We've had a facelift!

I am back from holidays and feel renergized and good, today is my birthday too so I'm feeling old but ambivalent.
Kind of old news, but better then never. It took some time for the full effect to unroll itself to the masses.

Announcement time! ( "Hurray ..." I hear you all saying.) We've given Bought by Birdette a facelift to go along with the launch of our domain. We can now be found at www.boughtbybirdette.com

You like? I aimed for more simplicity as the focus should be on the content, and nothing else.
Let me know what you think!

On holiday!

Hey guys, I've landed in Melbourne to visit family and go shopping, I can't guarantee regular posts for the next week, but I'll do what I can.

Easy how to make fabric bunting

This really is one of the greatest learn-to-sew projects I think there is, you only sew in straight lines, and you end up with something totally unique, cute and usable.
Bunting is a fantastic home decoration that is coming back into fashion, and it can be brought out on any occasion or just hung about your house year round, for me this will probably live on a huge blank wall in my kitchen.
So often people dive in head first and end up scared off because the spectacular frock they envisioned in their mind is nothing like the interesting ... thing they've created. It can be really disheartening so this is why I encourage simple projects to start off with.

Want to make some bunting? After the jump.

Product review: Veet Wax Strips with Easygrips

I have no problems admitting that I am one of the unlucky ones that includes hair removal as a major part of my beauty routine. It's just part and parcel with being a pale-skin-with-dark-features beauty. Shaving just doesn't do the trick but will work as a stop gap in Summer when I want to wear that skirt today, but ultimately, waxing and my epilator are my true year round fail-safes.
Wax strips are too damn easy to say no to just because they're much less messy then ye olde wax pots. Veet strips are the most commonly available ones and used to be pretty awesome to use, before they created the stupid 'easygrip's.
You see, you used to be able to use them over and over with little worry. The wax would gradually warm and spread about the strip without going too close to the edges. Hell, at my most thrifty I think I managed to use one pair of strips to do half a leg. But now because of the extra tab on one side, the chance of creating a mess on the other end is too high and I find myself going through strips much quicker. The direction you rub the strip in drags it a little each time, bringing the wax to the edge and before you could flip the strips around easily. Not anymore.

Despite this, the formulas are still great and effective with a nice range for dry, sensitive and other skin types, and they all come with finishing oil wipes to help remove excess wax once you're done. That hasn't changed, and that's still great.
I'm really hoping they bring back the old style soon, because I'm just not impressed. I feel that they've ruined a product that was great to start with, with a gimmick that makes them more profitable.

Veet EasyGrip Wax Strips Sensitive formula.

Blogroll!

Hey guys, I just made a Blogroll page, with some of my fave places to visit, the writers are all awesome birds too so show them some love!
http://www.boughtbybirdette.com/p/blogroll.html

Let me know if you've got a blog you would like to to check out!