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In my previous life, I was a beauty and fashion journalist. Yes, the job is as glamorous as it appears but what many people do not know is just how demanding it is as well. Just think about the huge amount of prep work that goes into planning a shoot, sourcing for products while at the same time trying to conduct interviews and writing stories - all on an extremely tight weekly deadline. I truly loved the sense of satisfaction I got from seeing my name and work in print.

But at some point, I realised I needed to take a time out before I burnt out completely. So I decided this would be the perfect opportunity to take a break from the corporate life to spend time on another interest that has completely transformed my life: yoga. In June 2012, I took a 200 hour Universal Yoga teacher's training course to get certified as a yoga instructor so that I can hopefully use this passion to make other people's lives more beautiful, but this time starting from within.

These days, I get to stretch my writing muscles as a freelance journalist and copywriter for a range of fashion and lifestyle publications as well as corporate clients. Through the course of my writing career, I have written feature stories, profiles, columns and news articles on a range of topics including, but not limited to, beauty, fashion, lifestyle, food, technology, travel, finance and politics. My writing projects include press releases, brochures, advertisements, company newsletters and ghostwriting a book.

This blog is my creative outlet for exploring topics that I find fascinating or inspiring. Usually, it's beauty, fashion, travel, food and yoga but I suspect this is a non-exhaustive list. You will notice a strong focus on my pet topic, beauty, with a little bit of everything else thrown in for good measure.

If you are interested in finding out more about my yoga teaching schedule at a studio, or arranging for a private, group or corporate session of yoga, please email me at karendoes.blog@gmail.com

If you have press releases, product trials, story pitches or interesting projects (writing or otherwise) that you think I would be suitable for, please also email me at karendoes.blog@gmail.com
I am unabashedly attached to both my iPhone and iPad and will reply in a jiffy - usually!

Finally, thank you for taking the time to surf over to my blog. Don't be a stranger, leave a comment or simply just say hi! xx



Unless otherwise stated, all opinions expressed in this blog are my own, and I was not paid to write about the items or places mentioned in the posts.