Sunday, 30 March 2014

March Favourites!






Tonight's post is one of my many (hopefully) monthly favourites.

Sorry if this post isn't great, I promise I'll try to make them better over time. And I'n watching Simba's Pride (Second Lion King film) while typing this, with wet nails. Whoopsie.

So, for starters, we have this.

This is the Maybelline New York Baby Lips Lipbalm in Intensive Care. Recently, I've been getting quite chapped lips, and using this everynight before bed has really helped. It's a handbag-must okay?


Don't ask why I started watching this again, but yes, I have rekindled my love for Troy and Gabriella. By far, this is my favourite from the three. It sends out a powerful message, and I just love it. Fangirl feels, asdfghjkl.






This is the Soap & Glory Hand Food. Basically hand cream. I have this in the minature/travel size, because it's good to slip into my bag before I leave the house. It leaves my hands very very soft, a recommendation to anyone.

This spray isn't in my handbag, I keep it in my schoolbag because it smells nice+some people don't use sprays. Yeah, ew. It's the Boots Natural Collection Body Spray in Passionfruit, and smells sooooo nice. And the liquid is purple, which is awesome. They're really cheap for the scent, and there's loads to choose from.


I know some people may not like One Direction, but I do, so sorry. This is their perfume, Our Moment, which is just, ugh. I can't even describe it. Even if you dislike the band, give the perfume a whiff, it does smell nice.









Rimmel London Kate Moss lipstick in 107, my favourite. I've been wanting this forever. I love the colour, it's like a wine red. I don't know where the case came from, but I think you can get them anywhere.

This is the Lush Lip Scrub in Bubblegum. Incredibly sweet and incredibly sugary, this has been coinciding with my baby lips to give me soft lips.

The Righteous Butter by Soap & Glory, the ultimate bath companion. It says it's for dry skin, and I rarely get dry skin, but it's always good to moisturize so I may as well use it. I've almost used this one up, so soon I'll be starting on the 300ml pot.

A concealer now, Wake Me Up by Rimmel London in Ivory. I've been getting spots recently, and this has been a life saver to minimise the look of it. Thank you Rimmel.

Now, my ultimate favourite. I am kind of obsessed with hair bows, I think they're so cute and can work with anything. I recently ordered these two from Etsy, and they came in the post on the 26th. I'm very impressed with the quality, I just love these two. One is Hogwarts with the Ravenclaw logo on it, and the other is The Fault In Our Stars with 'Okay? Okay.' on it. If you haven't read TFIOS yet, go read it. After you've read this post. :)




Lip balmhttp://www.boots.com/en/Maybelline-Baby-Lips-Lip-Balm_1365477/
Dvdhttp://www.amazon.co.uk/High-School-Musical-Senior-Year/dp/B001H0GEOI
Hand Cream- http://www.boots.com/en/Soap-Glory-Mini-Hand-Food-Hand-Cream-50ml_1444120/
Body Sprayhttp://www.boots.com/en/Natural-Collection-Passionfruit-Body-Spray_46498/
Perfumehttp://www.theperfumeshop.com/fcp/product/womens-perfumes/One-Direction/Our-Moment/3700
Lipstick- http://www.boots.com/en/Rimmel-Kate-Matte-Lipstick_1281356/
Lipscrubhttps://www.lush.co.uk/product/67/Bubblegum-Lip-Scrub
Body butterhttp://www.boots.com/en/Soap-Glory-Travel-Size-Righteous-Butter%C2%99-Body-Butter-50ml_1444122/
Concealerhttp://www.boots.com/en/Rimmel-Wake-Me-Up-Concealer_1253837/
Harry Potter bowhttps://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/158651326/harry-potter-hair-bow-pick-your-favorite?ref=shop_home_active_1&ga_search_query=harry%2Bpotter
TFIOS bowhttps://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/169389444/the-fault-in-our-stars-by-john-green?ref=shop_home_active_2&ga_search_query=fault%2Bin%2Bour%2Bstars

Thursday, 27 March 2014

Update

Just noticed that I haven't done a new post in over a week.

Whoopsie!

The main reason that I haven't posted is because I had my french GCSE speaking exam.

I was so scared, I was shaking in my Sociology lesson and left the room early so it could be done quicker.

You're probably wondering what grade I got.

C+.

Pretty proud of it, haven't had to do a speaking since year 8.

Anyway, enough about school.

Hopefully, I will have a new post up by the end of the month, if I have the time. It'll either be up end of March or start of April.

