Review: John Frieda Full Repair
Hair. I have quite a lot of it. Very a lot, actually. It’s thick, heavy, long… and doesn’t need to much looking after. I actually put this down to the fact that I ignore it, mostly. I wash it. I dry it. I put it up. And repeat. But over time, even my careless treatment starts to show. If it’s not cut frequently enough (too easy to be lazy when your hair is long), or it’s dried too quickly (or not dried at...
Get your hands off my Dyson…
The teen was watching this on YouTube last night. Later I caught him gazing lasciviously at my Dyson with a screwdriver in hand. Yes really. If he takes my vacuum apart I am holding Dyson entirely responsible…
5 excellent Easter craft ideas for kids
Easter is the perfect time for children to take advantage of the school holidays to make marvellous arts and crafts. Here are some art and craft ideas which make super Easter presents and will look great all-year round. 1. Make your own Easter eggs [Photo by Emily W. Jones] Have fun choosing a mould and your favourite kind of chocolate and then decorate using icing in a piping bag. Homemade Easter eggs can make a...
A good argument can be good for your heath
“A day without an argument is like an egg without salt” so said the novelist Angela Carter. It helps if it is an argument you win; although as someone once said, “I have never won an argument, but I have enjoyed all of them”. What is the point of all this, you may ask. Well, research recently published has shown that some forms of stress we face are good for health and others, not so good. Scientists at UCLA (The University of...
The Devil’s In Your Details…
I found this video just ever so slightly disturbing. Which is, I guess, the point… I used to laugh at the smallness of the risk – until it happened to me. And I bet it’s happened to someone you know too. To find out a bit more about how to protect yourself from fraud just visit The Devil’s In Your Details
Our Top Ten Tips on Successfully Working From Home
It’s living the dream, isn’t it? Successfully Working From Home? That’s what I’m told often , anyway. Fact is, for anyone that actually DOES it, they know it is very far from living the dream. Most would call it ‘living-the-do-half-as-well-at-everything-nightmare’ a lot of the time. But, on those days that you get it right? Oh yes – it’s those times that make me realise I could never go...