Euphoric Clary Sage

Advantages: Euphoric, Uplifing, Good for skin.
Disadvantages: Definetly avoid with alcohol

...Clary Sage is definetly regarded as one of the more female essential oils particulary is uses for PMT. The most effective way to benfit from this oil is by adding it to your bath water or blending it in a carrier oil and applying to the skin. it blends very well with lavender.It definetly is one of those oils you can like one minute and hate the other, this is probably more due to your hormone levels and mood at that point. So dont be surprised if you liked it when you bought and hate it now, youll be drawn to it soon enough. From personal experience it is a great oil to lift you of the depths of despair or anxiety particularly when suffering from exhaustion, nervous and or physical. I have seen quite a few friends benefit from this when suffering from post-natal depression. It also been known to help to curb addictive...

Rosemary1 06.02.2001 · Read review
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Hotel Claris, Barcelona

Advantages: Luxury hotel in a great setting for restaurants and shopping
Disadvantages: Not the friendliest staff, and pricey extras

...I had read some negative reviews of this hotel and travelled determined to love the place, and while I did have a great long weekend, the hotel was slightly disappointing. We booked a last minute suite at 225 Euros per night, and were rewarded by a spacious room with large sofa. Interestingly I searched through many of the cheap web sites offering rooms at the Claris, and it was going direct to the Hotel web site that got me the best deal (over 200 euros cheaper for a 3 night stay!) The complimentary bottle of wine was a nice touch too. But on the first night the noisy spa bath would not turn off and after 1 hour and two baffled housekeeping staff we left them to it. When we returned the spa bath was made inactive with no explanation or apology, just a piece of gaffer tape stuck over the switch. Seeing as the spa and sauna in...

Nell31 17.08.2005 · Read review
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Its time to change your Tefal Quick Cup filter

Advantages: Neat filter cartridge replacement as easy as changing a light bulb
Disadvantages: Maybe you need to change it a little too often

...The Claris Quick Cup Filter Cartridge is the proprietary replacement water cartridge for use with the Tefal Quick Cup. This filtered water kettle-replacement is also capable of dispensing both room temperature and hot water. The Red button with an integral filter-replacement reminder lamp and is used to dispense hot filtered water for your coffee and tea. A black button dispenses filtered water at ambient temperature - for chilled filtered water, instead of having a filter jug for the refrigerator simply fill a regular jug from the Quick Cup using the black ambient button and place it in your refrigerator. You can currently (30th January 2009) purchase the Quick Cup for £48.74 and the replacement Claris filter for £4.80 from Amazon.co.uk. Currently orders over £5 attract no delivery charges for addresses in the UK. The top...

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Not a book to lend to my mum!

Advantages: entertaining and outrageous
Disadvantages: slightly too risque at times

...I was intrigued when I discovered that Julian Clary had written a novel as he is one of my favourite entertainers. I put it on my Amazon wishlist and luckily for me it turned up in my Christmas stocking! I was not disappointed at all because, like its author, this book is entertaining, outrageous and a lot of fun. Murder Most Fab tells the story of Johnny D. He was a boy with a slightly unusual childhood who ultimately became a highly paid and successful entertainer, skipping over a few intervening years as a much sought after rent boy! Johnny's life has always been somewhat alternative and complicated particularly when he is egged on to try out new experiences by his best friend Catherine. (She is a hooker who becomes his manager) As you can imagine, a complex lifestyle (sex, drugs and too much money) lead to complications and there...

kingfisher111 05.01.2009 · Read review
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Reading Most Fab

Advantages: Very funny in places, great story
Disadvantages: Some quite graphic sexual details

...I first came across this book when I was searching to see if Julian Clary had a recent biography out and found that he had written this novel. I was very undecided about reading this at first as I could not have imagined his ever being able to write a novel but I finally took the plunge and I am so glad that I did. The book is centred around Johnny Debonair who at the start of the book tells us about his life working as a rent boy in London. We learn that he lives which his close friend Catherine and it is her that got him into this life. He was struggling to make ends meet when attending college and was not enjoying his course when he found out that although Catherine was working as a nurse she also spent her evening working as a escort. She made it sound like easy money so Johnny also decided to try it. Johnny now takes us back...

