I'm back and ready for 2017

Good morning everyone

It's been a long while since I last posted. A lot has changed since I last posted.ive moved house. I've changed jobs and lost a tonne of weight since the new year. 

I'm planning on having a bit of a blog revamp over the next couple of days. 

I'm going to plan my blog and the content I hope to have on my blog. This hopefully should include  brand new product reviews, monthly favourites, shopping hauls and general life updates in which I think is appropriate..

Thank you for being patient with me over these last few months

Thank you so much 

Lauren xoxo

Glossybox June 2016 review

Hello everyone 

I just want to apologise for the delay in posting this review. Its just taken ages as I didn't want to ruin the box but I bit the bullet and opened it. 

So June was my first ever glossybox and I was so excited about it arriving. Sadly the day it got delivered I was at work so I had to wait 😔 and go and pick it up from the post office delivery centre two days Later! When i got to the delivery centre there was two glossy boxes there which I couldn't understand because I only ordered one. 

I couldn't wait to get home and open it. As soon as I got back I sat down and literally ripped the outside packaging off. And this is what I got. 

I could not get over how gorgeous the box design was. Even though it was a simple pink colour with the Glossybox logo on the top with "Glossybox" embossed also. The box is of amazing quality and really sturdy so the box is a definite keeper to store things in after. I'm the top of the box came a card saying welcome to Glossybox and the Glossybox magazine telling you all the products that are in the box. There was a beautiful ribbon around the tissue paper with the Glossybox sticker over the top. 

The first item in the box was the starskin bio-cellulose soothing eye catcher gel sheets. These are meant to help soothe dark circles and bags under your eyes as I got the two boxes I saved one to take pictures of and used the products out the other one. So trying these I followed the instructions of leaving them on for 20 minutes as instructed. After removing the sheets I have to be honest my eyes dos look brighter and felt tighter which I was amazed at. This was a full size product and the RRP for this is £8 I think. 

The next item in the box was from Aussie, it was their 3 minute conditioning reconstructer for damaged hair. I've not got around using this product yet but having used it in the past I know how well it works already. It smells absolutely Devine and I know I'll definitely be purchasing the full size product of this when I get paid. The sachet of this costs around £1.50 and the full size around £6 in all major supermarkets and shops such as boots and superdrug

Next up is a lip and cheek tint from a company called emite make up. This is another full size product it's a really really nice deep pink colour and really shows up on your lips. If I'm honest I wouldn't have a clue how to use it on my cheeks 😂 I really wouldn't. It's an amazing colour though and like I said its lush on my lips. The RRP on this is £12.50 

Next up is a product from a company called ladival they have kindly send out a full size product of their sun protection cream in spf 15. I've not tried this yet as the British summer just hasn't let me. So I honestly can do a proper review but it smells amazing I can tell you that and it's not greasy like some sun products you can use. The RRP for this is £19.99 and I have two of them that's £40 worth of product in two things. 

My next item out the box is an after sun product from the company de bruyere . Again like I said in the last post I can't do a full review on this one as the British summer just hasn't let me. Really annoying but it amazing it has a really nice scent to it and leaves my skin really soft. The RRP for is is £9.48 seems such a random price. 

The final product in this month is from spa to you with the natural Konjac sponge. I've been wanting one of these for ages but haven't wanted to pay out the expense for them. At £6.99 it's not that expensive but when you have to replace then every 6/8 weeks it could get an expensive habit. Anyway I've been using this for about 4 weeks now and I can say it's made a small difference to my skin. But if I can get one cheaper then I'll carry on using them. 

This concludes the June Glossybox and my review 

Thank you for reading 

Lauren xox 

My July make up favourites

Hello girlys and guys 

I just thought I would do something a little different I thought I would do my July make up favourites and then do my general July favourites when I'm home from hospital. 

