Hourglass.

Hourglass Cosmetics -

Christmas 2015 Palette

Wow, SpaceNK posted a preview of Hourglass palette for Christmas 2015 on Instagram which contains the original Ambient Lighting powders, which started the hype,  and also blushers and bronzers.

Look how gorgeous does it looks? I have definitely added this to my Christmas wish list!

Speaking of Hourglass, they brought out more shades of another cult product, their Arch Brow Sculpting Pencil  that is now available in nine shades!

If you’re not familiar with The Arch Brow Sculpting Pencil first of all, just look at the elegant, chic and sophisticated design. When you pay £26 you want your product to look appropriate to the price, and it does! Besides being a beauty, it is a very functional product, too. You get a pencil in a nice triangular shape that is very convenient to use, on one end, and a spoolie on the other. The texture of the product is lovely, it is not too dry or too soft/”greasy”.  It looks natural when applied and “blends in” with your brows, so no one will be able to tell that you have a product in. The finished look, you get fuller, more defined eyebrows and the effect lasts all day.

By the way, I would recommend checking out SpaceNK Instagram account in general, they posted a preview of byTerry, Lipstick Queen and more Christmas releases.

Favourite Christmas Tag.

I don't usually get around to doing any tags - although I do enjoy reading them - but as I love anything to do with Christmas, I wanted to give it a go!  

Favourite festive food

Christmas dinner is probably my favourite food at Christmas…obviously.

Favourite reindeer

Rudolph, because he was unique…and the only one I really know!

Favourite day of Christmas

Christmas day, but I also love the whole run up to Christmas and the excitement of Christmas eve…plus because my parents and sister tend to be working Christmas day, we tend to have our Christmas on Christmas eve.

Favourite Christmas song

Now, I sing along to most of them, but I don’t actually know any of the names. Therefore I’m just going to say all of them!

Favourite present

Generally I get a lot of very random presents. However, this year I got a new iPhone 6, therefore that has got to be my favourite present yet…I also bought myself some Timberland's as a present to myself…do they count?

Favourite festive film

Ok…from the top of my head, I like the Grinch, Muppet's Christmas Carol, Nightmare Before Christmas and Arthur Christmas, however this is only a few, I really like animated films, as you can tell!

Favourite cracker toy

We didn’t have crackers this year, but last year we had balloons and you made them in to balloon animals, and the year before that we had some sort of reindeer race inspired crackers, which was fun. We tend to look for ones which have something good inside…which is actually pretty hard.

Favourite cracker joke

I can never remember jokes whether they're from crackers or not - some cracker jokes are so lame and repetitive thought!

Favourite Christmas decorations

I love the tree lights. To be honest, I like lights in general, at work we have a light sensory room and that’s where I do most of my planning, therefore having Christmas lights all over the tree, and when people put tasteful lights outside their house, looks super pretty too.

Favourite Christmas candle scent

Most people say that a real Christmas tree is the best scent at Christmas…but I haven’t ever smelt one, however I am determined to have a real tree one day. However, candle wise I really love cinnamon!

Favourite Christmas advert

The John Lewis adverts are the best - I love the penguins this year, but I'm still hung up on the one from a few years ago with all the animals and the Lily Allan song.

Favourite festive tradition

I don’t really have any festive traditions. I like being with my family at Christmas and all sitting in the living room opening presents and watching films together…does that count as a tradition?

Favourite place to spend Christmas

I live with my parents, therefore that’s where I spend Christmas, last year we went to my sisters but her cooker wasn’t big enough and it caused too much aggro, therefore she just came round to ours.  I can't imagine ever wanting to be away on holiday over Christmas, it just wouldn't feel the same.

Favourite Christmas fact

I don’t really know many Christmas facts, however my dad did tell me that for it to officially classed as a White Christmas, only one flake of snow has to land at one of the Met Office buildings…still waiting on a White Christmas!

Favourite thing about snow 

I love everything about snow, making snowmen, throwing snowballs, making snow angels, wearing my hunter willies and taking my dog for a walk (she is the only person I now who loves snow more then me), but my favourite thing is when you wake up to freshly fallen snow in the morning and everywhere is beautifully covered without a single footprint.  I hate it when it turns to dirty, yucky sludge!

