tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-75712367591072672512024-03-14T08:22:13.891+00:00GretalRabbit WritesGretalRabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14419178620152309092noreply@blogger.comBlogger427125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571236759107267251.post-46344677953802509402014-08-03T18:04:00.000+01:002014-08-03T18:04:00.015+01:00Texas Haul- go big or go home! (part 1, mainly make up)As I'm sure you'll know if you've read any of my previous posts (especially my most recent- <a href="http://gretalrabbit.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/my-travel-tips.html">My Travel Tips</a> which as written mostly from the airport on the way) I recently went on a 2 week trip to Austin Tx to see one of my best friends get married. I went with 5 members of her family and another of my best friends. We had a brilliant time- I don't think the weather dropped below 34C, the wedding went brilliantly (despite many more people arriving than we expected showed $12up) and we saw a good amount of Austin and San Antonio (I'd love to go back and see San Antonio again though- we did a whistle-stop 1 day trip and didn't really get to see anything fully)<br />
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Anyway, as it's me I wanted to make sure I took full advantage of the drugstore make up (especially items I cannot get hold of here in England) and I have quite the haul for you...<br />
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First up is a few bits I picked up from Target and Walmart (side note: I've never been to a Walmart before- it was epic!)<br />
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Now that I'm home hindsight has made me want to buy about 6 of the e.l.f. Shine Eraser sheets- they're only $1 (approx 60p) in Target and £1.95 (not including shipping!) in England! I've been using them more recently so I picked up another packet.<br />
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The Maybelline Great Lash is something I've been thinking of trying for a while now- I know it has a cult following and it's been around for years. I got it at Walmart for $4.44 (approx. £2.60- it's £4.99 in Boots)<br />
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The Maybelline Colour Tattoo eye shadows are another thing I've been interested in for a while- but again I thought they'd be cheaper in the US so I was waiting. I purchased Bold Gold (45) and Tough as Taupe (35) from Walmart for a total of $9.88 (there was a £2 off coupon on the side of one of them) so approx. £3 each (£5 in Boots)<br />
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The Taupe shade is quite different to how I expected- it looks far browner in the pot, but comes out quite grey- I wish the US had testers everywhere!<br />
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The last 2 items were somewhat impulse buys- The Loreal True Match foundation is actually one of the first drugstore foundations that seems to be the right shade for me (I got C2 Natural Ivory), so obviously I had to get it! I wore it on the day of the wedding and I like it so far- I'm sure I'll post a full review at some point. It was $8.97 (£5.30) in Walmart. The Sally Hansen Hard as Nails was a result of me getting frustrated that every single one of my nails broke the day before, I've not actually used it yet because the day after I bought it we all went to get gel manicures! That was $2.50 (£1.50) in Target.<br />
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Finally (in drugstore type products anyway) I stocked up on EOS lip balms!!!<br />
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Yeah... I bought 7 of them.. (I actually bought 8 but gave one to my sister!) I have (clockwise from top!) Strawberry Sorbet, Lemon Drop (the one with SPF 15), Blueberry Acai, Honeysuckle Honeydew, Sweet Mint, Summer Fruit and Pomegranate Raspberry in the middle. They were $2.99 each, and although I've not had the heart to take them out of their packaging yet (it was tempting to rip them all open the second I left the checkout...) I know I will love them! :)<br />
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Lastly in terms of make up items, we visited an outlet mall- and I found a make up outlet store! I was very restrained and only bought 1 item- a MAC lipstick!<br />
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I picked out a lovely shade- Overtime- because I knew it would be the kind of colour I'd wear a lot, it's a paleish pink that is like the Baby-Barbie pink version of my-lips-but-better. I've worn it a couple of times and I like the formula- it stayed put through a glass of wine!- without feeling too drying, and I really do love the colour! :)<br />
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I don't think I could never justify the purchase in the UK- they retail at £18 each!- but in the outlet store it was only $12.75 (£8!)<br />
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That's finally it for make up, but I also couldn't resist stocking up on some yummy American treats!<br />
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For some very annoying reason I can't seem to get hold of peanut butter m&m's- and they are the worlds best ones! I also love the mint ones (I'm a sucker for mint chocolate) and of course Reese's Peanut Butter Cups- I really love them, and so does Dale and my sister so I bought 5 packets! (yep, 2 are gone already!) I must have looked like a right fattie at the checkout- but I can't say I really cared...</div>
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This lovely necklace was another impulse buy- I've seen quite a lot of these simple shaped metal necklaces about recently- unfortunately made in solid silver and way out of my price range- but I spotted this in a tiny shop in a mall on sale at about $4; I couldn't say no. I've not worn all that much jewellery recently, mostly because my jewellery storage is a mess and I can't get to or see anything! So I plan to sort it all out and wear more.<br />
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I've been on the vague hunt for a new bag for nearly 6 months now- my old one is looking a little sad and old but I tend to be quite fussy (liking pockets, a long enough strap, lots of space, not leather etc.) with bag purchases so I'd not found anything I like- until Target!<br />
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It has 3 sections, several pockets, plenty of space for all of <strike>my crap</strike> my necessary items and I love the shape and colour- plus it was on sale for $17! (about £10)<br />
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That's actually all for this haul post- there will be a part 2 to follow soon (hint- I spent a lot of time in a Bath and Body Works outlet store)<br />
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I've travelled a fair amount so far- I was lucky enough to get a week or two abroad every year with my parents when I was younger and in 2010 I spent three months backpacking through Australia and New Zealand with a friend. Add to that lots and lots of camping trips and I've become pretty good at packing and travelling! Here are a few tips I thought I'd share (hopefully some new things you may not have heard)</div>
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-Plan way ahead! Research any vaccinations, visas etc you will need, decide how you'll be taking money on holiday, book all flights, accommodation, all other transport- all as early as you can, it's often cheaper in advance and it saves you worrying about it when you could be buying new clothes for the trip!</div>
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- Photocopy everything! Keep a copy of your passport, tickets, booking confirmations, visas etc in your checked bag, as well as a spare copy in your hand luggage. I always keep a PDF copy in my email inbox! Perhaps it's overkill, but there are somethings I like to be very prepared with!</div>
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-Write a big list of everything you want/need to take several weeks before you go, and double check you have (working/vaild/fitting) things like suitcases, swimsuits, travel adapters, passports... well in advance; so you have plenty of time for holiday shopping (like you needed an excuse!) and getting everything you need well before your travel (new UK passports are taking months to get hold of at the moment!)</div>
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-Instead of packing like a maniac 5 hours before you need to leave your house my strategy is to leave my suitcase out and open for about a week before I leave- that way I can gradually add bits and bobs to my packing pile (eg clean clothes get put into case instead of in the wardrobe, new items go straight in) as you can put things in when you remember them!</div>
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-Rememer all of the rules and regulations with hold an hand luggage (they recently brought in a new rule for US flights that all you must be able to prove all electronics switch on before boarding!) The best places to check are your airport and airline websites. </div>
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- Roll clothes, don't fold- they take up less space that way! Make use of random little pockets of space- stuff socks into shoes (packing a suitcase is just real life Tetris) and put breakable and delicate things in the centre of your case, surrounded by layers of clothes. Baggage handlers are not know for their gentile approach, so prepare for your case to be thrown around.</div>
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- Try to travel light (I know it's hard!) Save travel sized bottles and small containers (moisturiser tubs etc.) and decant products- surely no one needs 500ml of shampoo for 2 weeks, and unless you're going somewhere remote or very expensive the chances are you can buy extra there!</div>
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- Always wear (comfy) layers for flying, I always find air conditioning really cold (I hate it!) so I get cold on planes, but it's often really hot when you land. I hate when celebrities are photographed looking glam at airports- I want to wear cosy slouchy clothes! Particularly if you have a long flight or plan to sleep! I always wear slip on shoes or flip flops; they're easy to take off at security and when I get on the plane (I always pack socks in my carry-on so I don't have cold feet!)</div>
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- Be nice to your skin! Again, air con is pretty evil- it can really dry out your skin do I always pack a moisturiser, toner and plenty of lip balm for flights (plus eye drops as I get really dry eyes) and I definitely don't faff around with putting my make up back on before I land! This year I've got a bottle of rescue oil so I can really moisturise my face, and Astral for my hands, feet etc. And I'm going to be testing out a tea toner I made this week (if I like it I may post a 'recipe')</div>
