Category Archives: Beauty

Transforming Faces and Opinions

23 Tuesday Jun 2015

Posted by in Beauty

≈ 2 Comments

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

I now know the strangest thing I have experienced as a blogger.  It was watching a woman receive botox. You can share the experience too because I filmed it. I also filmed someone receiving lip filler and someone else getting a chemical peel.

I was invited along to Transform Glasgow’s Blogger Information evening to watch and ask questions about their popular non-surgical treatments. It was an eye-opener, literally in the case of the botox.

After I arrived at the hidden in plain sight clinic, which manages to be slap bang in the middle of Glasgow’s city centre without anyone noticing it, I met Sophie from Label PR who welcomed me, and showed me to the clinic’s large and comfortable waiting area where I met two lovely bloggers named Robyn and Ashley.

We chatted about the treatments we were going to watch and took pictures of the on topic cupcakes at the buffet.

20150611_183556

A chat and some cocktail sausages later and we were in one of the clinics’ treatment rooms watching a chemical peel being applied. It didn’t take very long and I now believe all those throw away lines about lunch-hour treatments.

This was the result, you can watch the full (and I mean full because I tried the YouTube video editor and we didn’t get on) video below.

20150611_190521_5

After the chemical peel we watched someone receive botox injections on their forehead and around their eyes which was weirdly fascinating. The woman getting it done said it wasn’t very painful but I’ll warn you before you watch the video that there is some blood and whenever she gets injected it puffs up like a bee sting. Each of the videos contain lots of information about the treatments and their aftercare, lasting effects, prices and so on. I would say they are worth a watch if you are thinking of getting any of the treatments.

Then it was time for the last treatment of the evening, the lip filler.  This treatment was the one that I was most eager to see the results of because Kylie Jenner is the only example of lip filler ending up ‘attractive’ that I knew of and the only other times I have seen lip fillers in the media it was usually centred on how horribly wrong they went. But this is where Transform transformed my opinion, not only did the result not look awful, it also didn’t look ‘obviously’ done which is something I imagine that people who want lip fillers would be aiming for.

20150611_194239

How weird is that to watch?

So that’s what I saw. What I heard were quite a few bloggers expressing that their opinions about non-surgical treatments on the whole were more positive after the event. My personal opinion? I don’t even know it. While I wouldn’t advocate non-surgical treatments I wouldn’t argue against them either.  I view lip-fillers and botox as being on the extreme side of beauty treatments but  I wouldn’t bat an eye at getting laser hair removal (I am actually going to get that) or teeth whitening and I recognise myself that those opinions are quite contradictory. I think it ultimately comes down to the individual, if you think that plumper lips or less wrinkles or whatever will make you happier and you want to go for it then go for it, I don’t see a difference between getting botox and dying your hair, they both change your natural appearance and following that chain of thought how is make up any different? And if you don’t wear make up or alter your appearance in any way, you know what? I really admire you, because I am one mixed up contradiction of a beauty blogger.

Thanks for reading!

Oh and a BIG thank you to Transform Glasgow and Label PR for inviting me to the event and thank you very much for the great goody-bag. 

20150611_220056Thanks also to goodie bag sponsors Neostrateskin, Hotel Chocolat, Gold Collagen, Beautybay.com, Epionce and Crabtree and Evelyn.

Trying OSMO

13 Thursday Nov 2014

Posted by in Bargain, Beauty, Christmas, gift ideas, gifts, Hair, review, Reviews, Shopping, under £15

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

I was recently sent one of OSMO’s 2014 gift packs and I would like to thank Laura at AJPR for sending this on to me to review.

I was able to chose which range I would like to try a product from and I chose to receive something from the shine range as currently I have a few hair products which claim to enhance or add shine that I have been using so I would be able to measure up how OSMO compares performance-wise.

Laura sent me the OSMO Shine gift pack:

20141103_163638

When I opened my parcel to reveal this decent sized, heavy and glitzy box it did feel a bit like a present. I thought yeah,ok, hair care products maybe aren’t on the top of every girls wishlist, they’re not on top of mine, but I would be happy to receive this as a gift – I wouldn’t unwrap it and be disappointed, I’d be quite satisfied and curious to try the products out.

