The World of Kitsch Takes on The Benefit Blogger Challenge

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Benefit have challenged bloggers across the country to teach their sons, husbands or boyfriends to apply a full face of make-up for them.

The obvious choice was my five year old, right? Apart from the clumpy eyeshadow & the 'filled out' bottom lip, he didn't do TOO badly. And naturally we used a boat shaped cocktail bar as our make-up counter.

You can watch the videos below and pick up some five year old make-up tips for yourself.


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VERY IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: Ikea Belfast have a Real Live Fox Visiting Until This Sunday

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I got to meet and stroke an actual fox. It's a rescue fox and is at Ikea Belfast as part of their half term celebrations. There's also owls, a hedgehog, ferrets and a rather plain in comparison bunny.

There's also your traditional face painting and balloon modelling malarkey, as well as crafts for children to make and take home. All going on until this Sunday 4th Nov. A REAL LIVE FOX!

The Handpicked Foodstore- Smoked Salmon Through Your Letterbox

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They make 3D printers now. You can print out models of cars or buildings you download from the Internet. Until they invent one that prints out smoked salmon, this is the next best thing.


I've championed www.HandpickedCollection.com the past two years as my go-to gift website. They have novel, witty & clever products for anyone in your family.


Now they are launching a tasty sister site, www.HandpickedFoodstore.com They've gathered a team of experts to pick some very special elite food treats to offer via this service. You can chose online from the finest smoked salmon, pâtés, chutneys, as well as top quality gift boxes stuffed with wine, whiskey and indulgent fish.

You can order online or via phone and next day UK delivery is free for orders over £50.
www.HandpickedFoodstore.com sent me a little smoked salmon treat, which arrived boxed and chilled and delicious.

Check them out for Christmas gift ideas for parents & foodie pals.

The David Meade Project sends me a Magic Bottle...

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One of my online friends is a mentalist. David Meade @DavidMeadeLive can make you believe he's in contact with the dead, and even more, he'll expose how fraudulent psychics do the same.

His fantastic series is back tonight on BBC1NI at 1035pm, and he'll be live tweeting if you care to ask any more questions about the tricks he performs.

Paddy Doherty from My Big Gypsy Wedding is on the show tonight. That's right, David is going to tell a prize winning boxing gypsy that mind reading, a traditional gypsy trade, is all a load of balls. Good luck with that, David.


He sent me this curious item for my cabinets. I didn't realise the trick, I thought it was just a nice vintage glass bottle, until my son asked me to take the cards out for him to look at. Errrr.... How do you get them out? More interestingly how the hell did you get them INTO the bottle, David. The neck is narrower than the deck of cards. BURN THE WITCH.

If you aren't in the BBCNI region you can watch David Meade Make Believe on the BBC iplayer NI channel, or find the regional versions of the BBC channels on Sky.