Carl Baker, Author at Ablokeyesview Blog

8Apr

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Grooming, Lifestyle

SuperFish Hairstyling For Men

Hi all - I hope you all have had a great Easter weekend. For me it's been a bit of a lazy one, but it was great to spend time with my son and wife as they had been away on a 4 day break which I couldn't get time off work for. But it gave my time to play with a few new products whilst they were away so it was not all that bad. I think becoming a blogger has totally changed me as a person. I've never been too caught up on personal appearance, don't get me wrong I don't mean I go out looking like a tramp or anything, I just mean if I go out and haven't done my hair or my clothes don't go together then I didn't mind at all. Since I have started blogging I don't feel pressured to look good when I go places, I want to. But I still wear clothes which don't go - I just do my ...

3Apr

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Lifestyle

looking after my skin with Nip + Man

Being a 32 year old man I'm fairly happy with how I look. I often get asked by people I don't know how old I am and that I look like I'm in my mid 20's. Well that was before I started growing a beard. To be honest I've not really taken care of my skin over the years. If you are one of my regular readers you will know this from one of my recent posts But If you haven't read my other posts them this bit is for you. I've just had a few bad experiences with a few face washes and moisturisers, so I normally resort back to just using hot water to wash with. But in the last year or so I've noticed quite a few lines under my eyes and also that the skin underneath my eyes has started to get really baggy - mainly when I am really tired especially in a morning. ...

1Apr

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Comfort and style in one!

This was a post for April fools day Hi all I hope your enjoying the Easter holidays. If you have read my earlier posts you will know I've always been on the lookout for smart clothes which are comfy at the same time. I need to get out of the trap I am in at the moment where I spend all weekend wearing joggers. Don't get me wrong there's nothing wrong with wearing your comfy clothes around the house but going out in them a lot especially at the ripe old age of 32 is a big no! So I've made it my plan to smarten up my image but still keeping with my comfy lifestyle. So occasionally when I get a spare minute I browse the Internet for items of clothing which are smart but also comfy. I've found loads of tops, jackets, Tshirts an...

25Mar

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Fashion, Lifestyle

Feeling Good In Blackspade Undies

Hi hope you're all having a great week If you have read my other posts or follow me on social media you will know I'm still fairly new to the blogging world. And when I started I didn't really know how it would go and if I would enjoy it. But so far I'm having a great time I've met loads of new people and come across brands I didn't know existed and worked with a few cool ones as well. But I always said to my self I wouldn't write a post about something that didn't suit me or my blog. And I would say no to companies if they asked me to review a product that wasn't right for me. Don't get me wrong if it was something I've never used before but I thought I could give it a go or fancied a challenge I would say yes. When I was asked to review...

20Mar

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An Indian Treat from Rola Wala

It was Thursday the 12th of March and it was just another boring day at work for me I was cold, tired, and I just wanted to go home. I had finished a job and was just going to start filling my paperwork out when my phone beeped. It was an email notification and across the front of my phone screen it said "How do you eat you Indian" I thought to my self, great another survey! But as you do I opened it and had a read. And to my suprise it wasn't a survey. I was so happy to read the words - Have you every tried an Indian wrap? Well my answer is no but by the sound of it I bet it would be amazing. I love spicy food I think being born and bred in Bradford once named The Curry Capital of England, may have something to do with it. You already know I wo...

16Mar

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Grooming, Lifestyle

Every man requires a wing-man

I've been blogging about two months now and one of the main things I've noticed is that a lot of other bloggers have amazing skin. To be honest I have probably neglected my skin over the years. I mean I don't think I have got bad skin but possibly, it could be better. Let me take you back to when I was a teenager - when your skin goes through all sorts of changes. I never was a really spotty kid. I was the kid who had the one big spot every now and then - which to me was worse. I mean if you had a load of spots all of the time it never got mentioned but if you had that one big spot every so often it stood out like a male blogger at an event! :) I don't remember what face wash I used back then. It may have been just soap and water but it was a very long time ago. After my tee...

13Mar

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Fashion

FUN WITH DYLON DYES

If you already follow my blog you will already know that I love doing fun things - especially if it means spending time with my son. At the moment fitting things in is really hard though - I work 10 to 12 hours a day, and then take my son rugby training twice a week, plus he has swimming lessons on a Saturday, and then rugby games on a Sunday. Yep - I know what you are thinking, when do I have time to even breath never mind time to blog! Well my answer is that my "blogging time" is very limited but I think I've put out enough posts to keep my followers interested. (or at least i hope I am doing...) Before I even think about blogging, my son comes first whether that be watching wrestling together, of even wrestling each other, playing the XBox, watching TV, or even just ch...

9Mar

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Lifestyle

Lottie Shaw’s Baked Treats

I don't know if you guys know but my last name is Baker! You would think with a name like that I would good at baking - but I'm not - in fact I'm very far from it I did take Food Technology GCSE at school and did really well - but I didn't take it because of my huge love of food, it was a clever plan...which I have to say totally back fired. I thought to my self, "what class are most girls going to be taking" and came up with Food Technology. Clever? Not really - most of my my mates had the same idea as well... I think there ended up being more boys than girls in there in the end. Anyway, enough talking about me and my silly ideas - let me introduce you to a company who really do know how to bake. Lottie Shaw's Lottie Sha...

4Mar

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Fashion

I sunk your battle ship

I suppose you're wondering what this post is all about What springs to minds when the words - "I sunk your battleship" are said ? To me it's the game I used to play with my Grandad years ago. We both had a bit of paper marked out with a grid - A to J - down one side and numbers 1 to 10 across the bottom Well that's how we used to play it We used to put a large book between us so we could not see each others grid We both drew 4 or 5 ships on the grid all different sizes, with the biggest being our battleship Then each player took it in turns to say which square then wanted to shoot at, for example F.2, to see if they had hit oneoif the ships and if you hit one you got another turn until you missed&nb...

1Mar

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Lifestyle

Treat for the mother from bakerdays

Cakes Who loves cakes? I know I do. So when I was approached to review a cake I didn't have to think twice about my answer. I was really looking forward to it. I've only been blogging around 7 weeks now and this would be my first food post. Let me introduce you the the company BAKER DAYS Baker Days is situated on the edge of Sherwood Forest and can safely deliver cakes to anywhere in the UK and even the day after you order They have cakes for all different occasions from Birthdays, to "Keep calm and carry on cakes". The list is endless they even have I'm sorry cake which us blokes should be receiving every week Haha. Only joking - I should of sent a few to my wife in the past For the full list check ou...