Month: April 2016
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Infrared Photography in York: Can You Believe This is NOT Photoshopped?
I’m so excited to share with you my first infra red photographs! I’ve wanted a camera that could take infra red photos since I first heard that they existed. I know my readers have different levels of experience when it comes to photography, some of you are experts and some of you are, like me, […]
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Makeup Skills: Choosing the Right Foundation Colour For Your Skin!
One question keeps coming up over and over on forums, Youtube videos, on Quora and Reddit, and that’s ‘how do I choose the right colour of foundation?’ To help answer that (it’s a bigger question than it looks), I put this video together looking at basic and more advanced areas of this all-important skill. It’s […]
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Monday Motivation: Blogilates
Trying to get back into good habits and I find myself coming back to Cassey Ho’s Youtube Channel Blogilates! She’s just phenomenal at fitness and really energetic and motivating which is what I need on this gloomy, overcast April day, when two of my bunnies are critically ill. Check Cassey out if you love to […]
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Abstract
This week’s Weekly Photo Challenge was Abstract. Here, I am taking abstract to be synonymous with weird and random. The flames of a bonfire on a long exposure, taken January 2015. Not sure which camera this photo was taken by or the exact settings.
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Victoria Wood yesterday, Chyna today.
Two women whose contributions to the world were greater than it wants you to believe. Victoria Wood died yesterday at the age of 62. Cancer. Chyna died today aged 45. But the whole world is only talking about the loss of Prince, with a sidenote about Guy Hamilton, director of the James Bond movies. Let’s […]
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The Swiss Alpine Route to Verona: Solo Interrail Part 5
New to my Solo Interrail series? Start here I’m going to pick up where I left off last time, after I had just made it back to Zurich station and was now feeling like I was back in civilization having just spent the morning lost in the alps. I sat down over a coffee and wrote postcards […]
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Morticia Addams Cosplay Make Up Tutorial
It’s finally here – the Morticia Addams make-up cosplay tutorial! I have done original Morticia as played by Carolyn Jones in the 1960s, rather than Anjelica Huston, as I am more comfortable with this incarnation of Morticia and for me personally, Carolyn Jones will always be the definitive Morticia Addams because I saw the TV […]
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Dinner Time at Cafe Mango
For this week’s photo challenge, Dinnertime, I decided to share these pictures of the delightful Cafe Mango in Fort William. If you’re climbing Ben Nevis, this Thai and Indian restaurant is well worth a visit. It was the best restaurant we ate at on the West side of the Highlands, everything was simply delicious and […]
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Hair Color Remover FAQ
This is the frequently asked questions I get about how color remover works, how to use color remover, whether it can be used after bleaching etc, all in one helpful place so you can find answers! Can you get your natural hair colour back after bleaching it? No, sorry. If you want a longer answer, […]
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Elizabeth Arden Lipstick Review: Ceramide Ultra vs Plump Perfect
Today I wanted to do a beauty post to talk about the similarities and differences between two Elizabeth Arden lipsticks – the new Elizabeth Arden Ceramide Ultra lipstick and the recently-discontinued Elizabeth Arden Plump Perfect lipstick. Last time we talked about lipsticks I was trying to get my hands on the Elizabeth Arden Plump Perfect […]
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