tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post9031485210868841151..comments2024-03-28T22:30:17.628+13:00Comments on How to be Chic: {Touch} Being more feminine blog seriesFiona Ferrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01493105915055099408noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-62428409316162590722016-12-25T08:43:53.376+13:002016-12-25T08:43:53.376+13:00Hi A, thanks for the cashmere info, it is very hel...Hi A, thanks for the cashmere info, it is very helpful. Funny about your label story - when I donate clothing sometimes I think 'they won't know the size, brand etc - oh well'. It's not a good enough reason for me to keep the labels on!<br /><br />Thank you for your book signing ideas, I will let them sink in! Merry Christmas :)Fiona Ferrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493105915055099408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-790884761403027862016-12-25T08:37:53.311+13:002016-12-25T08:37:53.311+13:00Oh I forgot to mention slippers! I love feeling c...Oh I forgot to mention slippers! I love feeling cosseted in slippers so much that I wear them year-round. I have winter ones and summer ones!<br /><br />Merry Christmas to you also :)Fiona Ferrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493105915055099408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-84400752146052261812016-12-25T08:32:22.761+13:002016-12-25T08:32:22.761+13:00I have never tried violet creams, but I'm sure...I have never tried violet creams, but I'm sure I would love them :)Fiona Ferrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493105915055099408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-60743650830785521632016-12-24T08:42:10.800+13:002016-12-24T08:42:10.800+13:00Beautifully said, as always, Margaret :) I am in ...Beautifully said, as always, Margaret :) I am in awe of you that you agreed to start a blog. You are an inspiration to live well and keep on growing.<br /><br />I completely agree, feeling feminine is both an attitude of mind as well as how you adorn/look after your body.<br /><br />Vampish, I love it!Fiona Ferrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493105915055099408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-20071115021694566752016-12-24T07:33:38.876+13:002016-12-24T07:33:38.876+13:00Hi Fiona
I also love good quality cotton sheets a...Hi Fiona<br /><br />I also love good quality cotton sheets and how clothes feel is important to me too. I do have a weird inability to cut labels off clothes as I was bought up in a large family where clothes were handed on and that would "ruin" them! I must try harder :) I am really lucky that I an actually allergic to lots of things that touch my skin eg wool, nylon, metals, soap etc - so I have a perfect excuse to only wear things that dont make me itch like crazy or bring me out in a rash :) <br />I love cashmere - the value for money I think is Brora.co.uk - it doesn't pill, is a very good price for the quality, has beautiful colours and shapes. Definitely check them out when you are ready to look. NZ brands like Tolaga Bay are nice too but much more expensive. Boden and m&s and chinese made Cashmere are made with lesser quality thread and pill and stretch out of shape easily. Look for at least 2ply scottish or european made. <br /><br />As you know I am a long time reader of your blog - have a great Xmas and I wish you well on your move to the Hawkes Bay. <br /><br />A thought I had was have you considered approaching indie bookshops for book signings - Ekor books in Wellington for example is a fab, quirky indie - I would love to come to a book signing and meet you of course :) Otherwise what about, as Tonya Leigh does, have an afternoon tea at the Langham or etc? Aisling xAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17017753587135656685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-4158806608247094912016-12-24T07:08:34.024+13:002016-12-24T07:08:34.024+13:00Fiona, we are all lucky & happy to know you! I...Fiona, we are all lucky & happy to know you! I shall never forget my excitement when I found this site, some years ago, & I've always followed & enjoyed it. And like Margaret, I too have not yet figured out how to add links to other blogs on my own sites, but that is definitely a top 2017 priority. <br /><br />I do agree about hydration. One of my favourite secret mentors (secret because she doesn't know about it!), Jerry Hall, said some years ago, that she had always known that our skin is like a flower, & needs watering. I nowadays incorporate much more water in many ways into skin care. I have noticed this it softens wrinkles.<br /><br />I love the touch of anything that feels cozy. And that includes my current slippers which mysteriously are still in use as it keeps switching from summer to a tad chilly, here in Auckland, New Zealand. <br /><br />Best wishes for a lovely Christmas Fiona xxxx<br /><br /><br /><br />Ratnamurti Saraswatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16394162145351068087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-26813843633675701622016-12-24T03:56:36.866+13:002016-12-24T03:56:36.866+13:00Hi Margaret. I so love your comments and had a bi...Hi Margaret. I so love your comments and had a bit of a giggle at how similar our traits are. I also adore violet creams (Mr Stanley are the best) Roses but mine are white, drinking glass from crystal goblets. I would add that a crystal jug filled with water is a must!! Regards SharonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-37095880823523261292016-12-23T21:32:28.341+13:002016-12-23T21:32:28.341+13:00First of all, apart from some of my brief (brief f...First of all, apart from some of my brief (brief for me, har, har!) comments above, I would like to thank you, Fiona, for your lovely blog which has been so inspiring, even for an old codger like me! I love your approach to life and how you are now changing a very stressful life, selling your business and moving to another part of your country. I wish you well with all your future plans.