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I was absolutely stunned watching the #sexedshow last night when they said that 45-54 year olds are most likely to have had sex with more than 50 partners! Hell, I feel like a nun!
This has led me to want to carry out my own scientific survey…..as I’m 39 I would like to start it here. If you’re 39+ how many sexual partners have you had? Totally anonymity guaranteed. Not sure what I hope to find????
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What a giggle! When we were at Blog Camp a few weeks ago we noticed that there is an unusual number of bloggers local to St. Albans. So, on our return we set up a Facebook group and vowed to get together more regularly. Once we hashed out diaries; with or without kids, evening or during the day we decided to have a simple night out of drinks and dinner.
But in the end, we were invited in by the lovely Juliet from Beautylase in St Albans, to promote their mummy and baby treatments on a Monday before we went to dinner. They have a treatment room on the ground floor, which has enough room for a pram and they allocate extra time for the treatments in case you have to tend to baby at no extra charges. I’ve been going to Beautylase for years and can highly recommend it and even though it looks posh the prices are very reasonable (Eyebrows threading from £12).
So the nine of us set upon them at 6.45, the store was kept open late just for us. We were asked to arrive without any make-up of nail polish, eeek! We were greeted with champagne and then the madness started. We were all whisked around for our treatments. I was truly impressed that in an hour they managed to do our eye-brows, nails, spray-tans and make-up. They also brought in a Sarah, a mobile hair stylist so Mirka and I managed to wangle our hair done.
We all looked gorgeous and were ready to hit the town! I must admit that I didn’t look so gorgeous when I staggered through the door at 1am but it was a great night. Thanks to all my fellow bloggers and to the team at Beautylase! As mums we don’t often get the chance to spoil ourselves so this was truly a great treat!
I can’t wait till the next time we get together!
It’s that time again. I have to renew my passport, I can’t believe it’s been 10 years already and what’s worse is I will be 50 the next time I have it done. Yikes! I popped into town to have the photos done. As soon as my husband saw it he said ‘rough night’.
We had a good laugh at it on twitter last night but I really couldn’t live with the photo for the next ten years. I’m not normally that vain. I looked like a crack addict, or as some would say ‘heroine chic’. There is no way I’m going through a cavity search every time I try to go through immigration so I decided to have some new ones done. They aren’t brilliant but I can live with them.
Here are my tips for getting a reasonable photo:
1) If you’re scheduled to get your hair done and have the time and money, do it! However, in my case I didn’t
2) Pop into a local beauticians who do free make-up, pretending you’re going to buy something then forget your wallet. In my case, I went into Beautlase in St. Albans, where I’m fairly regular and the lovely ladies sorted me out after taking pity after seeing the photo. Plus, I did purchase a much needed concealer.
3) Treat it like a photo shoot. If you don’t like the first one ask them to do it over and over again till you get one that you like. Remember you’re paying for it! Don’t worry about embarrassing yourself. It will be 10 years until you have to go back again and I really hope they won’t still be working at Snappy Snaps.
4) Tilt your chin slightly upwards. It reduces the shadows (bags) under your eyes. Seriously, try it in the mirror now! It really works.
5) Try different hairstyles. I didn’t, but a ponytail can work like a mini facelift if you tie it tight enough!
If you’re wondering the one on the left is the before shot!
Do you have any other tips?
I know you all think I’m odd and this isn’t going to help my case, but every time that I choke, if I’ve inhaled a bread crumb or my coffee goes down the wrong way, immediately afterwards I sneeze. This isn’t a one off. It happens every single time and I can’t remember it ever being different.
As proof I was going to try and video it, but making myself choke just seems wrong!
I had a quick look on Google but didn’t find much. Is there science behind this? Am I the only one or am I just odd?
I really fancied having one of those Garra Rufa Fish Pedicures. You know the ones where you put your feet in a bowl with a hundred fish and they nibble on the dead skin. I imagined, after the initial shock and gag reflex it would be very relaxing.
However, I did a bit of reading and apparently there are health issues, it’s been banned in 14 states, due to worries about spreading infection. For the time, being I’ve put it on hold but I was wondering what you think.
Would you do it?
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