WTF? How f***ing stupid is this!

Superdrug are about to start stocking make up "for men". The range will include "GUYLINER" and "MANSCARA".

Christ on a bike, if a man is comfortable enough to wear make up then let's not try and make it all macho by giving it a new concept. It is STILL make up, trying to make it masculine with stupid branding doesn't make it any less make up!

Here's what the Telegraph had to say:

'Guyliner' - which is thicker than normal eyeliner to make it easier for men to grip - will appear on shelves in Superdrug this week, along with 'Manscara'.

Later in the summer a concealer and lip balm will be added to the range, called Taxi Man.

The company's director of trading Jeff Wemyss said the make-up is not for drag acts, but for masculine men who want to enhance their features.

He highlighted the comedian Russell Brand and pop star Robbie Williams as famous 'red-blooded' men who have not shyed away from a spot of eyeliner.

He said: "These days you can be macho and wear make-up. Men are more obsessed with their appearance than ever before. There is no longer any pain in being seen to be vain."

The products may also be bought by women for their partners, added Mr Wemyss.

The cosmetics' creator Peter Kelly said: "We've developed essentials any guy would borrow from his other half.

"It's about subtle make-up rather than wanting to create the drag queen look."

Male grooming is a booming market and according to business analysts Mintel, the UK market is worth £700m annually and is predicted to grow to £820 million next year.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/2468006/Superdrug-to-stock-make-up-for-men.html

If I wasn't such a gobby mare I'd say that words fail me!
It will be much more expensive than the "traditional" product just like Gilette's razors for women are more expensive............ *sigh*

Love Me Or Hate Me

Lady Sovereign:


Lady Sovereign stylee:


Sorry, just felt like being silly!

The underpants that would not die!

Bands are like buses, you wait for ages and then two come along!

Looks as if Jeff Lynne's Underpants could still be registering on the heart monitor. I am meeting Dren and Rene tonight for a drink so we'll see if the rise of JLU is still a possibility. I could end up being a very busy boy at this rate!

HOLLYWOOD DOLL seek singer and drummer

Essex based band HOLLYWOOD DOLL are seeking a singer and drummer to complete their line up.
Influences: Guns N Roses, Aerosmith, Motley Crue, Vain, LA Guns, Velvet Revolver.

HOLLYWOOD DOLL are keeping the glam/sleaze vibe going playing good old fun rock and roll!

If you want to get involved then please let us know ASAP!

Love and Lipstick
K.T.Glitz
Trash Queen Lollipop Shock!
x
HOLLYWOOD DOLL!

I Hate Kissing You Goodbye

Baby, Times are changing I see it in your eyes
So why do we keep on pretending, why do we even try

My heart is like an open book
Won't you read between the lines
And show me, show me, show me everything's alright

I hate kissing you goodbye, whoa ohh oh ooooh
I’ve heard it all before, and I know for sure
That it won't heal with time, Baby
I hate kissing you, kissing you goodbye, whoa whoa yeah

Maybe, the things we shared were never meant to be
Our love is like a heart attack, and it's slowly killing me, yeah

If you can taste the pain I know or
The way I feel inside
Then show me, show me, show me everything's alright

I hate kissing you goodbye, whoa ohh oh ooooh
I’ve heard it all before, and I know for sure
That it won't heal with time, (it won't heal with time)
No matter what I do, or what I say, no matter how I try, Baby
I hate kissing you, kissing you goodbye, whoa whoa yeah

Then show me, show me, come on show me
Everything's alright, mmmm
I hate kissing you goodbye
I hate kissing you goodbye
I never, ever, ever wanted to kiss you goodbye, whoa oh oh

I hate (I hate) kissing you goodbye, Baby-baby
I hate (I hate) kissing you goodbye, (oh-oh-oh) you know I never wanted to
I hate (I hate) kissing you goodbye, bye-bye-bye
Bye-bye, (my-my) miss American pie, whoa oh ohh
I hate (I hate) kissing you goodbye,

- I Hate Kissing You Goodbye (Tuff)



......because I do hate it!

Blast from the past

Had a most unexpected friend request on Facebook last night. Steph's niece Anne added me and sent me a message as she was trying to get hold of contact number for Steph and doesn't talk to the rest of the family. Of all the people least likely to have got in touch with me it was Anne. Just have to wait and see if its OK with Steph for me to pass on her mobile number now.

Meh, grumble grumble!

Had a totally crap night last night. It was way too hot and I only managed about 3 hours sleep :o(
Felt sick when I woke up and almost phoned in...............but didn't!
Am going to have to invest in some fans to cool the place down, god I'd love to have one of those ceiling fans in the bedroom again!

Dinner, paperwork and late nights!

Toni made a gorgeous stir fry to go with our jacket potato and tuna. I started doing some tidying up and a much needed sorting out of paperwork (BIG mistake). After dinner I had piles of paper coming out of my ears and they still haven't all been put away, but I am getting there. The kids started playing Rock Band and before we knew it it was gone 23:00 and Toni had to leave (despite all the kids protesting that they didn't want this to happen, including Sam). So after a cup of coffee they finally left and headed back to Eltham.

The Sunday night thing still sucks..........

Dungeons and Dragons

After a quick snack Sam assumed the role of Dungeon Master and led Toni, Gemima, Aaron and I on an epic adventure through two levels of Dungeons and Dragons. Although the board game is nothing like the old role playing game it was still great fun and nice to do something together.

The Lidl things are great!