So these are my July make up favourites 

So the first one is maybelline baby skin primer. I love this it makes a massive difference to my skin it completely covers up my pores that show. Leaves my skin feeling really smooth and gives it a nice base ready for the foundation. The RRP for this is usually £7.99 

My next favourite is from make up revolution and it's their vivid baked highlighter, this looks amazing after I've put on my foundation and powder just gives my skin a small bit of shimmer and make my eyes stand out more which is amazing. This was around £3 in superdrug. 

Next up is from make up academy or  MUA. It's the brow gel in dark brown  these just fills in the gaps in my brows which is perfect. This was £2 from superdrug.

Following on with my brows I got the benefit ready set brows Brow gel for free in the Marie Claire magazine which was  £3.99 and the gel it's self is worth £9 for the size I've got. I've been using it for a week now and it's absolutely amazing it's sets my brows and has been perfect in keeping my brows tame for the whole day. 

Next up is from collection, it's the lengthening last mascara in ultra black. I've been using this for for around 18 months now. It's a favourite every month. It's just amazing, it doesn't smudge it leaves my eyes look open and bright and makes my lashes look perfect! I love the  brush that comes with the mascara it spreads my lashes so they do not get stuck together and this is definitely a firm favourite. This is usually £3.99 from all major retailers such as boots, superdrug, Asda etc

My last favourite is again from MUA. It's a lipstick in a nude colour called bare. It slides on with no trouble and stays on a lot longer than some of the more expensive lipsticks you can buy on the market which i have purchased in the past. For £1 you certainly cannot go wrong especially this colour it can go with any outfit been a nude colour.

So these are my make up favourites from July 2016. I love all of these products. When I get home from hospital I will do a post about my general favourites from July. 

Thank you for reading and be sure to follow my blog. 

Thank you 

Lauren xox

Birchbox review June 2016

Hello girls and gents 

Once again I'm delayed about writing this review as it is from the June Birchbox.

Basically I signed up to Birchbox because there was so much hype on Twitter and online about it so i had to sign up and see what all the fuss was about.

The sign up process was really easy and quick.

The box arrived about a week later. And I was impressed. The box it's self was a little smaller than what i had imagined it to be but it was ideal because it fitted through my letter box, saved me a trip to the post office to collect it later that week.

Once the the outside packaging had arrived I fell in love with the actual box. It was covered pineapples and was formed so there was a draw that slipped out. 

And this is what was in my Birchbox 

See how pretty the box,'it's definitely a keeper to add to my little collection to my desk as tidy or something along those lines. 

So inside the there was the Birchbox magazine telling you about each product, the price of each product, whether or not it was full size. The products found in the Birchbox was the following:

*Huygens exfoliating cream which was the Birchbox exclusive product which  retails at £17.90

* Percy& Reed reassuring firm session hold hairspray which was a 50 ml travel size. Usually retails at £12.00 for 250ml 

* which CC body cream (a shimmery body cream) this was again a sample size  but I don't have the product with me for the size but for 142ml it retails st £24.70

* jelly pong pong lighten up (brighten and waterline the, this again was a full size product that retails at £14.95 

* bioderma photoderm AKN mat spf 30 this was a bonus item and had around 7mls in the full size product has 40mls and retails at £14.00 

These were all the products in this months box. 

As this is my first box I have nothing to compare it to but overall i was really impressed. My favourite product has to be the whish CC cream as it leaves my skin soft and shimmery on a night out. 

The price of Birchbox is £10 per month plus £2.95 p+p 

To find out more and to subscribe go to 

https://www.birchbox.co.uk/subscriber 

May thanks for reading 

Lauren xox

Cheeky my cheeky little beauty haul 15/07/16

Good evening girlys and gents.

Your all going to be totally fed up of me by the end of this evening but this is the post I've wanted to do for absolutely ages even though I only bought the stuff 2 weeks ago. So basically i had a job interview just on the outskirts of Exeter and after I popped into Exeter when're I purchased a few beauty treats for myselfs and some necessary bits also. 

This is the pictures of the items I bought I will try and add the prices as I go through the items but please do excuse me if you I do not put them in. 

