Beauty products anyways.
I covered up my highlights because I was tired of the damage and I didn’t want to waste a Saturday afternoon getting them anymore. The last time I was there, it actually took close to 7 hours. Which is ok, it was a school and they did a great job, but students are slow. Full highlights, toner, haircut and products for under $120? Not too shabby. But with school weekends are terribly precious.
Anyways…when picking up my new color at Sally’s I found this:

The cashier reccomended it saying to add a little to the color. I did that and have been adding a bit when I blow dry my hair. It’s wonderful. My hair is shiny, manageable and friz and flyaway free. Very nice product. It’s a little bottle but I bought it before Thanksgiving and I’m barely done with half. AND I’ve been using it daily. I’m actually blow drying every time I shampoo-something I only do every other day anyways. But for me to fix my hair is kinda rare.

Kirstie Alley tweeted a while back about a scrub she makes at home. It sounded yummy but I’m not the sort of person who would make her own body scrub. Then I found this on at Target and I happened to have a $20 gift card so I thought I’d try it out. This is “crushed” brown sugar, lime, almond oil and some sort of grains-the package says macadamia and I’m sure it’s not lying but there are black bits in it. Whatever. It’s fabulous. The smell is amazing!! Just rough enough to exfloiate without damaging. And it’s oily enough to moiturize but not leave me feeling coated. A word of advice about body scrubs. It’s easier to apply with the shower turned off. When your finished with it, turn the jar over and tip out the water that gathers on top of the scrub-that will stop it from going runny. Sounds basic but I’ve ruined a few scrubs by not doing that.
And by keeping the water running not only did more water get into the container but it just makes a big sloppy mess and I didn’t get a good scrub.

I love Lush. At first I wasn’t sure of this, it seemed a bit strong. But once I got in the shower with it. OMG! I typically stick with either soap scents (Zest or Lever 2000) or vanilla type scents so for me this is very different. LOVE it!! It’s mostly Honey and Jasmine, but there are other underlying scents there. Also it’s vegan. Anyways, it lathers up big and rich and the scent hangs in the air for hours afterwards. It also lasts on the skin a long time too.

I got out of the habit of applying cocoa butter all over a while back. Maybe in the oppressive summer heat. Anyways, with the cold I’ve been in serious need of lotion everywhere. I used to LOVE The Body Shop’s Body Butters, in Mango and Nut but hate going to the mall. When I picked up the scrub I got this too. The labels a little tricky to make out but it’s Amazon Forest Brazil Nut and Vanilla Body Butter by Boots) The package size is similar to The Body Shop’s and since it’s technically a British product I’m sure that’s not by accident (Both Boots and The Body Shop are Britsh based companies I believe). The price wasn’t too bad, I want to say about $10. Anyways…it’s thick but that makes it easy to control the amount you put on I think. It can be a little greasy of you over do it, but mostly it’s lovely. The scent lasts quite a long time too.




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Need I say more?
The greatest comfort food.
April Fresh!
Mmmmmm sushi.
Vosage’s Mo’s Bacon Bar. Don’t mock, if you’ve ever dipped your bacon or sausage into your maple syrup at IHOP or Denny’s, or even at home, you’d love this as much as I do.
Wellington Park in Simcoe Ontario Canada. That windmill is on one half of the park, you can drive right past that, a tiny bridge, tiny aterfall, a tiny (litterally) church and many many Canadian Geese and mallards ducks. Also swans. LOVELY park. To this day I still bug who ever is driving to drive through the park at least once. If not more.
Preferred Shade: Paramour
Ferrous
Oliver
Ben. Especially when he’s enjoying my cooking.




