Birthday Haul - Perfume, The Body Shop + MAC

 Hullo Ladies!

The month of September was a busy month for me! It was my birthday month :-)

I received lots and lots of lovely goodies!

From my parents I was given this super cute birthday cake! It was so tasty :-) 

I was also given this Nails Inc Gel Effect Nail Polish Set :-) 

I knew I was going out for a few meals in the month of September so I decided to buy myself a new dress and chose this one by Alice & You from ASOS 

From my friends Jess, I recieved this gift set from Bomb Cosmetics. It's the Strawberry one :-) Love it!

From my Nan I was given this Photo Frame!

I really wanted one like this for my bedroom so I was so super happy with it :-) 

With the money my Auntie gave me I bought a new Makeup Revolution Blush Palette in Hot Spice! 

It's gorgeous :-)

 She also gave me a box of chocolates and a gorgeous soft toy rabbit.

My brother took me Shopping and bought me some lovely goodies from The Body Shop as they had a fab £25 off a £50 spend! 

I picked three shower gels, three body lotions, two hand creams, a shampoo and a body scrub.

I was also given two three gifts! 

The Vitamin E Face Cream and the Warming Mineral Mask :-) 

Then a few days later with some of the money I had left I made a few more purchases from The Body Shop. I like to buy in bulk and then use them through out the year!

I bought the Coconut, Mango and She Medium Sets :-) 

They had the 40% off code on at the time so they were a lot cheaper than what I would have paid! Bargain! 

A week later I took advantage of the Debenhams 10% off beauty offer code and picked up some MAC goodies. 

Two Pro Longwear Paint Pots in Painterly and Bare Study. 

Three Lipstick in Chatterbox, Lustering and Russian Red.  

I was also given some gorgeous new perfumes this year!

Coco Mademoiselle EDP by Chanel, Flowerbomb by Viktor & Rolf, Stella by Stella McCartney and Light Blue by Dolce & Gabbana.

The Chanel was gift for myself by myself! 

Does anyone else do that? Haha!

I was also given a few DVD's this year too :-)

Wayne's World, which I loved as a kid! The Woman In Black, which is one of my favourite horror movies. The first season of The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air & To Wong Foo, Thanks For Everything, Julie Newmar, which is another childhood favourite! 

So I was officially spoiled rotten again this year!

I can't wait to review some of these products!

 Especially The Body Shop goodies, the MAC stuff and the Perfumes! Yay! 

Linzi xxx

Christmas Gift Ideas For Her From Amazon

Hullo Ladies!

I'm loving reading all your Christmas posts this last week so I thought I'd do a few of my own.

I'm a big fan of Amazon and it's one of the first places I check online when I need something so no doubt it'll be a saviour this Christmas. Here are some of the sets I found that I think would be a lovely gift to give to the women in your lives. Mothers, Grandmothers, Sisters....Ect. 

Cath Kidston Blossom Manicure Gift

£13.00

Cute and great for anyone! Might pick this up for my Nan!

Nails Inc Diary Set

£29.00

Amazing value for money, don't know how long it'll stay at that price though so be quick! 

Dita Von Teese EDP Gift Set

£15.65

Very grown up floral scent, I think my Mam would love it.

Bomb Cosmetics Mistletoe Kiss Set

£11.70

I love Bomb Cosmetics and these Christmas sets are so cute!! 

Real Techniques Core Collection

£14.66

I have this collection and it's at a great price right now, it's worth picking it up. If you want it for yourself maybe you could send the link to someone as a not so subtle hint! :-P

Remington Pearl Curling Styler

£26.99

I have the thinner version and love it but now my hairs grown longer I'd love to try out this thicker barrel! 

Burts Bees Tips to Toes Set

£8.66

A great value set to try out some Burt Bess products! Again, this would be a great gift for anyone.

Baylis & Harding Candy Cane Set

£8.00

Mmmmm.....I can imagine how great this set must smell! 

A great gift set to give to a best friend or sister!

