Becca Glow on the Go

Get the secret to the iconic BECCA glow in travel-friendly sizes. This collection features BECCA's #1 Luminizer Shimmering Skin Perfector Pressed Opal paired with Liquid Opal Spotlight Wand. These two formulas absorb and reflect light for a superb natural glow. Layer to create ultimate light & lift or wear alone for different highlighting effect.

Includes:

• Shimmering Skin Perfector Spotlight in Opal
• Shimmering Skin Perfector Pressed in Opal

Becca shimmering skin perfector in Opal, is one of my favourite highlights it is just stunning, it doesn't turn you into a glitterball, it makes you look like a gorgeously glowing goddess. It is just so pretty and when you mix that with deluxe samples - I couldn't resist picking them up!.. I have a massive soft spot for mini's.

This set is available for £20.00, I picked mine up from Cult Beauty, but you can pick up from all ggod online stores.

What's your number one highlighter?

Burts's Bees Naturally Nourished Gift Set.

Ensure your hands and lips are naturally nourished this season, with a Naturally Nourished Christmas Gift Set from Burt's Bees. This festive gift pack contains 3 popular Burt’s Bees products; Burt's Bees Ultimate Care Hand Cream to moisturise even the driest  of skin and 2x 100% natural Burt's Bees Lip Balms, made with hard-working natural ingredients to replenishe and soothe dry lips.

With their festive packaging, Burt’s Bees Christmas gift bundles make perfect presents for anyone on your list, or for yourself. They’re also great stocking stuffers. Give the gift of nature, with Burt’s Bees Christmas gifts.

• Gift pack contains 3 popular Burt’s Bees products
• Includes 4.25g Beeswax Lip Balm with Vitamin E & Peppermint Oil, 4.25g Honey Lip Balm and 50g Ultimate Care Hand Cream
• Christmas pack contains nourishing products for lips and body
• Made with natural hard-working ingredients
• Burt’s Bees makes gift giving easy and here's another bonus, no gift wrapping necessary!!

Available from all good Stores for  £9.99.

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Hairaisers Live It Loud Straight 3/4 volumising Hair Piece in 27/SB

Hairaisers live it Loud volumising hair piece 22" long, simply clips over your own hair to give you gorgeous long, natural looking, layered hair in seconds. I chose the shade in 27/SB, which matches my hair colour perfectly (when I've visited the blonde hair fairy aka my hairdresser!). You can wear it as a hair piece or a ponytail, it seamlessly blends into your own hair. It has a durable lace cap which prevents shredding. The Live It Loud 250g Hair pieces have a gentle mix of tones running through them to ensure that they sit with your natural hair colour. It is Premium quality high-heat fibre that can be heat-styled up to 180 degrees so you can straighten, curl and style any way you want. Performs like a full head of weave hair extensions at a fraction of the price. Developed as a low-cost, high-quality alternative to long human hair extensions the Live it Loud straight hair pieces provide instant length and volume faster and cheaper than clip in’s or weft. There's a huge colour selection to choose from online, and their other wig ranges now include ombre and Balayage meaning you'll definitely find a shade to match you!, As a PCOS sufferer and recently becoming a new mummy again, I felt my hair wasn't looking it's best, it had thinned out a little too much for my liking and this hair piece is a great confidence booster, it makes me feel 20 again, with thick flowing, natural looking hair, I've had so many compliments on it when I've been out and TOTAL surprise when I reveal it's not my own hair, I think Hairaisers will be getting quite a few new orders from my family and friends!.. It really does look and feel just like real hair.. I usually go darker for Autumn and am really tempted to buy another to match my winter hair colour!.. But as it's a hair piece, I don't have the faff of styling real extensions when I need to dash out the door for the school run.. Even though once I've straightened my own hair this little miracle worker takes about 5 minutes to apply and style unless I'm curling it.

You just use a comb to split hair from ear to ear flop the top bit forward and then clip the hair piece in, then once secure simply flip the top hair back to disguise the joint and voila you have perfectly gorgeous looking hair!. Available from Hairaisers.com for £39.95.

Will you be trying one the Christmas?

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Kiehl's Essentially Yours Gift Set

A gorgeous gift set with a selection of Kiehls' favourite essentials, to see you through your facial routine perfectly from cleansing to care. Containing Ultra Facial Cleanser, Ultra Facial moisturiser and Midnight Recovery Concentrate, with complimentary Daily Reviving Concentrate samples added in for your pleasure! All of their delightful Holiday gift sets are beautifully wrapped free of charge.

