ciate mini mani month - the end

Here are the last 3 nail polishes that I found hiding behind the little doors of the Ciate Mini Mani Month Advent Calendar!

December 22nd: 'Sundance' - The fourth bottle of caviar pearls, a teal blue & golden yellow with added  gold glitter, these are a true beachy nail art!
December 23rd: 'Mojito' - A very bright lime green, reminds me of the shiny Granny Smith apples!
December 24th: 'Enchanted Rose' - The final exclusive polish, a beautiful ruby red glitter, Ciate well & truly saved the best til last with this little festive shade!

To see what polishes I received during week 1 of advent click here (:

To see what polishes I received during week 2 of advent click here (:

To see what polishes I received during week 3 of advent click here (:

I can't believe Christmas is over, it was such a treat having a new nail polish every day during advent, I can't wait to see what beauty advent calendars will be available next year! My absolute favourite from all of the polishes is Enchanted Rose, I wore it on Christmas day on top of my second favourite 'Dangerous Affair' a burgundy red shade & it was like they were made for each other, haha!

L x

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soap & glory - the best of all™

Soap & Glory - The Best of All™ (£27)

When I heard Boots had an amazing offer on the Soap & Glory 'The Best of All™' set, reducing it from £60 to less than half price at £27 I knew I needed to get one. Dom is pretty clued up when it comes to this kinda stuff now, shows he is actually listening to me, haha ;) & off he went to purchase one for my Christmas present. He tried to keep it a surprise for me, but my constant questioning got the better of him & he ended up telling me, I had planned to buy it myself & he stopped me multiple times, so I kinda guessed anyway! 

The set contains 9 full size products:

The Righteous Butter™ Body Butter (300ml) 

Hand Food™ Hand Cream (125ml)

Sugar Crush™ Body Scrub (300ml)

Clean On Me™ Shower Gel (500ml)

Smoothie Star™ Body Milk (500ml)

Heel Genius™ Foot Mask (125ml)

Peaches & Clean™ Cleansing Milk (200ml)

Sexy Mother Pucker™ Lip Plumper in Punch Bowl (3ml)

Thick & Fast™ Super Volume Mascara (10ml)

Hand Food, Heel Genius, Clean on Me & The Righteous Butter are all products I've tried before & loved. I was most excited about the Smoothie Star Body Milk, the smell is seriously good! I'll probably end up writing full reviews for all of these products. 

I'm looking forward to trying out the mascara & lip plumper, I've no experiences of the Soap & Glory makeup range, so I appreciate these two being included! I also think Soap & Glory have the best names for the products, I love the play on words or the cutesy titles! And of course, the packaging is probably my favourite from high street brands, sugary pink seems to be the main colour scheme with a vintage pin up kinda style, perfect!

Did you end up getting one of these sets? Whats your favourite Soap & Glory product?

L x

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boxing day

Starbucks Gift Set (£5) | Daisy Perfume Set (£24.99) | Snow Fairy Shower Gel (£5.12)

Dom & I got up early(ish) on Boxing Day as I needed to go say goodbye to my Mum, Stepdad & little Sister, Leah, as they had to drive back home to Leicester. Rather than go back to bed we decided to head into town to have a little look at the sales & get some breakfast whilst we were out. Firstly we exchanged a few things that had been bought in the wrong sizes, then we headed to Boots as I knew all the gift sets would be half price! I wasn't really intending on buying anything because I got lots of beauty bits & pieces, but I like looking anyway! We spotted the Starbucks mugs which were reduced to £5 so grabbed one each as I had been after one for ages & these came with two little candy canes & some coffee! Then we looked at perfume deals as I have completely run out, I either wanted Manifesto by YSL or Daisy by Marc Jacobs, Manifesto was still pricey but I couldn't believe my luck when I found the Daisy set in The Perfume Shop for just £24.99! It was meant to be £50 so I quickly snapped this pretty little set up. At 11am we walked down to Lush to see a queue forming outside, lots of people excited & eager to pick up some Christmas bargains. When the doors opened it was absolutely manic, I've never experienced anything like it! Everyone was grabbing the gift boxes & going crazy, one girl had around 10 bottles of Snow Fairy in her arms! I was about to give up when I spotted a stash in the corner, so I hurried Dom over to get a few bottles. Its my favourite smell ever, it's so sweet & I knew I needed to stock up so with 50% off I couldn't resist! I'm going to give one to Abi & my sister though as I already have way too many shower products & Snow Fairy lasts such a long time anyway, my 100g bottle is still pretty full & I've had it for over a month! 

Did you pick up any bargains in the sales?

L x

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christmas day 2012

Christmas tree | Cutest Pug giftcard | Doms presents wrapped up

Christmas Eve cupcake decorating with my Sister | Mince pie baking | Christmas Day Bucks Fizz!

Vintage Reindeer Christmas jumper! | Mini Christmas Yankee candles | Christmas Day lace top

My gifts from my Mum, Nana & Grandad, My Sister Hannah, Dom, Doms family & Abi

I spent Christmas Eve baking mince pies & decorating cupcakes with my youngest sister, followed by painting my nails all festive with my final Ciate polish, a sparkly red glitter! Then I watched the Made in Chelsea Christmas special with my other sister Hannah, who I swear is Sophia's long lost twin! On Christmas morning we got woken up by our sister Leah at 6:30am, to go & see if Father Christmas had been. After opening all of our presents we feasted on a breakfast of chocolate & sweets, the only day of the year when it's acceptable! Around 9am my Dad & little brother FaceTimed us from Turkey, it was kinda surreal seeing sunshine on Christmas day! My Mum was in charge of cooking the dinner, we had a choice of prawn cocktail with smoked salmon or freshly baked bread rolls with pate for starters, I had a bit of both! The best bit was the Turkey roast dinner, complete with pigs in blankets & sausage meat stuffing, yum! I was way too full after all of that so I skipped pudding, but the rest of the family tucked into either Christmas Pudding or Sticky Toffee Pudding. In the afternoon Dom came to pick me up so we could spend Christmas evening together, swapping gifts & keeping our tradition of playing monopoly! 

Link me to your Christmas posts please, I love knowing how other people celebrate Christmas! (:

L x

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