The contents of the Shine gift set are shown on the box as:

Blinding Shine Shampoo 350ml

Blinding Shine Conditioner 350ml

Blinding Shine Illuminating Finisher 125ml

So I was surprised when I opened the box to find the 3 above mentioned products plus a 4th product:

20141103_163910I felt what can only be described as ‘well chuffed’ at finding this bonus product, I love surprises! Now it has only this instant occurred to me that maybe this bonus surprise product isn’t in every box and it may in fact be a perk of being a blogger sent the box to review but, as the surprise was actually in the box, I think it is a genuine surprise product and and I give that a big thumbs up. ( The reason I subscribe to glossy box is because it’s basically a grown up lucky bag – surprises are always going to score high with me) EDIT: I have checked, my surprise was indeed a genuine surprise and not a blogger perk, which makes me wonder what surprises the other OSMO gift packs have.

The surprise product is called Wonder 10 and you spray it evenly over damp hair, leave-in and style as normal to :

  1. Repair dry and damaged hair
  2. Nourish and protect for radiant shine
  3. Provide thermal protection from styling tools
  4. Deliver soft, silky & more manageable results
  5. Colour Protect
  6. Create body and movement
  7. Detangle (incredibly apparently)
  8. Prevent static
  9. Condition (both natural and synthetic hair – so the bonus is a double bonus if you wear extensions)
  10. Smooth split ends and control frizz

Now Wonder 10 is the one product I haven’t used yet as this week has been more about dry shampoo and less about soft,silky manageable hair-  because I have been rushed off my feet – but I’m trying it out after washing my hair tonight and will update this post tomorrow. Due to how well my other OSMO products have performed I have high hopes for this little wonder bottle. I can tell you right now that it smells amazing – i have no idea what it actually smells of but whatever it is I would genuinely wear as perfume.

(EDIT: I have now tried Wonder 10 and I agree that it conditions, controls frizz and static, and detangles very well. My hair does also feel silky. Body and movement is a hard thing for me to measure as I have thick hair so it’s always full of ‘body’. Likewise  colour protect, nourishment, thermal protection, repairing dryness and damage I can’t really comment on – my hair is my natural colour so no protection is needed (what is colour protection anyway? preventing fade?) The easiest thing for me to say is that my hair feels and looks good so as far as I’m concerned Wonder 10 is delivering results.)

I did find time somehow to try the shampoo and conditioner, maybe because I put them straight on my bathroom shelf when I got them – I was happy because they are not run-of-the-mill and look quite decorative in my bathroom:

20141113_205047

I have a stupidly tiny amount of storage space in my bathroom so I always have products on the window sill and littered around the bath so I really really like it when something actually looks good on display. It makes my bathroom feel tidier so the OSMO bottles get top marks for how they look, that shelf wasn’t so great to look at when Head and Shoulders was up there.

 I also think they look like expensive products hair dressers would use so you might be surprised when I tell you that the price for my whole shine gift-set is around £14 (most places have it for £14ish but I did manage to find it online at fragrancedirect.co.uk and loopyhair.com for under a tenner.) I only did a quick search so if you find any good deals let me know because I am now an OSMO fan.

Part of the reason I’m a fan is because their products do what they say on their bottles and these products made my hair shine. The Shampoo did all of the stuff that I would expect and gave my hair a noticable shine (I did take pictures as I was planning to compare results with my Vo5 Nourish my Shine shampoo but trying to show a difference in shine was asking a bit much of camera)

The shampoo made my hair nice and shiny. Curiously it smells like an aftershave or cologne which is unusual for a women’s shampoo, but quite cool. My hair smells quite nice when I use it, it just doesn’t smell of something generic like strawberries.

The conditioner didn’t really have much of a scent to speak of which is no issue for me – not really any need for both of the products to smell. It conditions well and leaves my hair very soft.