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A fab read

Advantages: fast paced, interesting plot
Disadvantages: predictable and OTT in places

...I was browsing books on Amazon a few months ago when I came across this one. I wasn't aware that Julian Clary had written a book, and although I don't mind him as an entertainer he is not one of my favourites if I'm honest. Still, I thought the book looked interesting, and when I came across a copy of it in a charity shop in Edinburgh, I decided to buy it, and looked forward to reading something different from the chick lit I normally go for. ~The Story~ The prologue of the book is a letter from the fabulously named Johnny Debonair (also known as JD and Johnny D throughout different stage of his life) to Timothy. Although we don't yet know either Johnny or Timothy, the letter is written in such a way that we can gauge quite a lot from it... it is apparent that Johnny and Timothy were once lovers. It is also apparent that Johnny...

pink_champagne 09.07.2009 · Read review
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A good start from Julian

Advantages: Easy read and enjoyable subject matter
Disadvantages: A bit of an obvious lead character

...This is Julian Clarys debut novel and a fairly good read it is. Plot ---------------- Johnny Debonair (aka JD, aka Johnny D!) grows up with his slightly odd mother and no father in Kent before being taken to stay at his Grandmothers in London when his mother gets a little too 'odd'. It's here that Johnny begins to get a sense of himself through his Grandmothers more focused attention. Johnny moves back home and embarks on a relationship with the local high society boy before heading to Drama School. This quickly takes a peculiar turn when his new flat mate Catherine, introduces him to a dark and seedy new profession. As Johnny's life begins to get more and more macabre he is suddenly given an opportunity to start on TV and he quickly becomes the best thing to hit the screen. But a dark past never stays hidden for long...

jonescraiga 11.11.2008 · Read review
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Fab for the dreaded PMT

Advantages: Works quickly for PMS and is a euphoric (apparently)
Disadvantages: Tastes and smells rather yuck and is expensive

...All women get period pains sometime in their life and I must say that mine are dreadful. I am in so much pain for the first few days and conventional medicine such as Femimax and paracetemol just doesnt do it for me. So I have these great books called 'Aromatherapy for Women' and 'The Fragrant Pharmacy' which are my bibles and I looked up PMT in them. I had never heard of Clary sage before and now I am never without it. I have a stock of it in my desk at work, together with some lavender, and in my medicine cabinet at home. It doesn't smell great, and I am always worried that people will say "whats that smell" but they don't and it does the job. It smells a bit like very strong tea. So when I feel my period pains coming on this is what I do. 1) I dilute about five drops of Clary Sage in a little base oil and I rub it...

MadeinScotland 01.11.2001 · Read review
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Weird dreams

Advantages: weird dreams. soothing, relaxing
Disadvantages: may make you unfit to drive

...Clary Sage essential oil is steam distilled from the salvia scelera plant. The family this plant belongs to is Lamaeaceae (important when purchasing oil). The flowers from the tops of this plant are used to extract the oil and the main commercial producer is Morocco. The aroma of this oil is top to middle note which means that it is sharp and refreshing but also has longer lasting, heavier tones to it. USES: +++++ Soothes, Relaxes, Warms body, Uplifts spirit, Can help maintain hormone balance and correct problems as it contains an oestrogen type hormone, Can help soothe period pains, Can help with sleep problems , Oily hair and skin can be improved by the application of this oil, Can actually help to make skin look less worn and wrinkled. Balances the system calms the nerves and tones up muscles...

janharper 05.10.2001 · Read review
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Helps you out of bed

Advantages: good for depression, anxiety, euphoric properties
Disadvantages: don't use too much!

...I just thought I'd share my morning bath recipe with you. If you just 'get up' rather than jump out of bed ready to attack the day, if you are in a stressful job or have an uncertain future - all these can be helped by an aromatherapy bath. It's not going to make your troubles disappear over night but it puts you in a better mood to face the day. I take 4 drops of Clary Sage and 4 drops of Grapefruit essentials oils into my bath. Stick to these amounts as over indulging in essential oils can be very bad for you (i.e. Too much Lavendar Oil will eventually shut down your nervous system) These two oils are good for depression, they are calming but refreshing, and some say Clary Sage will induce euphoria! I have yet to experience that in the bath first thing in the morning - but I'll keep my fingers crossed! I have found it...

pagan 27.03.2001 · Read review
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