• This set contains:
• Midnight Recovery Concentrate
• Ultra Facial Cleanser 30ml
• Ultra Facial Moisturiser 30ml
• Small Eva Pouch

I absolutely love Kiehl's skincare, it is so luxurious and does what it claims to do, the midnight recovery concentrate is an miracle worker, my skin looks amazing after using it. All the products in the set are beautiful and will make your skin look refreshed, hydrated and youthful!

Available for £45.00 from all good online ans department stores with all the other great gift sets.

Avon Winter Nights Oil Lamp.

This is a great little gift for Christmas, for someone in your life who loves a bit of bling... It comes in a gorgeous Hand-rolled, glass mosaic bottle that is filled with Winters night fragranced oil. Once the flame is extinguished, the fragrance is dispersed. It is advised to Burn for 2-3 minutes at a time for a longer lasting diffusing fragrance. This smells lovely, with the scent of tonka bean, chai spices and creamy notes. My house smells super Christmassy when it's been lit, the scent is quite strong and wafts through the house but isn't over powering. It says that a 100ml burn time is approx 4hrs

Available on the Avon website for £25 - Be quick as I'm sure this will be popular!..

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Burt's Bees Classics Pomegranate set

This Christmas, spruce up your spruce naturally, with a bee-inspired tree hanging decoration from Burt’s Bees. This festive gift pack contains 2 popular Burt’s Bees products; a Moisturising Lip Balm with Pomegranate Oil and a  Hand Salve tin, both made with hard-working, 100% natural ingredients.

The lip balm helps replenishe and soothe dry lips while Hand Salve hydrates rough, dry hands with botanical oils, herbs and beeswax. With their festive packaging, Burt’s Bees Christmas gift bundles make perfect presents for anyone on your list, or for yourself. They’re also great stocking stuffers. Give the gift of nature, with Burt’s Bees Christmas gifts.

• Gift pack contains 2 popular Burt’s Bees products
• Includes 4.25g Moisturising Lip Balm with Pomegranate Oil and 8.5g Hand Salve
• Christmas pack contains nourishing products for lips and hands
• Made with 100% natural hard-working ingredients
• Burt’s Bees makes gift giving easy and here's another bonus, no gift wrapping necessary!!

Available from all good stores for £6.99.

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Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula Spray Lotion.

Palmer's Cocoa Butter Formula Spray Lotion for stretch Marks is probably the richest formula, but this fact shouldn't scare you off. This is because the whole range of spray lotion is seriously lightweight. This one contains the superfood pure Cocoa Butter, Vitamin E, Soy Lechithin and Bio C-Elaste which is a powerful combination of Centella Asiatica, Collagen, Elastin, Sweet Almond Oil and Argan Oil that absorbs quickly into skin while providing 24 hour stretch mark fighting moisture. The lotion provides deep moisture, soothes dry itchy skin and supports skin elasticity while reducing the chances of scarring and markings on skin.

After having a baby just eight months ago I am still trying to moisturise my tummy and improve it's appearance, this I think has helped greatly!. I love how easy this spray is to moisturise your whole body quickly as you can get to all the awkward bits with one squirt!.. You can pick up the whole line for around £4.99 each.

Which formula do you prefer?

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Limited Edition Carmex

The new Peanuts movie is coming to UK cinemas on 21st December and to celebrate Carmex have teamed up with 20th Century Fox to create a number of super cute limited edition lids for its much loved balm. They’re available in the original flavour and each pot features one of the four most well-known Peanuts characters: Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Sally and Linus with his security blanket. I absolutely loved Snoopy when I was a child so I am feeling slightly nostalgic!! They are £3.49 and there are four cute designs to collect!.

Which one is your favourite?

Urban Decay Naked Basics 2

Containing 5 matte shades and 1 with a slight sheen, all with great pigmentation and minimal fall out. Unlike the Naked Basics the Naked Basics 2* contains all cool-toned shadows, I do prefer the shades in the 2 as they’re deeper and create something more visible on the lids. I especially love Cover as it’s a fantastic crease shade. There’s also Skimp, a pale yellow highlight, Stark, a muted camel-taupe, Frisk, a grey-toned light brown and Undone, an almost black grey. I love these mini palettes, they contain every shade you need to create multiple looks but it's compact enough to pop into your bag or to travel with, if you like a bit of sparkle you could just pop a single glitter shadow in your bag to add over these for a nightime look. This palette is perfect for anytime of the year but I also gravite to these types of shades around autumn, winter as they are easy colours to wear and create a great look.