My hero product is the Blinding Shine Illuminating Finisher. I actually used this without having used the Blinding Shine Shampoo or Conditioner as I wanted to see how well it worked on its own. It works amazingly. Anyone who uses GHD’s straighteners will understand this next part, you know when you have nice freshly washed hair and then you use your GHD and instantly your hair is all shiny-shiny? The illuminating finisher is just that in a bottle – spray and be dazzled – instant shine. If you use too much you are in danger of going from shiny to greasy – I know because I  enjoyed  spraying my magic shine bottle a little too much until my hair looked like it hadn’t been washed in a week but if you have enough restraint not to get carried away then you will love the Blinding Shine Illuminating Finisher. I didn’t notice a sent until I sprayed some on my hand just now to tell you guys – if you sniff it it smells medicated but I don’t actually smell anything when I am just spraying it on my hair. It’s also not sticky or heavy in the slightest so it’s a pretty perfect product. The Wonder 10 is also not sticky – I just tried it on my hand.

Well that’s all I have to say about OSMO for tonight – if you pop back tomorrow night I’ll update this post let you know how I got on with Wonder10.

Lastly- Would I buy this gift set? Yes, without hesitation. 

Thanks for checking out my blog 🙂

Mary Kay Press Event in Glasgow

06 Thursday Nov 2014

Posted by in Beauty, Glasgow, Make up, Makeup, review, Reviews, Shopping, Skincare

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Recently I got to go along to a Mary Kay Press Event in Glasgow. It was at the gorgeous Blythswood Hotel in a nice little bar which we had all to ourselves for the event. We got to wander around and try the products placed on tables around the room and ask the Mary Kay staff everything from how the brand began to what their latest products were. Below are some images that give just a hint of the range that Mary Kay has to offer. There is also some interesting information about the brand at the bottom of this post.
Table Pic (2) DSC_0943 (1) DSC_0946 DSC_0944 Mens (1) 20141028_174846 20141028_181414After wandering around trying things from the tables Make-up artist Lynne Mills from EyeCandy Professional Make-up gave me a nice little make over. I was grateful for this as I had only found out about the event that day (thanks Amy!) and had come straight from work so I wasn’t exactly feeling or looking glamourous.
DSC_0933 (3)After my makeover I got to put together my own palette and I chose some of the products which Lynne had used on me. This made the choice a little easier – there was so much to choose from.20141028_174955 20141028_175009 Here is a pic of me (looking particularly frumpy) but I’m pleased with my make over from Lynne and happy to show off my own custom palette. There are better images of it below.DSC_0940 (1)My palette wasn’t the only thing that I got to take home with me, Mary Kay were very generous.
20141103_155034 20141103_160440 20141103_161214 20141103_161455 You can buy and create your own custom Mary Kay palette. I still have space in mine and I’m thinking that I will include some brushes and maybe some of my own make-up like eye-liner.                                                                                                               Compact Pro (Empty) Palette : £12.50

20141103_163508I tried to pick my favourite product from my Mary Kay haul and I just couldn’t, everything I’ve tried is really good, but I have 3 products which I love and that I am already using everyday. The skinvigorate brush is one of them. To use it you wet your face, apply a cleanser ( I recently converted to cream cleansers and now there is no going back) I’ve used this brush with the Mary Kay Timewise 3-in-1 cleanser(more about that below) and with my own Elemis cleanser and it works great with both. I’m continuing to use it with the Elemis one just now as I like to use all of a product before moving on to the next one. I’ve used it morning and night for 3 days and I’m already much happier with my skin. Anyway back to how use it: wet your face and the brush, apply cleanser and then use the brush in a circular motion for 15 seconds on each area of your face (forehead, nose, cheeks and chin – don’t use it too close to your eyes where the skin is delicate) The brush has a pleasantly odd sensation which I find quite relaxing. I find a light touch works best as, if you apply too much pressure it can feel a bit like the brush is dragging your skin but if you hold it lightly enough it gently buffs and polishes your skin and leaves it looking and feeling great.20141103_163526 It even comes with batteries included and a replacement brush head (it’s recommended that you change the brush head every 3 months so I will have to pick up some more of those.) The only negative thing I have to say about the brush is that I had to wrestle a little bit to take the bottom of the brush off. I did eventually manage to take it off myself (to insert the batteries)- I’m not sure If my own model was particularly stiff or if it is the same story with all of the brushes but either way it is really not much of an issue and the excellent results are well worth this small hassle.                                     Skinvigorate Cleansing Brush: £35.00

