tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10543089024220246732024-03-13T18:56:20.944-07:00This week I have mostly been loving....Hello! This used to be a beauty blog, but that got old so now its just a blog, random stuff that I think is interesting, hope you do too!
That said if all this talk of lipstick is making you want to eat your own face you might prefer this http://deborahsmythphotography.blogspot.co.uk/ my photo blog!
Email: ihavemostlybeen@hotmail.co.ukihavemostlybeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277806867442115926noreply@blogger.comBlogger296125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054308902422024673.post-9831010065421699622013-02-21T10:45:00.000-08:002013-02-21T10:45:15.512-08:00Dead in the water<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Not me, I'm happy to say, but my blogging mojo. <span style="font-size: large;">It is <span style="font-size: large;">currently swimming up to a pool bar in <span style="font-size: large;">a hotel in the Caribbean</span> <span style="font-size: large;">to order another <span style="font-size: large;">Long Island Iced T<span style="font-size: large;">ea, would send a post card but it cba and is hoping it never has to come home<span style="font-size: large;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have started a new project<span style="font-size: large;"> which I am calling <span style="font-size: large;">"operation look like Nigella"<span style="font-size: large;">. </span> <span style="font-size: large;">W</span>ell, <span style="font-size: large;">I</span> was til she wo<span style="font-size: large;">r<span style="font-size: large;">e th<span style="font-size: large;">at <span style="font-size: large;">God awful Preen <span style="font-size: large;">dress, I was more after Nigella <span style="font-size: large;">poured into Vivienne Westwood or her cur<span style="font-size: large;">rent fave Wiggle dress than something that would look better<span style="font-size: large;"> on a bonfire. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I'd quite like my "curves" <span style="font-size: large;">to be top and bottom and sep<span style="font-size: large;">arated by a "waist" again. To be honest am having a massive mid-life crisis about my ever increasing ag<span style="font-size: large;">e<span style="font-size: large;">, Queen Canute?, and I can't bear the t<span style="font-size: large;">hought of being old AND fat. So I am working on the fat<span style="font-size: large;"> bit and hoping I can hide the old with an extra slick of concealer<span style="font-size: large;">, a bloody good bra and regular trips to the <span style="font-size: large;">hairdresser. My one real concern is that 10 years ago I thought I looked like ten types of crap, now I wouldn't car<span style="font-size: large;">e how I looked, I'd just like to be ten years younger. R<span style="font-size: large;">eality is that in another t<span style="font-size: large;">en I am going to wish I was me today, when the me <span style="font-size: large;">of t<span style="font-size: large;">oday is striving hard to be the me of yesterday. See now w<span style="font-size: large;">hy I drink, you try keeping all that in order.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">So blogging is taking a back seat for the time being. I'm sure I'l<span style="font-size: large;">l be back and I hope when I am there will be less of me, but I've been here before so who knows?!</span></span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span>ihavemostlybeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277806867442115926noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054308902422024673.post-67274618988820342072012-12-30T06:11:00.000-08:002012-12-30T06:11:02.625-08:00Christmas 2012<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope everyone has had a fantastic Christmas, we had a great tim<span style="font-size: large;">e<span style="font-size: large;">. As most people (me) enjoy a<span style="font-size: large;"> post with lots of pics for a bit of a <span style="font-size: large;">nosey I thou<span style="font-size: large;">ght I'd <span style="font-size: large;">do a quick round up of Chris<span style="font-size: large;">tmas day in photos to share.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This years Christmas table centre - every year Emily and I have a great time planning how we are going to decorate our Christmas table.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steve has just announced that the bird isn't cooked and we have to stop dishing up lunch!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Steve sporting eye patch from cracker, not something he requires as a
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<br />ihavemostlybeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277806867442115926noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054308902422024673.post-21394337392615736932012-12-15T03:54:00.002-08:002012-12-15T03:54:47.819-08:00It's not me, it's you.<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You know t</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">hose products that everyone rave<span style="font-size: large;">s about<span style="font-size: large;"> when they first come out and you are desper<span style="font-size: large;">ate to try but some perverse sense of <span style="font-size: large;">not wanting to run with the herd pre<span style="font-size: large;">vents you from purcha<span style="font-size: large;">sing? <span style="font-size: large;">The ones where the praise is still being heaped on the pro<span style="font-size: large;">duct months after<span style="font-size: large;"> the l<span style="font-size: large;">au<span style="font-size: large;">nch and you hear stuff like "24 are bo<span style="font-size: large;">ught every nano second" and you can't find <span style="font-size: large;">a bad review any where? <span style="font-size: large;">If they are stocked in Boots sooner or later you are going to have just the right amount of points to hand and <span style="font-size: large;">you start to toy with the idea of caving in<span style="font-size: large;"> and then the brand has a promotion where if you <span style="font-size: large;">buy a full size one you get a mini one free and<span style="font-size: large;"> suddenly it<span style="font-size: large;">'s a no brainer.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">And you want to love it, you really do. Initially you pretend that it isn't failing at a very fundamental level, that it isn't doing the thing that your absolutely <span style="font-size: large;">HG eq<span style="font-size: large;">uivalent, that costs ha<span style="font-size: large;">lf the price btw, that you have re<span style="font-size: large;">-purchased over and over agai<span style="font-size: large;">n, until this last time - stupid<span style="font-size: large;">, stupid - never, ever did. You re-read the reviews to see if anyone e<span style="font-size: large;">lse ever m<span style="font-size: large;">entioned having similar <span style="font-size: large;">issues and they didn't so you decide it must just be you. Then you just get used to it<span style="font-size: large;">.</span> <span style="font-size: large;">Until one day, <span style="font-size: large;">months later,</span> you look in the mirr<span style="font-size: large;">or and you just decide it has to stop. You<span style="font-size: large;"> can't keep <span style="font-size: large;">pretending that it's not happening and that you don't hate it. It's not working and no amount <span style="font-size: large;">of wanting it to is going to <span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">help</span>. And you have to say good bye, so long, do one you over<span style="font-size: large;">-priced, over<span style="font-size: large;">-h<span style="font-size: large;">yped peace of poo.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Never again will I wipe big panda rings o<span style="font-size: large;">f mascara off from under my eyes. I'm goin<span style="font-size: large;">g back to my first lov<span style="font-size: large;">e, my HG mascara L<span style="font-size: large;">'Oreal<span style="font-size: large;"> Telescopic.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">So, Benefit They're Real I'm sorry<span style="font-size: large;">, your <span style="font-size: large;">dumped. It<span style="font-size: large;">'s not me, it's you.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">So <span style="font-size: large;">bea<span style="font-size: large;">uty fans, do you have a product that you're <span style="font-size: large;">s<span style="font-size: large;">logging on with that you know you need to dump but you ju<span style="font-size: large;">st can't bring you<span style="font-size: large;">rself to do it <span style="font-size: large;">yet? Or have you du<span style="font-size: large;">mped something that everyone else raves about and secretly wonder if actually <span style="font-size: large;">it IS you?! Spill the beans!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> ihavemostlybeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277806867442115926noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054308902422024673.post-35318547904353487742012-12-05T12:37:00.000-08:002012-12-05T12:41:11.184-08:00Super quick round up<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have found some fab stuffs late<span style="font-size: large;">ly and ha<span style="font-size: large;">ve been dying to post about <span style="font-size: large;">them but <span style="font-size: large;">just haven't had the time to get<span style="font-size: large;"> them altogether, take photos, sort photos, write wor<span style="font-size: large;">ds <span style="font-size: large;">- in short blog about them. I still don't have time to do the <span style="font-size: large;">photo stuff but I really wanted <span style="font-size: large;">to share the fantastic brushes I have just bought which are <span style="font-size: large;">stupidly fab and crazily inexpe<span style="font-size: large;">nsive.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">First up is the <a href="http://www.boots.com/en/EcoTools-Bamboo-6-Piece-Eye-Brush-Set_1211196/" target="_blank">Eco Tools 6 piece </a><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.boots.com/en/EcoTools-Bamboo-6-Piece-Eye-Brush-Set_1211196/" target="_blank">eye </a><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.boots.com/en/EcoTools-Bamboo-6-Piece-Eye-Brush-Set_1211196/" target="_blank">brush set</a>. It is fantastic - I'd nick the photo <span style="font-size: large;">from <span style="font-size: large;">Boots website but it wont let me. Please google image this, or if you <span style="font-size: large;">you<span style="font-size: large;">'d like pics shout and I'll find a few mins to take some. I come<span style="font-size: large;">s in<span style="font-size: large;"> a linen wallet <span style="font-size: large;">with a mirror and inclu<span style="font-size: large;">des a <span style="font-size: large;">b<span style="font-size: large;">ig brush for blen<span style="font-size: large;">ding, which I use to apply <span style="font-size: large;">shadow <span style="font-size: large;">all over my lid, in about 3 seconds <span style="font-size: large;">flat, i<span style="font-size: large;">ts terrific for <span style="font-size: large;">rush job eye shadow at 5.30am<span style="font-size: large;">, a pointed crease brush, which is fantastic and great used to smudge out a <span style="font-size: large;">darker crease colour, an angled <span style="font-size: large;">crease brush, great for applying the crease colour, a short haired curved brush which is terrific for smudging colour onto the lash line and <span style="font-size: large;">small brush which I tend not to use a whole big lo<span style="font-size: large;">t</span>. For <span style="font-size: large;">£14.<span style="font-size: large;">99 it is almost too good to miss.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">When I bought the Eco tools eye brushes Boots were doing buy one get on half price so I als<span style="font-size: large;">o bought the <a href="http://www.boots.com/en/EcoTools-Bamboo-Buffing-Brush_1252060/" target="_blank">Buffing Brush</a>. Total love. It has quite literally transformed <span style="font-size: large;">how my foundation look<span style="font-size: large;">s and <span style="font-size: large;">I love it. And even at full price its a crazy £9.99. The only downside <span style="font-size: large;">with this brush is th<span style="font-size: large;">at i<span style="font-size: large;">t feels so gorgeous and plush when you buff your face that I am f<span style="font-size: large;">requently in danger of buffing the foundation righ<span style="font-size: large;">t off my face! <span style="font-size: large;">Ag<span style="font-size: large;">ain, please shout if a photo would help.