January 2013 Wishlist

1. Urban Decay Naked Basics Palette {£20} - I don't actually own any of the UD Naked Palettes which I am actually quite upset about but I've promised myself one day I will treat myself to one. This is the latest palette to be released which consists of 6 matte shadows perfect to go from a classic neutral day look to a smokey dark night out look.

2. Bumble and bumble Hairdresser's Invisible Oil {£30} - I've heard so many bbloggers talk about this product lately and I really would love to try it for myself. It reduces frizz and fly aways and adds a subtle shine to the hair. I've never tried any Bumble and bumble products so if you have any recommendations then please tell me in a comment below.

3. Nars Blush in 'Orgasm' {£21} - I don't own any Nars products so again this year I've promised myself I'm going to get at least 1 product from each brand I don't own anything of. So excited and of course this is one of the most talked about products in the beauty blogging world.

4. Origins Super Spot Remover {£13} - I see a running theme in this months wishlist is all products from brands i own nothing of. And also all big talked about products, but then I suppose that's partly what makes me want to try the product out. So a lot of bbloggers have raved about how good this product is and since I'm suffering at the moment from breakouts I really want to try this.

5. Laura Mercier Creme Smooth Lip Colour in 'Antique Pink' {£20} - I have tried the bath & body line and have had samples of the makeup line but have yet to purchase a full size product myself. I work where there is a Laura Mercier counter so lucky I can play around and see what I want to buy and I definitely want to try these lipsticks out. The pigmentation is amazing and the staying power is amazing!!

So there you have it my January 2013 Wishlist, what are you lusting over?

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Laura Mercier Christmas Present

Evening guys! So I was meant to tap out a What I Got For Christmas post but as usual I've been all over the place and never got round to actually doing it. So I thought what would be better is showing you one of my many lovely gifts I received. My lovely friend Jordan bought me these lovely gifts and I absolutely love them. It was a bit of a cheat because A. She works for Laura Mercier and B. We bought each other what we wanted most for the body line because we couldn't justify spending the pennies on ourselves ha.

So as you can see I received the Creme Brulee Honey Bath and the Almond Coconut Milk hand creme. Both products I am in LOVE with. I use the hand cremes at work all the time so I knew I would love it now I have one for home. I love the almond coconut milk scent as it's not too strong but strong enough to be able to smell it all day... and I mean all day!

The honey bath is just indescribable. It is the most amazing scent ever. If you love sweet, foody smells then this is most definitely for you!!

When I've used the Honey bath a bit more I'll do a more in-depth review.

Have you tried any of the body line from Laura Mercier?

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Macadamia Healing Oil Treatment Review

As a girl who lusts after bright blonde hair and unfortunately was not born with it I bleach my hair quite a lot so I do find I suffer with dry hair (although I do get complemented on how good condition my hair is in!).

I was using my Vo5 Miracle Concentrate to battle my dry ends and have done for a couple of months and absolutely love it. A couple of months ago I made an order on cheapsmells.com and was sent a little tester bottle, 10ml to be exact of the Macadamia Healing Oil Treatment. I didn't think about using it straight away as I was a bit scared to if I'm being honest. I always have this image that It will just make my hair into a grease ball  The Vo5 Miracle Concentrate comes with a pipette so it's quite easy to measure out how much but looking at the Macadamia oil I thought it would just come pouring out into my hand.

So a couple of weeks ago I saw it sitting with my hair products and just thought what the heck I'll give it a go. So firstly its as expected a light oil with a nutty cologne smell which isn't too strong but enough you can smell it. I quite like it actually. I slowly pour a little bit into my palm and rub my hands together so it distributes throughout my hair evenly. I work it mainly into my ends but with the last little bit left on my hand I just work upwards but not on my roots.

Let me tell you now I love this friggin stuff! The ends of my hair have never been so soft and people have noticed the change in my hair which is always a bonus! I much prefer this to the Vo5 Miracle Concentrate... Now if only the prices resemble the same.

It is available to purchase from their own website www.macadamiahair.co.uk/ but lets not kid ourselves we all buy from the cheaper beauty sites so I shall list the prices from www.cheapsmells.com 

*10ml Healing Oil Treatment...£3.45

*30ml Healing Oil Treatment...£7.98

It also comes in a spray form but I haven't heard good reviews on this compared to the oil so we shall see maybe I will try it maybe not. But it has definitely made me interested to see what the rest of their products are like. Have you tried this before? Did you like it?

