Amber Eve (McNaught) is a British

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and former

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. She is best known for her

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s and for reviewing

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before she gained fame on

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Early history

After graduating from the

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in the late nineties with a Masters in

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, McNaught started working as an editorial assistant for the West Lothian Courier which is part of the

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. After a short while, McNaught moved to a full-time reporting role for the West Lothian Herald & Post (owned by

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). In one of her more well-known articles, McNaught reviewed the first album that

ever sang on. After the ''Herald & Post'' production was downsized, McNaught moved to a role in public relations with

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which was her final job before moving into the field of

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with the formation of her publishing company Hot Igloo Productions Ltd.

Freelancing

In the early 2000s, McNaught freelanced for a number of organisations including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. In the field of blogging, McNaught wrote regularly for the now defunct Shiny Media. During this period, McNaught founded her first

s. McNaught's piece on

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was published in TWiTTERTiTTERS as part of a fundraising drive for

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in 2009.

Blogging

''ForeverAmber'' is McNaught's blog and is a mix of fashion and lifestyle blogging. ForeverAmber was one of the most popular personal style blogs in the United Kingdom and was featured in articles about UK fashion bloggers in the mid-2010s. McNaught is well known for her large collection of shoes and was interviewed on the Vanessa Feltz Show, as well as being featured in multiple publications including:

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, Essentials Magazine,

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, Boden Style Guide, YouLookFab,

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and She Magazine

Writing

In July 2016, McNaught released her first book ''My Blogging Secrets''. In 2017, McNaught was commissioned by

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to write an illustrated guide to capsule wardrobes called ''Closet Essentials''. The book was released in October 2017. In 2022 McNaught

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her first novel under the pen name of Amber Eve. Since then McNaught has gone on to self-publish a total of 7 novels.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:McNaught, Amber Living people Scottish bloggers Scottish women writers Scottish women bloggers Writers of blogs about home and family People from Whitburn, West Lothian British fashion journalists Scottish women journalists Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Year of birth missing (living people)