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">The other thing I am loving right now is <a href="http://www.boots.com/en/Maybelline-Eye-Studio-Lasting-Drama-Gel-Liner_1190781/" target="_blank">Maybelline Eye </a><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.boots.com/en/Maybelline-Eye-Studio-Lasting-Drama-Gel-Liner_1190781/" target="_blank">Studio </a><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.boots.com/en/Maybelline-Eye-Studio-Lasting-Drama-Gel-Liner_1190781/" target="_blank">Lasting </a><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.boots.com/en/Maybelline-Eye-Studio-Lasting-Drama-Gel-Liner_1190781/" target="_blank">Drama Gel Liner</a>. Since I read the post of tightlining that has transformed how I do my eye make-up this has become <span style="font-size: large;">my absolute must use product, its up there with <span style="font-size: large;">p<span style="font-size: large;">o<span style="font-size: large;">w<span style="font-size: large;">dering in my, newly HD'd, brows - that good!! It co<span style="font-size: large;">sts £7.99 and comes with a <span style="font-size: large;">little brush which <span style="font-size: large;">works really well. I have never, ever, ever<span style="font-size: large;"> been any good with eyeliner. For years I used p<span style="font-size: large;">owder shadow and curse<span style="font-size: large;">d the bloody fall<span style="font-size: large;">-out<span style="font-size: large;">. <span style="font-size: large;">The<span style="font-size: large;">n I tried this, after it was recommen<span style="font-size: large;">ded on <span style="font-size: large;">Twitter <span style="font-size: large;">(and suggested as being comparab<span style="font-size: large;">le to the Bobbi Brown equivalent <span style="font-size: large;">but a heck of a lot cheaper - thanks for that Simone!) and <span style="font-size: large;">it <span style="font-size: large;">is fab, for some<span style="font-size: large;"> rea<span style="font-size: large;">son having tightlined from underneath suddenly lin<span style="font-size: large;">er application along the top of the lash line becomes an absolute breeze, I am days a way from <span style="font-size: large;">my first ever<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">eye liner flick I think! <span style="font-size: large;">Above the lash line I tend to try and get it looking <span style="font-size: large;">OK and then <span style="font-size: large;">before it has time to set rock hard I wipe the brush on a tissue and use it to tidy up, works a treat!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have recently decided that as my skin is no longer red, dry, flaky<span style="font-size: large;"> and sensitive - <span style="font-size: large;">ALL thanks to using a face flannel to <span style="font-size: large;">cleanse with my oil based cleanser, <span style="font-size: large;">All Hail La Hirons! - <span style="font-size: large;">that I could tackle <span style="font-size: large;">the issue o<span style="font-size: large;">f radiance and some s<span style="font-size: large;">light pigmentation issues. <span style="font-size: large;">After much <span style="font-size: large;">Googling I opted to<span style="font-size: large;"> try <a href="http://www.nipandfab.com/shop/face/pigmentation_fix/17" target="_blank">N</a><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.nipandfab.com/shop/face/pigmentation_fix/17" target="_blank">IP+FAB pigmentation fix</a>. Its £15.95 and comes in a <span style="font-size: large;">one of those pump dispen<span style="font-size: large;">sers you cant break into to make sure you get the very last dregs out - I hate those - but I am really lik<span style="font-size: large;">ing this product. I have seen an improvement in a small <span style="font-size: large;">area of sun damage on my face and in general <span style="font-size: large;">my skin is looking very <span style="font-size: large;">much more even toned. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh, result, was a<span style="font-size: large;">ble to borrow the photo fro<span style="font-size: large;">m the NIP+FAB website<span style="font-size: large;">, hope they don't sue me! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I liked<span style="font-size: large;"> it so much that when I <span style="font-size: large;">s<span style="font-size: large;">potted the<span style="font-size: large;">ir Gl<span style="font-size: large;">ycolic Fix <span style="font-size: large;">I decided I had to try that too<span style="font-size: large;">! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">I only purchased this up toda<span style="font-size: large;">y so can't review i<span style="font-size: large;">t<span style="font-size: large;">, but <span style="font-size: large;">based on what I have picked up from <span style="font-size: large;">some of the really clever people that blog it appears to have some pretty key ingredients including Glycolic acid to retexture and resurface and hy<span style="font-size: large;">aluronic acid to moisturise and refres<span style="font-size: large;">h, I notice having peeled t<span style="font-size: large;">he lab<span style="font-size: large;">el off the bottom that it also contains lactic acid and which hazel both of which<span style="font-size: large;">, I understand, are <span style="font-size: large;">a help in the fi<span style="font-size: large;">ght against ageing. It comes <span style="font-size: large;">as pads in a s<span style="font-size: large;">crew top tub and costs £12.<span style="font-size: large;">99, given that this <span style="font-size: large;">is pretty cheap I am guessing the % of the active ingredients is<span style="font-size: large;">n't who<span style="font-size: large;">oping but whilst it might not transform my skin it <span style="font-size: large;">can only help<span style="font-size: large;">! 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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">And the reason I have had no<span style="font-size: large;"> time to do anything? We finally finished <span style="font-size: large;">destroying what was our lounge and turning it into our bedroom and it now looks like this:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The bedding is all wrong, it's our old bedding a<span style="font-size: large;">s I <span style="font-size: large;">can't de<span style="font-size: large;">cide whether to go for grey o<span style="font-size: large;">r <span style="font-size: large;">plum bedding<span style="font-size: large;"> and the door to the room and <span style="font-size: large;">the walk-in wardrobe need fitting too but I love it! Oh and the mirror - its my old one just stuck there til I find the one I really want<span style="font-size: large;">! Anyway, the wall paper is just <span style="font-size: large;">what I'd hoped it would be!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have always loved Clarins skin care and when I was using up the last of the La<span style="font-size: large;">ncome Baume Ecla<span style="font-size: large;">t I thought I might <span style="font-size: large;">go back to us<span style="font-size: large;">ing the Clarins cleansing balm I had <span style="font-size: large;">enjoyed in the p<span style="font-size: large;">ast, a<span style="font-size: large;">lthough<span style="font-size: large;"> I was<span style="font-size: large;"> loathe to <span style="font-size: large;">switch back <span style="font-size: large;">to a non oily cleanser. <span style="font-size: large;">As alwa<span style="font-size: large;">ys prio<span style="font-size: large;">r to my shop<span style="font-size: large;">ping trip I <span style="font-size: large;">trawled the internet and was really pleased to <span style="font-size: large;">find that Clarins <span style="font-size: large;">have their own <span style="font-size: large;">gel<span style="font-size: large;">/oil/milk cleanser.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am loving this stuff. I<span style="font-size: large;">t has no <span style="font-size: large;">real fragrance, great if that's an issue for you<span style="font-size: large;">, and feels really comforting to use. <span style="font-size: large;">I <span style="font-size: large;">have, as <span style="font-size: large;">an experi<span style="font-size: large;">ment, used this to remove my eye make up remover and whilst I wouldn't recommend it <span style="font-size: large;">it d<span style="font-size: large;">idn't cause me any problems so I think I'll stick to using my Simple eye make up remover pre-cleanse but then wont by shy o<span style="font-size: large;">f swishing some of this round my eyes w<span style="font-size: large;">hen I am cleansing my face. Because <span style="font-size: large;">the <span style="font-size: large;">Baume Eclat stang so badly when it got into my eyes I tended not to bother w<span style="font-size: large;">ith the adding wat<span style="font-size: large;">e<span style="font-size: large;">r to turn it to a milk stage and went straight from oil to applying a hot<span style="font-size: large;">, wet flannel and wiping it off<span style="font-size: large;"> . <span style="font-size: large;">W</span>ith th<span style="font-size: large;">is I can ha<span style="font-size: large;">pp<span style="font-size: large;">ily apply a splash of warm water to take it to the milk stage without fear and I do think it hel<span style="font-size: large;">ps to really lif<span style="font-size: large;">t the make up away<span style="font-size: large;"> before <span style="font-size: large;">going in with the f<span style="font-size: large;">lannel. My skin feels clean, soft and supple with no tightness at all after using this.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I bought mine in Boots for £19<span style="font-size: large;"> and I'd recommend it happily.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">We have now accepted that we have a minimum of another 5 years here so have decided that we need <span style="font-size: large;">to make our accommodation nicer. The basement currently has a large storage room, 2 small rooms that we created out <span style="font-size: large;">of a big room to make a bedroom each for the kids a hall area<span style="font-size: large;"> with a sink and some "kitchen" type wall units, a large lounge<span style="font-size: large;">, our <span style="font-size: large;">bedroom and a big bath<span style="font-size: large;">room. <span style="font-size: large;">Now that Tom has gone to <span style="font-size: large;">Uni <span style="font-size: large;">we are going to have a complete re-jig. We are going to take down the partition wall and turn th<span style="font-size: large;">e kids 2 <span style="font-size: large;">rooms back into one large room which will become the lounge. The existing lounge is going to be our bedroom and Emily wi<span style="font-size: large;">ll move into our bedroom. When Tom is home he can either have a guest room upstairs or sleep <span style="font-size: large;">in the <span style="font-size: large;">lounge - we are buying a nice big sofa so he'll be comfortable!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">We spent yesterday ripping out our lounge. We <span style="font-size: large;">carried 2 <span style="font-size: large;">big sofas <span style="font-size: large;">out of the <span style="font-size: large;">lounge, <span style="font-size: large;">up a<span style="font-size: large;">n external staircase, through<span style="font-size: large;"> the car par<span style="font-size: large;">k, into the laundry and eventually put them in the guests lounge where they l<span style="font-size: large;">ook <span style="font-size: large;">great. We also heaved the old guests sofas out the back door ready to go in the skip! We removed the fire surround and electri<span style="font-size: large;">c fi<span style="font-size: large;">re we had fitted in our lounge and took down the curtains and pole. The room that is to be our bedroom <span style="font-size: large;">has a adjac<span style="font-size: large;">ent room that will make a great walk in wardrobe, <span style="font-size: large;">it was used as a st<span style="font-size: large;">orage area <span style="font-size: large;">so we emptied that too.