Wishlist Wednesday - Travel sized products edition

I'm starting to think about getting my hospital bag ready for when I have bub, so I've been looking at all sorts of different travel sized products. There are so many great travel kits available, I could easily have made a huge list, but I narrowed it down to a few that I think would be amazing.

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First Aid Beauty Essentials Kit - I haven't tried any First Aid products but this kit would be great for hospital. It contains a face wash and moisturiser plus a body wash and moisturiser. 

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Original and Mineral mini Hydrate and Conquer Shampoo and Conditioner - These are my all time favourite shampoo and conditioner, if you haven't tried them, you need to!

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Audra James Beauty Balm - This is one of those all round balms that can be used on anything. Lips, dry skin etc, so it'd be a great addition to my hospital bag.

Audra James New Mum Gift Box - I'd choose option two as I think the revitalising spray would be lovely.

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Origins Skin Protecting Facial Kit - Unfortunately this is from Sephora so it's unlikely I'll get it, but what a great kit it is! I really like the A Perfect World products I've used, they smell lovely.  

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Ole Henriksen Seven Skincare Sensations - This is another range I've always wanted to try and this kit would be the perfect way to test out some of the products.

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Fresh Sugar Lip Lovers Kit - This has nothing at all to do with hospital, but what a great kit!

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Philosophy Welcome Baby Kit - The Sephora website is dangerous, there are so many great products on it and they are all so cheap. Lucky I have not yet ventured into the world of parcel forwarding yet.

If any of you have any travel kit recommendations, please let me know.

So this is 40

I turned 40 today. Unlike some people getting older doesn't worry me, in fact I quite enjoy it as I've found that life gets better as I get older. Don't get me wrong, I don't love the wrinkles etc that come with ageing, but as a whole I'm not concerned about my age.

If you told me a few years ago that I'd be forty and pregnant I probably wouldn't have believed you, but here I am 31 weeks and 3 days pregnant with my second child. There was a time that I thought I'd missed my chance and I'd never have children, so I feel very lucky to have my beautiful boy and all going well I will have another beautiful child very soon. 

Reflecting on the last 40 years I can say that I'm happy. I haven't had the perfect life but it's been good, I've been mostly happy and I don't have any huge regrets. I've lived a fortunate life. In my opinion anyone who is healthy and happy is very fortunate. 

At this point in time I am very content with my life. I love living in the country, I love being a mum and I love having my family close. I love that I can ring up my sister in law, Dad, best friend or cousin and pop over for a visit if I'm having a bad day. I love that they pop in and visit me. I really missed that when I was living in the city. I also love that my babies will grow up with their cousins, I think it's important for a child to have a strong family circle and I love that we are giving that to Chai and our new bub. 

The one thing I don't love at the moment is Tiger working away, however I do love the two weeks that he's home every month and I know that if he was working locally he'd only get eight days off over a month, instead of fourteen. So really, I'm lucky that he works away as it gives us more time with him. 

For me my 20's were about learning who I am, sorting out my crap and healing the wounds from my childhood. My 30's were about establishing a career and settling down. I'm hoping my 40's will be about raising my family and being contented. 

I never really thought about what I'd look like at forty, but for those who are wondering, this is what an untouched, no filter, no make-up forty looks like:

This is the face of a woman who has known joy and sorrow, illness and health, who has survived two miscarriages, childhood sexual abuse, severe asthma and crohn's disease. Through it all I've learned who I am and I have come through these events a stronger, happier person. I can honestly say that I know who I am and I'm happy with me.

FFS Friday - I am not an event planner

Hello Friday! I can smell the weekend, it's nearly here! I hope you all have something fun planned! We are having a family get together, looking at a few houses and I have no idea what else. 

As I mentioned last Friday, we met the estate agent selling our house. FFS.

He was really nice. FFS.

And very accommodating. FFS.

It was the opposite of what we were expecting. He's only been with the agency for a little while so hopefully hasn't picked up any of their dodgy practices yet. Time will tell.

The PILs were here on the weekend. FFS.

They said that they were coming down on Saturday however arrived Friday afternoon. FFS.

MIL was her usual annoying self, talking incessantly, telling us how to look after Chai etc. FFS.

Saturday night she asked Tiger what he does at work. FFS.

He's been doing the same job for 10 years. FFS.


