Darcey

This is Darcey our family dog, she is around 2 years old. She is all black with a white strip on her belly and just below her chin.
Me and my brother have wanted a dog since around primary school, but we were never home enough to look after one, but when my brother started working nights, and I was at college we all agreed it was right.

We got Darcey in November from a rescue centre in Northamptonshire. Wiccaweys they are dedicated to the rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming of Border Collies & Working Sheepdogs. We think Darcey was abandoned in Ireland probably because she was an accident, as she is a cross and farmers just don't want them. She is a boarder collie cross but what with we don't know, definitely a smaller dog as she is a little dot.

When we were first thinking of getting a dog we knew we wanted a border collie because we love there temperament, and the look of them, we were also looking for an older male dog which is why we were thinking of Darcey, like Mr Darcey from Pride and Prejudice. But when we saw Darcey (or Cinders as she was) and we all fell in love with her, she had just arrived from Ireland and was still so happy and full of energy, we also walked her around the surrounding fields and she was such a delight. It was a £200 donation which helps them pay for there vets fees and rehousing more dogs.

We have had her now for 8 months and we love her so much, she passed her bronze award in dog club and we will be going on to do silver. She absolutely loves tennis balls and almost always has one in her mouth. 

She has a best friend, Barney, who came with us to Wiccaweys when we picked her and they have play dates whenever we can, we brought her an 80ft lead so they can run freely but we know she can't get lost or run away in all the surrounding fields.

At night she will sleep in either mine or my brother bed, but does on the odd occasion go to her own bed in the study. If anyone is wondering we feed her free flow chicken mince and chicken chappy biscuits once a day at 18:30.

This was here on her first holiday to Barton-on-Sea Beach 

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And if you have any ideas on what she is crossed with leave me a comment below

Poppies and Cornflowers x

Empties - August

 

Liz Earle Hot Cloth Cleanse and Polish & Tonic

Not much to say about this product apart from the fact I completely love it, and now it's finished I really relies how much I do love it. It Made my skin feel so clean, like a blank canvas again, it doesn't leave it feeling oily or tight it's just super soft. I would recommend this to everyone. If you don't know what your skin needs this is a really good basic make up remover and cleanser. It safe to use around your eyes and it doesn't sting or irritate them at all. I have just brought a new cleanser but will defiantly repurchase this one after that one is finished.

I also finished the instant boost skin tonic from Liz Earle which I did use up but wouldn't repurchase, it supposed to "revitalises, soothes and tones for instant radiance" and I don't see what it did, if anything. It made my skin get redder and left my skin quite tacky. I definitely would not repurchase this!

Cath Kidston Bluebell Hand Cream.

The smell of this is so lovely really floral and fun, I use every night before I go to sleep, and it lasted a really long time, even when I thought it was all gone it still had more in there and because of the metal packaging I managed to squeeze everything out of it. It has a rich cream that does take a while to fully absorb, but really moisturising and not oily. I would say you could find better or similar ones for less money, like Soap and Glory Hand Food, but a really nice hand cream.

Therapie Himalayan detox salts.

I have heard amazing things about this product, on how relaxing it is and relieves muscle pains. It was also the winner of the beauty shortlist awards 2013.

 I have tried them a few times and there was absolutely no difference, and for the price I would have expected it to something, and personally I don't even like the smell. An absolute waste of money and I'm glad I only brought a small 100gm pouch
 

Original source lemon and tea tree shower gel.

This shower gel has the most amazing lemon smell, it's so refreshing, it has 100% pure and natural essential oils and I will defiantly be trying out the other scents.

Radox shower gel cherry blast.

I picked this up on holiday to share with my family, it's a blood red cherry gel that smells so fun and fruity, it is quite a stong scent but I really enjoyed using it.

Batiste dry shampoo 

I have naturally quite greasy hair, so on days when I haven't washed my hair I spray this to the roots of my hair and just wait for it to absorb the oils, I give a light rub and it looks and feels much less greasy. I usually don't like spaying things around my face but needs must, and the original is quite a light scent. This bottle has also lasted a really long time so worth the £3 just to have in your collection.

Mitchums Advanced Control Women Water lily Anti-perspirant and Deodorant.

Now this is my favourite deodorant and it has a lovely water lily scent, but when I went to pick up another one I realised that the don't sell it anymore. I like roll able deodorants as I hate inhaling the sprays, plus they last a long time and don't leave marks on my clothes. I picked up there new shower fresh one instead which is also really good.

Thank you for reading

Poppies and Cornflowers x