She Said Beauty; October

I hate to say bad things about products, but i really can't say I'm wowed by this box. The samples are so teeny tiny and the only 'full size' product is travel size which i could get in boots for a couple of squids. Nonetheless i shall show you what i got....

First up, Cellnique Advanced Bio Renewal Masque. This is a scrub mask that contains fruit enzymes and acid. Its the teeny tiny round pot in the photo, it has a 3g sample in. Is 3g enough to cover my entire face?  Who knows, i think not we will have to wait and see.

Next is B.Liv, off with those heads. This actually sounds like an interesting product. The 'light cooling gel' promises to easily remove stubborn black heads and whiteheads. you just apply it to your face and leave it. I thought there might be some washing off process but now. I'm interested to see how this works. Again a tiny 3ml sample.

Amy Childs Fragrance, I *think* Amy Childs is from TOWIE? I don't really watch it,but i think she's in it. I didnt even realise she had brought a fragrance out. I'm not gonna lie, it smells quite nice. Its definitely very girly, I'm sure I've smelt a similar smell, but i cant think what it is. The full size product is very reasonably priced for a perfume, £14.99 for the 30ml and £19.99 for 50ml. I probably won't be buying it, but at that price I'm sure it'd be a great Christmas present for the TOWIE fan in your life.

The sample sachets are Biao Beauty Rejuvenating night Créme containing triple action properties, to smooth, moisturise and protect against premature ageing. 2 x 2g sachets. the full size is 118ml and retails for $24.50

The first 'full size' product is the travel size of Palmers Cocoa Butter Formula, dont get me wrong i really like this product, but not in a beauty box thanks. Sorry SSB.

Lastly  My Vitamins Total Green Tea Extract. Green Tea in a tablet. Hmmm. Green Tea is a know powerful antioxidant. I've not taken any yet, I'm a little wary of taking things like this. I don't really understand whats its meant to do either?

That's October She Said Beauty, I'm pretty disappointed if I'm honest. Sorry SSB. I hate being negative, but i don't want to lie and say i was chuffed with this box.

What do you think of it?

Lots of Love

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Glossy Box; September

September Glossy Box, came in a limited edition box to celebrate London fashion week. The box has been designed by London based up-and-coming illustrator Maggi Li. 

Isn't it gorgeous! I can't wait for my room to be finished so i can keep this on my dressing table. It is definitely my favourite Glossy Box so far. But, on to the contents...

First Up, Rodial, Glamoxy Snake Serum and 5 Minute Facial. In the little envelope i got 2 sachets of each product, the full size version actually comes in sachets as well, you get 10x1ml sachets the snake serum retails at £29 and the 5 minute facial retails at £10.95. Its a revolutionary product that apparently has instantly visible results, I've not used it so cant say whether this is right or not, the product supposedly reduces the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles. The 5 minute facial is a triple action resurfacing gommage clay mask. It all sounds very technical, i look forward to trying them both.

Maghrabian Hair Oil, i don't know if I've said this before but, I LOVE HAIR OIL. I'm currently using L'Oreal Mythic Oil, so haven't actually tried this one out yet. It contains Argan Oil and helps to Nourish hydrate and condition your hair, making it super soft and shiny. I honestly can't praise hair oil enough, i love love love the stuff and cannot wait to try this one.

Balance Me Wonder Eye Cream, all i can say is BORED OF BALANCE ME. P.s This is actually a pretty good eye cream.

Vichy Idealia Day Care Cream, this is a smoothing and illuminating day cream. The cream is a gorgeous pink colour and has a really nice subtle scent. Its for Normal - Combination skin, and has a really nice semi-thick texture. A little bit really goes a long way, and even though its illuminating it isn't glittery! definitely a bonus.The sample is 15ml, and comes in a cute little glass jar. Full size is 50ml and retails for £25

And last but by no means least. LADY GAGA FAME, this couldn't be one of the most anticipated celebrity fragrances. Its the first beauty product from Lady Gaga, the liquid is black in the bottle but turns clear when sprayed, crazy eh? I think Tierry Muglar has done a similar think but with purple? I'm not sure. I'm really surprised at how nice the fragrance actually is. Not that i was expecting it to be horrible, but i was expecting it to be quite deep and musky and not really to my taste, But its actualyl quite floral. 'Tears of Belladonna, Crushed heart of Tiger Orchidea, with a black veil of incense. Pulverized Apricot and the combinative essences of Saffron and Honey Drops'

Sounds pretty dark and ominous, the the perfume is gorgeous floral and fruity. Really very very nice!