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- Please don't be an annoying fellow passenger: no loudly chatting with a friend 3 rows down, stealing both armrests, kicking the back of the chair infront, siting in the middle of a row and going to the loo 6 times an hour, leaning over strangers to see out the window.... I really could write an essay.</div>
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-Drink a lot! Again you can get very dehydrated in the air, try to drink lots of water (preferably no alcohol, although I know it's very difficult to say no to a free G&T!) And on a similar note, remember you don't have to eat whenever a lovely flight attendant hands you food! :)</div>
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Anyway I hope these tips might help you- I'm now finishing off this post sitting by the pool in our villa- we got here safely (with only a few minor dramas; turns out travellig with 6 other people is hard work!) and our house it is beautiful- I don't want to leave already!</div>
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A couple of months ago I was approached for the first time to trial and review a product and after a little research I leapt at the chance- Astral is marketed as an all-purpose richly moisturising cream, for use on anywhere on the body (much like <a href="http://gretalrabbit.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/review-nivea-creme.html">Nivea Creme</a>). I think it has a bit of a reputation of being targeted for older people (Joanna Lumley has done TV adverts for it in the past and I think it does advertise as being suitable for mature skin) but I don't think it deserves that- it's a great product at any age!<br />
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I was generously sent both a 50ml and a 500ml tub; I'm about 2/3 into the 50ml and I think it'll take me quite a while to get through the 500ml but I think a review is way overdue! (Aside: I've updated my <a href="http://gretalrabbit.blogspot.co.uk/p/contact-me.html">About Me</a> page, and I really want to reassure you that my posts and reviews are and always will be 100% honest, even if I've received a product for free)<br />
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The ingredients are quite similar to Nivea Creme- fairly simple with lots of moisturising ingredients. The product itself is a smooth cream- with a texture that actually reminds me of thick sun cream (liquidy, but thicker than a regular facial moisturiser, and nowhere near as thick as a body butter)<br />
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I think it sinks in a lot faster than Nivea Creme, and definitely does not leave my skin feeling greasy at all (I prefer using this at work rather than Nivea as it does sink in faster) but is also really lovely and moisturising. As I've said so many times before I have really dry skin, and sometimes have eczema on my hands/fingers/wrists so products that moisturise and do not irritate are very important to me (I don't use body butters on my hands because the fragrances can irritate my skin)<br />
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I've used it on my face several times (at night- I think it would be too rich during the day even for my skin) and I've not had a problem with clogged pores or greasy feeling skin (though I do have dry skin) Although it does sting a little if I manage to get it into my eyes.<br />
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The only slight issue I have with Astral is that I don't love the scent- it's kinda musky and it is stronger than I would like. I don't often use it on my face because I'm put off by the scent, however it doesn't seem to linger on my skin once applied, and I like the formula too much to let the scent put me off using on my body.<br />
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I'd recommend testing/smelling it before purchasing (I know some people are more fussy with scents than I am), but overall I really do love Astral. If I ever get through the giant 500ml tub will almost definitely repurchase. The 50ml is currently £1.29 in Superdrug and the 500ml is £7.99 (you can also get a 200ml for £3.89) though you may be able to get it cheaper/on sale elsewhere- though the price is pretty reasonable, particularly when you can do so much with it.<br />
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I love reading/watching other peoples empties posts- I think it really does show what products people like enough to use up completely, rather than getting bored and switching to something different.</div>
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I've had a little basket sitting on my 'make up desk' for just over a month now- and I've collected quite a few empty containers- some products I've gone through multiple times, and some are new(ish) finds.</div>
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First up is a dry shampoo- I love Batiste; it's reasonably priced and really does the job to refresh my hair so I don't need to wash it every day (<a href="http://gretalrabbit.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/review-batiste-dry-shampoo.html">full review here if you're interested</a>). As the bottles last me quite a while (probably 4 or 5 months) I always seem to find new scents in stores by the time I need a new one- I really enjoyed the Oriental scent of this one- quite floral and spicy (I'd actually quite happily use a perfume in the same scent) and I have a new one (in a scent which is apparently called Monochrome...Smells good though!)</div>
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Next is another product I've used several tubes of in the past- I love both of the hot cloth cleansers from Superdrug (I've reviewed the <a href="http://gretalrabbit.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/review-vitamin-e-hot-cloth-cleanser.html">Vitamin E version here</a>, and I think the Naturally Radiant version is very very similar, but with a different scent) and I'm not sure I'll ever stop using hot cloth cleansers :)<br />
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Once again, another HUGE favourite of mine; the <a href="http://gretalrabbit.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/review-neutrogena-norwegian-formula.html">Neutrogena Concentrated Hand Cream</a>- I have no idea how many of these lovely tubes I've used up, it's a lot! I always buy this hand cream when it's on sale (I'm sure it's included in a Boots 3 for 2 at least once a year) and it really helps keep my dry hands happy.<br />
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I'm rather fussy with my conditioner- I have rather fine hair and I hate that heavy, weighed down feeling with some conditioners. Aussie is a brand that I do really like, particularly their conditioners and this is a lovely one (I think 3 Minute Miracle has a bit of a cult following, and for good reason) - I would definitely repurchase this :)<br />
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I've got quite a collection of body butters- from both Boots and The Body Shop- I love them! I tend to use just one tub at a time (partly because I like to leave a tub out near my bed so I can try and remember to moisturise every day!) and this Boots Extracts Brazil Nut butter was lovely. The Boots Extracts are a little cheaper than The Body Shop ones (at £8 for 200ml, The Body Shop are £13) though both are regularly on sale, and I think that they are quite similar. If I ever run out of my body butter supply (I think I have about 4 full 200ml tubs) I would happily repurchase another from this range.<br />
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I really love the e.l.f. Eyelid Primer, without primer eye shadow tends to cling to dry patches on my lids and look awful... I think I do prefer the Golden shade at the moment (I'm wearing lots of gold and bronze eye shadows so I feel like the golden one goes better) this one in Champagne is also lovely.<br />
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I think I've used almost all of the Natural Collection mascaras by now- this is the LashDefinition in Brown/Black. I'm actually not very fussy with mascara, I have long straight lashes that are quite light so as long as it can hold a curl and provide a little separation and colour to my lashes I'm happy! This mascara has a standard small spooly kind of wand and for me the formula was good- not too wet (which doesn't usually hold a curl for me) or dry (which I find can be flaky) so I would definitely repurchase this too- particularly as it was only £1.99!<br />
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I thought this would be one of the most difficult challenge themes for me to do- green really is one of my least favourite colours, and I thought I'd have nothing I cared about enough to photograph. However the more I thought about it and the more I looked around my flat, the more I realised that there are definitely SOME things I like that are green, so instead of one picture or one item for this theme- I created a little collage of things that I like that happen to be green :)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJaH8VilQIdtFpUd6qEBNxQ-6ItyGNJh-iQyDWBkbMQwKbk6lef1JPyw8MYaSdnLKYZjv-P0DY71TS6lOibOgdFsDItDqpZ8OCoDG82zXSEUV-ZeDy9J2nu8j9aLLdv3QYlS0yHCPyz9g/s640/blogger-image--1561028513.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></div>
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First up is a brochure for the Curve Theatre- I love going to the theatre and they have some brilliant things coming up (Rent and The Sound of Music!). Second is, obviously, lots of nail polish- green may be one of my least favourite colours but I still have lots of green polish! You may be able to see a teal and mint green theme (I do actually really like those shades a lot)<br />
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A couple of beauty/skincare items are included; I'm really liking this hot cloth cleanser at the moment, and my Balmi lip balm is starting to run out (I may have to repurchase, but I'm holding out for some of EOS balm purchases in the US)<br />
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The keyboard actually belongs to Dale, it's a fancy pants gaming keyboard (which I think cost quite a silly amount of money... though that's coming from me, who is quite content with a £5 keyboard from Argos!) and one of the most interesting features for me (I'm easily pleased, and don't care about features that aid gaming in anyway) is that you can change the back-light colour of the keys! The only PC game I play is Sims 3, but I do quite like several XBOX games- I find Forza and GTA hilarious (I'm terrible at both, I just like driving around like a loon) and of course I love love love playing Rockband!<br />
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I discovered these cable tidies fairly recently (I included them in a recent <a href="http://gretalrabbit.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/if-money-were-no-object-10-plus-more.html">wishlist post</a>), and I'm kind of obsessed with them- they are brilliant for holding up phone and kindle chargers, so you can leave it to dangle off a desk without it dropping onto the floor and getting lost.<br />
