Advent goodies 5-8

Hey love's

Here's days 5-8 of the Boots 24 Days Of Beauty! 

DEC 5 - 

A sample of Rimmel's new Stay Matte foundation in Ivory 

DEC 6 - 

A sample of the Vichy Slin idealizer serum, I have this in full size and LOVE IT :) 

DEC 7 - 

Another perfume sample of Paco Rabanne Black Xs, smells lush! 

DEC 8 -

Umberto Giannini Pom Pom hair band! 

well guys there's days 5-8 a pretty random few days of gifts! 

See you soon for days 9-12

Much love 

gem xox

Advent goodies 1-4

HEY loveies :) 

sorry iv been Mia for a little while I have been soooo unwell :( bad times! 

So as you might have seen I got the boots 24 Days Of Beauty Advent this yer and I'm going to share what I got with you :) 

This will be days 1-4, so all together I will have 6 posts all in all :) 

DEC 1 -

Oh hell yeah, my fav lil friend soap & glory :) was very happy when I first opened this! 

DEC 2 - 

Its a new balmi :) I LOVE these cute cubes of lovely moisture, this one is a fresh mint flav Mmmm yummy! 

DEC 3- 

Mavala nail polish in the shade 53 London, I have a few of these polishes and was very suprised how good they are, can't wait to give it a go at Xmas! 

DEC 4- 

Sorry for bad pic :( This is a small sample of Nina Ricci Nina (I think it's called?) lovely nice sample to pop in the work bag :) 

If you guys would like full reviews on products let me no :) 

see you soon for days 5-8 

Love Gem xox 

November GlossyBox :)

Hey lovies, so it's a new month and a new glossybox. 

After last months well what can I say shamefull box I really did have to think about getting this months, I said to my self give then until December then if I still feel the same I'm CANCELING! The last few boxes I have recieved have well been crud and a waste of money! 

Anyway my first impressions of this months box are it's okay! A lot better than last months but still not amazing! 

Elegant Touch nail remover pads, I have an abundance of these so yes there handy but not what I really want to see in a beauty box. They are £2 from most shops. 

Vichy Idelia Life Serum, this claims to be unique product that helps transform the appearance of the skins quality. It helps protect the skin from stress, unbalanced diet and pollution. I'm looking foward to giving this ago as I love Vichy products. For the full size of 30ml is £29.50

Emite Micronized Eyeshadow, this is a cute lil eyeshadow, it's nude shimmer colour, looks lovey and will work well as a base or even a lol highlight, defo loving this! 1.48g for £16.80

Yves Rocher France Hand Cream, well I can't comment on this as I'm allergic to nuts so it's gone to the neighbor :( 

Gosh Velvet Touch Lipstick in Sundown, I do have a few gosh products so was happy to see this lippy, it's soooo orange though :/ I thought that when I tried it I might change but oh no it's far to orange on me and makes me look so odd lol! 

So not to happy but I can't reli complain to much, I'm still just giving them one more box then I HAVE to make my mind up to cancel or not! 

How did u think your box was? What are your ideas? 

Much love 

Gem xx

My lil Balmi :)

Hey lovies, 

so it's now officially snuggle weather :( and boy have my lips been feeling it. I have so many lip products for autumn like the cute vasaline tubs, the lip bitters by nivea, baby lips by maybelline and sooo many more. My lips instantly become a horid dried up mess with this wind :( 

I came across this lil beauty in my local tesco store. So I thought what harm would one more do to the collection. 

It's the Raspberry Balmi Cube. I love the packaging on this, it's do unique and cute. It comes with a lil handy cord so you can attach to any keys you have. 

The balmi provides an SPF 15 and has UVA protection as well so a bonus! It contains vit e which is an antioxidant, soothing shea butter with jojoba oil aswel, this lil cube leaves your lips feeling sooooooo moosturised, I really have fallen in love with a cube hehe

It smells amazing and can't help but think of raspberry cake when I have it on :) 

They do come in other flavours so might need to make a cheeky purchase to have them all. 

