Is it Spring yet? Really I’ve had enough of grey skies and cold weather and I’m sure anyone else in the UK will agree with me. Now yellow nail polish isn’t something I wear a lot of but I really liked the idea of it with gold and low and behold I had some gold glitter in my nail polish box!
Sinful Colors ‘All About You’ was purchased in my native US at Rite Aid and I love it! Dries quickly and goes on smoothly too. Barry M ‘Yellow Ice Cream’ was part of my Barry M craze last summer and I’ve not used it since I bought it oops!
This is two coats of Barry M and unfortunately this has serious cuticle drag so you probably need about three coats if you want total opaqueness. I also put on two coats of Sinful Colors, it didn’t need it but I was feeling greedy.
So what do you think of my gold fingers? What nail polishes are you wearing now?
Hello everyone, I hope you are enjoying the glorious and much needed sunshine if you are here in the UK and if not I hope the weather is good where you are too. You may (or may not) have noticed that Skin Scrubs has been a bit quiet since the New Year. I’m approaching my 2nd blogging anniversary next month and I’ve been giving a lot of thought about whether or not blogging is something I still enjoy. I think every blogger out there (beauty or otherwise) has asked themselves the same question at some point. When you are short on time that you aren’t likely to get back anytime soon, you have to think about what is really important. Well after thinking about it for the last two months the answer to the question is ‘yes’ I still want to blog. I’ve spent a lot of time and effort over last two years taking pictures, writing reviews, building readership, and making some great friends along the way and I don’t want that to stop.
Having said that I don’t think my blog can continue in it’s current format with the same subject matter. As much as I love beauty there are other sides to me too. After being at TOWIB last weekend and participating in the #bbloggers conversations on Twitter, it’s quite obvious everyone likes to get to know the blogger behind the blog. Now I have no intentions in writing about every little detail of my life, but I wanted a place to share my other interests. I had thought about starting another blog to do this but if I’m short on time, having two or more blogs to update will be impossible along with all the social media accounts that I seem to be accumulating. The basic fundamentals of Skin Scrubs will always stay the same – my endless pursuit of new scrubs, skincare, shower gels, and anything that makes my skin soft and smooth. However between reviews I will also be talking about:
- Low carb eating and recipes – This is part of a long term weight loss journey for me and I know there are others out there in the same boat
- Cross promoting other bloggers – I’m pretty rubbish at this, I’ve got links in my blog roll and I try to tweet about others but I know I can do better. There are some bloggers out there who’ve recently started businesses and I’d love to tell you all about them. I think women should support each in their endeavours.
- Living a minimalist lifestyle – this is something I’ve been interested in for several years now. I don’t actually have that much stuff but as a beauty blogger I tend to hoard like crazy and it’s not really necessary. This is why it’s so important to do my ‘empties’ posts every month and not replace them with loads of other stuff that takes ages to use. I want to find a balance of trying new things but making sure I don’t end up with 20+ body lotions again.
I hope these changes will keep you coming back to my blog, I do have a lot to say and it seems silly not to put it all in once place. I might lose some readers but hopefully I’ll gain more who share (or don’t share) my views. Ultimately blogging has enabled me to meet some amazing people out there and long may it continue!
Thanks for reading!
One of the things I love getting done when I visit my mom is a pedicure from Studio 3 in Athens, Tennessee. Keisha, the girl that also does my mom’s tootsies does amazing pedicures. And the best thing about it is that she uses a callus shaver to take every last bit of dead skin off your feet. If you’ve never had your feet shaved, you’re missing out, although I’ve found it difficult to get this done in the UK. Many beauty technicians have told me it’s not common practice here.
It has been a long, long time since Keisha went to work on my hooves so luckily I was sent a callus shaver from Japonesque to review recently. I was already familiar with the Japonesque brand, having used some of their makeup tools when I was at the London College of Fashion. When the shaver arrived at work, I squealed with delight and amused my colleagues with my new toy. This comes in a really nice box and would be great for gift, I know that sounds a bit daft but I’d be happy to get one!
So what does this bad boy do? Well it takes off all that hard skin on the bottom of your feet that you’ve been trying to get rid of with foot scrub and pumice stone. While things thing have their place, I think it’s fair to say that some hard skin isn’t coming off unless you take drastic measures. The best thing about using a callus shaver is that it is gentle and doesn’t scratch the way scrubs can. Yes you do need to be careful, and this isn’t recommended if you are diabetic or a hemophiliac. The shaver itself is also easy to grip as the handle is a smooth matte finish plastic. It’s always best to soak your feet first or have a shower/bath before you start shaving.
Because I love you all, I won’t be showing you before and after shots of my feet or a little pile of dead skin. I’m sure you all have vivid enough imaginations about how smooth the bottom of my feet have become. I’d much rather leave you with some photos from the Japonesque catalogue which are far more exciting…
Yes, those are spatulas that you see in top left-hand corner. Everyone should have spatulas!
Play pick-n-mix with these gorgeous palettes, and the divider can be used to make custom shades.
Are you on the eternal quest for perfect brows? This brow groomer has scissors and comb to guide you.
Has anyone else tried Japonesque goodies? What did you think?