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The ice cube tray was another of our 'totally necessary' purchases from IKEA- I love the star shape, and we also have hearts, flowers and long sticks :) I've been liking lime squash recently, it's not really really sweet like most squash and it's nice and refreshing on a warm day.<br />
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I'm sure there are more things that I could have included- but I think 9 pictures is enough for one theme!<br />
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Do you have any favourite green things?<br />
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xGretalRabbitxGretalRabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14419178620152309092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571236759107267251.post-44802482954178684392014-06-15T18:33:00.001+01:002014-06-15T18:33:23.500+01:00A little haul!I'm trying really hard to save my money at the moment (so that I have lots of spending money in the US- I'm hoping for some drug-store and Sephora type action over there!) but there are some things I just couldn't resist purchasing in the past few weeks and I thought I would share :)<br />
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First of all, some skincare items (which I think should really come under the 'necessities' category!) Once again I'm on the hunt for moisturiser- I've never found one that I really really really like (they're either not moisturising enough, too slow to sink in, to heavy and pore clogging, smell weird... the list goes on) and I'm on a constant look-out for THE one. As it's getting warmer here (at last) I wanted one with SPF and as these were on a buy one get another 1/2 price offer I thought they might be worth a try- I bought a day cream with SPF 15, and an intensive moisture cream which I assume is aimed at being more of a night cream. I've not tried either yet, but they do smell nice (similar to their hot cloth cleanser), and I really do love the hot cloth cleanser in the Superdrug Vitamin E range, so I have some hope that I may love them- I'll see!<br />
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Boots are doing their £5 off No7 vouchers again, and I've been thinking about trying their hot cloth cleanser for a while now (I love the superdrug ones, but I like to try new things, and I'm curious the No7 one as I've heard a LOT about it) so I thought at £4.95 now would be the time- again I'll let you know what I think once I've actually used it.<br />
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I've been on the hunt for more <a href="http://gretalrabbit.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/review-rescue-oil.html">Rescue Oil</a> recently- my local Poundland hasn't had it in stock for a few weeks (I wont lie, I was starting to panic...) but I found it, and I bought 2 just in case I get close to running out again. At £1 each it would be silly not to stock up really...<br />
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BarryM was 2 for £7 a couple of weeks ago, and I decided that I 'needed' two of them- I really like the formula of the Gelly Hi Shine polishes, and these 2 are lovely lovely shades. NO idea why the nude/beige/slightly pinkish shade is called Lychee (looks nowhere near lychee coloured to me...) but I do love them. I've worn the Lychee shade already (NOTD coming at some point) and I'm excited to use Sugar Apple (possibly on my toes)<br />
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And finally some hair stuff- I've been thinking about getting some of these elastics for a little while (thanks to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2LgZ_4GzSFQS-3a87_Jc6w">Cute Girls Hairstyles</a> on Youtube I've been experimenting more with my hair and they will definitely come in handy for small braids etc.) I don't think you'll get them cheaper than at Primark- £1 for 300 elastics!</div>
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I'm not sure if you could tell from my<span id="goog_783469501"></span> <a href="http://gretalrabbit.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/photography-challenge-3-self-portrait.html">latest photography challenge post</a>- but my hair is a no longer the blonde shade it used to be- I've been ginger for nearly a year now and I really love it, I think it really suits my skin tone and I'm not sure I'll go back to my natural colour for a long time. Anyway, it's about time I re-dyed my hair (I have some huge roots, which are thankfully not tooooo noticeable) especially as I want it to look nice and vibrant for my friends wedding in July. These dyes were on 3 for 2 when I purchased this so my sister bought 2 boxes of blonde for herself too- quite a coincidence that we use the same brand. </div>
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So that's it for my haul- I'm sort-of hoping I wont need to do another until after I've hit the US stores... we'll see!<br />
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GretalRabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14419178620152309092noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571236759107267251.post-57079593740711193972014-06-08T18:20:00.001+01:002014-06-08T18:29:38.994+01:00My month has been mainly spent:<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;">As I've mentioned quite a few times over the past few posts and on
Twitter, my lovely boyfriend Dale moved in with me in May- so as I'm sure you
can imagine it's been a rather busy month:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dismantling, lifting, carrying and putting together lots of big heavy
furniture - we had to move Dales bed, mattress, desk and bookcase out of
his old flat.</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Being very very grateful I drive an estate car. I
have NO idea how people with tiny boots move their stuff! When the back
seats are down in my trusty old Ford Focus Estate there's plenty of space
to lie a full-height bookcase flat on the 'floor'!</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Taking many trips to the local tip- mainly for old furniture, lots and lots of recycling and random stuff that Dale
hadn't gotten around to throwing away yet (like a broken PC moniter and 2
old lamps)</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Listening (and singing a long to) to A LOT of
80's rock- it was our moving soundtrack</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Holding ladders- Dale expertly painted one of the walls in
our new bedroom (gorgeous purple shade, will show you soon!) and the walls
are about 10ft high; we borrowed my dad's wooden ladder and Dale wasn't
too happy about how old it looked.</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Moving furniture, looking at it, and moving it
back.... We went through quite a bit of trial and error but I think we
have everything almost where we want it.</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Eating a lot of carrots and houmous! It's once again my go-to snack :)</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Visiting IKEA!!! I love IKEA, although it was
kinda stressful this time- we took my sister and grandma (who would never
forgive us if we went all the way without inviting us) on a busy Saturday
and had quite a big list of things we wanted to look at and buy. We came
out with almost everything we wanted, except new bedside cabinets (we
like <a href="http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/90053918/#/30277445">these
MALM ones in grey</a>) but they weren't in stock :( plus some things we
didn't know we wanted (like ice cube trays and storage jars)</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Playing Sims 3- I'm properly addicted at the
moment (I have an awesome family going right now)</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cleaning, hoovering, dusting, washing etc. Dale's
flat needed a good scrub down before he returned the keys, there was mould
behind a couple of wardrobes and the carpet under his bed hadn't been
hoovered in a disgusting amount of time... And we also gave our flat a big
old deep clean too- as we had essentially emptied both bedrooms and
bathrooms at one point. So. Much. Cleaning. But totally worth it, both
Dale and I are clean freaks to some extent.</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Baking mugs.... this one is listed under 'really weird things I do for Brownies'- my Brownie group decorated ceramic mugs with acrylic paint, and when I got back from our meeting I couldn't resist trying one myself- so I made a couple for Dale (as part of his birthday gift)</span></li>
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These 3 pictures show a Magic: The Gathering themed mug- a card game that Dale loves. I'm not a huge fan but I quite like how the mug came out.<br />
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I love love love this one- if you've seen Marvels Agents of Shield you'll recognise the logo- and it's a show that we both really enjoyed :)<br />
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I know they're FAR from perfect, but I'm pretty impressed with how they came out, even with my limited art skills :) </div>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Reorganising almost<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><b>everything I own</b>- make up
storage, kitchen storage (now we own 2 sets of almost everything things had to move around) our
bedding,- basically everything.</span></li>
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in the works- watch this space!</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Visiting Dale's family in Scarborough. It was his birthday in May and we took a trip to Flamingoland (a theme park zoo hybrid, it was awesome) and had a nice relaxing weekend with their adorable, but mad dogs.</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Drinking a lot of<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://gretalrabbit.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/cold-brewed-coffee.html">cold
brew coffee</a>- I've made a couple of batches this month, and now it's
getting warmer it's a lovely drink for after work or lazy weekends (not
that I've really had one of those...) </span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Spending far too much money! On furniture,
bedding (at Dales insistence we got fancy 180 Thread Count bedding from
BHS, and in his defence they are pretty awesome) paint and all kinds of other stuff. It's
slightly annoying because I'm supposed to be saving up for my trip to <st1:state w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Texas</st1:place></st1:state> in July, but
I think I'll still be fine if I try and remain thrifty for the next month!</span></li>
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<li class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Watching the end of many TV seasons- I hate that
everything seems to finish at about the same time. Dale and I are
rewatching Star Trek: Voyager instead :)</span></li>
