April Wishlist 2013

Bumble and Bumble Sunday Shampoo | Escada Cherry In The Air | 

OPI 'When Monkeys Fly' | Smashbox Hydrating Photo Finish Primer

Bumble and Bumble Sunday Shampoo

I've heard so much about Bumble and Bumble hair care but have yet to try anything from them. Lately I've been looking for a product build up removal shampoo as I used to use Boots own version but can't seem to find it anymore. After reading all about this product I definitely think I may purchase it to give it a go. It's available from Boots for £15.50.

Escada Cherry In The Air EDT 50ml

With summer approaching soon (hopefully!!) I will be looking for my summer fragrance for this year. Last year it was Dolce & Gabbana Light Blue. I love my fruity scents so it only make sense to fall in love with this Escada fragrance which smells exactly like cherries and not the artificial kind. It's available from Boots for £35.00.

OPI 'When Monkeys Fly'

Who doesn't love a bit of bling on their nails from time to time. Apart from it being a pain in the arse to remove there is nothing more satisfying than a bit of sparkle to the talons. OPI have impressed me so much lately with their glitters and I have fallen in love with the  newest releases from their Oz collection. Available from opiuk.com for £11.50.

Smashbox Hydrating Photo Finish Primer

Again like Bumble and Bumble, I have heard so much about Smashbox but haven't actually ever tried anything from them. And one product that I'm always hearing about is their ever so famous face primer. I'm quite bad and haven't been using a primer for a while but I think I may change that! Available from Boots for £12.50.

What are you looking forward to purchasing?

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Barratts Hi Top Trainers!

Blink Studded High Top Trainers RRP £65*

When I saw on Twitter that Barratts were offering bloggers a chance to review some of their hi top trainers I just couldn't say no. I've wanted some hi tops for a while but have yet to purchase some converses as I'm unsure whether I would actually like them or not (and I've heard from some people that they can really hurt your feet!).

So I browsed on their site of all the hi tops they were offering and finally came to a decision on these babies! And let me tell you there were a lot to choose from.

I chose the Blink Studded High Top Trainers* which unfortunately aren't available on the site anymore. I'm not sure if they are just sold out or gone forever but I know they are available from other sites and also there are a load more different hi tops on the Barratts site. I picked these as we all know studs are very on trend at the moment and the second I saw these I knew I wanted them. They were available in this brown colour and also in black. They arrived very quick and that was with standard delivery! I love the added detail of the studs and it's nice that they aren't all over the shoe as I feel that may be too much. On the inside of the shoe is blank and with a zip fastening.

When I first tried them on when they arrived they felt quite tight and I thought for a second I may have gotten the wrong size and may need the next size up. I have heard with converses that most people buy the next size up (or is it next size down?). But luckily once I had undone and loosened the laces I felt they fit rather comfortably.

I usually like to wear these with leggings and a baggy jumper and some long socks. I am definitely in love with these and wear them whenever I can. These were a bargain at only £18.75 down from the original price of £65!!!  I already have my eye on some more from Barratts so if you fancy grabbing a pair then go visit the site and select from the large variety of Hi Tops available.

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A Bloggers Night Out At The Lanes Health & Beauty

Last night I got myself ready, donned a nice frock, applied some slap on my face and made my way into Brighton to meet up with some of the lovely beauty bloggers for a evening of pampering at The Lanes Health & Beauty salon. I first met up with Sophie from SophieRoseHearts and Rosie from Everything's Rosie and as we wondered about and finally found the salon we were a tad early but we were invited inside to the amazing salon by owner Julie Coates who couldn't be more warm and welcoming if she tried. We were offered pink champagne and mini cupcakes as me and Sophie sat down to have our nails done whilst Rosie was whisked off to get a quick lesson on how to apply strip lashes. We were taught so many simple things to help get the perfect polish applied like how to file to get the perfect shape, how to pick the right polish colour and other things like you should never do your nails after a bath/shower as your nails expand so once you've painted your nails they shrink back and that's when you get chipping and just a not very nice manicure.

Soon enough more lovely beauty bloggers turned up and the place was buzzing. Everyone talking and swapping what they do for a living (besides beauty blogging!) and then it was time for my mini lesson in applying strip lashes. Now I don't know about you but I can always seem to do one eye but the other just goes to poo. I got loads of tips and tricks on how to do it and the best type of lashes for my eyes.

The salon itself is so gorgeous. All themed around 4 famous hollywood women with each treatment room being named after them. I'm kicking myself now as I didn't actually take any photos of the treatments rooms but let me just say they looked so relaxing I can't wait to book myself in for some treatments.
To see what they offer and prices etc why not go visit the website The Lanes Health and Beauty and see what you fancy. I'm definitely interested in HD Brows and definitely want to go back and get my nails done regularly.

Also if you don't already you should definitely go follow the other lovely beauty girls who also have amazing blogs...

Sophie
Laura
Lauren
Lilla
Rosie
Suzie

And finally A big thank you to Lisa for organising the event and to Julie (the delightful owner) for holding the event in her amazing salon.

