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[queenbee1127]

Euphoria - All of those colors are awesome!

I remember now why I seldom use CND Fireberry: holy stains! This picture is after two rounds with 100% pure acetone, buffing, filing, and washing my hands. They're still red!

Last night I put on Zoya Holly. I got a mini bottle as part of my December Birchbox. The color is more accurate in the first picture, but I like the color of the second better.

I like it, but I'm not incredibly wild about it either. It definitely fit's the collections theme of Gems and Jewels, though.

 

[joannie_mhm]

I agree with you ladies on all of this talk of the contraceptive pill. I have always thought it should be subsidised by Medicare (the Australian public healthcare system) and private health care. It's a necessity for almost all modern women, even if they choose to have children at some point. Providing they are in good reproductive health, there will generally always be a period of time where they need to use it, or another form of birth control.

I'm lucky in that the pill I've been on is reasonable in price (approximately $30-40 per three month course), but my main gripe is having to book in to see a Doctor at the cost of $60 a pop, not counting the medicare rebate each time I need another script. I have to book in to see a Doctor for no reason except for him to write me a script every three months of my life - that's four times a year I'm paying $60 (minus rebate) for the privilege of being able to then go and pay for my contraceptive.

Once in my life a Doctor has written me a script for 6 months worth, but all of the other Doctors I have seen won't do that, they insist on having me come back every 3 months.

I understand it's important to choose the right contraceptive option for you when you are first becoming sexually active, and I also understand it's important to monitor any issues that may arise over the course of use, but honestly when you've been on it for as long as I have I would think most ladies would be able to see a Doctor if they had any concerns.

Each time I see mine to get my script, they ask the same questions and I answer the same way. No changes in bleeding, no changes in menstrual symptoms, no pain or discomfort, no noticeable weight gain. Just give me the damn script and I am out of there. Why should I have to pay $60 (minus rebate) for the privilege?

I find this very strange. Every time I go I'm given a script for a 4 pack with 2 repeats, so it's a year's worth. (Both here and when I lived in the Vegas).

I agree it would be great to be subsidised by Medicare, but you need to remember the government wants us to have more babies, not less. The economy will be in the toilet if we don't keep having lots of babies (though the planet will be if we do).

 

[Samadhi]

When I was on the pill, i'd always get a years worth of scripts too - you should maybe ask the question of your doctor, COTB, as it seems as though you're getting well ripped-off

I also agree that contraception should be wholly subsidised by Medicare, however this will simply never happen. Namely because of the reasons outlined by Jo, but also because not all OCP are listed on PBS - Yasmin is one, and that was almost $60 per 3 months (i'd get an annual script, but would only be given 3 months worth -i have private health insurance so my doctor wrote a letter telling the insurere that I was on it for reasons other than plain contraception - i'd then get a rebate of about 1/2 - which would make the same price as a PBS OCP). Not all women can take the same OCP, and so if you're subsidising 1, you'd nee to subsidise them all, and the pharma companies won't abide that.

 

[ocean]

Queenbee- I like it.
I'm into jewel tones.....for everything
Jewel tones and muted tones. Love them.

 

[Kenickie]

christ why don't you guys go to planned parenthood/participate in studies? i just got done with a year long birth control study to test the strength of the adhesive on the patch. free birth control for a year +, and even better, they paid me for it. they gave me so many extra patches i had a nice 3 month buffer, AND i had a nice set of pap records and shiz when i went down to the planned parenthood a couple of days ago, AND even being not poor enough to qualify for HOPE or whatever, my orthotricyclen lo was 5$ a pack. i don't have to come back in for an exam until a year from now, and after that, if i'm still in a monogamous relationship with my current partner, i can hop down to once every other year for paps and once a year to get my prescription written again. in oregon, if you were under 30, it was free.

its like why even bother with insurance when planned parenthood is so good? i've never had problems obtaining free or totally low cost birthcontrol/femme services, ever. i hope that never changes.

anyway, i want nicki minaj nailpolish:

 

[Fawkes]

its like why even bother with insurance when planned parenthood is so good?

if i felt i received the same level of care from a Planned Parenthood practioner that i do from my preferred provider, i'd be more apt to use Planned Parenthood. true, the organization offers an invaluable service, but after having consistently bad experiences with multiple clinics, i was happy to pay more to see a doctor at a private practice where all my needs were being met. sickening as it may be, i feel heath care is sometimes an industry where you get what you pay for.

 

[-Kitten]

anyway, i want nicki minaj nailpolish:

"super bass" one seems to gorrrrggggggg

 

[joannie_mhm]

its like why even bother with insurance when planned parenthood is so good? i've never had problems obtaining free or totally low cost birthcontrol/femme services, ever. i hope that never changes.