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Its plum with a pearl coloured pattern - it looks much warmer here than it is be<span style="font-size: large;">cause the point and s<span style="font-size: large;">hoot<span style="font-size: large;">'s wh<span style="font-size: large;">ite balance is off.</span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"></span>ihavemostlybeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277806867442115926noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054308902422024673.post-69757274998423863052012-11-06T09:32:00.001-08:002012-11-06T09:32:06.692-08:00Things I am loving - nails<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I finally feel <span style="font-size: large;">like I m<span style="font-size: large;">ight be bac<span style="font-size: large;">k into the swing of blogging!</span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have bought a<span style="font-size: large;"> fair bit recently and each time thought that maybe I should blog and then either not <span style="font-size: large;">had t<span style="font-size: large;">he time or the inclination so this is a bit of a catch up.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">First up, still obsessing over my nails. I <span style="font-size: large;">have a vertical split in t<span style="font-size: large;">he nail on my middle finger on my right hand<span style="font-size: large;"> which I cannot grow out - all the while the nail doesn't f<span style="font-size: large;">lake it holds itself together but when the nail flake<span style="font-size: large;">s, as it a<span style="font-size: large;">lways eventually does, the split appears<span style="font-size: large;">. This last time I actually clipped my nail as sh<span style="font-size: large;">ort a<span style="font-size: large;">s possible to get below the split and it hasn't really worked<span style="font-size: large;">. Because I can<span style="font-size: large;"> not abide nails of differing lengths I have taken all the other<span style="font-size: large;">s back to very short too, not that they were any great talons <span style="font-size: large;">to begin with. I actually p<span style="font-size: large;">refer them very short<span style="font-size: large;">, especially if I am wearing a dark <span style="font-size: large;">polish<span style="font-size: large;">, which is handy given how much they flake! So <span style="font-size: large;">nail purchases:</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Love that <span style="font-size: large;">its now possible to buy Essie in Boots. <span style="font-size: large;">On a recent <span style="font-size: large;">3 for 2 promotion I picked up Good to Go top <span style="font-size: large;">coat and Nourish Me base coat. The base coat is the blue <span style="font-size: large;">bottle<span style="font-size: large;">, its a nice thin liquid base<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-size: large;">which works for me as I am not a fan of goopy base coats. The to<span style="font-size: large;">p coat is <span style="font-size: large;">thicker and <span style="font-size: large;">dries to that <span style="font-size: large;">touchabl<span style="font-size: large;">y glossy finish that makes your nails feel <span style="font-size: large;">really smooth - ideal <span style="font-size: large;">for nails that have flaked.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I didn't read up on these until after I had purchased<span style="font-size: large;">, apparently used with the Colourstay base and top coat they are supposed to last u<span style="font-size: large;">p to 10 days and <span style="font-size: large;">are a diy shellac <span style="font-size: large;">sort of thing. I<span style="font-size: large;"> only have the polishes which I am using with the Essie top and base and wear is good - I <span style="font-size: large;">get bored after about 2 days so <span style="font-size: large;">longevity in my mani <span style="font-size: large;">is not top <span style="font-size: large;">priority. <span style="font-size: large;">Really great colour is ho<span style="font-size: large;">wever and this range is falling down with stunners. Rain Forest is a dark green <span style="font-size: large;">jelly with lighter green glitter it is stunning on the nail, opaque in 3 coats and dark dark green, but still distincly green, n<span style="font-size: large;">ot erring into that territory where it could be black. I think it could be similar to a China Glaze <span style="font-size: large;">polish<span style="font-size: large;">, Emerald City, which I have always loved the look of.</span></span> Pics <span style="font-size: large;">of <span style="font-size: large;">it on the nail to follow. Midnight is a beautiful teal - purchased before<span style="font-size: large;"> the whole col<span style="font-size: large;">our exploration of this week, ye<span style="font-size: large;">t another example of <span style="font-size: large;">having around me t<span style="font-size: large;">he colours <span style="font-size: large;">that work without realising! I lov<span style="font-size: large;">e this because I have red hands and the teal makes them look like alabaster<span style="font-size: large;">! Pics of that mani to follow too<span style="font-size: large;">. The polishes are pretty thick<span style="font-size: large;"> and have a self levelling property that is an absolute blessing if you are cursed with peeling nails - currently <span style="font-size: large;">my thumb <span style="font-size: large;">nail is in tatters but you'd never know with this on<span style="font-size: large;">. O<span style="font-size: large;">n the downside I hate the brus<span style="font-size: large;">hes, never had a <span style="font-size: large;">R<span style="font-size: large;">evlon polish with a rubbish brush and now I have two! Th<span style="font-size: large;">e shaft of the brush is f<span style="font-size: large;">lat and wide which <span style="font-size: large;">made me thin<span style="font-size: large;">k the brush would be a bit like the lovely Rimmel curved, wide xpress Flat <span style="font-size: large;">Brush, sadly not. <span style="font-size: large;">T</span>he brushes do <span style="font-size: large;">have a longer bit but rather than i<span style="font-size: large;">t being in the middle to create a curve its on one side which makes getting neat cuticles a <span style="font-size: large;">comp<span style="font-size: large;">lete mare. But the colours and the self-levelling are so fab I will be buying more! </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Having <span style="font-size: large;">decided that I needed colour I spent a considerable t<span style="font-size: large;">ime onl<span style="font-size: large;">ine googl<span style="font-size: large;">ing the various options, no point wanting anything from Guerlain or Laura Mercier as n<span style="font-size: large;">either of those are available in Huddersf<span style="font-size: large;">ield. Clarins is nice but safe, maybe? Lancome was a <span style="font-size: large;">possibility but knowing that I love Es<span style="font-size: large;">tee Lauder DWL and having seen that the eye palettes were both beautiful and<span style="font-size: large;">, <span style="font-size: large;">comparatively, affordable I <span style="font-size: large;">created a bit of a <span style="font-size: large;">year<span style="font-size: large;">ning for an Estee Lauder palette and given my <span style="font-size: large;">new found love o<span style="font-size: large;">f colour the o<span style="font-size: large;">nly one that was ever going to tick all the boxes was Blue Dahlia.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I am sure everyone has seen this a mil<span style="font-size: large;">lion times so these phot<span style="font-size: large;">os are completely self-indul<span style="font-size: large;">gent<span style="font-size: large;">. <span style="font-size: large;">I fe<span style="font-size: large;">l</span>l in love with the teal and the sh<span style="font-size: large;">immering navy<span style="font-size: large;"> but it's the taupe that pulls everything together and makes it all so wearable if you are a bit colour shy.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The whi<span style="font-size: large;">te<span style="font-size: large;"> isn't white, it is a<span style="font-size: large;">n opalescent shimmer, no fro<span style="font-size: large;">st, no whiteness, just <span style="font-size: large;">the most be<span style="font-size: large;">autiful opa<span style="font-size: large;">l glitter<span style="font-size: large;">. Not immensely wearable admittedly but to add a <span style="font-size: large;">little something to an evening eye it's perfect.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">The photo above best shows the <span style="font-size: large;">glitter<span style="font-size: large;">, especially if you click on it to see the large<span style="font-size: large;">r photo. </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">As you would imagine the<span style="font-size: large;"> colours are a dream to apply. I very unusually have a morning where I haven't had to get up to do breakfast for guests so I had the chance to play. Ordinarily for the day I suspect I'd go taupe all over the lid and then use either the teal or the navy on <span style="font-size: large;">my upper lash line<span style="font-size: large;"> and I would always inten<span style="font-size: large;">d to go all out and use the colour<span style="font-size: large;"> properly on a night out and then would chicken out and never do it. This morning I decided that <span style="font-size: large;">if I was going t<span style="font-size: large;">o spend £35 on coloured e<span style="font-size: large;">ye shad<span style="font-size: large;">ow I wasn<span style="font-size: large;">'t going to shy away from using it.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A bit m<span style="font-size: large;">uch for Co-op<span style="font-size: large;"> in Elland on a Saturday m<span style="font-size: large;">orning I'll grant you, but I do love it! I had read that the Estee Lauder way to wear was the teal all over the mobile li<span style="font-size: large;">d, taupe in the crease and the navy on the outer corner an<span style="font-size: large;">d top and bottom lash line, or something along those lines so that's what I did. I still have slightly puf<span style="font-size: large;">fy eye lids <span style="font-size: large;">as a res<span style="font-size: large;">ult of a run in wi<span style="font-size: large;">th <span style="font-size: large;">corneal er<span style="font-size: large;">osion on Thursday night, once they deflate fully things will <span style="font-size: large;">look a lot better. I really like how the taupe took away the scaryness of all <span style="font-size: large;">that colour and of course on<span style="font-size: large;">ce I put my <span style="font-size: large;">glasses on it takes things down a notch as well. For a night out I would definitely just put a little of the opal glitter in the inner corner just to lift that area and I might be tempted to pull more <span style="font-size: large;">of the navy up into the outer V, I played it safe this morning so as not to frighten myself! <span style="font-size: large;">I am surprise<span style="font-size: large;">d at how com<span style="font-size: large;">fortable I feel in this much colour<span style="font-size: large;">, I think the darker hair help<span style="font-size: large;">s a lot<span style="font-size: large;"> an<span style="font-size: large;">d<span style="font-size: large;"> having agreed with Helen that <span style="font-size: large;">scarves do me no favours I felt the need to wear this one just to pull things toget<span style="font-size: large;">her<span style="font-size: large;"> until I stop s<span style="font-size: large;">pending money on teal eye shadow and start spending it on teal clothes! Just in case anyone is wondering I am wearing ELDWL, <span style="font-size: large;">C</span>linique colour correcting pow<span style="font-size: large;">der, <span style="font-size: large;">Laura Mercier Second Skin Blush in Rose Petal, Dior <span style="font-size: large;">Addict Extreme lipstick in Paparazzi, Benefit <span style="font-size: large;">they're real mascara<span style="font-size: large;"> and </span>Benefit Browzings in light on my b<span style="font-size: large;">rows<span style="font-size: large;">, which are also much better with my darker hair.