Phase Eight sale continues with absolutely crazy bargains, this time I wanted to bring you a few dresses that are too good to pass up, this is a tiny sample of the dresses that are in the Summer Sale, some of them are over 70% off the normal price, and I don't know about you but I really don't mind a bargain hanging in my wardrobe waiting for the right occasion, as always when you need a decent dress you can never find one, this way you only have to go to your wardrobe ! Win Win.

I couldn't resist this, it's for my almost teen Grandaughter's room in our house, 

now don't judge :)
I am not a one for cheesy sayings usually, BUT......this is one of my absolute favourite sayings so thought It a good reminder for a 12 year old who thinks it's ok to want Benefit make up ! probably coz Zoella says so lol, I love the internet :)

This King size duvet set was a stupid bargain  £18.00 for the king duvet and 2 pillowcases from

It's not actually often i go to what I call *the big shops* I am a huge fan of online shopping so can't usually be faffed with doing Sale shopping, this Sunday we were up early and decided to have a little mooch, I didn't need anything which at this age kind of goes without saying :) BUT.....on entering Debenhams which was lovely and quiet we ended up in the Phase Eight concession.

I don't know about you but Phase Eight is one of those brands that are really easy to forget about, but when you visit, want just about everything, Sunday was no exception, the sale is fabulous.  But being the online addict that I am, I know that there is far more online than in the stores, size wise. 

Came home went online and went nuts !  I am only showing you a small section of what I fell in love with otherwise this lil blog will turn into a book.

, reduced from £79.00 to £23.50

How many times have we heard these kind of claims ? to be fair they are usually on the late night shopping channels and are so expensive they let you pay in instalments !

Ok, so Nanoblur by Indeed Laboratories . First I will tell you what the Company say on the box, apparently in a study of......ready for this ? a whopping 45 men and women they all looked 10 years younger in 40 seconds !

The company ethos is this. At Indeed labs our objective is simple, eliminate all marketing hype and costs from skin treatments and instead deliver real results as cost effectively as possible.

What it says on the box.  Immediate correction of the appearance of skin ageing , including the look of lines, wrinkles, crow's feet, sagginess and enlarged pores.

Our promise, " look 10 years or more younger in 40 seconds or less. this advanced optical cream erases the appearance of skin ageing, lines, wrinkles,crow's feet, sagginess and enlarged pores within seconds without any tint. essential for meetings, events and dates."


I have to be honest, I bought this thinking oh here we go ! but it was reasonably priced so worth a lil try. And to be fair I will try anything to diminish the look of lines. It claims to have advanced optics technology to make your skin look photo ready with clever blurring techniques.

Being the cynical old bird that I am I was sceptical to say the very least, 

All I can say is OMG THIS WORKS !!!!!!!!!

I gave this a try and put my face on as normal, and not one but TWO people asked me what I had done differently, one of them being "him indoors" who seriously doesn't even notice if I am wearing a new outfit from head to toe. His comment was  "what have you done differently to your make up ? "

My eldest daughter arrived, " you look nice Mum, well you always look nice but you have done something different and I can't put my finger on it "  In my book that is proof that this is some kind of magic potion, it is definitely a new edition to my list of MUST haves.  I wouldn't use it everyday, but certainly when going out, the only downside is that you could get used to looking wrinkle free and want to use it daily ha ha.

This really is something else, I promise no one has paid me to say this lol.

You SERIOUSLY need to add this to your collection

Treat yourself, you will love me for it.

  Now here's a woman that knows how to embrace being gorgeous at any age.

Happy Birfday to youuuuuuuuuuu  dear Helen ........sung in my bestest singing voice :)

And in the words of this ageless Goddess......        ‘Your 40s are good. Your 50s are great,  Your 60s are fab. And 70 is fucking awesome.’ 


Love N Hugz
Lyn x

OK, now I have your attention with the title of this post, I need to start by saying I don't have any miraculous remedies in this blog, I just wanted to talk about the things we see as the years cheating us.

Claudine Penedo

I remember getting to 30 something ( yes ,I know you are impressed that I can remember that far back ) and asking my Mum when do you actually feel like a grown up ?  I had children, full time pressure filled career, mortgage etc, and yet still had moments when it all felt way to grown up for me.

My Mothers answer was NEVER...........we never feel any different inside, we still get the playground feeling of being left out if we are not invited to the party, we still get the Bogey man fears  when facing something really scary,  and butterflies at a romantic  moment, even though to our children we are grown ups.

Ageing is bullshit, don't even think about it as a topic, I know some people that seriously want to be old before their time and I know others that are just plain miracles for their age.

why not just let it be ? don't give it any importance, of course at a certain age we need to take care of things a little better  ( don't want to be breaking a bloody hip ) and we are desperately trying to repair the years of abusing our poor bodies, with booze, cigs, drugs, fast food etc .

  What is it they say about hindsight ?  if I had known in my 20's and thirties how fast it all happens  ( declines) I would have taken a lot more care at an earlier age.  hey ho, I believe we owe it to ourselves to do the best we can with the cards we are dealt, if that means spoiling yourself with massages, anti age products, and the best body cream you can afford, so be it, do whatever it takes to make you look and feel good, if you suddenly bought the car of your dreams, you sure as hell would look after it, service it etc, it would be a crime not to,  so why not you ?

Food for thought I hope.

Love n Hugz
Lyn x

Let me just start by saying if you have never bought clothes from you have never lived ! 

Well you clearly have as you are reading this :)

From Linens to Cashmere the comfort and quality of their clothes are second to non, and will last forever still looking good.

This really has to be the sale to end all sales !  unlike a lot of so called sales La Redoute have fantastic stock levels on their sale goods, so you are sure to get your size, there is nothing more annoying than finding a sale item online and finding only size 8 is left grrrrr.

There are a whopping 63 pages of women's fashion just in the sale section, I have bought you a snippet of the things in my basket.

Lantern down from £35.00 to £17.50Set of 2 Eucalyptus folding chairs down from £135.00 to £67.50Large Hammered metal bowl £27.00 to £13.50Set of Two Pink folding chairs from 55.00 to £27.50

These pretty Esme storage files are ideal for hiding all manor of unsavoury paperwork, ( who wants to see bills lying around )  down from £35.00 to £14.00

This End of season Sale from Wallis has crazy low prices for example this Coral Off the shoulder top is now £2.90 from £12.00 also comes in Lime.

How funny is it that Soap and Glory are my go to brand every Christmas and Birthday for my girls ? I always get a gift set as an add on prezzie and they always love it.  But I have never bought it for myself !
No reason, just never really given it much though although I adore the smell and the sets I buy as gifts, and who can't resist something pink ?

While out shopping the other day  noticed an offer on the Soap and Glory counter, spend 10.00 and get the Righteous Butter FREE

Well why wouldn't you ?  I went for the classis clean on me creamy clarifying shower gel and the unbeliveably good Flake away shea butter,sugar and peach seed powder spa body polish, which does exactly as it says on the label, any dry spots on the body are solved with one use of this glorious scrub. followed by the Righteous Butter it all felt like a bit of a treat, and at such a stupidly cheap price it felt like a bit of luxury for everyday use.


Get Soap and Glory deal here.

How lucky is this generation ? 

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