Rainbow over the old town
Nearly sunset, though the rain
The Balmoral Hotel as evening falls
Views like this are priceless. I was lucky enough to snap these pictures of beautiful Edinburgh on my way home from work. I really do love this city!
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Evening all! And a beautiful evening it is too. The sun has been shining on Edinburgh this week, but sadly I have been indoors with the fluorescent lights instead.
I’ve been getting hair envy from reading Fluff and Fripperies, a blog from the beautiful Emma. Now, my hair has been in need of some tender loving care since I let the hairdresser douse it in bleach when I kissed goodbye to being a redhead. I’m loving the colour (blondest blonde), but I am most certainly NOT loving the condition.
In my efforts to save money (Kiehls and Shu Uemura are seriously over budget for me), I decided to go a little bit old skool and make a home made hair mask. I have a friend that swears by a mix of egg and olive oil to nourish and revive tired and damaged hair, so that’s what I did.
I mixed 2 eggs with about 20ml olive oil and 30ml argan oil, which I had left over from my trip to Marrakech earlier this year. I then smothered the mixture onto my damaged tresses, covered it in cling film (to minimise dripping) and left it to work its magic for 20 minutes. I then rinsed the concoction out of my hair and shampooed as with Herbal Essences Dazzling Shine Shampoo followed by Herbal Essences Dazzling Shine Conditioner (left on for 2 minutes before rinsing). I used a little Moroccan Oil through the ends of my hair before blow drying.
I have to say, I am very happy with the results, my hair definitely feels smoother and stronger. There are lots of variations on this mask and other home made conditioning treatments available online. I looked at Daily Glow and Girls Love Style before mixing up mine. I think I might try the avocado or banana mask in a few weeks!
I’m writing this post from the Spiegel Garden, which is part of the Edinburgh Jazz Festival. The atmosphere here is buzzing; lively crowds of twentysomethings sitting in scattered groups on the (plastic) grass, whilst others sit at picnic benches chatting intently with the sound of the bass coming from one of the three performance tents. The excitement of the Edinburgh festival is creeping in, happily egged on by five days of sunshine.
This is far from my most frugal evening. We’re seeing the Hypnotic Brass Ensemble play later, and at £16 a ticket, this is definitely more pricy than a cheap evening in front of the telly with a frozen pizza in the oven, but it is definitely possible to enjoy the jazz festival on a budget. As I look around me, there are plenty people with a drink in their hand, but there are quite a few without too. It’s free entry to the garden, and if you’re happy not to drink, or to nurse a half pint like I am, then it’s actually a pretty well priced (or even free!) taste of Edinburgh Jazz.
It’s the same scenario during the Edinburgh Fringe. It’s great fun (and free!) to just wander around town, soaking up the atmosphere, watching the street performers, perusing the stalls… and on a lovely warm evening like tonight, it’s perfect.
Sadly my iPhone battery died before I could finish uploading. The gig was awesome, I will post about it tomorrow. G’night!
Today I joined Twitter. I’m still to decide how I feel about it. After spending hours setting up an account and fluttering through the giant birdcage that is Twitter, I feel like I have achieved very little. I have wished Daniel Radcliffe a happy birthday in hopes of getting it to ‘trend’, gathered 3 followers and lost 1 already.
Not a very fruitful afternoon. And it’s sunny outside! Here in Scotland, sunny days are hard to come by, so I really should be making the most of it. At least I managed to get the washing hung out in the garden.
My money saving tip today was to talk my darling hubby out of going out to dinner. I’m sure we can find something good to make at home at just a fraction of the cost. I did my supermarket shop online today as well, so at least I’m practicing what I preach! It’s being delivered on Monday night. Also, we’re going fishing this evening (off the harbour), so if we catch anything, that’s free food!
Nobody has visited my blog today, I’m guessing it’s because it’s the weekend. So I thought I’d try a bit of reverse psychology and tell people NOT to read this post. Sorry if you thought it would be more interesting. A post like this is very much a result of a very sleepy me! Happy Saturday!
In other news… I had the best night last night, chilling with my bestest lady friends. Gossip and food fest are just the best Friday night activities…. This morning I tried Chocolate Sugar Puffs, they kinda just taste like Sugar Puffs but they turn the milk brown…. The chilli plant has been repotted and is settling into it’s new home nicely!… The big batch of soup from the allotment is nearly finished, fortunately father-in-law has kindly donated another turnip from his allotment to go into the next batch!
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