The Urban Decay Naked 2 Basics is available for £22, you can never have enough neutral palettes!

What's your favourite neutral palette?

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TONI & GUY Limited Edition Fluid Metal Styler Gift Set

Toni & Guy have recently launched their new Fluid Metal Styler, which is gorgeous! They have iridescent plates inspired by this season's metallic trends, the new styler makes a brilliant gift for Christmas. The plates are so pretty they change from a purple to green/blue, I Didn't want to use them incase I ruined it!.. Don't worry they are fine!.. 

Inspired by the latest catwalk trends, this Limited Edition professional styler straightens, curls & waves with one glide through the hair. Designed with Iridescent titanium technology plates for ultimate heat transfer, developed to enhance shine & smooth hair follicles. This Iridescent styler is accompanied by a luxurious heat resistant pouch with separate quilted heat resistant mat. Whatever your style. Be Fluid 

Features

• Professional Fluid Metal Styler
• Iridescent Titanium technology
• Floating 25mm plates
• Perfect for straightening, curls & waves
• Variable digital temperature 230 C*
• Luxury designer pouch & separate heat proof mat
• On/Off Indicator
• 3m Salon Cord
• 5 years Guarantee
*Superior heating with 230C performance at 210C

The Set includes a heat mat and a stunning storage pouch with iridescent dots. it's priced at only £90, which I think is great as it is definitely on a parr with GHDs, I've tried quite a few different brands over the years and this really is a great product at a great price!. It also has an auto shut off if you don't use it for five minutes which I personally think is a fab feature!..

Available from all good stores!!.. It's currently half price in Superdrug!!.. Only £44.99.. Be quick!

Have you tried this Styler?

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Tarte Bling it on Palette

Dollface is a permanent - cool pink matte shade.

Prim is a permanent - neutral rose matte shade.

Beaming is a new - light peach/shimmer micro glitter shade.

Fetching is a new - plum rose matte shade.

Smashing is a warm coral matte shade.

This Stunning limited-edition sleek, statement-making palette features five long-wearing, pigmented powder blushes. The full-size, flattering mix includes all-new stunners and blushing favorites powered by tarte’s iconic Amazonian clay, which helps to balance and replenish skin for better, longer, truer wear for a party-perfect flush. This palette has been designed to delight and dazzle through any festive adventure. Another win from Tarte for Christmas 2015! I love Tartes blushes and couldn't pass up this bargain it costs $44 (£30.40) but is valued at $110!.. Why do we not have a Sephora that sells all these brands in the UK? It is 2015 - GRrrrrr so annoying!.. I cannot wait to play with both of my new Tarte palettes and experiment with different looks!

What will you be asking for this Christmas?

Tarte Light of the Party Makeup Palette

Tarte Light of the Party Makeup Palette ($59 - £40.76) - includes thirty eyeshadows, three cheek products, a travel-sized mascara and a dual sided brush housed in a medium sized stunning sequined zippered case .There is a smaller palette that pops out that contains the three cheek products and six eyeshadows, which is simple cardboard packaging and when removed, reveals the large mirror inside. 

Sugar Cookie is a light beige with neutral-to-warm undertones and a pearly shimmer.

In a Flurry is a light, peachy beige with warm undertones and light shimmer. 

Fizz the Season is a light-medium, golden peach with warm undertones, metallic sheen.

It’s Snow Time is a light beige with warm undertones and a frosted finish. 

Eggnog is a light, yellowed beige with a satin finish.

What a Wonderful Pearl is a light-medium peachy-pink with a matte finish.

Miracle of Light is a medium-dark, golden bronze brown with warm undertones and a frosted metallic finish.

Rum Pum Plum is a mauvy pink with subtle, neutral-to-cool undertones and a satin finish.

Tartetini is a muted, light-medium peach/pink and a matte finish.

Baby It’s Gold Outside is a light-medium yellow gold with a metallic sheen and a little

of sparkle.

