10 Things you don’t know about me
- I once, in my previous job, boarded by mistake a couple on the wrong plane. It’s a long story, to cut it short: basically I misunderstood an internal email, thought I had to place this couple on this flight from Las Palmas to Milan, and that once arrived in Milan there was going to be a private transfer to Bologna. Told my PA to go and explain the situation to these guests, they accepted ‘cos they knew it could have happened. Unfortunately there was no private transfer from Milan airport to Bologna, and the Company I used to work for….had to pay for a taxi. (more than 200km). No, they were not happy with me .
- I did swimming for a few years when I was a kid, that’s why I have broad shoulders
- I hate the light, sunlight especially, but light in general. Cant stand the sun in my eyes and I can stay home with the blinds closed for days and days and I could not care less.
- I also can’t stand the sun on my skin and use sunscreen 50+ almost all years round.
- I love chips with salt and lemon juice, add in some mayo and that’s what I call heaven. What do you prefer on your chips? Ketchup? Mayo?! Any unusual dressing? Find out what else I love to eat !
- I’m pretty good at re-arranging furniture at home, and trying to give each piece a new purpose. I can picture the final result in my mind and re-arrange everything around according to what I see in my (messy) mind.
- I’m dyslexic and have problems in reading out loud, I also have difficulties in dealing with numbers and explaining others what goes through my mind, like when I have to explain an idea or a project. Have been diagnosed with dyslexia while I was at University in London, had the generous support of the resident psychologist who helped me to kind of minimize some of these difficulties.
- I haven’t been to a hairstylist for the past 10 years. I don’t need to. I take care of my hair by using good conditioners and I use the hairdryer very rarely. I trim my dead/split ends at home, yes I do it myself. If you are a hairdresser please do not hate me
- I feel cold pretty much…always. Winter is a nightmare for me, I dress like an onion with layers of stuff J (nope, not sexy at all). I can actually feel the cold in my bones, and that stops me from hanging out on a Saturday night for instance, because I can not really go out wearing a pretty top and skirt. Stiletto/high heels? Forget about them, my feet could literally freeze!
- I love MAC Cosmetics, I’m obsessed with MAC. I used to have a MAC Discount card (since I worked as a photographer and they allow photographers to have the discount card) so I stock up on eyeshadows, blushes and brushes. I can live off this stuff for the rest of my life! I also collect empties that can be exchanged for one of their lipsticks. Did you know about BACK TO BACK?! Programme is called BACK 2 MAC, and it pretty easy to follow: you collect 6 primary packaging containers and in exchange you get one of their lipstick, the one you like the most. (VIVA GLAM Collection does not apply). Yes, it’s for real. You can pretty much bring back any empty MAC packaging. I have about 18 lipsticks now and I guess I actually paid for just 2 max 3 of them, all the others I got them for free with this program, FUN FACT: I killed two birds with one stones once ‘cos I packed 24 empties in my suitcase when travelling to Miami, Florida, walked into the MAC Store in Miami and came out with 4 fab lipsticks, all for free. This is actually for US Residents ONLY, but I was cheeky enough to convince the make up artist to let me do it anyway 😉 Find out what other make up I love !
Hope you enjoyed this list, and I’d love to get to know at least 2 “unsual” things about you, please write them in the comment section below.
XOX, Ellie
