New Maybelline Matte Maker Mattifying Powder

Hello!

So, I bought the new Maybelline powder the other day purely because I am a massive fan of their Fit Me powder. I rarely try out new powders as the Fit Me powder has always been amazing for my skin - it makes my foundation last forever, mattifys my skin and make my skin feel really smooth. So when I saw they'd released a new powder for the price of £3.99, I decided to pick it up to see if it compared with the Fit Me powder which retails at £5.99.

I've worn this powder for the past couple of days now and all I can say is wow. It really does make my skin look flawless. I thought I couldn't get better than Fit Me but this really makes my skin look perfect (not meaning to sound big-headed, I hate my skin at the best of times!)

I use it with my elf powder brush (fave brush ever btw) which really helps get the product into my skin. It has lasted me throughout the day and I only had to touch up once when usually, I'm dabbing at my skin all the time to get rid of shine which is something I get conscious of! 

The packaging is just standard plastic packaging with a lid that lifts off - kinda basic and not exactly luxurious but who cares for £3.99?! It does the job and I often feel good make-up products can be by-passed just because they don't always look amazing. Don't judge a book by it's cover, right?! 

I really recommend picking up this powder if you like a matte finish - it does the job without making your face look cakey and leaves a really lovely silky feel on the skin.

Here's a couple of pictures. I'm wearing L'oreal True Match in N1 Ivory along with the Matte Maker powder and a spot of Collection 2000 blush in Bashful. On my lips I have on Clinique Joli Rouge lipstick in 712 Baby Rose. I don't have anything on my eyes apart from Rimmel Scandal Eyes Nude Eyeliner in 005 as they're feeling rather sore today!

Has anyone else tried this powder?

Love Leah x

Treats from Boots

This past week I have been SUPER busy with dissertation work stressing about whether I'm going to get it properly done in time for the deadline (a week on Monday argh!!) so, of course, the only way to bring a spot of brightness back into my life is retail therapy. I realise this is incredibly shallow and materialistic but what can you do? In my defense, I only bought four things which is pretty good considering how damn stressed out I have been. Little treats now and again are a good thing - unless you are like me and buy something every time you go into Boots or Superdrug and end up with no money *sigh* 

Anyway, the first thing I picked up is the Soap & Glory Sugar Crush Body Scrub - even typing this makes me excited!!! The smell is just the most amazing thing that has been lucky enough to grace my nostrils (not actually inside my nostrils - that would be weird). It contains smashed brown sugar, sweet lime (this is what makes the scent AMAZING), almond oil and Macadamia Grains. I've heard a lot of great reviews about this product and Soap & Glory don't usually let me down so I have high hopes for this! The smell of limes is just such a fresh smell for Summer.

Next, I picked up the new Maybelline Matte Maker Mattifying Powder in Classic Ivory. I'm excited to try this as I prefer a matte finish. I currently use Maybelline's Fit Me Powder every day which is a fabulous product so I also have high hopes for this one AND it was only £3.99! Bargain.

I love to use a facemask when I'm in the bath especially the Montagne Jennesse range. There is nothing more satisfying than peeling off one of their peely masks!!! I always eye up their anti-stress mud pac and have always just by-passed it for some reason but not this time. I rejected my usual peel-off mask for this so again I have high hopes! (How many times have I said high hopes in this post?!)

Last but not least, I picked up the Rimmel Scandal Eyes Waterproof Kohl Eyeliner in 005 Nude. I bought this to wear on my waterline as I'd heard people say it can make your eyes look wider and brighter. I've been wearing it the past few days and already had compliments on it. My friend said it looked 'cool' and stole it off me this morning for her to use so it must have looked alright on me! It takes a bit of getting used to as I usually wear black on my waterline but this is perfect for a lighter look or perhaps if you used black eyeliner under the waterline then it would make your eyes appear much bigger! (Sorry for the shoddy picture, I struggle to take exceptionally clear pictures on my iPhone but I do my best!)