Now that the house is for sale Tiger has decided that we need to move asap, despite us having 10 months left on our lease. FFS.

To this end he has started madly house hunting. FFS.

He spends every evening on the internet looking at houses for sale. FFS. 

When I say every evening, I mean the whole evening, from when Chai goes to sleep to when he goes to bed. FFS.

Sunday morning Chai spewed all over the lounge room. FFS.

I was cleaning it up when Tiger came in and asked me what happened. FFS.

What sort of stupid question is that? I really don't know what answer he was expecting, so I gave him the only answer I could, which was "He spewed". FFS.


Sunday night Chai decided that sleep was for wimps. FFS.

Tiger and I tag teamed. FFS.

I got about four hours sleep. FFS.

He hasn't done something like that for ages so I'm grateful that he decided to do it on a night when Tiger was home. FFS/Not FFS.


Monday we went to look at two houses for sale. FFS.

Tiger had decided he wanted to buy one of them before we even looked at it. FFS.

Thankfully I managed to convince him it wasn't a good idea. Not FFS.

Tuesday I was in a semi grumpy mood and really didn't feel like talking to anyone. Mum rang me twice, I didn't answer so she sms'd me. FFS.

I figured I'd better call her back before she started panicking and calling Tiger to see why I wasn't answering. FFS.

When I called her back she was just talking about nothing, as mums do, telling me all sorts of stories about people that I've never met and really don't give a damn about. FFS.

Sensing my mood Mum then asked what I'm doing on the weekend. As it was only Tuesday and I can barely remember what I've done a few hours ago, I told her I have no idea. FFS.

We then had the following conversation:
Mum: Has anything been arranged for this weekend?
Me: No.
Mum: Oh. So what's happening?
Me: I have no idea. Why?
Mum: Are we still getting together?
Me: I have no idea. 
Mum: So nothing has been arranged?
Me: No. What was supposed to be happening?
Mum: We were supposed to be getting together?
Me: Oh, okay. When?
Mum: I don't know, it hasn't been organised.
Me: Who was organising it?
Mum: You and your brother.
Me: I wasn't organising anything and the bro hasn't mentioned it to me.
Mum: Oh.
Me: Who's idea was it?
Mum: Mine.
Me: Well then you're organising it!
Mum: I can't organise it, it's happening down there (Mum lives an hour away from my brother and I).
Me: (in a very resigned and put upon tone of voice). Okay, I'll talk to the bro.
Mum: I can talk to him. 
Me: So when are we supposed to be getting together?
Mum: I don't know, nothing's been organised. Saturday or Sunday. What's better for you?
Me: Either, I have no idea what we are doing this weekend. What is best for my bro?
Mum: I have no idea, I haven't spoken to him. 
Me: Well when did you want to come down?
Mum: Saturday or Sunday. What's better for you?
Me: I really don't care. What's better for you?
Mum: Saturday would be better. 
Me: Are you staying overnight?
Mum: Well that depends on what you arrange.
By this time I was getting extremely frustrated so got off the phone before I said something really rude! FFS!!!!!

What does she think I am, an event planner? If you come up with an idea then you organise it, you don't expect everyone else to do it for you, especially not a very pregnant, grumpy woman! FFS.

And if you do expect a grumpy pregnant woman to arrange an event, don't complain about what she organises!

I spoke to my brother who also had no idea that we were expected to arrange anything. FFS. 

We've now arranged to get together and make lots of pizza's. That'll be fun considering Mum doesn't eat sugar, gluten or dairy products. FFS.

In the last few months I've developed an allergy to my wedding and engagement rings. FFS.

Whenever I wear them my finger gets really itchy then the skin goes all red and irritated and if I don't take them off I get a gross, red pussy rash on my finger. Lovely. FFS.

Bizarrely I can wear silver rings on that finger with no problems. FFS.

My sudden wedding ring and engagement ring allergy does not bode well for Tiger. FFS.

It's very clear that the allergy means one of two things. Either I'm allergic to him or I'm allergic to the rings. Since I'm quite partial to him and have displayed no other signs of being allergic to him, I can only assume that I am allergic to my rings. FFS.

I've told him that if the allergy doesn't clear up then he'll have to buy me new rings. Hehehe. Not FFS.

