New Year Resolutions 2016

Happy New Year everybody! I hope you all have a lovely New Year’s Eve and have a great day today. My mum is cooking a dinner today for the family to get together and celebrate the start of 2016, which will be the perfect way to shift this hangover! 2015 had some real lows and also some great highs. I always feels like the start of a new year is the perfect excuse to forget about the lows, brush them off and move onwards, however I do always think it is a good time to reflect on all the good times and be thankful for what we have!

SK:N Clinics

I have had these products for absolutely ages, and I have been dying to tell you all about them, but I wanted to make sure I gave them a really good try before I shared with you what I thought! These products were sent to me from sk:n clinics and I was sent their Cleanser for normal or combination skin, the Blemish Control Lotion and the Age-Delaying Cream. I adore the packaging, I think they look really simple and sleek. Sk:n Clinics are official partners with the NHS and the British Skin Foundation.

August '15 Favourites

I know everyone seems to be moaning about waving goodbye to Summer but I am definitely welcoming September with open arms. Bring on the berry lips, fluffy scarves and comfy shoe boots! Throughout August I spent a weekend away in York in a log cabin on a stunning fishing lake, attended my Friend’s gorgeous wedding, attended one of my best friend’s little boys first birthday and also had a big night out in Manchester for one of my best friend’s 23^rd birthday. So I’ve used a lot of different products this month, but here are a few products that I have kept picking up again and again all throughout August!

Angelica Nails

For any of you that follow me on Instagram you will definitely have noticed my insane love for Angelica Nails. The lovely people there recently sent me some nail varnishes to try out. They sent me a top coat, a base coat and 15 different varnishes. The varnishes are all very very affordable (around £2/£2.50) but more importantly there is so much choice, there is literally a nail varnish to match every outfit you have. The range is incredible and seems to always be changing and expanding.

All the varnishes apply super easily (Elfin was a tiny bit gloopy, but the other 16 varnishes I tried were the perfect consistency) and don’t chip easily! The base coat dries clear and keeps nails healthy and the top coat keeps nails looking really shiny. Both were really simple to use.

August 15 Glossybox

This month’s Glossybox, like all the others did not disappoint! It contained 5 products, 4 of which were full sized that were all very different but all really great! There was no particular theme this month, and the box was it’s usual plain pink and black Glossybox design. So here’s what I thought of the products.

Rose Garden Scentiment Candle

I am very excited to finally be telling you all about Scentiment Candles! They are a brand new candles company based in Manchester, UK. In a few weeks time they will be doing their official launch and releasing 6 lovely scented candles! I have been lucky enough to try one of their candles in preparation for the official launch. There has been no advertising for these candles yet, as everything has been kept a big surprise.. until now!

This candle is available to buy now, on their website!

Maple Holistics Give Away

I am finally hosting my first ever giveaway! And I am so so so excited. I can finally say thank you to my followers for reading my posts, leaving me comments, tweeting and emailing me, it’s so nice after 10 months of blogging, to finally give one of you the chance to win some goodies!

The lovely people at Maple Holistics have given me the chance to be part of their #summerofgiveaways campaign which is sponsored by edumuch.com. Maple Holistics are a US based Beauty Company that develop and manufacture natural and animal cruelty free products.

I will be posting a blog post soon with a review of some of their products very soon so keep your eyes peeled for that!

Soul and Soap

I was recently sent some goodies from the lovely people at Soul and Soap, a relatively new British company selling handmade skincare products. I was sent two soaps and a shower Soufflé. The box came beautifully wrapped, with handmade labels for the soaps and potpourri sprinkled in the hay like packaging, it was such a lovely touch, you can tell how much effort and passion Anna (Soul and Soap’s owner) puts in to her products to make them look truly stunning from start to finish.

Superdrug Haul August

I’ve recently been to Superdrug and couldn’t help but to pick up a few things. The Superdrug that I visited was only a small one and unfortunately there wasn’t a huge range of things, and shockingly there was no Revolution!! But here’s what I picked up.

July '15 Favourites

This is my first ever monthly favourites, and I have found it so hard to not choose everything in my makeup collection, so I have tried really hard to stick to what I haven’t been able to put down during July.

Insta Natural Cellulite Cream

I was recently sent some cellulite cream from InstaNatural, I am always so sceptical when it comes to cellulite cream, I find it hard to believe that something like this could ever really work, but I thought I should try it with an open mind and give it a fair try.

Radox Shower Gels

A couple of months ago I picked up one of the new Radox shower gels in ASDA. The scents and packaging has had a little revamp so I was very intrigued to give them a try. They come in so many different fragrances and I have had the chance to try; Feel Bubbly (passionfruit), Feel Glam (berry), Feel Fantastic (cherry), Feel Gorgeous (coconut), Feel Rejuvenated (orange) and Feel Calm (Chamomile and Jojoba).

Beauty Naturals Review

I have some lovely products from Beauty Naturals that I have been meaning to tell you all about for way too long. A couple of these have appeared in blog posts before so thought it was time I gave them a full review.

Wilko's Kiss Range

I have heard a lot of mixed reviews for Wilkos new beauty range Kiss, so I thought it was definitely time that I gave it a try and made my own mind up. I bought 5 things from the range; the primer, body scrub, cleansing foam, clay face mask and the lip scrub. The whole range has this very sweet and simple packaging and these adorable little ‘benefit esque’ slogans on them. Everything from the range has a light apricot, fruity scent which is gorgeous!

Ginvera Skincare

I was recently sent some lovely products from Ginvera (www.janiro.co.uk) that I was lucky enough to try out. Their products are all natural and one of their key ingredients is green tea, so I was really intrigued to see what they would be like. I was sent a Dark Circle Roll Away Gel and a BB Cream to try out.

The Battle of the Primers

I have chosen 3 very different primers to compare for the battle of the primers. A budget, a standard and a luxury primer.

Festival Makeup Tips

My brother and his wife didn’t manage to get Glasto tickets this year, so instead they decided to host a Glasto BBQ. This is basically a regularBBQ, but everyone wears typical festival clothes (wellies of course) and there was a tent and UV face paints in the garden. Now festival makeup has to be light, sweat resistant and glowey (glitter is optional but definitely recommended). Try to keep makeup light purely because it will be less noticeable when it starts to run, smudge or fade, due to excessive wine and of course jumping around wildly waving your arms in the air like you just don’t care.

L’OREAL PARIS Micellar Water

I bought this a few month’s back after the gorgeous Toni Eaton tweeted about it (Check out her twitter and give her a follow: https://twitter.com/tonieatonx?lang=en-gb) and I have to say I have fallen madly and shamelessly in love.

Revolution Lip Gloss

A little while ago I was majorly dropping hints to my boyfriend to skip down to superdrug and get me some revolution eye shadow palettes. One evening I came home from work to find a lovely little lip set. It had 3 very bright chunky lip pencils and this clear gloss. 

I am a gloss lover, I never keep a matte lipstick, matte for very long, I am gloss obsessed. No matter how much I try to leave my lipstick alone, the drying out and peeling dread comes over me and I reach for a gloss! This gloss is perfect, it's not a plumper or pucker or anything too uncomfortable and fancy, it's just a plain everyday gloss. Yes, I know glosses can be heavy and sticky and irritating. But this is light and not at all sticky, which is great for blustery days and the occasional smooch. 

Weight Loss Progress W7

This is week 7 of my New Year diet, and this week I lost 1 pound! Not a great deal, but atleast I’m still losing weight. My total weight loss now is 7.5 pounds! But I definitely need to up my game!