20141103_161607 My second love is this Mary Kay mascara, I actually got one of these in a Glossybox a while back and hadn’t tried it yet ( I told you a like to finish a product before moving on to the next) Anyway I have tried this now and I LOVE it. The finished result is amazing. I’ll need to do a separate post on good mascaras because I have a few that I like but I think this one might be number one.                                                                       

Lash Love Mascara: £16:00

20141103_163318 20141103_163231 True Dimensions Lipstick: £14.0020141103_161949 Semi-matte Lipstick: £12.00

20141103_162736Beauty Blotter Oil Absorbing Tissues: £5.5020141103_161825 Translucent Powder: £18.0020141103_163002 Nail Lacquer: £9.0020141103_162400 The cleanser above is a good choice particularly if you want a cleanser which also exfoliates as it contains little exfoliation beads which do a very good job. This will be a weekend cleanser for me as I can be quite rushed in the morning and when I have used exfoliating cleansers like this in the past I end up finding/feeling exfoliation beads when I am doing my make-up for work, apparently I never manage to wash them all off. I will treat my skin to this on weekends when I have time to make sure it is all properly washed off and it will make a nice little addition to my routine.                                    

Timewise 3-in-1 Cleanser: £20.0020141103_162625This eye make-up remover is my 3rd love. It takes my make-up off effortlessly and works so well that instead of waiting for my Simple eye make-up remover to run out I have just ditched it as I think the Mary Kay one works much better.                              

Oil-Free Make-Up Remover: £13.00

After trying their products I’m impressed with Mary Kay and know I will make future purchases from them. If you want to purchase Mary Kay products too there are a few ways to do this, Mary Kay has 3 million beauty consultants worldwide in over 35 countries. The beauty consultants offer a try before you buy service and let’s face it buying make-up without trying it before hand is just a gamble and  the reason why I have so many full bottles of foundation gathering dust. 

Speaking of foundation, Mary Kay cater to all ethnicities and age groups with all of their cosmetic and skin care products so you should be able to find exactly what you need and stop adding to your dust gathering collection of bottles and tubes.

To find out who is your nearest Mary Kay beauty consultant or to buy Mary Kay products online visit www.markykay.co.uk, now is a good time visit as I spotted some free gift offers today.

Thank you to the team at Mary Kay for all of my great products and answering all of my questions ( the start-up story was particularly interesting, if you want to know the story it’s on the Mary Kay website along with details of how you can become a Mary Kay consultant – they get a 40% discount by the way)

Thanks also to Lauren at Pure PR for letting me attend at short notice and to Lynne for my make over. 

Thanks for checking out my blog 🙂

Inside the October Glossybox

19 Sunday Oct 2014

Posted by in Beauty, Beauty Box, Glossybox

≈ 2 Comments

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , ,

For October, Glossybox decided to run with a pop art theme and I’m glad they did. 

 

20141018_122028 20141018_122105 20141018_122125

How cool is the box? Last month’s Karen Millen box was gorgeous too, I’m starting to consider the boxes a product in their own right.

20141018_122148 20141018_122305 20141018_122437

I’m really happy with this box, 6 products and 4 of them are full size and I will use every one. My favourite product is the Yves Rocher perfume, it smells lovely and it attracted a few complimentary comments. The Ciate polish is cool as well, I have lots of nail polish  so usually when I get  a nail polish in a box I already have one in the same colour but I don’t have a green one (it looks blue in the pic but it’s green) so I’m glad to have it. It’s also a good Halloween colour and it fits the pop art theme 🙂

