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 :
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?
So I logged on to Facebook Today and the first thing I see is a revealing pic of Miley Cyrus- Whatever. I don’t care about that. It’s the comment of the magazine posting the image that I care about.
The image was shared by Flavourmag and this is what they had to say about it:
I responded:
Does this bother anyone else? I don’t care about them sharing the pics. They could write about and publish Miley Cyrus pics until the cows come home for all I care.
What bothers me is the fact that Flavourmag dare to judge someone for being who they are making her. They are calling her a media whore and yet they are pimping her out. Why give her the attention when they think she is an attention seeker? I can’t be the only one who thinks that this is blatant hypocrisy.
But wait, it gets better.
I checked Flavourmag’s page on Facebook to see the other updates that they have posted recently and I found this one from the 23rd January 2014.
Why the hell is the comment about Rhianna ‘Can Rhianna get any sexier?’ While the comment about Miley is ‘The media whore, centre of attention comment seeking singer has laid it all bare…’ What a shameless double standard. I’m not even going to get into who’s showing what or wearing less because it doesn’t matter. What matters is why the media praise the actions of one woman while condemning the same actions of another. The magazine is sending out mixed messages ( and I’m sure it’s not the only magazine/newspaper/etc. doing this) in a world where women already have so many mixed messages. Be equal and sexually empowered BUT don’t be a slut. Express yourself BUT don’t dress like that and most prevalent of all – wearing next to nothing in public is unacceptable – UNLESS you’re famous (except you Miley, for some reason it’s still unacceptable for you.)
Thanks for checking out my blog. I would really like to know your thoughts on this, what mixed messages are you being sent?
So you know the story, you want some apps for your phone or tablet but can’t think of one that you want. Well I have 15 suggestions for you.
1. WomanLog Calendar
You’re a woman, you bleed every month. It’s handy to know exactly when mother nature plans to bestow this little inconvenient gift on you. WomanLog tells you. It’s really simple, you just download the app (it’s free!) and then when you get your period you input your start period date on it’s calendar and when your period ends you enter the end date. WomanLog will tell you when you should expect you’re period next month. Now all women are different but the good thing is the more you use WomanLog the better it gets. It gets used to the rythms of your body and is will soon be 100% accurate (it is for me) in telling you when your period will start, how many days it will last and when it will end. It also has an ovulation and fertility forecast.
2. bSafe
This is an app to give you and the people who love you a little extra peace of mind. bSafe lets you :
• Set up your own social personal safety network of friends, family and coworkers • Share locations to find each other more easily (optional) • Ask friends to walk you home with Follow Me’s live GPS trace, or help friends stay safer by walking them home from wherever you are • Use Timer Mode to program an automatic alarm that will trigger if you have not checked in in time • Use I’m Here to tell selected people where you are right now • Use Fake Call to make the phone ring when you want it to. You can even define who the call should be from • And in case you are ever in trouble, the Guardian Alert button will immediately notify your friends and family members that you need help, and let them know where you are (GPS) and what’s happening (video). It will even set off a siren (optional)
3. Wikipedia
So you can nod along as if you know and then surreptitiously check you’re phone, the font of all knowledge.
4. Free English Dictionary
So you can check what ‘surreptitiously’ means and/or how it is spelled.
5. Bank balance app
If the bank you are with has an app, get it. There is nothing handier than quickly being able to check your bank balance. This is especially useful when you are in a shop and that dress that you probably shouldn’t buy is throwing itself at you.
6. Newspaper app
Pick a newspaper that you trust and get it’s app. Then next time you are bored and about to check facebook on your phone, force yourself to read at least one news story first and keep up to date with what’s going on in the world before finding out what’s going on with Stacey from highschool who was in one class with you. She’s not going to let her heart rule her head anymore, aren’t you glad you know that?
7. First Aid by British Red Cross
Like I need to give a reason why this is a useful app to have.
8. Shazam
If you like music you probably already have this. Shazam is my favourite app, if you hear a song or tune that you like and want to know what it is you just open Shazam, tap your screen and it will listen to and identify the song. I use this all the time when I’m watching TV. Adverts and TV shows are always playing cool music that I want to add to my playlist. My most recent Shazam find is from a Thompson Holidays advert. Now I have the tune below on my youtube playlist and I have discovered The Piano Guys.
