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Sparkle and Shade
sparkleandshade.blogspot.com
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I'm just a fairly cheery, reasonably normal girl who's on a journey to rediscover her passion for make up! This blog is a mishmash of reviews, EOTD/FOTD looks, general waffle and excitement :)
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The Walls of Hermitage Road (aka Life with Non-Epileptic Seizures)

So you may well have noticed, Ive not really been around here much at all. If you follow me on Twitter, something you may well have noticed is a heck of a lot of frustrated tweets about being ill and...

3 days ago 1 person likes this

Just a little note

... to let you know that Ive fixed all the links on the recipe page again. My dot com url expired a while ago (and I have litterally no idea who the hell it was originally registered with, so I cant ...

3 days ago

Review - Buy a gift Spa Day

A few weeks ago, an email popped into my inbox, asking me if Id like to receive a voucher from Buy-A-Gift  for a Spa Day for Two. I, of course, jumped at the chance. My back is ut...

15 mar 12

The (Wo)men of Twitter

So today is International Womens Day. I hate this. I truly, truly hate it.* I hate that we still need to have an International Womens Day. That we need to have a day for any gender pisses me off. Why...

08 mar 12

Dear John Letter: The Reply

I know a lot of you were wondering whether or not my letter would get a reply... well, it did. It arrived last week, and this is what the Archbishop had to say to me:"Dear Emily,Thank you for you...

05 mar 12

A Dear John Letter.

Dear John (Or Archbishop John Sentamu, as youre more commonly known),Hello, its me, Emily. You may remember me from the time you baptised me on Easter Sunday:How are you doing? I hope things are well...

27 feb 12

Moleskine Wellness Journal

Hey Lovelies,What you may or may not know about me is that my first love has always been and will always be stationery. As much as I love food and exercise and making things, its stationery that real...

03 jan 12

2012 Goals

Hello Lovelies,A belated happy new year to you all. I saw in the New Year with some delightful friends at a post-apocalyptic warehouse party... sooo many awesome costumes. I looked a little like this...

02 jan 12 1 person likes this

2011: The Year That Was

Hello Lovelies,I hope youve all had a nice festive break and that youre all recovering from the endless stream of mince pies youll no doubt have had forced upon you. I spent the majority of mine rela...

30 dec 11

Insane in the membrane, Insane in the brain!

Ok, possibly a slightly tongue in cheek title, but its been my earworm for the last few days.Those of you who follow me on a twitter will probably have noted that Ive been a bit errr... crazy in the ...

22 dec 11

Recipe: Garlicy Mushroom, Courgette and Babycorn Wraps

Hello Lovelies!So errr... I FOUND GLUTEN FREE TORTILLA WRAPS!!! You have no idea how excited I got about this. Tortillas are one of the things Ive really, really missed since going gluten free, as th...

08 dec 11

A bit of food based reflection

Hey lovelies,So after yesterdays food based melt down, Ive done a bit of reflection and established the following things:I need to stop apologising for being a wheat free mostly vegan. I apologise fo...

06 dec 11

Food Woes!

Hello,So I try to keep my ranting and such away from the blog, but at the moment, Im having a bit of a bout of the food woes and I was wondering if any of you can shed some light or give me some insp...

05 dec 11

Embracing a Healthier Lifestyle: Grudges and Forgiveness

Hello lovelies!So, heres a little fact about me that you might not know - Im really, really bad at baring grudges. I just dont get it. Likewise for spiteful revenge and stewing in envy. Im not really...

24 nov 11

FOTD - Much Furore over Mushrooms

Hello Lovelies,So in keeping with my desire to give my readers shock based heart attacks, Ive decided to do a wee FOTD... today was the first time in a while Ive had time to play about with make up, ...

19 nov 11

Im not dead!

Honest! But I have been crazily busy recently.I moved down to London last Sunday, on my own, and started my new job on Monday. Im very, very fortunate to have so many friends already here in old Lond...

12 nov 11

The Big Smoke

Hello, hello! So if you follow me on Twitter, youll already know this, but for those of you that dont, I have some big and very exciting news:Im moving to London!!!!I was offered a position as PA to ...

08 oct 11

Recipe: American Style Peanut, Apple and Blueberry Pancakes

Hello lovelies!Im carrying on the pancake obsession, so I thought Id share these beauties that I made this morning with you.Were using the same basic recipe as my American Style Blueberry Chocolate C...

25 sep 11

Recipe: American Style Blueberry Peanut Chocolate Chip Pancakes

We all love pancakes right? Im yet to meet a person who can honestly say they dont love them. Anyway, the other day I had a pancake craving, so I decided to whip up these bad boys. Theyre super easy,...

16 sep 11

Topman replied...

... and heres what they said:"Dear Emily, Thank you for your email received 14 September 2011, regarding the ‘New Girlfriend’ T-shirt.I was extremely concerned to note your comments on ...

15 sep 11

Err, What the Hell Topman?

I saw this t shirt posted on twitter earlier, currently available  in Topman, and I feel a little sick. Below is the email Ive sent to customer services. Remember how us bloggers got on to M...

14 sep 11

Mediterranean Vegetable and Lentil Crumble.

Hello Lovelies!I thought it was high time I brought you another recipe, and this is a rather delicious one as we move into autumn (my favourite of all the seasons - I hate summer because I never quit...

05 sep 11

For Sale: Inglot Palette

Hello hello!Just a quickie - Im selling this Inglot Palette. I literally never use it so I figure someone else might want it. Im thinking £28 inc. p&p but Im open to offers.One of the shadows has...

17 aug 11

Feminism is not a dirty word.

Hello, hello!Im finally back from all of my travelling and galavanting about... Im shattered but its been amazing. First off, let me recommend that you try and find a time when you do a few days of t...

15 aug 11

Free Frank Fernie

Hello loveliesToday I went on a march/rally/protest (in the pouring rain!) for to support the Free Frank Fernie campaign. Frank is one of the ever increasing victims of political sentencing that are ...

06 aug 11

New hair and a couple of pretty dresses!

Hello lovelies!Im absolutely loving reading all your wishes over on this post - if you havent made one yet, why not head over now and do it? I know a couple of people have already had their wish...

05 aug 11

Have your wish granted by a real life Fairy Hobmother!

Hello Lovelies![source]Today I received the most unexpected, lovely surprise in my inbox - a visit from the Fairy Hobmother. The eagle eyed amongst you may have noticed that the Fairy Hobmo...

04 aug 11

A summer of conquering fears

Hello Lovelies!Sorry its been a bit quiet - I was on holiday last week! I wont bore you with a full recount, but theres some snaps here if you fancy a nosey!You might remember this post abo...

02 aug 11

My new love aka Peanut Butter Puffins

Hello Lovelies!Finding interesting, quick, relatively healthy, vegan, wheat free breakfast cereals in the UK can be a pretty depressing activity. In fact, if it wasnt for Doves Farms Chocolate Stars ...

22 jul 11

Review: Lush Volcano Foot Mask

Hello Lovelies.Today Im going to be bringing you a review of this bad boy:Volcano is one of those phoenix-esq Lush products. It used to be around a looong time ago as part of the Fresh range, then it...

20 jul 11

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