Amazon Haul

I decided to do a little bit of shopping on Amazon over the weekend, just to get a few bits.

Now, I know I'm really old... as I've been told many times at work today once receiving my purchases!

First up, I ordered a Label Maker and some tape for it. It is a Dymo Junior one, and the tape I have is white on black.

I use my old Birchbox's to store a lot of my make up and never know what is in what, meaning I spent ages trying to find what I need.

So first port of call will be to label all of these.

It comes with one roll of tape within it and I also purchased three more as I knew once I started I wouldn't want to stop!

We are also moving soon so it will be handy to label boxes to know where things have to go.

Next up is a Wrapping Paper organiser... I know, I know...

I am a little bit Monica and have ribbons, bows, tissue paper the lot! I wanted somewhere to put it all along with my wrapping paper and this is perfect!

Lastly, I picked up these magnetic false lashes. Having heard both good and bad things about them I decided to pick some up to have a go.

It's my birthday party on Saturday so I will try them out then and let you know how I get on!

What have you brought recently?

Much Love,

Tk xxx

Charity Shop and Fenwicks Haul

New Video up!

Charity Shop and Fenwicks Haul.

If you didn't know already, I have started a Youtube channel, here is my latest video. 

I would love it if you would give it a watch and subscribe if you like it. 

I would love some feedback too, so please let me know what I could do better (I know that will be a lot!) and if there are specific videos you would like to see!

Much Love,

Tk xxx

Lush Haul

A few weeks ago I took it upon myself to top up my current Lush box as it was starting to get a bit low... that's my excuse if anyone asks... 

Firstly, I picked up my all time favourite bubble bar, The Comforter. It smells amazing! It is packed with Cassis absolute which makes it smell so berrylicious, along with bergamot oil and cypress oil to make it super luxurious. It's a massive bubble bar so it lasts a good few baths. If you haven't tried it, you need this in your life!

Next up, another bubble bar, it is SUPER pretty and it's a fricking Unicorn horn! I feel like this is a cult Lush lover item and I am definitely a lover. As soon as I saw my local store had received a delivery I got down there as soon as I could. It is packed with Neroli and Lavender, but mainly looks sooo amazing.

Next I got two things I'm going to use together. I had seen a video on Insta that my local store had put up and they had named Luxury Dream. It was so stunning, a dark, glittery heaven. So I asked one of the very helpful ladies to get my hands on what they used to make it. Here I have the Blackberry bath bomb and Sunnyside. 

Blackberry is filled with Bergamot and Frankincence, whilst Sunnyside is a glitter lovers dream and is what gives it the sparkle as well as being packed with Tangerine, Lemon and Wild Orange Oils.

As soon as I get round to trying this combo I will be sure to stick it on Insta.

Lastly, I was very lucky to receive a free sample of the Plum Rain shower gel. This smells insane. It is filled with real plum juice, sicilian mandarin oil along with carrageenan seaweed to soften your skin. I am honestly in love with this shower gel, it does everything it says on the tin, and leaves my skin smelling and feeling amazing. I will definitely be purchasing this next time I pop in.

What are your favourite Lush products? Let me know. 

Much Love, 

T xx

No. 7 goodies!

Hey!

So like I said in my Smashbox blog, when I had my trip to Boots in Tunbridge Wells, I also got some goodies from the No.7 counter. I was served by Susie who was very informative and knowledgable about the products which was very helpful having never really used their products in the past.







I explained I wanted to see how they used the Colourmatch technology (after walking past many times and wondering what they were doing!) to find the perfect shade and here's how it's done...

Firstly they take a little bit of your make up off each side of your jawline (which they do then cover up! Don't worry!)

Then they use this little device to take pictures essentially of your skin. This then picks up all the different pigments to decide on your shade using the most found pigment. Clever huh!





I decided on the highest coverage as my skin isn't great at the minute. So... I'm currently a little bit in love with this foundation.







It's not as high coverage as I'm used to with MAC studio fix. However! It's so nice to put on and doesn't feel like you are even wearing foundation. The colour is spot on too. I don't think I've ever found a foundation that is such a good match before. Very impressed.

I also picked up their new power contour palette. This is also a new favourite for me. I decided on the darker shade as I preferred the colour of the highlighter in this one.