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xGretalRabbitx</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Hello all, once again I've been off the blogging radar for a few weeks, I shouldn't apologise (because I promised myself <a href="http://gretalrabbit.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/2013-what-year.html">I wouldn't stress is I posted irregularly</a>) but I am kinda annoyed because I've got quite a few post ideas swirling around in my head and I've not had the time to get them down!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">If you follow me <a href="https://twitter.com/GretalRabbit">on Twitter </a> you'll probably have seen that the reason for the slow blogging month is moving stress! Technically I wasn't moving, my housemate moved out and my boyfriend Dale moved in- I did move bedrooms (to the bigger bedroom with en-suite!)- but most of the moving was from Dales flat to mine, and then rearranging our furniture to a system we both liked. Our flat is very nearly how we both want it, but we're planning on doing some painting (currently ALL of the walls in the whole flat are white and we want a little bit of colour) and we went to IKEA yesterday for a few extra bits of furniture and some new lamps and decor bits & bobs (plus inevitable candles, I have a problem). I think I'll be sharing a house tour post once we're all done, and definitely a post on how I'm storing my make up and nail polish (<a href="http://gretalrabbit.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/my-make-up-storage.html">In fact I haven't done one in 2 years</a>) so fingers crossed that will be soon!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyway, back to the point of this post: I've heard many many raves about crystal nail files, but for a while I thought they were probably way over-hyped and not really much different to regular emery boards. As I recently got back(ish, I guess!) into blogging, nail art and actually remembering to take care of my nails crystal files entered my radar again, and I started wondering again if I should get one. After reading some reviews and searching the internet I decided to take the plunge and spend the last of my Boots gift card on (I think the only one I could find on the high street) a Leighton Denny Crystal Nail File.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I retails at £12.50 in Boots (you can find it on Amazon etc. too) And at first I thought it might end up to be an extravagant waste of money, but I was definitely wrong. I have pretty rubbish natural nails- they don't grow very fast and they're prone to breaking and bending easily, and while I don't think this nail file is magical nail-growth secret I do feel like my nails are in better condition since switching to a crystal file, and I have genuinely thrown away all of my old cardboard emery boards!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Crystal files are designed to file the nails gently without dragging and splitting the nail, leaving them less susceptible to splitting and breaking. The two sides of this file have different textures- with a rougher and a smoother side. I tend to only use the smooth side (I find it does the job perfectly well, even for bigger 'filing jobs'- where I've managed to take a chunk out of my nail and I need to shape it down to a smoother shape) as I find the rough side to make a weird scratching/vibration feeling through my finger- as I've said before I'm a total texture-phobe and hate that kind of feeling, it probably won't bother anyone else in the world...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">The file is easy to care for- it cleans really easily with just hand soap and water, which removes all of the nail dust and really makes it look shiny and new again. At first I was worried that it might snap if I left it in bag all day, but the little case it comes with does seem to protect well- I've had it knocking about in my handbag for a several months now (it really does get bashed about a lot in there) and there's no hint of damage so far.</span><br />
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Overall I'm really really pleased with this file and I'm annoyed at myself for waiting so long to try it; my nails seem much happier and less flaky (I don't think the file is the only factor at work, but it has definitely helped a great deal)<br />
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It has been an absurdly long time since I attempted anything more than plain colour on my nails (and I've only done that a handful of times in the past year) but I was at a hen party this weekend which included a lovely mid-afternoon pamper session (complete with tea in real cups and saucers) Not only did I discover a love for honey masks (more on that in another post I'm sure, I loved it and I'll be trying another one very soon!) but we all also tried out some nail art- and I forgot how much I really do love it.<br />
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Because of the 80's theme I wanted something bright and fun, and without any real direction I chose a base colour of BarryM Shocking Pink, and picked out No7 Poolside Blue and BarryM Amethyst Glitter to go with it.<br />
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I decided that the best way forward was to test out some different techniques (I'm out of practise at them all now so...) and went for a different pattern on each nail.<br />
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I used a large dotting tool for the thumb and little finger, a couple of coats of Amethyst Glitter on the ring finger, the regular nail polish brush (*carefully* swiped across the nail - my middle finger on my right hand is quite different...Matching angles have never been a forte of mine!) and a small nail art brush for the stripes on my index finger.<br />
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I know they're not the neatest nails (especially the stripes on my index finger) but I am thrilled to re-introduce myself to the wonderful world of nail art. Hopefully with my housemate moving out and boyfriend moving in I should have a lot more space (and more time at home where my nail polish is) to paint my nails and get experimenting.<br />
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The downside is that Dale doesn't even understand why I'd want to paint just my ring finger a different colour, or add glitter only on that nail. *sigh* He has so much to learn...<br />
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Are there any new nail art trends or techniques that I've missed?<br />
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xGretalRabbitxGretalRabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14419178620152309092noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571236759107267251.post-42043416468661229492014-04-19T14:05:00.001+01:002014-04-20T18:17:03.695+01:00Review: Nivea CremeAs I mentioned in a couple of posts this year (my eczema and 2013 favourites in particular) I discovered Nivea Creme last year and it has fast become a firm favourite and an absolute skincare essential- I thought it deserved a proper review.<br>
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I the product itself is a pretty thick cream, but I think it has a kind of fluffy, whipped texture: think non-sticky marshmallow fluff... And although it is thick it does sink into the skin pretty fast provided you only use a small amount (it can be greasy and take longer so sink in, but I think that's often the price you have to pay for decent moisturisation) <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">As I've said before I get the driest skin on my hands, so it's important that I can apply a product that allows me go straight back to working or whatever I'm doing without leaving super-greasy marks on everything.</span></div>
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The ingredients are fairly simple- with mineral oil being the main moisturising component, and although there is some fragrance it definitely does not irritate my skin- even on patches of eczema or around my eyes. Because of the fragrances it <span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">does have a scent to it but I don't think it's a very strong- it's vaguely citrusy/fresh smell that I actually really love.</span></div>
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I've never had any issue with Nivea Creme clogging my pores or making my skin feel oily (though, again, I usually have very dry skin) even when I've used it all over my face at night. I've also used it like a moisture mask- slathering on a thick layer, leaving it for a while then gently removing the excess- which is lovely)</div>
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Nivea Creme is<span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"> advertised as being fully multipurpose product, for use on basically anywhere your body that needs moisture. I mainly use it on my eczema patches, all over my face on particularly dry days, as a makeshift eye cream (my eyes are always the driest part of my face) for dry elbows and knees etc. though I would definitely use it anywhere on my body if needed- it would probably make a good alternative to body butter if you needed it!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I never ever had eczema as a child, and I really only developed it at about the age of 20/21. I've had it on and off since then, in various places (but mostly my eyelids and hands/wrists) and since then I've tried a LOT if things to try and get rid of it, some have worked well and I'm pretty sure some things made it worse... So I thought I'd share a bit of my experience and a couple of products that work for me.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For the first couple of days of a flare-up when the skin is feeling itchy, hot, raw and horrible I think a hydrocortisone cream is essential. I think you can buy these from pharmacies but I got mine prescribed (if you've never used one before or have only just developed eczema I really recommend seeing your doctor anyway, they can probably provide stronger hydrocortisone creams if you need them and will be able to give you the best advice about what/what not to do and use)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It's very important to be very sparing with a hydrocortisone cream- you only need a very thin layer on the affected area, and there can be side effects (like skin thinning) if it's used frequently over a long period. That said, this stuff really is a miracle for my skin- it takes away that horrible red, hot, itchy feeling when an eczema patch first crops up, and makes it look and feel a lot less 'angry'. Unfortunately you're not supposed to use it on the face (which is hell when I have eczema on my eyelids; and I have to admit that on a couple of occasions I felt so awful I caved and used it on my lids...) as the skin is more delicate there, so I'm not sure what would be a good alternative for the face.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">For the daytime I tend to switch between Nivea Creme and E45- which are both nice because they moisturise well, sink in pretty fast (which I really need at work- my eczema is worst on my hands and I need to be able to type and touch paperwork without leaving greasy marks on everything) and is gentle on irritated or sensitive skin. I make a point of applying moisturisers to my skin whenever I wash it- so for my hands I reapply all the time!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Once my skin has healed a little, and reaches that horrible looking dry and flaky stage I like to (very gently) exfoliate. (please never exfoliate raw, broken skin! You will do much more harm than good) Remember when you have a layer of flaky dead skin any product you apply will have to penetrate the dead skin before it can actually do anything useful to the living (hopefully healthy) skin below, so by gently removing that dead stuff you can help to keep your living skin moisturised (plus it looks and feels so much better)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I usually use a very simple DIY recipe, which involves mixing caster sugar (a finer grained sugar which is gentler than granulated) and olive oil (so it can also moisturise as you scrub) into a thick paste and rubbing it over the skin. It's simple, natural, and works so well. You could also use my <a href="http://gretalrabbit.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/diy-coffee-scrub.html">coffee scrub</a> recipe to exfoliate- that's nice and gentle too (plus it smells amazing!)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">That's really it for products I use- I do find it better to be minimal with products I use on flare-ups; the skin is so much more delicate during a flare-up and I'd hate to do anything to make it worse! But here are a couple of more general tips I like to follow:</span><br />
