Tuesday 30 November 2021

Just B Cos

There's a gorgeous new store in Bunbury and you all need to know about it. They sell a beautiful range of locally made skin and body care products. 
 
The products are all made in the store. Entering the store is a sensory delight (if you're a fan of fragrance).
 
Fragrance is a huge thing for me, I love fragranced products, it makes my skin care routine so much more appealing when I'm using things that smell good. that's why I love Just B Cos so much, everything smells great.

 
I love everything I've tried so far. The perfumes are beautiful as is the face mist.
Picture above are Stop and Smell the Roses and Evolve perfumes and Stop and Smell the Roses face mist. The lady at the store told me that the face mist also works really well to heal rashes and irritated skin. 
 


These items are what I got for my birthday in June. Stop and Smell the Roses body oil and perfume plus a lip balm (of course).
 
If you're ever in Bunbury, stop and check out the store, you won't regret it (but your bank account might).
 

Sunday 28 November 2021

Thoughts of the week

1. I am so looking forward to the holidays.
 
2. Who shopped the Black Friday sales? I didn't.
 
3. My shopping mojo has gone, I haven't been tempted by anything lately.
 
4. If you haven't tried MAC Powderkiss lipsticks, get onto it. It's easily my favourite lipstick formula.
 
5. We have our kids school book list for next year already. I haven't even started my Christmas shopping, I'm not ready to think about next year.

Friday 26 November 2021

FFS Friday - Tired

Is anyone else totally exhausted? I am. I've resigned myself to being permanently exhausted.
 
I'm starting to think that Tiger might go back to fifo. He's not coping with working every day. I knew he wouldn't. Everyone who knows him knew he wouldn't. The longer time goes on, the worse he gets. 
 
He's not happy, which means the rest of us aren't happy either. It's tough to stay happy and positive when your partner is grumpy and angry most of the time. 
 
Tiger is one of those people who can't accept the way things are. He fights it. That seems pointless to me. If you can't change a situation then you need to accept it. Tiger doesn't agree. If there's a situation that he doesn't like, even if he can't change it he pushes back and gets all worked up about it. That seems foolish to me. Either change it or accept it. Simple. 
Not so simple if you're Tiger.
 
He's been working at home for just over a year now and he's still not used to it. I was hoping that he'd adjust but he hasn't. He's chosen not to adjust. I don't understand why he's so inflexible. Working at home means you don't get as much spare time, that's the way it is, so deal with it. Or if you're Tiger, don't deal with it, be miserable and make sure everyone else is miserable with you.
 
If he does go back to fifo it won't be like last time so I think it'll be okay. Homeschooling and fifo are not a good mix, but with the boys at school fifo wouldn't be as difficult. 
 
Chai won't like it but he'll adjust and Tiger being happy will make things better. Plus, if Tiger isn't always exhausted they'll get more quality time together which Chai will love.  

So that's where we're at. 

I haven't started Christmas shopping yet. I need to buy for the boys and my bff. I have no idea what to get my bff, suggestions welcome. 

Have a beautiful weekend.
 
  


 
 

Tuesday 23 November 2021

Bout The Pout Limited Edition Balms

I love buying from small Aussie businesses. There are so many talented people in Australia and they make some beautiful products. 
Bout The Pout is a brand I've purchased from a few times now. The owner Anna is lovely and her balms are amazing. If you like Crazy Rumors balms you'll love Bout The Pout. 
 
They have a great range of flavoured balms, tinted balms, lip scrubs and gorgeous hand made pouches in different sizes.  

How cute is the little packet of tic tacs! When I picked up my package I couldn't figure out why it was rattling. I thought it wasn't my lip balms, but it was the tic tacs, hahahaha.
 

At the moment there are three limited edition lip balm flavours available; gingerbread, fruit tingle and candy cane. They won't be around for long so get them whilst you can!
Whilst you're there, get a few of the pouches, they're really cute and would make great Christmas presents. 
 
