Anyone who has a visible tattoo (regardless of whether it's a huge piece on your neck, to maybe ... the tiniest little tattoo on your wrist) will have been asked at least once "what about when you want to get a job?" "What about when you get married?" ...this was probably asked by a grandparent or another elder. Personally I think a heavily tattooed laydee in an extravagant white dress is one of the sexiest things ever but my Jamaican grandparents would BEG to differ, anyway that is neither hurr nor thurr. So now, not only is there the argument of laser surgery to throw back in their faces with polite gusto, enter: make-up brand Dermablend. In the video below watch them cover up the 'Zombie Boy' who is just all kinds of hot to me. I find it fascinating that his face is a mask, if I met him I would need to stare at him for a while. Just like I like to do when I see sexy homosapiens. The vid is cool, seeing him with the foundation on looking like 'everyone else'.

HOWEVar.

I think the whole idea of him being some kind of 'freak' is a little dated, the campaign is called 'Beyond the cover' but it's 2011 are we all still really THAT taken aback by ink? He's not the only person in the world tattooed head to toe. Certain tribes have been doing it for decades and over here in le western world it's not really the most groundbreaking thing anymore is it? I think we can admire that the work he has had done on his body is especially amazing but not much more than that.

But minus the nails. I got my roots re-dyed on wednesday as the black was starting to show. I also had to basically cut a kagillion inches off of my hurr. Exageration, but basically I have been colouring my hair for years now, this combined with being lazy with doing treatments and also not letting my aunt cut my split ends for nearly a year, means that this Wednesday when I went to get my hair done I basically had a halo of split ends around my head. I realised I had to go for the chop. My hair is natural and used to be like a mane which made me feel like a Lion... well not no mores! lol sarry. abowt. THART. Oh well. "Haaaair grows" (throw back Sabrina le Teenage Witch style) so things like this don't really get to me. You live and you learn. And you get a good condtitioner.

In le past

In le present

So after a good few weeks my skin has flared up in a rash, it's a rash I have come to know quite well over the past year. Allow me to explain, last year around this time my face went from normal to what is known as 'problem skin' it happened gradually and as I didn't take the necessary precautions I should have, it got worser and worser and WORSER (and worser) until I felt like the only way I could leave my house was with make up on (which obviously and ironically is apart of the problem)

In the past I had never had issues with my skin, even during teenage years I may have got the odd spot or whatever but nothing to complain about and during uni years my skin was just perfect, literally the day after I turned 22 my skin decided that it wanted to be the boss of it's own destiny. So since then i've tried a lot of different products ranging from the cheap stuff you get in 'Boots' to the brands that like to get fancy and make you feel like they'll change your life.

Nothing seemed to be working until recently, as in a few months ago I remembered two separate conversations i'd had with two friends who have glowing smooth skin. I asked them what they used and one replied "Nothing, just water. Sometimes that brand called Simple" ... O_O


The other friend basically said the same thing "Nothing just water or soap"

Thats when your brain wants to call them wenches but I decided that-

Sorry to change the subject abruptly but I just went outside because the ICE CREAM VAN STOPPED OUTSIDE THE HOUSE. RIGHT OUTSIDE, THIS HARDLY EVER HAPPENS! So I got my money and ran out then I looked in the car window at my reflection and did sad face because this rash is attrocious. Then I turned around just as my sister ran out and she looked dead in my face and said "ergh". SO.

Anyway I decided I would calm down what I was doing and only use water and soap, I KNOW SOAP, the devil of all cleaning products cause it dries out your skin! But this shit is working for me. Also my friend has started making body butters and gave me a pot (i'm an honarary guinea pig) and it's very rich so any normal person wouldn't put much on their face but as i'm using soap every now and again I use a liiiitle bit extra than necessary on my face and I think it's balancing out the lack of moisture you'd otherwise have.

I've also started drinking this Dr Stuarts skin purify tea. And basically a week after that my mum commented on how different my skin looked. I'm not saying but i'm just saying.

The dream team
Oh the tub of sodium whats it called and Glycolic acid is something I haven't used yet. It takes a lot of work to use it properly and quite frankly i'm too lazy at the mo, but it helps to heal blemishes.

Back to the matter at hand *Dr dre voice* so this rash. It started yesterday and came up in full force this morning and what had I done a few days before? Used a bloody Dermalogica cleanser. I started using this brand during the truely crap days of my skin and this is basically the rash that would come up, I don't know why I decided to get cocky and put it on just when my skin was feeling funky fresh but there you are. The wisdom of Jade. Moral of the story is nothing is promised!!

"but it's just your skin Jade"

This will take about a week to go down 0_0 and so I just wanted to tell you all and Dermalogica to suck it.