Favourites & Fails September 2023 : Beauty, Books, TV, Food

Hi everyone, it's Karen from the Jodie Grandmore

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Today I've got a favourites and fails video for you. So I've got about 10 things that are were my favourites in September and I've got two fails

that were fails in September. So I'll just go through them and show you what they are

So the first couple are both TV series, and these were definitely my favourites in September

And the first one was a drama series called The Sixth Commandment, and it is on BBC, I Player

And there's four episodes, and it stars Timothy Spall from Affie to Seine and Anne Reid from Dinner Ladies

and this was based on a true life story about Timothy Spall's character who was a lecturer

and he meets this young student. He's about 21, something like that, the student

And the student says he fell in love with Timothy Spall's character

Timothy Spall has been a single his whole life, Turns out he was actually gay

And the student, I can't remember the name of the guy, says he's fell in love with them and he goes to live with them

And it all ends rather badly with the death of Timothy Spall's character

And then the student moves on to this other elderly lady, played by Anne Reid

pretends he's fell in love with her. And kind of the same thing happens

And you can see a pattern foreman. And it's a really intense drama

And it's quite shocking. I mean, it's, it's, I don't think it's right to say it was enjoyable

but it was, it was, I enjoyed watching it. Um, he was a nasty piece of work, this, this young student guy

Really nasty piece of work to, to take these two elderly people in the way he did

Um, just, just horrible. But I do highly recommend. You watch it, the, you know, the quick paste, they're easy to watch

And it's a story that people should know about. Definitely a one to watch

The second series that I've enjoyed is also on BBC Eye Player

and this was called The Woman in the Wall. And this is based in Ireland

Now, I can't remember the name of the main character in it

the main woman. I can't even remember the character's name. God, my memory is terrible

But the main character is the actor who played, or actress who played the main one in the affair

And she was also in Luther. I really can't remember our name

But anyway, it is about her in a group of women. They're probably in the 40s, 50s, 60s now

And they had been taken to a context. when there were young girls, they were unmarried pregnant women

And they all had babies when they were in this convent. And the babies were taken away from them

And they never found out what happened to them. In the series, it's a six-part series

And it's all about this detective who is called in to find out who killed this priest

that was found dead at the bottom of East Stairs. and the thing all unravels, and it's all to do with these babies that went missing from the convent

I think it was in the 80s. It must have been in the 60s, 70s and 80s because some of the women were a lot older

And it's just a, again, probably enjoyable is not the right word, but it was a really gripping series

I don't think the actual story that the told is based on a true story

but I know the background of the young unmarried woman being taken to young pregnant unmarried women being taken to convents

That was definitely true and did happen back in Ireland. I remember watching something called the Magdalene Laundries

It was a film back in the 80s and that was about a very similar thing

Very gripping story, horrifying to think this happened. But yeah, we binge watched that series very good

to highly recommend that, the woman in the wall on BBC Eye Player, and I'm really sorry, I

can't remember any of the names. The next couple of things I wanted to talk about are foody

items, and the first one is from Aldi, and it is sauce shop, Carolina mustard barbecue sauce

This is absolutely gorgeous You can use it to if you eat meat you can use it to put on meat one It cooking I suppose you could put it on plant based products as well And you can also use it as a condiment so I used it like you would put on tomato sauce

or brown sauce or something like that. It is really, really nice

It has got a bit of a spice to it. It's not too hot because I don't like really hot stuff

but this is just, it's got a lovely taste. We bought a bottle, and then we liked it

So I went back and bought another two bottles. before they run out because they do run out quick ogy

And this can be used within 12 weeks of opening, which I thought was really good

because a lot of sources you've got to use within six weeks. So 12 weeks I thought was really good and it is vegan

So I highly recommend you go and buy some of that if you think that you might like it

The next foodie item isn't a specific product I've bought, but it's something we have ate quite a lot over the last few weeks

and that is cassidias. Now, I was just introduced to Casillas not that long ago, a couple of months ago probably

because I was looking for a low carb things. And we were using low carb wraps to put cheese and mushrooms and spring onions and spinach in

and then you fold them over. And we have it with smashed avocado, like an avocado salsa kind of thing

But you could put anything in them, really. Warren's put pepperoni in his, he's put peppers in them

So you can basically put anything in them. Highly recommend Casillas if you haven't tried them

I leave the link below to the video I watched on how to make them

I mean, they are simple, but I needed to watch a video on how to make them

So if you want to go and have a look, you can click the link in the description box below. So the next two things are a couple of books and I read these on holiday

I did read them quite quickly. Paperbacks, real page turners. and the first one is called wrong place, wrong time by Jillian McAllister