If you haven't tried Bout The Pout lip balms yet, I'll tell you why I love them. 
The texture is perfect. It's creamy, hydrating, tastes good and lasts really well on my lips. It's easily my favourite lip balm texture of all time. 
If I could only use one lip balm for the rest of my life I'd choose Bout The Pout. It's that good. 
 
Bout The Pout lip balms are natural, vegan and cost $8 each. 
 
Note: I purchased these products.

Friday 19 November 2021

FFS Friday - Dude

Happy Friday beautiful people. I hope you've all had a good week. 
Ours has been both good and bad. 
Don't turn a few bad moments into a bad week. Let them go and move forward. That's my motto at the moment.
My other motto is forget about the what if's and focus on what is. I like that one. I made it up. Maybe I should start writing inspirational quotes. Or not. Heh.
 
When I think about how I've been treated due to being female, I'm really glad that I had boy children. I purposely tried for boy children and am glad that I got them.
Having boy children brings a lot of responsibility and I really hope that I'm doing it right. 
 
I don't want them to be the type of men who treat women badly. I try to show them how unfairly women can be treated so that they can recognise it.
I've told them that women will only start being treated fairly when men tell other men that it's not acceptable.  
 
Lately the boys have been asking a lot of questions about why I do things that Daddy doesn't do. I've been answering them honestly. 
They asked if I'd go walking at night on my own. I told them it's not safe for me to do that because I'm female so if I was walking alone at night there's a risk I'd be hurt or killed by a man.
 
Next they asked why I lock the car doors when I'm driving and Daddy doesn't. I told them that there's not much of a risk that someone would open the car door and hurt Daddy, but there is a risk it'd happen to me, because I'm female. 
 
I asked them if any women have ever yelled at Daddy whilst we were at the park. None have. Then we talked about the men who've yelled at me whilst we're at the park. They pointed out that no women have ever yelled at me whilst we're at the park, it's only been men.
 
They're getting a pretty good understanding of how differently women are treated. 
I hope I'm doing enough. I just want them to be good, kind men. If they are then I've done a good job. 
 
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend.

Tuesday 16 November 2021

Gorgeous Christmas sets from Laneige

One thing I love about Christmas is the gift sets that come out. I prefer mini products as I'm too fickle to stick to the same products and like to swap up my routine. Plus, it's a great way to test out products before I buy the full size.
 

Side note: Has anyone else been underwhelmed by this years Christmas offerings? There doesn't seem to be the same variety that there usually is. 
 
I was eyeing off the Laneige gift sets at Sephora but didn't buy any of them because I don't need them and we don't have the spare money.
Then my lovely Karen sent me both the sets that I had my eye on!
 
If you are thinking about getting one of the sets, don't hesitate. The balms are all beautiful, especially Gingersnap and Peach Iced Tea. They're still available online at Sephora. 
Adore Beauty has the full sized versions if you want to buy them individually. 
 

Sunday 14 November 2021

Thoughts of the week

1. I'd just like you all to know that Chai has a mullet. I really don't like mullets but it's his hair so he gets to choose. 
Anyone who grew up in the 80's will know why mullets are awful, but as most parents are a lot younger than me, they didn't grow up in the 80's so don't share my hatred of mullets. 
Chai loves it and is so pleased with himself.
 
2. Eljay's zebra finches had babies! We now have two baby finches. They finally came out of the nest on Tuesday. They're so cute.
 
3. Is anyone else totally underwhelmed with all the Christmas sets this year?
 
4. Coffee is awesome.
 
5. I still haven't started my Christmas shopping.
 

 

Friday 12 November 2021

FFS Friday - Flaming Galah

Is anyone else totally over having to make tea every night? I am. I have lost all interest and just don't want to do it anymore. If I won lotto (highly unlikely as I don't buy lotto tickets), I'd buy our meals. It'd be so much nicer. 
There's a store here who make lovely, healthy meals, I'd get them every single night, it'd be awesome.
 
I've decided that I want a job. At the same time I've realised that working outside of the home is just not a realistic option for me at the moment. 
I could only work school hours, couldn't work school holidays or when the boys are sick.
I'd also have to regularly take time off for Chai's appointments. 
 