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">And whilst I need no encouragement if anyone has any other eye shad<span style="font-size: large;">ows that <span style="font-size: large;">they think I might love please let me know<span style="font-size: large;">. I did find the most gorgeous teal sweater in Mon<span style="font-size: large;">soon that is now on my wish list, along with fuschia leather gloves from M<span style="font-size: large;">&S<span style="font-size: large;">, also on the list! As a result of all of this I felt it only right that my much beloved UD Naked <span style="font-size: large;">palette wasn<span style="font-size: large;">'t left to languish lone<span style="font-size: large;">ly and unloved so I have gi<span style="font-size: large;">ven it to Emily, <span style="font-size: large;">needless to say I am currently her favourite mummy!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">And that feeling that y<span style="font-size: large;">ou have maybe lost your way and don't know how to get back to the person you were. That too.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Lots of reasons, most way too boring for a blog post frankly, but all told I was feeling grey, dull, old<span style="font-size: large;"> and boring.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have been incredibly busy so much so that I had hardly read a blog, let alone written a post and then one day recently I was bored and <span style="font-size: large;">decided to have a look at some of my favourite blogs and found<span style="font-size: large;"> a really interesting, very well written, <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.londonmakeupgirl.com/2012/10/guest-post-colour-analysis-with-nikki.html">guest </a><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.londonmakeupgirl.com/2012/10/guest-post-colour-analysis-with-nikki.html">post</a> on the <span style="font-size: large;">lovely Grace's blog<span style="font-size: large;">. <a href="http://www.londonmakeupgirl.com/2012/10/guest-post-colour-analysis-with-nikki.html">The post</a> is fascinati<span style="font-size: large;">ng and it made me won<span style="font-size: large;">de<span style="font-size: large;">r if giving some thought to the colours I wear wouldn't be<span style="font-size: large;"> a bad idea. Like many overw<span style="font-size: large;">eight women in the<span style="font-size: large;">ir mid-forties my idea of a great outfit is something that enables me to b<span style="font-size: large;">lend into the background and hides the fact that I can't seem to shift my ob<span style="font-size: large;">session with eating bagels for breakfast and think that salt on Dairy Milk is a sound snacking proposition. (it is, seriously<span style="font-size: large;">, try it). I <span style="font-size: large;">loved t<span style="font-size: large;">he idea that Heather had fil<span style="font-size: large;">led her home and her life with the colours that instinc<span style="font-size: large;">tively she knew worked for her, but hadn<span style="font-size: large;">'t followed through and filled her wardrobe with those same colours. I even <span style="font-size: large;">jokingly suggested that ma<span style="font-size: large;">ybe I had done some<span style="font-size: large;">thing similar with my gorgeous turquoise/teal bath towels.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Yesterday evening I was at an all time lo<span style="font-size: large;">w and tweeted that I needed "stuff" <span style="font-size: large;">something to make me fe<span style="font-size: large;">el happy and maybe what I needed was "colour". <span style="font-size: large;">You know when you tweet and sort of hope that a couple of specific people will see your tweet and respon<span style="font-size: large;">d but don't want to be <span style="font-size: large;">presum<span style="font-size: large;">ptious and tweet them direct and then t<span style="font-size: large;">hey do and they reply and give you really incredibly good advice out of the goodness of their hearts<span style="font-size: large;">? <span style="font-size: large;">Isn't that a joy and aren't those people just wonderful? <a href="http://www.sparklzandshine.com/">Queen of colour Helen</a> <span style="font-size: large;">respon<span style="font-size: large;">ded to say <span style="font-size: large;">she <span style="font-size: large;">had some ideas and would be in touch and Grace also replied saying she had a feeling that I would be<span style="font-size: large;"> either a<span style="font-size: large;"> B<span style="font-size: large;">right or a Light Spring and sent me some useful links so that I could get some ideas what that actually means in real te<span style="font-size: large;">rms. As soon as I looked at the links and <span style="font-size: large;">the colour suggestions Bright Spring s<span style="font-size: large;">eemed to feel right to me. The more I read the more I realised that much like <span style="font-size: large;">Heather I had a lot of the colours I SHOULD have on me around me, b<span style="font-size: large;">ut again hadn't made the leap of incorporating them into my wardrobe. Helen sent me an incredibly helpful email referring to blog posts of mine o<span style="font-size: large;">ver the last couple of years<span style="font-size: large;">, pointing out what she felt worked for me and<span style="font-size: large;">, very <span style="font-size: large;">honestly, what she felt didn<span style="font-size: large;">'t do me as many favours - it was surprising<span style="font-size: large;">ly obvious when I looked ba<span style="font-size: large;">ck through the posts <span style="font-size: large;">Helen had highlighted that when I wore the <span style="font-size: large;">right colours I looked completely different to when I wore the wrong ones<span style="font-size: large;">!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I decided this morning that I'd go all out and implement some <span style="font-size: large;">of the suggestions made, rather than easing<span style="font-size: large;"> into th<span style="font-size: large;">is transition I decided to go straight for purple eye shadow. Weirdly I have never had a pro<span style="font-size: large;">blem wearing the "right" colour lips<span style="font-size: large;">tick, well apart from th<span style="font-size: large;">at brief moment w<span style="font-size: large;">hen I decided that <span style="font-size: large;">nude lips were fashionable and therefore I needed <span style="font-size: large;">a nude <span style="font-size: large;">lip<span style="font-size: large;">stick. So enough witter, pics.</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Purple eye shadow! And the b<span style="font-size: large;">right beads that Helen had <span style="font-size: large;">mentioned li<span style="font-size: large;">king - trying to <span style="font-size: large;">inject</span> some life into a brand new grey top<span style="font-size: large;">. Kicking myself about this as the same top was availa<span style="font-size: large;">ble in a lovely <span style="font-size: large;">teal colo<span style="font-size: large;">ur<span style="font-size: large;"> but I opted for nice "safe" grey!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I have a real fancy now for a te<span style="font-size: large;">al coat, <span style="font-size: large;">cobalt <span style="font-size: large;">blue handbag and a pair of fuschia leather g<span style="font-size: large;">loves for the Win<span style="font-size: large;">ter and I am defnitely going to purchase some more eye and lip colours so watch this <span style="font-size: large;">space!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span> ihavemostlybeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277806867442115926noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054308902422024673.post-44932174904409328642012-10-10T11:21:00.001-07:002012-10-10T11:22:20.263-07:00Daktari - an update<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">If you are
under the age of about 75 "Daktari" will mean nothing to you, to be
honest I had to dredge it up from the darkest recesses of my mind - which could
really do with a blat round with a duster. Anyway, Google it if you care,
it's tenuous at best but ever so slightly more interesting than "An
update" as a title post.</span></span><br />
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If you read
my last post you will know that Steve has embarked on the first of his 50th
Birthday celebrations and left on Sunday to fly to Nairobi before flying onto
Kili to eventually, after much driving around in jeeps with armed men looking
for marauding wildlife in the name of "acclimatisation".<br />
<br />
Unfortunately
because Steve elected to book his flights with <a href="http://www.carltonleisure.com/">Carlton Leisure</a> who will henceforth
be referred to as "shonky bastards without a leg to stand on", most
of the above failed to happen.<br />
<br />
Steve had
booked a 4pm flight from Manchester to Heathrow. His next flight was at
9pm from Heathrow to Nairobi arriving at 8am on Monday. He had a flight
booked from Nairobi to Kili at 10am. Steve arrived at Manchester airport
to discover that the flights he had booked back in March had been removed from
all flight schedules on the 29th May and Carlton Leisure had not bothered to
contact him to let him know. They didn't even think to mention this when
I rang them last month to book him an aisle seat on the long haul flight, in
fact Eric confirmed the row and seat number that he had booked for me and
assured me there would be no charge, shonky bastards.<br />
<br />
They tried
to wriggle out of it but the man on the BA desk was having none of it and at
this point BA were marvellous and a huge help to Steve. They booked him
onto the next flight to London - unfortunately that was at 8am on Monday
morning and then the subsequent flight to Nairobi which was at 10.20am on
Monday arriving in Nairobi at 9pm. This was too late for Steve to take
his next flight onto Kili so on Sunday evening he was sat in a hotel at
Manchester airport contemplating a 14 hour overnight stop in Nairobi airport. I
spent much of Sunday afternoon phoning people in Nairobi to let them know that
Steve wasn't going to be arriving when they were expecting him and trying to
organise accommodation in Nairobi, including reading a review of one hotel on
TripAdvisor where apparently the doormen rather than being liveried had AK47's
slung around their necks!<br />
<br />
In another
massive stroke of misfortune Steve booked the flight from Nairobi to Kili with
<a href="http://www.edreams.co.uk/">Edreams</a>. They have a premium rate phone number that charges £1.53 a
minute if you want to speak to anyone. You get put through immediately and then
straight onto hold. On the first phone call I spoke to someone after 10
mins, who put me on hold for another 8 mins and then just as I got through to
the person who could change the flight I got cut off. It took another 20
minute phone call to change his flight from Monday am to Tuesday am. A
grand total of £61.20 in phone calls alone. <br />
<br />
Steve had
booked everything after his arrival in Kili with a Company called Africa Travel
Resource and throughout this entire debacle they have been absolutely
fantastic. I had emailed Steve's contact there on Sunday afternoon and
the very first phone call I received on Monday morning was from him. He
did a run through of the things I had managed to change and instantly organised
a driver to meet Steve at Nairobi and take him to a hotel in Nairobi so he
wouldn't have to stay overnight in the hotel. I managed to catch Steve very
quickly between flights to let him know he was to look for a man with a sign
with his name on it at Nairobi and everything was in hand. <br />
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He was due
to land in Nairobi at 7pm our time so I assumed I would hear from him by 8pm to
say all was well and he was en route to the hotel. Instead I rang him at
8.30pm only to find that whilst he was now in Nairobi his luggage wasn't, and
it wouldn't be arriving until 9pm local time the following night. You can
imagine just how pissed off he was at this point and I did actually text him to
say sod it, get your credit card out and book a flight home if you want the
whole bloody thing had been a shambles. Steve decided not to go with my
complete over reaction and asked if I could do him one more favour - could I
ring Edreams and change his flight from Tuesday am to Wednesday am!! I did and
yet again another 20 minute phone call ensued and again at least 15 minutes of
this was spent on hold. I have since googled Edreams and it would seem
