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" My favourite colours have always been '60s Miami-inspired gold and peach - feminine but not too girlie. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Been
Gold
Peach
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" 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 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 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
" It'll seem convenient 'cause I am ambassador for the charity, but Look Good Feel Better launched a set of makeup brushes through Priceline, and I use the multi-tasking brush to apply my liquid foundation. It's wonderful. As good as the Bobbi Brown Full Coverage Face brush, which I also use. "
Zoe Foster Blake
I Am
Foundation
Good
" It's important to show each other your marriage is a priority. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Show
Important
Your
" Hamish is worried about ending up like my parents, who each spend time in their two homes in Bundanoon and Sydney. But that's how their marriage has lasted. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Parents
Sydney
Ending
" 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
" 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
" Now my goal is to be strong. I get two classes in a week, and they'll be either barre or reformer Pilates. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Now
Week
Two
" 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 didn't even know what a beauty editor was. It sounds like a fictional job if you think about it. You get to test lipstick and perfume and nail polish legitimately and call it work. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Know
Work
Think
" 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
" Life isn't always really glamorous and fabulous. It's about encouraging people to go back to natural beauty. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Go
Beauty
People
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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
" I thought I'd have the baby, and get super fit and strong straight away. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Strong
Thought
Away
" We live a happy life, and we don't take anything too seriously. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Seriously
Happy Life
Happy
" I wish I could do 50 projects a year. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Wish
Projects
Year
" I guess the headline is that you mustn't tough it out assuming it's 'normal' to feel incredible pain when you're preggo or post-partum, or be afraid to try a new specialist or a new kind of specialist if you have pain that isn't getting any better. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Better
Kind
Pain
" 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
" 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
" 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
" 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. "
Zoe Foster Blake
People
Happy
Hate
" 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
" Marriage isn't always cupcakes and Jesus juice, but it's important to show each other your marriage is a priority and that you still love them. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Juice
Important
You
" I had a free-range childhood. We lived in town but with a cow, chooks, bees, and multiple veggie gardens so we could live self-sufficiently. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Bees
Childhood
Cow
" 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
" I want anything I produce to be good for people kind enough to try it, but it's the momentum and process I enjoy most. "
Zoe Foster Blake
Good
Process
Enjoy