One Year Older!

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I am not generally one for bringing politics to this blog but this Free School Meal debate is making me very angry, because it shouldn't of been up for debate in the first place.

When I was at school me and my sibling got free school meals because my parents couldn't afford pack lunches your lucky if we could afford a school uniform, I lived in hand me downs me and my sisters style where so different.

I know personally how much free school meals are needed and even more so now the virus has wiped out most peoples employment and benefits are being reduced, when it comes to looking for a job it 500 people to 1 job, its impossible now supermarkets are rising prices on food and believe me that's hit even me hard so just imagine how its going to hit young families.

Mental health is at a all time high already, suicide has been rising throughout lockdown at an alarming rate now your taking away the one thing we need to live a basic life right, the thing that keeps us alive, FOOD!

What gives you the right to take away peoples food?

Who gives you the right to say who lives and who dies?

You are not god!

You are a government and can be replaced!

The people of England are stronger and better than you, any and all of you!

link here for petition on free school meals LINK HERE

Children should not pay the price for and adults mistakes.

Families have experienced food insecurity over the last 6 months.
Families have lost income as a result of Covid-19.
Demand for food banks this winter is predicted to be 61% higher than last.

With the Child Food Poverty Taskforce, I am calling for Government to allocate money to:

- Expand free school meals to all under-16s where a parent or guardian is in receipt of Universal Credit or equivalent benefit
- Provide meals & activities during all holidays
- Increase the value of Healthy Start vouchers to at least £4.25 per week, and expand the scheme.

If you live in Cumbria below are a few links on how to apply but most importantly the first port of call for anyone would be you local council.

cumbria

direct gov

how to apply

Sweet Almond Oil Benefits

Sweet Almond Oil

When the almond tree was first domesticated in the Middle Eastern regions of the Mediterranean, it was quickly discovered that the oil that came from the almond is extremely beneficial for healthy skin.

Almond oil contains all sorts of natural goodness that includes vitamin E, vitamin A, essential fatty acids, proteins, potassium, and zinc.

As a very mild, hypoallergenic oil, almond oil is safe for almost all skin types - sensitive, dry, oily. Certain properties in almond oil deeply clean the pores without clogging them.

All you do is rub the oil between your hands to warm it up before applying to your skin.

That's it!

Uses For Almond Oil:

Cleansing - Sweet almond oil is actually excellent at purging the skin of toxins, opening up pores, and retaining moisture that blocks the entry of dirty microbes. It safely removes makeup including mascara too.

Puffy Eyes - Using sweet almond oil as a face moisturizer, pat some oil around your eyes before you go to bed at night.

Moisturizer - Harsh elements, stress and the loss of collagen over time, wrinkles and age spots. Collagen, the protein responsible for keeping our skin youthful, forms an even layer of padding under the skin. As we age, fine wrinkles begin to appear due to the thinning of the skin and unevenness in the collagen padding underneath.

Lighten The Appearance of Scars - The properties of the oil keep the skin's moisture levels balanced, can rejuvenate the scar tissue, and can possibly even out the color and texture the healing process left behind. Applying sweet almond oil to your adorable baby bump will help moisturize as it grows!

Oily Skin - Our bodies naturally produce an oily substance called sebum, which is important for skin protection. If your skin produces too much sebum, it can easily trap dirt, clog pores and cause issues with acne. Sweet almond oil is great for cleaning your pores of impurities, dirt, and unnecessary oils.

Dry Skin - The fatty acids found in sweet almond oil helps the skin retain moisture and keep it hydrated while the vitamin E soothes irritation.

Hands and Feet - The zinc content can help smooth rough, calloused skin, Almond oil is non greasy.

Chapped lips - apply a little sweet almond oil onto dry, cracked lips and the nourishing properties of the oil will lock in moisture.

Healthy Scalp - By deeply moisturizing your scalp and hair with sweet almond oil, you can potentially soothe flaking and itching.

