I need a Hero

Hi,

Sorry I've been a bit slack on blogging lately.
Over the weekend I had some awful news. One of my closest friends had been in a serious accident at work. I'm not going to go into details, but he will need to be in hospital for a long time and will need a lot of support.


A few days before the news, I found my necklace that I got for my 18th birthday. The hero theme is very fitting as I have to be so strong at the moment.

I love this necklace as I'm a bit of a geek and love super heroes (especially Spider-man!)  I don't really wear it that often though as it is SO heavy and is such a statement piece.


Do you have anything similar?
x

Green People day solution hydrating balancing day cream

Well, this is the first blog post from my new iMac. How exciting!
I've never had an apple computer before so most things are new to me and I have no idea what apps etc to download yet. All I've done with it is watch a lot of tv before megavideo got shut down (boooo!)

Anyway, back to the matter at hand. I thought I'd do a quick review of a product I got in Glossy Box months ago. I didn't use it straight away as I had several other moisturisers on the go.
As part of my New Years Resolutions I've been trying to use things up and downsize my stash. So far I'm doing well and have a good sized pile of empties to blog about at the end of the month.
I'm not really one to review items, as I think theres so many out there and at the end of the day if you like a product or not its all down to personal opinion. I had to review this though as it's literally AMAZING!

It contains chamomile, aloe vera, and rose geranium.
It does smell of rose, but not to strong or overpowering and mixed with the other fragrances the moisturiser has a lovely unique scent.
I have dry skin, especially in the winter so am always on the look out for a decent moisturiser and while I've found some good ones I don't think I've ever found a 'best' item.

The past couple of weeks I've been using up a cleanser thats not suitable for my skin type and as a result had VERY dry skin. None of my usual 'go to' moisturisers have helped. I decided to give this ago and it sorted my skin out in record time! The smell was a little strange at first, strange in a good way though and I now think its one of the best smells ever haha.
This isn't just a good moisturiser, I've found it to be an amazing primer and now think my skin looks awful without it. I can't express how gutted I am it's empty! You might just say 'well buy another one' but its not that simple. I've put myself on a beauty spending ban so not allowing myself to buy any shower gels, cleansers, moisturisers etc until my stash has decreased by a considerable amount. I 100% plan to buy a full size bottle of day cream in the future. Hopefully I can last until I have one/two facial moisturisers left, however I miss it so much I might have to do a cheeky purchase before I reach that goal. Maybe I'll review around Easter time.....

Have you tried anything from Green People? I got a cleanser by them in this month's Feel Unique box so the bar is set pretty high for that to perform as well as the day cream. I'll let you know once I've tried it :)

x

Feel Unique Beauty Box January 2012

Hello!
Today I got home to a lovely little surprise - the January Feel Unique Beauty Box. I managed to open it and look through it all before I even had a dispatch email! Very impressed with the speedy delivery on this months box!

Once I had a chance to digest the information of the products I have to say I'm also pleased with the samples this month.

Yes there was more Dead Sea Spa Magik items (this time shower salt brushing sachets) but to be honest I don't mind.
My favourite item at the moment is the Green People gentle cleanse make-up remover & cleanser.

I haven't used any of these items yet, what with it being a brand new box and everything but I'm looking forward to trying them out.

If I'm honest I'm not too bothered by the conditioner or the body lotion as I have too many, but that's not feel uniques fault, its my own hoarding problem! oops!
The only item I'm a bit confused over is the Lierac Extreme age-defense firming care. Feel Unique is a company who asked you to set up a beauty profile before they sent out the beauty boxes, this included your age. At the time of signing up I was in the 19-24 age bracket. Granted I am now in the 25-34 category, but  only just(!), and I don't think I need anti-ageing products, especially since people always think I'm 15. To me it seemed a bit pointless that they asked my age to then include this, but whatever I'll give it to my mam or something.


Have you got this months Feel Unique box? What did you think?
x

Keeping up with the glitter gang.