that £90 in phone calls would be considered getting off lightly by the father
of the young girl stranded in South America because she had booked her flights
with Edreams and they hadn't actually booked her onto any flights, in spite of
charging her card for her tickets and the many, many others with similar
stories.<br />
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So just so
you are all clear - Carlton Leisure and Edreams - don't touch them with a barge
pole!<br />
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His luggage
did turn up last night and was collected from the airport and delivered to him
at the hotel by the driver organised by Africa Travel Resource - whilst he
enjoyed a much deserved beer in the bar! <br />
<br />
Steve rang
me at lunch time today and he was sat eating a packed lunch with his driver
enjoying views out across the Ngorongoro crater and the hassles and traumas of
the last 3 days seemed like a life time ago. He even said that the flight
to Kili on the tiny plane that he had been so scared about was
fantastic!! He spent the entire time taking photos of the snow capped top of
Mount Kilimanjaro - let's hope a small plane flies over when he is on the
summit so he can take the photo in reverse too!<br />
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<br />ihavemostlybeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277806867442115926noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054308902422024673.post-51865386319115510512012-10-04T05:05:00.000-07:002012-10-04T05:07:10.706-07:00Gari langu linaloangama limejaa na mikung<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Steve leaves on Sunday for Africa - he is climbing Kilimanjaro and has been planning this trip for several months. For some strange reason it had completely escaped my attention that whilst he is away for 17 days only 5 of those will be spent climbing the mountain. It never crossed my mind to wonder what he might be doing in the twelve days prior. It turns out he is pretty much going to be on safari. He is staying here:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> If he can tear himself away from the spa or the elephant spotting walks! And there was me worrying he might be roughing it. Please be aware that this is only one of a raft of rather fabulous Tanzanian safari hotels he will be staying in and he will be driven to them all by his own armed driver. An armed driver who will be aware that the soft English tourist is carrying a very very large amount of US dollars, in cash. Lets hope armed driver is well paid. Or he might just decide to relieve said English tourist of his cash and feed his body to a hippo. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Steve has now started to stress about the trip, he had a mad five minutes this morning when he thought he needed a Visa for Kenya as he is landing in Nairobi before flying into Tanzania, a quick phone call sorted that one. He has also started having stressy dreams, some of which are quite brilliant! Last night he dreamt that he was leading a party of elderly ladies out of the toilets of a Paris railway station, on the first leg of a long journey. The correct route was up a very steep hill but as the ladies were elderly and he was concerned for them he led them down a lower, less steep route, even though he knew it was the wrong way. Which demonstrates that he is both stupid and considerate in equal measure.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Whilst Steve is off enjoying his Kilimanjaro moment, I will be enjoying 2 weeks peace and quiet, with a great big pile of books and a never ending supply of cake. I wish. I will be running the guest house and doing my day job and the only concession to Steve's absence will be that dinner will be red wine and crisps every night. As you might imagine blogging is likely to be thin on the ground, but drunk tweeting may reach a new high!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">In case you were wondering the title of this post is a phrase in Swahili that I thought Steve might find useful, should he ever find himself in the awkward situation of having a hovercraft that is full of eels.</span></span><br />
ihavemostlybeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277806867442115926noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054308902422024673.post-63230765892463680512012-09-23T01:26:00.005-07:002012-09-23T01:28:05.711-07:00Fly little bird, fly!<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Well my littlest bird has now flown the nest and we have all survived!! It has been a bit of a rocky road but not as terrible as I had anticipated.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Steve, Tom and I went to the house last Sunday and pretty much moved him in, all the big stuff got done. I spent an hour cleaning the filthiest fridge freezer you have ever seen, Steve put up roller blinds and Tom rebuilt his desk in his new bedroom. By the time we left you could see he was really looking forward to getting into his new home and being free from parents that have spent the last 2 months insisting he was up and working 5 days a week - since he left college he has been earning his money working at the guest house, stripping and re-making beds, washing laundry and ironing all the bedding as well as cleaning and relaying the breakfast room - he is seriously house trained now!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Monday I was a total wreck, phoned my mother in floods - poor woman thought something terrible had happened! She was saying "but Debbie he's not going to be very far away, you can go and visit and you know he's looking forward to it" and I replied "I know all that, but he wont be here and I LIKE HIM" sob sob!!! Whenever I thought about driving away without him on Thursday I burst into tears, think I drove everyone mad.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Thursday finally rolled around and to be honest by then I think everyone felt that things had been dragged out long enough and it was time. Of course Tom didn't realise that his dad was going out so he was in the shower so their goodbye was through a closed bathroom door - a blessing for them both I think tbh. Tom and I got the car packed up with the rest of his stuff and headed off. We got his clothes unpacked and his food in the fridge and then one of his new housemates turned up with her dad. She is lovely and she and Tom seemed to get on very well. Tom isn't into partying and socialising and he doesn't drink - which I think is unusual for an 18 year old and he has never given any reason why he doesn't drink, he just never has but I am a little bit concerned it will make it harder for him to fit in as he was very unhappy at college and part of that was due to having no friends. Tom can be very withdrawn and quiet and make no effort to chat if that's how he is feeling, so I was massively relieved to watch him chat away with C and to hear the two of them laughing away in the kitchen as he was helping her put up pictures did my heart good, I can tell you!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">By about 3pm it was apparent that there was nothing left for me to do, he was putting up his pictures, C and her dad were sorting her room and it was time for me to leave. Tom gave me the biggest hug, told me he loved me and promised me that he would be absolutely fine - he did mention that he would be really glad when everyone left and he could put his pizza in the oven and hitch his ps3 to the big plasma TV in the lounge! I'll admit I crumpled a bit as I drove away without him and then because of all the work that's being done at the front of the Uni there are long traffic light controlled delays I had a very self indulgent wail whilst I sat through those and then got a grip before hitting the motorway.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Em was out on Thursday evening so I cooked dinner for two for the first time in a very long time - probably since Tom was on a trip to Germany last year with college in fact. And we opened a bottle of wine and we were both fine. And then as I put the dinner on the table Tom rang - he couldn't get the oven to light and it was bloody freezing in the house. After digging through all the letters in the kitchen he discovered that the gas had been cut off. Suddenly I was in floods of tears and fighting the urge to go and bring him home. Was so cross as I had been doing so well too. Tom assured me he was fine, he was going to microwave some soup and watch TV wrapped in his duvet, he'd text his other housemate H who was sorting all the bills and she had assured him that she and her dad would be sorting the gas out when they arrived the next day.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We had some to'ing and fro'ing with his landlord and I have to say I am not impressed. We have a property that we let out and not only do we ensure it is immaculate before new tenants move in we are a lot more willing to help if they have issues in the first few days and we are letting to adults with kids, not kids away from home on their own. And we aren't earning £900 a month in rent either!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">H and her dad arrived and managed to get the gas sorted and she cooked sausage and mash for the three of them for dinner so that was all good. Saturday morning they discovered that after the 3 of them had showered their was water coming through the ceiling in the kitchen below the bathroom. Tom rang the landlord - if you knew Tom you'd know how amazing this is! - and he is sending someone out on Monday to have a look at the shower so as they don't have a bath its a stand up wash only til Monday evening. Again not ideal, but stuff happens at I am really happy they are dealing with it. C was supposed to move in on Saturday too but she text the others to say she had been out on Friday night and her drink had been spiked (and I worry that Tom DOESN'T drink?) and was too ill on Saturday to move in, she is due to arrive today. Tom tried the oven again for his pizza last night, Saturday, and again it wasn't working well enough to cook it and he sounded a bit fed up last night, he said that its getting annoying now that things aren't working properly. I did suggest that when C arrives with her parents today he asks one of them to have a look at the oven to see if they can sort it out. Tom is in Uni each day next week to get to know the students on his course, the tutors and the layout of the Uni and I think he will be glad to get started. We had planned to go and see him on 6th October as Steve heads off to Africa on the 7th to climb Kilimanjaro, but I have now said we could go next weekend as well if he'd like us to especially if things need sorting. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So its been up and down but not as emotionally wrenching as I had anticipated and for that I am grateful. I think once all 3 of them are in, their courses are underway and the house isn't falling apart around their ears they will all be very happy!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So here's to Tom and 3 years of hard work, great fun and making life-long friends!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Being a guest house owner isn't quite as glamorous as many people seem to think. Oddly we don't start work at 8am and finish at 9am and then sit around working out how to spend our millions, although I would have millions if I'd had a quid for every guest over the last ten years that has asked me "what have you got planned for the rest of the day, now that breakfast is over?". One or two have made that mistake when I wasn't having a good day and been forced to listen to the litany of tasks I had planned. Oops.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Being a guest house owner does give you a real insight into peoples lives, often much more of one than you'd care to have. Take for example one of our regulars who stays four nights a week. He comes down for breakfast and chats away to me in sure and certain knowledge that within the hour I will be cleaning his toilet. I can tell you that this man pisses like an incontinent goat whilst scratching his bollocks; I know this because the rim of his toilet is splattered with old piss and liberally scattered with hundreds of pubes. Seriously that is way more information than anyone needs to have, but I have to have it so I thought it only right I share. I do not understand this. I would not be able to look someone in the eye if I knew that they knew that I was a filthy bastard, but he has no problem with it at all. Amazing.