Collective Haul: 50% off

Hola Dalimoos

Hope you are all well?

I have been looking at the sales online over the last few weeks and although I have refrained myself from buying too much I obviously I had to buy something in the sales!

The first thing I bought was from Marks and Spencer's they were having a 50% off sale on all christmas beauty gifts.

There was so many things I wanted but the thing I decided to buy was from the REN Moroccan Rose Otto range.

It comes with body wash and body lotion.  It retails for £36 normally but I got this for £18. 

If you love turkish delight you will love this stuff.  As strange as this may sound, when I use the body wash I get images of being in Narnia! I can imagine this is exactly what the white witch would smell like!  

Whilst the wash has a really strong scent the lotion is not overbearing at all, it is a mix of cream and a slight roses (turkish delight) scent *god I am so crap and describing!*.  I am not sure whether this is because the lotion is quite thin in consistency so it doesn't hold a scent too well.  It is still nice though and leaves you feeling moisturised and you get a hint of roses.  I would love to have a body spray in this scent, to smell of turkish delight all day....yummy!

The Body Shop were also having a 50% sale.  

I have never tried their Japanese Cherry Blossom range.  So with 50% I thought why not try it out.  As you can see I think I got practically the whole range!

Thankfully I was not disappointed with the scent.  It is a fresh floral scent without it being to overpowering.  When I smell this it gives me that summer evening in a garden feeling...ok I am not the greatest of describers of smells but I hope you get the gist!

I am pretty excessive when it comes to things in general and I have to have all things match!  Plus building up a scent you like with all available products, why not? I bought the shower gel (£6.50), Fragrance Mist (£7.50), body butter (£13) and the eau de toilette (£10).

I also decided to try out their Atlas Mountain Rose range.  Again I bought practically the entire range. Now this is floral heaven!  It is a bouquet of roses in a bottle!  Whilst Ren does smell of roses it has that sweet smell of turkish delight, whereas Atlas Mountain Rose is like smelling freshly cut roses.  Every time I have washed, sprayed and creamed myself with this scent people have complimented me!

In total for both Cherry Blossom range and Atlas Mountain Roses range, I only paid £37. Bargain!

Any my lovelies, until next time.

Ciao for now xx

Haul: nail varnish

Hola Dalimoos

I was in superdrug the other day as I needed to get some cotton wool pads and 'came across' the make up aisle! I wasn't going to buy anything, that was until the sparkle dazzled me!!

Now I don't know if it is just me but December is a sparkly month and I go crazy for glitter and when I saw these I had to pick them up!

I have a couple of big nights planned this month and these fake press on nails are so divine I couldn't walk past without putting them in my basket*

 L-R: foil flash, woven skyline and knitted gold (Maybelline) Frosted Plum (GOSH)

I also picked up 3 maybelline nail varnishes from the brocades collection.  I was intrigued by the last one from GOSH as it is a matte glitter and is such a pretty colour I can't wait to see what the effect is on my nail being a matte glitter and all!

*since purchasing the fake nails I can say they are a disappointment.  These are press on which isn't too bad but you need to stick the press on pads to the fake nail yourself which is just too much bother before a big night!  They don't stay in for more than five minutes before they ping off!  I won't be using the other pack :(

Anyway my lovelies, until next time 

Ciao for now xx

L'oreal Revita Lift Laser Renew Serum

Hola Dalimoos,

I recently bought L'Oreal Revitalift Laser Renew facial serum whilst it was on offer in Boots as I do love serums, they are a great to use before your moisturiser for added hydration and especially now I am in my 30s!

It is a pearliscent creamy gel and one pump is more than enough to do your whole face.  It is sinks in beautifully and leaves your face feels so soft after, if you don't have seriously dry face I say you could possibly get away with actually using this as a moisturiser too - 2 in 1!  

I really love this product and even though it is expensive to buy when it is not on offer I would purchase it again.

Anyway my lovelies...until next time

Ciao for now xx

No 7 Beautiful Skin Hydrating mask

Hola Dalimoos,

As most of you are aware I have been using Roaccutane for the last six months (yes I am in the process of doing a blog post!) and my skin has been extremely dry.  I had a voucher for £5 off for any No7 skincare/make up product so thought I would use that and this caught my eye and as I need real moisture put into my skin these days I thought I would try it.

It is whipped with cream and a gel but when it is pumped it is mixed to a pale/creamy coloured cream.  

Once you have cleansed and dried your face you apply a thick layer all over your face and leave it for up to 10 minutes.  It starts to sink in then once your time is up you wipe it off with some tissue or cotton wool and then rinse the excess.

When I first put this on to my face it tingles but that passes after 30 seconds or so.

It does sink in pretty well with only a little excess.  I personally find that even once you have rinsed and dried your face I feel I have a residue left on my face but my face does feel soft and moisturised.

