Mortgage Choice ★

Check out this ad and the number of embarrassing mistakes in it!  Would you really trust a company with a mortgage of all things, that pays zero attention to detail? 

Embarrassing.

Cutex Quick 'N Go ★★★★★

Love this product.  Quick drying nail polish,  dries in a minute or so.  You can touch things without worry of your nail polish being smudged or blotchy.  They have also added a wide flat brush to the product ... why they didn't think of that years ago I don't know, but it is such a practical change to the product.  It requires less strokes, goes on more evenly and carries the wet polish on the brush more evenly so that it spreads consistently on your nail.  It makes perfect sense to have a wide brush rather than the standard rounded brush.

Great innovation.

Connection Guesthouse - Budapest, Hungary ▍Rating:★★★

A great location, very close to everything. If you don't mind long walks (up to an hour), you can walk to most of the tourist sites.

The place itself is not flash.  The staff are absolutely lovely, and the rooms are fine ... but don't book room number  6 or 7 if you can avoid it. There is no air conditioning in the rooms, which means you need to keep your window open to get some air.  That in itself I don't mind, but the place is directly across the road from a pub, and the sound carries like it is travelling over water.  Very very loud, lots of drunk people singing, laughing, shouting and just generally being loud.  The noise goes from about 8pm until suddenly there is blissful silence at around 7am.  I couldn't believe it the first night I arrived.  If you are a light sleeper, don't book these rooms.  There are other rooms that face a different street - not sure if you can still hear the noise from them, but they'd have to be quieter than rooms 6 and 7.


Photo of the offending pub across the road. Behind the multi-coloured doors with a picture of a face, is an open air pub which also links to the pub to the right of it with a yellow door:

Given the excessive noise, I'd say the rooms are worth only half the price that you pay. The bed in room 6 is also not very comfortable - it's ok, but if you are fussy about your bed and a good nights sleep, I wouldn't recommend staying here.

Rooms 6 & 7 lead straight out to the lounge & reception area ... so people see your comings and goings all the time.  If you prefer a little more anonymity and privacy, then the venue is probably not for you.

Also when you are arrive, it's a little confusing.  There is signage but you can't get through the door on the street as it's locked, and it's not clear what you press to ring reception.  I actually rang the wrong person's doorbell by mistake.  I eventually got in only because someone was coming out and held the door open for me.  I'd recommend taking a phone with you and putting their phone number into your contacts so you can ring them when you are outside.

These photos are from the walkway leading up to Connection Guesthouse - as you can see it's quite run down and needs a lot of work (the Connection Guesthouse itself is not run down though).  Be prepared to walk up a few flights of stairs with your luggage as well.

Palmolive Naturals Nutra-Fruit Moisturising Shower Creme with Pomegranate extract

Absolutely hate this product!  It's a shocker. 

The packaging looks great and the product smells great ... but it is 100% impractical!  It doesn't lather well and it is near impossible to get the product out of the bottle.  It's like trying to get the last bit of tomato sauce out of the bottle ... only it happens the entire time with this shower product, regardless of how full or empty the bottle is.  The substance is extremely thick, too thick, which is why it doesn't come out of the bottle easily.  It will cost you more money in running water while you stand there trying to squeeze the hard bottle in an attempt to get the cleanser out.

When you finally get the product out of the bottle, it doesn't lather well at all!  Very frustrating and feels like you haven't really washed yourself.

Can't wait to reach the end of this product, and buy something new to use.  Will never buy it again.

Palmolive Naturals Sleek and Smooth Shampoo ▍Rating:★★★★★

LOVE  this product.  It makes your hair look and feel really nice.  I have only started using this product within the last week and have already had a few compliments.

I have generally straight hair anyway, never use straighteners, but this product seems to make my hair look straighter which is fabulous. 

A great little find in the supermarket.  It's nice not to have to spend a fortune on salon brands.

Lookle ★★★★★

Well I am very impressed with this search engine.  It's an Australian search engine, and what's more the results it gives you seem to be far more relevant than google.

I just did a search for one of my own websites via this search engine by typing in my exact business name (so in theory my website should appear on page one) and sure enough my website was at the top of the search results.  It's not the same in google however where my website appears at about page 16, while several other non-relevant sites containing  only one or two of the words in my business name appear instead.

Give it a try:  http://www.lookle.com.au

Palmolive Naturals Intensive Moisture Shampoo ▍Rating:★★

Well 'Intensive Moisture' is right!  It makes your hair look nice, and it smells great (have had several compliments on the smell of my long hair after using this shampoo, the fragrance seems to linger) .... however there is a BIG downside.  My hair is horribly oily the next day, worse than it would normally be using other shampoos, so it means I have no choice but to wash it every single day if I am using this shampoo. 

Whatever ingredient they are using to add moisture to your hair makes it very oily, very quickly. 

It's a nice shampoo to use from time to time but not something I would use in the long term.