Eau My Giddy God - NEXT - Paradise

Hullo Ladies!

I received a good few fragrances for Christmas and bought a few in the sales too so I thought I'd start reviewing some for you.

This is Paradise from Next.

It's one of thier top selling fragrances and I can understand why.

It's a lovely fresh and fruity floral with some nice green notes to keep it different. 

It has great lasting power and projects well, which means your more likely to get those "Ohh...you smell great" compliments we all love! 

Next are great for doing sets for their perfumes and the one I received was a 30ml bottle and a roller ball! 

My first ever roller ball which was exciting. I'm always hearing about them on blogs but don't see a lot of them in UK stores.

It's a very pretty scent and isn't like the usually sickly sweet that you get with most inexpensive fragrances at  the moment.

A 30ml bottle costs around £6.50 

A 100ml bottle costs £10

The bottle itself is sturdy and the glass is thick so it's less likely to break in your handbag, although the bulky packaging may be a problem if you dislike carrying around the extra weight. 

I think it's a great scent to wear for everyday maybe for work or just out to the shops. It's beautiful and unoffensive. 

Next have a few perfume that I've been wanting for awhile, they have some amazing dupes. Their Diamonds perfume is a dupe for Miss Dior Cheri, their Eau Nude fragrance is a dupe for Coco Mademoiselle Chanel and the beautiful Define is a dupe for the Armani She fragrance. 

You can buy these perfumes from Next stores or online.

Have you tried the Next perfumes? 

Linzi xxx

What I Got For Christmas 2012 :-)

Hullo Lovely Ladies...

I hope you all had a great Christmas!

Here are some of the things that I received this year :-) 

Marc Jacobs Oh Lola 50ml Gift Set 

This smells amazing! 

If, like me, your not a fan of the original Lola this is worth a look at as I don't think they are anything alike! 

I'm going to reviewing it very soon for you all and I'm actually thinking about doing another Perfume Collection post as well. 

Remington Professional Pearl Curling Wand

I've been wanting a good curling Wand for ages and this seems to be a popular one, It's a very good price too. 

Kindle Fire

My big surprise present this year was a Kindle Fire. I love my older kindle but the one thing that I used to bitch about was that I couldn't read in bed with this light off, now I can! Yay! 

Baylis and Hardling Royale Bouquet Gift Set

Gorgeous By Gok Set

Soap and Glory Small Wonders Set

Bath stuff! Can't go wrong with some "smellies" for Christmas! 

Next Milan EDP 

My Nan got me this after we tried it out back last month! 

She got me and my auntie one,  It  reminds me of DKNY Be Delicious! 

Small Strawberry Set

I got this from my best friend and I was so happy! 

It's one of my favourite scents. 

Blue Clutch Bag

I remember showing this to my Nan a few weeks back when we went shopping. It reminds me of the ones on the ASOS website. I love that its in a gorgeous blue colour! 

Winter Scarf  

Winter Ear Muffs 

Gloves 

I love the scraf and the gloves are touch screen compatible which Is always a good thing! 

Impulse Body Spray Set

Colour Unlimited Lip Gloss Set 

My Auntie bought me these lovely sets.

 A girl can always do with a few more body sprays and lip glosses! 

From my brother I got a onesie, (which I forgot to photograph)  a Jelly Belly Mug and the Real Technique Brushes Core Collection!

So that's what I got for Christmas! 

I can't wait to start writing some new reviews for you all :-)

Did you get any new perfumes for Christmas? Or did you wait for the boxing day sales?? 

Hope you have a great New Year! 

Linzi xxx

Christmas Gift Ideas - For Him -£20 or Under

So Christmas can be a stressful time, that's why I try to do most of my shopping in November so that I can relax and enjoy the amazing month that December can be :-) 

I find the males in my family the hardest to buy for so the last few weeks I've been taking my time trying to decide what to get my brother and father. 

Here are a few of my ideas! 

The Godfather DVD Box Set 

Image was taken from Amazon.co.uk

£9 with free P&P  

 HERE

I think it must be programmed into men to love The Godfather films. I've never actually watched one...Opps! 

An Idiot Abroad By Karl Pilkington

Image taken from Amazon.co.uk

 £5.12 with free P&P  

 HERE 

The Further Adventures Of An Idiot Abroad By Karl Pilkington

Image taken from Amazon.co.uk

 £8.54 with free P&P  

 HERE 

I'm a big fan of reading, dyslexia runs in my family and getting my dad and brother to read a novel has been real tough. The last few years my brother has come so far with his reading and I'm extremely proud of him. In all my twenty years though I have never seen my dad read a book but I'm still optimistic and maybe something as crazy funny as the Karl Pilkington books will give him the nudge he needs :-) 

Next Cufflinks

 Image taken from Next.co.uk 

 £13 

 HERE

I find nothing smarter than a man wearing a good shirt and a pair of cufflinks  For the price these are lovely and next have a large range of different cufflinks  Ranging from Looney Toones to Coca Cola Caps. You can also buy a lovely Leather cuff links box to keep them in. 

Topman Fragrance Gift Set

Image Taken From Boots.com

£20 

HERE

I didn't know Boots sold Topman goodies but it was a lovely surprise when I saw this set last week whilst shopping. I think the hat is so cute and I'm really interested on what the fragrance would smell like! 

The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air Season One DVD

Image taken from Amazon.co.uk

£5.99 with free P&P

HERE 

For as long as I can remember great shows like Red Dwarf, The Fresh Prince Of Bel Air and Blackadder have been a constant presence in my life. I still know all the lyrics to The Fresh Prince but my family have never owned any of the actual DVD's so to be able to have it at hand would be great as I don't see them on repeat that often anymore. Not as much as it used to be anyway.  I know for a fact my brother would love to have this in his DVD collection! 

Well I hope this helps someone who's finding it hard to choose a gift! 

Hope you have all had a great Saturday :-) 

Linzi xxx