Vogue Australia

HOUSE OF FUN

If there ever was a house that encapsulated its occupants’ energy, Zoë Foster Blake’s salmon-pink bungalow in Sydney’s Vaucluse would win, hands down. A two-metre cactus-shaped light greets visitors at the front door. The main staircase is carpeted in a pale pink runner cut to resemble spilled paint pooling outwards. And for my Vogue interview with the beauty entrepreneur and author, I’m seated underneath a massive bold fuchsia, turmeric and lemon AC/DC painting by Indigenous artist Tiger Yaltangki. “We’re a fun house with big personalities and [husband] Hamish [Blake] and I wanted the decor to reflect that,” smiles the founder of Go-To Skin Care taking in the artwork. “It makes me happy.”

She kicks off her Proenza Schouler sandals, adjusts her tailored linen pants and tucks her feet underneath her, fidgeting until she’s comfortably settled on

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