The Sunday series part 3: Rub a dub scrub

Well hey there internet!

Happy Sunday! I hope you had a lovely week.  Mine was pretty good although I had a very satisfying Sunday today because I had no responsibilities today so my day consisted of waking up at 

Around 8am ish and going back to sleep until about 10am and not getting out of bed until noon where I spent the rest of my afternoon playing Mario Kart 8 (amazing game btw) Watching Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban and of course my Sunday bath.

Another Sunday another Lush product.

Seeing as though the cold winter air is causing m skin to be even more dry and flaky than it usually is I decided a good abrasive exfoliater was what I need today. And Lush’s sugar scrub was exactly what I needed.

This exfoliating bar is a mixture of sugar, grated ginger and fresh fennel.

I’ll be honest I had never heard of fennel until it started popping up online as this new healthy food that’s apparently always been here but no one has realised it until now. I call it “The new kale.”

Nevertheless it makes a good body scrub.

But I must warn you: this is not a gentle scrub.

This is rough and it will get deep into your- WHOA that does not sound innocent out of context.

Anywho, if you've got tough skin that needs smoothing then this is your thing. It’s great for the elbows and feet where the skin tends to be a little rough.

This baby buffs away those tough dead skin cells and will leave you with the softest skin that’ll make you want to touch yourself all night ....OH GOSH I NEED TO STOP RIGHT NOW

Question of the day: Are you a bath person?

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It's not Party season.... It's Partay season !!

Well hey there internet!

Christmas party season has arrived! So it's time to get out your fancy frocks, your sparkling jewellry and those high heels that you know you will not last in for the whole night.

But you still wear them anyway

Now I don't know about you but I'm not such a huge fan of spending a lot of money on something you'll probably wear once. 

So I either buy dresses from a high street store or discounted fancy shizz. 

However if you want discounts then ASOS are doing have sale where you can get 20% off anything online with the promo code "December20"

BUT HURRY BECAUSE SALE ENDS ON DECEMBER 15TH!!

SO you're basically getting the best of both worlds because they have hundreds of brands so some are high end whereas others are high street.

Here are a couple of my favourites that I would wear at Christmas parties....if I was ever invited to 

one :/ 

Maybe you want to go for a shimmery number for New Years Eve?

Or a sophisticated piece if you're going to fancy pants party.

Or maybe you want to avoid the dark colours and go for a girly dress (I feel ya girl)

 Or maybe you just want to go for a classic LBD. You can't go wrong with that.

Question of the day: Are you a party person? I' personally haven't been to many parties to figure out if I am or not.

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Sunday series part 2: PJs that are too cosy!

Well hey there internet,

Hope your all enjoying your Sunday :) Mine has been relaxing yet productive which is an odd but satisfying combination.

I've just had my Sunday bath, got change into my PJs and currently listening to a 'chilling out' playlist on spotify.

I wake up in the mornings to find frost all over the ground when I look outside my window, which means one thing, its winter!

Cue the arty farty pictures on tumblr, instagram, pinterest etc of people wrapped up in sweaters drinking hot chocolate in bed.

And yes I will be one of those people taking such pictures.

Now in my opinion I think that although fresh new Pyjamas are comfy, there's nothing like an old set of Jim Jams that have been worn over and over again but are still super comfy.

But I have plenty of those s I bought a new set.

And there's no better place for cheap comfy Pyjamas than Primark
So I bought these these bad boys for £10...

and MY GOODNESS ARE THEY COMFY!

In fact,because I live in the house where the heating is constantly on I actually can only wear them for about a few hours before I get too hot.

But if you live in a chilly place then these are perfect to keep you warm.

When I was browsing through Primark the first thing that drew me to these were obviously the fact that they had Minnie mouse on them before I realised they were the softest things known to man!

I think I'm starting to become obsessed with Minnie, I have Minnie ears and I'm a huge lover of polka dots.

Question of the Day: how do you stay warm?

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Window shopping for advent calendars

Well hey there internet,

Now December only means one thing, the countdown to Christmas, it is basically the only reason the month of December exists, to build up the excitement for Christmas and whatnot.

You know what else builds up the excitement for Christmas? Advent calendars!(smooth transition)

Now,I think I'm developing a bit of a tradition here.For the past two years I have bought a One Direction advent calendar.... and this year is no different.

Unfortunately this year I didn't manage to get round to buying a non-chocolate advent calendar this year but I did come across some AMAZING ones that I hope to get my hands on next year (or when I become insanely rich)

The Benefit Beauty calendar is back people! At £60 this is packed with mini samples of your favourite Benefit products making it perfect for all you Benefit fans out there.

Introducing Tesco's FIRST EVER beauty calendar, If you're looking to accumulate a wide variety of products to try out in December then head towards this.

At £50 this includes some of your favourite brands like Nip+Fab. Korres, Katy Perry and my personal favourite, Tanya Burr! 

For all you Nail lovers out there the Ciaté's advent calendar returns.

At £49 this 'Mini Manor'  includes mini versions of their best selling shades and a full size one right at the end.

Candle lovers there's even something for you!