<br />I would also like to thank you and some of your readers for having encouraged me to have my own blog and I started this last August. I am still quite a novice and don't know how to add other people's blogs that I read to a list, as you and others have done, but perhaps one of these days I might solve that problem. But I am gaining new readers and finding out, by trial and error, the kinds of posts those readers enjoy. <br />As for feeling feminine, all the senses are employed here, but mainly it is how I carry myself, how I walk, and this is often aided by the clothes I wear. If I wear old jeans and jumper in which to do the housework, I don't feel particularly feminine but I know that if I don't wear them, even wearing an apron as Jennifer L Scott (The Daily Connoisseur blog) advises, for Jennifer would never wear tatty clothes even to do the housework. I would splash my dress or best jeans with bleach. But if I wear a dress and tights (my usual choice is usually 60 denier opaque navy tights)I certainly feel more feminine. And always wearing perfume make me feel feminine. <br />At night, soft lamps by the bedside, fresh white cotton sheets (ours are from The White Company) and a rose pillow spray are also feminine touches. I also have pink roses in the bedroom, buying them fresh with the groceries each week. Also, as well as drinking water from a cut glass tumbler, sometimes indulging in a small box of chocolates, especially for myself (although husband may have some, of course)makes me feel feminine - that seems daft as they are calorie-rich, but a little indulgence is fine now and again, and I love violet creams (nicer even than rose creams.)<br />Feeling feminine is perhaps an attitude of mind as much as body? Some days when I feel bleugh I don't feel feminine at all, but others, and I am positively vampish, even at my great age! <br />Happy Christmas to you and your husband, and to all your lovely readers who meet here,<br />Margaret P<br />www.margaretpowling.com galanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190356279359463949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-14969761281073361332016-12-23T21:27:30.363+13:002016-12-23T21:27:30.363+13:00Tee hee, Susie, glad you found a use for the scrat...Tee hee, Susie, glad you found a use for the scratchy sheets :)<br /><br />Yes! - the brightest light to sit under, the finest, sharpest scissors, plus, for professionals, a Quick Unpick (seam ripper). What also bugs me about labels, apart from the bother against my skin, is that labels sewn onto the back of a top will start pulling holes in the fabric after a few washes. Just to be on the safe side, I remove a lot of clothing labels before the garments are even washed once :) Call me obsessed.Fiona Ferrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493105915055099408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-36110316134059080192016-12-23T21:18:35.742+13:002016-12-23T21:18:35.742+13:00Sadly I can't were cashmere. Wool irritates my...Sadly I can't were cashmere. Wool irritates my skin and I thought I could get away with cashmere, but no, lovely and soft though it was, it was still itchy! <br />Margaret Pgalanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190356279359463949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-46304107380797457682016-12-23T21:17:10.627+13:002016-12-23T21:17:10.627+13:00Yes, I similarly cut the labels out of necks of ga...Yes, I similarly cut the labels out of necks of garments. Why put them there in the first place? Why not put them at the bottom of the side seam, near the washing/dry cleaning instructions? Surely manufacturers will know that if these irritate our necks, we will remove them anyway? But at the risk of snipping the material of the garment, too!<br />Margaret Pgalanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190356279359463949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-87351110923375404122016-12-23T21:04:10.007+13:002016-12-23T21:04:10.007+13:00Me too, Natalie - we have a cotton floor rug in th...Me too, Natalie - we have a cotton floor rug in the bathroom which is machine washable. We actually have two so I can wash them often and they are always soft and clean... lovely.<br /><br />I agree about silky hair too, it's lovely to brush it before bed, feel how nice it is after washing and blow-drying. Changing pillowcases more than the sheets is a nice treat too.<br /><br />Enjoy looking after your skin; it really feels like a treat when you approach it from a spa point of view.Fiona Ferrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493105915055099408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-46156036897237805122016-12-23T19:39:17.970+13:002016-12-23T19:39:17.970+13:00I learned about cheap high thread count sheets the...I learned about cheap high thread count sheets the hard way. You are right they were a false economy. I put them away and never used them again on the bed. One of them is used for my little Fuzzy Pomeranian to rub and roll himself dry after his bath. He finds the sheet very satisfactory.<br /><br />Silk is my favorite fabric. I wish I could afford more clothing made from it.<br /><br />It made me chuckle as I read about other people cutting all of the labels off of their clothing. I do too. Funny to think about how many of us are sitting down, sharpest scissors we can find in hand, under the brightest light we have,carefully trying to cut just the right threads of the label (and not the blouse). It is good to see that at least on some cotton tees the info is being printed on the fabric instead of those stabby, stiff little labels.<br /><br />Your complexion is lovely, such a healthy radiance.<br /><br />Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you! <br /><br />susie @ persimmon moon cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01653330247272673990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-89781418945229502712016-12-23T12:37:26.547+13:002016-12-23T12:37:26.547+13:00Oh, I love the sensation on the soles of my feet w...Oh, I love the sensation on the soles of my feet when stepping onto a soft and fluffy bath rug after shower. Another ultra feminine habit is to care for my hair so that it feels silky smooth when gathering or running through it with my hands. A good pillow paired with a smooth, high quality cotton pillowcase is a must for my beauty sleep too! Who wants ones facial skin to be rubbing on a scratchy pillowcase 8 hours (or more) a night?!<br /><br />You look so fresh and radiant, Fiona! I am much imspired by you to take even greater care of my skin this year. Thank you for this lovely series and happy holidays! :DNatalie Tzehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10329191355574098523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-34682559648534089052016-12-23T08:41:59.629+13:002016-12-23T08:41:59.629+13:00Hi D,