You've probably seen hundreds of blog posts/twitpics of nails similar to this, but I thought I'd share my nails for a night out tonight.

Its 3 coats of beauty uk's smokey lilac and one coat of a 99p glitter nail varnish that I found in Bodycare (I've since put another coat of glitter on top).
What dya think?


PS sorry for rubbish photos, the lighting in my room is crap.

No reason to smell, no reason to spend.

I have a confession to make, I'm a bit of a toiletries hoarder. I've been thinking for a while that I need to go on spending ban when it comes to beauty products, and now I've placed an order for an Apple Imac (eeek) I need to curb my spending more than ever.
One of my biggest 'wasteful' spends it on toiletries. I always get shower gels etc in gift sets at Christmas/birthdays/sales so really I don't need to buy any for the rest of the year, but I do! Ooops. I've finally decided to collect my stash together, rather than having stuff all over my room/the bathroom. The results are pretty shocking.

OOOPS!

So my plan and challenge is to not buy any more shower gels until I've got my collection down. I can do this by either using them up, giving them to friends (Sophie I'm sending the Rose one your way!) or selling on ebay (I'll probs not do that).
Basically I have no excuse to smell this year.

Do you have a lot of toiletries? (Please say yes, I don't want to be the only one!)
x


P.S. Shockingly this post doesn't include my massive Lush sale haul (eeeek) nor does it include the vast amounts of body butters/moisturiser and facial cleansers - I rarely use these items, so my other resolution is to use up as many as possible. I might monitor this by doing regular "empties" blog posts.

"Excuse me, I need to call everyone I've ever met right now!"

Today I met up with my good friend Will for a brief coffee and present swap. I thought I'd show you the treats I got from him and his lovely girlfriend Lucy.

:)

 Lovely bird nail transfers. I can't wait to try them out, but I'll be saving them for a special occasion as they're too lush!

 Another owl necklace! YESSS! 

Its great because I don't have an owl necklace like it :)

 Pineapple and lime vegan toffees from Australia. Strange but good!

 'Hurraw!' raw vegan cherry lip balm. :D

Raw vegan cranberry kisses chocolates. These are soooo good!

Such a good little haul!
The rest of my day was spent finishing season 6 of Angel and then starting season 1 of Buffy (I'm not obsessed.....). I also ate a lovely vegan Chinese that was sort of homemade, aka the sauces came from a jar this time for quickness.

So good!

I'm also mega tempted to buy an Apple computer in the next couple of days. I've been saving up for one for a while as my laptop died a death a couple of months ago now and have been reduced to using my tiny and basic old netbook. If I buy online direct through the Apple store before the 6th January I can get 10 months interest free credit. My ebay fund has made me a little under half way of the total cost, and I plan to add many more things on ebay over the next few days/weeks (having a massive home clear out!) so potentially 10 months of 0% would be doable.
The sensible side of me thinks I should use my paypal money to put towards paying off my student overdraft rather than splashing it on an expensive computer, especially since I've been unemployed for a year. However I'm about 85% certain I'll place an order on Wednesday.....unless someone convinces me otherwise?
Any Apple horror stories out there? Needs to be pretty mega as I can't stand how unreliable windows is!
Let me know.

Thanks.

2012

Hello, I hope you had a lovely New Year and your hangovers have now passed.

I've many resolutions, so decided to do a Day Zero project as a way to track them/actually do something.
First of all I've set up a 365 project, and you can find my first post here.
Like everyone else I've decided to get fit/lose weight, however I actually mean it. I seriously can't wait for tomorrow when I can start eating properly again. The thought of junk food and/or booze makes me feel sick (which is bad as I'm out for the next 4 Saturdays in a row - eeep!) I'm going to the gym on Friday with my friend though so will actually be putting my heart rate monitor to use!

With the exception of going to Church for half an hour, I've literally stayed in all day watching dvds with my parents. I'm wild.

To end, here's a necklace I recently bought off Thrifola, which I'll be wearing tomorrow when I meet my friend Will (finally!).