Peach on Earth is a light-medium, orange-toned brown with a satin finish. 

Come What Grey is a medium-dark taupe with subtle, warmer undertones and a satin finish.

Under the Mistle-taupe is a medium-dark, taupe brown with warm undertones and a frosted sheen. 

Ring-a-ling is a medium-dark, plummy taupe with warmer, rosier undertones and a frosted finish. 

Fireside Chat is a medium-dark, rosy copper with warm undertones and a frosted finish. 

Party Favored is a muted, medium brown with subtle, warm undertones and a satin finish.

Gingerbread Mansion is a medium-dark brown with warm, reddish undertones and a pearly sheen. 

Chrome for the Holidays is a light-medium, antique gold with a metallic sheen. 

Sleigh Watch is a blackened brown with subtle,w arm undertones and a semi-matte finish. 

Mulled Wine is a muted, medium-dark purple plum with subtle, warm undertones and a matte finish. 

Cocoa What Fun is a muted, dark brown with warm, red undertones and a matte finish. 

Black Velvet is a medium-dark black with cool undertones and a mostly matte finish.

Haute Chocolate is a dark, reddish brown with a matte finish.

Midnight Kiss is a blackened navy blue with cool undertones and a matte finish.

A Few of my Favourites so far!

Popcorn Strand is a pale, milky peachy-pink with warm undertones and a matte finish.

Wrapped Up is a light pink with cool undertones and a matte finish. 

Dancer & Prancer is a muted, medium brown with warm undertones and a soft, frosted sheen. 

Shining Star is a medium-dark, copper-brown with warm, rosy undertones and a frosted finish.

Yule Be Surprised is a medium-dark, chocolate brown with warm red undertones and a matte finish.

Mulberry & Bright is a muted, dark plum with warm undertones and a satin finish.

Social Butterfly is a medium, warm-toned brown with yellow undertones and a mostly matte finish. 

Amazed is a light-medium pink with soft, warm undertones and a matte finish.

Pink Champagne is a brighter, pink-tinged beige with a frosted finish.

I am so in love with this palette! It feels like my third child!.. It is absolutely stunning, Tarte have outdone themselves.. I really wish you could get Tartes full product range in the UK, I bought & shipped this from Sephora as the UK QVC range is rubbish, it's either sold out or only has really dark shades of foundation left!.. 

I am so HAPPY that we can now order from Sephora - order must be over £75 and all custom charges are included in the shipping/handling fees you pay to Sephora, I usually make my orders with a friend or two and then we share the shipping costs.. I just wished we coukd get all the brands they stock and perfumes as I love the rollerballs.. So easy for popping in your bag!

What are you loving this Christmas?

Ecotools Four-Piece Beautiful Complexion Set

The Ecotools Four-Piece Beautiful Complexion Set* includes all four brushes in the EcoTools Complexion Collection – their makeup-skincare hybrid brush line designed to improve skin’s health and maximize natural beauty. They are super soft and feel lovely when you apply your make up, they blend effortlessly and leave you with a great looking finish.

1. Mattifying Finish Brush: This duo-fibre head creates a flawless finish with either pressed or loose powder. The short bristles pick up the perfect amount of product while the long bristles distribute it smoothly to keep oil and shine at bay all day.

2. Skin Perfecting Brush: Specifically designed to smoothly and evenly apply BB/CC creams and tinted moisturiser. Use the rounded edge of the brush for precise coverage around the eyes and nose.

3. Eye Perfecting Brush: Features a uniquely cut, rounded tip head that mimics the shape of your finger around the eyes to reduce tugging or transferring oils. Designed with straight, firm and dense bristles for optimal blending and coverage.

4. Correcting Concealer Brush: A duo-fibre blend of bristles pick up and distribute concealer for full coverage of dark circles, redness or other imperfections.

This self-wrapping brush set is made for gifting! It includes a gift tag, ribbon and gift box, making it the perfect present for every beauty lover, the design on the brushes is stunning.. So bright and pretty.

1. Untie ribbon and bring top and bottom flaps to the front of box

2. Fold the flaps over the front of the packaging

3. Tie ribbon through holes on front of packaging to secure box closed

4. The perfect gift is now ready for delivery!

All brushes in the set are dermatologist tested and are made with soft, cruelty free bristles, recycled aluminum ferrules and sleek bamboo handles. Available at Boots and Superdrug from November priced at £19.99.