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GretalRabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14419178620152309092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571236759107267251.post-28400888674822934252014-04-06T17:34:00.000+01:002014-04-06T17:34:00.526+01:00Photography Challenge #3 - Self Portrait<span style="font-family: inherit;">I've never really been one for selfies- partly because I've only recently had a camera in me at all times, but also because I tend to prefer taking the pictures. It's not that I mind having my picture taken (I love it really) but I often think selfies just aren't that flattering. I contemplated trying out ways to set timers and work with mirrors to set up lovely shots, but in the spirit of the <i>challenge</i> I decided to try it- and see if I could did some pictures I take of myself that I like.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">With the popularity of the 'no makeup selfie' I thought I'd include a couple (in pictures 1 and 3 below I'm wearing no make up, and in pictures 2 and 4 I've got my regular daytime face on- eye makeup, concealer and blush- no foundation) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">People have had some rather extreme reactions to the 'no makeup selfie' trend- that women should never wear makeup in the first place (how horribly judgemental, I hate that some people think they can decide what other people choose, or choose not to, put on their face!) or that it's not doing anything at all to raise awareness or money (which I think Cancer Research UK would disagree with, I'm sure I've read that they've raised over 2 million pounds since it started) but I personally agree with anything that helps to raise money- even if it's an internet fad that some people take part in without really getting the point of the trend. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I love this picture- I'm not really sure why, but I think it looks cool. It is not edited in any way (apart from cropping slightly) and the blurry effect is caused by an accidentally blurry camera lens- which really confused me for about 5 minutes after I took it!</span></div>
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xGretalRabbitxGretalRabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14419178620152309092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571236759107267251.post-15543231149939032542014-03-30T18:30:00.000+01:002014-03-30T18:30:00.016+01:00What's on my iPhone!!<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">
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My iPhone is a fairly new addition to my life (previously I had a 2 year old Samsung that wasn't even capable of internet access...)- I purchased it from my boyfriend when his contract was about to end, so he now has a shiny new gold 5s and I have his old 4s- it is already a 2 years old but it's in great condition (Dale frequently uses his phone in the bath, so I have no idea how he went 2 years without dropping it in!!!) and I'm much happier only paying £170 for it than saving to buy a brand new phone!<br />
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As an aside: if you live in the UK I highly recommend using <a href="http://giffgaff.com/">GiffGaff </a> for a sim only plan- I get unlimited texts and data and 250 minutes a month for £12- they also have various other options for less data etc. (though I watch YouTube videos at work - during lunch!- all the time so I use around 2GB of data a month anyway!) GiffGaff uses the O2 network and I've always had awesome signal and internet strength :)<br />
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First of all I thought I'd show you what's ON my iPhone:<br />
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I love the idea of custom cases, so I bought a clear case (eBay for 99p) and cut out a piece of fabric (found in my 'junk fabric' box) to the shape of my phone, including a camera hole. I love the material and I have had compliments on it, plus I can change it at any time! I think I might find something more light coloured and spring-like soon.<br />
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My lock screen is actually a picture of unstirred paint- I found a whole <a href="http://www.reddit.com/r/unstirredpaint/">reddit</a>devoted to pictures of paint cans which have not been mixed yet (there's a subreddit for everything!!) and this one looks like a galaxy!</div>
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My background picture is just a rather boring purple background that came with my phone- I prefer to have a very simple background though as my eyes get kinda confused if there's a busy background as well as all those apps- I just feel like it's easier to read this way.</div>
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Naturally the first page has most of my most-used apps. On the top two rows I have useful apps, and the bottom two have social media apps. I love love love Wunderlist- it's a great list making app which allows you to write several separate lists, include sub-lists for details and tick off or delete items once complete. I love lists, and this is the perfect alternative to the hundreds of scraps of paper I used to use...</div>
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I'm a little disappointed by the Blogger app- I wish I could see stats, find older posts easier and reply to comments easier. Although I do love that I can now start composting new posts wherever I happen to be- I've started to just start new posts whenever I get an idea, rather than having to wait until later and my inspiration might be gone. If you use reddit I recommend Alien Blue- although to be honest I've not used an alternative. And I think anyone with an iPhone needs to have Google Maps rather than the Apple Maps app....</div>
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Apparently the bottom row is actually called the 'Dock'- don't say I never teach you anything. So in my 'Dock' I have what I consider to be the essentials- Messages, Phone, Email and Safari. I have considered replacing Email with something like Twitter or YouTube, but I couldn't decide which I would rather have, so Email it is!</div>
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I spent a really long time working out how to create these little folders- but I'm glad I did, even though I only have a few. My first one is for picture related apps- Photos, Camera and Snapseed, which is a great little picture editing app created by Google+. It has tonnes of different editing options, as well as filters and even a tilt-shift option. Lots of fun to play with, and has everything I actually want to edit a picture. </div>
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I also have a little folder for my music apps- obviously I have the standard iPhone music app, but I also love Jango (which is like a UK friendly Pandora- it's awesome!) and TuneIn Radio- I'm not sure if this is UK only, but it allows me to stream any radio station (literally any channel in the UK, even if they're internet only etc.) to my phone- it does sometimes take a while to buffer, but I like the radio when I'm not sure what I want to listen to!</div>
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This is my second page of apps- which is mainly TV and more practical things. The IMDB app might be my most used app from this page- I'm really really good at remembering faces, but not so good at placing them- so in almost everything I watch there's at least one person I need to look up! I like a bit of catch-up TV (passes the time during my lunch break if it's raining outside) and I love SideReel to keep track of when various shows are on (mainly US shows)</div>
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I really must use Goodreads more, I'm sure all my shelves are way outdated... Epicurious is a nice recipe app (I don't think I've used a single recipe from it, but I like it for inspiration at least!) and I still love Pinterest- I go through phases of using it every day, then not at all...</div>
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I bank with HSBC and their app is really handy, I can transfer money from my savings to my current account and I like to be able to see my balance wherever I am (mainly to help me decide if I can afford a purchase or not!) Countdown+ is another recent favourite of mine- I love counting down to things (I get easily excited) and this app allows me to enter many dates to count down to :)</div>
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Sketch Pad is a fun little app too- it's kinda the iPhone equivalent of a basic Microsoft Paint- Dale and I draw silly pictures for each other, and play a kind of pictionary on it :)</div>
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This 'Extras' folder is like a junk drawer of things I either don't want, but can't delete, or use very infrequently. The exception to this is the Calculator- I actually find myself using it quite a lot. Units Plus is an awesome app to have- it will convert almost anything into anything else- it does Area, Currency (every one you could possibly need) Length, Speed, Temperature, Weight, Volume etc.- I mainly use it for converting US recipes into UK measurements, but I've used it quite a bit actually :)</div>
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Does anyone actually ever use: Weather, Newsstand, Stocks or Passbook? It annoys me that I can't actually delete them!</div>
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Candy Crush and SongPop are my most played- I'm totally addicted to both! Tapped out and Sims FreePlay are really fun- though I sometimes neglect them for weeks...Sudoku Free and Jigty Puzzles are nice, more relaxing games- I often do them in bed if I'm struggling to sleep. </div>
