health and beauty

HOT: Little Creatures Dining Hall, 222 Brunswick St, Fitzroy

June 4, 2010 ⋅ 13 comments

Most people know of Little Creatures through their beer, so it’s great to see this WA-based boutique brewery branch out into a natural partnership of Little Creatures beer served with good pub grub in Melbourne. The Little Creatures Dining Hall is no run-of-the-mill boozer though. It’s a lofty warehouse converted into a friendly diner, with [...]

HOT: Lost & Found Hotel Room, Little Collins Hotel, 27 Lt Collins St, Melbourne

June 1, 2010 ⋅ 9 comments

I live and breathe Melbourne almost every day of the year and this blog is my way of sharing a bit of Melbourne with my local, interstate and international readers. However, I think possibly an even better way to share the best of the city is to create an experience which is all about Melbourne. [...]

HOT: Bloom Organics launch, Bloom Flagship Store, 574a Chapel St, South Yarra

May 19, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Bloom Cosmetics has always been about taking a natural approach to beauty, so the launch of their new organics range, Bloom Organics, is a natural extension of their business philosophy. I was invited to the digital media launch in Bloom‘s pretty flagship store and had the chance to sniff, feel and test the products and [...]

HOT Chat: Natalie Bloom of Bloom Cosmetics

May 16, 2010 ⋅ 4 comments

Today I’m super excited to interview Natalie Bloom of Bloom Cosmetics! Natalie is a Melburnian who started out her eponymous business in 1993 from her parent’s home and has now built her brand into an internationally recognised range of over 300 cosmetics, skincare and bath and body products. I received a Bloom lip gloss palette [...]

HOT Chat: Kath Banger and Ben Stibbard of Jellybean Bikes

May 9, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

You probably know by now that I’m a big fan of any business that encourages the eco-friendly and health-giving benefits of cycling (see my previous HOT Chat with Matt Hurst from The Humble Vintage). So I was excited to hear about the upcoming launch of Jellybean Bikes, a custom-made bike design service where you can [...]

HOT: Meddlers Hair Salon, 67 Toorak Rd, South Yarra

March 27, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Today we have another guest post by Poppy, my blogging buddy who’s the author of Poppy Gets a Life (you can read her previous guest post here). We all know the best way to find a good hairdresser (or doctor or manicurist or barista) is to ask someone in the know for a recommendation. Here’s Poppy’s take [...]

HOT: Marvellous March in Melbourne

March 7, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

I’m all for comfort food, opaque tights and scarves (I think it’s a reaction to growing up in sunny Queensland) – yay for Marvellous March! Marvellous March is also the name of a handy little booklet produced by That’s Melbourne with details of the big events around Melbourne that will make you love autumn. This [...]

HOT: uSPA Travel Pack giveaway winners!

March 6, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Thank you to everyone for your entries for the uSPA travel packs giveaway! I’ve dipped into the Kitchenaid of Fortune and here are our three winners: Tahitian Lime – Jess Kashmir – Lydia Wheatgrass – Food lover Please send your postal address to joyce@melhotornot.com to collect your prize pack, and have a great weekend! Thanks [...]

HOT Chat: Akisa from BeautySwatch

February 28, 2010 ⋅ 2 comments

You may remember that at the Nuffnang Christmas party I met Akisa, the brains behind a cool beauty website called BeautySwatch. I liked her idea so much (a huge colour library containing swatches for thousands of lipsticks) I thought you might be interested to hear more about Akisa and her work with BeautySwatch. Hi Akisa, can [...]

HOT: uSpa Travel Gift Packs giveaway

February 27, 2010 ⋅ 16 comments

If you missed out on the Chai mamma giveaway last week, don’t worry because today I have another giveaway for MEL: HOT OR NOT readers! Prahran hair and beauty salon Blondes to Brunettes is the first hair salon in Australia to stock uSPA, a botanical haircare range which harnesses the benefits of organic plants and [...]