In These Heels

Peacocks have a great sale on at the mo, and are offering free delivery if you spend £30, which really wouldn’t be too hard!

My picks from the sale are below, all prices are accurate at time of blogging!

Cute to dress down with a cardi, tights and either black or brown boots, its hard to see what the darkest colour is on this dress. No need for accessories, let the pattern do the talking.  Ladies 60s Print Shift Dress £9

Flared skirts are EVERYWHERE. Which isn’t such a bad thing.  They flatter all shapes, forgive your Food Baby Belly after a big lunch .The problems come when the wind lifts it round you head, and when shops insist on making them short enough to see what food that baby ate for lunch.  This one promises to fall just below the knee, which is much more like it. the contrasting side panels, and zip make for something just a little bit different from all the skater dresses out there.   Fit & Flare Colour Block Dress £14

This skirt has a bit of a mullet going on, but I think it would be perfect with chunky boots and a huge wool scarf in the snow! Slinky Dip Hem Skirt £8

Unfortunately this dress suffers from poor styling, well, I certainly wouldn’t wear that dress with THOSE heels.  I really think it needs a wide belt, and knee high black boots.  Add a wide floppy hat for a real ’70s feel.  Hanky Hem Dress £11

Another ‘mullet’ skirt, I really like the rust colour of this one, but would reserve judgement until I seen the fabric, it looks a bit shiny. But I like a challenge.  Its in a new range, called Peacocks by Design, and is available in mid brown and teal.  Dip Hem skirt £14

Perhaps my favourite out of all the dresses, and for £20, its a bargain.  Peacocks can be touch and go with their quality, but this is again from the new by Design range, so I would like to think they addressed those issues.  This dress would get worn a lot!!  Colour Block Dress £20

Im keen to try a leather skirt, and this faux leather one could be a cheap way to discover that its actually not for me at all.  I envision wearing it to work, with a crisp white shirt, but reality? I wouldn’t have a clue what shoes to wear with it, and would squeek against my faux leather chair all day.  Pleat Centre Hem Skirt £9

Yeah, I need these.  Brogue Heel Boots £24.50

Available in brown ’leather’ or black faux suede, these wedge heels would be a welcome addition to any wardrobe. I might  have to get the black! Wedge boots both styles £21

These surprised me when I came across them, pleasantly!! Peacocks shoes can be on the small, and narrow side, so again, I’d have to see these in real life, before I committed to them.  Holly Round Toe Block Platform Heels £17.50

Not being American, nor any good at history at school, means I actually am not sure what Thanksgiving is about, but I *do* know that it is more than just another special day to revisit Calendar Man in Arkham City on the Xbox……. (have you done that yet?)

So enjoy the food, enjoy the day off, be thankful for your lot in life, whatever it may be!

This is a pic of of Jess’ Thanksgiving last year, and I am ashamed to say Jonny ate the whole thing!!

I just had my first time.

I couldn’t resist. I knew I was ready for it, we had been flirting for months now, and I had long declared my feelings. I really couldn’t have planned our first time more perfect. I thought about it all day.  Everything was just right.   The lighting, the comfy sofa, I’d only had a little alcohol for dutch courage, so wasn’t too drunk and clumsy. There was no stopping me.  We took it easy for our first time, nothing too crazy, cos you never know how you will get on. But it was amazing!! I did it!

I started shopping on Shoeaholics.com!! I just got the one pair, but oh what a pair they are!! The Gainsville heels from my recent post, ordered this afternoon, and they are dispatched already!  I really cannot wait til our next encounter.

*Rolls over and goes to sleep*

When I first opened the Babyliss curling wand, my first reaction was to squee at the little black, heatproof glove that comes with it, and run round the house telling everyone I was like Michael Jackson. Certainly not one of my finer moments, I must admit.

Once I got over the initial excitement, I had to try it out. Like a child with a new toy, or a woman with a new curling iron, I set to work randomly pressing buttons, and making a mess of my hair. The heat settings are very easy to use, with simple + & – buttons to choose from 4 temperatures. The power cable is a great length, so it worked well for me, and my ridiculously inconveniently placed plug sockets.

Getting the hang of the wand is fairly easy, it essentially works the same as any other tong, but without the clamp to hold the hair in place. Its a two handed thing, and this is where the glove comes in. I held my hair to the end of the wand, on the cooler bit at the tip, and then twisted the wand, and curled the hair round in a spiral. The result was a Shirley Temple do, very cute, and very quick! You can also start at the root of your hair, to give a looser curl, more than a wave, but less than ringlets, like the other method.

I think the beauty of it is its flexibility. You wont end up with the exact same hair style every time you use it, which to me, is interesting! Too many times you can get stuck in a style rut, and this will make it quick and easy to add change.