Has anyone else bought anything which has excited them recently?!

Love Leah x

New Collection 2000 Mascara Review

A week ago today I created my blog and I'm shocked at how many positive messages I've had, who knew that anyone would even bother to read my two cents on things?! Thanks guys! Anyway today I'm going to speak about the new Collection 2000 Volumising mascara which I mentioned yesterday in my Boots Haul. I applied it this morning so here's a before and after shot. Please excuse the eczema on my eyelid *sigh*

Before

After

I can't say I'm a huge fan of this mascara so far. It is quite a wet, thin formula so whilst applying it, I found it didn't make the eyelashes thick or volumising as it claims to.  After one coat it hadn't really made much of a difference and due to the wet consistency, I kept getting it all over my eyelid which I cleaned off with an cotton bud. It has made a difference as you can see in the pictures but it has not lengthened the lashes as much as I like however, I will say it has separated the lashes well probably because of the plastic brush. 

I was excited to try this out due to the similarity it appeared to have with Max Factor's False Lash, however, it doesn't even compare. The price is three times lower than False Lash though so can't really complain! 

I will continue to use this mascara; I'm not quite ready to throw it in the bin yet! 

Has anyone else tried this mascara out? 

Love Leah x

Mini Boots Haul!

Hello! 

So today I was re-united with one of my 'home' best friends who I only get to see when I'm home from uni (or the odd occasion she comes to see me at uni) *sob* As absolute shop-a-holics, we of course decided to spend the afternoon perusing the shops along with taking a compulsory visit to Costa (chocolate creamy coolers are the best!) Anyway, I popped into Boots and bought a few things from Collection 2000 which I've never tried before. I can be a make-up snob sometimes - I fully hold my hands up to this - and often avoid the cheaper brands just because I get nervous of them giving me volcanic spots which I just do not enjoy. But, after seeing many good things being said about Collection 2000 and such brands recently, I decided to have a little nose at what they had to offer. I'm so glad I did *happy dance*

Firstly I picked up a mascara which caught my attention immediately as it is the same shaped bottle as Max Factor's False Lash Mascara (my absolute favourite mascara in the history of mascaras.) Straight away, I'm excited. It is the new Collection 2000 Volumising Mascara which claims to give 10x extra volume. The brush is SO similar to the Falsh Lash brush only it is slightly bigger but I don't see this as a bad thing at all. Very excited to try this out and at £3.99, I will be a very happy girl if it matches the quality of False Lash.

I also picked up one of their blushers in the colour 'bashful' which is priced at £2.99. How amazing is that?! It is a lovely peachy/pink shade with gold undertones.

How adorable is the pattern?! It appears to be really pigmented which surprises me - I expected  to battle with it for a while to get any colour off of it. I'm sorry for doubting you bashful blush *hangs head in shame*

Next, I picked up one of their new deluxe lipsticks in the shade Prohibition (£3.99) - this shade is SO SO pigmented. One slight touch and you're covered in red! Well, sort of. What I'm trying to say is it rubs off very easily.

All I had to do was smell it and it ended up on my nose much to my friends amusement. I swear my nose didn't even touch it. It is a beautiful cherry red shade which I tried out earlier and it feels really creamy on. I didn't leave it on for long though so I'm unsure as to how long it lasts so I will have to report back on that one!

Last but not least I picked up a 'work the colour' eyeshadow pencil in the shade Midnight Glam. This name is so fitting as it is a gorgeous dark navy shade with subtle silver flecks of glitter.

Please excuse the other swatches!

As you can see, it is very pigmented which again surprises me as this was only £3.19 - absolute bargain! I'm so excited to try this out for a night out make-up look.

Just for good measure, I thought I'd also show you the shoes I purchased from the trusty New Look - you can always rely on this place for good shoes for all occasions. At £15.99 I was so happy with my purchase and can't wait to wear these with cute dresses!

Thanks for reading!