Until then!♥

Saturday, 15 March 2014

How to; make Tiffin!

So today I will be informing you how to make Tiffin.

Tiffin is like a cake, made with biscuits, butter, sugar, golden syrup, chocolate chips and melted chocolate. Unlike regular cakes, Tiffin does not require baking.

This is so easy to make, it's almost impossible to go wrong.

Ingredients-
-100g Butter or Margarine
-200g Digestive Biscuits
-2 tablespoons of Caster Sugar
-2 tablespoons of Golden Syrup
-1 or 2 handfuls of Chocolate Chips
-250g Milk or Plain Cooking Chocolate

Equipment-
-Sandwich bag
-Rolling Pin
-Pan
-Wooden spatula
-Tea towel
-Teaspoon
-Tray
-A glass bowl that will fit into the pan but not touch the bottom.

Method-
1.  Put the biscuits into the sandwich bag and tie it up. Place the bag onto the tea towel and fold it over, so it is covered. Hit the towel/bag lump with the rolling pin until the biscuits are crushed. Don't worry if there are big chunks; it'll still work.

2.  Melt the butter in the pan over the stove. Once it has fully melted, add in the sugar, chocolate chips and golden syrup. Keep stirring, then pour in the biscuits from the sandwich bag. Stir them in until all the biscuits are covered in the liquid.

3.  Once covered, pour the contents of the pan into the tray and push into the edges until the bottom of the tray can't be seen. Put into the fridge to set.

4.  Pour some water into the pan, and put the glass bowl on the top. Make sure the bottom of the bowl doesn't touch the water.

5.  Break the cooking chocolate into the separate squares. Stir regularly with a spoon until it becomes a liquid.

6.  Take the tray from the fridge. Pour the melted chocolate over the biscuit base, making sure it is completely covered.

7.  Once fully covered, put back into the fridge and leave until the chocolate has hardened on top. Once hardened, cut into squares and serve. Keep in the fridge.

Friday, 14 March 2014

Lush bath favourites!

This is about my LUSH favourites!

I love LUSH, it is my favourite bath/body shop ever. I usually have to go in alone as my family can't stomach the smells, but they don't mind me using them. They do have all of their new Easter items in, but I'm confused as to if my store in my town will stock them. I hope they will, because otherwise I'll have to travel 15 minutes or an hour to get them, which I won't be pleased about.

So taking into consideration that LUSH is my go-to shop, everytime I go mental in there I will take pictures and show you all what I bought that time.


This is the Dorothy Bubble Bar. With bubble bars, they can be reused, which is quite handy if you don't want to use it all in one go.









This is the Ickle Baby Bot bath bomb. This is was created for the birth of Prince George; the son of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge ( William and Kate). It has lavender and chamomile, and is safe to use for anyone over 6 months. And it's adorable. Do you understand why I like it?

This is the Pop In The Bath bubble bar, so like the Dorothy bar it can be reused. These come in different colours, but I bought the cream/pink/green on because it just looked so cute.
I'm going to copy out what it says on the sticker, because I laughed so loudly in the middle of the restaurant when I read it-
'Crumble bar under the hot running tap, let the water make huge piles of bubbles- then you think, you wink, you do a double blink, close your eyes, and jump in.'

This is the Butterball bath ballistic. Unfortunately, they have to be used all in one go. This ballistic is tiny, so I don't know what effect this will have on my bath. I'll probably buy it again though, so all is okay.

This is the Big Blue bath ballistic. They are usually gigantic, and this one has sea salts and seaweed compacted into it. I have yet to use it, but I will soon.









There are a few products that I haven't take a picture of, because I've used them. Those products are; Avobath, a bath ballistic; Dragon's Egg, a bath ballistic and Fizzbanger, a bath ballistic.

Fizzbanger is probably my favourite bath bomb, as it has popping candy, it changes colour and has a tiny piece of paper inside once it has dissolved fully.

The only problem I have with the bath bombs/ballistics is that mine take about 5 minutes to dissolve, and my that time my once warm/hot bath has gone lukewarm. Ughhhh. If anyone knows anyway to make them dissolve quicker, please let me know!