So that's September Glossy Box, again there was a massive variation on boxes and prices. But oh well, these things happen. I quite like my box?

what did you think of Septembers Glossy Box?

Lots of Love

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P.s theres still time to enter my giveaway.

100 Followers & 100th Post Giveaway

So I've reached (and passed) 100 followers! And this post coincidentally is my 100th post!

Pretty cool, huh?

Well anyway, i thought I'd have a little giveaway, to say thank you to all my lovely readers and followers.

I cant quite believe I've reached 100 followers especially as I've been the worst blogger over the summer.

I'm hoping now, everything's settled down a bit, I'll be able to start getting back into the swing of thing properly (I've said that a million times but i actually mean it this time! haha)

So to celebrate this little milestone, i have some goodies for you, from one of my favourite shops. You can probably guess, which one. I've chosen some of my personal favourite products, and also one new product, well new to me, not new to the shop.

Want a peek?

Lush!! Did you guess correctly?

In the goody bag, will be;

- SunnySide Bubble Bar

- Dragons Egg Bath Bomb

- Lemony Flutter Cuticle Butter, and

- Sugar Scrub, Body Scrub

I've linked Sunny Side & Dragons egg, as I've already done little reviews on them. Lemony flutter I've been using for a while, not as a cuticle cream, but as an intensive foot cream. After i have my cast off (from breaking my leg) I had the most hideously dry feet, and this worked an actual treat! I couldn't recommend this enough, especially if you've had a cast on.

The sugar scrub, is something I'm yet to try, i did buy one for myself while purchasing this lot. The lovely girl in the shop helped me pick this one out, and it sounds like a really great product. She suggested breaking it up into four pieces, to maximise the usage. But she said you can use it all in one go if you want a really hardcore scrub.

Entering will be simple, all you'll need to do is fill in the rafflecopter form below. But as usual there are just a couple of teeny rules.

Play Fairly.

Have Fun.

Open To UK Only. (Sorry)

Once a winner is chosen they will be notified, if no reply after 4 days, a new winner will be chosen.

Once the prize is posted it is no longer my responsibility, it will be in the care of Royal Mail. I will ensure all items have sufficient packaging to reach you in an acceptable condition.

You need to be a follower of my blog.

The Giveaway will be open for 3 Weeks and will end on,  October 17th 2012.

Again thank you, to all my readers and followers.

And Good Luck Everyone.

Lots of Love

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And The Winner Is......

 Congratulations.....

LEIGH WAREING!

Thank you everyone or entering, i loved reading your comments, and finiding out your favourite products!

And thank you for taking the time to read and follow my blog, it means so much to me.

I hope you carry on enjoying me blog.

Leigh if you can drop me an email or tweet me, and we can organise getting your prize out to you.

Again thank you everyone for entering.

Lots of Love

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Surprise Jubilee Swap; My Side

You've all seen what I received in my jubilee swap, This post is to show you what i sent my swapping partner.

We'd been in contact with each other, and given outlines of the kinds of products we liked, and set ourselves a budget of £20.

- Vanilla Creme Brulee Body Wash

- No7 Polishing Body Scrub

- Burts Bees Exfoliating Body Wash

- Lush Vanilla Fountain

-Sanctuary Spa Exfoliator/Face wash (mini)

- Sanctuary Spa Toner (mini)

- Sanctuary Spa Moisturiser (mini)

- Elf Coconut & Vanilla Moisturising wipes

- Rimmel Metallic Cream Eye Shadow

- Rimmel Eye Shadow

- BM Beauty Eye Shadow

- Collection 2000 Mascara

- Burts Bees Eye Cream

- Stila Lip Gloss

- Burts Bees Lip Shimmer

- Elf Blending Brush

- Elf Lip Glossy Gloss

- Elf Lip Shine

I hope Sharon loves her swap as much as i loved mine! 

Have you done any surprise swaps?

Lots of Love

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No7 Free Gift

I think (don't quote me) that this offer has just started today, along with the launch of their new mascara (i will talk about in a different post)

I'm not the biggest No7 fan, some products i like some i don't. It wouldn't be my go to brand. That being said, they usually do really nice GWP.

This is their current one, 

You need to spend £25 to qualify for the gift, which with No7 isn't to hard, especially if you use their skin care, a few of the face creams etc are around the £20 mark, or you could just stock up on some make up bits.

