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I recently came across this video and it really got to me. As someone whos ex used to pin her against a wall if he didn't get what he wanted, I felt I really needed to help spread the word. 

Did you know that one in four women will be effected by domestic violence at some point in their life? Domestic violence is ridiculously common and unfortunately, often hidden. Now is the time to spread awareness!

Recently Benefit ran the amazing amazing Mascarathon which has raised over £7000 for Refuge, and now is the turn of Youtubes Lauren Luke. Her provoking video is less than 2 minutes long but please if you don't do anything else today, please watch this. . If you or anyone you know if suffereing from domestic violence, please SPEAK UP, or at least help them get help. 

You can call REFUGE on 0808 2000 247

Further information can be found on www.refuge.org.uk/lauren

Psssst!!!!You can still donate to Mascarathon via texting BENE02 (and your amount) to 70070 


Thank you for taking the time to read this post!

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I've been looking for some new rings recently and came across Dainty Roses through Twitter. The shop sells everything from jewellery to stationary it's all very reasonably priced and postage is as cheap as £3.00 maximum for worldwide shipping. 

I browsed for a while and came across an offer for 3 random shell rings for £6.50, usually the rings sell for £3.50 each, so it's an offer too good to miss. My parcel arrived 5 days after I ordered, which for Christmas time, was really quite quick! 

The first thing I noticed was the beautiful packaging. The owner Lisa had taken her time to personalise it with tags, cute string and a little badge. She had also hand written a lovely note on the back of her business card

After ordering, I sent Lisa a tweet saying how lovely her jewellery was. She replied asking what I liked in particular and I told her that I had my eye on one of the blue shell rings, I also told her what I had just ordered. She was so lovely, she told me that she would make sure that she put one of the blue ones in my random three. 

These are the rings I received, they are all adjustable and are beautiful. I adore the colours and the way the shell catches the light. I also like the fact that she sent me three which were very different from one another. 

For the price I paid for them, I am so impressed, I will definitely be ordering again and her products would make ideal stocking fillers for this fast approaching Christmas!

I also received a cute little gift with my order, so if you do read this Lisa, thank you so much. 

If you're looking for gifts for someone special, or you just want to treat yourself, head over to the Dainty Roses website and have a browse!

Disclaimer - I purchased these with my own money and my opinion is truthful and honest.