In the meantime I am wearing two silver, crystal hippie rings on my wedding finger, so now I fit right in down here. All I need is a flanno and to wear my ugg boots in public and anyone would think I've lived here forever.

Yesterday I woke up at 4am and couldn't get back to sleep, so got up, put on some washing and started doing housework. FFS.

Chai woke up early and Tiger wanted to keep on sleeping so I got Chai up and he followed me around whilst I was tidying up. As I do when I'm pregnant, I started thinking about all the mess that I was cleaning up (most of it was Tiger's) so by the time he got out of bed I'd worked myself into a medium sized, pregnant fury. FFS.


I was having a go at him, telling him that he doesn't do any housework or tidy up after himself when he came up with this gem as an excuse for not putting the dishwasher on:
Me: You haven't even started the dishwasher once. 
Tiger: I don't know how to.
Me: It's pretty simple, you put the tablet in and press go.
Tiger: I haven't been shown how to do that.
Me: Nor have I, I just figured it out for myself, how hard is it?
He had no comeback for that. FFS.


FFS, he's a grown bloody man, does he really need to be shown how to do everything? Bloody lazy men. FFS.


To his credit, he tidied up in the morning and hasn't made any mess since. Not FFS.


Thursday night, just as I was typing this up, the power went off. FFS.

Thankfully it came back on again, then went off. And stayed off. FFS.

It was 6pm, I had just finished making Chai's tea and was about to start making our tea. FFS.

We called Western Power who said that power wouldn't be restored until 9.30pm. FFS.

Tiger called my cousin who said we could go over there. Not FFS.

Then we realised that the car was in the garage and whilst we could manually open and close the door to get the car out, we wouldn't be able to get it back in as the power was out. FFS.

We took Tiger's ute. As is always the way when something like this happens, it had barely any fuel in it. FFS.

We were planning on stopping to get some fuel and tea on the way to my cousins, however the power was out in our whole suburb so that wasn't possible. FFS.

There is no takeaway in my cousins suburb, but thankfully the supermarket was open so we could buy something for tea. Not FFS. 

We got to my cousins at 6.30pm with a tired Chai who was ready to start his bedtime wind down routine. By the time we ate tea and put him in the bath he was so tired he just cried, poor little man. So we got him dressed, put him in the car, went home and thankfully the power was back on. FFS/Not FFS.

And even better, we didn't run out of fuel on the way home. Not FFS.

I've finally got my blogs facebook page up and running, however I have no idea what to do with it! If you have any suggestions of what you'd like to see on there, please let me know! 

That's it for my whinges. Would you believe I actually have more but I'm saving them for next week. Have a lovely weekend beautiful people.

If you'd like to read more weekly whinges head over to Sarah's blog.

 

May Empties

This has been a great month empties wise. I'm still on a roll from P100P and am determined to keep on ploughing through my out of control collection and get it to a manageable size.I have a long way to go, but at least I'm making progress. I have a suspicion that when I have two children I will rarely get any spare shopping time, which will help immensely, although there is always online shopping. 

Crabtree and Evelyn Evelyn Rose perfume - I love this perfume, it's such a beautiful, fresh rose scent. I'll definitely be repurchasing.

Garnier Clean Sensitive face wipes - These were okay. Nothing terrible and nothing amazing, they did the job. I won't repurchase, they don't compare to my favourite WotNot wipes. 

Lancome Genifique sample - The new version of Genifique is amazing, it makes my skin look so good!

Original Source Chocolate and Mint shower gel - This is up there with my favourite body washes, it smells like an after dinner mint! I stalked The Reject Shop for months looking for this and I'm kicking myself for only buying two of them because I haven't seen it there again. Thankfully I still have one bottle left.

Philosophy Purity cleanser - An old favourite. A good, basic cleanser that does what it says it will, cleanses my face and removes my makeup.

Kosmea Eighth Natural Wonder serum - I really wanted to love this but I just don't. I found the scent really, really strong (probably cause I'm pregnant), it pils when I put anything over the top of it and we just didn't get along. I hear such great things about it that I'll give it a go again in the future to make sure I just didn't get a dud bottle.

VO5 Moisture Soak shampoo - Nice but not amazing. I won't repurchase because I much prefer O&M products.

Dove Go Fresh deodorant - Dove deodorants never fail me. 

