The last few bits I have to show you are room based presents, as i'm wanting to give my room a little overhaul at make it look a bit more clean and more me. From my Dad and Stepmum, they very kindly treated me to this stunning Oliver Bonas Pink Marble Lamp (£45) which I told him off for getting me, but I absolutely love it and has already taken pride and place on my bed side table! My Mum also got me this beautiful 'Dream' Gold Sign, which I will be putting up on a shelf above my bed which fingers crossed will be going up next week, and i'm beyond excited to decorate it. 

Finally from my nail lady, she very kindly got me this M&S Zodiac Candle (£6) which is just absolutely stunning, and anyone who knows me will know that star signs and zodiac is a big thing for me, and I just love this cute little candle!

So those are the few bits that I got for Christmas, as well as too much chocolate and of course some fluffy socks!

Did you get anything nice for Christmas?

Continue reading to see what beauty bits I treated myself to during the Black Friday sales...

For a while now i've wanted to repurchase the Lancome Tient Idole Ultra Wear Foundation (£31.50) as I absolutely love this foundation and ever since I practically scraped the very last remains of my previous bottle out i've had a bit of a foundation hole in my makeup routine, and I just knew I needed it back in my life. To my surprise quite a few places that stock Lancome had some really good offers on, but Lancome themselves came out the best as they offered free delivery (of which was tracked, may I add) and the foundation came packed in a beautiful branded box that I will keeping. It's definitely the little things! 

Whilst I was ordering a couple of bits from Cult Beauty for one of my best friends birthdays, I accidentally slipped and added the Huda Beauty Mauve Obsessions Palette (£25) to make it up to free delivery, and it was reduced so win win. I've seen so many bloggers and beauty lovers raving about these palettes and I opted for the mauve shades because I've been really enjoying more red toned eyeshadows, and i'm absolutely smitten with this palette so far!

Finally whilst browsing my local Boots I was looking at the Clinique gift sets as I needed a new Clinique Pep Start Moisturiser (£24.50) and the lovely sales rep let me in on a deal they had on where if you purchased any two high end products you got 10% off, which was enough to reel me in apparently. As well as the moisturiser I also picked up the Clinique Take The Day Off Cleansing Balm (£23) after hearing amazing things about it! It's been a while since I used a cleansing balm and i've been loving this one for the last week or so, and i've noticed how much my breakouts having reduced.

Did you get any good deals on Black Friday?

When it comes to Christmas releases, one of my all time favourites has got to be from The Body Shop who every year release three limited edition scents of which every year I have stock bought because I love them that much. This year is now different, and with a little cheeky discount code I went a bit mad, so I thought i'd justify it by posting up a haul!

Now it wouldn't be Christmas without a Christmas scented showergel or two...

This year they have brought back two of the three scents from last years, and i'm silently glad that they chose to keep the Vanilla Chai and the Frosted Berries scents because they were my favourites last year. This year they've brought out a new scent, Frosted Plum which I can confirm smells incredible and i'll no doubt be fighting everyone for this when they go into the sale on boxing day.

From the Vanilla Chai range I of course ordered the Vanilla Chai Shower Gel (£5) because I absolutely love anything vanilla scented and their shower gels are the creamiest i've ever used! The scent is truly festive and I find that it's sweet scent lingers on the skin, whilst also leaving the skin feeling nourished and soft. There is something about a festive shower gel that just instantly brightens up any shower or bath. Also I decided to order the Vanilla Chai Tree Soap (£1.50) purely because it looked so cute that I couldn't just leave it and was cheap as chips! 

From the Frosted Berries range I also decided to order the Frosted Berries Shower Gel (£5) purely because I loved this product last year, as it's slightly more gel like and less creamy than the vanilla chai shower gel, which means it lathers up really nicely and is one I prefer to use when i'm having a proper good scrub. Again the scent of this is so sweet and festive, and I just absolutely love it! I also ordered the Frosted Berries Tin (£20) because I thought this would make a really nice gift for someone, and this comes with a hand cream which I personally just love to get in a gift set!