Love Leah x

Moroccan Oil vs. Argan Oil

If you are looking for a hair treatment to really nourish your hair, help repair split ends and generally make your hair stronger, healthier and shinier then look no further than Moroccan Oil. This product really is the holy grail hair treatment for people all over the world including celebrities and hair stylists. But, why? Well, in my personal opinion, even putting the oil on your hair makes it look instantly healthier and my goodness, the smell is just AMAZING. I don't really know how to describe it but I get hints of vanilla from it and I have never come across anybody who has not raved about the amazing aromas of this product. 

This 25ml bottle literally lasts me around two months as I only use a tiny amount due to the high concentration of it. I usually buy it online for a cheaper price - on feelunique.com it is £13.45 which you can find here. I really recommend this hair treatment - it is just fabulous, amazing, wonderful and so on!

A cheaper alternative is Argan Oil - another amazing hair treatment but at a cheaper price.What's not to like?! My personal favourite one to get is the 100ml bottle from Boots for £9.99. You can find that here!

As you can see on the bottle, it claims to nourish dry, damaged hair along with smoothing frizz out and providing protection. I really love this product as it does help tame my hair when it's having a wild day (which is rather often!!!) and makes my hair look healthier. However, I do find this product to be quite heavy on the hair as it comes out quite thick whereas the Moroccan Oil is light - if that makes sense! One pump of this is plenty for thick hair or if you have thinner hair then I would start with around half a pump and build it up if you feel you want/need more.

Let me know if you have used Moroccan Oil/Argan Oil or both!

Love Leah x

Bourjois and L'oreal Liquid Lipsticks

So it looks like liquid lipsticks are soon to be the new make-up craze this year and I can't wait to try them out! I have a select few lip stains which I really love (mainly ELF) so when I saw that Bourjois (one of my favourite brands) and L'oreal (a new favourite of mine) have brought out a new collection of these liquid lippys, I was mega excited! 

As I've mentioned before, I really love red/purple lip shades - I feel really confident in wearing them and just feel better in myself when I have a bold lippy on! I know a lot of people aren't comfortable wearing them (for example my friend insists darker lipsticks don't suit her) but I strongly believe red or purple coloured lipsticks suit everyone. It's just being confident enough to wear them. If you don't feel confident wearing them then you are automatically going to think they look awful on you no matter how much you want to wear it! 

So, here is the perfect excuse to try out colours you wouldn't usually (and in my case, buy even more make-up which I don't need). 

Described as 'colour shots', Bourjois have released a collection called the 'Bourjois Rouge Edition Velvet Lipsticks' - you can find them here. I'm so excited to try these out! Anything described as having 'intense colour' and I'm sold. Has anybody else tried them yet? They are priced at £8.99 so you're standard price really for Bourjois however I do hope they are worth the money.

L'oreal have also released their collection 'L'extraordinaire by Colour Riche' which again are priced at £8.99 - you can find them here.  There are five 'statement shades' and 4 'subtle shades' - I already have my eye on 'Fuchsia Drama' and 'Ruby Opera'. 

Lip products are my absolute favourite make-up products to buy so well done Bourjois and L'oreal, you have made me very happy. Now all that's left to do is buy them and try them out ha ha.

Love Leah x

L'oreal Paris Foundations

It shocks me to even write this..... (prepare for shallow make-up confession) 

I have never tried ANY L'oreal foundations.

*gasps*

I don't know why but I haven't. I suppose it is because I have always been a loyal buyer of the Bourjois healthy mix foundation and also the gel foundation so whilst I was scouring Boots yesterday, I had a sudden 'I'm going to buy a different foundation moment!!!' Yay! 

So off to the L'oreal section I go. Straight away I see they have a 2 for £15 offer on selected make-up products. (You can see what they have in the offer here). I then see the new Nude Magique Eau De Teint foundation and immediately I'm sold. An offer and a raved about foundation?! Of course I'm going to get giddy. The one thing I absolutely HATE about buying foundation is deciding on the colour. I just take forever. I have pale skin so I take ages umm'ing and ahh'ing over whether it is going to make me look orange - even the lightest shades can often make me look orange. *sigh* The trials and tribulations of being pale!