Will you be asking Santa for these?

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Free engraving at Selfridges Trafford Centre Manchester by Tweezerman!

Calling all Beauty Babes!!!... Tweezerman are going to be in store at Selfridges Trafford Centre Manchester Tomorrow (4th November) with their engraving machine.  They will engrave any tweezer of theirs or make up brush, this service is free with any purchase!

Details are:

Where:  Selfridges Manchester - Trafford Centre
When:  Wednesday 4th November 2015
Time:  10am-10pm
Cost:  Engraving is free on purchase

A great idea for a gift for any beauty lover or just a little treat for yourself! I love anything personalised with my name or initial!!..

Will you be popping down to pick up yours?

Urban Decay announces new Palette release with Gwen Stefani

Urban Decay just revealed the news, announcing on Twitter that they’d be launching a palette of 15 eyeshadow shades picked by Gwen herself.

Urban Decay’s founder shared a sneak peek of the palette’s contents. The packaging looks super pretty – simple, sleek, and gold, natch.

Inside, there are plenty of wearable nude shades, perfect for a classic Gwen bold lip. Plus one sparkly blue shade to match her new hair.

The palette will launch on 22nd November for £40.... 

Will you be buying it? 

Revlon Matte Balms - new shades for Autumn 2015

Enchanting.

Fierce.

Passionate.

This Autumn Revlon bring you four gorgeous matte shades (I'm missing Fiery) to brighten up the dark mornings!.. They are ultra creamy, smooth and highly pigmented.. Perfect for your day bag or night clutch you are sure to find a shade to suit you.

This innovative Chubby lip pencil takes your look from day to night with this velvety matte finish, infused with Balm like moisture.This on trend finish comes in 10 shades take your look from soft and pretty to bold and glamorous, Velvety Matte finish, Triple complex of Shea, Mango and Coconut Butter

Retractable chubby crayon, no sharpener required.

Priced at just £7.99, you don't even have to chose, just buy them all!..

What's your favourite shade?

Pink Lining - Yummy Mummy - Sam the Dalmatian Changing Bag.

I've had my Pink Lining changing bag for a little over eight months and like it but don't love it!.. For £79.00 I thought it would be perfect, but to me it just doesn't fulfill all my expectations.. 

The Yummy Mummy is their most popular baby changing bag. The exterior of the bag features the Sam The Dalmatian print and has two canvas elasticated side pockets with pretty PU bows and a front canvas pocket with Yummy Mummy slogan and cupcake patch. The bag comes with an adjustable shoulder strap that is long enough to fit over any pram/buggy handle bars. Internal Features: 2x insulated bottle holders, 2x nappy pockets, pen holder, key fob, mirror, phone pocket, small zip pocket, padded changing mat and wet zip bag.

The bag itself is well made, attractive to look at with a fun design.. I love all the little compartments, and have enjoyed using it, but my biggest bugbear with the bag, is it just doesn't have enough space inside, as the padded changing mat takes up Too much valuable space.. Why didn't they make a separate exterior compartment on the bag as this would then enable you more space to fill with stuff your baby requires?. I have to cram everything in and pray the zip doesn't bust when I zip it up...

This is the back of the bag and as you can see they could quite easily attach a pocket for the changing mat to slip into and free up the inside?! - it just makes so much more sense to have the mat storage on the exterior of the bag. This tiny change would improve the use of this bag and make any parents life that little bit easier as everyone knows HOW MUCH stuff our little people need!..

Do you have this bag, what are your thoughts?

Clarins 2015 Essentials Palette

Autumn 2015 brings the launch of Clarins new third The Essentials Eye Makeup Palette* featuring 10 essential mineral eye shadows perfect for creating everyday wearable to dark, sexy evening smokey eyes!.. All shades are smooth, pigmented and gave hardly any fallout, the shadows can be used both wet and dry and just scream quality!.. Last year the palette had a beautiful, chic colour scheme; this year is no exception! Housed in the same sturdy cardboard casing with a compact mirror and elastic close. There is also a natural wood dual-ended brush with super soft bristles included; The shades are a beautiful mix of metallic, matte, satin, shimmer and opalescent finishes. 

The palette is £35 from all good beauty stores... it's a perfect palette to flatter all ages and is sure to sell out fast! 

Will this be on your Christmas list?

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