A new week, a new colour and I was fancying something bright.
Barry M Hi Shine Gel Nail Paints are awesome. That's easily the best way to describe them. They're hard wearing, apply like a dream, have great shine and are inexpensive, costing around £3.99 - bargain!
You know what? Love Me Beauty is doing pretty damn well in my eyes. My second box has now arrived and I am impressed!
Again, the three menus were so difficult to choose from - I wanted each one! I decided to go for Menu 1 as it had a few things I was intrigued to try. I was also incredibly happy to see the menus consisted mostly of makeup, which is a nice change from having the skin care as well as the cosmetics.
We travelled up on the Saturday morning, stopping at the services for a quick coffee and to grab some water bottles to keep hydrated throughout the day. We managed to get in to London just after midday and with some time to spare before our show, we decided to quench our thirst and grab a drink. We found a busy little pub near to the Apollo Victoria Theatre and ordered some very "summer-afternoon-esque" drinks of Pimms - yum!
With an extremely busy week ahead where I was going to be doing two completely different things (a long weekend in London for my birthday followed by a few days camping in Wales), I justknewchoosing a colour was going to be an arduous task. I wanted something that would look eye-catching when I glammed up for the big city but would also look pretty for adventures in the great outdoors (and chilling on the beach - obviously!).
Looking through my nail varnish stash, one of the newer additions caught my attention. I mentioned how much I loved it in my 'June Favourites' post...any guesses yet??
I adore reading! I'd read all day, every day if I could but alas, I have to work, eat, sleep...
Every so often a book really stands out. Whether it's because it has an awesome twist, has me in tears or in stitches throughout, if I related to it somehow or simply just enjoyed it for no deep reason. Therefore, I've decided that I am going to share such a book with you lovely lot when that happens, so that maybe you'll end up reading it and loving it like I did.
I bought 'Fractured' on the Kindle on a bit of a whim; I'd just finished a novel and had nothing ready to read next so I had a bit of a Kindle Book splurge. I'd read a few reviews and it sounded promising so I thought to myself "why not?".
Not to get all boastful but I'm pretty proud of myself right now. I worked especially hard on a project at work and it got noticed by higher management, meaning I was rewarded with £20 to use at a choice of shops - go me! Scrolling through the list of places, my eyes fell on "Boots" and that was it, a few buttons clicked and the vouchers were mine.
I don't know why but for the past couple of weeks I have had a real hankering for nude nails. Suffice to say that this week's varnish, Maybelline Color Show in 'Latte', definitely reflected that. I even managed to choose straight away - what's going on?!
Have you heard of #100happydays? Up until a few months ago, I hadn't. Therefore, when photos with said hashtag started popping up on my Instagram feed (@nglashan, I'm looking at you), boy, was I intrigued!
Just when you think 'Birchbox' can't deliver another amazing offering - boom! - the next box arrives and knocks your previous one out of the water. I'm not exaggerating either, I have been having these beauty boxes for a few months now and they keep getting better and better!
Another week, another nail colour and this time, I was feeling something nude. I must have at least three or four boxes full of varnishes so choosing was going to be a difficult task...
It's July (the month of my birthday - eep!) and I'm feeling a little generous so here, have a bonus summer post! Today, we're going to be talking about cocktails - Frozen Coconut Limeade to be exact.
Confession time: I maaay have a secret-that's-not-so-secret love for McFly - seriously though, who doesn't find themselves singing along to their incredibly catchy tunes?! Well when I saw that Tom Fletcher's wife, Giovanna, had not only written one book, but two, I simply had to check them out.
As June is now completely over (can you believe it's July already?!), here are some of the things I enjoyed most during it. You might want to get a cuppa - there are quite a few...
If you read my first ever post you will know that I planned to start off posting on Friday and Sunday evenings. That was all good and well, until I started realising that I had a lot to talk about and not enough time to do it in; therefore I've decided to add an extra posting day - yay! I'm going to start a series of 'Nails of the Week' posts that will be uploaded every Wednesday evening. As with all posts, and the blog in general, if you have any suggestions or comments please leave them below or contact me via one of the social media buttons on the home page. I'd love to hear from you!
