A quick bargain for you all..

Just a short post to let you know that The Body Shop is having an amazing offer on their website at the moment.

I popped over there to check the prices of a few things I was planning to pick up instore tomorrow and was greeted on the homepage by a fantabulous offer: £15 off when you spend £30 or more!!

That definitely swayed me to ordering it online, I'd rather save myself £15 and wait an extra day or two!

Also, when I proceeded to the checkout a banner flashed across the top of the screen: Free gift when you spend £5! Blimey Body Shop, you really are spoiling us. The free gift is a 60ml travel sized hair product of which you have a range of 7 shampoos and conditioners to choose from!

Using these offers meant my order only came to £16.50 + £2.99 p&p, how amazing is that?!

I thought I'd let you know about this offer as everyone loves a bargain and I'm not sure how long this offer is on for so if you love The Body Shop, head over to their website now!

Just in case you're interested I ordered the following products:

Mango Body Butter (200ml) £12.50

Tea Tree Face Mask (100ml) £9.00

Tea Tree Facial Wash (250ml) £4.50

Tea Tree Blackhead Exfoliating Wash (100ml) £5.50

Rainforest Moisture Shampoo (60ml) £2.00 - this was the free item

So from that you can see just how much of a bargain I got, in reality I only really paid for the Body Butter and the Facial Wash!

Happy bargain shopping :)

Liebster Blog Award!

I was tagged my the lovely Becky at Beauty Becky in her Liebster Blog Award post which was so great of her and reassured me that people do actually read and enjoy my blog which is a great thought!


Honestly, I had never heard of this before I was tagged but I've come to realise that it's such a great idea. The awards celebrate new/small blogs (less than 200 followers) and can help them to become known to a wider range of people, helping to boost pageviews, followers, etc.


The rules are:

1) Each person must post 11 things about themselves.
2) Answer the questions the tagger has set for you, plus create 11 questions to be answered by those you have tagged.
3) Choose 11 bloggers and link them in your post.
4) Go on their page and tell them you have tagged them in the awards.
5) Remember, no tag-backs!

11 things about me:

1) I'm the middle child of 5, with two younger sisters and two older half-brothers.
2) I'm extremely organised.
3) I get emotional over the slightest thing.
4) I'm an aunt with two nephews and two nieces.
5) I love nothing better than spending time with those who mean the most to me.
6) I'm currently in my longest relationship - 7 months and still going strong :).
7) I make lists for just about everything.
8) I complain a lot.
9) I'm extremely OCD about my eyebrows.
10) I hate people with bad manners.
11) I love cute things, especially home made, my room is full of things!

Questions from Beauty Becky:

1) Why did you start blogging?
I've always loved writing and after reading blogs for a long time decided to give it a go myself. I felt it was a great way to express myself and the things I'm interested and it's so easy to communicate with people and meet others.

2) What is your favourite haircare brand and why?
Honestly, I don't really use much on my hair other than shampoo, conditioner and hairspray, so I suppose I'll just say those, I use Herbal Essences Beautiful Ends shampoo & conditioner and then the L'Oreal Elnett hairspray. Oh, Batiste dry shampoo is like my saviour!!!

3) Do you prefer long or short hair on yourself?
I love having long hair (mine goes to about my waist) however I have in the past had really short hair (think Victoria Beckham here) and I did like it and someday may go back to that, at the moment I'm just too scared!

4) What is your favourite nail polish colour?
Barry M Coral is a beautiful colour.

5) Tinted moisturiser or foundation and why?
Foundation as I'm quite conscious about my skin so like having the extra coverage.

6) Where would you like to live if you could live anywhere in the world?
I think I'd stay in England. Despite the weather I do love it here and I seem to find faults with everywhere else, for example bugs, ew!

7) High end or drugstore/high street makeup?
Drugstore for sure. Being on a part timer's budget I can in no way afford high end products, as much as I would love to have bucket loads of Mac!

8) If you could have any hair colour, which colour would you choose?
I'd love to be able to pull off being blonde, but a natural blonde, not a yellowy one.