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*Duo Boots

I was contacted by Alexandra who is currently working on behalf of www.duoboots.com and was asked if I would take a look at their site and maybe write a post about them.

Before being contacted I had never heard of Duo Boots so was intrigued to take a look at their site to see what they had to offer.

I thought I would show you a couple of favourite pieces I've found on the site...

 I've been looking for a pair of boots like these for ages, sadly I don't think I can afford these particular ones but aren't they gorgeous! They are also available in Tan. These would be perfect to wear with skinny jeans or leggings and a over sized shirt.

OMG how cute are these shoe boots. They are a lovely burgundy suede with leather buttons. I could imagine wearing these with a skirt or dress and tights, would look so cute.  They are available in black suede as well. And on sale...bonus!

I thought I would try and spread out the range of prices on the site but I couldn't leave these out. Again these are in the sale so that's a bonus and would be perfect for these colder months. Plus with the heel it adds a little bit extra to the shoe. These are also available in Black.

As you may be able to tell I love ankle boots. Duo Boots do also offer a whole range of boots from ankle to knee high and even offer flat shoes like ballerina style and wedges. If your like me and have a bit of extra calf (Us bigger girls all suffer from this) so find it difficult to find knee high shoes which will actually go over your calf's then worry no more. Duo Boots actually lets you pick a calf width in cm so you can alter the boot to suit your needs. Some of their boots are also available in different widths so girls and boys who suffer with wide feet (again like me..) again can alter to suit you.

All in all I'm liking the shoes available from this site and I think I might try and save some pennies to treat myself to a nice pair of boots.

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Color Club All About French Collection

Just before Christmas I did a post about the amazing deal I found in TK Maxx on these Color Club sets for £7.99 for 7 polishes. You can read that post here.

So today I want to show you the 'All About French' collection. As these bottles come with no name on each polish I tried to do some digging to find out what one's I had. I've read some other peoples posts on these sets and it seems a lot of people get different colours in each set. This isn't surprising for TK Maxx as packaging is always open and people blatantly switch colours around to what they want.

On the back of the packaging it does give you a list of names, well 3 lists in this case so I'm guessing there are 3 different sets out there. As hard as I looked I couldn't find anyone who had the same colours as me so I'm sorry for that but you can still admire the pretty colours right?

This is a little deeper in real life but looks like it will be a lovely pinky coral for the summer.

This is a very sheer pink pearl colour. It definitely will take a good few coats to make it a solid colour.

This is the most perfect baby pink colour. Reminds me a lot of Essies Ballet Slippers.

This is a slightly deeper pink then the previous one. A bit more of a Barbie pink.

This is one of the two glitters in the set. Its a pretty pink fine glitter in a pale pink varnish.

This is the only colour in the set which isn't pink or a glitter. It's a gorgeous pale egg blue.

The final polish is the second glitter. Its a white pearl fine glitter suspended in a clear polish.

Like with the other set, when I get a chance to wear all these colours I will do swatches and a review. 

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*Mallzee - A New Way To Shop

Online shopping is definitely a thing of today. As much as going to town is fun who wouldn't much prefer sitting at home in the warmth and purchasing pretty things with a click of a button (Especially around Christmas time when the shops are manic, yes I'm thinking about Christmas 2013!). The only time this can sometime hinder more then help is when it comes to clothes shopping.

The fun thing I find about going clothes shopping with friends is trying on outfits and getting your friends opinion right? When shopping online I can't say many people find something and then email their friends for their opinion before purchasing. This is what online shopping is lacking... The social side to it.

This is where Mallzee comes in handy! Mallzee claims to be the new social way of shopping online. This is what they say...

"Mallzee is all about creating a new experience for shopping online. Users create their own personalized shopping mall (Mallzee) by picking their favourite brands and stores. Our fancy software then finds products matching your personal style and showcases them in your Mallzee! To add a new social aspect users can then invite their friends to ‘visit’ their Mallzee through the use of Facebook chat. Friends can then discuss product choices and star items they think their friends will love and purchase from the mall themselves with great discounts negotiated by us. If you're still unable to decided on a purchase you can also create polls to ask your friends opinions before you buy. An added bonus to inviting friends to your mallzee is that as the ‘owner’ you earn money every time anyone buys from your Mallzee! (That's right you get paid when you or your friends shop!) 

