Monday, 30 April 2018

Shining Light Book Update



It has been 4 months since I started this project!

The March/April highlights include:

- My birthday! It was a wonderful day!
- Phil was asleep on my lap when Lil wanted to sit on me and 'make biscuits' on my stomach, so she just sat on Phil.
- Lil has started attacking the toilet paper and pulling it off the roll. (This shouldn't make me happy, but I can't deny that it is funny. I have been stopping her.)
- Daniel Radcliffe is now 'The Other Frodo' according to PB.



Although I may be the weird one because I have never mixed the two up, but apparently it is common.
- The twins like their cat tree (their birthday present).
- A parcel I sent arrived safely, to the delight of the recipient. 
- The 'Get Help' bit in 'Thor Ragnarok' is hilarious!


-PB made me laugh by imagining a Darkseid where one of his eye-lasers came out in a straight line.

From 'Injustice 2'.


Overall, I feel really positive this month.
Day to day, I feel happier.
I have things to feel bad about, but I feel good.

I find myself looking for the highlight of each day.

Wednesday, 25 April 2018

Salus - Floradix Sport Eisen (Iron)



This is a liquid dietary supplement with iron, B vitamins (B1, B2, B6, B12), niacin, vitamin D, vitamin C, magnesium, zinc, copper, and L-carnitine.

It's meant to aid protein synthesis, red blood cell and muscle function.

It is a brown liquid and the smell immediately takes me back to my childhood when I was given Pentavite.




It doesn't taste like Pentavite, that's for sure!
It tastes like sultanas with B vitamins, with a metallic aftertaste.

It is strong and kind of nauseating.

I wouldn't recommend it.

Price: 2/5 ($23.56 for 250mL)
Taste: 0/5

Friday, 20 April 2018

Lipton - Time To Relax - Tea



This tea has chamomile, lavender, linden, and vanilla.

Before you put it in water, it smells very stronger of lavender.

After you put it in the water it has a buttery vanilla scent.



The taste is a mellow lavender and it is lovely.

Overall it's a bit like drinking a SpellBox (which I can get behind).


I miss SpellBox.

Of course if you don't like lavender, you won't like this.

Price: 5/5 ($3.04 for 20 bags)
Scent: 5/5
Rating: 5/5

Sunday, 15 April 2018

Art Break! - XXX Card



I didn't think I would post about this so I don't have photos of it's creation process, but PB said I should share it.

This is a rope bondage greeting card!

The figure was sketched out on white card, then the lines gone over with black ink.
I positioned them so they looked a little like a heart.



I cut them out and wrapped them in embroidery floss.
I also glued embroidery floss to the card as a suspension string.

Finally I glued the figure to the card.

Verdict: The recipient loved it!

Thursday, 12 April 2018

Update


From this post onward, posts will be appearing on the days of the month divisible by 5 (on my end).
So on the 5th, 10th, 15th, 20th, 25th, and 30th of each month.

Still new content, just less frequent.

I hope you have a wonderful day!

~M

Tuesday, 10 April 2018

Catrice - ICONails - Gel Lacquer - 18 Beetlejuice


In the bottle this looks like a grey-purple with a green shift.

On the nail underside with bonus cat hair!

It is so pretty!!!! 

It does need two coats for opacity.

Price: 4/5 ($4.51 for 10.5mL)
New Name: Dusk Pearl
Effectiveness: 5/5

Sunday, 8 April 2018

Milton Mini Sterilising Tablets - 50 Pack


You can probably guess what these are for.

For a menstrual cup, you can clean a number of ways, I decided to go with these strerilising tablets.

To use these you just pop them in water (in the container you are going to clean your stuff in).

They fizz and dissolve really fast and smell like chlorine as they do this, so don't sniff them!


Price: 5/5 ($8.18 for 50)
Scent: 1/5 (don't sniff it!)
Effectiveness: 5/5

Friday, 6 April 2018

Monicup Menstrual Cup


This is a silicon menstrual cup and I'm going to try it out for the first time!

The seller described it as 'purple' but it is definitely pink, which I approve of.

The cup has little marks on the side so you can see the volume of menstruate collected.

It also came with a satin bag to keep it in in between uses, which I appreciate.

I have both the large and small size because I wasn't sure which one would work best for me.
I tried the large and it just wouldn't unfold inside of me.
The small one works for me.

On the first day:
I like the E fold, preferring it to the C fold.
I do have trouble getting the cup in far enough though. 
It's like I have a little silicon doodle (the tail sticks out about half way). XD
So far I have not leaked :D

On the second day:
It didn't open when I put it in, so it didn't work, but I was wearing a pad so it wasn't a big deal.
I re-inserted it and it opened properly.
I didn't feel comfortable sleeping with it the first night, but tried the second night.
Second night, it was fine to sleep with.

On the third day:
I just couldn't get it to unfold properly.
I tried multiple times throughout the day :(
It worked well overnight though.

On the fourth day:
I had to take it out midday because of sexy, sexy cramps.

Overall it is a nice idea, but not reliable enough for me to use just the cup.
But it will help me reduce the amount of pads I use, so that is something.

*I have since tried it a few more cycles and same thing. When it works, it is great. But it is unreliable and doesn't always open properly. So I have to pair it with a pad.
It's good as an extra layer of protection, but I can't use it alone.
I think I need a different brand and design.

Price: 3.5/5 ($11.46 each and it is reuseable)
Effectiveness: 3.5/5

Wednesday, 4 April 2018

Nail Design - Underside Nail Polish



This is a simple one.

I painted the top and underside of my nails with a clear base coat.
Then I painted the underside first with red nail polish.



Finally I painted the top of the nail with black nailpolish.



I really like this look and knowing that the underside of my nail is protected as well.

I used Catrice nail polish in 'It's All About That Red' and 'Black To The Routes'.

Monday, 2 April 2018

Easter Basket for PB



I hid a little Easter basket for PB in the house for Easter this year.
I had to put it somewhere the kittens couldn't reach, Lil has a thing for chocolate and chocolate is not good for cats.

It has a hollow chocolate chicken and some filled chocolate eggs.
I also added some little fluffy chickens.
The basket is a little woven basket I saved from... some apples? I can't quite remember what it had in it initially. 
I added some tissue paper in the bottom to look like straw.

Time it took PB to find it: 42.10 seconds (but it could only be within the living room)