Online Goddess

Well well, after nearly a year of absence, the Online Goddess has made an appearance. Where on earth have I been? And what is to become of the site?

A lot has happened over the last 12 months, in short I have moved out of my teeny little terraced house in the busy town, relocated to the gorgeous Suffolk countryside and am currently 7 months pregnant with our first baby – whew!

Unfortunately, the seborrheic dermatitis on my face still has yet to disappear, hence my reluctance to try (and thus review) any new skin care products. In fact, it has sadly spread to both cheeks from nose to ears now and has made me quite self-conscious about my appearance. The (potentially) good news is that I’m currently using a soap called ZNP Bar I’ve imported from the US which seems to be really helping. I’ve had brief improvements in the past, so I’m not going to get too excited until it’s made a long-term impact.

So, onto the question of what to do with this site. Well, I still get a lot of visitors checking out past reviews and I’d like them to stay available for the benefit of consumers. I still want to do product reviews, but I’m not going to be able to do ones for facial products at the current time.

This doesn’t stop me from trying out body care goodies though, and thank goodness as I do enjoy a bit of pampering now and then. Plus, with baby on the way I want to get myself acquainted with the whole new category of natural and organic stuff that’s available for little ones and mums.

I’ve already been using some delicious products during my pregnancy, so look out for reviews of those starting within the next couple of days (maybe I’ll even get the first one up this evening!). I may also double-up with a bit of antenatal and postnatal blogging instead of the usual ranting about my dreadful skin lol.

Just a quick post to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a fantastic New Year! 

I received some lovely plant wax candles, neroli oil and an aromatherapy spa kit which I’m really chuffed with. 

I’d love to hear what readers got for Christmas, so feel free to comment and let me know. :)

So, I’m sitting here on the sofa and feeling thoroughly sick and tired of the sinus infection that has plagued me for the last week. I’ve been on antibiotics since Saturday and it would be nice to see some real improvement soon.

I’ve never had anything like this before. My hearing is muffled and the pressure behind my eardrums is extremely uncomfortable. Oddly enough, I’m fine in all other respects – no sore throat or blocked nose etc. 

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This week has been a pretty stressful one for me and I’ve not really felt like posting or socialising until today. On Monday, I discovered a small, hard lump in my right breast. I could have seen a doctor that day, but the only one available was a man and I really didn’t feel comfortable with him prodding me about, so I booked in for an appointment on Thursday.

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Apologies for the lack of posts recently, I’ve had a bit of personal tragedy this week. Two of my beloved cats passed away, one of old age and the other of cancer. I’m having a tough time focussing my mind on anything else at the moment, but I’ll be back to regular posting as soon as I’ve got the emotional baggage sorted out.

On Monday, I finally had my contact lens fitting and took my shiny new lenses home. Yesterday I had to wear them for three hours and then increase the wear time in one hour increments daily until I’m at the maximum twelve hours. Well this is easier said than done, I’m struggling with them quite a bit.

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Today I picked up my shiny new glasses. I’ve been wearing them for about 2 hours and I’m having a little difficulty adjusting to the new prescription. I’m getting this weird bendy distortion at the sides, particularly on the left lens. Googling the problem reveals that either a) it’s normal and my eyes will adjust or b) my prescription has been made up wrong and I need to go back and get it fixed. I’m worried about it being the latter as the effect can be associated with wrongly corrected astigmatism – which I do have, but in the other eye.

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I’ve suffered from depression and panic disorder for many years and I spent most of my early twenties stuck on a nasty anti-depressant which didn’t really help. After switching to natural skincare products last year, I decided to learn more about essential oils and how they could help my mental state.

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I can’t remember exactly how I came across this, but I was looking at a natural health site somewhere and saw these cute little candlelit salt lamps. The whole lamp is made entirely of Himalayan rock salt and when you place a tealight inside, it lights up with a nice orange glow.

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So, I was just browsing through the blogs of local people over at BritBlog and came upon an entry that touched me greatly. This poor blogger has an irrational fear of windmills – and not just any windmills, but specifically ones with sails. Now most people will probably snicker at such a revelation, but not me. You see, I have an irrational fear of something that one is likely to stumble upon while driving through the countryside as well. The name of this horror? Electricity pylons.

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