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Beauty treatments can be very expensive, so it is understandable that people often try to replicate them at home on the cheap rather than going into a salon. But a woman has urged others not to try sugar waxing unless you have experience with the technique after her DIY wax went terribly wrong. Taking to TikTok to try and save others from what she went through, the woman, who posts under the username @leo.itx told how she had been left "traumatised" after trying to wax at home. In her video, the 22-year-old shared her shocked expression before revealing what had happened to her legs. She then flipped the camera around to show herself covered in cuts and bruises. Get the news you want straight to your inbox. Sign up for a Mirror newsletter here Following the mistake, she used the hashtags on her video to implore others: "Don't do it." She also said viewers should take her video as a "sign to not sugar wax at home if you don't know what you … [Read more...] about Woman left ‘traumatised’ and covered in bruises after home leg wax goes very wrong

Retiring Judge Joanna Maze, is looking forward to losing her anonymity in the South Canterbury community she loves but has remained at arm’s length from for the past 11 years. Maze, Timaru's resident District Court judge since September 2011, finished her final court sitting on Friday with "a courtesy farewell between bench and bar" and told The Timaru Herald she made the decision to retire "when I knew that I was beginning to run out of energy ... and a sense that I wanted to have some time left still to do things for myself". "It's a job where you have to maintain a degree of separateness in your life, and that does suit my personality, and this has been a wonderful community to be part of, but I'm ready to be more part of it and that isn't entirely consistent with being a judge in a small community,’’ she said. "South Canterbury really is a delightful community. The people have good values, it is a caring community, it is an ideal size. It's more like a big village really. … [Read more...] about South Canterbury community calling retiring District Court Judge Joanna Maze

Strictly: Fred Sirieix reveals he 'vomited everywhere' after training Sign up for FREE for the latest news from the world of showbiz SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Strictly Come Dancing star Fred Sirieix has admitted that he'd have no hesitation in returning to the dance floor, in spite of confessing that his past training sessions were so intense that he was forced to vomit. The 50-year-old TV star might have been floored by the physical exertion, but he told us that braving the moves for the show was an achievement for both "body and soul". Related articles Amanda Holden, 51, accidentally flashes knickers in summer dress Strictly's Shirley Ballas issues plea as she endures 'difficult day' … [Read more...] about Fred Sirieix breaks silence on Strictly 2022 stint rumours after Christmas Special success

Steph McGovern in the press room at the Virgin TV British Academy Television Awards 2018 (Image: Ian West/PA Archive/PA Images) Sign up for FREE for the latest news from the world of showbiz SUBSCRIBE Invalid email We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. This may include adverts from us and 3rd parties based on our understanding. You can unsubscribe at any time. More info Chatty and friendly are the order of the day, something that pervades her successful daily Packed Lunch on Channel 4. And yet, the world might never have got to know her. "I come from Middlesbrough and I went to a college that was very much focused on the needs of the local area which is rooted in heavy industry," she explains. "We spent a lot of time getting input from companies like British Steel and ICI. I was pretty good at science so I saw my future in engineering." Related articles BBC's Naga Munchetty … [Read more...] about What Donald Trump said that made TV talkshow host Steph McGovern laugh

Something happened last week that made me rather sad. The 600-year-old Bretton Oak, near Peterborough, one of the last survivors of Grimeshaw Woods, an ancient forest that once covered much of that part of the world, was felled after final desperate attempts to save it failed. This ancient tree, which had stood since the reign of Henry VI, was ripped apart by men with hi-vis jackets and chainsaws in a matter of minutes, to the horror of many locals. Its crime? The roots were allegedly causing ‘structural damage’ to nearby housing. Although, as one resident pointed out, that case was debatable. No matter. Insurance companies were refusing to underwrite the affected properties, and so the man from the council decreed that the oak had to go. Six centuries of history, a living organism that had outlasted kings, queens, plagues, war and famine, felled by petty bureaucracy. The Bretton Oak had stood since the reign of Henry VI Oh, it’s just an old tree, I hear you say. And … [Read more...] about SARAH VINE: Why felling old trees is an arrogant assault on history