Monthly Archives: April 2014

Apr 10 2014
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LUSH King of Skin & Stepping Stone Review

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I picked up a couple of bits from LUSH the other day and I thought I’d give you a little review on what I thought about them. From top to bottom on the images above are the King of Skin Body Butter and the Stepping Stone Foot Scrub.

LOOKING LUSH…

KING OF SKIN has a a 4.7 average rating on the LUSH website and is “for skin that feels royally good”. I bought this on the recommendation of one of my favourite YouTubers and to be honest it was all that I expected. I’ve been using it at the end of my shower and then just rinsing it off before I get out. At first I wasn’t sure about the residue it left on my skin but after a few tries I really began to appreciate the softness and the moisture that it was putting back in. While the smell isn’t something I would necessarily choose, it is pleasant and I’m really glad that I picked this up. It makes a welcome change from my usual bath time routine.

STEPPING STONE has a 3.6 average rating on the LUSH website and is designed so that “your feet scrub up nice”. At first I have to admit that I thought I’d made a boo boo in buying this product. It was a complete impulse buy because it looks so adorable and it smells amazing. The website describes the product as “a foot-shaped scrub to pumice away dead skin” and so my thoughts immediately turn to a firm pumice stone. This product crumbles at the touch which is something I was not expecting, but upon further inspection this is not a bad thing. I’ve taken to breaking off a piece of the scrub and rubbing it onto my wet feet, rather than using it in its current form. Of course that makes it a little bit awkward to use and although the foot shape is novel, I think they’d be better off marketing this product in a different form (in a tub perhaps). It genuinely is a lovely product, it exfoliates gently and really leaves my feet smelling minty fresh. I wouldn’t buy it again in its current form, but I do like much of what it has to offer.

Can I also just note while I’m here that the LUSH website has had a revamp since I last visited it and it looked absolutely amazing. The products are easy to find with clear reviews  and videos showing them in use. I just think it looks so tidy and I’m really impressed! I’ve popped a couple of links below if you’re interested in taking in look!

xxx

SOURCES AND RELEVANT LINKS

King of Skin || My Fashion and Beauty Posts || Stepping Stone
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Apr 08 2014
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The Incredibles: A Costume in Thirty Minutes

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I’m off to a Disney themed birthday party and I’m borrowing my friend’s Belle costume so I’m sorted. Only when I go to collect the costume from her house, two hours before the party, she declares that she’s so sorry and she left it at her home away from uni. Next step, try not to panic. Go home and and search every inch of the internet for an idea. Type all sorts of things into google… easy disney costumes, quick disney costumes, disney costumes from household items… Nothing seems to come up, and that’s when you have an idea. (I also love that you get a full view of my old lady trolley in the image above, oh and ignore the dirty mirror!)

THE INCREDIBLES…

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Fishing out an old black vest top and old orange/yellow tank top out of the back of my cupboard, I set to work! I get the symbol off of a simple google image search and print it off my computer…

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I then cut out the yellow/orange parts and the black parts separately and trace around them onto my fabric. I sew the orange section on top of the black section and then sew the entire thing onto a red blouse that I have. The best part is, I have to sew it on as I’m wearing the shirt because otherwise it won’t go over my head. Joy!

I pair the shirt with red tights (I have no idea why I have these), black heels and a black skirt (I unfortunately don’t have black shorts) but in all I think it comes off alright.

In all honesty, I know this is a complete shambles but I’m really quite proud of what I achieved in literally half an hour. The make up took a further ten to fifteen minutes but that was only because I really had no idea what I was doing with it when I started…

I used Barry M dazzle dust in Charcoal to create the mask with the No7 High Shine Lip Crayon in Berry on my lips. I really wish I had taken more pictures now, but at the time I was in such a rush and I had absolutely no intentions to blog about this whatsoever!

Hope you like it! xx

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SOURCES AND RELEVANT LINKS

The Most Amazing Disney Make Up || The Incredibles! || Follow me on Bloglovin’
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Apr 06 2014
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Eden: An LUTheatre Production

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I recently took part in a production called Eden with Leicester University Theatre Society and I’m incredibly proud of the results. I just wanted to show some photos of the production, taken by the wonderful Benjamin Alborough for the society… I’m hoping there’ll be a YouTube video I can show soon as well! 

Eden tells the story of Abel, an enthusiastic novice priest fresh out of the seminary who is beginning to realise the liberal style of thinking he assimilated in France isn’t welcome in dictatorial Portugal. He’s relieved when he meets the wealthy, eccentric Cesar Barbosa, and finds himself swept up in his new friend’s glamorous lifestyle. However, as he finds himself increasingly immersed in the family’s issues, he begins to realise things might not be as perfect as they seem… 

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SOURCES AND RELEVANT LINKS

Our Review in the University Newspaper || LUTheatre Facebook Page || Follow my blog on Bloglovin’
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Apr 04 2014
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March 2014 in Review

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I want to share with you my March favourites and my experiences of the month. I’m going to be honest, this month started a little bit rough… but things have definitely been looking up from about midway through. I met the boyfriend’s parents for the first time on his birthday, which was a wonderful day and I performed in two separate productions which I’m really proud of. In all it’s been a month to remember.

MARCH TIME & THINGS ARE LOOKING UP.