So start with I popped to superdrug and bought: 

The Lottie London 5 piece best of brushes collection £19.99 which is amazing value as its value is worth £32 separately. In the box come the following:

*flawless base foundation brush which retails at £7.99 (mint green handle)

*powder power brush £7.99 (violet handle)

*blend in, blending brush £4.99 (lemon handle)

* all eyes on you eye shadow brush £4.99 (red handle)

* shade and shadow angle brush £4.99 (baby pink handle)

I then also purchased the conceal it concealer brush which was £4.99 (mint green handle again) 

These were both part of the superdrug 3 for 2 across all the make up ranges.

Next I picked up the baby lips peach punch lipbalm which was £1.99 and on the 3 for 2 offer. The batiste was purchased in boots and was on offer for £1.99 

Then finally I picked up the following bits: 

The co lab dry shampoo in New York scent which is fruity was £1.29 in the travel section I also got a voucher for another free travel size (50ml) when I paid. 

From make up revolution again on the 3 for 2 offer I picked up the eyebrow defining mascara at £2, the concealer in light i should have picked up medium for £2 and the vivid baked highlighter for £3.

The collection Matt lip butter stick in marshmellow pink was £2.99 and the collection lasting gel nail polish in think pink was £2.50 and was part of the 2 for £5 range. 

All in all in was so excited about Trying out all of these products and a very happy customer I was especially with all the savings I made on these purchases. All in all including the boots items I paid £35 ish. In superdrug I had 2x 3 for 2 offers plus student discount at 10% and the 2 for £5 offer in boots.

I have linked each shop below so feel free to have a look on each website 

Lottie London 

http://www.superdrug.com/b/Lottie%20London

Make up revolution 

http://www.superdrug.com/brandshop/makeup-revolution

Maybelline 

http://www.superdrug.com/c/makeup-lips/b/Maybelline?q=%3AbestBiz%3Abrand%3A412020

Boots 

Bastite

http://m.boots.com/h5/cat_hub?path=%2Fen%2FBatiste-Dry-Shampoo-Cherry-Fruity-Cheeky-200ml_1250645%2F&unCountry=uk

Collection nail polish

http://m.boots.com/h5/cat_hub?path=%2Fen%2FCollection-Lasting-gel-Nail-Polish_1321746%2F&unCountry=uk

Collection lip butter 

http://m.boots.com/h5/cat_hub?path=%2Fen%2FCollection-Lasting-gel-Nail-Polish_1321746%2F&unCountry=uk

Thank you for reading, I've really enjoyed writing this beauty post 

Lauren xox 

  

Ms flow box-June 2016

In june I thought I would sign up and give the ms flow box a try. 

Like ms flow is a monthly subscription box for your period. It's a bit like pink parcel. This is the box that everything comes in 

In the box you get the following 

You get the following:

*12 tampons 

* 5 night pads

*5 liners for the day time

This is enough for 5 day period. These come in a cute little paper bag like you would get in the sweet shop. 

Then the main bit that makes the time of the month just a little bit more bareable. 

You get the following:

* jelly belly packet of assorted jelly beans

* a bounce energy ball in cacoa and orange flavour 

* the naked tea company lemon sorbet flavour tea 

* a ms flow pineapple and coconut candle £6.00

* an anatomically chocolate anti-stress face mask £1.00

* a Lord and berry fluid delicate make up remover £8.00

* the fudge kitchen drinking fudge drink( this is amazing with cold milk and ice) £1.00

* the herb garden massage bar £4.00

All in all I think this is a great value box I couldn't find the price list for this box as I was silly and chucked it away before I had the chance to review it but I have filled in the ones I do know from the ms flow website. But it is worth way more than the price I paid. 

Paid £7.50 plus £2.95 postage and packing as i was kindly given a bloggers voucher code but everyone who is new to signing up can get 15% off the orginal price of £14.99 by using the voucher Code ' WELCOME15' on the payment page. 

I've tried other monthly subscription boxes and this one is definitely competition for the others. 