From their new Frosted Plum range I decided to only order one product, as I wasn't what this scent would be like and i've wanted to try one of their scrubs for ages, so I thought i'd kill two birds with one stone and order the Frosted Plum Sugar Scrub (£15). As I mentioned, as soon as smelt this I was sold and I already want to order more from this scent! I gave the scrub a test drive the other day and I was gobsmacked at how amazing my skin felt after I used this! 

Finally because I spent £30 I got sent a free gift, which was their Shea Butter Festive Picks (£20) gift set which is one of my favourite scents from their range, so I was quite excited to receive this! I may keep this for myself, but I may also gift this to someone for Christmas so we will see, but I thought this was a really sweet deal.

Have you ordered anything from The Body Shop?

If you saw my post a couple of weeks ago, I posted up a Lush shopping list of all of the products that i'd been eying up recently but I hadn't made any purchases due to being on a bit of a spending ban. Of course than went out the window once I knew I was going to this event, and so did my shopping list as I only purchased one thing from said shopping list but i'm really excited to try every single one of these products, and no doubt i'll be buying more in the run up to Christmas!

For me the bubblebars are my favourite products from Lush because you can get a lot of use out of them, and they all smell incredible! The one and only thing from my shopping list that I picked up was the Bubble Spinner (£4.95) purely because the concept behind this is so fun and i'm really excited to try this out just for fun element to it! Another bubblebar I picked up (and got gifted, so I have two yay!) is the My Two Front Teeth (£3.95) which sounded like such an odd name to me before I was informed it's inspired by the tooth fairy, but none the less I picked this up purely for the scent as it smells so good! It has a lovely mix of lavender with tonka, and also neroli and vanilla which all mixed together smell amazing!

One thing that Lush have brought out recently is their packaging-less products, I know mind blown right?! Whilst at the event one of the Lush girls told me that all of these products are 25p cheaper than the packaged versions, and essentially you get more product out of them because they contain less water. Absolute geniuses in my opinion! In my goody bag they very kindly gifted me the Berry Berry Christmas Naked Showergel* (£11.75) which I didn't actually see in store but it smells absolutely incredible! Think berries and citrus, and thats the scent right there! I haven't used this as of yet, but i'm so excited to and i'll definitely report back!

Finally I seem to have gone a bit ham on the bath bombs, which is very unlike me but they have so many good ones in at the moment! One that I just had to pick up after seeing it's demo was the Christmas Sweater Bath Bomb (£4.50) because, I mean just look at it! It is just Christmas in the form of a bath bomb, even the scent is Christmas spice and I just love it! Another that I picked up purely for the scent was the Sherbet Dip Bath Bomb (£3.75) because it smells just like sherbet and I loved that stuff as a child! I'm really intrigued to see what this is like as I didn't see a demo of this, and i'm pretty sure it has a surprise inside!

The fast few bits in my goodie bag that i'm really excited to try included the Thundersnow Bath Bomb* (£4.50) which sounds like the perfect bath bomb to get my relaxation on with as it contains peppermint and cocoa! Also, finally in my goodie bag was the Hidden Mountain Soap* (£7.50) which smells very fresh and outdoorsy, so I can see myself liking this as I love a soap that smells fresh!

So that is everything from my recent little Lush splurge, and i'm so excited to try out all of the new products! No doubt i'll be buying more, because some of the new products sound amazing (especially the jelly bomb bath bombs, I mean what?!)!

Have you purchased anything from the new Lush collections?

Turning another year older isn't all as bad as everyone makes out to be, however this is my last year of being in my 'early twenties' which makes me feel SO old! My birthday this year was quite chilled, but I celebrated with my best gal pals and drank far too much prosecco, but if you can't on your birthday then when can you?! I thought i'd do a little birthday haul and give a few first impressions on a few of the bits i've already tried out, as i'm sure i'll be featuring them in a few blog posts to come.

