I mentioned in an earlier post, that I was soon to be destined for financial ruin after leaving my job. Well, I’m not sure how well known it is, but I am a Mental Health Nurse and I finished my permanent position as a Community Psychiatric Nurse on Friday. It was a difficult decision to make, but one I had on my mind for a long time and it was only because I have the support of my partner Brains…
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I promised myself I would blog a lot this week and have hardly posted at all! I do have a very good excuse though…. Yup, that’s my rather inconveniently sprained left hand. I’d like to say I did it doing something terribly exciting but unfortunately that wasn’t the case. No, silly me managed to tear the ligament beneath my thumb…getting out of bed. So my left hand is completely unusable for a while, and I have to keep it…
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Reading Amie’s recent post on her beloved metal shinies reminded me I put together a list of my own favourite bits and pieces but never got around to posting it – so here it is! Amie and I, like most heavy metal fans, will hoard and stash almost anything related to the genre, be it a limited edition signed CD or a scrap of paper a band member drew a penis on. Being in a band means we also have a huge…
Continue Reading ...WRONG! First and foremost, Metal -is- forever. With that bold impregnable statement shared, I do all that I can to preserve metal artifacts so that I may have them in my possession forever. I also collect a vast array of things to remind me of good times. Some examples include tickets and posters. (I get very annoyed when ticket people don’t give me my half of the ticket back, or I have to print out an “e-ticket”) Another of…
Continue Reading ...I know, I know – we are nearing the end of August and I have already had this box since my return from Wacken!! Unfortunately, real life took over and I have been very slow on the posting horizon, but better late than never, feast your eyes on this: My juicy contents this month include: Birchbox Gel Mask Montibel.lo Gold Oil Essence Molton Brown Ylang-Yland body wash Skinlife Energetic Cellular Cream LAQA & Co’s Fat Lip Pencil in Fairyblood Gerda…
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I’ve had a unusually quiet online presence over the last week, no new blog posts, no twitter updates and only very brief periodic Facebook visits to check band messages. Sadly one of my beloved cats, Loki, had to be put to sleep whilst I was away at Sunkfest with Dakesis, and I needed some time in private to grieve and deal with the horrible loss. Seven days later and it’s no easier to understand how a feline member of…
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No matter what your make-up style, mascara is a staple in pretty much everyone’s cosmetics bag. Every single mascara I own comes in a long tube with a wand…except this one! Mega Effects is nothing at all like other mascaras – it features a “new multidimensional wonder-brush” that claims to give “Bold lashes with panoramic volume. Eyes look bigger and lashes look darker, denser and more dramatic. Clump-proof, sweat-proof, non-flaking and non-smudging” . The packaging is very nice and sturdy…
Continue Reading ...As well as free things, I also came back to Augusts Glossybox upon the return from Bloodstock. It certainly turned a very glum Pants into a very excitable and distracted one! There is something about this box that makes me feel as though it’s Christmas again. Even though everyone else gets the same packaging, it makes me feel as though this was packaged and wrapped just for me. So enough with the jabbering and on with the contents you say?…
Continue Reading ...It’s always sad when festival season finishes, however it is made slightly better when you come back to parcels that contain free things!!! On my return from Wacken, I received my two free products after signing up to Birchbox: Wen Cleansing Conditioner, which I confess I used during my first shower back at home and it felt amazing! I was also filled with joy at receiving another L’Occitane moisturiser. I already have one of these from a Glossybox a few…
Continue Reading ...Shortly before festival season, I received the Latest in Beauty Ultimate Summer Nails box which Gem and I have been pining after for ages. These were one of the items in the box and in my delirium between Wacken and Bloodstock, I decided to give them a bash. You get 18 stickers in total and a small emery board/buffer. I had absolutely no idea what to expect, but found there was at least a sticker for every nail that fitted…
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