9. Maps
With Google Maps on your phone you will never be lost again and you will actually be able to find your way to that job interview. What is it with job interviews and getting lost anyway? Or is that just me?
10. TopCashback
If you shop then you should have this app. Here’s why :
TopCashback Features:
– Search their list of retailers and view the cashback offers, discount codes and great deals you can get.
– Get online discounts with our codes
– Get access to in-store vouchers that can be used in highstreet stores and restaurants
– View the in-store vouchers on a map of your area (UK only)
– Take advantage of our Snap & Save offers and earn cashback on your in-store purchases such as groceries – a cashback site first!
– View all the latest online exclusive cashback offers
– View your full account earnings and recent transactions
– Access your Favourite Merchants list
– Update your main account details
-Send your Tell-a-Friend links so you can earn cashback when your friends join TopCashbac
11. Transport Apps
There are loads of free transport apps so if you quickly need to find out when the last train home is or you need a taxi number there is an app for that, so download it. I have the National Rail Enquiries app because I get a lot of trains. Think about the transport you use and then go find a relevant app and never be stranded again.
12. ConvertPad Unit Converter
Want to know what £50.00 is in American dollars? Or what shoe size you have in Europe? Or how many inches are in a foot? This is the app for you. It is unbelievably useful.
13. Kindle
Books on your phone that you can read instead of making awkward eye contact on the subway plus lots of the books are free? Why don’t you have this yet?
14. Dropbox
Put simply, Dropbox lets you access everything everywhere. Never again will you say ‘you have to see this pic, oh wait it’s on my computer, I don’t have it on my phone.’
Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere. After you install Dropbox on your computer, any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, your Android device, and even the Dropbox website! With the Dropbox app, you can take everything that matters to you on the go.
15. Wishlist
You know when your birthday is coming up and people are asking what presents you want and you can’t think of anything? Well with wishlist you can archive all the cool things that you see throughout the year so that when your birthday does roll around you can just share your wishlist.
Wishlist lets you:
1. Create a personal wishlist and capture the information of your wish including image, location, price and notes.
2. View your wish in grid, in list or in details
3. Sort your wish by name or by date
4. Search your wish
5. Show the location of your wish on Google Map
6. Share your wish through various social network, such as Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and more.
I hope you have found this list useful. Do you have a favourite app? Leave a comment and tell us about it 🙂
I have just found out about a very well known brand’s best ever offer. It’s so good that I took advantage of it immediately and now have some great products winging their way to me. It comes with free gift wrap and everything so I have treated it as an early Christmas present for myself – I might even wait to open it and leave it under the tree.
I found out about the offer via a tweet from the brand, here is what they said :
‘Our biggest offer yet! Receive 5 Treats with every order. Hurry, while stocks last!’
So which brand is it?
CLINIQUE! They are giving out 5 free samples with every order – NO MINIMUM SPEND 🙂
I just bought a £12.00 eyeshadow brush and got the following samples free:
Dramitically Different Moisturising Lotion+ 15ml
Moisture Surge Overnight Mask Mini 7ml
M-Gel Lotion 15ml
High Impact Mascara 4g
Clinique Happy Fragrance Sample
Those were just my 5 choices but there are other options.
My £12.00 eyeshadow brush was the cheapest item I could find in a hurry (I wanted to get my order in quick!) but I am going to go through the site just now and find the cheapest item that they offer so I’ll post an update soon.
So I was just torturing myself by browsing the ASOS website and looking at all the pretty things that I can’t afford right now when I stumbled across lingerie from Marie Meili.
Their stuff is gorgeous!
Now, I can be a bit of a cheap-skate, especially when it comes to lingerie since it’s not like you can go around showing it off. I usually try not to pay more than £10 for a bra (yes I really am that cheap) but the Marie Meilli stuff is all so nice that I was adding loads of it to my saved ASOS items without looking at the prices. Luckily for my bank balance the prices are pretty reasonable if you are a normal person willing to spend more than £10 on a bra and justifiable if you are a scrimper like me. When I have some cash to spend on lingerie I will buy some from Marie Meili and review the quality, fit etc. but for now I can only show you how unbelievably pretty their stuff is. All the sets below are from ASOS and all the pieces can be purchased individually or as a set.