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My last page is mainly shopping apps- and a couple of 'lifestyle' ones. I like all of these shop apps- the Ikea one lets me make a shopping list (which I really appreciate, it's often really hard to find things again with Ikea's crazy names) The eBay app is particularly good- I think it's very similar to the website- just as easy to navigate and make a purchase :)</div>
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The 7M Workout is a lot better than I anticipated, I like the custom workout settings (but I hate that I can't avoid push ups, they totally destroy my wrists- so I have to improv some other exercise whilst they're on) and even lazy lazy me can squeeze in 10 minutes of exercise most days.</div>
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Appy couple is a wedding website app that my friend is using for her wedding- it has all the things a wedding website usually has, but on the day everyone with the app can take and upload pictures, which is rather cool :) The Period Tracker app would probably be a lot more useful if I remembered to use it more- I may delete it soon.</div>
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xGretalRabbitxGretalRabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14419178620152309092noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571236759107267251.post-89788500957424227832014-03-23T17:46:00.002+00:002014-03-23T17:46:18.710+00:00Photography Challenge #2 - Flowers<span style="font-family: inherit;">This week has almost made me believe that Spring might finally be on it's way- although I LOVE Christmas I really do hate the cold weather and pretty much everything else about Winter- it's cold and dark and miserable! This week the weather seems to have brightened up (I was totally drenched on the way home from work at least 3 days out of 5 last week, but it was at least warmer and a little bit sunny!), and the spring flowers are definitely making an appearance so I thought that the Flower theme for my <a href="http://gretalrabbit.blogspot.co.uk/2014/03/the-30-days-of-photography-challenge.html">Photography Challenge</a> would be rather appropriate.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I have a love/hate relationship with flowers really: they're very pretty, and fresh flowers really brighten up a room, however I do get really awful hay fever (people have started cutting grass along my route to work and it's started already) plus I have to agree with Phoebe from Friends- it's really sad to have flowers in your house and just watch them slowly wilting and dying...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">As much as I don't necessarily like real flowers in my house, I do have quite a lot of clothes and scarves etc. with floral patterns on (that and butterflies, I have SO many butterfly print things!!!) This the floral pattern on a dress I bought yesterday (a very simple £8 dress from primark)</span><br />
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First up is something quite practical- my poor PC is getting rather old and doddery, I got it just over 6 years ago now and it has been well used. I think part of the problem might be that my hard drive is stuffed full (perhaps a new external hard drive might be a good investment) but it takes a long time to load and cant cope with running several applications at a time (it also totally fails at loading Sims 3 which I'm sad about) </div>
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This brings me nicely onto the next thing on my wish list- I've played a fair amount of Sims 3 in the past 6 months, I had the Sims 3 base game, Late Night and High End Loft Stuff (which I got together in a bundle for about £4 on Origin) and then I got Seasons, Pets and University expansions for £10 each on sale. I'm a little disappointed by The University expansion (I think the one for Sims 2 was better in many ways) I do still love all of the ways expansions make the game so much interesting and varied. Unfortunately the expansions are expensive, and there are so many I'd love to have (let's face it, I pretty much want them all!!!!)</div>
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There are a couple of things that are slightly more achievable for me in the near future- my boyfriend Dale is moving in with me in May (my current housemate is moving to the US) so I'll be swapping rooms (to an en suite bathroom, yay!!!) and we'll be rearranging almost everything in the flat so that everything is just as we want it :)<br />
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I'd love to have a coat rack in the hall- we have a nice wide hall, and I hate having dead space, plus it means our coats wont be hanging on the end of our bed (which tends to happen now, and it annoys me!) I love this one from Ikea, my dad has the same one in his house and it's a great size for our two coats, my gigantic scarf collection ( I must show you that sometime, I love scarves!) and anything else we might want to store. It's only £25, and I love going to Ikea- I'd quite happily go for the day even if I couldn't buy anything at all.<br />
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I've also got my eye on some cord holders for bedside tables and desks- since I have got myself an iPhone both me and Dale have phones to charge every night, and with the charger cables, headphones, my glasses, water and lots books on my bedside table everything becomes a big tangled mess! When everything moves around we will have a bedside table each, but I think some of these colourful cord holders will keep things a bit tidier :)<br />
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And lastly, what would a post like this be without some make up and nail related wish list items!<br />
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I've been intrigued by Mavala Scientifique for a while now, since the lovely BognaW uploaded<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QsWndhUu6lw"> her nail care routine video</a>. I'm somewhat torn about it as it contains Formaldehyde (which is a carcinogen, and therefore surely can't be great for my nails) but it does seem to have great results on strengthening nails- which I definitely need!<br />
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It is pretty expensive, but I've spotted it on Amazon for about £5, I just need to decide if I want to use it or if I'm too scared! Anyone got any experience with it?<br />
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Another potential eBay purchase is some magnetic tape, so that I can depot a few eye shadows (probably my <a href="http://gretalrabbit.blogspot.co.uk/2011/09/review-natural-collection-eyeshadows.html">natural collection shadows</a>) into my e.l.f. elements compact- which is currently sitting unused in my drawer.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">This photo was actually one I took before I found the challenge list I picked out- I was standing on the street after work waiting for Dale to meet me, when I happened to look down and see that my feet had lined up nicely with the brick pattern on the floor. </span></div>
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GretalRabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14419178620152309092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571236759107267251.post-58363577131914153492014-03-02T17:50:00.004+00:002014-03-09T18:08:25.601+00:00The '30 Days' of Photography Challenge<span style="font-family: inherit;">I love taking pictures, and photography has always been something of a fascination for me (my dad is the same, we always used to berate him for never taking pictures of people on family holidays- but he'd take what felt like 1000s of beautiful pictures of scenery and interesting landmarks) I did a City and Guilds course in black and white photography at college (it was awesome- I learned how to properly use an SLR camera and develop my own film rolls) but I've never really practised photography since- aside from lots of pictures whilst travelling or out with friends and products for blog posts.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">There is a saying (attributed to various people) that says 'The best camera you have is the one in your hand' which I think probably goes a long way to explaining why I've not been in the habit of taking photos, I never had a camera with me! But now I've joined the iPhone owners club I have a fairly good quality camera with me at all times, which really leaves me with no excuse!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I think I mentioned in <a href="http://gretalrabbit.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/2013-what-year.html">my first post of this year</a> that I'd been thinking about doing a photography challenge, I wanted to force myself to take more pictures, and to get into a habit of pulling out my camera. I also hope it would be interesting for you guys to see- as I'll be doing a blog post for each theme.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It took me a while to find one that I liked (there are lots and lots of options out there if you're interested) and I did consider cobbling together my own 30 themes; many of them focus on pictures of yourself, which I didn't particularly want, and lots more were designed for people with beautiful, fancy DSLR camera that can take clever technical pictures by using a long exposure etc (one day I will own one of my own) but this one seemed right for me, I like every single one of the themes!</span></div>
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GretalRabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14419178620152309092noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571236759107267251.post-11529839727529617532014-02-23T19:13:00.000+00:002014-02-23T19:13:09.656+00:00Favourites of 2013!<span style="font-family: inherit;">I guess I'm rather late to the party when it comes to a favourites of the year posts, but I'm gonna do it anyway! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">In 2013 I also had the experience every beauty-addict dreads- I LOST my make up bag!!! I really have no idea how it happened, it put the bags in my car, popped to tesco then drove to my boyfriends house for the weekend- when I was unpacking the car one of my bags was just completely gone! I also lost my heart shaped 'tangle teaser' type brush and one of my favourite dresses :( The only good thing about it was that I had to go shopping... And It made me realise that there are some products I really don't want to live without....</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Makeup-wise there are rather a lot of familiar 'faces' :) I bought the new MUA Undress Me 2 palette, which I love just as much as the first (the MUA Heaven and Earth palette was in my lost make up bag, and was of course immediately replaced) and I also picked up 2 of their cream eyeliners in Dress Down Cool and Under the Radar. I don't really like the brush they come with (I find them too stiff to use well so I use my e.l.f. cream eyeliner brushes) but the product itself is lovely, and they're very nice colours (brown withe shimmery red flecks, and a metallic brown)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">After losing my make up bag I also made an e.l.f. order which included 4 cream eyeliners in the coffee shade (I waited a few weeks until a 50% off sale came along, it was rude not to!) so I think it's safe to say that is still a very firm favourite. Having said that while I was left without cream eyeliners I did enjoy using darker eyeshadows to line my eyes- the result is usually softer than a sharp line of the cream and I can have so much choice in colour!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I've also been paying more attention to my eyebrows recently- when I went to California they got quite sun bleached (I love the weather there so much- when we were in Vegas and it was at least 40 degrees all the time I was SO happy!) so I felt I really did need to start filling them in and shaping them properly more often- I've had the e.l.f. Eyebrow kit (in light) for a while but I've recently started to love it :)</span></div>
