It’s Springtime and we’ve been having some great weather recently. Just wanted to share with you a little fotd from a couple weeks ago. Hope you like it and it gets you in the mood for the summer sunshine!
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LUSH Mint Julips Lip Scrub and Dragon’s Egg Bath Bomb Review
Another little LUSH review for you. This time I tried the Mint Julips Lip Scrub and the Dragon’s Egg Bath Bomb.
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Birthday Wishlist: Beauty and books!
I wanted to do a little wishlist as there are so many things I’m desiring at the moment and then I remembered that it’s my birthday soon. So I thought I’d turn it into a bit of a birthday wishlist in the hope that my mumma will get some inspiration!
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Happy Easter! Spring, floral vintage style nails!
Happy Easter Sunday all! Whether you celebrate over Easter time or not, this super easy nail design is perfect for springtime and can be done with whatever colours suit you!
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Coordinates and Separates finds for Spring!
I absolutely adore coords and it has been my mission to purchase myself some for so long now but I’ve never found ones that are absolutely perfect for me. So I thought I’d go on a little online hunt and show you what I came up with…
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FOTD Inspired by Tanya Burr’s Nicole x Missguided Tutorial
I watched Tanya’s tutorial, which I will link below and I absolutely loved the look she created. I decided that I’d so something similar but working with the make up items I already had. So I’d call this my recreation on a budget.
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LUSH King of Skin & Stepping Stone Review
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.
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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
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King of Skin || My Fashion and Beauty Posts || Stepping Stone
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.
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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’
St Patrick’s Day Green Themed Inspiration!
In case you weren’t aware, it’s St Patrick’s Day today… so happy St Patrick’s Day to you laddy! What this means is you should don your best green outfit, get out your lucky horseshoe and your four leaf clover and tuck into a nice pint of Guinness… Nom! Seriously though, this holiday has inspired to pick out some of my favourite green things. Here we go.
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Firstly the three dresses above are from Topshop (£60), Pixiemarket ($55) and Arrogant Cat at ASOS (£55) respectively. I think all three of them are absolutely adorable and if you’re looking for a pop of colour to spice up your spring wardrobe then these are as good as any!
Next I spotted these absolutely amazing platforms from Jeffrey Campbell ($185). They’re mega pricey but the mint green colour is just so pretty. They’re leather lined with a suede finish and to be frank they’re just to die for. If I owned a pair of shoes like this you’d never get them off my feet!
This Michael Kors bag (£242) is also super precious. I’d find it hard to commit to a green bag for that amount of money because green has never been one of my main accent colours (I myself have two bright red handbags) but if you think you could pull it off, this would be an amazing statement piece.
Not to leave out the boys… I’m also super in love with this shirt from Topman (£25). Now I feel like I’m kind of cheating here because this is one of the things I bought my boyfriend for his birthday, but I absolutely love it. I realise it looks a little blue in the image but it’s very green in person and it’s absolutely on trend for spring!
Last but by no means least this is gorgeous coat from Zara (£69.99) which I think is just so so beautiful. In fact, if you’re looking for a new coat at the moment, you’d be a fool not to look in Zara first of all. They have so many stunning, colourful spring jackets in at the moment and I just want to scoop them all up (I’m such a coat fiend). In any case, this beautiful green wool coat does not disappoint.
That’s it for my green roundup! I really enjoyed looking for new items and it’s really got me into the spirit of Paddy’s Day!
xx
| SOURCES AND RELEVANT LINKS |
St Patrick’s Day Website || My Inspiration for this Post || Guinness Website
Origins Skincare Review
So a little while ago I purchased a few bits from Origins and I thought I’d do a little write up about what I thought of them.
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I originally went to the Origins counter to pick up the Mega-Bright Dark Circle Minimizer £32 for 15ml pictured to the bottom right, because I’d heard wonderful things about it and I have the worst dark circles of anyone I know. I have to say that so far this product has not disappointed me at all. My dark circles appear visibly reduced and I feel more confident than I can ever remember leaving the house with no make up on. Before this, the idea was entirely laughable purely because of my under eye circles, but this product has given me so much confidence in my face. It’s my number one hero product!
While I was at the counter the sales assistant mentioned that she had some Mega-Mushroom Skin Relief gift sets left over from Christmas. She was selling them for £35, which was an absolute bargain, so being the impulse buyer that I am I really couldn’t say no. In my set I got the Soothing Treatment Lotion 50ml (worth £7.50), Soothing Face Cream 30ml (worth £29), Face Cleanser 50ml (worth £17.50) and the Advanced Face Serum 50ml (which they don’t appear to stock any longer but when I used to buy it I’m certain it was £58). Bearing that in mind I got £112 worth of product for £35, making a saving of £76. This is how I justified it to myself at least.
In any case I’m really happy with the products generally. As aforementioned I already use the Advanced Face Serum, it is my favourite skincare product and I’ve repurchased it more than once. I love the way it smells and glides onto my skin so nicely. It’s not as heavy as a moisturiser and I really like that about it. It does a great job at soothing and combating the redness I get in my skin and keeps it generally clear, soft and fresh. I’m always pleased to have a bottle of this on my bedside table.
It is probably for this reason that I haven’t got around to trying the Soothing Face Cream. I don’t usually like to use a serum and a moisturiser on my face because my skin just doesn’t need it. I’ll definitely give it a go when I’m all out of serum, particularly because I’m not entirely sure if the product they’re replacing it with is identical or if they’ve changed it in some way, I really need to look into it.
The Soothing Treatment Lotion does what it says on the tin, reducing redness and keeping my skin calm and clear of breakouts. That being said it’s not exactly what I look for in a toner and though I’ve been using it, I’ve been finding myself going back to my trusty Elemis Balancing Lavender Toner just because it’s an old favourite. Unfortunately I too often become a creature of habit when I find a product I really like.
Finally there’s the Face Cleanser, now this has been the most underwhelming of all the products though it is by no means a bad product. I think I have too many cleansers I am so fond of, and as I said before can be a little too adverse to change. It smells lovely like the rest of the range and it deals with the sensitivity of my skin really well, I’m just not entirely sold on the way it makes me skin feel when I’ve taken it off. It’s a little tighter than some of the cleansers I’m used to and while it does the job I don’t think it’s something I’d buy again.
Needless to say I remain to be a huge Origins fan and there are still so many products of theirs I want to try. The dark circle minimiser has made me even more loyal to brand and I’m very tempted to try one of their face masks next, I’d be interested to hear any reviews.
| SOURCES AND RELEVANT LINKS |
Origins Website || My Fashion and Beauty Posts || Skin Tips
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