Both colours are super pigmented, and very easy to use and blend out. This is definitely going to be staying in my make up bag.

They also had some new lipsticks in too... and I obviously had to have a look! I chose this gorgeous shade, Berry blush. It's such a pretty your lips but better colour and a lot more day to day than my Smashbox purchase!













It's lovely and moisturising on your lips as it's in the Moisture Drench range and the staying power is rather good too.

Next up I had some samples to trial. I've already tried the no.7 airbrush primer and love it, so Susie suggested the colour correction airbrush primer. This made me chuckle as it's shrek green so quite amusing when applying, but it does the job and very well. You don't need much at all to cover your whole face and my make up stayed on longer and was easier to apply when using this.

Lastly I got one of the No.7 mascaras to try out. This is the Lash Impact, intense volume control. The packaging is a gorgeous gold glitter which makes it stands out in my make up bag. I do like this, also I have to build it up with a few coats but that's pretty standard for me and my small lashes!







Overall a lovely selection of make up and lovely ladies on the counter. I will definitely be going back for more.

Much love

T xx

Location:Camden Road,Tunbridge Wells,United Kingdom

Mini Lush Haul!

So on Thursday I tweeted saying I was going to lush to pick up a few things and I tried really hard not to go mad and get everything which is one of my constant battles whenever I walk in the shop... Or anywhere near it to be honest.

I was going in specifically to get the Unicorn Horn bubble bar after seeing my local store tweeting about it and them being out of stock every time I went in! 

Luckily they had it in on Thursday so I'm very excited to use this.

Look how pretty it is!

It's everything a girl could want in a bubble bar. It's so many pretty colours and it has stars all around it! 

It's also scented with Lavender oils which makes it perfect to use when you want to relax or before bed to help you sleep.

I also picked up two other little bits. One was the Avobomb as I picked it up a few months back and then actually gave it to a friend as a present because I knew she'd love it. She hasn't tried it yet as far as I know but I have been wanting to repurchase it so I could try it myself for a while! 

Lastly I picked up Phoenix Rising. This again looks super pretty! 

It's a really lovely shimmery purple colour and smells like cinnamon. 

It's meant to help hydrate your skin with the cocoa and shea butter in it as well as the cinnamon scent intending to lift you're mood. 

I'm looking forward to using all three of these. 

Do you have any Lush recommendations? 

Much Love,

T, x

I Love New Things!

So after a very expensive month being December what with Christmas and New Years Eve I haven't been able to get everything I need this month so far... When I say need... I definitely mean want...

However! I have managed to pick up a few new products that I'm excited to start using! 

Firstly, I genuinely did need a new liquid eyeliner... Mine had started to make my eyes sting which is never good! 

I picked up this one from Soap and Glory. It's the Super Cat in Carbon Black and was a steal at £6!

I wore this when I went to my friends wedding reception at the weekend and I loved how easy it was to apply. It glides so smoothly over my eyelid and was super easy to do a cat eye. 

Next up I picked up a couple of Lush products after being recommended them on Twitter by my local store. 

Everyone knows how much I rate their Lip Scrubs having loved the Bubblegum flavoured one for a couple of years now. 

So I picked up the new flavour, 'The Kiss' and it smells soooo good! 

It's very sweet like the Bubblegum one but in a slightly different way, it's hard to describe! 

I also picked up the 'Honey Trap' lip balm  as recommended by them following my blog about High Street Lip Balms. This again smells amazing! 

Can't wait to start using it!

Lastly, I brought some MAC lipstick, because a girl has got to treat herself every now and again. 

I actually brought these from a friend who had purchased the wrong colour and didn't use them, but had lost her receipt to return them. Perfect for me though! 

It's from the Amplified line in the shade 'Impassioned' and is a gorgeous pinky red. I also picked up a lip liner to go with it which is in the shade 'Dynamo'.

I'm loving these together and intend to use this a lot over the coming months. Including my Birthday as it is Valentines Day and I think this is the perfect Valentines colour. 

I also recently purchased a couple of quad palettes to transfer some of my potted MAC shadows into to make it easier to take round with me. 

At the same time I brought a shadow to go straight in and went with 'Naked Lunch'.