I don't love this product but I do like it.  It does what it says but its the feeling of film on my face that actually puts me off.  I still use it once a week as I do not like to waste product if I can help it!

You can buy this for £12.50 from Boots

Anyway my lovelies, until next time

Ciao for now xx

Urban Decay Naked 3

Hola Dalimoo's

I know there is going to be an influx of posts re the coveted newest addition to the Naked family!  But I couldn't help myself I had to share...

The Naked 1 was a gold based shadows, the Naked 2 was a Taupe based shadows and the newest edition is more your rose/pink based shadows.  I personally love the look of the shadows first hand and can't wait to have a play around with them.

I do now have all the palettes in the series and on first view I think I will love Naked 3 just as much as I love Naked 1.  Don't get me wrong I do love Naked 2 but the shadows are cool in tone and I prefer the warmer shades that both Naked 1 and 3 offer.

In the palette you get a double ended shadow brush and you also get samples of their infamous primer potion.  I already own the original and love it so can't wait to try the others in the series.

I have swatched them quickly on the side of arm and my first impresion is the first 4 are not as pigmented as the rest, but we will see when I use them properly what the pay off actually is.

LtoR: Strange; Dust; Burnout; and Limit

LtoR: Buzz; Trick; and Nooner

LtoR: Liar; Factory; Mugshot; Darkside; and Blackheart

I seem to favour the more shimmery shades than the matte ones but my absolute fav seems to be blackheart which is black with a purple/pink shimmer running through it.

Anyway going to go and have a proper play...

Until next time,

Ciao for now xx

Lancôme beauty bag

Hola Dalimoo's

Recently BritishBeautyBlogger did a post on the Lancôme gift set on promotion at Selfridges.  If you spent £30 you could get the gift set for £50 BUT the Selfridge's website waived the £30 minimum spend so you could get the set for the original £50 saving yourself £30.  Obviously I was on that...

In the set you got:

Fulls size Bi Facil 125ml, Galateis Doucuer 50ml, Tonique Douceur 50ml Advanced Genifique 7ml, Hydra Zen Day Cream SPF15 15ml and La vie est Belle fragrance 4ml

Full size exclusive Christmas eye shadow palette, Full size blush Subtil in 02 Rose Sable, Le Crayon Khol in Black, Rouge in Love lipstick (sample), Gloss in Love 4.5ml, Hypnose Drama Mascara and Hypnose Mascara.

I have used everything in this gift set, I am not too keen on their make up remover/toner though but everything else I do love.  When I have used the eyeshadows/blush set I have had quite a few compliments which is always a good thing...right?!

I would definitely recommend you trying to get your hands on this if you can as you are getting yourself a real bargain!  I am so glad I got it and its given me an insight of what other products Lancome have to offer.

This is why I love Christmas...

Anyway my lovelies,

Until next time....Ciao for now xx

E.L.F 50% off goodies

Hola Dalimoos,

Recently E.L.F had a 50% sale and the last time they had a 50% sale they sold out of the things I wanted, I got lucky this time and bought a few things.  I could have gone crazy but I did really well and very proud of myself haha!

To start off, I bought two contouring blush and bronzing duos.  I have heard really good reviews about these and wanted to give them a try myself.

St Lucia:

This is such a pretty peach colour blush.  Both the bronzer and blush are quite matte with very little shimmer to it.

Antigua:

This is a highly pigmented baby doll pink blush with quite chunky glitter in it.  The bronze has also got slight shimmer to it and is darker than the bronzer in St Lucia.  I am hoping when the blush is blended the glitter isn't so obvious!

I got a couple of extra goodies too, I am in the market for another eyelash curler...a girl can never have too many you know!  I also got two make up brushes .

L: Eyeshadow "C" Brush
M: Blending Eye Brush
R: Eyelash curlers and extra pads

There are a few more things I am eyeing up on their website at the moment and I think I will wait until they have another money off deal before purchasing!!

Have you tried ELF have you any recommendations of items I could purchase next?

Anyway my lovelies

Until next time...

Ciao for now xx

New Look haul

Hola Dalimoos,

If you follow me on twitter you would know that I recently bought a dress from New Look which I loved but was too small!  I took it back to my local store who refused to give me a refund...anyway cutting a long story short, I got on twitter and included New Look in my tweet saying what bad customer service they had etc etc - Anyway as a goodwill gesture they gave me 25% off my next order.
So what is a girl to do?  I tell you what - take the dress back get the refund and get herself on their website and re-order the dress....

AX Paris red lace waist skater dress - £30

Obviously with the 25% off I thought it would be a crime not to add a few more things in to my basket:

Limited Black Peeptoe High Vamp Platform - £34.99

Finally, no outfit is complete without a couple of accessories!!