In Australia once your income goes over a certain threshold, if you don't have health insurance you get taxed so much it makes it actually cheaper to have health insurance.

I think the concept behind this is because the point of our Medicare system is that those who can afford to pay for healthcare do so to benefit those who can't afford it.

So either the 'richer' people pay for health insurance and use the private health system, meaning the public system has less patients overall to deal with, so the poorer people get faster/better care in the public system... or the richer people use the public system but pay extra tax thus doing their bit to pay for the care of the poorer people who can't afford it.

Any other Aussies care to let me know if I've got it right? As I said, I'm not sure if that's actually the reasoning, but it's the way I think about it. It's like vaccinations, (ideally) those of us who can vaccinate do so to protect those in the community who can't be vaccinated.

All that to say, I pay for my birth control so that women who can't afford it can go to Planned Parenthood/Family Planning and get it for free.

 

[chrissie]

Speaking of contraception, have any of you used a diaphragm or cervical cap? I do not want to go on hormonal birth control and have been considering pairing another barrier with a condom or coitus interruptus (with a regular partner).

Any thoughts/opinions are much appreciated.

 

[Samadhi]

That's the way i think of it, Jo I think, though, that the issue in Australia is what constitutes "rich" - there is a an economic band of people here who earn just a little too much to benefit from government-funded health care (ie, they can't get Centerlink healthcare cards, etc), however paying for private insurance, and full-price for other health care is a huge struggle.

 

[Breecamb]

Since losing weight, they have gone down I need tips on exercises to perk 'em up!! :D hahaha
I want them perkier but when doing exercises to make them that way, does it increase or decrease size?
I'd be okay with going down to a D cup but I would not be for going back to a G.
I'm pleased with DD atm but just want lift.

Whilst it is very true what PI said that there is no exercise to make them perky, for me I found that swimming and boxing has helped keep mine up. Plus a strong upper body always feels good. And to repeat of the grass is greener comment, despite all the exercise and weight loss I've tried, the boobs just don't get smaller but that runs in my family.

I'm late to the non conventional nail colour bug, love looking at everyone's pics Have just bought my first one, a nice electric blue but I have to apply a couple of coats to get it the nice deep colours.

 

[CHiLD-0F-THE-BEAT]

Hm, I may have to have a chat to the Doctor I see next... I go to a Medical centre, and since my preferred Doctor left I've been shunted between various randoms for my visits.
I'll definitely ask for a 12 month supply next time. Thanks ladies.

And Jo, yep that all sounds right to me too.

 

[Blondie]

I wanted to post some nail porn but...

this is going to make me sound so stupid it won't even be funny...

I've forgotten how to post photos

help?

 

[Samadhi]

You use the [img ] www.yourphotolink.blah/jpg[/ img] tags

(without the spaces)

 

[poopie]

Nicky Manaj collection looks gnarly! I like the turquoise-y teal and the bright tennis ball yellow!

I've owned several crackles for a while, but never used them. Until 2 nights ago:

 

[Samadhi]

That looks awesome, poopie :D Your nails look professionally manicured too! (i can never get my fingers looking that good, only my toes)

 

[Blondie]

You use the [img ] www.yourphotolink.blah/jpg[/ img] tags

(without the spaces)

So the photo has to be on a website? I have a bunch saved on my desktop..

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Has anyone tried ShoeMint yet? I'm absolutely loving the Edith's and deep eggplant wedges! I'm certain I will purchase both once I get to a Steve Madden boutique and try on a pair so I can know what size to order.

(ShoeMint shoes are made by Steve Madden- so my last statement wasn't confusing, lol)

 

[AmorRoark]

^ Yeah, it has to be on a website.

 

[CHiLD-0F-THE-BEAT]

So the photo has to be on a website? I have a bunch saved on my desktop..

Haha, Blondie! You've forgotten everything about posting on a forum, that's so hilarious. Do you remember Photobucket and Image Shack?

Make a new account if you need, then upload your images there and copy the code into the post.

In beauty news, I used my Maybelline 24 hour lip stain last night at Busty's Christmas party in a super bright blood red. It's the kind with a doe foot applicator for the stain itself, and a clear balm on the other side for reapplication throughout wear to keep it all supple, moist and shiny. I was SO impressed.
I ate three courses, drank numerous drinks and never had a single drop of colour transfer onto anyone's cheek, or onto any of the glasses I drank from!
It seriously did not budge, and didn't feather or creep over my face at all. It's renewed my love for a red statement lip, just in time for the festive season!

 

[Samadhi]

Did it come off easily? What was the skin on your lips like afterward?