It's a gorgeous neutrally champagney shade and I've been wearing it a lot! It's definitely become my go to shade for day time along with using it to highlight under my brow with a night time look. 

Have you brought any new products recently? Any recommendations? 

Much Love,

T, x

I went Shopping!

Ooops! I went shopping and had to pick up a few make up bits as I don't have as many neutral eye-shadows as I used to after losing my Naked Palette! (It was a sad day... I'm slowly recovering...)

I popped into Superdrug and had a look at some of the more affordable palettes as I'm scared of losing my make up again to be honest... and as you can see brought a couple of other goodies too!

I had a look at MUA after purchasing their 'Pretty Edge Luxe' palette (below) a few months back, which was a steal at only £8. (It was definitely the studs on the case that drew me to it!)
Unfortunately, I couldn't see any that I liked.

I then noticed the Revolution stand which I think is a new addition to my Superdrug store. They had a lot of choice for eye palettes and I was stuck which to choose!
I finally decided on this one which is the Redemption Palette Iconic 2:

I chose this one as instead of the usual square and circular shape of colour in most palettes, these are more rectangular and it looks like there is more product.
There probably isn't at all, but I like to think so!  This baby was a mere £6 which to me is a bargain for 12 shades.

As you can see from the swatch above, some are definitely more pigmented than others, but are all really easy colours to wear. I think a few of these will certainly become firm favourites, but will let you know how I get on with them as it seems the metallic ones need a few coats to build it up, and the light colour on the far left was quite chalky and had a bit of fall out.

Secondly, I picked up this little gem, also from the Revolution stand. The thing that made it stand out to me was the fact it is Rose Gold, and looked interesting as I was unsure as to why there was a little bottle of liquid inside the box. It's from their Awesome Metals Foil Finish collection.

                                        


So apparently what you are meant to do is... put some of the liquid primer with the rose gold shadow into the tray they provide you with, mix it up and then use.
And this is the result...
I LOVE THIS!!! What makes it better is that it was only £5. Bargain!


            

This was with only one layer, but it says you can build it up. Darn lights don't show the colour very well. But I intend to wear this lots as its sooo pretty, so will do a FOTD with it soon.

The last make up item I brought was the Bourjois Delice de Poudre bronzer. I only have a crumpled mess left of my Bobbi Brown bronzer, and decided I really should get a new one but wanted a change.

             

I used to use this one all the time back in the day, and the fact it smells of chocolate (albeit faintly...) makes me happy. I also like that the shimmer is very minimal as I can use it to contour too.

I also brought some new dry shampoo and hairspray from the Urban Fudge range as they are on special offer in Superdrug at the moment and I needed new ones anyway. I am going to do a review on these so I wont tell you about these here!
As you can also see (sneaky sneaky!) I also went a bit crazy in Lush... There will be a Post dedicated to these goodies in a few days. :)

Have you brought any new items recently that you love?

Much Love,

T, x

Day at Bluey

So after a 9 hour over night shift my brother and sister in law invited me to Bluewater Shopping Centre to have some lunch.

I don't know why I agreed after being at work from midnight until 9am but am glad I did as we had a lovely day :)

We generally mooched around the centre going into many shops and looking at all the things we hoped Santa might bring us... Including smelling every candle in the Yankee store... 

We stopped for a snack at one of mine and my sil faves and found out my brother was a virgin to the beloved place!!! 

Ohmegeeeeee! We love Krispy Kreme and have definitely brought my brother to the dark side!

Mine was the one in the bottom left have corner and was a caramel glaze with cookie crumble... Mmmm. My brother had the lemon meringue and the chocolate fudge and my sil had the festive treat. 

Here's mine up close (you want one now don't you... :) ) with my mocha frappe :)

Sone more mooching occurred including a lot of baby shops as my sil is ready to drop my next neice/nephew... I'm super excited!!! 

We then decided to have Mexican so we could get some hot food to help the bubba on its way! 

That's right! We went to Wahaca. Sooo good! 

Again my brother and my sil this time were both virgins so we sat in the vw bus to eat. 

This is the black bean dip they do which is amazing!!! 

We ate a lot of food and I definitely ended up with a food baby! 

I know this is a very foody post! But it was too good not to share :) 

Apologies! I have got a mini haul coming tomorrow. 

Much love 

T x