Christmas Tag

Hi!

I first saw this tag on Bow Tied Beauty and loved it so much I decided to do it myself. 

What's Your Favourite Thing About Christmas? 

Lot's of things but mostly the traditions. I love the fact that my family have these little things we do every year without fail. I get shockingly upset when something stops us doing them...like a child really! 

What's Your Favourite Make Up Look For The Christmas Season? 

The glitter! You have to go mad on the glitter eye shadow and nail polish around Christmas....it just has to be done. I'm think of doing a dark smokey eye with some silver glitter running through it. Then a lovely red lipstick and some curls in my hair! I love the fact that you can go that little bit further with your makeup for Christmas without caring that people might think you have over done it. 

Real tree or fake tree?

We've never had a real tree in my house, even though they look nice I've heard how much hassle they can be, also you can get some pretty realistic plastic trees out there now!

Giving presents or receiving presents? 

For the first few weeks in December its all about the giving but as soon as I've finished my shopping....trying to guess what someone has bought me is my favourite thing to do. It's practically a tradition for me to try and force my brother to tell me! 

Do you open your presents Christmas Morning or Evening? 

In the morning! Although in my family we always get "Table" presents....which basically means that my dad keeps the best present until after we have eaten and we all have to pretend we didn't know we were getting anything! 

Handmade Christmas Cards or Bought?

My Nan makes cards so it's always lovely to get one from her that shes taken time to make!

What's your all time Favourite Christmas movie? 

Muppets Christmas Carol. I've loved it since I was a small child. I make sure to watch it every year. 

Whats your Favourite Christmas Food? 

Seriously???? All of it!

 It's the best reason ever to over eat! 

I loved doing this  so I tag everyone! 

I'd love to read all of your answers!

Linzi xxx

Perfume Yearnings - Celebrity

Hi!

Like I said in the last post, I'm addicted to perfumes. 

This is a post that features some of the Celebrity perfumes that I've been yearning for this last year! 

Fame - Lady Gaga

Justin Bieber - Someday

Katy Perry - Purr

Taylor Swift - Wonderstruck 

I've smelt all these gorgeous perfume and  even though they are all in that "fruity, floral" group, I think they are stunning! 

Yes.....even Bieber's...... :/

Do you have any of these perfumes? 

What do you think of them?

Linzi xxx

Perfume Yearnings - Designer

For a long time now I've been addicted to perfumes. 

I love to read reviews on them, I love to see other people's collections and I love to write my own thoughts on them. 

Here are a few perfumes I've been wanting to buy over the last year. 

Roberto Cavalli 

Jimmy Choo By Jimmy Choo

Nina By Nina Ricci 

D&G The One 

Marc Jacobs Oh Lola 

     

What Perfume Have You Been Yearning For Lately?

Linzi xxx

  

                                        

REVIEW - Aussie - Dual Personality - Smooth and Shine Milk

Hi Ladies.

I'm pretty sure they have changed the packaging of this now, but I picked this up in the Superdrug Clearance for 99p. 

This is a great product that boosts the natural shine in your hair. 

I run it through my towel dried hair before I blow dry it. 

It helps to smooth at my hair which makes it easier to work with. I even find it cuts down my straightening time by half.

On the bottle it says "Our Styling Formula with Australian Jasmine Extract Will Help De-kink Your Hair, Fight Flyaways and Crank Up The Shine."

It definitely gives you some extra shine, If you pump some onto your hand and rub them together, you can clearly see the shimmer that it gives your lovely locks. 

If you can find this you should give it a try. Like all the Aussie products I've tried over the years it's very much worth it! 

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Linzi xxx

Last Minute Christmas Gifts : For Her

Hullo!

Christmas is nearly here, Just over a week to go! 

I finished my Christmas shopping yesterday but I know some of you may still be out there driving yourself crazy on what your going to buy a certain person. 

These are some Ideas for the women in your life!

Perfume 

At the moment Boots have a few Perfume sets on sale.....

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Oh, Lola! Marc Jacobs

Was £47.00 down to £31.33

Boots

You get a 50ml bottle and a free shower gel and body lotion. It's a beautiful set with a stunning bottle. 

It's a gorgeous scent that has a fruity top note and a womanly dry down. 

