Friday 27 February 2015

New To The Essie Collection

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Essie have some of my favourite polishes. With a wide selection of colours, a good formula and being accessible to most people via drugstore, it comes with good reason. I'm always finding new colours and thought i'd show you three recently purchased ones. I haven't used any of these yet so I can't tell you how they come off on the nails just yet.

Buy Me A Cameo
This bronzy metallic looks like a really nice step up from the usua nude. I think it will make a nice easy, goes with most things kind of nail colour.

Go Overboard 
In the winter months I love a darker nail. I think they go well with most things and make shorter nails look more polished in my opinion. This navy blue looks like it would be a really nice one. I don't think I have a blue of this tone yet, so I look forward to trying this one out. Also, i'm not sure why my bottle has a blue to gren ombre look going on. While it looks kinda neat in the bottle, it is actually a navy.

Summit of Style
I saw so many people showing this colour off around the Christmas/new year time and I just had to have it. A gorgeous gold glitter in different sizes that makes a nice top coat over a lot of different shades. I've seen it used alone as a really sparkly nail, though it looked like it required a lot of coats and kind of chunky, so I wil probably stick with it as a topcoat. Really looking forward to this one.

Thursday 26 February 2015

Reading Challenge

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I've been trying to do more reading lately. I'm always collecting book titles to read but dont spend enough time actually doing so. I challenged myself over on goodreads in January to read ten books this year. It sounds easy but time gets away from me and next thing I know its September and i've got this big collection of books but only read three. Since I have a little more time during the day and tv is just really not interesting me lately, ive been curling up on the couch instead while Lily plays or takes a nap.

I have a ton of books im interested in reading, so I thought i'd share a few on my reading list with you. Feel free to leave me your thoughts or recommendations on what you've been reading or are looking forward to reading in the future!

Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahnuik 
The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
Yes Please by Amy Poehler  
Suicide Notes by Michael Thomas Ford 
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August by Claire North 
Divergent by Veronica Roth 
All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven 
BossyPants by Tina Fey 
Exit Papers From Paradise by Liam Card 
Why We Broke Up by Daniel Handler 
Sh*t My Dad Says by Justin Halpern
An Abundance of Katherines by John Green  






Thursday 19 February 2015

Lush Spacegirl Bathbomb


In a cute planet shape, Spacegirl is a purple bath bomb with redish pink sparkles on top. With popping candy, this girl whizzes around the top turning the bath water purple. The sparkles were very faint so theres no worry of coming out of the bath looking like a disco ball, and in need of a second bath.

The scent is what really drew me to this one. That fruity blackcurrent smell has got to make this one of my new favourites. Though it fizzed out pretty quick and didnt do anything super exciting or leave trails or pretty colours like I kind if hoped, the smell alone of this will have me purchasing it again. Not to mention its one of the cheaper bath bombs Lush offers.

Thursday 5 February 2015

Empties #14


Loreal Elnett Hairspray
Everyone uses and raves about this. I didnt get that wow factor from it. Its okay for daily wear if you dont want that crunchy feel and arent really trying to hold much of a style, but for real staying power this is not the hairspray for you.

Its a 10 Silk Express Conditioner
I love all Its a 10 products. The shampoo and conditioners are some of my favourites. I think the Miracle Deep Conditioner Plus Keratin works better for me, but this was still nice. I dont think id get this one again though.

Lush Snow Fairy Shower Gel
When you talk about lush, this is something everyone seems to love. I just dont seem to hace the same feelings. I finished another one last month and im glad their gone because while I dont mind the scent as a one time use thing like with the bubble bars, I dont think its anything special. It doesnt last on my skin either so for the price, its just not worth it to me.

La Roche-Posay Hydreane Legere 
This light hydrating moisturiser is one of my favourites. It definitely hydrates but isnt heavy on the skin and sinks in real quick. It worked great under my makeup which was great for when I was in a rush. Ive already got another because I really liked it.

Bio Oil
I dont know how many of these ive been through. I used this religiously during my pregnancy to help with stretch marks. Though it didnt prevent them (it couldnt considering I had a 10lb baby) it did help to moisturize. I do find it helps with fading the stretch marks.

Wednesday 4 February 2015

Bath and Body Works Beautiful Day Fragrance Mist

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Bath and Body Works have a massive range of scents; some signature and limited to each season. I rarely get a body must as they are quite large (8oz) for someone who likes to change up their scents all the time. But this scent was a nice feminine one that I kept going back to in the store and needed to take home with me.

 Its a citrusy floral scent that with top notes of apple, pear and cassis, mid of daisies, lily of the valley and peony, and dry notes of white peach and blonde woods. Its perfect for daily wear and has been a go to scent for me lately. I recommend trying this one out next time your in store.




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