Les Parisiennes de Mamansnet - Thread part deux

[TossDaily]

New thread for those of us who would like to let a little je ne sais quoi into our lives...

[ProperLavs]

Thanks bo I'll get that one.
I'm going to throw the Dove bars in the bin.
I might have bought another hat on eBay last night.......

[quirkychick]

Another one who loves merino (I wouldn't wash it every time if I'm wearing it, as I'm wearing a bash layer underneath). Weirdly, my merino jumper dress does bobble . It's from Numph, nice style but on that basis I wouldn't recommend the quality or buy from them again. I also think the smooth nature of merino is flattering on those of us who don't want to bulk up our top halves.

I'm wondering about soap, now. I use shower gel, as our water is super hard and it can produce scum, nice. However, I did use to use french olive oil soap, which was lovely. I might look out for some.

banana with regards to moths, we had an infestation the summer before last. I think they come in from the garden, as it is shady and seems full of them in the summer months. They completely ate through a beautiful, Indian rug and the carpet in the living room. We cleared out the room and changed the carpet, I also got very good at killing them, it was much more effective than the pheromone strips! I put my out of season knitwear into a vacuum bag and weirdly, the only thing that was eaten was my toast jumper dress (sadly, one of my favourite things). Any moths I see in the house just get killed now, it seems to have stopped any further infestation but they are buggers. I don't put clothes I've worn back in the wardrobe either, only clean things as that apparently attracts them too, so any out of season stuff always gets washed/cleaned before storing.

[quirkychick]

Ah, base level... I can't type today!

[quirkychick]

Base layer... I really give up now...

[Pinkpeppermintteaforme]

Can I join you ?
Thank you to whoever recommended the Kiko reds.
Have been looking for the right red and had a dreadful experience in Mac
Kiko staff lovely and helpful.
In the end 115 was spot on, just ghe right amount of orange tone and last night tried it on with no other make up.
Lovely and looked "done"
Wearing khaki cord mini and wool ribbed tights ,black roll neck today.
I want a khaki trench like the one Catherine wore in Witnesses .
Cant be too £££

[Pinkpeppermintteaforme]

Am at putting worn knitwear away .
Non non
Quickest way to get moths-they love feasting on skin cells /oils etc
I use Lakeland woolwash -smells divine
Blood warm water -pop in item andwalk away. For 45 mins,no rubbing or agitation .
Rinse and gently roll in a fluffy towel.
I love washing knitwear
Second best is a squeeze of baby shampoo NEVER Woolite

[botemp]

Well, yes, that's true but moths tend to be a warm weather thing so before storing it away for the season everything gets a wash otherwise a good airing or steam does the job.

Do you have a pic of the trench coat? I still haven't caught up with that show yet. Comptoir have a few good ones in the sale but none I would call khaki.

[Pinkpeppermintteaforme]

Im an expensive yarn hoarder so not risking it
Will try and find a pic-it was gorgeous and not huge/flappy

[TossDaily]

New thread started, but no idea how to link to it, sorry.

If someone wouldn't mind..?

[TossDaily]

new thread

[BagelGoesWalking]

PJs. Sainsbury's do lovely cotton ones. Just got these for my DD18, showing as out of stock now. I've bought many for her over the years and they're pretty good quality for the price.

[Accountant222]

Place marking

[cloud1183]

I stumbled across the original thread yesterday as I’m going to Paris in September and staying in Le Marais. A quick google of the area brought up the original thread so I read most of it (great fun) and went shopping today. I haven’t got the budget for expensive things right now so it was a high street shop.

I got a smart black blazer, simple t-shirts and shirts in black, white, navy and grey and threw out anything bright and too garish. I look so much better for it and wish I’d found this thread earlier. When I was shopping I always had at the back of my mind ‘would the French wear that’

[Redandblue11]

Cloud we are in a new thread not sure what number but come and join here if you fancy
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/style_and_beauty/3525994-Les-Parisiennes-des-Mamansnet-See-life-in-pink-but-do-not-wear-it?pg=1&order=