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I wanna hairdryer
But its a minefield!! What on earth do all the terms mean? What is ionic??? arrrgghhh. I want the best hairdryer you can buy (in boots as I have £170 on my adv card). But I don't know what's best. Anyone got any advice??? My hair is curly/wavy and a bit frizzy. I blow dry it and straighten it with GHD's. Bascially what…
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Exercise the OS way
I am thinking about joining a health club/gym at a cost of £59 per month :eek: because I really need to shift 4 stones :oHowever it occurred to me that there is always an OS way to do everything so I thought I'd start a thread to try to get us all inspired to get fit the OS way. The OS way will take more discipline than…
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Buying beauty creams on ebay
Is it safe to buy beauty creams on ebay? Has anyone bought anything of a user called foreveryoung 2007. There feedback is good, but I'm not sure if that means much these days. Has anyone ever bought off these, I'm after a very light face peel. Thanks for your help
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Effective earplugs
Does anyone know where I can get some effective earplugs please? I've got those foam-y ones - but they only muffle the sound VERY slightly (say a 1 in 10 factor). I want ones that at least darn nearly block out all external sound. I keep my house very quiet - but sometimes noise comes in from neighbours or the…
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Healthy meals for one?
Hi I would just like to find out what kind of healthy cost effective meals you can make for one. I live with my bf but he is a very fussy eater, his diet consists of freezer food or pasta in creamy sauces and i tend to just eat the same as him. Our daily diet tends to be:- Breakfast - cereal Lunch - Sandwich Dinner - as…
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Fluoride in our Water Facts to Know
The Effects Of Fluoride On The Thyroid Gland By Dr Barry Durrant-Peatfield MBBS LRCP MRCS There is a daunting amount of research studies showing that the widely acclaimed benefits on fluoride dental health are more imagined than real. My main concern however, is the effect of sustained fluoride intake on general health.…
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Treadmill safety key
Hi I am wondering if anyone can help! I have a York Pacer 4850HRC treadmill and have lost the safety key. Does anyone know how I can bypass this or do I need to get another one? I have been searching the internet but can't seem to find anything. I need to keep fit and have just cancelled my gym membership to try and save…
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Where would I be able to get......
I was lucky enough to win a Jean Paul Gaultier goody bag from a post on here in January and it contained a 50ml bottle of Madame perfume however I took it out in my handbag on a night out and the spray thing off the top fell off and I have lost it. So I now have a £50 bottle of perfume that I cant use. I have tried other…
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Which order to do dental work?
Hi all I'm hoping to get some dental work done soon and I'm not sure which order to do it in. I'd like Invisilign to straighten my teeth, tooth whitening and also a crown covering 3 teeth at the top side of my mouth replacing in a colour to match the whitened teeth. The crown is 23 years old and there's a gap now between…
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Private dentist and NHS cover for child should they scale and polish for free?
Can I ask a quick question. Sometime ago I moved to a private dentist who took on my 11 year old under NHS. We visit every 6 months or so. I just wanted to check should she be giving my son a scale and polish within his NHS cover? I think we have been going for 2 years now and today I questioned it as it has never been…
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Tooth Bridge
Hi could anyone give me any ideas on how much they have paid for bridges insted of partial metal dentures. I was going to have parital metal dentures both upper and lower jaw. I went in today for some fillings and the impressions for the partial dentures. When we had finished the fillings (taking out mercury and replacing…
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Debit card charge at dentist
Hi, apologies if this has been raised before - I've just visited my NHS dentist and was charged the princely sum of 17p for the privilege of using my debit card to pay. Why am I absorbing a cost such as this for the NHS? Surely in this day and age where cash and cheque are often less common, certainly for larger value…
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Sunrise alarm clocks
I hope this is the right place, please move if not. Does anyone have any experience with these clocks that start to light up gradually 30 mins before you want to wake up, and are supposed to have a sunshine effect that wakes you up, and make it easier to get up on the dark mornings? The Lumie ones seem to have good reviews…
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Maternity Medical Records (costs)
Has anybody applied for these and how much were you charged? How far back can you go for your records? Like can you ask for your own medical records dating back 40 years? I want to get hold of my childrens records first dating back 16 years. How did you first apply etc? I have emailed the hospital the children were born at…
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Home hair bleaching
Does anyone have success with doing this at home? My hairdresser charges £48, which plus tip and parking, is getting too expensive for me. I would like to have a go myself but don't know which brands to use.:o
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Lip, cheek and eye palette, where?
Hi Ladies I am after a lip, cheek and eye palette like this one http://www.qvcuk.com/ukqic/qvcapp.aspx/app.detail/walk.yah.UKHB~U337 do you know where I can get this or something similar for cheaper? Dont mind the make as long as the quality is good. Thank you
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In pain - Need Dentist - Cannot afford treatment
How can I get round this.... I have had severe toothache for over 2 weeks, one of my teeth has gone a shade of grey!! And another tooth has a filling missing. Taking painkillers everyday to cope, but I really need it sorting.. Those are the problems I know aboout.... Now for the main problem... I have a fear of dentists…
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Diets that work?
Over the last year or two I have been slowly gaining weight. Losing a little, then managing to gain it back and more! It started around about when I gave up smoking and got a job which involved sitting still a lot! I've tried blaming it on changing my pill and going onto the implant, but even when that was removed I still…
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One for the dentists
I wonder if I could seek some advice from the dentists among you? I am adopting a baby who will be 14 months old when she comes home with me and I am keen to find out the recommended age at which I should start her dental visits and what the process is for registering a child who will officially be a Looked After Child…
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Half a stone or Fight the Flab in Feb challenge!
Here goes another 7 pound challenge! I use this site http://caloriecount.about.com/cc/account/index.php You set up your own target by inputting weight, height, how active your lifestyle is, and any medical conditions. Then each day you keep a food diary by inputting what you eat, and also an activity log. The site works…