And this one, this one starts where there's a man and woman in a house, they're married

and they're waiting for their 18-year-old son to come home, and he's got a curfew of 1 o'clock in the morning

And this day happens to be the days that the clocks go back

So she's watching out the window for him coming in, and she sees him coming down the street

and then she sees she sees him stab somebody and she runs outside

and the man's, you know, blood's everywhere and the man dies and her arms and our son is taken

to the police station where they're then sent home and the mom and dad are sent home

and she wakes up in the morning and something's different. It feels different

and it's actually gone back to the people. previous day. She's gone back in time to the previous day and none of this has happened yet

I found it a really clever story the way they put this together. So every day when she wakes up

she's going back in time and the time jumps are maybe a day in the past. Sometimes she'll go

two weeks in the past. Sometimes she'll go five months in the past. And she keeps finding little

bits out every time on why this happened. And it was a very satisfying ending. I found it really clever

I thought the characters were good. I thought the storyline was good. And I definitely recommend it

So wrong place, wrong time by Julian McAllister. And I would definitely read more of her books

The next book was also a paperback. And this is called The Woman Who Lies

and it's by Claire Douglas. I have a feeling I've read one of Claire Douglas's books before

I think she wrote a book called The Couplet Number Nine, which I found quite good

And this one was also good. And this is about a woman who is, she's on our second marriage

She's got two children, one, two of our first husband, one to our second husband

And she's an author of a detective series of books. and she's on the bus one day

and the bus stops and it's held up because there's been an incident

further down the road it's somebody found a bag or something and they didn't know whether it was a bomb

and it turns out that it was that incident is in one of the plots

of her books and she thinks that's a bit odd but you know she doesn't think anything of it

And then there's a few more things happen where they're also from her books

And somebody's obviously targeting that. And then she's in the middle of writing a last book

And something happens that is in that book. And she knows there's only a handful of people have read a new book because it's not out yet

And so she knows that the person who's doing this is somebody who knows her

and it goes from there. She suspects everybody And again I found it a really good story real page Turner enjoyed the characters thought they were all really well written good storyline I don think I was as satisfied with

this ending as I was with wrong place wrong time but it was a good ending so highly recommend

that as well to the woman who lied by Claire Douglas the next thing is something I bought that

is a thing and this is shower curtain weight and I'm going to put a picture here because they're

obviously on my shower curtain. Now we have a shower over our bath and I don't have a shower door

I've got a shower curtain on the bath and I have had shower curtains in the past that have

weights on the bottom so it holds it down. It's not flapping everywhere but we haven't had that for

quite a while and our shower curtain was getting right on our nerves. So you'd be in the shower and

the, you know, the shower curtains flap it up and you're trying to get washed and it was just a pain

So I found these shower curtain weights on Amazon and I can't believe I've lived without them really

And it is the two halves. It looks like a globe and the cum part and you put one on each side of the

of the shower curtain. It's three in a pack and I found that was enough for our shower curtain and I just

you know, spaced them out along the bottom. And it just hoped. the shower curtain down. Simple, I know, and probably I'm a bit late to the party with this

but highly recommend those if you're looking for something to wear your shower curtain down

Shower curtain weights, brilliant invention. The next few things are beauty products

and the first one I wanted to mention, which is a real favourite, is the Lucura

pineapple, microderm abrasion, scrub, facial scrub. I think it's a facial scrub. Actually, it does

and say a facial scrub, but I've used it on my face. I wonder if this is a body scrub

I've used this on my face. I haven't used it on my body. That's interesting

If anybody, if anybody's used this, tell us if it's via face or for your body

because I've used it on my face. Anyway, it says, massage on a wet skin and circular motions

rinse thoroughly used two, three times a week. It's got a big of face scrub, but this is really, really good

It comes in a 100 mil tube. It doesn't have a very strong smell, but it is a creamy scrub

and it is a fine scrub, but you can definitely feel it exfoliating your skin

I used it this morning and my skin just feels really, really good

I had a glow before I put my makeup on. My skin felt so soft

So yeah, I highly recommend that, but check if it's for your skin for your body or for your face

I'm wondering now, it's got to be for your face. I'm sure that's for your face

but I highly recommend it anyway. That was really good. The other thing that I bought from Aldi

that I've really been enjoying is the Lecule. lip kits. I got two. I think this is a dupe of the Kylie Minogue ones. I got the

just peachy one and I got the nearly nude one. They didn't look much difference in the colours

on the box and it is in each box there is a matte liquid lipstick and a lip liner which I

thought that was a really good idea. I'm sure these were only four 99 each. So it comes with

the lip liner, which is a, like a crayon lip liner, and it's a nice creamy consistency. It glides on