I bought that Mac eyeshadow after going to ...Hi D,<br /><br />I bought that Mac eyeshadow after going to their counter and asking for an everyday matte shade - it's called Velux Kid and I love it! I will do a video :)<br /><br />Pure camellia oil sounds very luxurious! Love your typo :) Don't worry, you are of the highest quality, so obviously it was a typo.Fiona Ferrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493105915055099408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-64189693625164726682016-12-23T08:36:46.335+13:002016-12-23T08:36:46.335+13:00I got mixed up - I have had flannel sheets, but no...I got mixed up - I have had flannel sheets, but not fleece. I have heard fleece is divine too :)Fiona Ferrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493105915055099408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-72958502244942036012016-12-23T08:34:26.348+13:002016-12-23T08:34:26.348+13:00Hi Aurora, I love the sound of flannel clothing, h...Hi Aurora, I love the sound of flannel clothing, how delicious!Fiona Ferrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493105915055099408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-79650447830330040782016-12-23T08:33:17.922+13:002016-12-23T08:33:17.922+13:00I've never had a cashmere anything Susan. May...I've never had a cashmere anything Susan. Maybe I'll have to start saving for next winter :)<br /><br />I have romantic notions of Scotland, plus a soft spot because it is where my ancestors are from. Merry Christmas!Fiona Ferrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493105915055099408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-38325874072873901542016-12-23T08:31:56.069+13:002016-12-23T08:31:56.069+13:00I cut all tags out too! Preferably unpicking, but...I cut all tags out too! Preferably unpicking, but cutting out as a last option. I also unpick or cut out the side seam tags as they annoy my muffin top :)<br /><br />Thanks so much, Erina!Fiona Ferrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493105915055099408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-61818231452576889122016-12-23T08:30:15.921+13:002016-12-23T08:30:15.921+13:00I have enjoyed fleece sheets too in the past - the...I have enjoyed fleece sheets too in the past - they are so good, like sleeping in a big hug!Fiona Ferrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493105915055099408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-24466461580131174162016-12-23T08:20:33.566+13:002016-12-23T08:20:33.566+13:00Thanks Stephanie, Merry Christmas :)Thanks Stephanie, Merry Christmas :)Fiona Ferrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493105915055099408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-58424767924617080822016-12-23T08:20:02.493+13:002016-12-23T08:20:02.493+13:00Hi Amy, I love the sound of your soft and cozy win...Hi Amy, I love the sound of your soft and cozy winter essentials :)<br /><br />The mascara is a cheapie Covergirl I bought from Amazon on a whim and I love it! http://amzn.to/2iktrKB I have been asked to do a makeup video so I am working up the courage :)Fiona Ferrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01493105915055099408noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-84728541993336635122016-12-23T07:55:40.337+13:002016-12-23T07:55:40.337+13:00Typo queen here again. I meant "it must have...Typo queen here again. I meant "it must have been lesser quality", not "I must have been lesser quality". <br /><br />Ha ha, that was the best typo from me yet!<br /><br />D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-37006931254037628902016-12-23T07:50:13.823+13:002016-12-23T07:50:13.823+13:00Hi Fiona, You look lovely. You have the most beau...Hi Fiona, You look lovely. You have the most beautiful skin and I really like your makeup. I've been on the hunt for a healthy, natural colored eyeshadow without too much shimmer. Yours looks like a perfect rosy nude color. Will you consider doing a video on makeup some day? <br /><br />I've gotten rid of clothes that irritated my skin too. They include all linens, wools and cashmere - I must have been lesser quality. I've even had to donate nice wool coats because even the slightest touch of the fabric at the collar on my neck would have me itching there all day. I'm relegated to cottons and, unfortunately, synthetics. <br /><br />To keep my skin and hair smooth and moisturized, I use pure camellia oil. I alternate this with commercial moisturizers and creams. Also, I am trying to be consistent with exfoliation so that they all absorb better, but I am pretty lazy about it! <br /><br />D.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4130537499074859934.post-69232163450035628082016-12-23T07:27:18.565+13:002016-12-23T07:27:18.565+13:00I think comfort is very feminine. If you're un...I think comfort is very feminine. If you're uncomfortable in your clothing it shows and that is not at all attractive. <br /><br />Soft is definitely feminine. Silks instead of scratchy wool. Flannel or linen sheets instead of rough cheap cotton. Linen works if you don't mind the wrinkles- I have a ten year old linen dress that's so comfortable in summer. Flannel is also nice for clothing, I've got a winter dress made of flannel that always gets compliments and makes me feel as cosy as jammies. <br /><br />Merry Christmas to you as well, Fiona!Auroranoreply@blogger.com