Anyway, I'm rambling now. I got this foundation in the colour 100 porcelain which seemed to be a perfect match. I've not properly tried it out yet but I'm pretty confident it will be the right shade and I can do a review on this once I've worn it. 

Has anyone else used this foundation? It seems to be really runny in the bottle - like you shake it and if you shut your eyes, it sounds like you are shaking a glass bottle filled with water. Slightly wary of this considering the bottle is TINY - only 20ml - but I must admit, it's so cute.

So, continuing with the theme, I picked up the L'oreal True Match foundation in the colour N1 Ivory. I've been wearing it all day and got so excited using it for the first time this morning. This colour matches my skin PERFECTLY so I feel like the Nude Magique foundation will be a match too as these two colours (porcelain and ivory) looked the same on my hand. I find this to be a medium coverage but is easily buildable without looking cakey. I always like to have a good amount of foundation on and it really did make my skin look flawless. *woohoo!* I've heard lots of people raving about this foundation and now I can see why! Of course, this is only the first day of wearing it so I don't want to say too much about how I love it and how marvelous it is as who knows, I might suddenly grow a strong hatred for it by next week?! You never know. But what I can say is it has lasted all day and only a slight amount on my chin has worn off. So two foundations for £15, both originally priced at £9.99. A fiver saved - can't be bad! 

Let me know what you think of the L'oreal foundations! I'd love to know!

Love Leah x

My New Hair

Oh my goodness. 

I've just been to the hairdressers to have my fro chopped and just don't know what to think of it yet. My hair has always been very, very curly. Please excuse the ridiculous Halloween picture but it's the only one I can find which really shows how curly my hair was from the back! (My hair also does not have a natural silver tint ha ha)

Anyway, as you can see - my hair was tight ringlets, really hard to look after, never used to look right to me and was all in all a pain in the arse. So roughly around a year ago I decided to bring in the straighteners which soon became my new best friend - we saw each other every day and they were always there for me. Perfect friendship right?! I loved how long my hair was now that my curls had all been straightened out and found myself getting lots of compliments about the length so I was finally happy with my hair despite how long it took me to straighten it all. (Here's a couple of pictures from when I first started straightening it.)

This really didn't last long though. For a few months I found it stayed in good condition but it slowly starting deteriorating - my hair started breaking off, became really brittle and looked really dry. I then noticed that a massive chunk of my hair had snapped off completely leaving me with a short piece right by my face - such a convenient place, not. So that brings me to today. I decided to get the snip and sort this fro out. My hair has not been this short since I was about two years old and I'm sort of crying inside whilst thinking it's new, I can work with it, it'll grow etc. That doesn't stop me thinking about my long hair! This is my new hair... (please excuse the minimal make-up and rather startled face, I'm still getting used to it ha ha) Next mission: getting it to grow. Mission accepted.

Thanks for reading!

Love Leah x

Sanctuary Spa Body Moisture Spray & Creamy Body Wash Review

As my other post reviewing the Sanctuary Spa Luxury Bath Float seemed to interest fellow bloggers, I thought I'd continue with the Sanctuary theme and write about two of their other products which I really enjoy using - the moisture spray and the body wash! I was given these products one Christmas and love them so much that I have repurchased them myself numerous times although, I believe they have changed the packaging for the body wash now which I shall link below.