So those are some of the great beauty products you can get at Amazon for Christmas this year!

5 weeks to go!!!

I really need to get shopping...I've bought nothing yet! Have you 

Linzi xxx

Recent Haul "Hair and Heels" :-)

Hullo Lovely Ladies!

I haven't made a Haul post in awhile, so I wanted to show you what I've bought or have had given to me over the last few weeks. 

Starting off here's something I think I won from the Cosmopolitan Competition that happened about three months ago. When I say I "think" it might be from them, this is because it just came in an envelope with nothing else with it, no small note or letter or even adverts. Nothing! 

This isn't the only thing I've won... a few weeks ago I won a Yardley perfume which I use as room spray as it smells a lot like Febreze :-) 

I'm not going to complain though! It was a lovely surprise :-) 

   This is the Mark Hill Bedazzled Anti-humidity Shine Spray. 

I've never heard of Mark Hill before so at first I was worried I was going to fall in love with it and then not be able to re-purchase it due to the price but then I looked on the Boots website, its only £5.99 which if I do find that it really works is quite affordable and its a huge bottle.

Next is this Aussie Smooth and Shine Milk that I picked up on the Superdrug Clearance shelf for 99p.

I'm going to try it tonight and I'll be doing a review real soon! 

I picked up this GOSH Nail Polish on the clearance shelf, its Lavender Love which I was drooling over a few weeks ago and it was down to just £3, there was a grey colour too but I wasn't fussed on it :-) 

I also picked up a Bomb Cosmetics soap that smells like Rhubarb and Custard sweets! Yum! 

Now onto the Heels! 

I've been obsessing over heels the last few weeks and I've managed to pick up some lovelies from Ebay! 

These are some really comfy, yet sexy heels from New Look that I picked up "New" on Ebay.

 I gave them a quick wash down even though they were new just in case. I love them, they are so easy to walk in and as I'm trying to get used to walking in heels these are the perfect starter heels! 

The little Apple's are so cute! Ekkkk!

My friend Emma and I are obsessed with the shoe brand Poetic Licence, they have some stunning and unusual heels that are perfect for us as they do not always have stiletto height, which means I can walk in some pretty heels without worrying I'm going to break my neck! :-) 

 I bought these beautiful Apple Pie Mary Jane Pumps from Ebay in a bid for under £10. I know they may not be "real" Poetic Licence shoes but for under £10 I'm not that bothered as they are still gorgeous! 

Looking at them I do think they are genuine though :-)

These were the heels my aunt bought my Nan last Christmas but they were too big for her so she's given them to me! 

They're not what I would usually pick up but you can't go wrong with just a plain black high heel

 :-)

 So classy! 

Okay ... so that's my recent haul! 

Do you have a favourite high heel brand??  I would love to know! 

Linzi xx

Recent Hauls and Bargains!

Hullo Gorgeous Ladies!!

So the last few days I've done a bit of shopping...nothing unusual :-)

I thought I would just show you what I picked up!

So I went into TK Maxx yesterday and I want a round of applause as I stuck to my promise and didn't pick up any Nails Inc!!! Yay! Did pick up some make up though .....Teheheh

They had a few sets for £7.99 that had a bunch of different brands, I picked up the Bourjois and UNE bag, it consisted of two Bourjois eyeshadow pots and one UNE Lipstick. 

I've seen UNE in Boots a bunch of times but have never picked anything up as they seem quite expensive so it was lovely to be able to try out one of they're products for a great price. 

After TK Maxx I stopped into Outfit which is a store that consits of many different brands, stopping at the Topshop part I noticed they had a sale on some of they're accessories . 

The bracelet I had noticed on a blog post on the weekend and fell in love with, so I was really happy to find it! 

As soon as I saw this ring I had to have it! It's so cute, reminds me of the cat from Alice in Wonderland, the  original, haven't seen the newest one yet :-( 

Then today me and my mam went food shopping, which I hate doing by the way, I get so stressed out!