*DO NOT USE ALMOND OIL IF YOU HAVE A NUT ALLERGY*

REVIEW: Sensitive 2 in 1 Styler

Venus Pink Sensitive Styler

Venus 2in1 Bikini and Eyebrow Styler

Venus 2in1 Bikini and Eyebrow Styler, designed with two separate heads for styling the bikini line and eyebrows. The gentle high precision head, handles like a pen and is designed for detailed eyebrow styling. The slim bikini head is designed to shave precise lines, manoeuvring around every contour for easy use, even in your most delicate areas.- High precision head - Designed for detailed styling, precise and gentle. It handles like a pen - you draw something beautiful

- High precision head can be used to shape eyebrows

- Slim bikini shaping head - Designed to shave precise lines, shapes or contours

- 2 trimming combs - 5mm and 8mm

- Contents: Venus 2in1 styler comes with a bikini shaping head, high precision head and protection cap, 2 trimming combs, cleaning brush, battery, carry pouch

- Battery powered

Purchase: Superdrug

Ebay

ASOS

Amazon

My Review: First OW!

I did my eyebrows first and let me tell you it dose not remove all the hair I got this so I didn't have to pluck or wax, fail...

Now the bikini area, Holy Hell that hurt, it felt like they where being plucked out this is no gentle setting at all just grab and pull.

I will be keeping it though for when I go abroad till I get settled and it will be my go to tool until I can find a place I am comfortable with or when I want to put a gangster slits in my brows (peace out).

I give this about 6/7 out of 10.

Two good things about this is it has its own little pouch to keep everything together and I got mine at a reduced price.

BOOKS: Smokejumper by Jason Ramos

Smoke jumper by Jason Ramos

Enter a world of breathtakingly danger and beauty: In this remarkable memoir, veteran smokejumper Jason Ramos offers a rare inside look at the lives of airborne firefighters, the select few who parachute into the most rugged and remote wild areas to battle nature's blazes.

My Review: This is the best book I have read this year.

Straight talking and to the point but what a brilliant story and he reads it with a soothing voice.

Evening Skincare Routine

Hello Beautiful People

Today I am bringing you my Evening Skin Care Routing there's not many things I do so this post might be a little short one.

My Routine:

1: Put my hair up with a headband

2: Fill the sink with warm water

3: wet my face then use my cucumber wash LINK HERE

4: Dry my face

5: Apply my Argan Oil night serum LINK HERE

My Opinion: I do like this product but I don't love it.

it worked wonders for my skin and if it didn't have the smell I would keep it forever but for me the smell although pleasant to others its just not something I wanted. I am going to finish what i have then try something different, but i do advise you to try it as it is a great serum.

Memorial Day For Comfort Woman in South Korea 14th March

Memorial Day in South Korea for Comfort Woman

The international memorial day was held for Asian women forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese military during World War II.

The National ceremony marking the International Memorial Day for Comfort Women took place at the Hill of National Commemoration in Cheonan, south of Seoul, with the slogan of "memory for the future."

About 100 people, including elderly Korean women sexually enslaved by the imperial Japanese army, participated.

South Koreans have called on Japan to offer a sincere apology and compensation for the victims, but the neighbouring country has remained silent.

It is the third time that the government has hosted a national ceremony commemorating the day since 2018, when it was designated a national memorial day.

The International Memorial Day for Comfort Women falls on Aug. 14th, the day when the late Kim Hak-soon, a former comfort woman, first publicly testified about Japan operating an organized military brothel program during the war in 1991.

"The testimony by Kim Hak-soon resonated across the globe, revealing the truth and the violence against women," she said. "Now we have to think of what we can learn from the tragedy in history."

The government then opened a digital archive that stored more than 500 files of documents and materials on "comfort women," a euphemistic term for the former sex slaves.

The online depository (www.archive814.co.kr) includes reports by the United Nations forces during the Korean War and official statements by the Japanese government.

Up to 200,000 women, mostly Koreans, were coerced into sexual servitude in front-line Japanese brothels when the Korean Peninsula was a Japanese colony.