Lush Ro's Argan Body Conditioner - I am in love with this. I've been using it as a body moisturiser however it can also be used as a shower gel. It smells amazing and is super hydrating. A definite repurchase. 

Elemis Pro-Collagen Marine Cream - Okay but not amazing. I had a few samples that I used up- and whilst it's a nice, rich moisturiser it's not one that I'd purchase. 

Colgate Optic White toothpaste - I've tried whitening toothpastes before and they haven't done anything, however Optic White is amazing! My teeth were noticeably whiter. I'll be repurchasing this for sure.

Models Prefer All-In-One BB Cream - This is one of my all time favourite BB's, it's the closest that I've found to Asian BB's. I will be doing a full review soon, however to sumarise, it's love!


Ren Active 7 Radiant Eye Maintenance Gel - I absolutely hated this and was so desperate to finish it that I ended up using it all over my face and neck just to be rid of it. I actually thought that I'd thrown it out. The pump on this is terrible, it pumps out way too much (enough for my whole face) or it doesn't pump anything out due to the product constantly getting air bubbles in it. Add to that, I found it totally ineffective. I was told when I bought it that it was for dark circles and fine lines, it had no effect on either of them. Definitely not buying this again.

Clarins Renew Plus Body Serum - I'm a big fan of Clarins products, they are lovely, however I wouldn't purchase this purely because I don't think it's worth spending over $20 on a body lotion. Having said that, it was a lovely, light product that felt great and soaked in quickly. 

Clinique Deep Comfort Body Butter - Another body lotion that's nice but not worth the $$ in my opinion. If I wanted to spend a lot of money on a body lotion I'd buy one of The Body Shop body butters because they smell amazing. 

Now that you've seen all my empties, check out the blog sale I'm hosting.

Wishlist Wednesday

Kora Organics skin and body care - I've been looking at the Kora products for ages and they all seem really lovely, if a little expensive. Their body lotion smells amazing and I'd love to buy it, but $55 for a body lotion is crazy, I don't see how a body lotion could be worth $55. I'm saving up my Chemart points and next time they have a 10% off sale I'm going to get the Kora body lotion with my points. Then I'll let you all know if it's worth the high price.

Haus of Gloi goodies - I love Haus of Gloi, their products are amazing. I've recently finished all my HoG products and I really want to buy some more, but until I finish my current stash of bath and body products I am not going to. I will stay strong!

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Vice and Velvet goodies - Vice and Velvet are an Australian bath and body range that look and sound amazing. I really, really want to try some of their products and I will, as soon as I've finished the products I already have. 


Coconut lip balm in a squeeze tube - You know how some woman have pregnancy food cravings? Well I have pregnancy lip balm cravings. At the moment I am obsessed with finding a coconut lip balm in a squeezy tube. Do you think I can find one? No. Apparently Alba Botanicals make one but I can't find it. Surely there must be other brands that make coconut flavoured lip balm in a squeezy tube! If anyone knows of one please let me know. I'd also like a chocolate coconut one and a chocolate mint one too.

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Dermalogica Ultrasmoothing Eye Serum - I really don't need another eye cream as I'm trialling two lovely ones at the moment and I have another three sitting waiting for me to use, however I really, really want to try this (in fact it's currently sitting in my Adore Beauty shopping cart). I have sensitive eyes so find that I'm unable to use a lot of the potent eye products. This one is designed for sensitive eyes so would be perfect for me.  


Check out the blog sale I'm hosting.  

I'm on Facebook!

I've finally got my blog's facebook page up and running. Since I have no idea what I'm doing it's pretty bare at the moment, but hopefully I'll figure it out soon and get some info on there. 

If you'd like to join be and laugh at all the mistakes I make, or help me figure out how to use facebook properly you can find my page here.

I'd like to start following you all on facebook so if you have a page, please link it below.

My latest Adorder

Now that P100P is finally over I've been buying a few (and I really mean a few) things. I recently placed an Adorder (for those who don't know what this is, it means I ordered from Adore Beauty).

Here's what I bought:
Philosophy Kiss Me Tonight Lip balm and Field of Flowers shower gel - I've been wanting to try Kiss Me Tonight for ages and I love the shower gels, they're expensive but last for ages so are worth the price.
Clarins Extra Firming body cream - One of my online friends recommended this so I bought it (I'm easily convinced).
Laura Mercier Dollface Gel lip colour - I've been wanting this for ages but every time I went in store to buy it, it was out of stock. They were limited edition so I'd given up hope of finding it, however I managed to score it from Adore!



