Claire Holley - Claire Holley

Advantages: The songs are clear, pure, well written and performed
Disadvantages: None to speak of

...Never a week seems to go by at my home without a CD from someone I've never heard of but taken a chance on dropping onto my doormat. A couple of weeks ago, it was the turn of Claire Holley and her second album "Dandelion". Again, the purchase hinged upon a recommendation from buying something else and I was once again pleasantly surprised. Whilst labelled as 'country rock', the album covers more territory than that - if I was pushed, it would apply to the first track only. Claire Holley is nowhere near being a household name - which for me scores points towards actually liking what I'm going to hear. Whilst there are literally hundreds, probably thousands of female singer-songwriters coming up with similar material in the US, the fact that she's not been swallowed by the mincing machine that seems to eat up 'the next great thing' has... Read review

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Advantages: Quick, cheap and clean service
Disadvantages: General public can watch

...I happen to work in Claire's accessories and i'll have you know that our ear piercing service is not unhygenic or dangerous. All staff are fully trained to pierce ears. Whichever Claire's it was that you went to and witnessed the piercer not wearing gloves or washing her hands, you should have reported her and she would have lost her job. It is compulsary to wash your hands, put on gloves and then use the alcohol based handwash once you have put on your gloves. The table used to for piercing is wiped down before and after every piercing using antibacterial spray. Also the piercing gun is cleaned before and after every piercing using antiseptic wipes ( whilst wearing the gloves ) making them completely sterile. The earings are individually packaged, meaning no bacteria can enter the packaging and the earing comes pre-packed in... Read review

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Advantages: A great magazine with good content.
Disadvantages: At the dearer end of the market.

...-MARIE CLAIRE- "Marie claire presents new, innovative and inspirational ideas, combining style with commonsense. A magazine of contrasts, it beckons its readers with pages of the finest fashion, beauty and food. It's a winning formula of serious journalism and a healthy dose of glamour". Marie Claire is a thick glossy monthly magazine from IPC Media and it is Jam packed full of interesting articles that are topical and highly interesting. It celebrates its 15th year of production and it is aimed at the prime 25-39 age market. Marie Claire is a high quality, better than average, woman's fashion and beauty magazine and Its readership is over 15 million each month worldwide. - I have been buying Marie Claire on and off for quite a few years now. They always have such great gifts offered with this magazine and the month... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average very helpful