Body Moisture Spray

This comes out as a very fine mist therefore it takes minimal effort to rub it in the skin unlike other thicker moisturizing creams! Containing sweet almond and jojoba (I love anything with this in), it smells really lovely - rather sweeter than other Sanctuary products such as their bath float which is a more spicy scent. I find that a 250ml bottle of this lasts me for months as you really don't need a lot - too much can make your skin feel quite greasy. It has the consistency of a body oil so the spray top is handy in making sure you don't overdo it! Pictured below is my 250ml bottle however, online I can only seem to find the 150ml bottle which retails at £5.50. Perhaps they have reduced the bottle size - like I say, they last for ages and I also have a back-up spare too so I haven't had to purchase it for a while! You can purchase it here.

Creamy Body Wash

I don't usually like to spend a lot of money on body washes when there are so many lovely ones in Boots/Superdrug/Tesco for as little as £1 such as the Radox range. However, this Sanctuary body wash is one of my all time favourites and when there is a little 3 for 2 offer on in Boots - it's hard to say no! I find it to be really moisturizing and concentrated - one of the main thing I love about Sanctuary is the high concentration levels meaning they are worth the money you pay for them. I guess you get what you pay for! The body wash also contains rich almond, calming sandalwood and soothing patchouli - all great ingredients for nourishing skin. I believe this is now called the 12 Hour Moisturizing Shower Cream (correct me if I'm wrong!) which you can find here. At £6.50 it is a little pricey but I definitely recommend it!

What are your favourite Sanctuary products?

Love Leah x

Liebster Award Nomination!

I've seen this award floating around cyberspace in several blogs and had absolutely no idea what it was - I still don't know what 'liebster' means?! Anyone? I do now know that it is for new bloggers - a way of putting recently formed blogs into the spotlight I guess!

I have been nominated by Rebecca-Kate of Style Rehearsal - you should definitely check out her blog :) Thanks for nominating! 

Rules:

1. Thank the nominee and provide a link to their blog

2. Answer 11 questions they set you

3. List 11 facts about yourself

4. Nominate 11 bloggers with 200 followers or under

5. Inform them of their nomination!

Set questions by Rebecca-Kate: 

1. How long have you been blogging?

A mere three days!

2. Whats your favourite past time?

When I'm not in uni/doing uni work (which isn't very often!) I enjoy catching up with tv, reading blogs, watching you tube videos (particularly beauty related) and going out with my friends!

3. Favourite clothing item?

I'm not really sure to be honest - I love my leather jacket which I got from Oasis last year, I wear it all the time. I also love my pyjamas if that counts! I'd go outside in them if it was deemed acceptable.

4. Favourite beauty item?

Bourgeois Healthy Mix Foundation. Whenever I try other foundations I always turn back to this one in the end. 

5. What made you begin blogging?

I love reading other beauty blogs such as Zoella, Tanya Burr, Sprinkle of Glitter and many, many others so I thought I'd give it a twirl! It's only been three days and I'm loving interacting with other bloggers, it's great.

6. Favourite high end brand?

MAC. I realise this may not be as high end as some such as YSL or Giorgio Armani but as a student, MAC is about as far as it goes at the minute. If only money was no option!

7. Favourite drug store brand?

I had to think about this one! I don't think I have a favourite. If I had to pick one I'd probably say bourgeois just because if they stopped the brand then that would mean my favourite foundation wouldn't be around anymore and that would make me very sad!

8. Favourite high-street store?

Pretty much everyone's favourite but it has to be Topshop. A close second would be New Look though for the shoes!

9. Best item purchased in the last 12 months?

Argan oil - it's just amazing. I tried to find something similar to Moroccan Oil at a cheaper price and I succeeded! 

10. Favourite film?

It just has to be Frozen! This was the first film that popped into my head. Olaf is just the cutest, funniest thing! Ah I love it!

11. I want to be able to give a substantial amount of money to various charities before I die. When it comes to charity, it really is all about money for progress to happen. So hopefully I can be able to help.

I made it to the end! So now I have to list 11 facts about me:

1. I am 20 years old, soon to be 21 in July!

2. I study English Literature at University and I hopefully graduate in July! 

3. I have only ever had one pet - a rabbit named Tilly.

4. I'm really good with time management. I hate people who are late all the time so I try my best to be on time for everything as I hate the thought of people having to wait around for me!

