Author name: Melissa

I was recently interviewed by Anna Rova for her Girlskill Podcast, which is a must-subscribe if you are interested in hearing raw, vulnerable & hilarious conversations with real women from all walks of life. These conversations hit on topics such as success, womanhood & everything in between. As a creative, I find it incredibly empowering […]

As creatives, we stumble and delay stepping into the role we are working towards. Whether we wish to be artists, photographers, burlesque performers, models or witches, we generally have this perception that we need to achieve a certain level of work or experience before we can refer to ourselves by these labels. Yet, by stepping

There has been quite a bit of conversation around shame on the internet recently. Perhaps I am seeing it more than most as I am currently reading Brene Brown’s Braving the Wilderness. She speaks about shame and how it holds us back on a societal level as well as an individual level. All this got me

I’ve had this idea for a while and it’s time to make it happen. It is safe to say that as women we have all heard this said to us at some point in our lives. It usually comes from a stranger in the street who should frankly be minding their business.   My latest

If you’re like me you treasure your family snaps. The fading old photographs of family members, some of who are no longer with us is something we hold dearly. Having lost my mother to cancer when I was 20 years old, I only have a very small collection of photographs with my mum in them.

At the beginning of the year, I was inspired to chose a word as a focus for my creative endeavours and my business; that word was GROW. I felt as though I could challenge myself in many different directions by growing. We often see growth as an expansion, a way to get bigger, better or

What draws you to lingerie? It’s wearing a wonderful secret that no one knows about. Do you believe that wearing lingerie and feeling empowered are important for feminism? Yes, women should be able to wear lingerie without it being sexualised. It should always stem from a place of self-love and self-worth. You are entitled to

What draws you to lingerie? The fine details, the feeling of wearing it, the emphasis it puts on your body Do you believe that wearing lingerie and feeling empowered are important for feminism? Definitely! Have you always been a fan? Yes, of course, what’s not to love?! How important is it for you to wear beautiful

I’m writing this to show up imperfectly and vulnerable in order to begin again. Although I feel like I have been transformed, I don’t feel as though the work is completely done. I now know that the transformation cannot occur completely in solitude. I must reach out and share where I am at. I must

When my yoga teacher, Jovana, asked me to create some beautifully styled portraits for her to use on her website, I knew I wanted to create something feminine, strong, mysterious and earthy. Yoga asana selfies are everywhere these days — search for #yoga on Instagram and you’ll find more than 18 million photos, and that’s