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Brighton Benefit #FakeUp Bloggers Event

Today I am bringing you guys an exciting post. It's taken me a while to find some time to write this but I'm so happy I've found this spare time to let you all know about my experience of my very first bloggers event.

So many bloggers events are held up in London which although is only a train ride away..

1. Is quite an expensive train ride

and

2. Are usually on when I'm working.

So when I heard that Benefit were coming to Brighton I simply couldn't miss out! I had started to contact some other local bloggers (to my surprise I didn't realize how many local bloggers there were!) and soon enough I was excited to be meeting some lovely girls.

I met up with Laura from LolaAndBehold before hand which was lovely as I had no clue where I was going.

The event was held upstairs in a lovely bar called 'The Mesmerist' and the decor theme was that of an old school detective pad. With benefit fake up pillows (which I'm sure a fair few of us wanted to take home) displayed across the chairs and old typewriters and magnifying glasses on the tables, I knew I was going to have an amazing time. I met some more lovely bloggers when we arrived like Sophie from SophieRoseHearts, Rosie from Everything's Rosie, Lilla from Lilla Loves and someone who I've been following for a while Lauren from BelleDuBrighton. To start us off we had a little briefing of what the night was going to entail and then the lovely Lisa Potter-Dixon (I was a tad starstruck after watching her on QVC all the time!) she gave us the info on the newest product from Benefit their 'Fake Up' hydrating concealer. She then demonstrated how to apply the concealer in the best possible way.

We were then shown other products such a 'Fine One One' and 'Hello Flawless'. Both of which have been on my wishlist for a while now. We then were colour matched in the 'Hello Flawless' as we were told that we would each be receiving one in out goodie bag.

Sophie from SophieRoseHearts getting colour matched

After everyone had been matched we had a little pop quiz and to my surprise I actually won, I never win anything. I was kindly given one of their new eyeshadow palettes which I will have a review of up shortly. Some gorgeous food and drink were served as well. We got a little hooked on the sweet potato fries and the drink was a lovely vodka fruity cocktail.

In our goodie bag we were kindly gifted all 3 shades of their new 'Fake Up' concealer which is released on the 30th March and will cost £18.50. I will have a separate post on these. We were also given the 'Hello Flawless' powder foundation.

I didn't take many photos and I totally regret it too. The next event I will definitely be getting snappy happy!

I had a lovely time and can't wait to meet up with all the lovely girls again. I'm sorry I haven't mentioned everyone in this post but if you was there and I've missed you out please leave a comment below!

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NOTD | Glitter Manicure

In my previous nail post I showed you that I had painted my nails with Rimmel 'Aye, Aye Sailor' which is a gorgeous deep blue. I don't know about you guys, sometimes I love the colour of my polish but can get a bit bored but don't want to actually change my polish. Queue flicking through Instagram when I came across a picture on Lo Bosworths account. In case your not aware who she is, if you watched 'Laguna Beach' or 'The Hills' or know of Lauren Conrad (and lets face it who in the beauty community doesn't) then Lo is her best friend and appeared in both programs. Anyway back to my point, she had posted a picture of her manicure in which she had glitter tips. Unlike hers I had no fine glitter to hand so I found my next best alternative, my new glitter polish from Poundland in 'Gold'. Now I know they aren't perfect but it was a rushed job and it was my first attempt. What do you think?

My only disappointment was that it was really difficult to get the actual glitter onto my nail. Most the time I managed to get a whole gloop of clear polish and very little glitter. If anyone has any suggestions on any better polishes which would be easier to use, please leave a comment below so I can try it out.

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Pancakes With A Sweet Twist

Happy Sunday Lovelies

I've got so many blog posts in the pipe line which I can't wait for you lot to see including one on my first ever Bbloggers event I went to which was held for the first time in my little hometown of Brighton. I met some lovely ladies and I was actually quite amazed how many local bbloggers there were near me! But more on that later. Today's post is a little different. As I mentioned before I'm trying to branch out my little beauty blog into the wonderful world of fashion and lifestyle. So to help me along with it today I thought I would show you what I had for breakfast.... Pancakes with a twist.

When I woke up this morning my sister had made a pancake mix and had left me some. I didn't fancy plain pancakes and I remembered that I had some Peanut Butter M&M's left over and only the day before had someone on my facebook posted a picture of their M&M pancakes. So that's what I did and omg were they AH-MAZE-ING.

They were the best pancakes I've ever tasted. The M&Ms had all melted and were so soft.

Have you ever experimented with pancakes?

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NOTD | Back To Black

Okay so they aren't black as per say but I couldn't think of a better title for this post. As much as I am loving the pastel nails I felt like I wanted a bit of a change. Maybe it's to do with the major snow we had last night and today but I wanted to go for a dark colour. I showed this polish in my last post (My Nail Polish Haul) so decided on this midnight blue colour.

I always use my OPI Nail Envy as my base coat. This was 2/3 coats and finished off with my Rimmel top coat. I love this polish for the pure fact at how fast it dries. As I've mentioned before the only thing I hate about doing my nails is the waiting about for them to dry properly so I don't get that sheet print on them when I go to bed! So the fact that these polishes are touch dry in 60 seconds is a god send!

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