5. Sometimes I can be really quiet and just don't say anything - not because I'm shy or in a bad mood or anything - I just sometimes can't be bothered delving into conversation! I don't think this is a good thing ha ha. Most of the time I'm chatty if you're chatty with me though.

6. I have a Clogau Gold necklace which my Dad bought me just before he died which I will cherish forever. I used to wear it all the time but now I keep it safely tucked away in it's little box and rarely show it to anybody.

7. I am Welsh! I don't have a Welsh accent though and I can only speak little bits of Welsh.

8. I wear a signet ring which I have not taken off since I was eleven years old (apart from P.E at school where I was made to but lets forget about that!)

9. I am a Corrie addict!

10. Finally, I'm known to be too honest sometimes  in the sense that if someone asks if they look good in something, I can't lie and say yes if I think something else would look better! At least you know you can rely on me for an honest answer ha ha.

So there's all my questions answered!

I nominate:

1. Georgina of bakeitblonde

2. Laura of sugarmakeupdoll

3. Milly of millydaydream

4. Elisabeth of elisabethrilatt

5. Sophie Jade of sophiejc

6. Barb of dailybarb

7. Jade of rottenredcherry

8. Becky of bexistential

9. Jackie of soundskindachic

10. Elizabeth of littlebeautybloge

11. Katie of katiesjabber

Your questions are (some pinched off Rebecca-Kate):

1.  How long have you been blogging for?

2. What is your favourite mascara?

3. What is your favourite lipstick?

4. If you could only ever have one make-up item for the rest of your life, what would it be?

4. Where do you shop the most?

5. What is your favourite perfume?

6. Best item purchased in the last 12 months?

7. What is your favourite hair product?

8. Best thing to take your make-up off with?

9. Favourite drug store brand?

10. Favourite moisturizer?

11. Favourite thing about blogging?

Love Leah x

The Body Shop: Some Of My Faves!

With my dreaded dissertation taking over my life, I thought I would take a break to write about some of my favourite products from The Body Shop. I was introduced to the products from here at an early age by my Mum who has loyally shopped here for many, many years. By an early age, I don't mean I was being plastered in make-up at the age of two! What I mean is my very first beauty product (if you like) was from here at around the age of ten or eleven - that being a moisturizer. Since then, I've always adored the different array of items they have to offer. That being said - here are some of my favourites! (I'll leave pictures until the end)

Strawberry Shower Gel - £12.00 (or £4.00 for 250ml)

This shower gel literally smells like heaven - the strawberry scented products have to be my favourite fruity smell they have. If you don't like strong scented shower gels and prefer more subtle scents then this probably isn't for you as it literally makes your entire bathroom smell like strawberries! It contains natural strawberry seed oil and Community Fair Trade honey - products containing natural ingredients instantly appeal to me and I have no qualms in saying this is the best shower gel I have ever used in making my skin feel super soft. The scent also lingers on your skin afterwards leaving you smelling like a strawberry. The shower gel comes in many different scents (papaya being another favourite of mine) which I bought my Mum for Mother's Day - it went down very well!

Strawberry Body Butter - (£13.00 for 250ml. One pictured below is 50ml) 

Continuing with the strawberry scented theme, the body butters are extremely rich and moisturizing. A little goes a long way with this product but I must say again, if you don't like particularly strong scents then I wouldn't recommend this as it has a very strong sweet strawberry scent. I love using this, particularly in Winter, if any dry patches pop up. It gets rid of them in no time and I love the smaller pots as I can just pop it in my bag. This product isn't on their website but I believe it is still available in shops!

Indian Night Jasmine Fragrance Mist - £7.50

If you don't find me wearing Paco Rabanne Lady Million then you will definitely find me wearing this. Lighter than a perfume, it is perfect as a summer scent (although I wear this all year round, I just love it!) It is quite a sophisticated smell and is described on The Body Shop website as being 'seductive' and 'feminine' with 'floral and oriental accords.' I've repurchased this scent numerous times now (I don't even know how many) and would very much recommend giving this fragrance mist a try if you haven't already!

