My first day not working is in progress, and so far it is going well! I’m making pickles, roasting tomatoes, and a knock at the door brought my Julep box! I wasn’t super super keen on the colours in my regular option, Classic With a Twist, it was a sort of taupey brown and a black colour. I went with Boho Glam because the colours seemed potentially similar to Mina’s wedding colours, and because it was the only box to come with a brown mascara instead of black. I really love the little cards it came with this month. The … Continue reading September 2012 Julep Box

This is my final GlossyBox, and it’s really great! Sebastian Potion 9 Lite Biore Makeup Removing Towlettes Kroylan for GlossyBox Kryolan Classic Lipstick Befine Fine Food Skincare Trend Trunk Gift Card Elastoplast SOS Blister The lipcolours are a dusty rose and a bright red. I love love love lipstick. I can’t wait to try them! Overall I think this box was super. There’s a good variety and I’m sure I’ll use every one of the items. I’m really excited by the pack of fine food skincare – there’s a warming clay mask, gentle cleaner, exfoliating cleanser, pore refining treatment scrub, … Continue reading August 2012 Glossy Box

Did you know that I’m 29 now? I am, as of last weekish. My birthday day itself was absolutely wonderful. The lad took me to a petting farm, no lie. I saw goats, and baby goats, and deers, and cows!, and horsies, and donkeys, and llamas (no hats, though) and giant pigs. Also, on our way to the farm we walked through the park thingie and there were geese and swans, just sitting around! It was really neato. In the evening, he had planned a nice dinner with my friends. Only Aaron and Lauren came, so it was a nice … Continue reading Birthday Roundup – OR – I am incredibly spoiled by wonderful friends

This topbox was super ace. Also, I took these pictures all by my lonesome and they’re pretty awesome. It was full of great goodies this month: An Expressions Brush Nexxus Shampoo & Conditioner ‘Pink Wipes’ which I think are meant to be refreshing cloths, but to me sound like a feminine hygiene product. Kellett Skincare Polishing Gel Toner ‘Dot’ by Marc Jacobs L’Eau de Chloe How CUTE is that bottle? I’ve not yet used the wipes, but everything else in this box has been fantastic. I’m really pleased with Topbox, overall. It’s really too bad the waitlist is so long! The weeks … Continue reading August 2012 TopBox

Tie between strapless and sweetheart. My vote was for ‘Her Fifties Sundress‘, but it was the only one. Given a choice between the other two I will go with Sweetheart. The strapless one is probably dressiest and the colour richest, but it’s not comfortable enough to wear for a full day, I don’t think. Maybe I’ll switch to it during the evening! Continue reading Results

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I am slowly, slowly, slowly learning to use the boy’s fancy camera. I set up all the lamps on the table (yeah.) and turned on all the overheads, and set to work trying to take pictures. You know, with my camera, I just had to point it and hit the button? I miss those days a little bit. On the other hand, now I can make things blurry on purpose. BENTABERRY/ G-1 moisturizing Face cream for boys and girls VITAMINE & SEA/ Mineral Clay Mask ATELIER COLOGNE/ Vanille Insensée – EDT 30ml THE LAUNDRESS/ Delicate Wash – Lady NAKED PRINCESS … Continue reading August 2012 Glymm

Apologies, gentle reader, for my long absence. As I write this little Vex is sitting at the vet’s awaiting surgery. She’ll be fine, I know. In my absence, I’ve done and worn many things, but have photos of few. I did, however, manage to scrape up photos of my latest boxes! Topbox, Glossy, and Glymm We’ll start with my final GlossyBox. I opted to cancel the service before I peeked at the contents of this box, and I’m feeling pangs of regret. However, I’m also finding myself not going through the samples that I get and since Glossy sends the … Continue reading Finally!

I am temporarily hijacking Sabrina’s regularly scheduled style program (with her permission) to bring my May and June contributions to Mina’s 4D monthly Style Challenge. Both are embarrassingly late, but better late than never, as people generally say. When I heard that Mina and Sab were doing this together I thought it’d be fun to join in – I couldn’t stand idly by and let them put together fabulous outfits without me! The idea of the challenge appeals to me because it forces me to look into my wardrobe to mix and match pieces, rather than go with standby outfits. … Continue reading Lauren’s 4D Style Challenge: May & June