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GretalRabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14419178620152309092noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571236759107267251.post-1488469574281267542014-02-16T12:11:00.001+00:002014-02-16T17:44:02.852+00:002013: what a year!I've been away from my blog for rather a long time now, I'm not going to make excuses because, for the most part, I don't really have one. I think I needed the break though- I've had a very busy year and I think had I continued blogging through the year I would've been doing it out of obligation, not enjoyment. <div><br></div><div>Having said that I'm very excited to be back, I recently got myself an iPhone (after years of living with the least-smart phone possible) and discovered the twitter and blogger apps! I'm not going to make any promises about how much I'll post, I don't want to place expectations on myself (because I get so frustrated with myself if I'm too busy to keep up with my schedule) </div><div><br></div><div>Anyway, I thought I'd share some of the things that have kept me rather busy in 2013:</div><div><br></div><div>• I (voluntarily, because I'm crazy!) organised and ran a Brownie holiday for 2 nights (I've never slept so badly in my life- I was constantly paranoid one of the Brownies would need something!) I took 10 girls and there were 2 other leaders to help, but it was stressful! I'm very glad I did it though, as I now have my pack holiday license so I can take brownies away whenever we want to go:)</div><div><br></div><div>• I went to California for 2 weeks with 3 friends (one of my friends from uni moved out there in 2012, so we went to visit her!) we had such an amazing time; we saw the Grand Canyon, went clubbing and gambling in Vegas, saw San Diego zoo, saw all the sights of San Francisco and even did some pedal boating near Laguna beach (home of The Hills) :)</div><div><br></div><div>• I found myself a lovely new boyfriend :) We met through a mutual friend who I work with/ he went to uni with and we've been together 10 months now. He's moving in with me in May and I'm so excited! (My current housemate is moving to Texas so we're going to be redecorating the whole apartment!)</div><div><br></div><div>• Neglected to paint my nails for over 6 months straight (I have no idea why....) and completely lost track of the 52 week challenge- I'm very disappointed in myself that I gave up.</div><div><br></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">• Played 70+ hours of Sims 3 (the bf has a computer that is actually capable of running it- my PC is neary dead, poor thing) and I love it so much! I have the seasons, university and pets expansions (so far!)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue Light', HelveticaNeue-Light, helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><br></span></div><div>• A close family friend (and my mentor as a Brownie leader) passed away very suddenly- which means that I'm now the leader on charge of my Brownie unit. It's been a very steep learning curve for me, the other leaders and the girls, but I think we've all settled in now and things are going well.</div><div><br></div><div>• I saw Matilda in London- a birthday preset from the bf, it was AMAZING!!! (I'm so glad I'm with someone that doesn't hate musical theatre)</div><div><br></div><div>• Started taking salsa classes again, I missed dancing so much (I danced at least 3 hours almost every day when I was at uni) and I'm glad of the exercise too. </div><div><br></div><div>• Was asked to be a bridesmaid for the first time (my aforementioned current housemate is moving to Texas to get married, so I'm going to her wedding in Austin, Tx this July!!!)</div><div><br></div><div>• Managed to spend far too much money on make up and skincare (I think I'll be posting a favourites of 2013 soon!)</div><div><br></div><div>• Reached level 127 of Candy Crush..... Perhaps I shouldn't be proud of that one. (It wasn't even on my phone, I constantly pinched my boyfriends.... And now I have my own iPhone I've lost all my progress anyway.)</div><div><br></div><div>• Struggled with some nasty eczema :( I have a big patch on my right wrist/hand, I keep thinking it's going away but it just comes back! And I've had it on my fingers, eyelids, lips and inside my elbows too. I'm not sure why it's been so bad this year, and I've tried so many things! (Recommendations welcome)</div><div><br></div><div>• Become the proud owner of an iPhone 4S (though technically that happened this year, about 3 days ago!) my boyfriends contract was up, so instead of trading it in I bought it off him (I've got a giffgaff sim whih I highly recommend so far, I get 250 mins and unlimited texts and data for £12 a month) so any new app recommendations would be highly appreciated, I can share which ones I currently have if you're interested?</div><div><br></div><div>• Learned to make sushi! 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I had a lot of fun painting these, and making my sister play UNO with me once I'd taken out all of the cards for inspiration and taking pictures :)<br />
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I used a base colour of green, yellow, red and blue for the coloured card nails, and black for the 'wild card' nail- then I added the white shape over the top with white polish and a tiny nail art brush- and on the very top, the coloured numbers (also with the tiny brush)<br />
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I actually painted these nails quite a while ago now, and putting this post together has made me realise how much I really miss it!<br />
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xGretalRabbitxGretalRabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14419178620152309092noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571236759107267251.post-20204869191200809492013-01-20T19:15:00.000+00:002013-01-20T19:15:00.423+00:00Looking Back... and Looking Forward...I know it's now the 20th of January, but I have been ill and incredibly busy at work (I'll get to that) But it has been another whole year and I thought I should mark it by sharing the high-points of it, and my hopes for 2013 :)<br />
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So last year was a very busy and exciting one for me, In 2012 I:<br />
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<li>became a fully qualified Brownie leader</li>
<li>moved out of my dads house</li>
<li>built A LOT of furniture for our apartment</li>
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<li>bought a lot of new make up and nail polish!</li>
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Once again my <a href="http://gretalrabbit.blogspot.co.uk/2011/06/diy-lip-scrub-lush-bubblegum-dupe.html">Lush lip scrub dupe pos</a>t was my most popular- almost 1/4 of my total page views (thank you <a href="http://pinterest.com/">Pinterest</a>) but my<a href="http://gretalrabbit.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/nail-polish-collection-nail-wheels.html"> nail polish swatches</a> took over as the 2nd most popular- and that post needs some serious updating now! :)</div>
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I know I have somewhat neglected my blog in recent months, and I know I keep saying that I want to change that- but I'm sure you can appreciate that life gets in the way; work has been really busy, I keep getting colds and I've far too much time being unproductive in front of the TV... I've also missed reading all of your blogs- I've not checked my GoogleReader in about a month! :(</div>
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And that's where my resolutions come in:<br />
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1) Eat healthily- as I mentioned in <a href="http://gretalrabbit.blogspot.co.uk/2011/12/2012-looking-forward.html">last years resolutions post</a>, this was really hard when I lived with my family, there would always been junk food in the house- and my will power is not that strong. Now I'm living on my own I have just refused to buy rubbish food. Plus I've decided to go on a gluten free diet (one of my housemates is totally gluten free, and living with her made me think a lot more about what I was eating, and how bad I feel when I eat gluten!) which is already making me feel SO much better :)<br />
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2) Catch up with blog reading!<br />
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3) Exercise more, yes another thing I added last year, but again, this resolution is already going well. I'm walking to and from work every day now- it's only a bout 10/15 minutes each way, but it's a lot better than nothing! And my housemates have an Xbox Kinect with Dance Central (so much fun) and we all have several work out videos that make exercise fun- so that is a lot easier too!<br />
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4) Blog more! It is my new years resolution to post twice a week- one 52 week challenge post (which I know I am stupidly behind on, but I want to carry on!) and another post about whatever else. I know it will be hard to keep up with, but I am determined to at least try.<br />
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5) Stick to my budget. Now that I'm paying rent and bills and all that boring stuff, I have a budget and I must stick to it. Don't worry, I've budgeted for beauty buys :p<br />
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6) Keep doing well at work. I had my 6 month review just before Christmas and I'm thrilled with the feedback. My supervisor has chosen me (over several people who have been working with him for over a year) to take over some of his current tasks- saying he could trust me more than anyone in the department to get the work done accurately and on time (I put together the daily figures for our department, and get them sent off to the 3 company directors we deal with) So yeah, it's quite a bit of extra work, and I have been working late and feeling more stressed; but I'm really loving the challenge, and I hope it continues.<br />