In my opinion, this is one of the best GWP i think they've done, I love the bag it comes in, and they did a very similar one (i cant remember when) but it was black this is gorgeous, minty green colour. They're the perfect size for taking on holiday or to use as a handbag essentials kit.

This is whats included;

- Protect & Perfect Intense Beauty Serum 5ml

- Exceptional Definition Mascara 7ml (full size)

OR

- Exquisite Curl Mascara 7ml (full size)

- Blissful Body Wash

- Liplicious Sweet Peaches

- Triple Protect Tinted Moisturiser

Great gift huh? a full size mascara! Which on its on is £13!

The brush on this is one of those curved ones, I've not actually tried it out as its not actually my gift set (its my mums, but i stole it to blog) Like i said I'm not the biggest No7 fan, but my favourite mascara for a long time was the one that came in the orange tube, Extreme Length (i think?!) BUT, i hated the full size one! It featured in the majority of the GWP's but as a mini, and i adored it. I got given the full size for Christmas one year, and completely fell out of love with it. But yes, i cant comment on this mascara as it isn't mine, though i might have a cheeky try and update you.

One thing i do love No7 for is their body wash, its probably the one thing i would purchase over and over. The full size is around £9 so i only ever buy it when they are doing the £5 voucher, and if i get one its usually the body wash i buy, unless they have some seasonal things out. Its so creamy and lathery and smells divine, it does feels and smells luxurious, you get 25ml, very handy travel size, and i bet you 10squids, my mum will pack in her case to take away next week, the body wash is one of her favourites to.

The tinted moisturiser used to be something i used before i really got into foundation, i used it when i was like 14/15, though now i think they've changed the formula so it maybe slightly different from when i used to use it, again if its something you've never used 10ml is the perfect size to get a good test of the product and to know if you'll want to purchase it or not.

The Protect & Perfect Intense serum, I've never used, but its gotten some rave reviews and i now a lot of people swear by it, I'd say its a very reasonable price, when you compare to some skincare, the full size at 30ml is £23. You get a 5ml sample in the gift, so i guess, if its like any other serum, you'll only need a tiny bit, it'll last a good amount of time.

And the last item, i think is the most summery item in there, The lip gloss/balm, its called sweet peaches and is a gorgeous peachy/corally colour. It smells amazing, its really sweet, It reminds of those sweets you used to get, that were like lipsticks, (or that's what i used to pretend they were) they were in like a tube the same as a lipstick, but yeah the lip gloss smells exactly how i remember them.!

I'm not a gloss person, and this is slightly sticky, though i think the smell alone would sell it to me, it just reminds of being little! Its such a summery colour as well!

The gift will be available until stocks last, So I'd head down to your nearest boots and snap one up. They really are cute. Even if you wouldn't use it yourself, they make great presents!

What No7 products would you purchase to get your free gift?

Lots of Love

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P.s Don't Forget My 50 Follower Giveaway! Have You Entered?

Latest In Beauty; Editors Pick

I haven't bought a LIB themed box, none of them have particularly appealed to me for a while and to be fair this one didn't to begin with., originally there was only two items i really wanted to try. But half way through the day they ran out of Carmex lip balm and replaced it with Pixi lip tint, this swayed my decision and i ended up buying the box!

I do like LIB their delivery is usually pretty speedy, and they come nicely packaged.

(unfortunately my mum binned the packaging before i took the photo!)

Contents

(L-R)

- Velvo Tan, Self Tanning Mit

- Melvita Rose Nectar Moisturiser

- Melvita Rose Nectar Fresh Micellar Water

- Pixi Succulent Lip Twin

- Yardley Peony Eau De Toilette

- Percy & Reed Dry Conditioner

- Elemis Pro-Collegen Body Cream

- Moa The Green Balm

The box i think was around the £8.95 mark, plus around £2/3 postage. So i think its great value for money.

I'm most looking forward to trying the Melvita, i love anything that smells like roses! The Yardley Peony is another favourite, this featured in a couple of beauty boxes, and I'm in love! I've swapped for so many little vials of this!

The Pixi tint was another product i was really excited about. Mine came in No.3 Peony Pink

Its a great duo product, the top, like domed section, is a pigmented balm. the lid then screws off to reveal the tube, which contains a gorgeous pigmented balmy gloss. The colours are really subtle but easily buildable. The solid top section also doubles as a cream blush! so its a 3-in-1 product! perfect for just keeping in you handbag or make up bag.

Top; Solid Balm. Bottom; Gloss.

