40plusnotgivingupyet

[MemeAnne]

Why does she keep regurgitating the same clothes over and over?!?!

 

[Saps]

Another floral skirt.

I think it looks really old fashioned.

but maybe not if you are 5ft 10 and a size 12/14

 

[Wifo1976]

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I think i get the cutting tongues off thing. I believe they were too sticky uppy and stiff. I have a pair of Adidas like that, with a tongue like a bloody razor, and i have thought about it.

I also have cut the plastic ends off my laces, just so I can tuck the knot right underneath the laces without the plastic bits digging into the top of my foot.

I dont follow Abi and never would. Shes too petite and too perfect. I also am not a fan of the Tall Mum Small Mum challenge because its set up for Helen to always look worse.

I much prefer the challenge Trinny does with her busty friend, basically No Tits Vs Lotsa Tits. I find that quite practical.

I look like Helen in real life and veer between a 12 to a 16 depending on the shop ( and god knows whether I'll be a medium or a large or even an XL) find it rather reassuring when she says "its not you, its the shop".

I agree with the Tall mum thing, Abi gives me smug vibes so I don’t follow her. Always feel a bit sorry for Helen as the clothes they try on are always set up to look great on her small friend. And I find myself using that mantra about it being the clothes not you - it’s true!! It is reassuring - sizes are just numbers

 

[Libbub]

She earns a huge income from getting cookies installed on followers phones for places like amazon. Some of these cookies remain installed for 30 days or more so think of how much commission she must be earning from people using shops to make purchases that have nothing to do with her! It is grossly underhand, manipulative behaviour.

So can you explain something to me please? If you watch 2 people's stories and both have a link to amazon and you click on that link on both do they both get paid? Or does the last click over ride the others? Does that make sense?

 

[DCICassieStuart]

Oh dear. Pretty glad I didn't see that!
Herself and Lynsey Queen of clean seem to be 'new besties' at the moment. Poor old Abi from Stealmystyle40 will be getting sidelined and I actually like her.

 

[Emmadale]

It’s a really weird pose, but I’ve noticed load of them do it. CLTS, Instylehelen, etc. It looks very unnatural and uncomfortable to do, a bit like the crouching mirror pose!! Where has it come from? You never see models in magazines do it!!

That Carole M Beauty has the most bizarre weird poses!

 

[loubylou50]

It must be killing to miss a week of the repetitive swipe ups and aff links, all that missed money!

 

[Jigsaw]

I liked the posts and stories regarding her family and personal stuff but the constant repetitive selling the same thing over and over was too much for me even though I had followed for a few years! She’d be better to have two separate accounts ...one for personal everyday stuff and one for fashion a the trillion daily swipe ups!! If she did this I would definitely follow the personal one. I like her and her family but the selling too much!!!!

 

[Emmadale]

The red trainers

Why did she cut the tongues off?! I’ve seen the fashion lift do this and I think she’s one of them ones who does actually have style but Helen looks like she’s let a toddler do it.

 

[GAC37]

Of course we can all do a last minute trip to Seville can’t we? Ffs

 

[hme1]

what is with the looking to the right - is there a nasty big cobweb there - she looks bloody stupid.

 

[loubylou50]

And what is Helen up to with the shoes that she keeps dropping in now and then?! Looks like a copy of her shoes she always raves about but surely she’s not claiming to be a shoe designer now?!

You’re right, the shoes are a copy of the ones she was always raving about - she wanted a replacement pair and they weren’t available any more I think. So she’s worked with a shoe shop owner (I think ) and together they’re bringing just this one pair out?! Very random and long winded, and I dread to think how much she’ll be charging for them - she keeps going on about the quality leather and import costs etc, I’m sure they’ll have a hefty price tag!

 

[RadiatorRamble]

I’ve had to unfollow. She was driving me to distraction.

 

[Ruby1]

I must say I like Helan too. She seems more natural, love her 2 daughters and her nephew.

 

[abbotty]

She is literally wearing the shoes in every single post now. And they are the least flattering, make her like a right frump.

 

[it’s not been changed?!]

Backofthewardrobe70 is another one that looks like a bag lady, I’ve never understood this woman’s popularity as she’s trying too hard and getting it all wrong! Also I was flabbergasted to see she’s only in her ‘40s !!

Yes! She’s got a very sour face! And to say she’s a headteacher, I’ve noticed her spelling is occasionally questionable!

 

[mysecretself]

Hmm, I have followed them both from the beginning but Helen I had to unfollow a while ago as it was literally ALL a swipe up, there is no actual story left. It’s a shame really Cos she was quite nice before the pound signs took over. It’s a massive earner for her though which is why she does it, she will be taking in thousands a month down to cookies etc. Abi isn’t half as bad but I do think her content isn’t as good as it used to be, it is very much wine, shop, kids repeat. I am still following but not sure for how much longer...

 

[Cerase]

The sandal adverts.... oh the sandal adverts.... anyone succumbed? They're not cheap either!

No way would I succumb, they aren't anything special, that style is found everywhere. And I don't wear leather. However someone I follow that I 'know' from an old forum has bought some which really surprised me. I wouldn't have had her down as a lemming but just can't see why people would fork out that much for something that really isn't anything different at all.

 

[Affiliatedlink]

The chunky cheap knit and sequin with those boots!

 

[loubylou50]

And she’s forever trying to squeeze herself into smaller sizes. That gingham ASOS skirt this morning is a prime example. She’s ‘sized down’ to a size 10, but that’s not how the skirt is supposed to look.

I like some of the stuff she tries on, but that skirt looked like a tablecloth! And she really reckoned she’d get loads of wear out of it?! I’m not so sure!
I just cannot get my head round the sharing of the *exact same* swipe ups day after day. Surely she must get sick of it herself?! Why not share some new things if she has to?!