Something less melancholy…

I’m pretty happy with yesterday’s post but it was rather serious. Several well known commentators have come out with much the same views themselves today, and it’s reassuring to think that I’m not completely off my rocker. One of my dear...
The 5:2 diet – how it is for me

The 5:2 diet – how it is for me

  I’ve always had problems with my weight. Not skinny since my teens, I had gradually put it on over several decades that included two pregnancies and their subsequent stressful fruition, one period of long-term unemployment and plenty of time spent at...
Urban Decay Naked 2 Basics Eyeshadow Palette

Urban Decay Naked 2 Basics Eyeshadow Palette

  Apparently, the original Urban Decay Naked palette is the best -selling eyeshadow of all time and its sequel, the Naked 2 palette was eagerly-awaited with a Twitter buzz even on my timeline around its release last weekend. Now, I have plenty of eyeshadows as it...

Scarlet Biosculpture fingernails

Here I am again, posting about fripperies rather than anything serious. I could talk about how difficult it is going to be for me to sit down with the Boywonder on his return from France this evening and examine his options for the rest of his life, AGAIN. Or how I am...

Restoring hair after bouffing

I had long hair until I was 12. On the rare occasions it was loose I could sit on it but that was only ever when I had it washed with Indian herb powder every 6 weeks or so. It took my mother about an hour to comb out the tangles – conditioner was unknown in our...