Kicking it off with the beauty bits, as my friends and colleagues know how much I love me some makeup. One of my bestest gal pals very kindly gifted me a few bits from Jeffree Star which i've been dying to try for ages so when I opened up the Skin Frost 'King Tut' Highlighter (£25.50) I was so excited to see how amazing everyone makes them out to be. I've used this a couple of times now, and the shade is just gorgeous and it's safe to say a little definitely goes a long way with these. She also very kindly got me the Velour Liquid Lipstick (£16) in the shade 'Nude Beach' which is a really pretty nude shade. I haven't worn this as of yet, but when swatching it the formula seems really nice and not too drying. Finally for beauty bits my lovely work collegues got me the MAC Amber Times Nine Palette (£25), which is probably the most 'me' palette ever! It has nine lovely neautrel shades with a mixture of matte and shimmer which are so easy to mix to create a beautiful eye look! I used this to my birthday makeup and I absolutely loved how it looked!

With every birthday no doubt your parents will ask what they can get you because they have no clue, so i'd asked for a couple things that i'd been eyeing up for a while. Firstly, when I was in China I stupidly lost one of my favourite earrings which were really similar to the Pandora December Birthstone Earrings (£45) and although my birthday isn't in December I already have the December Ring, and it seemed like a perfect pairing to ask for the earrings also. I've been wearing them ever since opening them and I am absolutely in love them! Also from my parents they kindly got me the Cloud Nine The Touch Straightners (£115) as my FHI's have finally given up the light of day after around eight years so it felt like time to get a new pair. I haven't used these yet, but they currently have an offer on where you get a free bag and brush which is a really nice touch, and i'm excited to see what these are like!

A few of my gal pals got me some super cute presents including this 3-in-1 Lens Set (£10.90) for my iPhone which i'm so excited to try out and see what fun photos I can take with it! I also got some beautiful smelling candles, lots of chocolates and sweets, and enough bottles of prosecco/rosé to last me a fair few months!

I just want to say thank you the few people that wished me happy birthday, as it means so much and it made my day that little bit extra special!

Have any of you celebrated your birthdays recently?

Face. is an online beauty destination for all things beauty whether it be makeup, makeup brushes and tools, eyelashes and makeup accessories from a number of well know and well loved beauty brands. Being a total beauty junkie, i'm always wanting to try out new products especially products that i've heard some amazing things about, so I chose to pick out products that i've not tried before but have wanted to for some time now.

Firstly for a long time I have wanted to try out the Eylure Dybrow Kit* (£6.95) as I typically tint my brows using hair dye whenever i'm touching up my roots, but I find the colour to never be quite right and it doesn't last on my brows for more than a week or so. I've always loved Eylure for their lashes, so I thought i'd give their brow dye kit a go, and so far i'm really impressed. I tinted my brows around a week ago, which was super easy to do as the kit is very simple to get your head around and makes tinting your brows at home totally stress free. 

As i'm sure all of us beauty bloggers know, washing your brushes is an absolute chore and i've always been a huge fan of Real Techniques, so when I heard they were bringing out a their Real Techniques Deep Cleansing Gel* (£6.99) I just knew I had to it a go. I already have their palette cleaner which is great for getting all of the product out of your brushes, and using this hand in hand has made washing my brushes so much easier. The cleanser really helps to break down any product and also leaves my brushes feeling so soft, and clean!

Finally I thought i'd pick out some eyelashes, and having heard so many beauty gurus rave about the Ardel Demi Wispies False Eyelashes* (£11.99) I knew I had to see what all the fuss was about. As soon as they arrived I knew i'd absolutely love them as they are definitely on the natural side of false lashes, and the length isn't too long as I'm not a huge fan of really long false eyelashes. I haven't yet gotten the opportunity to wear these, but i'm so excited to try them out!

What beauty bits have you recently been trying out?

