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" I'm bad; I wear trainers with everything: with a dress, skirts, all of that. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Dress
Everything
Skirts
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" Life isn't always really glamorous and fabulous. It's about encouraging people to go back to natural beauty. "
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" I thought I'd have the baby, and get super fit and strong straight away. "
Zoe Foster Blake
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Thought
Away
" The morning is always my best time of the day for writing because that's when my head is best. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Morning
Day
Best
" Hamish and I rarely go to launches or parties any more but prefer to spend our time hanging out together. "
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Go
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Time
" No one reads my books until they're finished because I don't want feedback. It confuses me, and it changes things; if I get too much feedback, I get thrown off my path. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Me
Path
Feedback
" I'm pedantic about lip balm. I've been chomping through Lip Smackers since age 11. So the lip balm called Lips! is a personal favourite. I also really love the Properly Clean cleanser. Women are wearing primer, sunscreen and makeup, so a cleanser needs to work hard these days. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Lips
Makeup
Women
" You're allowed to work hard and have good things and do good things. "
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Work Hard
Work
Good Things
" Obviously there's a lot more to a TV show than just a book... I think adaptations are a bit tricky for the screenwriters because they're worried about upsetting the author. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Because
Book
More
" When I first have an idea, I'll spit-ball it with my husband: he's my beautiful ideas sounding board. I usually have a year deadline from start to finish, so I'll piss about for three months and pretend to get started. Then there's four to six months of actual writing and, after that, submissions, edits, and eventually a finished product. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Three
Ideas
Beautiful
" There are perks to being the partner of a professional athlete - we were invited into beautiful homes, enjoyed stunning sponsor cars, got special treatment at restaurants, and attended many exquisite functions. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Beautiful
Got
Professional
" I used to write fiction, non-fiction, fiction, non-fiction and have a clear pattern because I'd need a break from one style when going into the next book. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Need
Write
Book
" My favourite colours have always been '60s Miami-inspired gold and peach - feminine but not too girlie. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Been
Gold
Peach
" I really like funny women. I'm drawn to women like Tina Fey and Amy Poehler and Kristen Wiig, Amy Schumer. They're writers, they're producers, they're actresses. They're brilliant, funny, excellent women. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Brilliant
Funny
Like
" An anniversary is a reminder as to why you love and married this person. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Love
Anniversary
You
" I've written everywhere - in hotel rooms, cafes, airports, and planes all around the world. Now I have a home office, and the wi-fi is really bad down there, which is great. If I make a date with myself to write from, say, 6 A.M. to 10 A.M. on a Saturday, the fact that no emails come in helps me focus. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Myself
Focus
Great
" I'm obsessed with brows, so Revlon's ColorStay Eyebrow Liner is a must, and the Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stain in Rendezvous is another obsession. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Obsession
Balm
Eyebrow
" As with any moderately famous person, footballers are the source of much gossip. In fact, I'd go as far as to say they are targeted. The fun part as their partner is not knowing who, or what, to believe. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Famous
Believe
Fun
" I was writing blogs before work, then I was writing at work, and then I started writing books on the weekend because you just have that sort of energy in your 20s; it's wonderful. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Energy
Work
Writing
" I was the youngest and on my own a lot. I think this probably taught me independence and how to be okay with my own company. Also, it meant I read a lot. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Independence
Company
My Own
" I had gross morning sickness til about 15 weeks and then gestational diabetes, and most annoyingly, from about week 20, I had pelvis issues, which saw me on crutches for the last five weeks of the pregnancy and has since developed into full-blown Osteitis Pubis and pelvic instability. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Diabetes
Week
Sickness
" Use a corrector to do all the heavy lifting under the eyes, not concealer. I spent years re-applying and layering concealer and Touche Eclat under there, when what I really needed was a good, peachy-toned corrector. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Use
Really
Good
" Black liner around the eye makes your eyes look smaller. I think you should reassess, if you're a really big black liner user, maybe even just doing the top line, not lower, or try a brown or a plum or even a navy. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Eyes
Look
Think
" At 9 P.M., everything goes off - and it's hard. But it's something you've got to do. I'm wasting my life. "
Zoe Foster Blake
You
Everything
Hard
" Napoleon's The One Concealer is amazing. Pantene Styling Treatment Foam makes my stupid-crazy hair behave, and I love hair powders such as Aveda Pure Abundance and Batiste Dry Shampoo. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Abundance
Love
Pure
" By mid-morning, I take a break from my novel and work on my Sunday Style column, which is about pop culture and what I find on the web. I usually start writing it at the beginning of the week and give it a couple of days to marinate before I return to it. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Culture
Beginning
Style
" I saturate freshly washed hair with thickening spray (R+Co). Then, using a Denman/styler brush and my Parlux, I brush and blow-dry the hair all over my head, in every direction, until it's 80 percent dry. This gives atomic body and a great foundation for styling in the morning. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Hair
Great
Foundation
" Women will use a glycolic acid cleanser, then an AHA/BHA serum, then a retinol night cream and sure, they have glowing skin, but that's the equivalent of a mini-peel each night. Go easy on your skin! Get good advice! We have finite layers! "
Zoe Foster Blake
Night
Good
Women
" We live a happy life, and we don't take anything too seriously. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Seriously
Happy Life
Happy
" The selfie phenomenon is enormous, and it's hilarious. Especially as Australians, because we kind of hate people that love themselves, but that's all flipping on its head now, and we're happy to love ourselves. "
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People
Happy
Hate
" Lipstick is always in, whether it's matte, creamy, glossy, and so on. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Lipstick
Always
Whether