Is there any you can recommend? 

much love 

gem xox

Boots 24 Days Of Beauty :)

Hey lovies, 

So surely it's nearly christmas soon?? I mean c'mon even my town has Xmas lights up now (not on but there up) 

Well iv been thinking for a while I need a beauty Calander this year, I missed out last yet and I'm defo not missing out this year!! 

Iv seen a few on the market such as Lancôme, latest in beauty, Ciate nails and benefit. Then whilst at work I came across this one. 

Boots 24 Days of Beauty Treats. It looks amazing, for £30 it's a bargain as well. Most beauty calanders range from £50+, so my little devil on my shoulder just said buy me but me buy me, so erm yep it's been bought :)

It's quite heavy (this is promising) and features products from brands such as Nails inc, Rimmel, Vichy, Soap & Glory and many more. 

I'm really looking foward to opening this every day in dec, and more to blog what I get each day :) 

Are you getting a beauty Calander this year? What ones appeal to you?? 

Much Love

Gem xox

Nails for the week :)

Hey lovies 

I thought I'd do just a quick post of my nails for the week. It's now come my weekly tradition of taking all my previous varnish of, dealing with my cuticles and giving them a fresh lick of paint.

 

This weeks routine was as follows .... 

Firstly I took all my previous varnish off with a conditioning varnish remover. I then took Essie's Apricot cuticle oil and massaged this into each finger, trimming off any overgrown cuticles. Then took Essie's first base and gave each nail 2 coats just to be on the safe side :) 

I then choose Essie Fiji for this weeks colour, it's a lovely pale pink remind me a little bit of cotton candy :) I put 2 coats on and let this dry. With Essie polishes they seem to dry quite quick on my nails. Finally I took Essie's good to go top coat and applied this twice to each nail :D 

Then boom you have lovely fresh colored nails for the week :D 

What are your nail routines? 

Much love

Gem xox

October Glossybox

Hey lovies, 

(first things first sorry for the dud pics using the phone again, silly husband has lost my new camera charger! not a happy wifey) 

So it's that time again, glossybox time! I was really excite for this box. The box has a theme of Dark Romance, to me I was thinking dark nails, lovely dark lips and just lush dark makeup for the autumn/fall season. Well wasn't I disaapointed when I opened it up :( 

First product is yet another perfume sample, for me I seem to get one in every box atm and it's just a bit boaring now, I would like something different glossybox! This sample is of Katy Perry's Killer Queen, Now I might have just had a little grumble but I do like this sample, It smells to me very floral, strong and oriental, it's lovely! It retails for £29.50 for the full size. 

Next is the Monu Illuminating Primer. Iv had a few products from Monu in previous boxes so I am looking foward trying this one out. I might do a separate review in this so look out :) It retails at £24.95 for 50ml

The Premae Multi-Vit Smoothie Serum. The product is esp for combination skin, it helps to soothe redness help hydrate your skin and combinate the dreaded shine some of is girls get. I'll give this a go or though I don't really like some serums on my face for some reason :/ It retails for £22.50 for 50ml

The Mystic Diamond Argonoil from Eva Cosmetics. Yet another Argonoil sample, I don't know how many of these iv received lately, don't get me wrong I do love Argonoil on my hair atm but to receiver yet another one is a bit of a downer. It retails for £22.70 for 100ml

Lastly is the Cherub's blush by MeMeMe,  I was hoping that this would be a dark colour for me but nope it's quite fair and pink on me, it can be used as a cheek or lip tint, kind of the same like the benefit ones but I do prefere my benefit one :) 

This retails for £5.50 for 12ml and is my full size product. 

Now I do have to say the theme is Dark Romance and none of my products say this theme in any way. I'm slowly loosing my interest and might need to change boxes I think?? How was your box? What did you get in yours? 

Much Love

Gem xox