You can find out more about ms flow on their website at 

http://www.msflow.co.uk

Thank you kindly for reading and please follow my blog as I'd be so grateful

Thank you again 

Lauren xox 

Veeda tampon and pads product review

Good evening ladies and gents 

I've just realised that I hadn't posted my review about the pads and tampons I was kindly sent to try back in June. As you ladies I've had to wait to try out these products haha..

I contacted veeda in the middle of June asking if I could possibly try some of there products and they were really kind to say yes. I didn't to chose what products I wanted to try but I did not mind as they were been really kind and letting me try the products and review them free of charge. Before I tell you about the products let me tell you a little bit more about the company itself.

Veeda was company that was started by two Australian men after their friend returned home to her native Brazil after she could not find natural tampons in Australia. Their main mission statement is to strive for every woman to be informed about and have access to hypoallergenic, toxin free 100% natrual cotton tampon. 

The company make tampons, towels and liners at all different absorbencies. 

I was kindly send the two following products free and of charge in return for this review. 

Veeda 100% natural cotton regular non applicator tampons which are £1.85 for 16. 

These are the following:

* no chemicals, no synthetics and no dyes

* biodegradable tamping and string 

*hypoallergenic

*fragrance free

I will be honest here I haven't tried this product as I can't used non applicator tampons as I find them to uncomfortable to use.but they haven't been wasted I have passed them onto to the local women's refuge shelter as I thought someone may be able to use them.

The second product I was send was 

Veeda 100% natrual cotton ultra-thin regular towels £2.49 for 14

I used these over night and I have to admit these are the best towels I have used for a long time. Far better than one of the leading marketed products. They didn't leak at all considering they were ultra thin. Neither did they have any unpleasant odor like you can get with some towels even when they are fragranced, I really liked the fact that they were that soft and thin it didn't feel like you were wearing a pad at all it felt like you just had your knickers on. They were easy to change and the wrapper was whisper quiet so you can discreetly change the towel in a public toilet without people hearing which I personally thought  Was great. 

Overall I think personally would consider using veeda again over well known brands just because they are good not just for me but for then environment also. 

You can purchase them both from boots in store and online at

www.boots.com 

And on the veeda website at 

http://veeda.co.uk/collections/all

Thank you for reading 

Lauren xox 

Aleva skincare review

About 6 weeks ago i contacted Aleva naturals who are an skin care brand who specialise in baby skin care products. As a suffer of really sensitive skin I wrote to them explaining this to them and they were really kind enough to let me chose some products to try and review for them. 

I chose the following four products to try 

* bamboo baby wipes

* sleep easy calming lotion 

* calendula cream 

* stretch mark cream 

I will link my reasons for choosing each product on the review below.

The first product I chose to review was the bamboo baby wipes which came in a pack of 30 wipes. They are unscented and have no parfumes like other brand of wipes, I've been keeping these in my handbag for freshening up during the day and using them while I've been in and out of hospital because they are ideal to have a quick wipe down with. They didn't irritate my skin like other branded wipes have done in the past. I would definitely consider buying these again after j have finished using these wipes. The RRP for these are $27.70 Canadian dollars (which is about £16) for 420 wipes. 

The second product I chose to try was the sleep easy calming lotion as my I thought this would be great to put on my skin after a long day at work and nice bath and would help me sleep after with the lavender found in it.its quite a large bottle at 240 ml so should last a whole as I'm only using small amounts at a time. The RRP for this product is $6.98 (which is about £4.24) depending how long this product lasts I may consider purchasing this again. So far I'm really happy with it.

The Third product I chose to review is the calendula cream. The main reason I chose this product is because I suffer from bad eczema. This cream is usually so expensive to buy in the uk so I thought I would review it as well as saving my skin. It really helps with severe flare ups as its a natural cream which is unscented and has no colourings in it. The cream is ideal as it is a multipurpose cream so can be used on cracked skin, cracked and chapped lips, cracked heals, sunburn relief and many other uses, I would definitely be buying this cream again what ever the price as this has been a life saver the past few weeks. The cost of this cream is $12.99 (which Is about £7.50) for 50 mls which is small but like I said it's a lifesaver. 