Thanks for checking out my blog 🙂

Capital FM Event at Topshop

18 Saturday Oct 2014

Posted by in Beauty, Fashion, Glasgow

≈ 2 Comments

Tags

, , , , , , , , , ,

On Tuesday I sauntered along to a Capital FM Event at Topshop in Glasgow with my boyfriend. I heard about the event through @brantastic_x (Paula) tweeting about it so thanks Paula. I wasn’t too sure what I was in for, I just knew the event was a night of discounts and goody-bags at Topshop and that Jennie Cook from Capital FM would be there. We had decided to go for dinner on Tuesday anyway so thought we would pop along and see if we could grab a bargain. We got there about there about 15 minutes before the doors opened and by the the time they opened there was a big queue. 20141014_185444When we walked through the doors, Jennie already a good playlist going and we were directed to the goody-bag table and handed our bags and then it was time to shop. 20141015_224250 20141015_224449We were also given cans of red bull but we drank those on the way home. I got a blush and a Topshop mag and my bf got a beanie and Topman mag. Not  bad wee freebies for just turning up to shop. Everything was discounted by 20% which was brilliant. I picked up a dress and spotted some really cool Halloween buys: 20141015_223900 I got this gorgeous Maxi-dress for only £8.00, it was already on sale AND I got the discount on it even though it was from the Miss Selfridge section.  20141014_19292020141014_192913 Topshop had a chic little Halloween section. I was going to buy this mask but they eye-shape  didn’t suit me 😦  I thought the blood necklace was really cool, I might actually go back and get it when payday comes. On the night you could also get mini-makeovers, I wasn’t too bothered about this as I still had my work make up on but then I spotted something really cool and I just had to get it done: 20141014_201813 How cool are these glitter lips? I had been at work all day so the rest of me looks a bit ‘meh’ but I had to post a pic to show you these lips. There was quite a crowd around the bit where I was getting this done so I didn’t get a chance to actually see the pots of glitter that were being used and I can’t find them on the topshop website so if you want one you will have to visit a store. It will be worth the trip though. I loved these lips but they weren’t the best make up choice for going out for dinner so in the end we got a Chinese take-away on the way home. So all in all it was a good wee night 🙂 Thanks for checking out my blog 🙂

Shut-Up and Take My Money – Halloween

07 Tuesday Oct 2014

Posted by in Accessories, Beauty, Decor, Fashion, Halloween, Shoes, Shopping

≈ 2 Comments

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

If I had the money I would decorate my house for Halloween weeks before the 31st of October the way other people decorate their houses in the lead up to Christmas.

Halloween is my thing.

If only all these things were mine too…

New Look £7.99

New Look £7.99

asos £8ASOS £8.00

John Lewis 2 £10.00John Lewis £10.00

asos £7.95ASOS £7.95

Asda £5.00

ASDA £5.00

Asos £30

ASOS £30.00

John Lewis £10.00

Pumpkin cake mold John Lewis £10.00

Dorothy Perkins £3.00

Dorothy Perkins £3.00

superdrug £5.30Superdrug £5.30

John Lewis £8.00

John Lewis £8.00

asos £25

ASOS £25.00

I really need those shoes in my life.

Anyway, no doubt I’ll find some more Halloween lust-haves throughout October so if that interests you then stop by the blog again soon. In fact I pretty much know that 90% of the blog from now on will be Halloween orientated so, if you like Halloween as much I do, I’ll see you soon. Feel free to comment and tell me if any of my picks  will be haunting your wishlist. They will definitely be spooking my bank balance. 

Thanks for checking out my blog 🙂

I’m dreaming of a Lush Christmas – Lush 2014 Christmas Range Event, Braehead

05 Sunday Oct 2014

Posted by in advent, Beauty, Christmas, Glasgow, Halloween, Shopping, Skincare

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

I was one of the lucky bloggers who were invited to the Lush Braehead Christmas range unveiling event and I can tell you that Lush has you covered (in sparkles, glitter and amazing scents) this Christmas.

lush tree

 

They also have you covered for Halloween with a really cool chic little range that you will be both excited and reluctant to use. Excited because these products smell amazing, reluctant because the look so cute that you might be tempted to use them as ornaments rather than bathing products. 

lush collage 1

In fact, there is a lush product for every occasion… even Bonfire Night.

