Carry on reading to see just why you need this advent calendar in your life!

One thing I love about Soap & Glory is their entire mantra of empowering women through their always quirky packaging and unique product names, and this year they've completely knocked it out of the park with their It's Calendar, Girls! Advent Calendar* (£40). First of all can I just point out that this is retailed at just £40, with you guessed it 24 whole days of gifts. I'm sure you've all seen the drama surrounding a few beauty calendars at the moment and i'm so pleased that Soap & Glory always keep it real when it comes to pricing their products at fair and reasonable prices.

As Soap & Glory say there are treats galore behind every door with this calendar containing twenty four different products across their entire best selling product range from bath and body to beauty, of which has me so excited because i've not tried much of their beauty bits as i'm such a sucker for their sweet scented bath and body products. Now I haven't opened any of the doors on my calendar, purely because I want to save it for advent and be surprised but I can already tell you that you will not be disappointed with this calendar from the list of products inside.

Starting with body bits, this calendar contains a mixture of their best selling body products including:

Scrub of Your Life Body Scrub, Righteous Butter, Hand Food, Heel Genius and 6 mini's of their body washes in the scents Sugar Crush, Rich & Foamous and Clean On Me. 

Moving onto the beauty bits, again this calendar contains a mixture of their best selling makeup products of which i'm beyond excited for! These include: One Heck of a Blot Primer, Thick & Fast HD Mascara, x2 Gloss Stick, x1 Matte Stick, x5 Crazy Sexy Kohl Liners, x3 Pillow Plump and a cute pair of tweezers!

Personally for £40 I think you get so many good products, and it will also give you the opportunity to try out some products that you not of had the chance to before, and it just adds to the excitement of Christmas! I'll of course be documenting each day of this advent calendar over on my Instagram stories, so make sure you're following.

Also, if you're thinking of picking up this calendar you're going to need to be quick because it's currently part of the Boots 3for2 deal!

Have you got any beauty advent calendars this year?

A few weeks back whilst browsing around my local Boots, I was thinking to myself and I wondered when Soap & Glory would be releasing their star gift set as it's been a while since I treated myself to some new Soap & Glory products, and I decided I would treat myself when it came out. Little did I know that two weeks later it would be arriving on my doorstep from the lovely Soap & Glory PR team! I was honestly so overwhelmed as I really did not expect to ever receive such a lovely package  - to the point that I nearly cried! So I thought today i'd share what's inside this years star gift and my overall thoughts!

The Soap & Glory The Whole Glam Lot Gift Set* (£30) has got to be my favourite of all of the star gifts i've had for Christmas so far, as they've totally overhauled the style of packaging and have added a touch of individuality to the design which is made up of hundreds of selfies of Soap & Glory's social media followers, which I think is such a cool and unique design! (Yes i've tried to find my selfie, and sadly failed). The actual design on the packaging is so cool, as it's a mini suitcase and is a lot more sturdy in comparison to the previous years which means storing the products is a lot easier. Another cute touch has to be the luggage tag, like what you get when you actually check a bag in at an airport, which contains all of the info for all of the products within this set, and all in all it just goes together so well!

The products within this years set has to be hands down my favourite as there is such a good variety of products, and if you've not really tried many products from Soap & Glory then it allows you try out a bunch of products that you may not normally. The first and my favourite product is the Sugar Crush Shower Gel (£6.50), and I know the scent is very selective but I personally love it! Next is the Smoothie Star Body Milk (£10), which i've never tried before but I already love the creamy scent. Next is the Righteous Butter (£10) which is a cult classic from S&G, and although it's not my favourite body butter you can never have too many in your stash! Another favourite of mine is the Scrub Of Your Life (£7), which is a lovely scrub that really works to break down and dead skin, and leaves your body smelling amazing! Last of the body products within this set is the Hand Food (£5.50), which i'm sure we all have a tube or two on our desks at work, I know I do! Finally for body products is the Hand Maid (£2.50), which is an antibacterial gel which i've never used before and i'm not really to much of germ person but they definitely come in handy at festivals!

Moving onto skincare and makeup products, which there is definitely more products of this variety in this years gift set in comparison to the previous years and i'm really excited to try these products as i've never tried any of them. Starting with the skincare products in this years gift set is the Daily Detox Vitamin C Cleanser (£8), which i'm intrigued to try and it's designed to detox and clarify your skin, which my skin definitely needs right now! The last skincare item in this years set is the Speed Plump Moisture Marvel (£13), which again i've not tried before but i'm always on the hunt to find a new moisturiser and this is aimed towards battling dry skin, which I have suffered with for quite some time now. Moving onto the makeup products in this years set and both of these products are iconic S&G products! Firstly is the Sexy Motherpucker Lipgloss (£9) but a mini and although i've tried out the original back in the day, i've not tried any of the new gloss shades so i'm excited to see what these are like! Last of the amazing products in this set is the Thick & Fast HD Mascara (£10.50), which is a new formula of their best selling mascara which I love, so i'm really excited to see how different the HD version is!

So those are all of the products that are available in the Whole Glam Lot Set, which is currently on offer for £30 instead of it's original retail price of £60, so it's a complete bargain! Unfortunately it is sold out online, so you'll have to head down to your local Boots store in order to get your hands on it, but when I visited my local Boots a few days ago they had plenty in stock!

Have you got your hands on this years Whole Glam Lot Set?