I hope this post has been long, I tried to make it good to make up for missing a day. I don't like being ill, we all know that feeling. Leave a comment if you want me to do a specific post, I'll try do it as soon as. :)






Avobath- https://www.lush.co.uk/product/37/Avobath
Dorothyhttps://www.lush.co.uk/product/132/Dorothy
Dragon's Egg- https://www.lush.co.uk/product/135/Dragon%27s-Egg
Big Blue- https://www.lush.co.uk/product/6/Big-Blue
Ickle Baby Bot- https://www.lush.co.uk/product/219/Ickle-Baby-Bot
Butterball- https://www.lush.co.uk/product/73/Butterball
Fizzbanger- https://www.lush.co.uk/product/149/Fizzbanger
Pop In The Bath- https://www.lush.co.uk/product/318/Pop-in-the-Bath-Bubble-Bar

Skin Care- What do I use?

So, this new post is about what skin care products I use.




This is my skin-care product bag. It was a Birthday present so I don't know where it came from.


This is the Simple Spotless Skin Triple Action Face Wash - Zinc & Chamomile Goodness For Visibly Clearer Skin.
(Gosh that's a mouthful.)
When I first used this, there was an immediate result. I used it at night, so by morning it had really kicked in and worked. I don't use this all the time, I only use it when I get bad breakouts.


Simple Kind To Skin Moisturising Facial Wash
I haven't used this a lot as I mainly use my Triple Action Face Wash, but from the few times I've used it it has worked.


Simple Kind To Skin Soothing Facial Toner
I know this is used to shrink pores and to cleanse the skin, but to be honest I've only used this once, and didn't see any difference. That was only because I used a tiny amount because it has the plastic sprinkler on top and it extremely difficult to dispense.
 Freederm Gel
The first time I used this, it worked well, but as time has passed it's stopped working. The reason I keep it is because in case it works again.





Savlon Advanced+ Healing Gel
This stuff is the best. It reduces scarring, which is good for spots or pimples. It also reduces the look of angry spots.








Triple Action Face Wash http://www.boots.com/en/Simple-Spotless-Skin-Triple-Action-Face-Wash-150ml_1107197/
Moisturising Face Wash - http://www.boots.com/en/Simple-Kind-To-Skin-Moisturising-Facial-Wash-50ml_1102648/
Facial Toner - http://www.boots.com/en/Simple-Kind-To-Skin-Soothing-Facial-Toner-200ml_1523/
Freederm - http://www.boots.com/en/Freederm-Gel-10g_954510/
Savlon http://www.boots.com/en/Savlon-Advanced-Healing-Gel-50g-Tube_122250/


Tuesday, 11 March 2014

What's in my make-up bag?

So, as the title states, today this will be about what is in my make-up bag. Today my laptop is finally working, so we can celebrate with a computer post. (Whoop)

Let's get started!




This is my make-up bag. Duh.
It has a Russian Doll print, as I said in my last post. I received it for Christmas, so I don't know where it came from, sorry. I like it, it is quite roomy and a lot can fit inside.








From left to right;
Claire's Foundation & Concealer 2-in-1 brush
Maybelline New York Dream Matte Mousse Foundation - 04 Light Porcelain
Rimmel London Wake Me Up Concealer- Ivory













Beauty UK Blusher- 7 Buff
Blusher brush- Christmas present











Little Mix by Collection Full On Mascara- Perrie's Black
NYC Show Time Volumizing Mascara- 847 Black






Maybelline New York Expression Kajal Gentle Precision Eyeliner- 33 Black
Gold by Giles Eyeliner- Brown, Christmas Present




Gold by Giles 4-piece Eyeshadow- Christmas Present
Claire's Eyeshadow applicator & Smudger brush 2-in-1






Rimmel London Kate Moss Matte Lipstick- 107
Little Mix by Collection Lipstick- Perrie












So there are the contents of my make-up bag! As usual, links will be below to buy the items I mentioned. These pictures were taken myself, hence the site link to where they came from.

Foundation/ Concealer Brushhttp://www.claires.co.uk/foundation/concealer-beauty-brush/shop/fcp-product/15999
Foundationhttp://www.boots.com/en/Maybelline-Dream-Matte-Mousse-Foundation_16064/
Concealerhttp://www.boots.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10052&productId=1253837
Blusherhttp://www.beautyukcosmetics.com/products/face/no7-buff
Little Mix Mascara- http://www.superdrug.com/collection-2000/collection-little-mix-full-on-perrie-lengthening/invt/753957
NYC Mascara- http://www.superdrug.com/nyc/nyc-showtime-volumising-mascara-black-847/invt/210794
Eyeliner Pencil- Unable to find link, may be discontinued
Eyeshadow/smudger Brushhttp://www.claires.co.uk/eyeshadow-and-smudger-brush/shop/fcp-product/15995
Kate Moss Lipstickhttp://www.boots.com/en/Rimmel-Kate-Matte-Lipstick_1281356/
Little Mix Lipstickhttp://www.superdrug.com/lip-make-up/collection-little-mix-lipstick-perrie/invt/754059

Monday, 10 March 2014

20 things in my bedroom!