20141003_175954

 But let’s get back to Christmas and the launch event, I’ll start at the beginning- when I first walked into Lush Braehead I was directed to the treat table:20141003_175841And then I had 5 minutes or so to wander around the store and take pictures of anything that took my fancy before the event started:

20141003_175919 20141003_180525 20141003_180513 20141003_175850

20141003_180116 20141003_180134 20141003_180455

Once all of the bloggers had arrived we had a fun little ice-breaker event where we introduced ourselves and our blogs and told everyone our favourite thing about Christmas (my favourite Christmas thing is surprises but food was a very big theme with a lot of the other bloggers) We were then split into 3 groups and my group visited the Christmas bath bombs, melts and bubble bars first:

20141003_184356

 The Christmas Hedgehog Bubble Bar

20141003_182951

20141003_183157_4 Father Christmas Bath Bomb

20141003_175930

20141003_182249 20141003_182302 Golden Wonder Bath Bomb

20141003_180341

Snow Angel Bath Melt

20141003_180355

Dashing Santa

20141003_184948 20141003_185027 20141003_184858

Holly Golightly Bubble Bar

After bath bombs we were shown all of the new shower gels:

20141003_180448 20141003_180430

 There a few more including Snow Fairy but my camera was low on battery at this point so I had to save some for the soaps. Don’t worry, the link to the Full Lush Christmas Range is at the bottom of this post.

 We were then shown the amazing and eye-catching array of Christmas soaps:

20141003_191354

 Reindeer Rock

20141003_191134

 Baked Alaska

20141003_190950

Fairy Ring

20141003_194827

Snowcake

20141003_194834

Yog Nog

Then, after a quick hand and arm massage using the massage bars below, we had time for a spot of shopping.

20141003_180651

 

The one thing I couldn’t leave the store without buying?

20141004_230710

This reindeer rock soap smells wonderful, it’s made from a dried lingonberry infusion that I just love the smell of so much. I think it has beaten rock star soap to be my new favourite.

Thanks to the team at Lush Braehead providing us lucky bloggers with goody-bags the reindeer rock soap wasn’t the only product that I took home with me:

20141004_230230

Thanks Lush!

So which lush product will be at the top of my Christmas wishlist? Well I saved the best until last:

20141003_193348 20141003_193404

The Lush 12 Days of Christmas Book is definitely at the top of my list!

This post has just been a snapshot of the lush Christmas range, they are bursting to the seems with new products and I couldn’t fit them all in but luckily the lush website can. Go discover all the amazing Lush Christmas products at https://www.lush.co.uk/products/christmas or pop into your local Lush store.

Want to keep up to date with all the latest Lush Braehead happenings? It’s easy, just visit them at: 

20141003_195024

 

Thanks for checking out my blog 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It’s here, the Selfridges Beauty Advent Calendar 2014 is officially on sale

04 Saturday Oct 2014

Posted by in advent, Beauty, Christmas, gift ideas, Shopping

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , , ,

If you have £85.00 to spend on an advent calendar full of luxury beauty and fragrance miniatures then the advent calendar below is for you.

Selfridges beauty advent calendar

The calendar contains:

  • Yves Saint Laurent Opium EDT Mini 7.5ml
  • Kiehls Ultra Facial Cleanser 15ml
  • Lancome Renergie Multi-Lift Day Cream 15ml
  • Lancome Douceur Galateis 50ml
  • Shu Uemura Shu Uemura Cleansing Oil
  • Lancome La Vie est Belle EDP 4ml
  • Kiehls Ultra Facial Cream 7ml
  • Yves Saint Laurent Forever Youth Creator 7ml
  • Giorgio Armani Armani Code Femme 3ml
  • Lancome Le Rouge Absoul Bx Mini 06
  • Lancome Hypnose Drama Mascara 2ml
  • Emporio Armani Diamonds Rose Mini 5ml
  • Kiehls Midnight Recovery Concentrate Mini
  • Lancome Hypnose Mascara 2ml
  • Yves Saint Laurent Khol Black
  • Lancome Genifique Eye Pearl 5ml
  • Urban Decay Anti-Ageing Eyeshadow Primer Potion
  • Lancome Visionnaire Serum 7ml
  • Viktor & Rolf Flowerbomb Miniature 7ml
  • Lancome Bi-Facil Eye Make-Up Remover 30ml
  • Lancome Lip Lover 337 Mini
  • Lancome Genifique Serum 7ml
  • Lancome Lip Lover 355 Mini
  • Kiehls Crème de Corps 30ml