I was going to get the Clarins body lotion from strawberrynet however it was $20 cheaper at Adore, so always check your prices! Plus, whilst I buy regularly from strawberrynet and have never had a problem, I always wonder about the freshness of their products. When I buy from Adore I know that I'm going to get a genuine product that has been stored correctly and that if there is a problem with it I can get a replacement without any problems. 

I also got a Dermalogica sample kit, two free samples and a Tim Tam!

Anyone want to guest post for me?

I'm putting this out there early as it's still a few months until bub is born, but I was wondering if anyone would like to guest post for me? 

You can post about anything related to beauty and I'm happy if you want to do more than one post. Naturally I'll link back to your blog too.

I'd like to get quite a few guest posts as I know once bub gets here I won't be posting much for a few months. 

I'll try my best to get as many posts scheduled as I can, but any guest posts will help immensely.

If you are interested, email me here.

Edited to add: You don't have to be a blogger to guest post, I'm happy to have anyone guest posting. Also, I need as many guest posts as I can get, so please get in touch if you are interested!

FFS Friday - Who let the dogs out?

It's Friday! I would like to say I'm pleased that it's Friday but I'm not because the PILs are coming to stay this weekend, so I'm wishing that the weekend was over and it was Monday right now. Wish me luck surviving the weekend!

Firstly, I few things I've forgotten to mention in previous weeks. 

Remember ages ago when hubby bought me a tablet computer thingo? Well he got me a cover to go with it, no big deal. He has exactly the same cover in black and it cost $30, so he didn't even look at the price when he got mine. When I checked the receipt, it had cost $80. FFS.

Last week I had a package delivered whilst I was out. Mum was with me and we had 20 minutes to pick up the package before the post office closed. FFS.

I told Mum the name of the street that the post office was on and she said that we'd driven past it on our way home. I confirmed this with her twice and she was sure she knew where the street was, so I didn't bother checking my map. Should have known better. FFS.

We drive along and the street that we need is nowhere to be found. FFS.

By this time we have 15 minutes before the post office closes. I find the location and head off. When I get to the correct address all that's there is a chemist and a service station, no post office. FFS.

Turns out that the post office is inside the service station. Bizarre. That's the country for you. FFS.

There is now a For Sale sign out the front of our home. This displeases me greatly. FFS.

I see at least two people a day sitting out the front looking at the house. FFS.

For some reason the thought of people intruding in our home really, really bothers me. I don't know if it's pregnancy hormones or having had people coming through our old house for four months, but I am extremely disturbed and irritated at the thought of people coming through this house. It was supposed to be my private space for a while. FFS.

Saturday afternoon I was looking after my nephews whilst my SIL did her food shopping. The boys were playing in the toy room when I hear Chai's sweet little voice very clearly saying "Ass Hole". FFS.

The six year old thought it'd be funny to teach him. I set him straight about that idea! Now I'm just waiting for when Chai picks the most inappropriate time ever to say asshole. I know it's just a matter of time. FFS.

I haven't mentioned this before, but for the last six weeks Tigers roster has been all over the place. I haven't known how long he's going to be away or when he's coming home. FFS.

Thank goodness he is now back to his regular swing. Not FFS.

We didn't know when he'd be coming home, however on Monday evening we found out that he was coming home Tuesday. Not FFS.

Usually they fly him home in the afternoon and he gets here at 3.30pm. This time he didn't fly in until 9.30pm. FFS.

As Chai and I had dropped him off, we had to go and pick him up again. Due to the late arrival (way past Chai's bed time), we had to stay in Perth overnight. FFS.

It was really difficult to find a hotel room however Tiger finally found one at a three star hotel that we were told had been recently refurbished. I got there Tuesday evening and it was disgusting. FFS.

The walls were dirty, the room wasn't even big enough to fit a portacot, it was a double bed (not a queen like we'd been advised) so it wouldn't even fit the three of us and every time I moved the bed shifted. FFS.

Tiger rang and complained so they showed me two other rooms we could have (in the four star part of the hotel). One was $30 more and the other one was $80 more. FFS.

