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100% natural luxury eco candles using soy wax and rapeseed oil, plus beautiful complex and original fragrance blends that are exclusive to JOGB.
JOGBLiving
3y ago
Property Hunting in Lockdown!
Oh guys…2020 has been crazy for us all, hasn’t it?
At JOGB, it’s been insane. You see, we had sold our South London home pre-Christmas and were renting a little London house (to save money) while viewing houses across the country from Norfolk to Devon.
I mean, who knew?
Who knew that we’d be stuck, trapped - literally unable to leave the house some days. The entire family in a teeny space. Lockdown began…
And property-hunting? Well, I’m sure you all know that ground to an almighty halt. Video tours - for the biggest purchase of your life? I don’t think so…
The wei ..read more
JOGBLiving
3y ago
Organic Apples and Grapes Galore at Random Thatch
One of four apples trees …we can’t drink apple juice quickly enough!
Random Thatch - our new eco home for JOGB
At our new eco home for JOGB - a 17th Century thatched house near Bruton, Somerset (@randomthatch on Instagram) we have fallen for a home renovation with the most immense garden, full of berries and fruit trees, and the most amazing garden features - such as my favourite space, a 350+ year old curved stone garden seat (below) that ‘will have’ (once filled with love & frogs) at your feet, a semi circular pond - it’s SO adorable ..read more
JOGBLiving
4y ago
Come Slow Down with Us
This week I had the honour of being asked to be a SLOW COACH for Slow Ageing Essentials - a wonderful consciously created skincare collection that I truly adore AND use - and offer my tips in calming down in life. If you haven’t yet heard of SAE do check out their website. The ethos of this company, led by Margot and David Lieber who have spent their careers living and breathing peace, calm and grace in business, is to embrace the ‘right to age well, whatever your race, gender, background and passions in life. As a result, Slow Ageing is about taking better care of ..read more
JOGBLiving
4y ago
“Gavin’s gluten-free, dairy-free, sugar-free Amazing Rock Cakes”
Lord Gavin McLeod-Valentine’s Amazing ‘free-from’ Rock Cakes
If you check out @lordgmv on Instagram you’ll find the wonderful Lord Gavin McLeod-Valentine: red carpet skincare expert loved by the likes of Olivia Coleman to Kendall Jenner, who has also recently been battling with his own cancer treatment throughout the pandemic. He’s amazing.
Gavin is one of the most positive beings on this planet, a champion of kindness and support to all his friends and colleagues both sides of the Atlantic; so much so that, even while sel ..read more
JOGBLiving
4y ago
Beautiful Albie Bowl, £84 at Abigail Ahern, the queen of noir interior styling
Now that we’ve all been staring at these same four walls for just a little too often, time to consider a few new ornaments that simply bring you JOY.
Now I don’t mean ‘Spark Joy’ like Marie Kondo - personally the minimal super tidy approach to life, with a full house, working from home and a humungous dog, feels a bit dreary. Order is one thing - ‘control’, that’s just not homely. It’s not relaxing … I like to feel free and ad-hoc and spontaneous. Style-wise I like haphazard, asymmetrical, mismatched … MK & I w ..read more
JOGBLiving
4y ago
‘Stay at Home’… will we ever want to once this lockdown is totally lifted? Imagine how crazy we’ll go into cafes and bars. Will we ever turn down a party invite again? But right now, as everything is slightly lifting - the elderly are still expected to stay-at-home to protect themselves, and the NHS. Yet we are an ageing population: currently, in the UK, 12 million are over 65, 6million over 75; all predicted to increase to 20% by 2030. But, while we’re still in the midst of socially distancing from friends, neighbours and loved ones - use this time to focus on how we’re going to emerge: calm ..read more
JOGBLiving
4y ago
Your #wfh tidy desk guide
I’ve worked from home as a writer and journalist for the past 20 years of my life, with intermittent office jobs -juggling school-age children and endless copy deadlines, both of which often had me waking up at 4 am. However, I’m naturally a messy person - so not the ideal partner to #wfh. I maintain it’s because I like to have everything ‘on show’ so that I don’t forget what I’m writing about (my memory is so diabolical). In truth I just never had ‘a system’, as my husband Jim would call it, to neatly store things away out of sight – chances are I’d need them the mom ..read more
JOGBLiving
4y ago
Our new JOGB Black Obsidian Facial Roller, £45, helps firm and tone while relaxing tense muscles too. Jo swears by it
The best way to apply skincare…
Facial Massage Rolling is a traditional Chinese treatment that is a great way to replicate a touch of the therapist when you’re at home, as it can be used firmly in conjunction with facial oils and serums. I love facial rolling because these simple beauty tools feel so cool and deeply therapeutic when rolled across the forehead, brows, cheeks and jawline. A simply technique of rolling (pop ..read more
JOGBLiving
4y ago
Why we all need to embrace the power of nature’s scents in our home for a better way of living.
As seen in the latest Winter Edition of Neptune Stories, Volume 11
Walk-in, shut the door, drop your bags and relax. When the world is in its constant state of flux, home is the one place of comfort, security, safety and peace where we can help reconnect with our emotions. Home is our safety net: our harmony hotspot. It indulges all the senses, yet the easiest way to ins ..read more