- Snuggling in bed with the children.
- Loving Jesse’s newly acquired vocabulary. This weekend we’ve heard ‘spider’, ‘baby’ and ‘cook’ for the first time.
- Letting Mr. LA cook breakfast. Fried eggs all round.
- Enjoying Lush Snowcake soap. It contains lashings of almond oil, smell like marzipan and leaves my skin super smooth.
- Taking two enormous black bags to the charity shop. I thought I had decluttered but no sooner have I removed a pile of stuff then another one appears to replace it.
- Desperately trying to catch up on all the housework I no longer have the time to do during the week. I have done 5 loads of washing this weekend and the laundry basket is still full.
- Trying to prepare my presentation for Monday while the children played at the park with Mr. LA.
- Cooking an enormous beef casserole. After the frenetic meals-in-minutes I rush to prepare Monday to Friday, browning beef, frying onions, pouring red wine and sliding the casserole dish into the oven for 2 hours was the best kind of therapy. It was a huge success, not a drop remained.
- Eating choux buns. So much cream, so much chocolate! Heaven!
- Studying.
- Rating Brazened Honey face mask from Lush. Gave my skin the exfoliating, detoxing boost it has been crying out for all week.
- Drinking hot chocolate.
- Waking up an hour before the children, watching a film for my lecture on Monday and trying and get my head round some of the theory I’m supposed to grasp for this module.
- Eating scrambled eggs on delicious wholemeal bread.
- Adoring winged-eyeliner and lashings of mascara. Nothing new there then!
- Feeling very grateful for Mr. LA. I managed to get another hour of work done while Izzy was at her drama class as he took little Jesse out for a hot chocolate.
- Waving Mr. LA off on yet another weekend film shoot.
- Cooking an enormous veggie roast dinner to share with friends.
- Playing with the children. Izzy turned our dining room into an art gallery and then gave me a guided tour. Her pictures featured mainly princesses, angels and fairies and she signed them all ‘atis Izzy’ (artist Izzy)!
- Craving Molton Brown scented candles.
- Making the most of the October sunshine by taking the children for a walk to the park.
- Trying to skip with Izzy’s new skipping rope, and failing! It was much easier when I was 6.
- Bathing the children and reading them bed time stories.
- Eating shop bought chocolate cake.
- Feeling very nervous about my presentation tomorrow.
Loveaudrey xxx
Good luck with the presentation tomorrow, I’m sure you’ll be fine! xxx
Your weekends always make me stop and wonder just what on earth I spend my time doing. You’re a busy gal! Dining room art gallery tours sound so sweet. xo
And good luck with your presentation, of course!
Let us know how your presentation went…I know you’ll be great 🙂 And your weekend sounds lovely… x
Hope your presentation goes well. Oh and you wedding dress choice is gorgeous, can’t wait to see you in it x
I’ve been having a read of some of your previous posts. My skin is really playing up at the mo, heating and the change in weather is not doing it any good. I remembered we have the same skin problems so i thought i’d look to you for advice.
I’ve just watched the wonderful Lisa Eldridge videos and taken down lots of products and ones that you recommend. I think i’ll be going shopping tomorrow!!
At the mo i have a greasy chin, but dry cheeks. And an outbreak of spots. It feels dull and uncomfortable. My products just aren’t working for me.
On my list to get i have: avene extremely gentle cleanser and la roche posey dermo cleanser (i think i’m going to do what Lisa does and use different products depending on how my skin feels)
i’m going to get a clay mask to use as a wash when my skin feels greasy and i really want to get the mega mushroom mask
the dermologica gentle cream exfoliant and the overnight clearing gel is top on my list!
and i’m thinking of trying the weleda rose cream as its winter and i need something abit heavier for dry areas…do you think i should use this all over my face or just on my cheeks? i’ve often used sebum clearing moisturisers on my chin and they have never really worked. After hearing Lisa say that she won’t use them because they can actually create more oil, i think i’ll bin them.
Any advice you can give me for combination skin that can be spotty but has dry areas would be great.
Oh also i’m thinking of using the lily lolo mineral foundation after you saying it didn’t break you out. I sometimes use a mineral foundation if i’m short on time and i’ve almost run out, i’m not keen on getting it again, it looked ok but it breaks me out a bit.
I also use revelon colorstay foundation for oily to combo skin with spf 6…one product that i’m actually happy with!!! i apply it with a damp sponge so its not too heavy.
hope you don’t mind me rambling on…but i need help!!
have a good week xx
@Rocaille Thanks honey! It went OK I guess, I’m still finding my feet!
@Casee Marie Yes we are busy I guess!! The reason I like writing these posts is that they make e appreciate all the little things we do together! The art gallery is still up on the walls, it’s very sweet!
@MissisG It went OK, I did that awful thing though where you don’t look up from your paper! I’m terribly intimidated by all the film students in my class, I feel like a bit of an imposter. I’ll get my confidence eventually.
@LissyLou It def sounds like you have similar skin concerns to me. Lisa’s videos are so helpful, although I personally didn’t rate the avene cleanser that much, my skin didn’t seem to like it. I’ve just repurchased the starflower cleansing milk from Neals Yard, this is def my favourite of all that I’ve tried. I’d also rec 2 of their facewashes, the Palmarosa one is amazing at clearing up a breakout and I use the Orange Flower one on a daily basis now. It’s hydrating and brightening.
I’ve never tried the Weleda cream you mentioned, I wouldn’t skip moisturising your chin though. You need to keep the skin hydrated in order to keep the oil production under control. Why not get a sample of the Lush Vanishing Cream, I swear by it. When my skin is a little more dry I just apply it twice! A nice hydrating toner makes a big difference too, have you read my post on the Guerlain one, it’s pricey but amazing. I think the best bit of advice I picked up from Lisa was to treat my skin as sensitive, take a very gentle approach to everything.
Hope that helps, it’s horrible when your skin plays up, it really knocks my confidence.
xxx