Black Clutch - £12.99

Gold Cutout Sand Blast Cuff - £5.99
Gold Triangle Chain Necklace - £5.99

I have to say that I am glad I complained now and roll on 7th November when I get to wear the ensemble.

Anyway my lovelies until next time...

Ciao for now xxx

Superdrug Haul

Hola Dalimoo's,

I had run out of nail varnish remover and cotton pads so whilst in Superdrug I had a mosey around and ended up buying a few other things too!

If you follow the bloggersphere you will know that there has been a lot of hype recently about the L'Oreal Skin Perfection 3 in 1 Purifying Micellar Solution which is supposed to be a dupe for the Bioderma but at a fraction of the cost.  So obviously I had to get myself in on the action! - Superdrug has it on offer at the moment, 2 for £5 so I got 2, don't judge it was at a bargain price!!

I love impulse and they have some new scents out and picked up the Violet and Red Fruits.

I suffer from very dry/frizzy hair and it doesn't help that I use heat and colour my hair frequently!  I have recently decided that I am going to try and embrace my natural hair colour, so I am going to grow/cut all the old colour out and in the meantime use as much treatment on my hair as I possibly can. I was originally looking for L'Oreal EverRiche Nourishing and Taming shampoo and conditioner, which they did not have in stock so picked up Argan Oil Hair treatment instead! (as a side note I bought the shampoo and condition in my Sainsbury's shop last night it was on offer 2 for £9, I am waiting on it being delivered as I type.)

My face is feeling really sensitive at the moment and thought I try their cucumber clay mask for sensitive skin.

The last impulse buy was I have a few nail art designs I want to try out and thought that may be using a pen instead of a brush would be easier so as Barry M had a 3 for 2 offer I bought three of their nail art pens in black, silver and white.  There will be a post to follow shortly of my NOTW.

Do you ever go in to Superdrug for one thing and come out with more?  Why can we not stick with our list?!

Anyway my lovelies that is all until next time....

Ciao for now  xx

collective haul

Hola Dalimoo's,

So I am apparently on a spending ban and pursuing the aisles of the online Boots (I need a new eye cream...honest!) I bought some new skin care and decided to try Boots Botanics.

I bought (from top to bottom) Cleansing Balm (this comes with a face cloth, I haven't opened it yet so don't know whether I will be using the cloth it came with or my own. Ultra Calm Night Cream, Hydrating Day Cream, Hydrating Eye Cream and Ultra Calm Face Serum.  I think they are all reasonably priced and not something that will break the bank.  I am saving them until all my current skin care runs out which is pretty soon then I will be trying this lot!

After work this week I also popped into Superdrug, not for any reason but just to look!!!  I thought I was pretty restraint actually as I only purchased 4 things!

Apocaliptic

L-R:  Gold save the Queen, Pear drop and Disco Ball

Then the other night I came across a code that gives you 50% of E.L.F!  To be honest I think I just purchased because it was 50% off as the things I really want to try are all out of stock :o(!  I bought two lipsticks, 2 duo eyeshadows and two nail polishes.

L-R Misty Haze and Green Machine

Top to Bottom: Lip: Tea Rose and Coral
Eyes: Berry Mix and Olive

Anyway, that was all for this week! I am now off to sell my children to pay for my extravagances and may be I can keep to this ban for more than 2 weeks!

Speak to you all soon and ciao for now.

Superdrug Haul

Hola Dalimoo's

I am on a self-imposed spending ban but as you can tell from the title it's not going to well!  I have been eyeing up these Revlon nail art Moon Candy nail varnishes for what feels like an eternity but in reality its probably been just a month!  Anyway, I was just perusing the Superdrug website the other night and don't ask me how it happened or what happened but I had bought 7 Mooncandy nail varnishes, a Sally Hansen Miracle Nail Thickener and the Sally Hansen Insta-Dri.

I love all 7 of the nail art polishes and I cannot choose a favourite.  I am a sucker for a bit of glitter!

oh so pretty....

The varnishes left to right are:

200: Moon Dust: this is a black polish with iridescent glitter.
210: Galactic: this is a deep blue polish with an iridescent ice blue glitter.
220: Milky Way: this is a grey polish with sliver glitter.
230: Satellite: this is a blood red/wine polish with an iridescent orange/red glitter.
240: Eclipse: this is like an aubergine colour with and iridescent pink glitter.
260: Meteor: to me this reminds me of a moss green colour when a iridescent lime green glitter.
280: Orbit: this is a purple colour with a iridescent purple glitter.

I am not sure how to show you swatches as I don't own a nail wheel but they are lovely colours and can't wait to try them on my nails.

Look out for another haul in a few days...I had a real splurge....oooppps!

Until then...

Ciao for now my lovelies xxx