Tag: rant

    My name is Get Lippie. I’m 45, and I’m tired.  I’m tired of “older” being beauty industry shorthand for “ugly”.  I’m tired of being nagged about my age by the products I use.  I’m tired of constantly reading the same old (ha!) messages all the time which imply that the only quality women have worth venerating is “youth”.  I’m tired of toothpastes and […]

1)  Not having a laptop for three weeks will severely curtail your ability to post regularly. 2) Getting a new laptop with a vastly different keyboard layout will severely curtail your ability to write cheeo  ochersn coheerentlee proper.  Innit. 3) Forgetting where your camera cable is will severely curtail your ability to post photos. 4) Standing on samples kept in your jeans pocket will make […]

I buy a lot of cosmetics.  I buy a lot of cosmetics.  But a lot of things about buying cosmetics drive me crazy. Over-attentive shop assistants who hover over you, demanding to “help” whenever your eye wanders onto anything.  Under-attentive shop assistants who ignore anything resembling a buying signal, up to and including you saying “excuse me, can I get one of these please?” But […]

Was at the hairdresser yesterday, and this is the fruit of their labours.  It’s beautifully shiny, and I love how they dried my hair, although it dropped quite drastically on my rainy walk to the tube, but … well, I did NOT enjoy my salon experience all that much. I’ve mentioned before that I find trying new hairdressers a bit stressful, particularly when it comes […]

I try not to  make Get Lippie political – I’ve said before, it’s all about the products and how they work as far as I’m concerned, but I thought I’d share this email exchange that took place today regarding a product that a PR firm wanted to see featured here my blog: “Hi Louise, Xxx from xXx here, I’m writing today to see if you […]