Even if like me, you hated the original Lola, it's worth a sniff because I fell in love with it! I made sure my parents new I liked it too ;-) 

You don't usually see these popular Marc Jacobs fragrances on such a good offer, only in the post Christmas sales and they are usually all gone within hours. So you may want to take up this offer while you can!  

Milan By Next 

£12 for a 100ml 

To me this is a great dupe for DKNY Be Delicious. 

It's definitely in the same category. 

Next make some amazing perfumes for great prices. 

Hair

Argos have up to 60% off their Electrical Personal Care items! 

Remington Pearl Hair Straighteners

These are less than half price at the moment and if you look at the reviews on the Argos page they are constantly compared to GHD's!  

Was £84.99 down to £33.49

Argos

Something else from Remington that I put on my own Christmas Wish List this year is the Remington Pearl Curling Wand.

At the moment this is 20% and I've heard some great things about it.

Was £24.99 down to £19.99

Boots

Books

 Cecelia Ahern Novel One Hundred Names

Cecelia Ahern is the author of many best sellers, she does lovely magical and interesting stories. Great for this time of year. 

Something else you could pick up is the Fifty Shades Triliogy. I was obsessed with these books awhile back, just before they hit it big. You may laugh at it but they've sold more than Twilight...that always makes me smile with pleasure for some reason! ;-)

You can get these novels from a few places, e.g Asda, Amazon, WHSmith. 

Have a look around for the cheapest price :-) 

So I hope these gift ideas help someone out!

I'm super excited for Christmas! Are you? 

Linzi xxx 

My Top 5 Christmas Movies

Hi Lovely People!

I'm sitting on the sofa, with a cup of hot chocolate and Elf is on the television!

 It's turning out to be a great Sunday afternoon.

 I've been thinking about doing this post for a few weeks now so I suppose this is the perfect time!

These are just some of the movies I make sure to watch in the festive season :-) 

1) The Muppet Christmas Carol

Image taken from Wikipedia

My Brother and I watch this movie together every year, It's been a favourite since I was a kid. 

It's a great version of the classic Christmas Carol. 

If you haven't seen it yet then your really missing out! 

2) The Grinch 

Image taken from Google

Probably my favourite Jim Carrey movie.

 He's amazing in it. I'm pretty sure I know most of the words to this movie I've watched it so many time :-) 

3) Elf

Image Taken from imdb.com

I went to see this in the cinema when it came out and I'm telling you not a single person in the theatre wasn't smiling when they walked out. It such a funny, festive and unique movie.  

4) The Santa Clause 

Image taken from Google

Tim Allen was a house hold name when I was younger, I remember watching Home Improvement every night.  I love this Christmas movie, they made a few sequels but to me this was the best :-) 

5) The Nightmare Before Christmas

Image taken from Google

I like to watch this at least twice a year, Halloween and Christmas. It's a great movie with lots of wonderful songs to sing along to :-) 

There where a few more movies I could include like Home Alone, The Family Stone and White Christmas but then this post could go on forever.

What is your favourite Christmas Movie? 

Linzi xxx

REVIEW - Andrew Barton - The Straight Answer - Hot Iron Protection Spray

Hi Lovely Ladies!

I've been really busy these last few days, my dog's been ill so we've been back and forth the vets and in between that I'm trying to get all the Christmas shopping done, so It's been awhile since I posted on here. 

I thought I'd start back with something a little different.

I don't usually talk about hair products but recently I've been more interested in them. 

This is one product though that I've been using for years, since my auntie bought me it after she heard that I hadn't been using any heat protection spray when straightening my hair..*gasp* 

The first thing I noticed is the gorgeous smell. It's very tropical. 

I find that it helps to keep my hair smooth and shiny, whist protecting it. 

As I suffer from oily hair I was slightly scared that It was going to make it worse. I haven't noticed that though :-) 

I like to spray this into my hair after I've towel dried it and before I blow dry it. 

The 250ml bottle lasts me for ages as you don't need a lot of product with each use.  

I buy my Andrew Barton Products from Asda and I really love the price for the quality you get. 

Have you tried the Andrew Barton Hair Care Range? 

What do you think of it? 

Linzi xxx