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then this afternoon a new guest arrived. As he was heading back out to his car he spotted our laundry room and wondered if perhaps I might be able to do a load of washing for him, life has been chaotic lately and he was en route to Paris so if I could just do a load of laundry for him that would be a big help. I was sort of inclined to point out that oddly enough my life was pretty hectic and the mere fact that he had arrived to check in an hour before the earliest check in time, right in the middle of my working day, had made it yet more hectic, without having to stop and do a load of washing for him, but I didn't. And so I found myself 5 minutes after meeting this man filling a washing machine with his dirty underwear and socks and wondering what other walk of life would find you manhandling someones used y-fronts as part of your job. Obviously anyone medical I guess, god love them. I am not a caring sort and yes, I did just hear you all say "no shit Sherlock" in response to that startling revelation, so I never had any intention of getting up close and personal with the nether regions, their out pourings, off droppings or outer garments of the great British public and yet here I am doing just that. Funny how things work out.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Here's a little list of the things that I can assure you if you do in a guest house, B&B (what is the difference, I have no idea) hotel, motel or Holiday Inn you WILL be judged:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Not using the toilet brush. Do you leave it like that at home? Oh and if you keep flushing <i>that</i> will eventually go away, so please don't leave it for me to discover when I lift the lid on your toilet.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Blowing your nose on the paper napkin you were given at breakfast.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Leaving the paper napkin you just blew your nose onto on your side plate next to your toast crust and marmalade. Even typing it makes me gag. One of our other regulars does this frequently. There is a special place in Hell for him.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Park like a twat. Look around you. Are there white lines? Here's a plan - use them as a guide and attempt to park between two of them. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Ring at 10pm on a Sunday night to make a booking. For November. Or any date that is more than 12 hours away. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. Try to book a room to use with a prostitute for two hours in the afternoon in a local B&B. Go to the Travelodge, they don't give a shit why you want the room.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That's a little starter, I am sure given more time I could come up with a hundred more minor violations which would be hanging offences if I had my way, as I said, I'm not big on caring. Do you have a similar list of things that the people you come into contact with via your work do that makes you want to kill? I bet you do! Don't hold back, tell me all about them please. </span></span>ihavemostlybeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277806867442115926noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054308902422024673.post-5175886169189153352012-08-17T08:17:00.001-07:002012-08-17T08:17:11.758-07:00Holy shit! Pass the gin.<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Roller coaster. The most stressful and traumatic 48 hours since the sale of the guest house fell through (bastards). I am shell shocked and need booze but it's done!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">After much chopping and changing Tom has accepted a place at Edge Hill University to study English and he is delighted, absolutely thrilled. His didn't get his first choice and went through clearing and by his own admission has somehow ended up doing a much better course than the one he had originally applied for.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Had it not been for Twitter Tom would not being going to Edge Hill. Yesterday morning when I was looking at his results (C English, E Sociology, E History) and his UCAS Track with "unsuccessful" all over it and was in despair <a href="http://obsessivecosmeticsdisorder.blogspot.co.uk/">Leanne from OCD</a> tweeted in response to say not to panic and had I considered Edge Hill, she used to work there and "The Boy" (her partner!) still does. Tom and I will be eternally grateful for that suggestion and if I ever get the chance, which is looking increasingly likely, I am going to buy her the biggest bloody drink!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I am off for a lie down and then on Monday we are all going to Sorrento (we have house sitters so piss off robbers) and I can not wait. Bit of a blogging hiatus but I'll be back at the start of September with blog posts no doubt charting the intense emotions in the run up to 23rd September!!</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>ihavemostlybeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277806867442115926noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054308902422024673.post-7484787843060967222012-08-15T04:39:00.000-07:002012-08-15T04:39:20.943-07:00Fingers crossed everyone!<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's A Level results day tomorrow. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tomorrow we find out if Tom is going to University or not. He thinks not. I, the world's biggest optimist, think maybe. His Dad, who is never wrong, thinks that he might be fine but on the other hand he might not. Emily thinks he needs to hurry the hell up and move out so she we can sort out our basement flat so she gets a much bigger bedroom. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Tom walked when he was 10 months old, a good couple of months before most babies would expect to be up and on their feet. That was the last time Tom did anything more quickly than might have been expected. He was five and still insisting that he couldn't ride a bike without stabilisers - it took Steve running alongside pretending he was holding on to get him up and running. Tom hates to fail. When he was at primary school he had a spelling test every Monday morning so we started every Friday evening with a straight off 20 words spelling test. Those he got right we ticked. The rest he wrote out three times, then we did the test again. Write out 3 times, test and so on until by Monday morning he was able to spell all 20 perfectly. He once got 19 out of 20 and was so upset, bless him! You are probably thinking he aced his GCSE's with a plethora of A's and A*'s. Sadly you'd be wrong, somewhere along the line Toms fear of failure was overtaken by his abject terror of doing any sodding work at all.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">We ended up having a crisis meeting after we got his mock GCSE results. Tom, Steve and I in the kitchen. Tom in bits because he was staring failure in the face and Steve and I petrified that he was going to throw away a golden opportunity. I will never forget watching him walk up from school in the pouring rain clutching his GCSE results envelope. I was sat in the car waiting and he didn't look up until he was nearly at the car and when he did he looked straight into my eyes and smiled the broadest smile, I burst into tears there and then! They weren't great but they were enough to get him into the very good local college to study his A Levels.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">And then came the wilderness years. For two years I have heard myself say "are you sure you aren't supposed to be working?" "show me what work you have done" "seriously, are you shitting me? Is that it?". I have gently coaxed "Sweetheart, why don't you get your History text book and come and sit with me whilst I work" I have cajoled "History text book now" and I have castigated "Work you bastard, work" all to no effect. And tomorrow the results of Tom's torpid approach to learning will come home to roost. I am bricking it.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">He has an offer of 260 points to study Criminology at Lincoln. Its a lovely University, great accommodation, right in the centre of Lincoln and its about an hour and half down the A1. I am desperately hoping that he'll get 200 points, they'll want the £30,000 fees and they'll take him.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Which is great. Or it will be, until we get to September 17th and I have to drive my only son to Lincoln, unload his world from my car to his accommodation, kiss him and drive home. Without him. Oh god. I can't do it. Part of me almost wants him to fail so I wont have to. So I will have to remind myself that having kids is about giving them wings so they can fly away, even if it breaks you heart <strike>a little</strike> into a million tiny pieces. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'll update this post tomorrow with the results - if I am not frantically trying to get him sorted through Clearing before we go on holiday on Monday! </span>ihavemostlybeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277806867442115926noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054308902422024673.post-11148868283974856442012-08-10T03:29:00.001-07:002012-08-10T03:29:29.268-07:00To the people I know in real life who only read my blog<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you do nothing else today please click on this <a href="http://www.beautymouth.com/2012/08/hall-of-fame-hydraluron.html">link</a> and read the post. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Anyone else that reads beauty blogs will already be familiar with Mrs Hirons, skin care guru, second to none. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyone who isn't should click on the above link and then run to Boots and buy her recommendation.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span>ihavemostlybeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277806867442115926noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054308902422024673.post-55413814978489193432012-08-02T09:04:00.000-07:002012-08-02T09:04:07.206-07:00So long old "friend"?<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Yesterday I was unpacking after our weekend away and as I put the box of tampax back into my knicker drawer I thought this box of tampax is well travelled, its been to Cereals in June, Yorkshire show in July and here it is now returning from Cambridge at the start of August. And then I did a double take. Because this 3 month old box of tampax is still closed. A quick check on my phone confirmed my thoughts - the last time I had a period was back in May! Now this may be a temporary blip, or of course I may be pregnant as Emily very hilariously pointed out - I did reply that were that to be the case in a complete role reversal of Catholic families through the years I would be passing this baby off as hers!! - or this may be the real deal and my reproductive years are now behind me.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">I'm not entirely sure how I feel about that to be honest. I remember the Wednesday evening when I was 14 and I went upstairs to wash my hair to discover that after 2 years of patiently waiting I had finally started my periods!! I remember blowing the dust off the pack of breeze block sized sanitary pads that girls used back then with great elation and finally feeling that I was a WOMAN! I was deeply pissed off that no more than six months later my sister who was, and remains to this day, 18 months younger than me started her periods too, I didn't want to share this womanly right of passage with her dammit I wanted it to all be about me for once! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">My period was most at the forefront of my mind the 12 months I spent trying to get pregnant. Using the power of my mind I managed to make it up to 3 weeks late some months, only for it to appear as I walked back from the chemist with yet another pregnancy test we could ill afford. My sister and her husband, by then parents themselves, were staying one weekend in October 1991, my period was a week late and I was trying not to hope. We had dinner and I suddenly felt very very sick, rushed upstairs and hurled for England. I had never felt so ill. My sister took this as a sure sign that I was with child and insisted that Steve went out first thing the following morning and purchased a pregnancy test, against his better judgement, convinced as he was that I was about to ruin a rare weekend with my sister. How utterly and gloriously wrong he was!!! When one night in April 1993 we had dinner and I was violently sick after an Easter weekend spent trying for number 2 we looked at one another with a knowing smile and Tom appeared in January 1994. (Appeared - anyone who has squeezed a 9lb 2oz human out of their vagina will be enjoying a wry smile at that choice of word!