Marie Claire and Cookies!

I was tickled to see the letter I wrote to Marie Claire in the latest issue.

Although I had already painstakingly prepared my surprised voice for when I won the prize for the winning letter, it was still fun to see my letter there for all to see.

The last time I wrote to a publication I was 11 years old writing to the Sunday Times Magazine kids section to inform them of my varied hobbies. Naturally I lied, so my exotic hobbies ranged from ice-skating to horse riding and soccer. My real hobbies as an 11 year old were far more sedentary and I was in fact petrified of horses. Nonetheless, my letter of lies was published and kept for weeks on end to show family and friends my literary talent.

Fast-foward to this week, reading the latest issue of MC was made even better by the fact that I had made vanilla cookies to scoff while looking at famished models and celebs.

The recipe for the cookies is from Joy the Baker and they're definitely worth making for the sweet smell of freshly baked cookies alone.

Elle Vs. Marie Claire!

Firstly, I have to state that I love both Elle (1st picture) and Marie Claire. I've been a loyal reader of both mags for years. Like a proud mama of two beautiful children I love them equally, but for different reasons.

Recently, one of my favourite parts of MC is their blog-style beauty section edited by Zanele Kumalo (take a peek at her amazing chop). The double page section is always so beautiful and informative.

However, last month I noticed the same layout featured in Elle. I definitely prefer the MC version.

I'm sad to see that Zanele will no longer be the beauty editor at MC, so hopefully it will remain my favourite feature of the mag under the new beauty editor.