Skin Primer Matte It - £12.00

I've recently started using this face primer and have been loving it so far. I would often find that my foundation had gotten patchy throughout the day but when I have put this on beforehand, I find my foundation sits better, goes on smoother and generally lasts longer. I got this for Christmas and have been using it every day since. Four months on and I still haven't finished the tube  - a little goes a long way and for the price you really can't go wrong.

The Body Shop Eye Colour in 07

I'm not sure if they still sell these anymore after looking on their website but I couldn't leave this eyeshadow out. I'll be devastated when it runs out. It's a beautiful bronze/gold colour and looks beautiful for night or day time looks. However, their Colour Crush eyeshadows are available at £7.00 each and I believe Caramel Flirt is a very similar colour to this one. I have a couple of these Colour Crush eyeshadows and they are very pigmented and find they last a long time when used over an eye primer!

What is your favourite Body Shop product?

Love Leah x

Strawberry Shower Gel - 750ml

Strawberry Body Butter - 50ml

Indian Night Jasmine Fragrance Mist - 100ml

Skin Primer Matte It - 25ml

The Body Shop Eye Colour 07

Swatch - Colour 07

Spring Makeup Trends

It appears this Spring that the orange lip is making a comeback which makes me incredibly happy! I absolutely love coral/orange shades and it is one of the first shades I like to look for when I'm out shopping - along with red/purple shades. Over the past couple of years I guess you could say I've become more daring with lip colours - I used to stick with nudes or pinks but I just sort of find them boring sometimes. Don't get me wrong, I still get excitable if I do endeavor to buy any shade of lipstick but throw me a coral or red shade and I'll be forever in your favour! 

What has made me go 'oh no' under my breath when scouring through glamour and vogue online is the return of the 80's blue eyeshadow. Like really? Does electric blue really look good on anybody? I'm really not a fan of this. I started wondering what eye colour it would actually suit and personally, on blue eyes I think it would take away from the natural blue colour of the eye and brown eyes, well, when has blue and brown ever gone together? Perhaps it would suit green/hazel eyes but I'll have to believe this when I see it.  As you can tell, I'm hoping this trend won't be as popular as the orange lip! I don't think I could cope seeing  blue eyelids everywhere...

What are your favourite trends this Spring?

Love Leah x

Taken from Vogue.

Sanctuary Spa Luxury Bath Float Review

After the rather amusing revelation that my Mum had used up all of my Sanctuary Spa Bath Soak whilst I was away at uni, she has kindly replaced it with what she calls 'an even better bubble bath' - instead of the bath soak, it is the bath FLOAT! I started imaging the orange formula inside just sort of floating on top of the water (I believe firmly in 'does what it says on the tin'!) Anyway, in this case - it didn't float. It created tons of bubbles just like the soak does but apparently, this product is more concentrated! So I ignorantly poured quite a substantial amount in as I like lots of bubbles - little did I realize how many there would be! This product really is very concentrated - which is a good thing I guess as it will last longer unless you decide to put half the bottle in like I did... (Slight exaggeration but I did use an excessive amount - I'll know for next time)

Anyway, it is described as having 'irresistible skin-softening ingredients & a sensuous oriental fragrance for the perfect long, hot soak.' It definitely lived up to this - my skin feels super soft after an hour long soak (disregarding the fact that I had to rinse myself for about 5 minutes to get all the bubbles off me!) I don't really know how to describe the scent - it doesn't smell fruity to me but I read somewhere that someone thought it smelt quite citrus-y. I'm not too sure about that but what I can say is it smells sort of luxurious if that is even a way to describe a scent?! At £10.00 a bottle, you get 500ml of bubbly goodness and I definitely think this is worth the price.