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BAKING!

This has been one of my absolute favourite things to do this month. I’ve made a batch of cupcakes for my friend Emily’s Birthday, a cat cake for my boyfriend and a coffee cake for my mummy for mothers day. It’s just something that I’ve really gotten into recently and it’s a nice way to use my spare time instead of just watching youtube or various television programmes!

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FIZZY WATER!

I haven’t been able to get enough of this stuff this month. Usually I drink a lot of Evian and I’ll occasionally have some fresh orange juice in the morning, but I’d been getting a bit bored so when I popped into ASDA’s I bought myself some of these flavoured fizzy waters. (They’re a bargain at 4 for £1.50). And they’re so yummy! My favourite is the peach flavour but to be quite honest I really enjoyed them all. A welcome treat!

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PLAYS!

I’ve been in two plays this month and I’m super proud of them both. In fact we still have three more performances of Richard III to do on April 2nd, 3rd and 4th at Leicester Cathedral and I’m still very excited about it all! I’m playing the Duchess of York, Richard’s Mother and it’s a really brilliant production that we’re all so proud of. It’s a sad time, but I’m really glad that it’ll be my last production of the term.

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FINDING HAPPINESS!

This is going to sound really stupid, but for me March has been about finding myself all over again. After a rubbish February it took me some time to feel good about how things were progressing in my life and I became considerably withdrawn and out of sorts. I hope I’ve moved passed that now and I really feel as though I have. In truth it’s all thanks to Ashley. He told me to make a list of all the things I was grateful for and at first I shrugged it off like it was a stupid idea but when I reached a place when I thought things couldn’t get any worse I did it and I remember how amazing my life really is. I’d like to hold on to that feeling for as long as I possibly can and I’m really pleased with how the latter half of this month has helped me do that.

Looking forward to April now.

xx

SOURCES AND RELEVANT LINKS

My March Flipagram || My Goals Post || 365 Picture Challenge

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Apr 02 2014
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The Liebster Award

Like most other people who seem to do this I had no idea what it was until I googled it. But the lovely Taylor nominated me for it so I thought it was only right to carry on the chain. I need to blog more often anyway and  this seems like a good start.

DISCOVER NEW BLOGS

If you don’t already know then a Liebster award is for new bloggers so that we all get to know each other better, quicker. The blogger who nominates you sets you 11 questions which you answer, and then you nominate another 11 bloggers and create a set of 11 different questions for them to answer. Easy peasy! Here were Taylor’s 11 questions for us to answer:

1. What is your favourite season and why?
Spring. While I love the highs and lows of Summer and Winter, I’m terrible when it gets too hot or too cold. It makes me antsy and unhappy and generally Spring is a really happy medium. I’m enjoying the weather at the moment, warm enough for dresses but not so hot I can’t sleep at night, with a little rain to break up the days. It’s perfect.
2. If you could only have one beauty product, what would it be?
Concealer. I have hideous under eye circles.
3. What is your earliest memory?
There are so many videos of me as a child that I can’t discern what are memories and what I’ve been shown on a television. I do remember being locked in a toilet when I was four though, and my nan calling the fire brigade to get me out. Wouldn’t travel in an elevator for a good few years after that traumatic experience.
4. If you could be anywhere in the world right now other than where you are, where would it be and why?
New York. I think it’s my favourite place I’ve ever been too and I know that I’d be having an amazing time, shopping in the day and going to the theatre in the night.
5. What is your favourite pastime? 
Theatre. Not entirely sure if this is a pastime, but I love going to the theatre, I love performing in shows. I’m in a production of Richard III next week that I’m really excited about and I just can’t imagine my life without it.
6. If you have any, who are your favourite YouTubers?
Tanya Burr, Zoella and Superfruit
7. What is your most precious possession?
My grandmas rings that I wear on an almost daily basis. I don’t know what I’d do if I thought I’d lost those.
8. What is your current favourite perfume?
Princess by Vera Wang. And oldie but a goodie, I’ve been wearing it all the time of late.
9. If you have one, what is your favourite film?
Despicable Me. Maybe. I love rom coms but this is one of those films I can watch over and over and it never fails to brighten my day.
10. Who is your idol?
Judy Garland. The most gorgeously talented woman I have ever known, she has been who I wanted to be for as long as I can remember. My mum brought me up on old musicals and when it wasn’t Ginger Rogers, I wanted to be Judy.
11. If there was one thing you could change about yourself, what would it be?
My laziness. I think I could achieve all the things I set my mind to if I could just bring myself to get out of bed and do them.
 

The Bloggers I wish to Nominate are:

Tiffany Meghan Hannah Ellie Silhouettes of Style Amy Aubri Louise Stacy Chloe and Kaitlin

My 11 questions for you to answer are:
1. What was the last thing you bought from a clothing store?
2. What’s your favourite book?
3. If you could only wear one make up look for the rest of your life what would it be?
4. If you only had time to do your hair or your make up which would you choose?
5. What’s your favourite scent?
6. Who’s your fashion idol?
7. Do you have any/would like to get any tattoos?
8. Which skincare product could you not live without?
9. What was the last gig you went to?
10. If you weren’t blogging what would you be doing?
11. What’s your favourite website?
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The Liebster Award || Follow me on Bloglovin’
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