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Originally posted by tupps:

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Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
Totally worth it though.

Some of the technical higher range stuff is getting stupid though.. when its over a grand a go... but the basic creme de la mer... purrrrrr!

You should read the scientific bit!

Jesus.. my bank manager is going to love me..

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Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
They seem to make it up as they go along. We had a business account... we had a customs code etc. We weren't importing diamonds or anything... was mainly semi precious cut stones and settings. What really pished me off, was when I tried to find out how they wanted me to go about it... I could never get a straight answer... or even the same answer. Bloody crooks!

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Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:

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Originally posted by tupps:

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Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
Totally worth it though.

Some of the technical higher range stuff is getting stupid though.. when its over a grand a go... but the basic creme de la mer... purrrrrr!

You should read the scientific bit!

Jesus.. my bank manager is going to love me..

Oiy! If you are gonna spend that kind of money on a candle.... well... better spent giving you eternal youth and a blossoming glow I say!

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Originally posted by Penny Gabrielwise:

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Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
They seem to make it up as they go along. We had a business account... we had a customs code etc. We weren't importing diamonds or anything... was mainly semi precious cut stones and settings. What really pished me off, was when I tried to find out how they wanted me to go about it... I could never get a straight answer... or even the same answer. Bloody crooks!

Mine weren't even cut. They were just manky looking things sticking out of a rock. I dunno what she wanted them for anyway...

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Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
I have a vision of an amethyst crystal formation rock thingy!!

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Originally posted by tupps:

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Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:

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Originally posted by tupps:

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Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
Totally worth it though.

Some of the technical higher range stuff is getting stupid though.. when its over a grand a go... but the basic creme de la mer... purrrrrr!

You should read the scientific bit!

Jesus.. my bank manager is going to love me..

Oiy! If you are gonna spend that kind of money on a candle.... well... better spent giving you eternal youth and a blossoming glow I say!

£100+ a pop though! I remember reading in some glossy that the best moisturiser (not counting Boots and their protect and perfect serum thing) was Astral. It's like 99p or summat!

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Originally posted by Supercalifragilistic:
Now we've moved on to home fragrances- I use a lampe berger burner and luurrvve the 'cyprus breeze' fragrance- not cheap but v effective and you don't need to leave it on for long, so less expensive than it soundsLampe Berger

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Originally posted by Penny Gabrielwise:

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Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
I have a vision of an amethyst crystal formation rock thingy!!

They were brown. Well, brownish.

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Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
But Astral smells like boiled cow carcusses!

Creme de la mer was supposedly invented for treating people with facial scars (I do know this could all be marketing crap, but hey!)

Davina swears by it!

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Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:

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Originally posted by Penny Gabrielwise:

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Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
I have a vision of an amethyst crystal formation rock thingy!!

They were brown. Well, brownish.

They sound very 'new age'

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Originally posted by tupps:

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Originally posted by Supercalifragilistic:
Now we've moved on to home fragrances- I use a lampe berger burner and luurrvve the 'cyprus breeze' fragrance- not cheap but v effective and you don't need to leave it on for long, so less expensive than it soundsLampe Berger

I daren't look.. it's going to be expensive I can tell.

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Originally posted by Syd:
Creme de la mer


Thats the one....broke my heart to throw the empty jar away...........

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Originally posted by Syd:
Creme de la mer


Thats the one....broke my heart to throw the empty jar away...........

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Originally posted by tupps:

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Originally posted by Syd:
Creme de la mer


Thats the one....broke my heart to throw the empty jar away...........

you could have kept the jar and filled it with lidls... no-one would have been any the wiser..

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Originally posted by tupps:
you could have kept the jar and filled it with lidls... no-one would have been any the wiser..

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Originally posted by Syd:

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Originally posted by tupps:
you could have kept the jar and filled it with lidls... no-one would have been any the wiser..

It shows on me face tho

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Originally posted by Syd:
Clarins Hand and Nail Cream is another favourite that I can afford.

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you could have kept the jar and filled it with lidls... no-one would have been any the wiser..

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Originally posted by Supercalifragilistic:

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Originally posted by tupps:[QUOTE]
you could have kept the jar and filled it with lidls... no-one would have been any the wiser..

Ha Ha- SNAP!

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Originally posted by tupps:
apparently Joanna Lumley has only ever used that and she's not looking too bad on it.

Davina you say.. so it's nothing to do with a wafty trip to Harley Street and a spot of 'freshening up' then. .

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Originally posted by tupps:
I'm going to have to google this cream of the sea now.. *sigh*

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Originally posted by Supercalifragilistic:
I got a burner from a friend for Christmas several years ago (not one of the nasty naff ostentatious ones!) and guess a bit like your Jo Malone candles- just can't go back to 'plug-ins' after that!

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Originally posted by Deegs:

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Originally posted by Syd:

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Originally posted by tupps:
you could have kept the jar and filled it with lidls... no-one would have been any the wiser..

It shows on me face tho

That stuff IS truly fab, Syd

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Originally posted by Deegs:

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Originally posted by Syd:

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Originally posted by tupps:
you could have kept the jar and filled it with lidls... no-one would have been any the wiser..

It shows on me face tho

That stuff IS truly fab, Syd

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Originally posted by Deegs:

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Originally posted by tupps:
I'm going to have to google this cream of the sea now.. *sigh*

you might be sorrrrreeee

Google the Le Prairie range too, while you're there

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Originally posted by Supercalifragilistic:
Ha Ha...was just about to make a post saying, can't believe Deegs is not in here!!!!

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Originally posted by Supercalifragilistic:
Ha Ha...was just about to make a post saying, can't believe Deegs is not in here!!!!

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Originally posted by Dirtyprettygirlthing:
lol... just seen that I have already bookmarked Creme de la mer outlets in Austin, Texas... (where MIL lives). Cannot remember doing that!

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Originally posted by Deegs:

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Originally posted by Supercalifragilistic:
Ha Ha...was just about to make a post saying, can't believe Deegs is not in here!!!!

I tried. I really tried to stay out of here
Would it help if I say I love cheap'n'cheerful Badedas shower gel?

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You can get the little tester pots for £30 on Ebay!

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Just discovered a Fenjal one that I won in a charity 'blind auction' and had forgotten about- there's another blast from the past, thought it was 'dead posh' when I was a teenager! Think I'll give it a whirl tomorrow