And the actual liquid lip stick, lipstick, whatever, is a door foot applicator. It is matte

which I would have preferred if it was a gloss, because I'm not that keen on matte lipstick

I have got it on today. It does stay on a while. I have to say, I've had cups of coffee with it on and it stayed on

But yeah, I really like that. I got, like I say, I got both of them and I've enjoyed both of those colours

Really highly recommend those if they've still got them in stock. And of course, I can't mention favourites without mention this Lucura eye shadow palette

Absolutely, I can't say how much I love this palette. actually I think this is the darker one I've picked up by Mystique

Yeah, it is. It looks like that, but the lighter colours. I haven't used this one as much

I put a picture in of the other one, but I'm wearing it today, and it has been my go-to eyeshadow palette

since I bought it about two months ago now. Absolutely love it

It was the only palette I took on holiday with us, and I just really, really love the colours

So, yeah, the look. Queura quad eye shadow palette Like I say I gonna put it in here the actual one I got because this is the darker one but really loved that I did have one of the beauty product that I bought this

month that I've been enjoying and this is the up circle shampoo cream and it is coconut and grapefruit

oil in it it smells absolutely gorgeous that is just so it's so fresh and it smells

like a spa. It's creamy and you only need, you only need about that much for my length of hair

for shampoo. So that would last year months. It costs 20 pound for the tub, but it lasts forever

Well, not forever, but you know what I mean? It lasts a long time. You only need a small amount

Rub it on your hair and it really lathers up. Lots and lots of lather, leather

whichever way you want to pronounce it. But I do highly recommend that

It leaves your hair squeaky clean. I don't know if they've got a condition that

I need to have a look because I think this is quite a new thing from Upsircle

I have had Upsircle products before and I do really like them

So I'll leave the link to this one below. Definitely recommend that

So the two fails I've had in the last month. One was, I can't find the actual product

I found the box. And it is the Lucura collagen lip oils in a little tube

I don't know where I've put it. If I find it, I'll put a picture in. And it says collagen, share butter and vitamin A

And you kind of roll it onto your lips as like a lip balm kind of thing

I found this really sticky. I quite like the smell of it

It smells like, well, it's got share butter in, so it did smell like chocolate. It goes on nicely

but it doesn't really dry very well so it's still quite sticky on your lip

so I felt like I was constantly wanting to rub it off

so I don't recommend that if anybody else has tried that let us know what you think

I just couldn't get away with it which is a shame because I did like the smell the other thing that was

the other thing that was a fail this month was a book and I read this in an audio book

I read it on Audible, so I actually listened to it. And it's called Possession by Peter James

Now, I have read two books by Peter James before. I think it was called The House on Cold Hill and the sequel to that

And I really enjoyed them. And this one, Possession, sounded like it was on the same lines

It was about a, it starts where a man of, I think he's about 20, something like that

21. He's at university and he's gone abroad with his. friends on a holiday I'm assuming and they're driving home. You know there's something a bit

funny about him because he's left a girl and he comes out of our room and she's covered in

bruises apparently and he gets into his car with these three friends and there's a car crash

and they're all, I think three of them are killed and one of them lives. And then it flashes to

the mother and have the funeral and everything and she starts to

see strange things. There's, there's odd things going on in a house and there's mediums

coming to see her and they say our son is, you know, wanting to come back. And it goes on like that

And I enjoyed the beginning and I thought it was really going to, you know, get to the, the, the

the nub of what the sun had been up to and, you know, what had happened. And it really, it didn't

really. It was, it dragged on. I think they could have done the book and half the time

The ending was really not satisfying. And I just, I found it confusing. I don't know whether that's

because I had, I listened to it rather than read it. But I did find it confusing places

I felt like I wanted to go back. But that's difficult to do with an audio book, whereas if you've got a

book. You can just turn the pages back. But I did feel like I wanted to go back a couple of times

because I wasn't quite sure where we were at. So yeah, unfortunately, I don't recommend possession

by Peter James, which is a shame. If anybody knows of any other kind of spooky kind of supernatural

kind of books, let us know in the comments below because I really do like that kind of book in October

It would be a great month to read them. So those are all my favourites and fails today. I hope you found

interesting. I do have some videos coming up of my holiday in Dubrovnik. I've got like a room

tour and a tour of the resort that was stayed in and a tour of Dubrovnik, old town with the city

walls that you can walk, a tukua, a tour of Loughram Island, really enjoyed Dubrovnik, absolutely

beautiful place. So those videos will be coming up very soon. like I say, I hope you enjoyed that video. That's all I've got for you to do. So bye for now