I just love this time of year, seeing all the pretty Christmas decorations and drinking unlimited amounts of hot chocolate's next to the Christmas tree! I thought i'd share with you guys how i'm getting in the festive spirit and all of the Christmasy details around my house.

As this is the first year in this house I was super excited to decorate our Christmas tree, especially as this year will be the first year that we host Christmas at our house, so I wanted to make it look that little extra Christmasy! I opted for a silver and gold theme for the tree, with the majority of the decorations sticking to this but I love the little touches my mum added to the tree with the cute trinket style decorations and candy canes. I think Christmas is the only time of year that I really get into!

Just keeping this post short and sweet today, but i'll probably share some more details once Christmas day has come.

How have you decorated your house this year?

If you saw my recent beauty purchases post, then you will have seen that I got my hands on the mini Essie Winter 2013 Collection. As it was the last one in my local Boots, I couldn't resist especially as I felt that these three shades would make the perfect Christmas nails this season.

This adorable mini set from Essie contains three out the six shades from the Winter 2013 Collection, with a mix of deep reds and pastels to truly compliment the nails this season.

The first in this mini set is Shearling Darling, a beautiful deep wine red shade and what I would describe as the perfect winter red shade. I will for sure be rocking this as much as I can during the colder months. The second shade is Parka Perfect, which is this lovely pastel grey toned blue with a slight added shimmer that makes the perfect winter pastel shade. The last shade in this set is Toggle on Top, which is the prettiest shade in this whole set. The deep red glitter shade just gets me so excited for Christmas and I think i'll definitely be wearing this on Christmas day, so so cute! 

This little set cost £12.99, and from what I can tell this is only available in store so if you're looking to get your hands on this, i'd get down to your local Boots sooner rather than later.

I just think this little set is so cute for this time of year and it's the perfect set when it comes to creating Christmasy looking nails without the nail art.

What do you think of this set?

After seeing so many people raving about the recent Latest in Beauty collab with Glamour I couldn't hold back, so I went ahead and ordered myself a box and waited eagerly for it's arrival.

For those of you who aren't aware or haven't heard about Latest in Beauty they are basically another beauty box based website, who provide some truly amazing boxes through collaboration with brands or companies as well as allowing you to create your own beauty boxes from what I can gather. Make sure you check out there website for more details. Anyway, onto the box!

For this box's collab with Glamour, they have joined forces to bring us the ultimate party beauty must haves for the festive season! With products from some truly amazing hyped up brands, all of these products are worth over £60 I believe and this box is priced at £14.95, bargain! Now onto the products in this box.

First up is the Toni & Guy Glamour Firm Hold Hairspray. Now i've never tried a Toni & Guy hairspray but i've heard some really good things about a lot of their products so i'm really excited to try this and it's the perfect size to throw into your clutch bag on a night out. Sticking with hair, the next product in the Phillip Kingsley One More Day Dry Shampoo. Even though a dry shampoo isn't all that exciting, it is a product that I rely on a lot and i've never tried anything from Philip Kingsley so i'm hoping this will impress me. Moving onto makeup now and the next product is a little sample of the Benefit They're Real Mascara, which I love! I've had a few samples of this and i'll always happily welcome more as it means I can prolong splashing out nearly £20 for this mascara, but it is worth it and it works so well to lengthen and lift your lashes. Next up is another product i've never tried but one i've heard great things about and that is the HD Brows Kit. I received the Foxy palette which is the perfect set for me. Every shade is matte, but I could see myself being able to create some really nice eyeshadow looks as well. Now onto skincare and the next product is the Balance Me Radiance Face Oil. Now I have never used a face oil as I fear it will irritate my oily skin, making it worse but i've since found out that oils can actually help to control the amount of oil your skin produces.. I don't know, but i'm intrigued to try this out as I really like Balance Me as a brand. Finally, the last product is the Eyeko Lash Curler. Ever since signing up to beauty boxes by eyelash curler supply has become insane, I must have about five eyelash curlers! Anyway, i've heard some really good things about these and I do have to admit my eyelashes look so much better with some added curl.

After doing a little research it seems that my box is actually missing a product, the Maybelline Baby Lips but i'm not too bothered about that as this box is still pretty amazing without that.

So that is the Latest in Beauty Glamour Beauty Edit Box and what a truly spectacular box it is! If you're looking to get your hands on it, i'd suggest ordering it sooner rather than later!