Lush is LushBeautyShopping and About Town by Mrs C - January 26, 2011January 28, 2011Lush is one of those shops which I love walking past on the High Street as it always smells so lovely and inviting. If I've got time I like to go in and just touch and sniff the various concoctions on offer though inevitably I'll end up buying something.I don't think we've ever had a Lush Bath Bomb in the house yet which I and
It’s a Love/Hate Thing!BeautyBooksRants and Raves by Mrs C - January 12, 2011June 7, 2011So what would I give The Thumbs Up to this week and what's a No-No? The Thumbs up to:Naturally - Whipped Hand Repair Balm - smells scrummy and makes hands unbelievably soft.Apicare Restore Me Honey Nut Body Butter - a real luxurious body moisturiser.St Eval Candle Company - the rose-scented candles are my personal favourites.DaysoftContactLenses.com where you can buy contact lenses at a fraction of the
Kidney Stones – What a Pain!BeautyCardiff and Wales by Mr C - January 5, 2011September 4, 2017It's funny how experience helps understanding. The last few weeks have taught me a couple of things: mainly that I'm definitely not getting any younger and that I can now relate with total sympathy to those who are teased for over-egging the pudding when it comes to describing the problem of passing a kidney stone.In the run up to Christmas it's always nice to look
The Power of The PomegranateBeauty by Mrs C - November 12, 2010January 28, 2011Who'd have thought that the humble, weird-looking pomegranate would one day be one of the most sought after ingredients in ladies skincare products? The fun we had, us children of the '70s, picking up those ruby pearls of strangely tasteless fruit with a dangerously sharp needle! How could we have predicted such a reversal of fortune for this most insignificant of fruits?Last year I became
Weleda WowBeauty by - August 30, 2010Sometime around November last year, the skin around my eyes started getting very sore and red. My eyelids were red and shiny, sometimes the skin was weeping. Below my eyes, the skin was flaky and red. I would spend days on end without any make-up or creams and then the minute I went back to my normal regime, my eyes would start reacting again. I
A Positive Approach to Cold SoresBeauty by Mr C - April 12, 2010Reading through a few of my recent posts, you must all think I'm a right old Victor Meldrew, who grizzles and groans about anything and everything. I suppose it's because it's always easy to criticise things in a negative way. It's really not the case because I'm actually quite proud of being very positive in my approach to life, work and people. When I talk to