Soap&Glory Sugar Crush Body Scrub - Boots (£8), Soap&Glory Sugar Crush Body Wash - Boots (£6.50), Aussie 3 Minute Miracle Deep Conditioner - Boots (£4.99)

For a long time now the Sugar Crush Body Scrub by Soap&Glory has been apart of my shower routine. I use this mainly on my arms and legs to get my skin feeling and looking smooth especially if i'm planning on shaving my legs, it just really helps to remove any dry skin and it leaves my skin smelling amazing. 

Following on from the scrub, the Sugar Crush Body Wash also by Soap&Glory has been a part of my shower time routine for a while now. I use this literally every time I have a shower, applying a few pumps to my hands and lathering it up all over my body, it leaves my skin feeling so clean and smelling so refreshed with a nice hint of lime scent to my skin that lingers all day.

The third and final product that is an essential for me is the 3 Minute Miracle Deep Conditioner by Aussie. The one I use is the reconstructor formula for damaged hair and I use this two-three times a week as an alternative to a conditioning mask as I find my hair can get greasy very easily and quickly when using those. Applying this to the lower ends of my hair and leaving for 3 minutes leaves my hair feeling so smooth and nourished with a lovely scent that I really can't try to describe but it is really nice.

What are your shower/bath essentials? 

Hello everyone, I hope you're all having a good week, only 2 days until the weekend yayyyy!

Yesterday I did another vote on what you wanted me to post today and not a lot of you commented and it came to a tie so I chose the one that I wanted to post the most and the one I thought you guys would appreciate the most as a lot of you have been asking me to review my felt tip eyeliners, even though I have only just bought the Collection 2000 eyeliner.

Collection 2000 24 Hour Felt Tip Eyeliner (£2.99) - Boots

Hello everyone, I hope you are all doing well! :)

So I have another haul for you all, I know how much you enjoy nosing in on the things I have recently purchased and I love showing you all what I have bought, so win win!

Yesterday I went a bit spending happy in Boots and ended up buying a bunch of things, all which had the line 'it's fine as it's for placement' said as I put it into my basket. But truthfully most of these things I will be taking down to London with me whilst I am on placement.

I'm going to quickly list the things I picked up and why I bought them, as I am going to be reviewing these products separately over the next few weeks as I know you all love reading my reviews also.

So these are the things I picked up:

Batiste Large Dry Shampoo: As my dry shampoo ran out last week I decided I needed to purchase a few bottles of this in order to last me through the next few months but whilst in boots I came across this HUGE bottle which was £4.99, when a normal sized bottle is like £2.99 so I thought that was worth the money as it should last me a long long time!

Aussie Miracle Moist Shampoo: I always tend to have more than one shampoo on the go, but I thought whilst I am on placement I should narrow it down to 1/2 shampoos, so I picked up this Aussie shampoo as I have always been a fan of Aussie and I thought I would go back to using it again especially as this shampoo is formulated for damaged/dry hair.

Soap & Glory 'Sugar Crush' Body Scrub: As my current Sugar Crush Body Scrub is starting to run low I thought I should purchase another in order for me to take a full size tub with down to London as I use this pretty much every time I shower. As Soap and Glory currently have a 3 for 2 offer on in Boots I got this along with the two products in my giveaway so I saved a little bit of money.

Nice 'n Easy Hair Dye: As my hair is naturally ginger I have to re dye my hair every 3-4 weeks but I just touch up the roots otherwise I would ruin my ombre. Anyway, I bought this as its coming up to the three week mark since I last dyed it which I am going to attempt to ride out for at least another week or two so I can sort out my roots before going on placement. 

Dove 'Go Fresh' Deodorant: As my deodorant has just ran out, I have already purchased another one but this one I picked up so I have one ready for when I start placement so I shouldn't have to purchase another, I also really liked the smell of this one. 

Tangle Teezer: Now I have wanted a tangle teezer for ages as so many bloggers rave about them and my hair tends to get very knotty so when I saw that they sold them in Boots I instantly put it in my basket!

Soap & Glory 'Super Cat' Eyeliner Pen: As my current eyeliner is almost running out and the MUA liquid eyeliner I bought isn't that great I decided to pick up a new eyeliner. A lot of bloggers have been raving about how good eyeliner pens are and I have wanted to try one out for ages when I came across this one from Soap and Glory I thought I would give it a try as it was only priced around £5/£6.

Rimmel London Lipsticks: I picked up these three lipsticks as I wanted a few new ones mainly for placement as I am more likely to care about what I look like and as it was 3 for 2 on all Rimmel lipsticks I thought why not. I will be posting reviews on these lipsticks so I am not going to reveal the shades just yet.

Have you guys tried out any of the products I bought?

xx

From the title you can probably tell what this post is about, but I recently got to 100 GFC followers on my blog and to say a massive thank you to all of I decided it was only right to do a little giveaway for one of you lucky people to win! 

Here is what is up for grabs :)

1 MUA Undresses Eyeshadow Palette

1 MUA Mystical Glitter Nail Varnish

1 MUA Fairy Dust Nail Varnish

1 MUA Gemini Nail Consellations

1 Soap and Glory 'Mist You Madly' Bodyspray

1 Soap and Glory 'Scrub 'Em and Leave 'Em' Body Buff 50ml

Rules:

This blog is open to UK residents only (Sorry for all of you who live outside of the UK).

Enter via the Rafflecopter below, I will be checking entries and deleting those who have not actually entered properly.

This giveaway will be open for two weeks ending on 11/02/2013.

I will contact the winner via email and will post out the prize within 2-3 working days of the giveaway ending.

Good luck everyone!!

*THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED! THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ENTERED!*

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Thank you again to all of you lovely followers, you mean everything to me and this blog and I wouldn't be where I am without you all :)

xx