I was in a coffee shop at 8.45am this week, watching all the people with jobs come in to get their coffee and I was so envious. I really miss the days when I had a job. 
 
Unfortunately that's not an option at the moment so I'll just have to think of something I can do at home.
 
Eljay has been sick this week. The perfect example of why I can't have a job. Last term there were only two days when I didn't have a sick child or an appointment during the day. 

This term has been better but I've still had lots of days where the boys have been home sick or I've had an appointment. 
I'm really not a good employment prospect. 
It's a shame because I'm a great employee. I am super efficient, get lots of work done, don't waste time and don't need supervision. Just tell me what to do then leave me alone. I'm also a really great manager. 
Maybe one day I'll have a job, but I can't see it happening in the near future. 

It's going to be even less likely once Chai is at high school. Then I'll need to figure out how to be in two places at the same time. There's no public transport and the boys will be going to schools that are about fifteen minutes away from each other. I'm not going to think about that until the end of next year. Maybe by then I'll be able to clone myself. That'd be nice. 

Imagine all the things I could get done if I had two clones. I'd get them both working whilst I caught up on the 10 plus years I've sleep I've missed. 

Hah.

Enough dreaming. 
 
Have a beautiful weekend lovely people.



Wednesday 10 November 2021

Weird Wednesday

Today I'm starting a new series called Stupid Saturday. Haha, just kidding, it's Weird Wednesday. I do quite like the sound of Stupid Saturday though, I do plenty of stupid things I could talk about. Maybe later. 
 
Today it's Weird Wednesday and I've got a really good one. If you follow me on Instagram you might have already seen this, but don't spoil it for everyone else.
 
Have you ever used a really gritty face scrub on your arm pits? No? Give it a go. I gave my pits a good scrub a few months ago when I was getting rashes and haven't looked back. It's now part of my weekly routine. 
 
Using a scrub on irritated skin sounds silly, but I've found that very gently exfoliating my allergy rashes helps them to clear up. 
 

I use a really gritty scrub, my favourite is the Acure Brightening Facial Scrub. It has lots of tiny exfoliating grains in it. 

The first week I scrubbed my pits every second day. By the end of the week my pits felt so different, they were soft, smooth and the rashes were gone. 
 
Now I exfoliate once a week and that's enough to keep my pits feeling smooth. 
 
Smooth pits aside, the reason I keep on scrubbing them is because my BO has reduced significantly! I was really surprised at thought I was imagining things, but I wasn't. 
 
I smell so much better now, I have a lot less body odour. 
 
Have you ever tried scrubbing your pits?
 

Sunday 7 November 2021

Thoughts of the week

1. Little Cleo has been found alive! I was not expecting that outcome. I really hope she and her family get the help and support that they're going to need so that they can heal from the ordeal they've been through.
 
2. Who's started their christmas shopping? I haven't. Need to get on to that!
 
3. This year has been a crazy busy blur. I can't believe it's November already.
 
4. We still don't have Juicy Tubes in Australia. Let's hope we get them next year.
 
5. I had a rose flavoured Juicy Tube and it was gorgeous. I've hunted for something similar for years and not found it. If you have a favourite rose scented gloss please let me know.

Saturday 6 November 2021

Fashion

Have you ever noticed that mens fashion doesn't change much? Their clothing is basically the same all the time.
 
Their clothes are practical, have pockets and are weather appropriate. 
 
Trying to buy practical, weather appropriate clothing for women is not as easy.
Our fashions change all the time. 
At the moment it's short jeans and cropped tops. 
It infuriates me how difficult it is to find clothes that are comfortable and warm.
 
Jeans all end above my ankles or they're skin tight. Jumpers are cropped and thin material. It's so stupid. 
To add insult to injury, women's clothes have less material, are poorer quality yet they cost more! How does that work?
 
Why do the people who make womens clothes assume that we don't want to be warm or comfortable? Having your ankles and midriff exposed is neither comfortable or warm. 
 
I regularly shop in the mens department. Their clothing is far superior. Plus, I like oversized jumpers and tshirts.