I'm yet to try the Elemis and Percy & Reed, so i cant really give a good evaluation on them. The Elemis seems a nice consistency, not to thick, like a body butter, but not really watery either, it has a familiar smell to it, kind of like Lily of The Valley. The Percy & Reed is a handy travel size, so i might save this and take it away on my holiday with me. We're camping so i might need this!! 

The Moa Green Balm i have talked about in another post here, i've been using it on my scars from surgery, love the smell of it.

I'm pretty sure the box has sold out, but all the items are available as luxury samples on the latestinbeauty website here.

Occasionally they run a waiting list for themed boxes, so it may be worth dropping them an email. While your check out the little beauty boxes, they are great value!

Did you get the editors pick box? What was your favourite product?

Lots of Love

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P.s Dont Forget To Enter My Giveaway Here...

Surprise Jubilee Swap

Over on the Beauty Box Swaps page (linked at the side) the l6vely admin ladies organise surprise/secret swaps every now and again, all so far have had a theme, we've done a Christmas one, a valentines one and an Easter swap. The first two, worked similarly to a secret santa, everyone who wanted to partake would message admin, and they'd secretly get paired with someone, but neither knew who the other was paired with. The format of the swaps, i believe from now on, is that people choose their own partners, and set their own price limit, so everyone knows who their swapping with and how much they are spending.

This months secret swap was Jubilee themed! I completely forgot to take a photo of all my swap goodies wrapped up, they were wrapped in gorgeous red, white and blue wrapping tissue paper. Very patriotic!

and here's what i got....

- Pumice Foot Scrub

- Superdrug Vitamin E Hot Cloth Cleanser

- Dove Intensive Conditioner

- Mango Body Butter

- Olay Essential Cleansing Wipes

- Very Berry Face Mask

- Maybelline Eyeliner

- Miss Sporty Mascara

- Maybelline Colour Tattoo

- Revlon Lip Butter

- 17 Glitter Eyeliner

- Barry M Dazzle Dust

- Maybelline Nail Polish

- Max Factor Eyeshadow Trio

- Frontcover Single Baked Eyeshadow

I swapped with a lovely lady called Sharon, and our limit was £20! As you can see, I think she went waaay over that. But i absolutely LOVE everything i got, I've already tried out a couple of the things. The Vitamin E cleanser smells amazing, and leaves my skin beautifully soft, and the mango body butter smells delicious! I'm also totally in love with Revlon Lip Butters, Sharon sent me Peach Parfait and its gorgeous, I'm also really liking the mascara, I've never tried Miss Sporty mascara before but I'm pretty please with it.

Unfortunately i cant include a photo of all the things I'm sending to Sharon, as I've been a bit slack and am yet to send it, but i shall take a photo and blog it once i know she's opened it.

I really love these surprise swaps and cannot wait to do another one!

Have you done a surprise swap lately?

Lots of Love

X

P.s Don't forget I'm having a giveaway, to win some yummy Body Shop goodies.

50 Follower Giveaway!

YaY 50 Followers! That might not seem so much to you, but when i started my little blog in January I never thought i would even reach this little mile stone! So I'd just like to say thank to everyone that's followed and everyone that reads my posts, I hope you carry on enjoying them.

As a little thank you I picked up a few bits from the body shop, I purchased the prize myself, nothing has been gifted or given to me.

The lucky winner will receive this little Body Shop goody bag which includes;

- Facial Brush, Loving this at the moment, and its so compact its easy to take away with you!

- Born Lippy Pomegranate Lip Balm, These smell divine and have a subtle hint of sheer colour.

- Cocoa Butter Creamy Body Wash, this product has 2 layers to it that you kind of mix together, again smells gorgeous!

- Coconut Hand Cleanse Gel, Currently my FAVOURITE Body Shop Product! I've nearly finished a bottle of the Strawberry one, and will definitely be stocking up on some more flavours.

Entering is Simple, Just fill in the Rafflecopter form below, Leave a little comment and let me know what your favourite Body Shop product is, Don't forget to include your Email address and your Twitter name.
I'm afraid the giveaway is only open to people in the UK.
The giveaway will remain open until June 30th.
YOU MUST BE A FOLLOWER OF THIS BLOG. 

Again thanks for taking the time to read my blog, I do really appreciate it.

Good Luck Everyone!

Lots of Love

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*edit* Please remember you HAVE to leave a comment, else you entry won't count :D Thanks & Good Luck!

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