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What is “all natural,” and what are “chemicals?”
What is “all natural” and what are “chemicals?” I am going to discuss what these two terms ought to mean, and what they really mean. Before anyone’s all like “how surprising,” this actually is surprising to a lot of people. I have known about this issue for a very long time, because I was lucky…
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Caring for long hair
Caring for long hair: The best advice I have ever been given about caring for long hair is this: “Treat your hair like your grandmother’s best antique lace.” Obviously we don’t want to put it in a drawer and dry it flat, or only use it at Christmas, but there is a lot of wisdom…
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Mirabell Gardens and Palace: Breaking all the rules.
Mirabell Gardens and Palace: Breaking all the rules. It’s bad form to start at the beginning when you write a travel piece. This is the special exception: The fountain, facing away from us as we entered Mirabell Gardens, was a half naked woman who appeared to have two streams of water pointing in opposite directions…
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[Wellness] Overview of types of milk allergy and intolerance
An overview of the different types of milk allergy and intolerance: Most people these days assume that when you say “milk allergy” you mean “lactose intolerance.” Some people know these are different, but even milk allergy/intolerance sufferers can be pressed to explain which milk ailment they’ve got. Of course, in an ideal world none of…
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Hair Dye 101: Bleaching your hair to white or silver blonde
How to get silver blonde, white blonde, platinum blonde and silver hair. “It started as a sudden fancy…” Terry Pratchett, Monstrous Regiment I believe that we are inspired to take our hair to its blonding limits. It sometimes feels like a labour of love – certainly, the frustrations and disappointments that can be felt if…
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Introductions and Rules
Welcome to invokedelight. It’s a place dedicated to wellness, hair, beauty, travel, health and rabbits. Basically, I had the idea of starting a beauty blog back in February, after becoming inspired by some of the amazing and creative vloggers on Youtube. The problem was that the market was oversaturated. It gets worse each day, especially since so…