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Ugh, I probably shouldn’t film while in a wheat-coma in the future :P Anyhow; enjoy the video, and don’t forget that you can watch fullscreen in HD! (Highly encouraged. Highly.)

After (too long) of a delay, I’m pleased to introduce our next instalment in Tips For Beauty Bloggers. Whether you’re a fellow blogger, a photography fiend, or just another Joe the Plumber looking to clean up some photos, I hope you enjoy this post!

I hemmed and hawed over whether or not to do this as a video, and in the end, I decided it would be best to. I’ve uploaded it to Vimeo (we’re still avoiding YouTube, at least for now) in HD format, so I’d definitely encourage you to view it fullscreen - seriously, you won’t be disappointed.

(Yes, I’m still childishly amused by the wonders of the internet. Now shh; less mocking and more watching!)

If you’ve enjoyed this tutorial, please link back to this post. A project like this one takes a lot of time and effort, so I’d really appreciate it if you could refrain from embedding the video on your own sites. Thanks!

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So this camera can actually shoot pretty impressive video… but I don’t know how to do that so the following is utterly terrible. I’ve scrapped the video on the whole, but these are the most important few seconds:

(Please excuse the super-weird face at the end!)

Basically, I’m here to give you ladies a bit of unfortunate news, because I’m a Debbie Downer. I’ve been having health issues over the past little while, which I’m not really going to explain in great detail (unless, as I said in the clip above, you’d like me to).

Further explanation in an audio clip because I’d rather not keep typing: A ramble for your Friday (My apologies that you have to download; I can’t figure out how to embed this. But I promise the file is clean and all that!)

If you’re interested in finding out more about rheumatoid arthritis and fibromyalgia, here are a few links might help:

• The Arthritis Society
• Fibromyalgia (Wiki page)
• Fibro Network (good for a really brief, general overview)

Much love,

Rae

Hello, my dearlings! (That’s right, “dearlings” is totally a word.) A bit of an open thread idea today — I want to hear all about your favourite products of the year! What was good? More importantly, what was great? (And, of course: what was terrible?)

Just as a bit of a pre-emptive note, my apologies for the awful lighting and hair. As I’m sure you all know by  now, I’m terribly lazy with my hair, and the sun sets *really* early in Edmonton during the winter. Unfortunately, I haven’t a will to change the former, and I haven’t a way to change the latter!

That’s it for me! This is a bit early (I had planned on posting this on New Year’s but I’m superimpatient), but please do tell us what you loved, liked, and totally hated this year! Alternately, feel free to ask more about the products mentioned in the video — I know, it was really fast, but I’d love to link you to the reviews or answer questions. I was totally obsessed with each product at some point in the year, so I’m totally up for blabbing about ‘em :P

(Frightful because it is mine, not because it is actually frightening).