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Other than that my periods haven't really featured greatly in my life, they came, they went, they arrived unexpectedly when I was wearing white linen trousers, the usual really. I hadn't really given any thought to how this next stage of my life would affect me, other than perhaps hoping that by the time it came both of my "babies" would have left home and Steve and I would have enough money and enough time to be enjoying life a little. Ah well.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">I am surprised at my lack of knowledge about all this though. So my periods have stopped. Am I now officially menopausal about to grow a beard, have terrific sweats and burst into tears at the slightest provocation? If so, no biggy the beard and the sweats have been around since last year at least. Or is that it. Over. Gone. I'm barren, nothing to see here, please move along, menopause done and dusted. Seriously how can I NOT know this stuff. And where do I sign up for the HRT? Do I need HRT? Will it give me breast cancer? I am here at, if not a major junction, at least a litter-strewn, pot hole filled layby in my life and I have no idea what lies ahead. Luckily I like the unknown and prefer change to being stuck in a rut so lets I hope I can embrace "the" change and work with it. And if not there's always the drugs, right? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Unless of course I am pregnant and then I'm in deep shit.</span>ihavemostlybeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277806867442115926noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054308902422024673.post-88517745473403388452012-07-25T03:43:00.002-07:002012-07-25T03:43:53.606-07:00I wish I could buy with my Boots points....<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I am being a terrible blogger! In my defense the whole of July has been manic with either guest house work, ad sales work or photography work with a good measure of FUN! thrown in to boot so time has been at a premium. And I have sort of lost my blogging mojo and as for twitter - I think I might be over it!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Anyhow. The only time in the day I get a few minutes head space is often when I am doing my make up and this morning whilst I was doing it I began to think again about the £46 on my Boots advantage card that keeps calling me to spend it. I haven't found anything in Boots that has created a "need" so great that I have lashed out with my card and I keep finding things, thinking they might hit the spot and then discounting them as not worth the points. I had a moment whilst I did my eye shadow when I wished I had realised how fantastic Urban Decay was, back when it <i>was</i> in Boots. Then I thought how fab it would be if Laura Mercier was in Boots - and right there I had it - those Boots points would have been long gone if I could have spent them on Laura Mercier in Boots. Although if I'm honest I'd be saving my points right up until the 2012 Christmas collection came out and praying there would be something like the Luxe Colour portfolio of last year, have goggle imaged it a hundred times!! (When anyone gets wind of what LM is bringing out for 2012 xmas please, please tip me off!)</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">And I got to wondering, surely I can't be alone with this wish?! I'm dying to know - what range would you love to see stocked in Boots so that you could save up your points and have a massive splurge? </span></span><br />
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<br />ihavemostlybeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277806867442115926noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054308902422024673.post-29043334503084611922012-07-18T05:38:00.003-07:002012-08-01T03:33:18.795-07:00Bed Head Urban Antidotes<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Remember my post about <a href="http://thisweekihavemostlybeenloving.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/shock-horror-drugstore-hair-products.html">Drugstore Hair care</a> (as we Brits like to call it having watched hours of Friends and House)? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I take it all back.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">On Saturday after an hour of hugely stressful wedding photography I was paid in cash and decided I needed a treat. Whilst Kerastase was a step too far I decided I could run to some Bed Head shampoo and conditioner.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">S'cuse stock image, the camera is having a week off between weddings!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Urban Antidotes come in 3 strengths; Re-energize (light green) for normal hair needing daily care, Recovery (blue) for processed, dry hair in need of tlc and Resurrection (Red) for weak, brittle hair in need of an intervention.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The hairdresser in the salon I purchased from had a quick squizz at my hair and suggested I went for No 2 Recovery. I have used it three times and the difference it has made to my hair is incredible. I had been using the L'Oreal PureStrength since I wrote about it on the 10th June and whilst my hair never looked fantastic it was OK and for a shampoo and condition from Boots the results weren't bad at all. But for a combined price of £20.50 the Bed Head Shampoo and Conditioner have totally and utterly changed how my hair looks. My hair is much less frizzy, with the L'Oreal it started off smooth'ish and frizzed up over the course of the day, with the Bed Head it stays glossy and unfrizzed for the entire day. I am really loathe to wash my hair daily given that it takes me about 20 mins to blow dry and I found with the L'Oreal it was a real push to make my hair last 2 days, not the case with the Bed Head, in between washes it has stayed frizz free and only needs a slight sorting with a spritz of water and a blat about with the hair dryer to bring it back to bouncy loveliness!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">As you'd expect from Bed Head the shampoo and conditioner both smell lovely, sort of citrus, grapefruity kind of smell? I found when I used Kerastase that I still needed a good sized blob to get it to lather, with the Bed Head I do an initial wash with a single pea sized blob and then a 2nd wash with the same amount again (I use a shit load of styling products!) and then a 10p sized blob of conditioner. I think I might invest in the Resurrection conditioner to use once a week as a bit of an extra boost, I'd be concerned it would be too heavy for every other day. When I rinse my conditioner I like my hair to feel silky and its not quite achieving that with the Recovery conditioner, although when it's dried it is very smooth and feels thicker and much more moisturised - the feeling of my dry hair is the thing that convinces me most that Urban Antidotes works, with the L'Oreal it felt rough, fluffy and thin.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So yep, for the two it costs £20.50 rather than £11.98 for the L'Oreal so its a bit more of a splurge but I have to say for me the results are totally worth it and I wont be going back to Boots for my shampoo and conditioner any time soon! What are you using at the moment? Have you tried Urban Antidotes - what did you think? </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">*Quick update* I did buy Ressurection conditioner and it is lovely, makes my hair incredibly smooth and silky, think it will come into its own on holiday when I will wash and let my hair dry naturally, hopefully will end up with waves not frizz. I now use Rescue conditioner all over and a smidge of Ressurection just through the ends and that seems to work a treat. </span></span>ihavemostlybeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277806867442115926noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054308902422024673.post-31088815990995467922012-07-12T08:54:00.002-07:002012-07-12T08:54:56.831-07:00I suppose that it was inevitable.<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">We have 8 guest rooms, are open 7 nights a week for around 46 weeks a year and have been operating for 10 years. A lot of people have walked through our doors and until yesterday all of them had left in the same way. Very sadly one guest yesterday didn't. I wont go into details as this isn't the time nor the place, but it made me realise that whilst we take each day for granted and assume that Thursday follows Wednesday and July will become August for someone, somewhere today might be the full stop, not the comma.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">A salutary reminder that living each moment to the full should be considered compulsory, not optional.</span>ihavemostlybeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277806867442115926noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054308902422024673.post-88390878697587800852012-07-05T02:50:00.000-07:002012-07-05T02:50:20.681-07:00Benefit Brow Zings<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">As many of you know I have used the Clinique Super Fine liner for my brows for years and years, I like that its fine tipped so you can draw in accurately where you want to fill in the gaps and you can get a nice thin line if you are extending your brows out past where they naturally grow, essential if like me your brows have been plucked to hell.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">I had, however started to feel that the finish with the pencil wasn't all it could be. It looked a bit too "drawn" on and not as soft and natural as I wanted. I read everything I could on brow powder and whilst I really liked the softer more natural look of powder applied I couldn't find a single blog where powder had been used to basically create from scratch a brow were none existed. All the reviews I read showed powder being used on already immaculate and enviable brows and I wasn't convinced that I would be able to use powder and a brush to create the sort of brows that I wanted.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">For my birthday Em paid for me to have my brows tinted and shaped. I have to say for all the things I have done to enhance my looks over the years for anyone over 40 with grey brows, or anyone with pale coloured brows, tinting is pretty much a must do. Even before they were shaped the transformation was incredible. For some reason the brows at the inside corner, by my nose, come through grey, so for years I had just plucked them out. Trouble was as the grey spread back through the body of my brow so I was plucking more and more away, until I got to the point where my brows started halfway along my eye! I had eventually realised that this had become ridiculous and had grown them back as much as I could and was colouring in the grey with my pencil. The tinting turned those grey brows a healthy shade of brown - Emma, who was doing my brows - used a fairly light shade on the basis that if she needed to darken it up she could, taking away not being an option. Suddenly having some brows, even though they were far from verdant, that started at my nose made a big difference. Once the tinting was done and I was happy Emma combed and trimmed my brows, waxed the middle and underneath each brow, then threaded my upper eye lid to get rid of all those pesky fine hairs and finally finished off with her tweezers just to catch any stragglers. Considering Emily paid £17 for all of this I was hugely impressed and I was made up with my new brows.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">They looked great done with pencil but the following day I decided to bite the bullet and buy a powder. I usually spend £11 on the pencil and given how much is in the compact I decided that whilst a bigger initial investment, if I was dubious about how well a powder would work and didn't want to waste my money there was no point buggering about with cheaper alternatives, the only way to go was Benefit Brow Zings. