Category Archives: Halloween

Shut-Up and Take My Money – Halloween

07 Tuesday Oct 2014

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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

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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.

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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. 

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

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 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:

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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:

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 The Christmas Hedgehog Bubble Bar

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20141003_183157_4 Father Christmas Bath Bomb

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20141003_182249 20141003_182302 Golden Wonder Bath Bomb

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Snow Angel Bath Melt

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Dashing Santa

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Holly Golightly Bubble Bar

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

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 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:

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 Reindeer Rock

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 Baked Alaska

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Fairy Ring

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Snowcake

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Yog Nog

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

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

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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:

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Thanks Lush!

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

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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: 

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Thanks for checking out my blog 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10 Things I didn’t know about Halloween

30 Wednesday Oct 2013

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1. It is extremely rare for there to be a full moon on Halloween, the next Halloween with a full moon will be in 2020. The last one to take place was in 2001 and before that it was in 1974.

2. It is Illegal to use Silly String in Hollywood on Halloween. From 12am on October 31st until 12noon on November 1st, the use of Silly String carries a fine of $1000.00. This law came into effect in 2004.

3. Bobbing for apples (dookin for apples in Scotland) was traditionally a way of determining who would next be allowed to marry. The apple tree was brought to Britain by the Romans and apples represented Pomona the Goddess of fruit trees who was also linked with fertility. For the Celt’s the pentagram was already a symbol of fertility so when they cut apples in half and found the seeds formed a pentagram like shape they agreed that apples symbloised feritility and thus, the first person to successfully ‘dook’ for an apple would be the next to marry.

4.Legend has it that if you see a spider on Halloween it is actually the spirit of a loved one watching over you. I hope my deceased loved ones know better than to watch over me in the guise of a spider, that is just a one way ticket to the bottom of my shoe and the after after-life.

5. Harry Houdini died on Halloween.

6. Many animals shelters won’t allow black cats to be adopted in October time in case they are used in rituals or tortured around Halloween.

7. Samhainophobia is the irrational fear of Halloween.

8. There are many legends surrounding Halloween and mirrors, one of them is that if a young woman looks into a mirror on Halloween she will see her true love appear behind her. I guess I will be getting ready without a mirror tomorrow, freaky mirror ghosts and applying mascara don’t go together in my book.

9. If you are born on Halloween your star sign is Scorpio.

10. I have bought so many sweets for Halloween that I think they will probably last until New Year.

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Do you know any Halloween facts? Please share them in the comments section, or just stop by and say Hi. Did you like this post? The Like button is there so that you can let me know 🙂 Thanks for checking out my blog.

100 Halloween Costume Ideas for women 2013

19 Thursday Sep 2013

Posted by in Beauty, Fashion, Halloween

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Here are 100 halloween costume ideas, 20 of them are new ideas for 2013 (from things that happened or were out this year.) The rest are older ideas that are not overdone and that you could be proud to wear to a halloween party.