I noticed that they had further reductions on some of the N-SPA products and managed to pick up the Apple Mint Crunch Scrub for just 50p, It smells amazingly refreshing! 

I recently finished my bottle of the Gingerbread Latte Bath Syrup and noticed that it was down to just £1 so I picked another bottle up as you may know It's a favourite of mine :-) 

Lately I tried out the Palmers Cocoa Butter in a sample from a magazine and loved the smell, I've been looking everywhere for it but Boot's are charging £5.30 and I wasn't willing to pay as I was sure I'd seen it cheaper some where else, I picked it up in Asda for just £2. 

On our way home from shopping my Mam decided to stop for some Bomb Cosmetics soap for my Dad, he loves it, I noticed that they had a sale so I picked up some stuff for myself :-) 

I picked up some bath products, I couldn't see their names anywhere sorry as I found them in the little sale basket! They're so cute though!

I also picked up some Rycycled Exfoliation Gloves and a cute little heart on a string that's going in my bedroom :-) 

Next we stopped in Superdrug because I really need to re-dye me hair! I want it to be a nice light Auburn colour so I picked a box up that was similar to what I wanted and then because they were 2 for £8.99 deal I picked up a darker red just  in case the light colour doesn't stick. 

I'm still a bit faint over the next products I picked up!!

Yes...I'm hearing you gasp, I did too...that lovely yellow sticker! The one that tells us "Yes, you can have me...for cheaper than you thought." Why not buy 2 eh?? Maybe I did ;-) but that's for another day!

A Barry M Get The Look box for just 10p! 

Inside the box are two Dazzle Dusts and a glitter eyeliner.

There's something magical when you find makeup and cosmetics on clearance. Even the shop assistant agreed, It really couldn't get better until I asked her about an ugly purple bag sitting in the clearance box...

She didn't know herself at first so we had a little look inside and found these amazing goodies, as soon as I saw the words "Max Factor" I knew the ugly little bag had to be mine...why???

It was down to 50p!!!!!

That's right so inside the little bag was a Max Factor Lip Gloss, Nail Polish and Mini Eyeliner. 

A sachet of Aussie's 3 Minute Miracle Colour.

A mini hair brush, Nail file and Toe Separator. 

I was excited to see the Aussie Sachet as I love their shampoo's and conditioner's, I think they have the best smelling hair products ever!

So that's my haul! I didn't realize how much I bought :-o

I'm off to dye my hair now!

Hope you've all had a great day.

Linzi xxx

Shopping Haul :-)

Hey Ladies!

Sorry about the pictures but my parents are away and I said they could take my camera so I have had to use my phone for this post! I went shopping in Cardiff today which is really unusual for me and I only do it about twice a year so I was excited to see what was new in the beauty section of TK Maxx since I was there last Christmas.

The only brand in my whole Haul that I have tried before is Bomb Cosmetics so I'm really looking forward to seeing what these brands are like.

I managed to spend all my money in there and got a few great sets :-) 

I had this Stila set for £7.99 and it included a sharpener, lip glaze, a moisturising lip tint and lip glaze stick. I used to watch a lot of Pinkiecharm's videos on Youtube and she loves the Stila Lip Glaze so I'm really excited to try it out :-) 

The top swatch in the Lip Glaze Stick in Brown Sugar, The middle swatch is the Moisturising Lip Tint in Wine and the bottom swatch is the Lip Glaze in Spiced Ginger.

These are the Essie nail polishes I managed to pick up but the names on the bottom seem to be wrong sadly. 

The name on the bottom of the pink is Tangerine, and the other two say Capri, I searched for Tangerine and like I suspected they are totally opposite colours. Any help with finding out their true names from you Essie lovers out there would be amazing :-)

This set was £9.99

I also found the Color Club Set in Glitter Vixen which was £7.99 it has some amazing colours, in which I can't wait to try out! 