Here are just some of the sets that I loved:
Marie Meili Ambitious Set £28.00 from ASOS
Marie Meili Safira Set £37.00 from ASOS
Marie Meili Wilma Set £15.00 from ASOS
Marie Meili Tanith Set £28.00 from ASOS
The set below is my favourite 🙂
Marie Meili Varia Set £27.00 from ASOS
So anyway, I think these sets look really cool and I thought you might like to know about them. I just hope that I haven’t shot myself in the foot by telling everyone about them and then having them sell-out before I can buy some. I suppose if everyone likes them as much as me then ASOS and Marie Meili will be sure to go on working together so I shouldn’t really have anything to worry about.
Do any of you own Marie Meili lingerie? Would you recommend it? What is your favourite brand of lingerie? Leave a comment and let me know.
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.
Miley Cyrus at VMA’s
Theodora from OZ The Great and Powerful
Evanora from OZ The Great and Powerful
Glinda from OZ The Great and Powerful
China Girl from OZ The Great and Powerful
Annie Gale from OZ The Great and Powerful
Daisy from the great Gatsby
Myrtle from the Great Gatsby
A girl from the Blurred lines video
Night Bitch from Kick Ass 2
Tauriel from The Hobbit, The Desolation of Smaug
Gretel from Hansel and Gretel
Jungle Katy Perry from Roar video
Margery Tyrell from Game of Thrones
Ygritte from Game of Thrones
Norah from True Blood
Amy from The Big Bang Theory
Black Widow
Skyrim Character
Irisa from Defiance
Royal Baby
Sally Jupiter from Watchmen
Nancy from Sin City
Alice from Resident Evil
Elektra
Effie Trinket from the Hunger Games
Katniss Everdeen
Miss Spider
Merida from Brave
Princess Peach
Derpina
Ramona Flowers
G girl
Fem Bot from Austin powers
Hit Girl from Kick Ass
Miss Piggy
Silk Spectre from Watchmen
Xena
Calypso from Pirates of the Carribean
Maleficent
Belatrix Lestrange
Betty Boop
Wendy from South Park
Olive Oyl
Meg from Family Guy
A Powerpuff Girl
Megara from Hercules
Angelica from The Rug Rats
Quorra from Tron Legacy
Esmerelda
Wednesday Adams
Spinelli from Recess
Comic Book Woman
Seven of Nine from Star Treck
Padme/Queen Amidala
Princess Leia/Slave Princess Leia
Leeloo from The Fifth Element
Satine from Mouline Rouge
Mystique from X-men
The Bride from Kill Bill (Yellow suit)
Selene from Underworld
Anna Valerius from Van Helsing
Aleera, Verona or Marishka from Van Helsing
Daenerys Targaryen
Arwen
Galadriel
Trinity from the Matrix
The White Queen from Alice in Wonderland
The Red Queen from Alice in Wonderland
Merlotte’s Waitress
Jessica Rabbit
Corpse Bride
Black Swan
Sally from a nightmare before christmas
Neytiri from Avatar
Trinity from the Matrix
A Character from your favourite book
Chun-Li from Streetfighter
Cami from Streetfighter
Poison from Streetfighter
Sansa from Game of Thrones
Cersei from Game of Thrones
Arya from Game of Thrones
Black Swan
Jessica Rabbit
Xena Warrior Princess
Coraline
Leela from Futurama
Misty from Pokemon
Zelda
Babydoll from Sucker Punch
Pocahontas
Mary Poppins
Wilma from the Flintstones
Betty from the Flintstones
Pebbles Flintsone
A character from Once upon a time
Astrid from How to Train your Dragon
Daria
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:
Here is what I received inside my September Glossybox :
I have tried the perfume, the blush and the false eyelashes. I really like the perfume and the blush, Untold isn’t overpowering or barely there, it’s just the right amount of noticable. I would call it a heavy scent, I don’t know what scent to compare it to but it is not fruity and smells expensive. I think this will be my new perfume for work.
The Rimmel Stay blushed blusher is a great colour for me, it looks like a dark coral when it comes out of the tube but blends to a light barely there pink. I would go for this if you want your blush to look as natural as possible.