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">The lovely lady on the counter did one brow for me, which was all well and good but she was also happy for me to have a go myself, which was vital for me to be sure that I could get the look I wanted at home. She used the lightest of the 3 kits Benefit offer and it is spot on, possibly a teeny hint red but I don't really have an issue with that. I did consider buying the full size brush which was over a tenner, that I used in the shop, but the SA was adamant that the one in the compact was absolutely fine and I'd have no problem with it. I really respect anyone that talks you out of a sale.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In addition to the fab brush for drawing in there is a blending brush, I have never used and a teeny pair of tweezers - maybe mine are duff but I have binned them, they are pants!</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">I was genuinely concerned that Brow Zings wouldn't live up to my expectations but I could not have been more wrong. After a couple of days trial and error I found the technique that worked best for me was to not bother with the wax, it tends to make the powder a bit claggy and ended up looking a bit like the finish I was getting with the pencil which was what I wanted to avoid. The powder is ideal because I can apply it heavily enough to fill in sparse areas and with a lighter hand where my brows are more lush so that I can actually create a brow that looks even and natural from a reasonable distance. The little brush in the compact is all the brush you will ever need. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">The bristles are stiff and hold their shape so I use it upright to create the nice straight line I like on the inside of my brow and the horizontally to draw a thin line to fill out the arch underneath and to extend the outside ends down to where I want them to be. In fact if you are short sighted the fact that the brush has a short handle is a godsend, I can get the mirror near enough to be able to see what I am doing without having to accommodate a long handled brush. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"> I still comb my brows into shape with a baby toothbrush, draw in, and then comb again as this helps to blend everything and really soften the effect. I am still being complimented on my eyebrows by complete strangers, which I know is weird, but I love it especially considering what my eye brows without the magic actually look like!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">OK so this is the bit I couldn't find any where else - creating a brow from nothing in pictures, using only Brow Zings!</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ta dah! me with one eye brow!!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Of course I only managed to get round to this when I am in dire need of another tint & shape, ignore shoddy brow!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Hold brush vertically to create the nice straight line at the start of your brow</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nice straight line! Already looking much better!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is with the body of the brow filled in.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Close up of the body of my brow - see how sheer the powder is close too? </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And with the tail end of my brow drawn in, total fabrication, there is nothing there in real life!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">See why I love this stuff?!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">All done and dusted and it took moments.</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">So what do you think? Are you already a huge brow powder fan, if so what do you use? If you weren't already a convert to brow powder could this wonderfully enlightening post sway you? I paid £22 for Benefit Brow Zings and you can buy it from the <a href="http://www.boots.com/en/benefit-brow-zing_857046/">Boots website here</a> if I have tempted you!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"> </span>ihavemostlybeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277806867442115926noreply@blogger.com79tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054308902422024673.post-50061275788285769622012-06-26T01:12:00.004-07:002012-06-26T01:12:54.968-07:00Here's a thought.<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">My blog was two recently, I didn't flag it up because that would be a bit like expecting to you congratulate me on two years of gratuitously massaging my own ego, which would just be odd. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;"><br />However in light of this auspicious event I had a bit of a wander back through old posts, spotted the bit where I stopped writing make up reviews and only having pics of the stuff swatched on my arm and actually got brave enough to show pictures of the things "in the context of my face" an expression I will love til my dying day! And something struck me as I looked back through those pictures.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">I haven't changed.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Now this may not be particularly earth-shattering news to you but it rather shocked me. I spend my every waking minute either dieting, recording every morsel that passes my lips, stressing about when I slip up, threatening to go to the gym, meaning to go the gym and sometimes even actually going to the gym or stuffing every single thing I can find to eat into my face whilst sitting on the sofa in my Uggs. What can I say, I don't do middle ground. And still I haven't changed. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">It struck me as I looked back over the pictures that maybe the time had come to stop beating myself up about being a size 18 to 20 and just accept it. Then I decided to give up carbs and make a really big push towards losing 2 stone in 8 weeks before I go on holiday. I decided that whilst buttering a crumpet. I think the reality is I wouldn't be me if I wasn't waging a permanent war against myself! I am more self accepting now than I have ever been, its easier to be me at 46 than it was at 26, but if you are 26, or 36 or even 46 you owe it to yourself to find something about you you love and to try and pay scant attention to the things you don't. Reality is the things you love will still be there in ten or twenty years time and so will the things you hate and they might even have got worse so they just aren't worth the head space! So here's a thought - share with me something or even somethings, you love about yourself - looks, personality anything, or compliments you have been paid that you have been able to accept graciously, lets acknowledge the good for once!</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: large;">Have a positively beautiful day folks!</span>ihavemostlybeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277806867442115926noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054308902422024673.post-3714908513813878272012-06-17T03:54:00.000-07:002012-06-17T03:54:10.650-07:00Mont Bleu Nail Files<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">When this blog started out it was mainly a nail blog. I am nail obsessed. As a curvy girl, ahem, I feel it is very important to take control of the things over which I can exert some control, namely hair and nails. So yes, I am claiming that my fat ass is out of my control, what can I say?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So I was very pleased when I was offered the chance to review <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1006111833">Mont Bleu</a><a href="http://www.design-glassware.com/crystal-line/225-swarovski-crystal-nail-file-bb-m3.html"> crystal nail files</a>. I haven't used anything other than a glass file on my nails for years and wouldn't consider using an emery board - I am more likely to run my nails up and down a wall to be honest. My nails flake badly and I find using a very smooth glass file really helps to seal the tips of the nail and helps to prevent flaking.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Ordinarily the glass files I have used have been very functional but perhaps just a bit, well, dull really. Not these beauties:</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Aren't they lovely? And what's more they aren't all style over substance they really work. I have the smaller one in my bag for emergency nail work and keep the larger on my desk for days when work is a drag and I decide I need to do my nails! Each file comes in its own velvet pouch to keep it clean and safe and they are reasonably priced at 10 Euros each. So if you want something a bit gorgeous for the ardous task of nail filing I can recommend these!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span>ihavemostlybeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277806867442115926noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054308902422024673.post-5450196113838516582012-06-10T23:31:00.001-07:002012-06-10T23:31:59.860-07:00Shock horror! Drugstore hair products!!<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">My name is Debbie and I'm a hair product snob. There I said it! Personally if I ever find myself with a lump of cash that I don't need I am going to buy myself Frederic Fekkai Overnight Hair Repair which is £138. OK, I probably wouldn't, but if that £138 really really was spare I'd be sorely tempted!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I have wanted to use Kerastase shampoo and conditioner for ever but always baulked at the price. Then last year I managed to justify it on the basis that I was getting my hair cut every 4-6 months and colouring it at home. I love Kerastase products and would happily use nothing else. But I have had a complete change of heart regarding salon visits and my hair. On April 18th I spent £50 on highlights and glossing (thats the nice way of saying they cover up your grey roots that would show between the hightlights). Then yesterday I just had the "glossing" bit done and a tiny trim, £62, and whilst I was there I booked T-section highlights and glossing for 7th July which is going to be another £60 I'm guessing so I really, really can't justify my Kerastase habit any longer. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fortunately Em had a sample of L'Oreal EverPure in a magazine which I pinched. I have to say I have been sort of drawn to this range since I first saw it. Just in case you don't know here's what they say:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> </span></span><b>Non-sulphate cleansing system. Indulgent care to help protect over-processed, frizzy hair.</b><br />
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Specifically designed for fragile and brittle hair, EverStrong
Reinforcing & Vitality is a Reinforcing System that combines
non-sulphate cleansing and conditioning care. The formulae are enriched
with botanical rosemary and juniper oils. Hair looks shinier, smoother
and protected. For extra care use L'Oréal Paris Hair Expertise
EverStrong Shampoo with EverStrong Reinforcing & Vitality
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> I know!!! Shocking isn't it. TRESemme stuff. My god who'd ever have thought it. Tell you what though, this bloody stuff works! It smells lovely, like sherbert sweets - covers up the ominpresent whiff of gin! - and it works. I rub a couple of pumps through my wet hair before styling and then rub a single pump onto my hands and then lightly froof the ends of my hair once its dried and it really tames the frizz. This costs a budget busting £5.99 and given the amount you need this could last me well into my 80's.</span></span> <br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Big thanks btw to Claire of <a href="http://jolielaidebeautyblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/review-loreal-everstrong-shampoo-and.html">Jolie Laide Beauty Blog</a>, whose review of EverStrong I read and who then answered my questions on twitter, she helped me to decide it was definitely worth trying, thanks Claire; my hair loves you, my wallet loves you, but more importantly my husband worships you and your frugal good sense!!</span></span>ihavemostlybeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277806867442115926noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1054308902422024673.post-47807005981940411882012-06-07T08:21:00.001-07:002012-06-07T08:21:17.971-07:00My blog pics will never look the same again!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Have wanted a macro lens for the longest time, not primarily for my blog photos you understand but for some of my paid photography. Buuuuut it does take stunning blog pics!! </span></span>ihavemostlybeenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11277806867442115926noreply@blogger.com8