Friday, 8 January 2016

What I Got For Christmas 2015

What I got for Christmas 2015  

I had such a wonderful Christmas this year, spending time with people I love and good food. I love reading the ' what I got for Christmas' posts so I thought it would be fun to write one as my own.


Popcorn Maker

My Nan bought me this but as she had already bought be a few things she decided that this one was from santa.  It also had some corn kernals (I'm sure thats wrong, but hopefully you get what I mean). I love popcorn and being on a diet something to make plain popcorn will be perfect. I can't wait to try this out. 
Disney Showcase Tinkerbell
Next are a couple of presents from my fiance, Mattie, I have been collecting the Disney showcase princess ornaments for a little while now and these are the latest two he got me. They are all so well designed and beautiful. I love Tinkerbell with the glittery wings and Aurora has roses down the back of her dress, which I did forget to photograph, but it is gorgeous. I would recommend going too see these at H Samuels if you are a Disney princess fan as they really are stunning. 
Disney Showcase Aurora 
Thermal Tights and panda slipper socks
Next from my Nan are these cute little dog or panda? socks and a pair of thermal tights. I love thermal tights, they are so snuggly and warm and best of all they aren't see through. 
Sanctuary Spa gift set
I was not expecting this present from my nan as she also gave us spending money. But this is the big Sanctuary Spa set. I love Sancturay spa so much, all of their smells are just so calming to me and never fail to send me to sleep at night. It came with 3 little candles in their original scent that I have been burning at night and I have honestly been having the best sleeps. 
Owl Sewing kit
How cute is this little owl sewing set. This was one of my stocking presents from Mattie.  I love owls, a lot, and Im also quite into crafting. I just love this little guy and he has a proud spot on my bedside unit. 
Sanctury Spa Candle
This just like the other little candles I mentioned earlier is a gorgeous scent. Also from Sancturay spa. This has a slightly more fruity scent but it is still one I find very calming and relaxing. 
Bath Fizzers
Since Mattie introduced me to bath bombs/fizzers about 6 years ago I have been obsessed with them. We don't actually have a bath in our bungalow but these will be a lovely treat when we go to peoples houses to steal baths every now and then. 
Sweets
Of course everyone gets sweets at Christmas. Ive been eating these nice a slowly, just a couple when that sweet tooth hits. 
Top
This top is from my Mum, I really love the collar on this. And this suits me a lot more then I originally thought it would.
Soap and glory body butter set
Another stocking present from Mattie. I love soap and glory, Im not sure there is anyone who doesn't. Their body butters are so lovely and leave my skin so soft and silky. My favorite is the Smoothies one, pistachio and vanilla together? oh be still my beating heart. 
Hot water bottle and owl hand warmers
How cute are those little hand warmers. Honestly I only asked for them because they are owls, my hands are actually usually pretty warm but these will be lovely for those super cold days. I get really bad  monthly cramps so a water bottle is pretty essential to me, and after having the same one for probably 20 years I felt like it was time to ask for a new one. I love the fluffy cover on this, it just makes it extra cozy. 
Kitty Cross stitch
My dad always gets me a cross stitch for Christmas and i think this one is so adorable and sums my life up perfectly. 
Soap and glory gift set
Another soap and glory set. It's actually been years since I got soap and glory sets, so I'm super happy to have some now. 
Websters 2015 planner and ted baker mini pens
This is last years planner, but bear with me on this. I have wanted a Websters planner for ages, but they have not released the 2016 ones over here yet. But I actually don't use my planners as actually planners but rather I like to use them as gratitude diary's so really the year on it isn't a issue for me. I had a kikki-k A5 one last year and honestly while I loved it, it was just too big and heavy for me. This size is so much more comfortable and I still feel like I have plenty of room to write. These planners are super cute inside aswell, there are plenty of blogs and youtube videos that you can look at to see inside this.  I also got those 3 super cute pens from Ted Baker, although I was hoping the ink would be the same colour as the pen casing but alas they are all black.
Models own nail polish set
I mostly asked for this for the rose gold chrome polish, but I do also really like all of the other colours. These apply weirdly for me though, I found that the colours them self are very pigmented but they apply streaky so it takes about 3 coats to get a nice even colour. 
Winnie the pooh pj set
I originally did not want pj's for Christmas as I have so many of them, but I love these, they are so cute and cozy and as the temperature has suddenly dropped here in the UK these have been my best friend.

I hope you all had a lovely festive period. 

Friday, 1 January 2016

LA Splash Haul


                                   

I am a little bit Liquid Lipstick, and Matte Lipstick crazy at the moment and it seems to be all im buying.  I just love how long they last on and they seem to make my lips look a whole lot nicer then if I was to wear a normal lipstick.






Studio Shine lip lustre Athena (Nala) 
 I love this shade, it is just the perfect nude shade for me a nice mix of pink and peach with a light shimmer. This one is very easy to apply and once dry is very comfortable on the lips, without any flaking. 


Studio Shine lip lustre Evil Queen (madusa)
 I love the swatched and instagram, pinterest pictures of this shade online, however mine is quite goopy and hard to apply, i also found that rather then being a lovely deep purple red with gold glitter, on my lips it looked black from it being so goopy.  And also i found this one to be a lot more drying then the Nala shade and it flaked badly when i tried adding a lip balm over the top. But i am going to try some more ways of wearing this shade as it looks like it could be so beautiful.  So I wore this one a little different then I would usually wear a liquid lipstick. I applied a thick coat of concealer over the top of lip balm to my lips, as I do have quite pigmented lips, I then applied the lipstick in a very thin coat and it came out beautiful, exactly what i wanted the colour to be.

Lip Couture Ghoulish
While this one isn't a exact dupe for the Lime Crime Cashmere, which in my opinion is much, much better.  I did really like this on my lips, its a lot more opaque then the lime crime but much more drying. I really do like this one on my lips though and it is still becoming a favorite. 

Lip Contour OG Ghoulish 
This is just like the Ghoulish but without those pink/purple undertones. Im not entirely sure this one suits me, I think a true grey could be more suited to a dark skintone as it just made me look a little more dead then I usually do.  I found it can be wearable if i just apply a thin layer as these are seriously pigmented. The one thing I did like about these was that when it started to fade it goes down to a lovely pinkish grey colour- now if only I could get it to be like that when i first apply it. 

Are you into the grey lips trend?