Farewell Friday #5

Evening!

Quite a late Farewell Friday this week, as I have literally just finished it!

As you may know (I mention it alot!), The Little Bubble Co bath and shower gel are my Holy Grail bath products!

This vanilla biscuit fragrance is one of my faves, along with Ginger Bread and Mint Candy. It's a really sweet, almost milky vanilla scent, It's absolutely heavenly!

These can be used as body wash and bubble bath. I often find that products that are supposedly multi purpose don't work very well, but these are beautiful either way. Used as a bubble bath, it  creates mounds of fragrant foam, and as a shower gel it lathers really easily, and leaves skin feel smooth and moisturised. 

The scent lasts on the skin, but isn't strong enough to affect any perfumes or body lotions put on after.

These 500ml bottles last aaages, and are only £2.99 from Boots, and are often on offer for £2. Bargain!

I'm sad to have finished a bottle, but as you can see, I've got one and bit left over! I always have back ups of these around :)

Advantages:

 Really reasonable price, often on offer 

Big bottle, lasts agesFabulous variety of flavours (scents?)Multi purpose 

Disadvantages:
Can only find them at Boots, or Boots.com

Anyone tried these? Or know of any other delicious bath products?

Thanks for reading :)

Wednesday Wants #7

Morning!
For this Wednesday Wants, I have gone a little bit shoe crazy! 
I'm not really a sandal/flip flop girl (although I am quite partial to an espadrille!), 
so my spring/summer shoes of choice tend to be ballet flats.

My Polyvore

Barsie Suede Bar Front Slipper Shoe, Missguided, £19.99

Othella Zebra Print Slipper Shoe, Missguided,  £19.99

Ballerina With Skulls, Zara, £39.99 

Peris Suede Slipper Shoe, Missguided, £16.99

Justell Satin Bird Print Slipper Shoe, Missguided, £19.99

Klarka Contrast Suede Shoe  Boots, Missguided, £40.99

Kolett Lace Up Suede Shoe Boots, Missguided, £40.99

Deina Platform Lace Up Shoe Boots, Missguided, £40.99

Now the last three aren't very sensible, as I never wear heels, but they look amazing! I love the style of the Jeffrey Campbell Lita's, but couldn't justify the price. I'm really tempted to get some, just in case I ever do get the urge to wear heels! 

The Zara flats are amazing, I saw them on the lovely Neeny from Neeny's wishlist (she has amazing style). I've worn my Topshop Vectra's to death, and I think these would be perfect to replace them. 

All the Missguided flats are so nice, and I think the prices are great! They're all fake suede as well, so animal friendly.  

Anyone bought any shoes from Missguided? Are they good quality?

 Thanks for reading! :)

FOTD- Heaven and Earth

Evening all!
Thought I'd do a quick FOTD seeing as I've done something a bit different with my makeup for once!

 MAC Studio Sculpt NC15

Collection 2000 concealer 

Topshop blush in Powdered

17 Mirror Shine in Beehive

Maybelline Eyestudio Gel Liner

Maybelline One By One Volum' Express 
MUA Heaven and Earth pallette

This is the first time I've worn eyeshadow in the day time in aaages! I gave in to temptation and bought the MUA Heaven and Earth pallette, after spending ages gazing at the one I bought for my giveaway haha!
These pics were taken at the end of the day, after lots of sweating and running about, so I think the eyeshadow has held up pretty well! I'm impressed with how well they've lasted, at £4 for the pallette!

Anyways, It's way past my bedtime, so I'm off!
Hope everyone is well, and enjoying the weather :)

11 Questions Tag

Hey guys!
I was tagged to do this post a while ago, but totally forgot until now! Whoops.
The lovely Sandra from Beauty Balm tagged me, if you haven't already checked out her fabulous blog, what are you waiting for?!

The rules of this tag are, you have to answer 11 questions, and then tag 11 people to answer your own 11 questions!