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7) Read new books. I've read a lot more books since I got my Kindle, but I have this bad habit of slipping back into books I've read 10 times already (I'm currently reading HP Deathly Hallows again, I've literally read it probably 15 times...) it's such a cosy feeling to read a book again and again, but I know I should read more. I have a GoodReads account now, so my 'to read shelf' helps me stay on track a little better.<br />
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GretalRabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14419178620152309092noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571236759107267251.post-76295787839445677612012-12-16T17:47:00.001+00:002012-12-16T17:47:58.932+00:00I'm not dead! (Just busy!!!)- a bit of a ramble...Hi all! I know it has been a ridiculous amount of time since I've posted anything here- as I've mentioned before I've just moved house- so I've been really really busy getting everything sorted, but I have 10 days off work over Christmas (thank goodness!) I think I'll finally have some more time to put together more blog posts. I know I say it every time I'm away from posting, but I really do miss blogging- it's my little slice of creativity. Plus I'm really far behind on the 52 week challenge- and my nails have been completely naked for weeks :( I miss painting my nails!<br />
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Our apartment was completely unfurnished we've built a LOT of IKEA furniture in the past 3 weeks- pretty much all of the furniture we have is actually IKEA (we spent about £2000!) but everything is built and were settled now- here's a little sneak peek of my new make up and nail polish storage- I'm hoping to share my new system with you all soon.<br />
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And our cute little Christmas tree!<br />
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Unfortunately our oven is a little rubbish (we think the thermostat is broken- it burns literally everything, even when it's supposedly on 50C...) so baking may be rather difficult :( (thankfully I already made my Christmas cake and pudding at Dads house) but I have a couple of recipes that I've not posted yet- so I can still share some recipes with you! Amy and I will be making a gingerbread house this year too (we're hoping for a more structurally sound one this year)<br />
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xGretalRabbitxGretalRabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14419178620152309092noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571236759107267251.post-37197536247027304372012-11-22T18:49:00.000+00:002013-10-22T16:05:31.876+01:00A Collective Haul (part 2)So here is part 2- time for all of my skin and haircare related purchases :) (<a href="http://gretalrabbit.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/a-collective-haul-part-1.html">Click here for part 1- make up and nail polish!</a>)<br />
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Firstly, I went a bit mad with a Body Shop order- there was a 50% off code, and I basically couldn't help myself! I really love their shower gels, and I took the opportunity to stock up a little!<br />
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The spiced pumpkin and chocomania smell particularly amazing (the chocolate one smells JUST like melted chocolate, it's delicious!) but I love them all- unlike many other shower products the scents are fairly natural (as in true to the real scent, not necessarily chemical free) and have a very small amount of SLS, along with some lovely moisturising ingredients, so they make my skin happy too :)<br />
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I also stocked up on some shampoo and conditioner, Boots had an autumn 3for2 offer, and I repurchased 2 tubes of <a href="http://gretalrabbit.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/review-loreal-hair-expersise-everstrong.html">Loreal EverStrong shampoo</a>, as well as a full-size Aussie 3 minute miracle (for long hair)- I love both of these products so much!<br />
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Once again I found myself out of moisturiser, and totally unsure of what to buy- for almost everything else I have found a product that works really well for me that I want to repurchase over and over again, but I've not found a moisturiser I love yet. In the end I picked up this one, and I do rather like it- it's fairly cheap and cheerful, though again, I'm not sure I'd repurchase.<br />
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And finally, to lip products- I've been a bit of a lipbalm junkie again, I have 3 new lovelies to show you (but with good reason, because my lips are SO dry at the moment! I hate winter! I think I actually have eczema on lips :( )<br />
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First of all, included in my Body Shop order was this delicious Mango Lip Butter- it smells really yummy (a lot like fresh mango) and works really well too :)<br />
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I spotted these in Boots and simply HAD to get one, I love the EOS lip balm- the shape is just so cool- and I really enjoy minty lip balms! £4.99 is a bit on the higher side for me, but I used some Birthday money and I think it was worth it as I really like the formula too.</div>
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And lastly, the one flavour of Carmex I was yet to try is the strawberry tube, I saw it on sale in Superdrug and couldn't resist :) It really smells like something edible (but not fresh strawberries!) but I can't put my finger on it... perhaps tinned strawberries in syrup...?<br />
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xGretalRabbitxGretalRabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14419178620152309092noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571236759107267251.post-15700268632889232082012-11-18T18:33:00.000+00:002012-12-15T19:40:32.472+00:00A Collective Haul (Part 1)Isn't it absurd that I've not written a non-nail art post in months... I'm sorry! I bought a new lamp at IKEA this weekend (along with a tonne of other stuff for my new flat that I may show you at some other time- once I've built it...) which is brilliant for taking pictures at night, so fingers crossed I can get more posts up and more regularly :)<br />
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So over the past couple of months I've bought rather a lot of bits and pieces; I've had Birthday money, a Body Shop sale, and some other random bargains!<br />
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First up (because it's what I -unsurprisingly- have most of...) is nail polish! Barry M came out with 2 new collections of polish- the Gelly Hi-Shine and yet more beautiful Glitters. A while back they had a buy-3 get 1 free deal, and I got the Croc Effect and 'Web effect' (which unfortunately turned out to be rubbish :( ) - and best of all I spent my Birthday money on them, so technically these are gifts!<br />
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No7 have revamped their bottles- they're no longer really tall and thin, and the neck of the bottle is much nicer- yay! I got these two with Boots £5 off No7 vouchers. The Models Own looks SO much nicer in real life- with purple, blue and green duo-chrome effect.<br />
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I found this lovely polish in the pound shop- I simply could not resist it; I've been wanting to try out Sally Hansen polishes for a while (as I love their base and top coats) and this is grey- so it's perfect for £1!<br />
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No for some make up bits :) There was an e.l.f. sale (50% off) a while ago, and I took the opportunity to stock up on some essentials, and try out a couple of new things.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">e.l.f Eyelid Primers in Champagne and Sheer, a Concealer Brush, an Eyeshadow Brush (these are awesome, I decided I needed two!) and a Shimmer Eyeliner Pencil in Plum Passion.</td></tr>
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I also spent some of my Birthday money on make up in Boots; I spotted a sale section with a bunch of Cargo products.<br />
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I've never tried them before, but I liked the look of this little collection (I knew, if nothing else, that the case would be useful!) and I love it- the OneBase certainly does not suit my skin tone, but the lipgloss and lip and eye pencils are great, and -most of all- I really love the Cheek Activator; it's a cream blush in a tube that blends out to become a lovely, natural (ish) flushed/rosey colour. I liked it so much I went back and picked up the full-sized tube for just £5.50! :)<br />
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And finally, I repurchased the lovely Collection concealer- mine is running, but it has lasted really well :)<br />
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I was planning to post this haul in 1 post, but I think it's too long- I'll post part 2 (with all my skincare, haircare and lip care products!) asap :)<br />
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GretalRabbithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14419178620152309092noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7571236759107267251.post-18746433124645168732012-11-14T18:46:00.000+00:002012-11-18T16:50:00.020+00:00Challenge week 5: Orange!I think this must be some kind of horrible record for lateness, I painted my nails on Halloween- 2 weeks ago- and am now only just getting to post them. Once again I have been stupidly busy; my friends and I have just paid a deposit on an apartment, and we're waiting to move in! I've had an awful cold, and I've had family over for the past two weekends. It's been busy and I'm really looking forward to moving and settling into our lovely new apartment (I'll have to post an updated make up and nail polish storage when I'm all set up :) ) and hopefully have more time for blogging!<br />
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Anyway, crazy late Halloween nails... Like <a href="http://gretalrabbit.blogspot.co.uk/2011/10/challenge-week-4-halloween.html">last years Halloween attempt</a> I couldn't think of just one thing to do, so I did each nail different :)<br />
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I used a bright orange as a base on two nails, black on my middle finger, and two shades of white on my thumb and little finger :) Then I added a glittery pumpkin (which reminds me more of Cinderella than Halloween...) a cobweb, orangey gradient (was supposed to be crackle, but it didn't work :( ) a glittery stripe, (which reminds me of Beetlejuice) and a cute little ghost- my favourite :) It was all very simple- the stripers were brilliant- and I enjoy glitter in any colour!</div>
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I know I'm super-late, but did you do anything for Halloween? I went to Brownies and we played traditional games- apple bobbing was a hit (a lot of the girls got soaked...)</div>
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