The fourth and final product I chose was from the maternal range, I chose the stretch mark cream as I put on a lot of weight a few years ago and ended up quite stood out stretch marks, even with losing the weight I still had the stretch marks, even though I've only been using the cream for a maximum of 5 weeks I've started to notice a change already, the marks have started to fade already and aren't looking so angry or purple any more. I have the 100 ml tube so should last me a while but to repurchase it, it will cost me $14.93 (which is about £8.63)

I have really enjoyed working with Aleva and would definitely consider working with them again in the future if I had the chance. 

As a fairly new company to the UK you can check out their products on their website by clicking the link below. I've had such pleasure and kindness when communicating with their employees..

http://www.alevanaturals.co.uk/

* as a disclaimer all the product in this blog post were sent free of charge by the company in return for the blog post* also all the converted prices are correct at time of writing*  

Thank you for reading like and follow my blog 

See you all again soon 

Lauren xox

I'm heading to #bloggersFestival 2016

IHello girlys and guys

I'm so so excited I'm heading to London in September for the bloggers festival hosted by Scarlett London. 

This will be my first time heading to an event for bloggers but I'm sure it will be just fine :). 

Just need to book my train as the event is 3-6pm which will quite nice as it means the train home won't be overly late. 

Im really getting back into my blogging now and I'm really really hoping that this even will really inspire me and give me some hints and tips about blogging and improving my viewing audience numbers. 

For £9.80 for the ticket you can't really complain. 

For the ticket price you get included:

* the entry to the event

* A welcome drink 

* nibbles and snacks 

* and a selection of goody bags from the brands showcasing their products

I'm really apprehensive about going because it's my first time but I'm sure it will be great fun. 

Once I've been ill be sure to give a post all about it.  

Stripease sugar wax hair removal

Last month I was kindly sent a pot of the sugar stripease  wax hair remover. 

The product contained the following 

* a 250ml pot of the sugar stripease with cover

*15 reusable/washable wax strips

* 3 splatulas for applications 

* instructions  

I am using this quote from the sugar stripease website which I will link below at the bottom of my post. 

"Sugar StripEase is a truly unique hair removal product made from 100% natural ingredients. Our specialist blend of sugar syrup and water provides the most gentlest and smoothest treatment of hair removal."

I first used this after I had soaked in the bath, I thought this would be the best bet as the pore would be open more to make  the hair removal easier and less painful. I was quite sceptical about trying this wax as I have had a bad experience in the past using home wax. When I opened the product and took off the protective cover I was quite pleasantly surprised. The wax smelt absolutely Devine and sweet not like other waxes where they have an awful chemical smell. 

I read through the instructions popped the pot in the microwave for the stated time. The wax came out and it was lovely and runny and wasn't scalding hot and was able to put straight on to my skin without burning myself. I used the large spatula as I was putting a largish amount on my legs. Once the was in place I popped a clean strip which are non-fraying and washable after use, I pressed down and 3…2…1… pull. I was so surprised how much it didn't hurt. I carried on the process on both legs and the best bit was that the wax just dissolves with warm water so it's easy to remove the Excess wax without having to scrub it off. 

All the products made by sugar stripease are all cruelty free and none are tested on animals. 

You can purchase the sugar stripease wax kit with the strips and spatulas fro £9.99 on the website linked below or at the following retailers: 

Amazon.co.uk

Superdrug

Love lula 

Feel unique.Com 

And many other retailers.

The website can be Found here:

http://sugarstripease.com 

Thank you for reading and give me a thumbs up and any comments will be answered fairly quickly.

Lauren xox

A whole month without any blog posts

I really need to apologise for the lack of blog posts the last few weeks I have been so so busy with work and family things going on. 

I've got a couple of posts that need to go up so I'll try and start them tonight or tomorrow depending on how i am feeling 

Speak to you all soon 

Lauren xox