Yankee candle thought it made sense that the worlds best candle company gave back this Christmas

At £29 this Adorable little cottage contains tea light candles of scents that just scream Christmas!

However, the crème de la crème of all advent calendars has to be this one.......

The Jo Malone beauty advent calendar. 

This baby at a whopping £250 is full of Jo Malone beauty products that''ll leave you smelling like a million dollars.

Do you want to know the bad news? Most of these are sold out.

But that doesn't mean we can't plan to buy them next year! Optimism people!

Look at how much more exciting these other ones look than the 1D one! 
I love you 1D but you should probably up your advent calendar game

Question of the day: what advent calendar do you have this year? have you gone for the classic chocolate or are you one of the lucky ones that grabbed one of these?

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The Sleek Matte Me Lip cream

Well hey there internet,

I think it's safe to say that matte lips are in!  

All the new lip products that seen to be coming out are all "matte this" "matte that"
And I'm not complaining at all.

So I'm jumping on the bandwagon and I bought these two beauties.

 (left: Rioja Red Right: Party Pink)

(Right: Rioja Red 

Left: Party Pink)

The sleek matte me lip creams have been out for a while but if you want bold matte lips then these are the ones to go for.

Rioja Red is a lovely red that's perfect for Christmas whereas Party Pink is a great colour for those who may not want the bright red lip.

Both colours are beautiful classic colours that I can not wait to wear :D

Question of the day: Which one these do you prefer?

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Sundays... The sunday series part 1

Well hey there internet,

Ahh Sundays. A day where the world is lazy together ...

The thing about Sundays is that there's good things and bad things about it. 

The good things being that it's the weekend and no need to do to anything whatsoever and you can just laze around all day in your pyjamas etc

The bad things about Sunday tend to happen if you did not have a productive Saturday. 

You may be stressed about something you have to do by Monday. 

You may have a test on Monday and are panicking about it. 

You can't seem to psych yourself up for the week ahead because you just dread the long week. 

My advice is: Stop worrying.  

There is no point worrying about something that hasn't happened yet because you don't know what the world has in store for you. 

Take Sunday as a day to cut off from your responsibilities and just indulge into a day about yourself and mentally preparing for the week ahead. 

Focus on Sunday not Monday.  When Monday comes along then you can sort go ahead and plan out the week.  

The way I relax on Sundays? well I lounge about around the house pretty much the whole day. I pamper myself by having a bath and groom myself.

I do a couple of chores like vacuuming to make myself feel mentally good so I don't go crazy about being unproductive.

I workout to make my self feel physically good. 

I go browse on my phone and social media and watch YouTube videos that are funny or inspiring to make me feel emotionally good. 

And then in the evening I play some gentle music to help me settle down for the night. 

This is lush bath bomb.  They were made for Sundays. 

If you're not a bath person then a long shower is just as fine.  

This is called dragons egg. Although it seems like a big white ball once you drop it in it releases bursts of colour until you are left with a nice orange colour in the bath water along with a citrus scent that would have probably caught your nose by now. 

Hope you enjoyed part 1 of this sunday series

Question of the day : what do you do on Sundays? 

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Stila Brow colour

Well hey there internet,

When I made my first ever trip to Sephora I only bought 2 things. 

One of those purchases were the Sephora oil blotting sheets which were useful during my holiday as for some reason my face just so happened to start getting oily even though I have quite dry skin.

Anywho nevertheless they came in handy.

The other purchase was this :

This is the stila stay all day waterproof brow colour. Bit of a mouthful..

Now I'm going to be honest here, I'm not that much of a brow person. (apologies to the brow lovers out there)

As long as the shape is fine and they don't look like two slugs above my eyes I'm good to go. 

And when I'm attempting to make my face look half decent in the morning my eyebrows are not my priority...  It's the panda like dark circles under my eyes.

I do actually own a brow pencil including this one but that was to fill in the large bald patch I have that I had before I started getting my eyebrows done.

So I decided to give this a try seeing as though I wanted to try new things and I wanted to splurge on stuff etc.

And I must say I am quite impressed.

I'm not totally in love with it and if I had to live life without it I could definitely cope without it.  But it makes a nice (but very subtle) to my brows. 

I think it's great for when your eyebrows are starting to grow back and you want to neaten them up a bit. 

And I could see why people are very into perfecting their eyebrows. It definitely adds a nice touch to your overall look. 

However it's not a product that I would use on a  daily basis because firstly it was kind of pricey for the amount of product that comes in it (£13.50 which is about $21) and secondly like I said on a  daily basis I don't focus on the brows but you never know that could change in the future.

So would I buy this again?  We'll have to see, but for now it's not a bad product.

I've definitely done a lot of alternative methods to fill in my eyebrows that I might just share in another blog.

So to sum up,

If I could describe this product in an analogy it would be this :

It's like buying trying out that fancy, slightly expensive, slice of cake.  It's tastes pretty good.  There's nothing wrong with it and it was great as a treat,  but it wasn't so tasty that you'll buy it again and again. And if it decided to stop selling,  you wouldn't be devastated by the news.

Was that a good analogy? 

Anywho, 
Question of the day:

Have you tried this? And what's your opinion on the whole 'brow game'?

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