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  1. Miley Cyrus at VMA’s
  2. Theodora from OZ The Great and Powerful
  3. Evanora from OZ The Great and Powerful
  4. Glinda from  OZ The Great and Powerful
  5. China Girl from OZ The Great and Powerful
  6. Annie Gale from OZ The Great and Powerful
  7. Daisy from the great Gatsby
  8. Myrtle from the Great Gatsby
  9. A girl from the Blurred lines video
  10. Night Bitch from Kick Ass 2
  11. Tauriel from The Hobbit, The Desolation of Smaug
  12. Gretel from Hansel and Gretel
  13. Jungle Katy Perry from Roar video
  14. Margery Tyrell from Game of Thrones
  15. Ygritte from Game of Thrones
  16. Norah from True Blood
  17. Amy from The Big Bang Theory
  18. Black Widow
  19. Skyrim Character
  20. Irisa from Defiance
  21. Royal Baby
  22. Sally Jupiter from Watchmen
  23. Nancy from Sin City
  24. Alice from Resident Evil
  25. Elektra
  26. Effie Trinket from the Hunger Games
  27. Katniss Everdeen
  28. Miss Spider
  29. Merida from Brave
  30. Princess Peach
  31. Derpina
  32. Ramona Flowers
  33. G girl
  34. Fem Bot from Austin powers
  35. Hit Girl from Kick Ass
  36. Miss Piggy
  37. Silk Spectre from Watchmen
  38. Xena
  39. Calypso from Pirates of the Carribean
  40. Maleficent
  41. Belatrix Lestrange
  42. Betty Boop
  43. Wendy from South Park
  44. Olive Oyl
  45. Meg from Family Guy
  46. A Powerpuff Girl
  47. Megara from Hercules
  48. Angelica from The Rug Rats
  49. Quorra from Tron Legacy
  50. Esmerelda
  51. Wednesday Adams
  52. Spinelli from Recess
  53. Comic Book Woman
  54. Seven of Nine from Star Treck
  55. Padme/Queen Amidala
  56. Princess Leia/Slave Princess Leia
  57. Leeloo from The Fifth Element
  58. Satine from Mouline Rouge
  59. Mystique from X-men
  60. The Bride from Kill Bill (Yellow suit)
  61. Selene from Underworld
  62. Anna Valerius from Van Helsing
  63. Aleera, Verona or Marishka from Van Helsing
  64. Daenerys Targaryen
  65. Arwen
  66. Galadriel
  67. Trinity from the Matrix
  68. The White Queen from Alice in Wonderland
  69. The Red Queen from Alice in Wonderland
  70.  Merlotte’s Waitress
  71. Jessica Rabbit
  72. Corpse Bride
  73. Black Swan
  74. Sally from a nightmare before christmas
  75. Neytiri from Avatar
  76. Trinity from the Matrix
  77. A Character from your favourite book
  78. Chun-Li from Streetfighter
  79. Cami from Streetfighter
  80. Poison from Streetfighter
  81. Sansa from Game of Thrones
  82. Cersei from Game of Thrones
  83. Arya from Game of Thrones
  84. Black Swan
  85. Jessica Rabbit
  86. Xena Warrior Princess
  87. Coraline
  88. Leela from Futurama
  89. Misty from Pokemon
  90. Zelda
  91. Babydoll from Sucker Punch
  92. Pocahontas
  93. Mary Poppins
  94. Wilma from the Flintstones
  95. Betty from the Flintstones
  96. Pebbles Flintsone
  97. A character from Once upon a time
  98. Astrid from How to Train your Dragon
  99. Daria
  100. Jane Lane

I hope you have found a costume idea that you like. If you have any good costume ideas for 2013 please share them in a comment.

I have loads and loads of costume ideas on my halloween pinterest board – have a look for some inspiration:

http://www.pinterest.com/breigem/halloween/

Likes and comments always welcome 🙂

Happy Halloween!

31 Wednesday Oct 2012

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Hey everyone,

Happy Halloween 🙂

Just got a short and sweet post for you at the moment. This is for those of you who were wondering what I was going to dress up as  for halloween ( well halloween weekend when I went to a night club with a few friends.)

Anyway I ended up going as The Angel of Death. I just made up the costume. Black wings, black flowy dress, silver wig, pale make up and gorgeous black tights that had vines crawling up over them and some black heels. I stayed with a friend and didn’t take many pictures so the ones here don’t do the costume much justice but I hope that you get the idea.

Also I cropped the pics because I’m not sure my friends would appreciate me plastering them all over the internet. 

The specs weren’t part of my costume, a jaegermeister promo-girl gave them to me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyway, that was my costume for those of you who were wondering. I would love to see pics of what you guys dressed up as from those of you who dressed up so send me a link or something 🙂

Have a great night and don’t eat too many sweets 😉

B x

 

 

 

 

Breviewed – A Creepy Read for Halloween

25 Thursday Oct 2012

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The ResidentThe Resident: Movie Tie-In by Francis Cottam
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

This was well written. The author successfully created a tense and apprehensive atmosphere. I was creeped out along with the main character and was breathing sighs of relief when she did. Wasn’t expecting to sympathise with the stalker but there were glympses of life from his perspective that made it difficult to hate him despite his really creepy actions. In the end though I was definately rooting for the stalkee. The book also highlighted the question of perspective, making you realise that you can never tell how other people interpret situations and that it’s unwise to assume that because they have the same information as you they will reach the same conclusion that you do. I would recommend this book. Just make sure you read it during the day if you are a woman who lives alone.