The eyelure lashes are great because you just peel them off and press them on, no glue required. For a false eyelash virgin like me though, they are a bit too big and dramatic, not really my style.
I’ve still to try the eyeliner and the Toni&Guy serum but I’ll update this post once I have tried them.
Elizabeth Arden Untold (5ml aprox £4.80) (50ml=£48.00)
Thanks for checking out my blog, I know it’s been a while since my last post. I got a new job and I’m moving house next week so I have been too busy to blog but I am now back to daily posts so stop by again tomorrow 🙂
Sometimes when you work you think of prices in terms of hours, for example ‘those shoes will cost me 5 hours pay’. I recommend this style of thinking if you need to look after your pennies because when you think of the hard work you have done to earn your money when you are considering a purchase it really curbs your spending.
Well in most cases it does, but if you happen to shop at Shelikes.com thinking in terms of ‘price vs. hours’ probably won’t put you off your purchase.
That’s because they have just introduced ‘ The Minimum Wage Dress.’
This dress costs just£3.68 ($5.68) (€4.30)(Prices converted on 20th June 2013) In the U.K £3.68 is the minimum wage for under 18s so for minimum earning 16 and 17 year olds this dress costs one hour’s pay. The dress is supplied to shelikes.com by Figa Store.
The Minimum Wage Dress – Only £3.68! A dress worth keeping! This spectacular cut out dress is the perfect choice for all your summer occasions. Featuring a cut out design & knot detail. Versatile & easy to wear, team with colour popping heels for the evening, or wear with hi top trainers & a customary denim jacket for the day.
Approx Length – 28.5″ (72.5cm)
95% Polyester 5% Elastane
Machine Washable
So what are you’re thoughts on all this? Do you think it is a wonderful idea? Do you wonder about the profit made on this dress? Would you like to know how the company can sell it so cheap? Do you think more companies should be selling items like this? What do you think about the dress itself? Do you like the style? The colours? Should they broaden the range of Minimum Wage Dresses available?
Also what are your thoughts on different age groups having different minimum wages? Personally I think it is very unfair, if you do a job I think you should be paid as much as the other people who do the same job, age should not be a factor. Do you agree/disagree? I would love to get your comments about this.
Thanks for checking out my blog, if you liked this post then please hit the ‘like’ button. If you would like to share your thoughts then please comment, I love reading what you have to say 🙂
Here in the UK each year Royal Ascot takes place, a series of horse races at Ascot Racecourse which the Queen and members of the royal family attend. The event is just as important for fashionistas as it is for horse race enthusiasts and you would be out of place at Ascot without a beautiful hat. But you don’t have to spend hundreds of pounds to crown your head with something fashionable. There are Ascot worthy hats right on the high street. I’ve rounded up a selection for you to look at. If you watch any of the Royal Ascot coverage see if you spot any of these :
Alexon Purple large disc fascinator from House of Fraser for £49.00
Black Natural Gabby Disc from John Lewis for £50.00
Black spot Trim Fascinator from BHS for £22.50
Coast Marla fascinator from House of Fraser for £45.00
Contrast Lace And Satin Mini Top Hat from Accessorize for £27.00
Debut Cream Lace Saucer Headband from Debenhams for £30.00
Debut Light Grey Loop Quill Hair Piece from Debenhams for £26.25
Designer Light Gold Looped Feather Headband from Debenhams for £26.25
Fuchsia Linda Pillbox Hat by John Lewis for £35.00
Hatbox Dark Grey Floral Hat from Debenhams for £40.00
Lilac Chloe Disc Hat from John Lewis for £45.00
Organza Hat with Skirt from Accessorize for £32.00
Paris Hat from Accessorize for £39.00
Phase Eight Dusty Pink Organza Rose Fascinator from Debenhams for £17.50
Just wanted to let any pregnant readers know about a new maternity denim range.
The range is by New Look. I’ve had a quick look and they have a great range of maternity denim that includes cropped jeans and shorts as well as other denim styles, I’ve included a few below for you to have a look at. The prices are great and range from just £8.00 to £34.99 so your purse doesn’t have to shrink while your belly grows.
For anyone who wants to know, I am in no way in collaboration with New Look, I just saw a post about this on Facebook and thought that I would share the information 🙂
