Dress Of The Day with Angela

The overflowing Suitcase I had been packing for weeks The suitcase was full with extra items in piles either side. I kept taking things out, putting new things in, and starting all over again.  The Multiple Lists I kept trying to make a list. The red dress on day one, the green on day two, the red shoes, the yellow shoes. I needed five outfits if I wore the same dress on the journey down and the journey back. I wanted a day outfit and an evening outfit. I could take two reversible dresses. But did I have the right colour bras and slips?  Each time, I started a new list. I ended up with four lists and could not tell which was the latest. Chaos The whole room was a mess. I had so many tops and skirts and could not decide.  Urgent Solution Needed But I needed to tidy the house for family and visitors. I had to get everything into the suitcase and then put the spare clothes back in the wardrobe. (Americans say closet.)  It was a nightmare.  Count The Days I took eve...

Dry, fly-away hair. Selfie photo by Angela Lansbury. Sometimes I take off my hat for a photo and I have fly away hair. It looks untidy. Worse, messy. It might look tousled and sexy. But more often it does not look professional. It sometimes ruins an otherwise good photo. On Zoom, in close-up when I am sitting down, even worse. Other people also have this problem. For years I went to the World Travel Market and saw an acquaintance who turned up every year with attractive orange hair, but such a mop that she looked untidy. I always wondered what was the cause and cure. After several years, I discovered the transformation I could make on my own hair - which got drier and drier, pershaps from tint  - with conditioner. I then had the urge to improve her hair. When I could not persuade her to take action, I went to the bathroom with her, put some on my hands to smoothe onto my own hair, and offered to add some to her hair to show her the difference. Unfortunately, she liked to look like ...