When it comes to purchasing beauty products I rarely ever go in Superdrug anymore, why I don't know as they have some amazing own brand products that i've heard so much about but I haven't had a proper mooch around a drugstore in quite some time. With that being said and with the student discount offer fully egging me on I picked up a few things I was in need of, whilst also a couple of new products to try out.

Starting off with a few bits that I knew I needed as I was running out of shampoo, so I thought i'd stock up on my favourite L'oreal shampoos as it's been some time since I last used them and my hair was starting to get used to the one I was currently used. A favourite of mine is their Extraordinary Clay Rebalancing Shampoo (£2.89) as it really works to combat my hair looking greasy come the second day and also works to remove any build up that I have in my hair. I tend to use this on rotation with their Extraordinary Oil Nourishing Shampoo (£4.49) as this also works to nourish my hair and to make my hair appear less damaged than what it actually is. Safe to say i'm really happy to have these two shampoos back in my hair care routine, as my hair is loving them.

Another haircare product I decided to pick up was the Style Freedom Detangler (£7.99) as my hair can get really knotty, especially when I curl it so I decided to get myself a detangler to help as I don't like to further damage my hair by yanking a brush through it, so i'm hoping this helps to soften and untangle my hair making it easier to brush. This seemed to be a newer brand to Superdrug, and if this product impresses me I will definitely be going back to check out more from this brand.

The main reason that I popped into Superdrug was because I was in desperate need for a creamy cleanser, and unfortunately they didn't have the one I wanted but i'd heard some amazing things about their Vitamin E Hot Cloth Cleanser (£4.99) so I thought i'd give that a go. So far I absolutely love this, more than the cleanser I was going to purchase as it leaves my skin feeling absolutely amazing and so soft. Finally whilst making my way to the check out I spotted that they were stocking Skinnytan, which I tried out around two years ago and absolutely loved it so I thought i'd pick up their 7 Day Tanner (£19.99) so I could give it a go when the weather is a little warmer. 

So that is everything I picked up from Superdrug, and I saved almost £15 on everything I purchased so I was really happy with that! I'm not sure when the student discount ends, but I'd definitely recommend checking out your local store sooner rather than later.

Have you picked up any new beauty bits recently?

I always love popping into my local store as the sales assistants are always so lovely and helpful whenever I pay a visit. I was so surprised with how many new products they have released this year, so much so that I had to stop myself from spending anymore money, but i'm so excited to try out all of the bits that I picked up.

Starting off with the Mother's day collection I decided to pick up a few bits for my Mum as I absolutely love Lush and I thought it was about time I introduced my Mum to the world of amazing baths! I of course had to pick up the Mum Bath Bomb (£2.95) purely because of how cute it is! I also really like the scent of this with mixes of lemon and orange, and I thought my Mum would too! Also for my Mum I picked up the Baa Bar Bubble Bar (£3.95) as I love a good bubblebar and the scent of this was so lovely, and it instantly smelt like something my Mum would love! Hopefully she likes these products and gives her an excuse to have a well deserved pamper evening.

Moving on from the bits I picked up for my Mum for Mother's day, but I did pick up one more product from the Mother's day range which is the Elsie The Giraffe (You're Havin' a Bath) Bubble Bar (£6.95) as it was too adorable to not pick up. This year Lush have continued with their bubblebar wand products but this is the first that i've seen with a dual ended product, and I just absolutely loved the concept. I also absolutely love the citrus scent to this, as i'm a sucker for anything citrus so I can't wait to use this! 

Moving onto the bath bomb that I picked up from the Easter collection, and it didn't seem right to not pick up a bath bomb that resembled an easter egg. I decided on the Which Came First? Bath Bomb (£6.95), which I was totally sold on for it's citrusy scent and also just how cute it looks! The other bath bomb I decided on was the Over & Over Bath Bomb (£4.25) which they brought in for Valentines, and then added into their permanent line as it was so popular! What I love is that it has two sides to it, with the orange side being a wax that melts in the bath leaving your skin feeling so soft!

