January 2015
-
Harry vs Voldemort and the Art of Waiting
For someone who loathes Valentine’s and all it represents, I have been making an awful lot of Valentine’s-related stationery lately. Buy now to make your friends laugh! Buy now for an alternative Valentine’s gift! Buy now so I don’t have to get another job! I have spent the last week or so trying to focus on Continue reading
-
Saving Face: Beauty is in the Eye of the Purse Holder
The second part of this series was a bit longer than I’d planned (I also didn’t originally plan a series!) so I’m going to keep the next two posts short and sweet… or bitter, depending on your viewpoint. My second question in that first post was about why skincare products are so expensive, and it turns Continue reading
‘The Economist’, A More BeYOUtiful You, beauty industry, Estee Lauder, feminine hygiene products, gender gap, gender inequality, gendered marketing, getting swindled, how to break the economy, Indifferent Ignorance, L’Oreal, Saving Face Series, saving money on beauty and skincare products, sexism, The Beauty Truth -
Mid-Blog Crisis?
I feel like I’ve got a conundrum on my hands, and it’s not whether or not I should eat even more haggis today than I did yesterday (while I’m thinking about it, happy Burns Night day! One of these years I will actually get past the food and read some poetry). The conundrum is that, for Continue reading
Francesca's Thoughts 