Currently we have over 200 brands signed up to Mallzee (Urban Outfitters, New Look, Feel Unique and St. Tropez to name a few). We're really keen to get the word out about Mallzee and get future users excited about the concept before we launch later this year. With this in mind people can register now for a launch invite at Mallzee.com and if they spread the word on Facebook or Twitter we will also enter them into a prize for £100/$155 of shopping vouchers and some other goodies"

I am 100% sold on this site particularly drawn to the brands which are already signed up to the whole idea. New Look, Feel Unique and St. Tropaz are among some of my favourite brands so I cannot wait for this site to launch. I haven't heard about a launch date as of yet but I would keep an eye out very soon!

If you haven't already signed up...Err why not ha! You can do so here and be among the first ones to experience this exciting experiment.

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The Beauty Bloggers Tag

YAY! I'm back. The festive period didn't mean a nice break for me. As I work at Gatwick Airport it meant I unfortunately had to work all over Christmas and New Year!! So sorry for the lack of posts. I will resume as normal from now! I will have a What I Got For Christmas post up super soon I promise. I know I'm a little late with this post but I figured better late then never hey! So thank you to Sophia over at Tattooed Tea Lady for creating this lovely tag for us beauty bloggers to do!

Why did you start blogging and how long have you been blogging for?

Well my first blog post was way back in June 2009. But I was never seriously into it until 2012. So it's been 3 years theoretically but I only count from 2012 so I say 7 months. 

Whose blog did you fall in love with first?

I'm probably going with the majority here when I say who I first started reading. They are all really popular beauty bloggers now days and I still love reading and learning from their blogs as much as I did when I first found them.

Zoe over at Zoella

Milly over at Pearls and Poodles

Laura over at Belles Boutique

What was the first blogosphere hyped about product you bought and was it worth the hype?

The first hyped product I bought which was worth it would probably be Rimmels Wake Me Up foundation and concealer. I am still very much in love with both these items and still use them today. They have become my holy grail products. 

What are your favourite five things about blogging and being a beauty blogger?

First things first is the fact I get to talk about all things makeup and beauty to my hearts content without feeling like I'm boring anyone to death. I can talk hours on end about my favourite products or new findings without people thinking I'm crazy or obsessed (which lets face it I am!!)

When I write about a certain product which I love and I get comments saying how they have gone out and purchased said product especially when people haven't liked a product but have given it a second try after reading my blog.

I love that I have managed to discover so many great new products just by being a beauty blogger. And that most are all high street products which I don't think I would of tried if it hadn't been for beauty blogs.

Which leads onto the beauty blogging community. When I first started my blog, none of my friends were really into beauty products or makeup like I was so I never really had anyone I could chat to about my obsession. The beauty blogging community has become a huge part of my life and although I haven't met any of the lovely boys and girls I chat to I feel like they are all like my closest friends.

The interaction between bbloggers is amazing. Through Twitter and Facebook I get to chat to some lovely people and follow their beauty obsessions. I've discovered so many new blogs through twitter and I love that I get to chat to my followers.

What have you learnt from being a beauty blogger?

I've learnt so many things since becoming a beauty blogger! I would probably say the most I've learnt is you shouldn't base your opinions on others. Just because other bloggers like or dislike a product doesn't mean I will or won't.

Have you changed anything since being a beauty blogger?

I have probably changed the way I use products. I have learnt so many tips and tricks I never knew before blogging. How or where I think a product should be used, can be used 10 other ways on 10 other places of the face/body.

What advice would you give to a beauty blogger just starting out?

It's not a scary place. Communicate with other bloggers and don't feel pressured! Blog when you want to don't feel like you HAVE to. It's not fun when it feels like it's turned into a job!

Name your top five brands!

This is a hard one...

-MAC

-Rimmel

-Laura Mercier

-Benefit

-OPI 

Recommend your top five favourite beauty products!

Again very hard...

-Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation & Concealer (I'm counting these as 1!)

-Any MAC Lipsticks

-Any OPI/Essie/China Glaze polishes

-Cetaphil Cleanser

-Benefit Box O Blushers

Tag other beauty bloggers to do this tag!

I tag anyone who wants to do this, and let me know when you have so I can check out your answers!!

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