Have you picked up anything from their latest releases?

In Australia their drugstore shops are typically called pharmacies and sell literally everything typically you'd find in Boots but on much a larger scale, and most of their fragrances work out cheaper than what they'd be in the UK, so being the beauty addict I am I thought i'd pick up some bits to try out. Also, as I said I decided to spend the last of my dollars in the airport duty free as I wanted to stock up on a few bits that had broken whilst travelling.

Starting with skincare as I bought a few bits to try out as my skin had been an absolute mess whilst I was away, always the way isn't it! I'd seen a lot from the brand Essano and their Rosehip range as my friend was using one of their cleansers, and I just loved the sound of the brands and also the beautiful packaging! I decided to pick up their Rosehip Oil ($22.99) as i've not tried any specific rosehip oils and I love using oils to give my skin that little bit of extra moisture. So far i've only used it a couple of times so I can't really comment as to what I think at the moment. In addition to that I picked up their Rosehip Moisture Restorative Night Cream ($19.99) as i've needed a new night cream for quite some time now, and so far i'm really liking this! - (Sorry that i've only linked these in dollars, but the prices on Amazon are extortionate). Last for skincare is the Kiehls Midnight Recovery Concentrate (£38), which i've wanted for as long as I can remember and whilst in duty free I just thought 'screw it, i'm buying it!'. I've only used it a few times, so I can't comment too much but my skin feels amazing the next morning after using this!

Makeup wise I didn't go too wild as i'd already bought quite a few in Sephora, but there were a few things that caught my eye. As for makeup brands over there they have pretty much everything we do, with the addition of Cover Girl and Nude by Nature, and I spotted the Nude by Nature Highlight Palette (£25) and I just had to get it. The palette itself is beautiful, containing a blush, bronzer and highlighter all with highlighting minerals to them for an illuminated look and the gold packaging is just to die for. I haven't used this as of yet, but i'll report back! Whilst in duty free I knew that I wanted to stock up on a couple bits from Benefit including their Goof Proof Brow Pencil (£20) as mine has broken/ran out, but also whilst travelling my Rockatuer Blusher (£24.50) completely smashed so I just had to get another. Lastly makeup wise I decided to treat myself to a new MAC Lipstick (£16.50) in the shade 'Faux' as I didn't own a nude mac lipstick and this one looked perfect.

Lastly I did pick up two fragrances, but I couldn't find them whilst I was shooting for this post. I decided to stock up on YSL Black Opium (£76.50) as it's my most worn fragrance at the moment and you can never have enough of your favourite fragrance in my opinion. Whilst in duty free I also decided to treat myself to Giorgio Armani Si (£69) as it's a fragrance i've wanted for quite some time now, so I thought why not!

Have you picked up any new products recently?

With this being my first trip to Sephora I really didn't know what to expect, nor did I know the brands that were stocked in Australia so I was in my element once i'd walked in, and definitely had to restrain myself when it came to some brands. Now I know a lot of these products I can buy in the UK but I prefer to see products in the flesh, especially products that cost as much as some of these do and I'm so happy that I managed to pick up a few products that i've been wanting to try for some time now.

The first brand that I laid eyes on as I walked in was Kat Von D, and I instantly got that giddy feeling in my stomach as i'd never seen any of these products before. Now I did want to purchase a fair few products from Kat Von D but I limited myself to just two products that i'd wanted to try out for ages, and i'm so excited to try these out! Firstly I picked up the Kat Von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick (£17) in the highly hyped shade 'Lolita', which was the shade I liked the most out of all of the shades in the collection. It's a shade that isn't like any other that I own and is one I can't quite explain but it's a nude with a somewhat red undertone that is just beautiful! I also picked up the Kat Von D Shade & Light Palette (£37) which was a no brainer for me as it's so raved about and I love the look of all of the shades in the palette. I am yet to use these two products, but I will be reporting back!