9) How long ago did you start your blog?
I've had my blog since May 2012, so not long at all really!

10) How long have you been reading beauty blogs?
I've been reading beauty blogs for a couple of years, but only really got properly into them the past year or so.

11) Would you rather create your own fashion line or makeup brand?
Fashion line as you can be much more creative!

11 questions for those I've tagged:

1) What's your favourite colour?
2) What would your dream job be?
3) What made you decide to start a blog?
4) What is your favourite genre of blog?
5) If you could travel the world, where would you go?
6) What would you buy if you were to win the lottery?
7) Do you believe in things such as luck and fate? If so, why?
8) Fake tan or real tan?
9) What's one thing that you will never leave the house without?
10) Do you play any sports? If so, which?
11) Heels or flats?

I tag:

Jazz's World
Belle-amie
With Kitty in Mind
katblogsyeah
Knockout Couture
it's time for a story
Pampered pout
Musings of the blonde
All Of Her Yesterdays
Something Special To Say
All things bright & beautiful

I realised whilst doing this that I don't actually follow that many smaller blogs, meaning that I had to go out and find new blogs that I wanted to follow. It was great as I've found some of the ones above just today & I absolutely love them!! I may have only just started following them but I would definitely recommend that you check out their blogs and follow them too, they're wonderful!

Review: HD Brows Eye & Brow Palette

If you read my July favourites post then you may well be aware that I've been using my new HD Brows palette recently and I've been absolutely loving it!

I received the palette in my July GlossyBox and mine is in Foxy, which is clearly aimed at girls with darker hair colours, therefore is perfect for me! It comes in simple yet gorgeous packaging, the design being sleek and sophisticated in the all-black, glossy case with white lettering. The packaging definitely gives it that 'up-market' feel and just reeks of glamour!

Inside are four shades; nude, warm brown, dark brown and carbon. These shades make the palette suitable to a range of people as they go from almost black to a much lighter brown. The nude shade is perfect to use as a highlight under the brow as well as to run around the edges to cover up any slight mistakes rather than slathering on the concealer!

For me the carbon shade is much, much too dark so I keep well away from that. I've found that the perfect colour for me is a mix of the two medium shades - warm and dark brown - however neither are too light or dark for me to use them individually. I tend to change what I use depending on my mood & what makeup I'm wearing that day, for example today I'm only wearing mascara on my eyes so I've gone for the dark brown on my brows, whereas if I were wearing a lot of eye makeup I would go for the lighter shade to balance everything out.

The brush that comes with the palette is surprisingly good. I never normally use the brushes given as they aren't always very good quality, however this one exceeds expectations. The bristles on the angled brush are solid enough that you can achieve a very defined look first time without having to go back and make corrections. Also the brush is thin enough to go all the way to the tips of your brows without them staying thick, giving a very feminine look. The rounded brush is slightly more flexible which works great when you're applying the highlight as you don't want it to be quite as precise.

(L-R) Warm Brown, Dark Brown, Carbon.

(Nude is just so nude that it wouldn't show up in the swatches, sorry!)

Another great thing about the colours is that they can also be used as eyeshadows, giving a great look if you'd rather have a matte finish to your eyes. When used on the eyes they blend superbly and last all day (even without primer!). I'd recommend using the three lighter shades as eyeshadow and then if you wanted to then use carbon as a liner along the upper lash line.

(T-B) Warm Brown, Dark Brown, Carbon.

(Nude is just so nude that it wouldn't show up in the swatches, sorry!)

Overall, I've really enjoyed using this palette and would definitely recommend it to all brunettes. If you have different hair colours then they also do the palette in Vamp & Bombshell. Each palette can be found here for £19.96, a little pricey but in my eyes it's definitely worth it!

Have you ever used any HD Brows products? If so what were they and would you recommend them?

Disclaimer: I am in no way affiliated with HD Brows and they have not asked me to review this product. I am purely reviewing it because I've enjoyed using the products and am receiving no money or rewards/benefits for writing this review.