Mishmash.

Hey guys!

As the title suggests, this is going to be a bit of rambly, all over the place type post! 

First up, a little review! Now, I recently went to the doctors with an awful pain in my back/shoulder blade type area. It hurt whenever I moved, or took a breath, it was just horrible! (Being the slight hypochondriac that I am, I was really paranoid there was a problem with my lungs or something!) 

After a quick examination, the lovely doctor told me that It's probably a trapped nerve under my ribs, as a result of the 7 (yes,7!), weeks I've had this stupid cough/cold! 

So, I was glad it wasn't anything too serious, but annoyed that my ridiculously long cough/cold still seems to be living on, and creating even more problems! Sorry for the moan, but I really am so sick of feeling ill :(

Anyway! Feeling sorry for myself wont help, so on with the review!

Pretty much the only things  that have been easing the pain are painkillers and lovely warm baths :)

This gave me a proper chance to try something I received in my November Glossybox.the Dead Sea Spa Magik Bath Salts.

Photo from Glossybox.co.uk

These are 100% natural, contain no additives and have a whole host of minerals inside them. They can be used to relieve aching joints, and are gentle enough to be used by the most sensitive of skins, including those with dry skin conditions, such as eczema. 

I had only tried a handful of the salts before, so poured the remainer of the packet into my bath to test out. No, as a bath junkie, I am always slightly disappointed with things that don't foam up, smell lovely and change the colour of my bath water! 

The Dead Sea Spa Magik bath salts do none of those things, but they do make a very soothing, relaxing bath and for sensitive skin, I bet they're amazing!

They did relieve some of the ache in my shoulder, but I'm not sure whether that's just because I had a nice hot soak.  For anyone with dry or sensitive skin though, I would highly recommend them. 

You can get these for £5.95 from Amazon.

On to the second part of this rambly post! My Mum makes and occasionally sells things, such a doorstops, catnip mice, pillows, owls etc.

Lil cat and owl based on Dot Cotton!

Door stop and another owl

My Mum has recently set up a blog here and I would be soso grateful if you could take the time to check it out, and maybe have a cheeky follow ;)

She's pretty much allergic to anything technological, so her posts are a bit lacking in pictures and stuff at the mo, but I shall be helping her out next week so expect more lovely pics and things!

It literally takes her about half an hour to type a paragraph, bless her!

We're also thinking of setting up a little online shop to sell her bits and bobs, I know theres quite a few of these around anyway, but surely that must mean there's a demand for them? She's got tonnes of different coloured and patterened material etc, so she'd be able to customise them for people!

She's posted about how she's having trouble sewing towelling, so if anyone's got any tips on that can they let her know please :) Thanks very much!

Okay, so the last rambly little bit, I promise! I was just wondering if anyone else has 'The 30 Day Shred'? I bought it the other day, but due to my stupid shoulder haven't been able to do it! It's so annoying, for once I've finally got the time, and the motivation to do, but it hurts too much! 

I tried it once, and I have to say I'm not warming to the woman! I've got one of the Ministry of Music Pump It Up ones, and the man on that is so nice! Maybe I'll alternate between them, so that I don't get too annoyed with the woman!

Has anyone tried the 30 Day Shred? How did it work out for you?

Sorry for the major ramble! Hope everyone is well :)

November Glossybox..

You know how sometimes when you're younger, and you're alone in the house, you would go looking for where your family had hidden your christmas presents? And it would be really exciting when you found them, but then on christmas it wasn't as fun opening your presents because you knew what was coming? 

Well, that was kind of how I felt with this month's Glossybox. I'd watched other peoples videos about them, and read posts on them before I got mine, so I kind of knew what to expect. Unfortunately, the two things I was really looking forward to trying, (Illamasqua Freak perfume sample, and Phillip Kingsley Hair Elasticizer), weren't actually in my Glossybox, but that's probably karma for peeping!

I really want to try the Illamasqua perfume as it sounds gorgeous, but the closest one to me is Birmingham, so I haven't got a counter near me where I can try it out. I am also going through a real phase of using treatments on my hair, as I'm changing my colour soon, (and there will be bleach involved!) and the Elasticizer is supposed to be pretty amazing!

The Glossybox arrived in it's usual gorgeous, flawless packaging, and i'm really starting to love using the empty boxes for storage!

The first thing that jumped out at me was the Nail rock wraps, mine were in Fury Cheetah.

Nail wraps in Furry Cheetah.

I really like nail wraps, I've used some before from a different brand. They're pretty fiddly but practice makes perfect!

For someone like me, whose nail art skills only go as far as dotting, these are a fabulous way of getting intricate and complex designs.

The only negative thing I would say is, that these only come with 16 nail wraps. I understand the logic behind that, they haven't included 5 different sizes, so for example, I would use the 2nd biggest size on my thumb, as the largest are too big. 

That means you don't have to use specific sizes for certain nails, you just chose the ones that are the best match size-wise. 

I hope that makes sense, it took a while for me to get my head around it! The ones I've tried before, which were from Nailease, come with 20, so you can do 2 applications, but there isn't any room for mistakes as there's no spares! 

So, although you would only get one application with the Nail Rock ones, you do have some left over if disaster strikes! Nail Rocks also come in an amazing variety of designs, I think I'm going to buy some more, I particularly like the looks of the Python, Stud and Star designs.

The next thing I got were the Dead Sea Spa Magik Bath Salts. I'm really excited to try these, as I am obsessed with baths! I'd bathe about 20 times a day if I could, I'm definitely a Bath Girl as opposed to a Shower Girl.

I haven't used these yet so I can't really comment on their effectiveness, but from other peoples glowing reviews, it looks like they're going to work wonders on my dry, winter skin. I've used Radox bath salts before, which smell absolutely heavenly, my only criticism of bath salts in general is that they don't produce enough bubbles!

I was really happy with the third thing I received, as it was a hand cream. Come winter, and I really need to break out the big guns of the hand cream world, as I suffer from really sore, chapped and cracked hands. 

The Arbonne FC5 Ultra Hydrating Hand Creme is a really nice addition to my current collection that I am rotating between, which includes a L'Occitane one I got free from a magazine and an M & S one (their skincare is surprisingly nice!). To me, this smells more like citrus sweets, or sherbert, than kiwi, but it's a very pleasant smell. It is a bit greasy, and can take a few minutes to sink in, so probably not great for using when out about, but very nice to use just before bed. 

The next product is a it of a 'meh' product, mainly because I'm not quite sure what it is supposed to do. The product is Monu Soothing Touch Recovey Balm.

I used this as a moisturiser after I had cleansed and toned, and it's quite nice, but it didn't  blow me away. It just didn't leave my skin that soft. It smells really nice though, with Rose and Bergamot, although if you don't like herbaly smells it's probably not for you. On the whole, it's quite nice to use to relax you, because of the calming scent, but i've got moisturisers which leave my skin softer, which I would chose over this. It is nice to have around incase I ever have an allergic reaction though.

Lastly, there was two perfume samples, L'Eau Serge Lutens and Vitriol d'Oeillet, which really aren't my cup of tea! I only tend to like really sweet perfumes, particularly things with strong vanilla notes, and these are just too musky and 'mature' smelling. I will be giving them to my Gran so that they don't go to waste though!

So, on the whole I was a little bit disappointed with this months box, but that's probably because I had my sights set on things that other people got, if I wasn't comparing it to them, I doubt i'd be disappointed. Next month, i'm going to ban myself from watching/reading about the box, so that it's a total surprise! I may even leave it under my tree until the 25th, so that I've got more things to unwrap!

Hope everyone is well, thanks for reading! :)