The Trouvée.Co Blog — Personal Stories

Mums are such amazing beings! Having recently become a mum myself, I finally understand how tricky it can be wanting to look all dressed up, yet being able to do all the "mum things" at the same time. "What are mum things," you ask. It's the day-to-day stuff like: hugging your child close when they reach in for one carrying your baby chilling in bed with your little one and have them flip all over your arm Now I love wearing me some nice bling but I also get worried about having my baby pull the chandelier earrings off my ear...

Several thoughts are running through my head today. One of them is that I'm grateful to have a home and that my family is safe and sound. Another one is that I’m able to use this period to reset my life.   Most of us are still keeping to a work schedule while staying safe at home. Conference calls and Zoom/Hangout meetings are now the norm, and I wonder if they will become a part of our daily work culture once the pandemic dies down and things return to normal.   The great thing is that we don’t have to think about...

Have I mentioned? I love the beach! If I could, I'd buy a house by the shore so I could spend every waking moment feeling the cool sea breeze against my skin, listening to the waves and relishing my salted tresses.   Whenever I travel, I bring along all the jewellery I want to wear for the trip in my Trouvée.Co box. You know, the one that comes with your order when you purchase something? So when I recently went to Bali, that's exactly what I did.   No matter what I wore, there was that one piece of bling...

    When looking for an inspiring woman to introduce in this series, a friend of mine came to mind. She's none other than Carrie Sim of www.carriesim.com. She currently works at Circles.Life. Today, she shares how the workplace has been for her, especially being someone who does not have a degree to her name.   T: Tell us a little bit about yourself (hobbies, favourite cities, etc)! C: I love exploring different hobbies at different times of my life, but one thing I love doing through the years is photography. It never gets boring for me to snap a...

  Nothing is more challenging than taking up projects and new jobs at your own initiative, and then seeing them through. Today we've got amazing entrepreneur, Fern Lee on the line, and she shares with us about how her style changes with the occasion.   T: Tell us a little bit about yourself! F: I hold 2 jobs – 1 as Marketing & Communications Officer at the Ecole Hôtelière de Lausanne (EHL), and the other as co-founder of ANIA Skincare. Contrary to what many entrepreneurial guidebooks advise, I don’t intend to quit my full-time job to work on ANIA anytime...