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ud cottage my heart truly skipped a beat it was as if it had been designed just for me there was not a single thing i didn t love about it stepping through the french doors instantly soothed my poor emotionally worn out soul soft vintage colours french country decor with pretty bits and pieces everywhere it was all perfect rosebud cottage is a luxurious studio bedroom living space with a bathroom attached another set of french doors led out to a little outdoor living area with seating and a clawfoot slipper bath sitting on the wooden kitchen bench was the most beautifully put together breakfast platter enough to last for two mornings there were fresh flowers fresh fruit farm eggs artisan bread chocolate and biscuits and a bottle of sparkling wine in the fridge i had arrived at around 5pm so on that first night i unpacked ate my dinner of cooked chicken from the supermarket and salad in a wrap i ran a bath filled to the top with hot water and the epsom salts fragranced with fresh lavender that had been thoughtfully provided i lit the many many candles from inside and out placing them around my outside bath and lay back under the stars reading my book by candlelight and sipping herbal tea it was heaven a soft robe had been provided which i slipped on before getting into the canopied wrought iron bed made up with crisp white sheets and lovely layers of bedding i slept waking up in that bed in that room was bliss i lay savouring my surroundings before getting up to make tea which i took back to bed and continued reading my book after a leisurely cooked breakfast eaten outside i ran another bath and soaked while admiring the view of the countryside coffee was calling however when does coffee not call me a short drive to murawhai and good coffee was found phew that day i walked murawhai beach from one end to the other it was perfect spring beach walking weather almost isolated apart from a few lone surfers and a dog chasing a drone there is seriously nothing like a windy beach walk to blow the cobwebs away and to just sit and contemplate life or whatever or to not contemplate just to sit and look out to sea bliss another stop for another coffee and i set off back to rosebud cottage for the afternoon outside on the long deck was a french wrought iron table where i set my laptop up and worked on the roseroom shop which at that time i was in the process of opening how totally perfect that i was at rosebud cottage working on the roseroom shop serendipity another dinner of chicken and salad in a wrap and another candlelit lavender scented outdoor bath before reading in bed i am clearly a creature of habit the next morning my last morning i tried to book for another night really at that point i would have booked for the rest of my life if it were possible sadly the cottage had already been booked so with that i packed and drove to murawhai for my daily coffee fix another long beach walk and then a meandering drive the long way home and back to reality nothing of course had changed with my actual personal issues but what had changed was me my inner turmoil had settled my thoughts were clearer and i felt re energised and able to deal with what was ahead of me going to rosebud cottage was the best form of self care i have ever done for myself and something i plan on doing again in the future rosebud cottage and it s sister cottage honeysuckle cottage as said are a 40 minute drive out of auckland rosebud cottage sleeps two honeysuckle has two bedrooms and sleeps five honeysuckle cottage has the same gorgeous french country decor as rosebud cottage i can t recommend staying at either cottage enough either on your own with your partner a friend or a group of friends the cottages are often used as a venue for bridal parties getting ready as the setting is perfect for beautiful romantic photos and is also the perfect accommodation for romantic honeymoons jenny my host was so lovely to deal with via email and so welcoming in person more information and pretty pictures much prettier than mine can be found on their website thanks for reading rachael xo posted by roseroomnz com at 18 30 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels romantic getaway rosebud cottage self care selfcare thursday 2 april 2020 life in new zealand lockdown long time no blog posts i didn t realise it had been so long well how about life at the moment it s kind of weird how quickly our new normal becomes normal it s also scary that back in january when many of us on this side of the world were enjoying our summer holidays while at the same time the australian bushfires were out of control and covid 19 was barely a thing look at us now so many countries in full lockdown like us here in new zealand as hundreds of thousands of people around the world are contracting this virus and ten of thousands of people are dying from it it seems unfathomable that this is happening in our sophisticated world of science technology and knowledge but it is happening everywhere all those futuristic pandemic movies many of us watched in the past are now our reality words that were not a normal part of our vocab such as pandemic unprecedented ppe quarantine self isolation social distancing essential workers essential businesses essential outings clusters and lockdown are now used daily frightening how quickly things can change i m so thankful to be living in new zealand and so proud of our country and how we are handling this no matter what political persuasion you might be in new zealand our government is incredible in trying to make sure every one of us is safe and provided for as individuals businesses and organisations i feel like we have never had so much transparency in decisions and why they are being made life in our house revolves around the news the daily 1pm update on our covid 19 numbers and the 3pm update from our prime minister jacinda arden the days are long and slow that s a good thing though it could be seen as a blessing really that people have this opportunity to step out of the busyness and rush of normal everyday working life to wind down i do realise that for many people though this comes with a whole other set of worries financial business even coping with children at home every day and maybe less than ideal bubble living situations to be stuck in 24 7 my bubble is small just three of us here and the two cats who are thrilled that we are home all day every day days are spent doing school work so that i am super prepared for whenever we go back to real live school cleaning cooking laundry reading walking exercising and playing games online such as sims don t judge lol as i said it is all seems very slow i m spending a lot more time on social media interacting with family as well which is really nice i m not bored not antsy sometimes a little anxious about what is happening in the world but all in all i feel safe in lockdown and more relaxed about my families safety as i have a 94 year old grandmother and also my parents who are very vulnerable healthwise i do miss my friends at school and the students but it s the school holidays so i wouldn t have seen a lot of them in any case i really miss the freedom to go out for a coffee however we have a nespresso machine here at home which is taking a hammering other than that and of course the ability to visit my family i don t really miss anything else yet i went to book club last week in my bedroom via zoom it was great lol