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It's a Close Shave This Christmas With The Braun Cooltec White Edition

Shavers are cutting edge technology aren't they ?! If you hadn't noticed Christmas is beating a path to our door , don't worry there is still time to get a present for the man in your life in the way of a shaver. My husbands shaver recently needed a new head , so he dually send off off for one only to be sent the wrong one and when he eventually found the right  one , he found it was cheaper to get a new  up to date shaver.

Product Description

Braun’s °CoolTec is a revolutionary new dry shaver that has the power to take the heat out of shaving and put shaving irritation on ice. This power, on top of the stylish design and thoughtful engineering you’d expect from Braun, makes °CoolTec quite possibly the most technologically advanced dry shaver in the world, delivering a simply outstanding shaving performance for men with sensitive skin. The secret element in the °CoolTec is Braun’s innovative Thermo-Electric-Cooling technology (TEC). Whilst most shavers allow warmth to build up in the head of the shaver, °CoolTec has an innovative aluminium cooling bar integrated into its head that actively cools down the skin during shaving, minimizing shaving redness, burning and itching sensations, leaving a cool and refreshed trace behind. 

Braun °CoolTec White Shaver Features:

• Braun °CoolTec – World's 1st shaver with active cooling technology – Puts skin irritation on ice 

• Adaptable 3-stage cutting system for an efficient close shave 

• SensoBlade – Specially designed shaving blades for an ultimate smooth shave 

• LED display for battery status, cleaning indication + travel lock indicator 

• Waterproof up to 5m for full washability 

• Dermatologically tested and accredited by the Skin Health Alliance 

• Made in Germany 

• 2 years warranty. 

What do you get in the box ?

• Braun °CoolTec White CTW Shaver 
• Charging stand 
• Protection cap 
• SmartPlug 
• Cleaning brush

How long does it take to charge ?

It is easily charged through the mains supply and has 45 minutes of cordless operation time so this would be perfect for a short break away and it wouldn't matter if you say forgot to take the charger. It can be fully charged in a hour which gives you as previously mentioned 45 minutes of cordless shaving combined with 15 minutes of the cooling function.

The shaver is only for use on your face and neck !

How do you clean your shaver ?

The new Braun °CoolTec shaver features the Braun Automatic Clean & Charge Station, proven to clean more hygienically than tap water. The four-action alcohol-based cleaning system automatically cleans, charges and lubricates the shaver at the touch of a button for lasting cutting efficiency. All °CoolTec havers are also waterproof up to 5m for full washability, not that you are going to go diving with it unless you are James bond of course.

How often do you need to change the shaver head ?

Every 18 month is the recommendation and with Braun's products been designed to last for at least 7 years you will have many happy years of shaving in front of you.

Luckily he was very kindly send one for review and I even persuaded my husband to do a you tube video ( the video is of the shaver which he got for review )

A couple of years ago I brought my son a shaver to be ready for his teenage years but I sold it as he didn't use it , till the other day he suddenly needed one ! So I have to order one for my son this time and this is the model I shall be ordering for me son as well as he has his own bathroom and won't get mixed up with my husbands shaver.

I Want to Ride My Bicycle With A Basket

Ever coveted something ? something you really want I am not talking a chocolate bar or indeed a glass or wine or glass of refreshing water in the summer heat. I am meaning a real need , bordering on a healthy obsession and one that can not be quelled to you have achieved this. My husband says if I achieve this then I am channeling my inner wicked witch of the west , oh don't worry I have already given him the blank look and not washed his pants for 5 days . Not that I hold a grudge or anything by I do like to get my point across , it is a healthy obsession and it is one of a bicycle with a basket.


I need a bicycle with a basket , a whimsically magical need the more I look the more I want and I have just the lanes that I will take the bialy down. I would either call that bicycle Celia or Myfanwy. Long before 'Myfanwfy' was a David Essex song it was a poem by Sir John Betjeman and it is a beautiful , romantic poem awww sighs and I live on the edge of a park and I love Robinson marmalade . Isn't the half light of the day one of the most alluring of the day a light that draws you in and holds you in a warm moment of time.

As  I think that is a name that really suits a bicycle, the car is called Mrs Robinson and the car hates me ( I don't drive ) and it is trying to kill me I am sure of it but more of that in another post.

This is a card my friend Jane made for me as it was my birthday last week isn't superb ! and I love bunting as well I have a real weakness for it. And also I blooming well love tea so much I made 2 cups of tea and there is only me in the house.

Wondering where I would take my bicycle with a basket if I was to get it places like the which is just down the road for me , a fairy step away in a quiet unspoilt unless rolling countryside where the clouds skip along the horizon.

I so want a bicycle with a basket I so wistfully want.

It reminds me of a gentler way of life and idyll that can still ring true today and it would make me so calm of mind to have the wind whistling through my soul.

Wintery Days

Wintery, Wintery day , how you wave your silver ribbon through the sky

Taking stock of ordinary in your flaxon idyll days , I gaze wistfully betwixt the frozen solid ground and sky , I can think of no better flash of feeling on a cold and wintery day.

Reality Of Food Banks Hit Home

I suppose at this time of year you are meant to write something seasonal but as I stare at the keyboard I am wondering what to write. I have been in the house for 2 weeks bar going to IKEA twice and eating my weight in chicken soup I began at one stage to think how much chicken soup before I turn chicken. Friends have cheered me up for which I am extremely grateful and once again as I prepare to brae the world  I know then is another turning at the end of the Ikea path. After all IKEA is a poor person Narnia and they do a stonking deal on meatballs  , you can guess where I spent my birthday.

You hear much of paying it forward , it's not an original concept us human beings have being doing it for years , you are leaving your heart open to kindness and so in return you give it. For 2 weeks nearly 3 I've not seen the children I work with , nor have I seen my work colleagues, the trees , the grass the silvery, raspberry ripple sky. The undertones and overtones of my very world were caught short for me in this time , captured and immortalised only in my pictures and blog posts. 

So next time you are moaning about your mortal moans pick one thing that you can appreciate about the outdoors or anything in fact. There has been much in the press about food banks and quite frankly I though I was so far removed from this situation it was what happened to other people. Sadly no the reality of food banks hid me clean smack on the mouth when I discovered that but mother has been using a food bank , my mother doesn't live near me , one of her benefit s had been stopped and she had to use a food bank on more than one occasion.


I find it shocking in this day and age we are struggling in our own country for food , luckily this Christmas my mother is going to spend Christmas day with the Salvation army so I know she won't be alone. So I might having be bemoaning my lack of going out whilst being ill but least I had soup that I could have , I didn't have to scrimp and save saying up which bill to pay or sacrifice.


So if you can donate food to foodbanks I know people like my mother and others would appreciate it.


Reality has hit home so very hard.