Let me know what you think it smells like if you have tried it! I'd love to know!

Love Leah x

ASOS Tiny Haul

It's always exciting waiting for your online shopping order to arrive. You hope and pray the clothes you witnessed on the site are going to match your expectations and not fill you with disappointment. So this morning, my ASOS order arrived. Hearing the door knock, I was filled with excitement and tried to keep my cool when signing for the package (I realize how lame I sound right now!) Opening the package and the two dresses I ordered are everything I'd hoped they'd be. I ordered a beautiful denim dress with daisy flowers dotted about it with ideas in mind on how I'd wear it - a thin, grey, roll-neck long sleeved top underneath in the cooler months with black brogues and perhaps black tights and in the warmer months I could wear it as it is; sleeveless and above the knee with no tights and white pumps?! I was feeling excited.
The next hurdle, praying it fits! I slowly step into the dress feeling a sense of relief as it appears to fit. I can do the zip up, things are looking good!! HOWEVER, I then realize it sort of bunches up just above my belly button. The next stage is panic; can I get away with this? Is it noticeable? Can I forget about it? I came to the conclusion that it just didn't look quite right and at £15 (down from £30) although a good price I couldn't justify it. The bitter disappointment you feel when a dress you love just doesn't fit as perfectly as you would like is devastating. So back to ASOS you go little denim dress. Here is a picture for those interested:

Secondly, I ordered a T-shirt smock dress with which I in fact LOVE. I saw it on the site and thought it looked great on the model but wasn't sure how it would suit me. At 5 ft 3, I thought it might make me look incredibly short and stumpy and completely drown me. However, I'm happy with how this looks and at £15 (again down from £30) I decided to keep this one! I couldn't send both back; that really would be upsetting!!

Thanks for reading! What are your favourite dresses for the approaching Summer months?
Love Leah x

My All Time Favourite Shampoo and Conditioner...

Low and behold, hands-down the most amazing, beautifully scrumptious, life saving (well, hair saving) shampoo and conditioner of all time....... *drum roll*

MORROCAN OIL HYDRATING SHAMPOO AND CONDITIONER
As a recovering straightening addict (addict level: 10/10) my hair is truly damaged. My hair was naturally very curly (I'm talking tight uncontrollable ringlets refusing to be tamed!) so in I went with the straighteners on a daily basis to try and calm things down a little. However, a year later and I have severely broken, damaged and dry hair. Yep, I'm crying inside. My hair is also apparently very distressed as it now refuses to be as curly as it was and instead is sort of limp and very dry. WELL DONE ME.
I've always loved the Moroccan Oil hair products; each strand of my hair is so thin and breakable that I really do need a good shampoo/conditioner to help nourish my hair and keep it healthy. After one wash and condition, my hair already feels softer, shinier and hopefully it will soon start to make my hair happy again after a few more uses. Welcome back into my life Moroccan oil, you have been missed!

What are your favourite shampoos and conditioners? I'd love to know!

Love Leah x

P.s Apologies for the slightly missed orange M on the bottles in the picture above. I had a bit of a fight trying to get them out of the packaging!!

Boohoo Haul!

Hello!

I recently went on an (accidental) online shopping spree. I didn't do too badly though and came out alive with 4 items in total from boohoo. I've always had a strong and slightly inappropriate love for boohoo and it's fairly priced, good quality clothes so it's always slightly dangerous when I decide to explore their site.

As the warmer weather is approaching, I couldn't resist these two perfect dresses for Summer. So naughty. In my defense, at £15 each, they were too good to ignore. *slaps wrist*

Disclaimer: Please excuse the shoddy photography. I quickly took these on my phone!

The next two dresses I ordered are more suitable  for cooler days as they are quite thick yet sooooo cosy!

I think they're so cute, especially the baby pink and white collared dress. I'd definitely pair this with black tights and some cute ballet pumps.

                                                                   Happy Shopping!
                                                                       Love Leah x