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100 Halloween Costume Ideas for women 2012

23 Tuesday Oct 2012

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 Here are 100 costume ideas for women for 2012. There are no ‘basic’ halloween costumes in this list such as ‘vampire’ or ‘witch’  and I have  tried to avoid overdone stuff like cleopatra or tinkerbell. Hope you find some inspiration 🙂

1.  Merlotte’s Waitress

2. Jessica Rabbit

3. Corpse Bride

4. Black Swan

5. Sally from a nightmare before christmas

6. Neytiri from Avatar

7. Trinity from the Matrix

8. The White Queen from Alice in Wonderland

9. The Red Queen from Alice in Wonderland

10. Katniss Everdeen

11. Daenerys Targaryen

12. Arwen

13. Galadriel

14. A peacock

15. Anna from Van Helsing

16. Aleera, Verona or Marishka from Van Helsing

17. Selene from Underworld

18. ‘The Bride’ from Kill Bill

19. Elizabeth Bennet

20. Mystique from X-men

21. Harley Quinn

22. Meg from Family Guy

23. Satine from Moulin Rouge

24. Leeloo from The Fifth Element

25. Princess Leia or Slave Princess Leia

26. Padme or Queen Amidala

27. Madonna

28. Lady Gaga

29. Medusa

30. Seven of nine from Star Treck

31. Lana Del Rey

32. Comic Book Woman (covered in dots, google it)

33. Assorted Anime Characters

34. A statue

35. Lara Croft

36. Black Widow from  Avengers Assemble

37. A Can-can / Wetern/ Saloon/ Burlesque Girl

38. Marie-Antoinette

39. Spinelli from Recess

40. A Geisha

41. A Hula Girl

42. The Mona Lisa

43. Morticia Adams

44. Wednesday Adams

45. Esmerelda

46. Glenda the Good Witch

47. Quorra from Tron Legacy

48. A belly-dancer

49. A Jeanie

50. Angelica from the Rug Rats

51. Meg from Hercules

52. Dita Von Teese

53. A Powerpuff Girl

54. Olive Oyl

55. Betty Boop

56. A spanish dancer

57. A puppet

58. Buffy

59. Willow

60.  Wendy from South Park

61. Air hostess

62. Bellatrix Lestrange

63. A living Doll

64. Maleficent

65. Red Riding Hood

66. A Mermaid

67. Calypso from Pirates of the Carribean

68. Xena

69. Silk-Spectre from Watch Men

70. Mary Poppins

71. Miss Piggy

72. Twiggy

73. Hit Girl from Kick Ass

74. Hit Girl school girl version

75. A Hocus Pocus Witch

76. Bugs Bunny

77. A Fem-Bot from Austen Powers

78. G Girl from My Super Ex-girlfriend

79. Ramona Flowers from Scott Pilgrim Vs The World

80. A member of Pussy Riot

81. Rapunzel

82. Derpina

83. Princess Peach

84. Amy from the Big Bang Theory

85. Kimbra from the ‘Somebody that I used to know’ video

86. Merida from Brave

87. Miss Spider from James and the Giant Peach

88. Fiona from Shrek

89. Mary from there’s something about Mary

90. Jessie from Toy Story

91. Lady Godiva

92. Angelina Ballerina

93. Effie Trinket from the Hunger Games

94. The Exorcist girl

95. The Grudge Girl

96. Sally Jupiter

97. Cyndi Lauper

98. Elektra

99. Alice from Resident Evil

100. Nancy from Sin City

I hope you have found an idea that you like.  Feel free to comment with your own ideas, I would love to find out what you are dressing up for halloween so please let me know 🙂

Thanks for checking out my blog.