1. When did you first start blogging and why?

About 5 months ago :) I'd been following blogs and youtube videos for a while, and always really enjoyed them. Most of my friends and family aren't really into beauty, so I started a blog so that I'd have somewhere to ramble about all things makeup and skincare! 

2. What's your favourite beauty tip?

Going around the edges of lipstick with concealer to make it look sharper and more precise.

3. If someone gave you £500 what would you buy?

Ooh tough! I'd start with a Clarisonic Mia, then I'd get my hair done! I've been waiting aaaages to finally go ginger, so I'd do that :) Any money left over, and I'd go shopping for summery dresses!

4. Who is your favourite celebrity?

Aston from JLS! He's my biggest crush ever, and I'm not remotely embarrassed about that!

5. What's the most expensive beauty product you have bought?

I don't really have anything that expensive, so probably my Bobbi Brown foundation stick, which is around £25 :)

6. What is your favourite make up item?

MAC Ruby woo lippy. 
 

7. What blog posts do you like reading about most?

Hauls! I like to live out my expensive shopping fantasies through other people :)

8. Where would your dream holiday location be?

Hmm I'd like to go to Paris again, and really take advantage of the shops!

9. What's your favourite shop for buying beauty products?

Probably Boots, because they have higher and lower end stuff. Debenhams is always good for MAC though!

10. What product(s) would you like to see in my next giveaway?

Nail varnish maybe? For some reason I never buy any, even though I love painting my nails!

11. What is your favourite TV show?

Buffy the vampire slayer. Always has been, always will be.

My 11 questions:

1. What's your favourite thing about blogging?
2. What is your favourite makeup brand?
3. What is your dream job?
4. If you could receive one thing as a present right now (any price!), what would you chose?
5. What's the cheapest makeup product that you own, and love?
6. Describe yourself in one word
7. If you could be anyone for a day, who would you pick and why?
8. What do you prefer to spend your money on- skincare, makeup or clothes?
9. Tell me something about yourself that people may not already know
10. What's your favourite song at the moment?
11. What's your favourite book?

And I tag:

Neeny from Neeny's Wishlist 

Becca from BDP World

Claudia from Claudia Kitten

Claire from Don't Eat Leather
Emily from Emily Has Dimples
Jessica from Good Morning Beautiful
Lauren from Lauren and Makeup
Maria from Little Tree Vintage
Lucee from Lucy Loves Beauty Box
Marie from Marja Lovely
Amy/Colly from Sugar Plump Beauty

Farewell Friday #4

Afternoon everyone! :)

What a lovely day! Hope it's as nice and sunny where you are, I can't believe the weathers like this and it's only March!

The other day I finished a product, so thought I'd do a Farewell Friday about it.

The product in question is TRESemme Split Remedy Leave In Treatment.

I bought this from Boots around 4 months ago, when I started on my hair serum/treatment obsession. 

This product claims to "restore moisture and softness,instantly leaving your hair smoother. The unique formula, with Reconstructing Complex, actually mends split ends and, with continued use, protects the health of your hair by repairing further damage as it occurs."

Now, personally I hate it when brands talk about things like 'reconstructing complex', because what does that actually mean?! Fair enough when it's something like 'contains argan oil', because we know what that is, it actually means something, and we can research it if we want more info. But what on earth is a 'reconstructing complex' when it's at home?!

Anyway, rant over! Annoying made up ingredient aside, this is a pretty nice product.

This product is designed to be used after shampooing and conditioning. You apply to mid, to ends when wet, and then dry it. You can also apply a small amount to dry ends.

PROS:

• Smells nice
• Easy to use, and you don't need much, meaning it lasts a while
• Leaves hair smooth, sleek and soft
• When left on dry hair overnight, it sinks in and leaves hair in great condition, but doesn't look greasy the next day

CONS:

• Can leave hair feeling a bit sticky if you use too much
• Didn't make any difference to my split ends
• Once you get near the end, it gets tricky to get all the product out, so I had to cut open the bottle!

