourself with a colour designed to give grey hair a slightly translucent coverage. This will help you to achieve a natural look. We like 4 L’Oréal Paris Excellence Age Perfect Brunettes, $25.59. Maintaining a brunette head of hair as you age is about…

Learning you have cancer not only has a huge impact on you – it affects the whole family. While you may want to keep the news from your children because you don’t want to worry them, chances are they will work out that something is wrong and be even more scared if they know something is being kept from them. The best course of action is to be straightforward and explain to your children that you have an illness that needs treatment. How you do this will depend on their age and level of comprehension. WHAT TO SAY AND HOW TO SAY IT • Do use the word cancer. While it can be a scary word at first, if it is used in everyday conversation they will get used to…

YOU WILL NEED • .4 x 50g balls each of cream, lime and teal “4 Seasons” Pure Wool 8ply • .3 x 50g balls each of red, orange and green “4 Seasons” Pure Wool 8ply • .6mm crochet hook • .Scissors and needle for sewing • Stitch markers MEASUREMENT Finished: approx. 85cm SPECIAL ABBREVIATIONS ( ) = work sts in brackets into same st [ ] = repeat instructions in brackets a number of times shell = group of sts v-st = V-stitch, (1tr 1ch 1tr) in same st hdtr = half double treble – (yoh twice, pull up lp in next st, yoh, pull through two lps, yoh, pull through last three lps) 3tr cluster = (yoh, pull up lp in next st, yoh, pull through 2 lps) three times, yoh, pull through all…

WHIP IT! Here’s a cute thing my three-year-old grandson Lockie said when I was last visiting – he asked his mum if he could please get an ice cream from the camper. I figured out pretty quickly it was Mr Whippy! How cute. J Wade, via email THE PSYCHOLOGIST I was visiting an uncle when I noticed a cousin and his friend playing hide and seek. The cousin, knowing where to hide, upset the friend who, after a quarter of an hour’s search, yelled out, “Bobby, where are you? Your mother wants you.” The reply came from a barrel, “Here me is!” RPM, Orewa, June 17, 1974 WET FITTING The other day at the beach, two girls ran into the water fully clothed. They didn’t stay in long and ran…

‘Signing up for an actual event would be just the kick-start I needed to begin 2017’ When I signed up to do the Tussock Traverse before Christmas, it seemed like a good idea. Entering the 13km off-road run in Tongariro National Park meant I would be committed to training through the Christmas-New Year period, which can be a time when all the wheels fall off. Far too much drinking, eating and frolicking is generally had, and exercise falls by the wayside. To be fair, my own personal frolicking had started long before the festive season. Despite a couple of attempts to get back into running, my heart just wasn’t in it. But surely signing up for an actual event would be just the kick-start I needed to begin 2017 the…

She lives in Seattle and is the author of three novels. She also teaches writing and works to help promote literacy in her community with a bunch of other local authors. I wanted to write this novel because… “I love stories about quirky families and how together they face down whatever comes. Most families don’t have a transgender child, but all families have children who don’t conform sometimes in some ways.” The most challenging thing about writing it was… “That it was close to home. I was writing about a transgender little girl – and I do have a transgender little girl. Our life is low on plot, but low on plot is not what one wants for a novel, so I had to put these characters through some trauma…

There was purposefulness in Anjelica Huston’s stride last week and it can’t be a coincidence that this was after an announcement about her upcoming film. The Addams Family star – who was the third generation in her family to win an Academy Award after her performance in the 1985 film Prizzi’s Honor – will voice one of the characters in Arctic Justice: Thunder Squad. The animated film is about a group of heroes fighting global warming, and also features the voice talents of Alec Baldwin, Heidi Klum and John Cleese.…