The first one they showed me was the one that was $30 more. It was up three flights of stairs with no lift access, the roof sloped so I couldn't stand upright anywhere other than right next to the bed and there were two flights of stairs inside the room that couldn't be blocked off and that Chai would have fallen down. FFS.

So we ended up in the room that cost $80 more. It wasn't a bad room, it had a spa and a king sized bed so at least we could sleep comfortably but it definitely wasn't worth the price that we paid. FFS.

It cost more than a room at the Hyatt! FFS.

And if that wasn't bad enough they wanted $15 extra to park the car in security parking. FFS.

By the time I got Chai and I settled in our room we were both tired and hungry. I couldn't be bothered going out to get tea so decided to get room service. The cheapest thing on the menu was chips and they cost $9.50. FFS.

You have to be joking me. $9.50 for chips! FFS.

As they'd already slugged me so much for the room I refused to pay a stupid price for chips so got us fish and chips for tea, which only cost $10.50. FFS.

Turns out that was a very bad decision. FFS.

I have reflux when I'm pregnant and this pregnancy it's been even worse than it was with Chai. There is medication that I can take but I don't want to, so I've been suffering and reminding myself that it's going to stop as soon as I have the baby. FFS.

I do have a great reflux oil that Audra made me however I can't find it at the moment. FFS.

The fish and chips gave me reflux so bad that I vomited. FFS.

I was sick all night, got barely any sleep and was in a lot of pain. FFS.

Finally in the early hours of the morning I managed to get to sleep, only to be woken at 5.30am when Tigers work alarm went off. FFS.

He'd forgotten to turn it off. FFS.

You'd think that he would have turned it off after it woke us up on Wednesday but he didn't and so it woke him and Chai up on Thursday. FFS.

Lucky for me, they were both sleeping in Chai's room so it didn't wake me up. Not FFS.

Now that Tiger is home we agreed to let the agent selling our home into the house. FFS.

To his credit, he is trying to do everything at once to minimise disruption to us, so this afternoon he is looking at the house for the first time, having photo's taken and showing through a prospective buyer. FFS.

Despite never having met us, he wanted us to let him into the house and then go out for half an hour, leaving him in the house to do what he wants. FFS.

Tiger made it very clear that there is no chance of that happening. As if we would give a stranger free run of our house! I can't believe he would even ask! FFS.

Now that you've read all my whinges for the week, head over to Sarah's blog and see what everyone else has to whinge about.  

I hope you all have a beautiful weekend :)




*For those of you who are wondering, the title has nothing at all to do with this post, but I couldn't think of anything else. 

May Favourites

Laura Mercier Caviar Stick eye shadow in Grey Pearl- This is amazing. It's the only eyeshadow that I've been using since I got it a few weeks ago. It goes on easily, I just draw it on and it stays put all day without creasing. Perfect. I have no idea why they call this shade Grey Pearl, it's not grey at all it's a beautiful taupe. 
I currently have three other shades on their way to me :)

Sukin Nourishing Lip Treatment - I've mentioned this before (you can read my full review here), it's such a beautiful balm, so hydrating and it tastes lovely. I've nearly finished my tube and I really want to buy another one however I also really want to finish the whole pile of other balms that I have. Dilemna.

Lancome Advanced Genifique - I was sent this to review for Beauty Heaven and I love it. I'd tried samples of the old formula and was unimpressed but the new formula is amazing. Two weeks after I started using Genifique I notice that my pore were looking smaller (something I didn't think possible) and now that I've been using it for five weeks my skin is looking really fresh and healthy. I'll do a full review once I've finished the whole bottle, but for now it's a huge rave. 

Physician's Formula Super BB range - I was sent the new Physician's Formula Super BB cream, powder and concealer to review and so far I'm loving them. The powder works well alone or over the BB cream, it's also great for setting under eye concealer. The BB is lovely, thick, hydrating and not oily. The concealer covers well with minimal creasing. 

Benefit Fake Up - It's a little known secret that as well as being a lip balm addict I am also a concealaholic. I'm always looking for new concealers to hide my dark circles and whenever a new concealer is released I want it. Fake Up sounded perfect because it comes with a hydrating section as well as the concealer. I've only had it for two weeks but so far I really like it. There is minimal creasing and it covers my dark circles well. Plus, it can be reapplied during the day without looking cakey and gross. 

A closer look at the LM Caviar Stick