In a nutshell, Google Webmaster Tools provides you with detailed reports about your webpages’ visibility on Google. It shows you what keyword searches on Google are that lead to your website. It shows your how Google indexes your website, along with any discovered errors during indexing.

I found it to be a great tool for my blog. I discovered it last year when I was searching for tools to let me know who links to my blog. Sure, WordPress offers trackbacks and pingbacks from websites linking to specific blog posts, but I wanted to know who linked to my homepage and other internal links too.

When I tried the Webmaster Tools out … woah. Suddenly I found blogs from unknown countries linking to mine. I discovered a lot of link love and what my keyword searches were. I also found other websites “lifting” my images and content. There was a lot of information to swallow.

Yet, it was important information for me to know. I believe it’s important for you too. If you haven’t had the opportunity to check out your Google Webmaster Tools, I highly recommend you give it a go.

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I heard about the spirulina ‘super food’ many years ago. Along with other forms of super foods, it became a big health phenomenon in Japan. A colleague told me all about it and how well it worked for him in terms of keeping him energetic, especially in the lethargic afternoons. Back then, I thought it was hokum and did not buy any of the supplements to try.

Next my mum got on the spirulina bandwagon, claiming that it too help keep her energy levels up. Then my husband got hooked on it too. Seriously, am I the only person in the family who’s not tried spirulina?!

So when Ella Baché contacted me with news of their new SpiruLines skincare range, my hokum radar went on full alert. Spirulina on the skin? How would that work? Yet I was highly intrigued and decided to give the Creme-Green Lift (which is the Intensive Wrinkle Smoothing Cream) a try. I’ve been using this daily for the past month, and let’s just say, I’m pretty game on giving spirulina a go now.

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Let’s just say, I’ve been coveting the Makeup Box organisers for the longest time. Ever since I saw pictures of their makeup boxes on other blogs, the green-eyed monster leapt right out and poked at me “how come you didn’t get one?” You know how he’s like. Hmph.

I was all ready to buy one until I saw the prices, which were a little out of reach for me, especially for small storage solutions. Plus I didn’t know what the quality was like, and if it was worth paying so much for them. In the end, I resorted to IKEA. It was all right, but the Makeup Box organisers never left my mind.

So when I found out that I would be given a Makeup Box organiser at the Beauty Bloggers Utopia, I was beside myself with excitement. Finally! After almost 2 years of coveting, I was finally getting one!

Oh and what a beautiful box it is.

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