Month: June 2020
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How to deal with poo in reusable cloth nappies
It’s not a pleasant topic, is it? But, as lovely as the idea of cloth nappies is, there’s always this worry, lurking at the back of my mind. What if they won’t come clean one day? So there I was, standing in the kitchen, holding a nappy covered in poo and with no idea at all […]
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Postcards to my baby: Kathmandu
August 2018 Little one, In 2015, there was an earthquake that destroyed large parts of Kathmandu, capital city of Nepal. When we visited, they were still rebuilding. The side-by-side of rich and poor had never been so stark. Beside a luxury boutique hotel, a single wall, three storeys high, was being rebuilt by a dust-covered […]
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Tested: The Holy Grail concealer for blue undereye circles, dark circles and tattoos.
I’ve been working on my under-eye blue circles for a few years now. Every time I get on top of them with a great skincare routine to erase dark circles, I forget to keep going with my routine then they make a comeback. Thanks, ADHD. So it’s no surprise, then, that I have tried a […]
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“Protein filler ruined my hair” At-home vs salon protein filler review
Protein fillers are being touted as the best thing to ever happen to hairdressing. So I wanted to try them out. To make this a fair test, I waited 1 year between treatments, to be sure the first product was completely out of my hair. For the at-home treatment, I used the Superdrug protein filler. […]
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Postcards to my baby: Pattaya
Christmas Day 2017. Twenty-four degrees celsius, if you can believe it. Blue, cloudless sky, punctuated only by palm trees. The sound of the sea, gently rising up the clean sand, leaving gifts of shells for me to find. The calls of men selling hats, water bottles and street food on long bamboo poles or hand-carts […]
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A Photo A Week Challenge: Footwear
This week’s challenge from Nancy Merrill Photography is to share a photo or two of footwear. This photo is the sandals I have been wearing for the past 18 months. Basically, my feet grew during pregnancy but they got so wide that none of my shoes fitted, so I bought these when we were still […]
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