 It won’t take long to sell out so if you want one head over to selfridges.com 

If blowing £85.00 on an advent calendar isn’t your thing but you like the idea of beauty advent calendars then stop by the blog regularly, there are still quite a few calendars to launch and tell you where and when they go on sale.

Thanks for checking out my blog 🙂

So the first Beauty Advent Calendar to go on sale in 2014 is….

15 Monday Sep 2014

Posted by in advent, Beauty, Christmas, Fashion, gift ideas, gifts, Inspiration, Make up

≈ Leave a comment

Tags

, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

I love Christmas. I love advent calendars. I love cosmetics. I love surprises.

So beauty advent calendars really are Christmas in a box to me. Fortunately the wait is over  and the first beauty advent calendar  of 2014 (that I know of) is now officially on sale!

 So what is it and where can you buy it?

It’s…The Ciate Mini Mani Manor Nail Polish Advent Calendar!

You can only buy it from Selfridges or from  www.selfridges.com , it is £49.00 and while I won’t be buying one myself because I have more nail polish than I can store, it really is an amazing little item and it will sell out FAST. So if you want one then you should hotfoot it over there.

Here is what the calendar looks like :

Ciate 1

They are currently still in stock 🙂

There are 3 different variations of the calendar and from what I can tell it is a lucky dip as to which variation you will receive.

Wondering what the next beauty advent calendar to go on sale will be?

MH910216407

I’ll let you know soon.

Thanks for checking out my blog 🙂

12 Problems you have when you are a fashion or beauty blogger

27 Sunday Jul 2014

Posted by in Beauty, Blogging, Fashion

≈ 12 Comments

Tags

, , , , , , , , , ,

Pretty sure I can’t be the only blogger to face these problems.

1. You get frustrated using bloglovin’ because, while it is great for reading blogs from lots of different platforms, trying to leave a comment on it is a nightmare, which ID to use? Which one works? Why can’t I just have a bloglovin’ ID? My wordpress ID doesn’t work. ARRGHG!

2. You can remember other bloggers usernames or blog addresses but when a blogger friends you on Facebook or follows you on twitter using their actual name you have no idea who they are.

disguise

3. You decide to review a product but oh wait someone you follow reviewed that yesterday.

4. Oh wow you just found out X,Y,Z, what a great thing to blog about! Tough, the rest of the world found out yesterday…and they blogged about it.

5. You would love a personal photographer for your OOTD posts but would never actually hire one. Boyfriend /Flatmate/self timer will just have to do.

6. There are too. many. social networks. How are you supposed to post on your blog, Instagram, tweet, post on facebook, upload to tumblr, post to google cirlcles etc. all in one day, nevermind interact with other bloggers across all of those platforms.

social networks

7. No one told you that blogging is a full time hobby.  Somewhere between work, your social life and mundane stuff like getting your washing done and buying groceries you have to find the time for the most time consuming hobby ever.

8. Your laptop is ALWAYS on.

9. You freak out about what to wear to blogger events because you are a blogger and you are supposed to look cool, fashionable, unique and edgy but you are also a scaredy-cat who is afraid of drawing too much attention to themselves.

dress choice

10. You face the whole should I wear makeup/ style my hair dilemma before attending an event where you will get your hair and/or make up done.

11. You want to post your make up and fashion looks/outfits but are scared about putting pictures of yourself on the internet.

12.  When you are away from your laptop you have a million ideas for blog posts and inspiration is everywhere. The minute you switch on your computer – tumbleweed.

Let me know if you experience these problems too or if you experience any other problems as a blogger.

Thanks for checking out my blog 🙂