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As today is New Years Eve and most of you out there are planning on an amazing night whether it be spending it with family watching the countdown on BBC1 or with friends partying the night away waiting for the clock to strike twelve I can't help but look back on this past year and see how much has changed in such a short amount of time, but I am so thankful for where I am in my life right now.

Just like everyone out there I make resolutions but never ever stick to any of them, so this year I am not making resolutions, just a list of things that I would like to achieve/experience but it doesn't matter if I don't as I have plenty of time to do these things in the future. 

Here is my little list:

Hello everyone! As it's coming to the end of the month I thought I would share what have been my favourite 'go to' products this month.

Lee Stafford Sun Kissed Lightning Spray: I picked this up at The Clothes Show Live as a 3 for £10 offer at the Lee Stafford counter and as I have ombre hair I thought I would see if this would help lighten my hair a little instead of me having to re-ombre it at some point as my hair is already quite damaged from the bleaching and I can happily say that I have seen a massive difference especially at the tips of my hair they are looking blonder than ever!

Vaseline Healthy Hands + Stronger Nails Hand cream: This hand cream has been my go to hand cream for the moment as the cold weather always drys out my skin especially my hands as I always forget to wear gloves, it leaves my hands so smooth and it also smells amazing!

Rimmel Wake Me Up Foundation: I picked up this foundation in mid November as my previous foundation was running out and many bloggers had been raving about this foundation so I thought why not? And purchased it from Boots, as it was only £10 I thought that was quite cheap for a good foundation but it has been brilliant. It definitely does what it says on the bottle it makes my skin look so more awake and fresh from the shimmer effect which leaves a lovely glow.

Batiste Dry Shampoo: As I have been working a lot over December what with it being so busy this Christmas I found that I sometimes had forgotten or didn't have time to wash my hair so this has been a saviour when i've missed a hair wash and my hair is looking a bit limp.

Vaseline Limited Edition Pink Bubbly: Just like every girl I know, I have to have a lip balm with me at all times and this month this limited edition Vaseline has been my best friend from the smell, colour and of course what it does to my lips, leaving them so soft and protected from the harsh weather outside and it fits in pretty much any bag.

What are your favourites this December?  Do you use any of these products?

xx 

Just like most of you I presume, I got money and gift cards off family and friends for Christmas and like every other bargain hunter of course I had to splurge in the sales a little so I thought I would share some of the things I picked up.

I went a bit mad in Topshop as they give student discount on sale items and ended up buying a bunch of things including clothes (which are quite hard to photograph, hence why they aren't in this post but I may feature them in some ootd looks) and the accessories shown above which I really like especially the studded bag as I have had my eye on it for a while.
Even though the shoes weren't in the sale I still bought them as I got student discount and I have wanted some heeled chelsea boots for a while so I was quite happy especially with free next day delivery. Bravo Asos!
Every year Lush brings out the Snow Fairy shower gel and I always hold back and wait until it goes into the sale as they half the price so this 500ml bottle was only £5 instead of £10, bargain!!

Did you find any good bargains in the sales?

xx

I hope you all had just a wonderful Christmas as I did and I thought I would make a small post with Christmas Day Instagrams and a little look at some of the presents that I got.

Christmas Day Instagrams:

So today is Christmas Eve, I know point out the obvious but it has come round too quickly for my liking! I just wanted to wish everyone a very wonderful day tomorrow as I probably won't post anything over the next couple of days depending on how busy I am. So I hope you all enjoy your Christmas wherever you may be and I hope everyone receives all the presents they wanted from Santa!

Merry Christmas everyone and I will see you in my next post :)

xx

After receiving this Lush Blackberry Bath Bomb as an early Christmas present I decided to do a little review on it to share my experience on it and to give you an insight if you haven't tried out this bath bomb before and may want to go onto try it for yourself.

Step by step process in pictures. TR. Blackberry Bath Bomb, TL. Bath bomb begins fizzing in the bath. BR. Bath water after the bath bomb has finished fizzing, BL. When the bath bomb has finished fizzing this little message reading 'BOOM BOOM' is left.