After the car oil change we went to Lidl to pick up a few much needed supplies to tide me over until pay day (Thursday).

I do love Lidl, it is so cheap without compromising on quality.

All change

Up early today and showered to take Toni's car over to Shane's to have an oil change. We got there at 10:30 as requested and Shane's mum made us a cup of tea before going to work. We say in the living room talking to Sophie and Shane while Gemima and Shane's nephew and niece played together. The mechanic had popped out to get some bits to fix Fi's car. This took "slightly" longer than expected and it was about three hours later that he returned and things started to happen. He drained the oil to reveal that there was probably about a litre in the engine (which strangely enough was about how much Toni had put in recently). The dipstick hadn't even been registering that there was oil in there at all. We suspect that when the service was done they had drained the car and either forgotten to refill it or only put in a bare minimum. Toni is very lucky her car didn't give up the ghost months ago. Luckly no harm was done and it is now running quite happily on 4 litres of oil with a dipstick reading to reflect this!

Showers and candles

After a lovely refreshing cool shower it was time for bed. Toni had lit all the candles in the bedroom. It looked fabulous and it was nice to just lay there in each others arms watching the flames flicker and the shadows dance across the walls and ceiling.

Fast Show, snoozes and Spanish chicken

When we got in we all plonked oursleves down in front of the TV with cold drinks and watched some episodes of The Fast Show. It was too hot though so Toni and I went and had a little siesta. It was lovely to drift in and out of sleep and hear Sam, Aaron and Gemima all playing together and getting on well. It was even better to be woken up by Sam to find out that he had cooked us Spanish chicken. He was adventurous though, took a jar of cook-in sauce and added his own herbs and spices to spruce it up a bit and the results were fantastic. He really is turning into a pretty good cook.

Southend promoting with the Vendetta crew

We all went down to Southend to meet up with Cat and some of the other Vendetta/Evolution people to do some club promotion and hand out flyers to try and increase the crowds.

The car journey there was long and painful as everybody in the world seemed to want to go to Southend. It was all too much for Aaron:


When we finally arrived (including some much need and excellent directions from Ric) we congregated at the Odeon cinema and started handing out flyers. I had planned on taking some photos but never really got a chance to. There was some people from Starbucks dressed as Banaman and Wonder Woman handing out free smoothie samples which delighted Gemima. She did enjoy it despite the look on her face!:


We went from one end of Southend High Street to the other (detouring to a great little shop called Dead Glam where Toni picked up a fabulous skirt and Aaron bought some goth/emo fingerless gloves). Eventually the kids got hot and hungry (plus we had to shoot off to get Toni's car looked at) so we stopped and had some chips before heading off to Chelmsford. Luckily we hadn't got too far before Sophie sent me a text saying that the car wouldn't be done today but tomorrow morning so we just headed back to SWF.

Lunch and grooming

Quite a busy day today. Started with getting ready and Gemima having to be bathed and creamed due to some very bad (but impressive looking) sunburn.


Next came a light lunch mainly comprising of leftovers from last nights BBQ. Next up was the much needed application of hair dye for my as I was showing some serious roots! Sam and I then both had our hair straightened before we all got ready to go out.

Different night for a change

Got home from work to find that Toni, Aaron and Gemima had already arrived. Toni suggested that we have a BBQ at some point over the weekend but the weather wasn't looking great so we decided to have it there and then. One trip to Asda later and we had the coals burning and a lovely meal was cooked on a glorious evening. It was so nice and such a pleasant change.

Following that we slipped into the usual bad habits and watched the Big Brother eviction!

Happy Birthday Sandra Slater

Happy Birthday Sandra,

Hope you have a great day

All our love

Keith, Sophie and Sam
xxx

Car playing up

Toni's car is playing up and we are hoping and praying that it will be a quick fix and nothing expensive. She is getting it looked at by one of Shane's friends on Saturday.

If the car goes then it will have awful implications on a) our usual weekends together and b) our trip to Swanage in August.

Fingers crossed it won't be anything serious!

Things You Don't Want to Hear a Chaos Magician Say

• With some slight modification I can make it better.


• Anyone seen that talisman of mine? I seem to have misplaced it.


• Parsons was a wanker--- Watch this!


• Now it's time for the triple invocation of Loki, Coyote, and Baphomet.


• Help!


• What you don't know can't hurt you, right?


• Don't worry, everything's under control.


• I know what I'm doing.


• Trust me.


• Hastur, Hastur, Hast---


• Oops


• No, I planned this, honest!


• I'm glad you asked...


• But the *theory* is sound.


• Yeah, but you should see the other guy.


• But if it's already dead, how can it be a sacrafice?


• Now if only I had some bungee cords.


• Then Cthulu showed up.


• I really wish I had some chalk right about now.


• Everybody needs a hobby, right?

How do you tutu?

Hazel is doing some modelling on Friday but she was sadly lacking in the tutu department. Strangely enough your truly has a couple of tutus so offered to lend them to her. She popped round after work tonight and borrowed, my old faithful, my naughty shorty, plus a skirt that I got cheap that I can't quite fit into yet! Hazel will probably have to pin them a bit but at least she has something to work with now.

Was good to have a quick catch up and see that she is doing well. Her medical issues are nowhere near as bad as she thought and she seems so much happier now she has put Ed, her ex, well and truly in his place.

Whilst drinking tea it was amusing to see her reading texts from Dan saying that Iz had just thrown up in the car twice! Bad news is that now she is home she is still very poorly. Get well soon Iz!