Now, to be honest, I didn't expect it to make much difference to my split ends. Not only can I not see how a product can actually 'fix' them, but my split ends are pretty extreme!

My fave way to use this was overnight, on dry ends. I used this pretty much every night, and found that when I woke up the next day, my hair was smooth, less brittle/dry, and really soft. My ends didn't look greasy at all, and it didn't feel like there was any product left there. 

So, all in all, a great serum to relieve dry, brittle ends, but I'm not entirely sold on the split end mending claims!

This is £5.50 from Boots.com and instore.

Would I repurchase? Yes, definitely. It's not as good as this Lee Stafford one, but it's much better value for money, and is a fab everyday product.

Anyone tried this? Or found an amazing hair serum?

Thanks for reading :)

Wednesday wants #8

Morning guys! :)
For this Wednesday Wants, I thought I'd attempt to do it through Polyvore! It is a first attempt, so I know it's a bit rubbish, but practice makes perfect ay!

My Polyvore.

I've got no idea whether the pics will be links, so I'll just write them here in case they're not! Also, all the prices came up in dollars, anyone know how to change that ?! 

Lipstick = Apocalips by Illamasqua £15.50

Blusher = Lover by Illamasqua £16.50

Rings = Topshop £16.50

Striped shirt = Topshop £32

Lace strappy dress = Topshop £36

Pineapple print dress = Whistles/ASOS £150

Okay so the last one is definitely a 'when I win the lottery' purchase, but a girl can dream! I'm so into fruit prints, and the shape of the dress is really nice and easy to wear. 

The lace dress is very pretty, and I'm love with mint shades at the moment. The striped shirt and ring pack are possible purchases, they're just so cool!

The blusher is pretty, you can never have too many coral blushes, and I haven't tried anything from Illamasqua yet.

I'm not entirely sure why I'd need a teal lipstick, but it looks amazing in the promo pics and video which you can see here.

Anyone got any of these things? Or own a teal lippy?!

Thanks for reading! :)

PS- Anyone particularly eagle eyed may notice that I managed to post this yesterday by mistake! Me and technology don't mix!

What's In My Bag :)

Morning everyone :)

I love watching on youtube, and reading posts about what people have in their bags, probably because I'm nosey! As I enjoy them so much, thought I'd do my own.

This is my bag. It's from River Island, and I've used it non stop for about two years. The main reason I love it so much, is that it's massive, and I like to carry around pretty much everything I own!

I love the look of fur bags, and I thought the studded handle and gold twisty lock thing (technical term!) were really nice.

So, on to the contents of the bag! There was a tonne of crumpled paper, receipts, wrappers and loose change, so I did remove all that first!

First up, my makeup bag. Think I'll do a separate post on what's in there cus there's loads! It's a Hello Kitty and Liberty Of London one I got from Boots at Christmas :)

Next, I've got a few essentials! A book, incase I have to wait around anywhere or get bored, my purse (Dorothy Perkins), keys and an umbrella. The book is okay, but it's quite hard to get in to!

The umbrella comes out with me no matter what the weather, because I am certain that the one day I forget it, it will tip down!

I carry numerous packets of tissues, especially now it's hayfever season! A packet of paracetamol incase of any pains (although this packet is actually empty, why am I carrying it around?!), a small 'can' of sour cherry sherbert, and some chewing gum! The chewing gum is new, by Mentos and you get two flavours in every packet! There's different quotes on every packet, which I think is a cute touch! Because they're only a pound at ASDA now, I've stocked up :)

Natural collecton vanilla body spray is my every day scent, and I take it everywhere with me. I've also got a Nature's Way hand cream, H&m/Disney hairbrush and mirror, Viva La Juicy roll on, and some hairbands. I usually wear my hair down, but I like to have it up if I'm concentrating, or if it's hot!

So there ya have it! The random assortment of bits and bobs I take around with me :) Hope this post wasn't too boring, I just felt like doing something a bit different!

Feel free to link me if you've done a similar post, thanks for reading :)

P.S My giveaway ends in 6 days!