Aesthetics: This bathbomb is quite quirky in the sense that Lush have made it to resemble an actual bomb (but a pretty bomb) where you throw it in the bath and it explodes leaving the 'BOOM BOOM' message which I think is really clever and original.

Scent: When I first smelt this bath bomb i didn't get the instant smell of blackberries but I could tell it was a darker fruity smell which I think is very fitting for this season. 

Bathing Experience: (I didn't know what to name this part haha) Whilst soaking in the smokey purple bath water I felt really relaxed and calm from the scent of the bath bomb and the water felt really silky against my skin, as strange as it sounds.

Pre-Bathing: So after I got out of the bath my skin felt so so so smooth and it was left smelling so nice, it was like I had rubbed the bath bomb scent all over my skin.

Overall I really liked this bath bomb from the cute little message inside to the colour it left the water. I would highly recommend this bath bomb to anyone who loves a nice relaxing bath with some added colour and scent.

Have you tried this bath bomb before? Did you like the experience of it?

xx

The other day I was having a little mooch in Boots to come across the Soap & Glory section where they currently have a 3 for 2 offer on all Soap & Glory products minus the gift sets and instead of walking away of course I had to pick up a few products. I'm such a sucker for Soap & Glory!

I cannot rate this brand enough and is such good value for money from the packaging to the actual product you can tell they put a lot of effort into making this brand individual and promising.

Thumbs up to Soap & Glory!

Have you tried any of these products? What did you think of them?

xx

So today I met up with Amber a friend of mine to exchange christmas presents as I am not going to get chance to see her before Christmas, so I thought i would share what she got me for Christmas as it was really thoughtful and she is obsessed with my blog haha.

So all the little presents came in this adorable box which I absolutely love and I am going to use to store things in.

The products in my December GlossyBox:

Milk_Shake Conditioning Whipped Cream: I have never heard of this brand before but I am very excited to try out this product as my hair is quite dry and hard to style, so I am hoping the conditioning elements described in this product will help when styling my hair and if so I may go onto purchase this product in the future.

Sleek Makeup i-Divine True: Sleek is brand I have used for a few years now as I own a couple of their palettes and I was very excited to see this in my GlossyBox as it is a full size product. I think this palette is one of my favourites from the brand as I can see myself using most of the colours such as: Paperbag, Maple and Pillow Talk, these colours I can see working well and complimenting my skin tone.

Rituals Magic Touch: Rituals is a brand I am familiar with but I have never really used any of their products. I am not one to use body creams as my skin can sometimes react to certain chemicals in them but I am open to trying them out. I really like the scent of this product as it smells of cherry blossom which is very fitting for this season and leaves my skin smelling really nice but not to over powering.

Anatomicals Fruity Lipgloss Tube: Anatomicals is brand that I was introduced to by GlossyBox when I received a body scrub in one of my previous boxes which I then went onto purchase the full size product. So I was really excited to see another anatomicals product in this box. I do not tend to wear many lipgloss products as i find them really sticky and my hair just gets stuck to my lips all the time, but I really like this lipgloss as it smells really fruity and isn't too sticky so overall I am really happy with this product.

Seche Nail Lacquer: I have never heard of this nail brand but I love love love trying out various nail varnishes as I always like to have my nail painted (when i'm not working). I received shade 'hypnotic' which is a shimmery deep blue shade which I really like and it looks really pretty on my nails.

GlossyBox 'Glossy Pink' Blusher: This product is a bonus product included in this months box as a little extra present from GlossyBox. I am really happy they have put this product in this months box as I have just finished up my current blusher so now I do not need to purchase another for a little while. I really like this shade as it is not too pink like some blushers you can get.

Did anyone else sign up for the Christmas edition? If so, what was your favourite product?

 xx

Last weekend whilst watching The X Factor final i decided to put up the Christmas tree after a long hard week at work to bring some festivity to the house and so i can finally put the presents i have wrapped under the tree, haha! It's something i do every year and it really gets me into that festive mood like a little excited child, once you put the tree up you know Christmas is near!

Are you excited for Christmas yet?

:)