As the title says, today I will be listing 20 things in my bedroom. Here we go...

1;
Friends- The One With All Ten Seasons Box set

2;
A Collins Revision  GCSE Sociology book

3;
An Audrey Hepburn calendar

4;
The soundtrack to Disney's Frozen

5;
Superdrug's own dry shampoo

6;
A One Direction calendar

7;
An illuminated NO7 make up mirror

8;
An Iron Man comic book

9;
Our Moment (One Direction perfume)

10;
Savlon healing gel to reduce scarring

11;
Salute- Little Mix's second album

12;
Company Magazine with Zoella on the cover

13;
A glass cube with an angel inside

14;
A nail art diary/advent calendar from Colour Couture

15;
Lush lip scrub in 'Bubblegum'

16;
Rimmel London Kate Moss Matte lipstick in 107 & 110

17;
Some flower crowns

18;
Little Mix by Collection lipstick in Perrie

19;
Hollister body mist in Cresent Bay

20;
My make-up bag with a russian doll print


So that was 20 things in my bedroom! This took forever as it is a mobile post. (Damn you Wi-Fi...)

Sunday, 9 March 2014

Soap & Glory collection+overview!

New post, not sure why I'm posting this but I may as well!

So this is about my Soap & Glory collection. I am in love with the brand, though it upsets me how I have to walk for 20 minutes to get some more of their hand cream. (Hand Food)

So, here we go!

Soap & Glory Supercat Eyeliner pen Carbon Black extreme

This is without a doubt the best eyeliner I have used. It is easy to use, though it does stay wet for quite a while. Although mine comes out slightly grey, it still it great.

Soap & Glory The Righteous Butter

What can I say? It smells amazing, looks amazing, and works well. It is essentially a body butter, as it is a cream/butter. I've already gone through the small 50ml travel size, and still have the 300ml and another 50ml to use.

Soap & Glory The Scrub Of Your Life Smoothing Body Scrub

This is a body scrub, which does mean that is has those tiny ball thingys that rub against your skin. It smells so nice, except I need to start using less as I've had it just under a month and I've almost used it up. Whoopsie...

Soap & Glory Handmaid Antibacterial Hand Cleansing Gel

Although it claims that it is fruity and floral scented, from the two I've used, all I can really smell is fruit. It does say gel on the front, though it is more liquid than gel. That doesn't matter though, because as soon as it's fully worked in, you can hardly recognize it was on your hands in the first place.

Soap & Glory Hand Food Hand Cream

It does say that it is a non-greasy hand cream, but I disagree. When I first used it, I found that it wasn't greasy, but after a few uses it has become like the millions of other hand creams I have used. The only reason I keep using it is because it smells so nice.

Soap & Glory Mist You Madly Body Spray

This scent is very, VERY strong. So strong even I have to step away after spritzing it. Never mind that though, it does smell extremely nice and sweet.

Pictures were from either the Soap & Glory site, or Boots. Opinions are all my own, and no copyright was intented.

You can purchase the products I mentioned here-

Eyeliner Pen- http://www.boots.com/en/Soap-Glory%C2%99-Supercat%C2%99-Eyeliner-pen-Carbon-Black-Extreme_1238278/
Body Butter- http://www.boots.com/en/Soap-Glory-The-Righteous-Butter-300ml_1444112/
Body Scrub- http://www.boots.com/en/Soap-Glory-The-Scrub-Of-Your-Life-Smoothing-Body-Scrub-200ml_1444110/
Antibacterial Gel- http://www.boots.com/en/Soap-Glory%C2%99-Hand-Maid%C2%99-Antibacterial-Hand-Cleansing-Gel-50ml_1208212/
Hand Cream- http://www.boots.com/en/Soap-Glory-Hand-Food%C2%99-Hand-Cream-125ml_1444118/
Body Spray- http://www.boots.com/en/Soap-Glory-Mist-You-Madly%C2%99-Body-Spray-250ml_641298/

Welcome!

As the title states, welcome.

I've never known what to put here, so I guess hi.

This is posted from mobile, expect most posts from desktop, if the laptop is being nice to me. Don't lie, you know what I'm talking about.

So.

Watch this space.

Bye, for now <3