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HOT: Genesis Fitness Club, Level 2, 50 Lonsdale St, Melbourne

In a bid not to start sagging at 30 or to have my wedding photos recording unsightly bulges for posterity, I’ve decided to join a gym. Well, sort of. Budgetary constraints and a lack of certainty in my living and work locations mean that I’m actually being a guileless gym tart by lining up a [...]

HOT: Aesop Facial Treatment , 153 Toorak Rd, South Yarra

During my teen years, I was lucky enough to display smug, blemish-free skin while everyone else at school was bulk-buying Clearasil. My luck changed though when I hit my last stressful year of school and for years later I was stuck in a quagmire of testing, searching and discarding skincare products – until I was [...]

HOT: Stelios, above 54 Bridge Rd, Richmond

HOT: Stelios, above 54 Bridge Rd, Richmond

Long ago when I first moved to Melbourne, I asked my flatmate whether she could recommend a hairdresser. She immediately launched into an enthusiastic PR spiel for her hairdresser, known as Stelios (only one name required, like Madonna). My haircuts gained such widespread acclaim that at one stage literally ten of my friends were getting [...]

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