something i am loving is the community spirit throughout new zealand at first i thought the national bear hunt in the window idea wasn t a good idea how wrong was i it s so much fun going for a walk to spot all the bears and how creative people are being there is great humour out there i love the chalk art on the footpaths as well which is a girl guide initiative i love seeing families out walking or biking or skateboarding or scooter ing out walking sometimes is like playing human dodgems trying to maintain the two metre distance people are so friendly as well or maybe it s just me because i am like that anyway greeting strangers cooing at babies and toddlers chatting to cats and dogs the princess hates it when i do that though haha i do love walking and talking with her though another blessing from this situation i hope life in your lockdown and with your bubble if you are in a bubble is going as best as it possibly can if you are an essential worker out there thank you stay safe stay well kia kaha beautiful people rachaelxo posted by roseroomnz com at 12 19 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels covid19 lockdown lockdown new zealand lockdown nz monday 15 july 2019 skin deep let me take you on a journey of my skin and skincare and how it led to a complete turnaround in what i not only put in my body but also on my skin it s taken me years to make the connection between the two yes i am a bit slow on the uptake apart from babyhood and early childhood i ve always had shitty skin the minute i hit pre puberty i started breaking out enlarged pores nasty inflamed pimples under the skin and blackheads i was really self conscious about it even though my granny who had the most beautiful soft unwrinkled skin she used nothing but soap and water and ponds cold cream tried to convince me that her skin too was like mine as a young person and i would end up being thankful i had oily skin when i was older because i would be less lined for it hmmmmm as a teen i used to read seventeen magazine which didn t help the lack of confidence i had short shy glasses and bad skin plus i was a nerd anyway seventeen magazine was full of advertising naturally an ad that stood at to me was ten o six lotion does anyone remember it i saved my pocket money and bought a bottle it didn t give me the beautiful clear glowing skin that all the teen models had i used it diligently and if anything it probably inflamed the already inflamed skin goodness knows what was in that stuff my mum then took me to our gp his fix was to have me wash my face using oatmeal soap and a buff puff if you don t know what a puff buff is it s an oval circle thingy with scratchy sides sort of like a pot scrubber very abrasive what a bastard another thing he did suggest was steaming which was to clear the pores and then splash with icy cold water to close them again i had to do this for 5 minutes every night my skin didn t clear up if anything it was probably worse raw from the buff puff during this teen time a friend and i used to have beauty days where we would give ourselves manicures and pedicures and facemasks with beaten egg whites i swear to this day an egg white facemask is the bee s knees for rejuvenating and tightening skin next on my journey was blackmores skincare my mum gave me a travel pouch of it for christmas from memory it had a cleanser scrub toner and moisturiser it was actually really nice stuff and did clear up my skin somewhat i remember doing this makeup beauty course to improve my self confidence and the lady running in told me i had good skin wow thanks blackmores moving into my early twenties came shiseido introduced to me by a friend just a cleanser toner and moisturiser and a facial brush it felt very glamorous as the range came in beautiful glass bottles with soft green tops it also smelt divine i used shiseido for many years and during this time my skin was under control with the exception of the usual monthly hormonal breakouts and ongoing breakouts on my chin and cheeks in my late 30 s i stopped using shisdeo and moved onto clinique the number 3 range for oily combination skin clinique did me well for a fair few years and then it stopped working truth be told i stopped working on being healthy too much caffeine too much wine erratic eating habits too much stress not enough water no exercise see the picture i am painting here on top of that my hormones were completely out of whack due to severe endometriosis so it wouldn t have mattered what range of skincare i was using good skin is more than skin deep i also became a single parent at the time so when i ran out of clinique and it was no longer an affordable skincare option for me i used supermarket brands that were on special nothing wrong with that btw or stuff i was given my skin wasn t great but not hideously bad either so long as i consistently stuck with my skincare routine morning and evening and looked after myself reasonably well three years ago my skin really turned to crap so i bought a range of olay skincare after doing their online skincare profile thingy and got back on top of my skin condition not long after this i signed up to be a product reviewer anyone can for beautyreview co nz since then i have received and reviewed numerous skincare products and ranges all of which with exception of a la roche posey cleanser and moisturiser have been l oreal paris my skin gets really antsy each time i try a new product and i will typically have minor breakouts around my chin of little whiteheads and inflamed underskin bumps which settle down after a week with the exception of a couple of products i have since bought i have continued to use the full sized trial products until they are empty and because i diligently look after my skin overall my skin condition has been good soft and smooth despite the same problematic breakouts i also have small underskin bumps on my jawline that i have had for a few years i don t know what they are but want them gone i think i need to go to a dermatologist or the caci clinic or somewhere like after i have finished funding my dentists overseas trip haha at the beginning of this year i had a complete lifestyle overhaul after visiting my brother and sister in law in cairns and came home with a diet and exercise programme i have lost a lot of weight i have so much more energy and i just feel great i strength train and do a little cardio and pretty much just clean eat try to drink a lot of water and avoid processed foods my skin has also been so nice in fact the best it has ever been aside from that babyhood and early childhood period i mentioned at the beginning of this novella i m now super conscious about what i put into my body and have had a huge shift in thinking about what i use on the outside and that it should be clean as well when i started my shop last year it was with the idea of being a one stop shop for women and part of that was having a skincare line it has taken a while to find a product that i would personally like and use from a company that i felt good about working with i went to the nz gift fairs in march this year with the sole purpose of sourcing an organic skincare range it was serendipity really the first skincare stall i came across was run by a delightful woman who i immediately connected with she was in my age bracket and had fabulous skin anyway she is the distributor for an organic cruelty free and vegan range called la mav organi...
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