Whilst browsing the other stands I came across Huda Beauty which i've seen so many reviews on their liquid lipsticks, but I didn't realise that they did an array of other products also. I decided to pick up one of the Huda Beauty Liquid Matte Lipstick (£18) in the shade 'Muse' which is a nudey shade with a purple undertone that instantly caught my eye and is so pretty! What also enticed me to purchase this liquid lipstick was purely the packaging as I love the frosted effect to the bottle, and the box packaging is also like no other brand i've seen before. 

Moving onto highlighters, and it's safe to say I got a bit overwhelmed as I bought about three or four highlighters on this trip (sorry not sorry). Whilst browsing around I came across the Tarte counter and i'd seen a lot about the Tarteist Pro Glow Highlight & Contour Palette (£36), but as i'd already picked up the Kat Von D palette and I wasn't a huge fan of all of the shades, so when I saw the Tartiest Pro Glow To Go Highlight & Contour Palette (£20) which is essentially a mini version. I thought this palette would be perfect for on the go touch ups, as the shades are so me and I just loved everything about this palette! I then stumbled across the Becca stand and they only had one of the Becca Champagne Pop Shimmering Skin Perfector (£32) left so I just had to pick it up!

Last but most certainly not least is a product i've wanted to try for such a long time, but my issue was that I had no idea what shade I was and I didn't want to chance purchasing the wrong shade online. So whilst in Sephora I got shade matched for the Anastasia Beverly Hills Dip Brow Pomade (£15), of which I am yet to try out but i'm so excited to see how this works as i've heard some amazing things!

So that is everything I purchased in Sephora, and i'm so glad i've finally typed up this post so I can use the products as i've been holding off all week!

Have you splurged on any new beauty items recently?

A couple of weekends ago The Body Shop had a massive 40% discount for a few days, and after a bit of arm bending I decided to place an order as it seemed like an offer that I couldn't pass on and I did save quite a lot when placing this order. I decided to keep this order purely for their limited edition Christmas range as I have enough skincare to last me a life time. So I thought i'd share what products I picked up and what's on offer this year from The Body Shop.

Starting with probably my favourite product of this entire haul, which i'm sure any fellow candle obsessors out there will also love and this is the Vanilla Chai Scented Candle (£10). Being a total candle lover I knew that I just had to get myself a Christmas scented candle. Out of the three scents I went for this candle as I thought it would be quite a subtle yet soothing candle, and I cannot wait to burn this just to see how the scent fills a room. Also from the same scent range I picked up the Vanilla Chai Festive Tin (£18), which contains four mini products from the Vanilla Chai range as I really wanted to try out all of the products but purchasing all full size products seemed a bit extreme, especially if I weren't to like them. I'm really excited to try the body scrub from this tin.

As I was urgent need of some new shower gel I decided that I wanted to go all out and order myself some Christmasy scented shower gels, which is what made me make this order in the first place. I decided to order all three of their Christmas scents as I love them last year, and they lasted so long. Firstly I went for the Vanilla Chai Showergel (£5), which is such a sweet wintery scent that is so indulgent and lingers for ages after using it. I also picked up the Frosted Berries Showergel (£5) as I really like this scent last year and smells even better this year! I did order the Spiced Apple Showergel (£5) but this actually was missed from my order, so I can't give any opinion on this but I loved their apple scent last year so I hope I like this one too!

Lastly I decided to order another gift set, but I will probably give this to a friend or family member for Christmas. This is the Spiced Apple Treat Box (£8), which contains two mini's of their spiced apple range and also one of those poofy things that are amazing at giving your skin a good scrub. I love these little treat boxes as they make cute little stocking fillers, and no doubt I will be featuring this again very soon!

So that is what I picked up from The Body Shop's Christmas range and i'm really excited to be cracking out the wintery scents to get me in the festive spirit!

Have you picked up anything from The Body Shop's Christmas range yet?