"I am looped in the loops of her hair." Yeats wrote as the 20th century dawned, celebrating the desire for maddening love and lust of the honeymoon phase. This made curly hair owneresses everywhere smirk with the smug grandeur of the coveted hairstyle bestowed upon them by nature. A curse, set on our heads to remind us that we can’t control everything, is also a blessing that can easily provide a lifetime of good hair days if properly cared for.

Spring has already had a couple of outbursts in our part of the world, and we couldn’t be happier to switch to a spring wardrobe of light layers, white shirts, blouses, smart shoes with bare ankles and jeans - and spring makeup.