There are a couple negatives. One which I personally find a lot is the placement of the on/off button, and I did switch it off in the middle of using it. Although it only happened once, and I realised instantly, not like when I accidentally switch my straighteners off, and then curse them for taking forever to do my hair when I’m in a rush.

The second being I cannot quite figure out how to use it to do my fringe. I don’t think its designed for short hair, and I do like to give my fringe a bit of a curl if I’m doing the rest of my hair. I’ll just have to have another go at it, maybe on a lesser heat, in case I do touch my forehead.

That said, I think its brilliant. Babyliss really are on to a winner with the glove, no more burnt fingers, although, my several layers of nail varnish on my index finger did start to melt a bit after a while!

My hair kept the curl for some time, even without any hairspray used to hold it in place, though I haven’t used it for a night out yet. That will come on Wednesday, so will post some pics then.

I give the Babyliss Curling Wand 8/10, recommend it for medium-long hair, of any thickness. Available from Tescos for £24.97

NB: I was asked to review this product on behalf of Tesco Direct

I’m just going to call it “Which Shoes I Really Really Need From Shoeaholics.com Today”.  Dot co dot uk.

You think that domain is taken?

Today is the turn of Gainsville, Kurt Geiger London. Available here for £49

United Nude Abstract Wedges, from Javari.
Wowzers.

They are shockingly high, and its yet to be proven if I can actually walk in them or not yet, truthfully, I should be taking advantage of Javari’s unrivalled 365 day money back guarantee, but……. I’d miss them too much!!  And my legs look *great* in them.

Better looking than the Hanson from my teens, I want these to be the Hanson of my thirties!

Kurt Geiger Hanson, £119 and available here from Shoeaholics, fast becoming my most favourite website.

I’m 30.

3-0

Eeek.

And I’m starting to look it.  Fine lines have formed round my eyes, I have HUGE creases between my eyebrows, I have more hair on my face than I would ever like to admit, and yet I’m still getting outbreaks of spots, on my face, jawline, and even on my neck.
FML.

I’ve decided that perhaps it’s time I seek professional advice, and stopped just using whichever products are on special offer in Superdrug. But where to start?

I think personally for me, a full skin care consultation will be the best starting point, having no idea how to treat my ageing skin, but I’m wary of someone who is trained to sell products to me. Yes, they are supposed to have your best interests at heart, and yes I probably will walk out looking fantastic, but I’ve avoided spas and beauticians up to this point for a couple of reasons:

1. I’m suspicious of just being told that a particular brand is THE one for me, considering the beautician won’t have used another type on me to compare,
2. I’m too tight to spend £30+ per product, and be told that I need half a dozen products, and use them every day,
3. Routine.  I fail so badly at routine.  I rarely take my make up off at night, and its not for want of products, I’m just a lazy sod.
4. What the heck is in all the stuff anyway??!? Every time you turn the tv on, you hear the latest beauty craze is going to kill and/or maim you. Look at the man eating fishies.  Prime example.

OK, so that’s more than a couple. How do I overcome these? Well I’m not sure many spas/salons stock more than one range, so there’s not much I can do about that. I will ask for advice from friends and check online reviews on the best local salons, and technicians.  Routine is up to me and me alone to sort, so I’ll just have to have reason to do it every night. That reason is becoming pretty evident in the lines and wrinkles that are forming as I type!  Learning what is in the products can be from a good beautician, or from online reviews/advice websites.

The money part really can be no excuse now as there are dedicated websites that concentrate only on the beauty offers. One of which is Wahanda. Instead of being offered cheap hotel breaks, meals for 2 only valid Mon-Thur between the hours of 6pm and 6.35pm, you will find only health & beauty deals, including free skin consultations, facials, spa breaks, discount haircuts and massage deals. What caught my eye most was the £49.50 spa breaks.  For 1 night stay including breakfast, with full use of all the spa facilities!! It’s the perfect alternative to a night out on the tiles.  Have a relaxing stay and wake to no hangover, and spend less than it costs for the entrance fee to most clubs, and a dirty kebab.

Click to check out the Wahanda spa breaks.

Unfortunately none of the spa breaks on offer at the moment are local to me but I will certainly keep my eye on the Wahanda website, or make an excuse to travel for a cheap stay, having 2 nights spa & shopping somewhere sounds like a brilliant Christmas present to myself! I’m also going to take advantage of a free beauty consultation, and blag as many free samples as I possibly can.

By the way, my blog fishies on the left are vegetarians.  Please feed them!!

This is a promoted post. It is the first, but won’t be the last. I’ve been InTheseHeels for 2 years now, and I’d love to hear your opinion on this kind of post in the comments.