I also bought another Bomb Cosmetics soap from a local shop :-)

There was also a lovely set there from Leighton Denny which was really pretty but I had run out of money and really wanted the Essie set  :-)

So there is my new haul, I really need to calm down with the nail polish :-)

Thanks, Linzi xx

Brand Review - BOMB Cosmetics

Hullo Ladies,

   
      I am writing about a brand today, it's a brand I have been using for a few years now and its called Bomb Cosmetics. I first started using their products when I bought my nan her 60th Birthday present from them, which was a box full of chocolate scented bathroom goodies :) I bought it from amazon and when I recieved it, I went straight online and bought one for myself too. I couldn't resist that gorgeous smell. I found a local shop that sells Bomb Cosmetics, so check around to see if anyone sells them by you :).

Bath Tulip

Marmalady

£2.99 on their website.

This gently fizzes in your bath releasing a creamy foam that is full of rich shea and cocoa butter, I find that using the whole thing at one time releases to manys oils into my bath,so I break it up and use it in four or five baths, which is exactly what they say to do on their website.

Handmade Soap Slice

Go Mango

£2.49 on their website.

I come from a family that has very sensitve skin, luckily enough I can usually get away with using most products and havn't had a strong reaction to anything for awhile now. Sadly the same thing can't be said for my father and brother. They have trouble with most brands but one day they spotted a lovely looking bar of soap *my bar of soap!* in our soap dish and thought "why not?" hmph! Anyway, I have been buying them these soaps ever since, christmas, birthdays and even the odd anniversary :P these soaps are made with vegetable based glycerin and natural essential oils. They have so many soaps to choose from, from dead sea salt too lemon meringue :) which is a personal favorite!

 Bath Mallow

Orange and Cinnamon

£2.09 on their website.

Bath Mallows are full of cocoa butter and shea butter and are very creamy, they fizz very gently and I find this makes them last longer in my bath I can sometimes even use it for the next nights bath :) which is always great. Again, I sometimes find that these can be a bit oily. Especially if I have used the whole mallow on one bath but this is easy to prevent by only keeping it in for a few minutes.

Bath Brulees

Choc around the clock

£2.99 on their website.

 I love getting out of the bath after I have used these products. You can just tell thats what is in them is great for your skin. You feels soft, hydrated and soothed. :-)

Tinned Candles

Orange Mai Tai

Price varies on their webite.

I only recently got into scented candles and the first one I picked up was from Bomb Cosmetics, they have a lot of differnt candles, some are in tins like this one and others are in glass. These tins are recyclable and have some of the most amazing scents. This candle claims to last to 45 - 50 hours :-)

I found out about a lot more products on their website that I didn't know they made like hair products, body lotions and even lip balms!

So have you tried anything from Bomb Cosmetics before?

Linzi xx

        
  

The Body Shop Sale and Shopping Haul

Hey Everyone,

                        The last week the body Shop has been having a big sale on and I took advantage of it :)  Here are the things I got from it and some of the things I got this morning whilst shopping!

All this came to just over £15 in the sale :) Yay!

I got the Papaya Body Butter for just £3

It's for Normal Skin and smells devine.

Jolly Orange Shower Gel

A spicey Orange scent

£2 in Sale

 Delipscious Sheer Lip Colour

In Sheer Watermelon

A nice, light coral colour.

The new Born Lippy stick lip balm In Pomegranate

Born Lippy lip balm in Plum

These were not in the sale but I had a 40% off voucher code so I picked up these two to try.

The Love ETC Perfume Set

£6 with the sale and the 40% of voucher code.

Smells lovely so far, will have to do a small review in a few weeks :)

This is Bomb Cosmetics White Chocolate and their Go Mango Soap.

I have purchased their Go Mango Soap before and its a lovely soap for anyone who loves fruity scents in their bath or shower :)

In one of the local shops in my town you can buy Bomb Cosmetics, I've been using them for a while now, buying soap and bath bombs but recently I have taken an Interest in their scented candles.

For all you Chocoholics out there its a must have. I can't stop smelling it. :P

So thats it, hope you liked it.

Thanks, Linzi xx