Forever Flawless [Forever Fucked up]

I'd like to apologise its been well over a year since my last blog and to be honest I just kinda forgot I started this thing. Since then so much has happened... Way way too much to get into right now in one sitting. I always find going into the present to be the easiest way to start so that is what I shall do.

At the moment I was just doing some research into a company called Forever Flawless. This beauty product claims to be diamond infused. I say claims because I believe this company to be fraudulent. I am afraid that what they charge for their product is an extortionate amount. I guess I am gonna have to get into the story. So here it goes:

A few weeks ago a friend and I were out shopping. I had a voucher for a free mini mani from Forever Flawless. I asked my friend if she wanted to come with me and possibly get something for free too (they were doing promo's.)  She obliged. We get there and are greeted by a very heavily made up older woman. She is a fast talker and agrees to give my friend a free facial. We are both happy; we like free things. I am getting my mini mani which is hurting cause she's doing it in a hurry but the mani kit is seeming pretty cool. She is rubbing my nails with a 'diamond crusted' brushing board and my nails look very shiny. Then she starts pushing my cuticles back and says that its bad to cut them, that they should never be cut. I don't believe her, it just doesn't seem logical but we both ooohhh and aaahhh. After I'm done she starts working my friend. She goes on about her pores, her problem areas and those pesky red blotches on our faces. WTF, seriously!!?? I started to feel really uncomfortable.

Little did I know what we were in for cause this smooth fast talker was merely only starting, she was slowly gearing up for the kill and we were her prey. She asks my friend if she wants to look younger (ouch!!) and then offers her sales pitch which she laces with "free products".  These supposed free products were a 150 pound facial (WHAT!!??) and a discount on the mani set. Unfortunately my friend has a weakness for facial products, which I wasn't aware of at the time. My friend ended up shelling out nearly 300 quid at this place. All that for face scrub and cream, mani set,  hand cream, and a facial. I can't even tell you how completely and utterly shocking the whole experience was. I have never seen someone work someone over so hard!!! In hindsight I wish I would've told my friend not to buy the products but I'm not the boss of her and didn't feel comfortable telling her what to do.

What I will say is that when the sales woman realised I wasn't going to spend a red cent she was no longer friendly towards me. Her demeanor completely changed towards me. I felt like a used up, chewed up piece of meat that was worthless. I understand that the relationship we had to this woman was a completely capitalist one but I had never experienced it to this degree. I had no use to her so she didn't waste her breath on me. She even had the gall to offer my friend half off another facial for a friend but it couldn't be me!!! In my mind I thought, gee, I would never spend even 10 pounds on a facial here so no loss. But in my heart I felt hurt, like all of a sudden I was chopped liver.

Anyways, after doing a bit of research I have found little on Forever Flawless but what I have found has been negative. It does seem like a scam and be warned, if you have a weak spot for facial products you are better off going to Keihls. Their products are good quality with a guarantee and they won't make you feel like shit or worked over.

Fuck. Did I really start a blog? What the hell am I doing? I have no time for this shit.

Normally I don't swear so much. Well actually I used to swear a lot more than I do now. I still do but it isn't like every other word outta my mouth. My partner in crime doesn't like it that I swear. This in turn makes me want to do it more. You see I don't respond well to criticism, especially when it has something to do with my character. There is nothing worst than someone criticizing who you are. Now criticize what I DO, that I can take and will listen to but don't tell me to stop fucking swearing or I will tell you to fuck off.

Did I mention I just had a baby? Yes, I have a wee girl who at the moment can stand up unaided for about 20 seconds, WHICH IS RAD! All these little milestones just make me giddy. She's a little over 10 months old and really fucking cute. Now you may say, swearing and cute babies just don't mix. Well I've got news for you, I have a plan for that one and I shall describe this plan in great detail at some point in time but for now I'm tired and I still have to get into why I'm doing this.

Why have I decided to blog? I have thought about blogging for some time now. I have known a few people who have done this and thought it was pretty cool. Also blogs have helped me. Maybe even saved my life. Just feeling connected to someone else in a very specific way concerning very personal issues has been essential to my mental health. Some of the issues I'm referring to were concerning: breastfeeding, motherhood, feminism, relationship stuff, pregnancy, baby sleeping stuff, and whatever the hell I had on my mind, etc... I think you get the point. Anyways I'm not sure if my blog will be like those but I plan on keeping it real and try to blog from my truth. Whatever that looks like, not sure and I can't promise that I won't go off on tangents and have perfect punctuation cause I am only human and I'm a Leo on top of it. That's just how I roll.

So there you have my first post. Now to get to the good stuff...