#bbloggers Xmas Meet Up

So a couple of weeks ago, i attended the #bboggers Xmas meet, in London.

The event was held in The Reebok Bar in London's Canary Wharf. It was a weird, but nice place, and took AGES to find lol. the first 2 floors of the building were a Waitrose, with the top few floors being the sports club, so there was apparently a gym, pool, spa etc as well as the bar, where the event was held.

The bar looked out on to a temporary ice rink that was surrounded by pretty Christmassy trees, i tried to get some photos, but as it was getting dark outside they didn't come out so well.

I spent the majority of the event with Sara from Pretty In Pink, Which was lovely, it was so nice to get to finally meet some of the bbloggers, and put some faces to names etc.There was so much to see and do at the event, there were a few brands there to chat to, though sadly i didn't get a chance to have a proper chat with them, i did get some press releases to look through.

We were all given a beauty quiz to complete, which was good fun, some of the questions were crazy hard. Do you know what the 'm' in 'Barry M' stands for?! 

Some lovely ladies from Aromatherapy Associates and *i think* soap box pr gave a little talk about the brands they represent and things. While we stuffed ourselves with cake pops, biscuits and pop chips, that were all laid out on the tables for us.

Aromatherapy Associates were giving everyone hand & arm massages, they were so relaxing and the lady doing them was so lovely. There were also people from the spa at the sports club spa doing nail paints, with colours from the OPI Germany Collection, i had mine painted with 'Suzi & The 7 Dussledorfs' a gorgeous purple colour, Sara Chose 'Deutsch you love me baby' a Stunning bright Orange-Red. Mines lasted amazingly well and just this week has started to chip. I completely forgot to take a picture of them, they're all chipped and horrible now.

At the end of the day, everyone there got a goodie bag. A goodie bag and a half, they were actually amazing.

There were actually 2 bags, a bag full of snacky foodie bits and another one crammed full of beauty products.

ProperCorn, I'd actually bought a bag of these the day before if a different flavour, i think Fiery Tomato & Worcester sauce or something, and they were delicious, so i have high hopes for Sour Cream & Chive flavour I love savoury pop corn and its a much healthier alternative to crisps.

I'd not heard of Little Miracles before, this was Organic Energy in Black Tea, Ginseng, Peach and Acai. I didn't notice much in the way of boosted energy, but it did taste quite nice. I've not seen them in any shop anywhere though, have you?

and lastly Pop Chips, i have tried these before because they actually featured in a She Said Beauty Box. They were also laid out on the tables at the event. They are yummmmyyy. Again I've not seen any in any shops near me.

So on to what you've all probably been waiting for the beauty goodies! I wont go in to detail on every product as this post is already quite long and there is literally a million products, as i use them, they'll get reviewed on here. So here goes...

How Much Stuff?!?!

Stylfile Emergency File

Natio Soap

Ice Crystals, Anti-Aging Prep & Polish 2 x Sachets

SnowBerry, Bright Defence Day Cream. 3 x Sachets

Murad, Pomegranate Exfoliating Mask 2 x Sachets

Blend Diamond Moisturiser Sachet

GlamGlow Super-Mud Clearing Treatment Sachet

GlamGlow Youth-Mud Tinglexfoliate treatment 2 Sachets

Molton Brown Paradisiac Pink Pepperpod Bath & Shower Gel 30ml

Balance Me Rose Otto Intensive Lip Salve

Body Shop Lip Gloss Tropical Pink

Bad Apple Polish

Bad Apple Nail Wraps

Lipcote

Inika Mineral Eyeshadow Autumn Plum

Inika Eyeliner Black Caviar

Lee Stafford Blow Dry Faster Spray

Bronze Ambition Fake Don't Bake

Urban Therapy Twisted Sista Curl Ativator

Murad Hydro-Dynamic Ultimate Moisture for eyes 3.5ml

Lush BubbleBeard Reusable Bubble Bar

Paul Mitchell Forever Blond Shampoo & Conditioner 15ml each

Di Paloma Hand Cream 25ml

Guinot Face Cream 3ml

Etat Pur Radiant Complexion Care 40ml

Xen-Tan Dark 30ml

Magnifibres Brush On False Lashes

Macadamia Oil Deep Repair Masque Sachet

Macadamia Oil Healing Oil Treatment 10ml

Aromatherapy Associates De-Stress Mind Bath & Shower Oil 3ml

So...? Va Va Volume Dry Shampoo

Witch Anti-Blemish Skin Clearing Primer 30ml

Sleek i-Divine Sparkle 2 Palette

Laboratories Filorga Paris Sleep & Peel Resufacing Night Cream 50ml

Pretty bumper goodie bag ayy?

I'm SO excited to try everything out.

I can't thank Lola (LolaStarHeats) and Victoria (VIKBeauty) enough, i had a thoroughly good time and they put so much hard work into it, which really paid off.

I can't wait for the next one !!

Lots of Love

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Lush: Father Christmas

So, I'm writing this post from my new iPad. No idea how its going to turn out. So fingers crossed. Also, if anyone has an app recommendations post them below :)

I went a little mad with the lush Christmas range, pretty much bought one of everything. I'll try and work my way through them and get them all up before they sell out.

First up is the Father Christmas bath ballistic, I think this one I,particular would make a great present. 

The outside is a lovely red and white Father Christmas face, with a hint of some red glitter. The ballistic is scented with mandarin oil and orange flower giving it a real Christmas satsuma smell.

The initial fizz of this is a nice light pink colour and more glitter bursts out.

As the outer layer fizzes away, this amazing vivid Christmas green colour comes pouring out. At this point as well the satsuma scent is quite strong, but still really nice!

The end result is a gorgeous bright green satsuma scented bath with some lovely red glitter in.

Unfortunately I ran my bath waaay to hot and it made me feel a bit ill. So I had to get out and couldn't enjoy my bath for as long as I'd have liked to.

I'll definitely be stocking up on this one before it leaves stores.

The only downside is the glitter does stick to the bath so you have to give it a bit if a rinse afterwards.

But other than that I really recommend this one and can't wait to try more of the Christmas range.

Have you tried anything from the Lush Christmas range?

Lots of love

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