Limited Edition Gold.

Burberry –

Gold (No. 25) Complete Eye Palette 

Burberry is a brand that I haven’t ever been dawn to neither make up or clothing wise. However, this Christmas my boyfriend treated me to this beautiful palette and it truly fell in love. The Burberry Complete Eye Palette in Gold (No. 25) is a new, limited edition eye shadow palette released as part of Burberry's Gold Collection for Holiday 2014.  Everything in this collection is encased in the festive and stunning gold packaging instead of their usual, gunmetal finish. I personally think this is one of the most beautiful eye shadow palette I have ever used and here’s why…

Dear Santa...

When it comes to Christmas presents I’m rubbish. If I see stuff I want I have a tendency of just buying it, therefore creating a list of things I want can be really tricky. Every year I try my hardest, but it’s always a small list. Therefore I thought I would share it with you, it’s a mix of beauty and non-beauty things. So lets begin.

Luscious Lush.

Christmas has finally come to Lush!

I've been waiting for Lush to release their Christmas products for ages, for me when they release the Christmas collection its officially nearly Christmas...YEY!

I thought I wouldn't get everything all at once, there for making sure I try each of them, and not just stashing them in draws and forgetting where i'd put them. So after reading about them online, I chose the 3 that really grabbed my attention and also a little shower gel that was a must have.

Candy Mounting Bubble Bar

"Every year we gve our best selling Creamy Candy Bar bubble bar a special outfit for Xmas.  Two years ago it was in the shape of a candy cane, last year we turned it into a little swirly pink mountain peak – this year it is a little pyramid of pink and green. But whatever the shape and look, the thing that never changes is that lovely vanilla and candy-floss smell and the mountains of soft bubbles." This bubble bar smells amazing, its sweet and adorable, definitely my favourite on first appearances, it reminds me of something from the film The Grinch. I haven't yet used it, but I will add to this post when I have done so, I'm hoping for loads of bubbles and a sweet candy-floss scent to take over my bathroom. This bubble bar is priced at £2.45 each, so its not really that expensive in comparison to some of them.

Party Popper

"This fruity, fizzy party piece is a movable feast of delights. Contains everything you need for a celebration in your own bathtub. Drop a Party Popper cone in your bath and watch it spin into action, as it goes on a spree across your bath spreading colours, fragrance, popping candy and soap confetti.  Softening your bathwater, fragrancing your skin and washing you clean." This sounds AMAZING, mainly the popping candy and soap confetti, but also looking at it my bath water is going to be a very special colour indeed. This is something that not usually gets fetch out at Christmas by Lush, but I like how different it is in comparison to the others, its fun and exciting. Cant wait to try this one, its definitely the next one I'm trying! These are £2.95, if it does as it says on the description, I will definitely be stocking up on it before it disappears of the shelves.

* I tried this tonight...omg its fantastic! It does everything it says, it smells incredible, leaves the bath water a very pretty pink and the popping candy is so much fun. I'm definitely stocking up on this before it disappears from the shops.

So White Bath Bomb

"A bath of pure white apple temptation on the outside – a secret colourful heart on the inside. This year we decided So White needed more fun in her life, so we’ve made an interactive bath that brings a splash of bright colour to December bath times. Run yourself the perfect temperature bath, then just before you get in throw this pure white snowball ballistic at the side of the bath.  As the outer white shell shatters it will scatter a dash of pink fizzing bubble mix into your water." This sounded fab when I read it, the idea of it exploding with pink when it went in the water and loads of bubbles got my hopes up. However unfortunately it wasn't anything like i expected, when they say a dash of pink, they really do mean a very small slight dash of pink, and the bubbles literally mixed in with the water and disappeared. This was the most expensive of the 3 and at £3.20 each, there are really others which are much, much better.

Snow Fairy Shower Gel

"Our winter temptress shower hair and body gel that’s bursting with fruit fragrance and has a sparkle of ice through it. Now we must confess, it’s a mystery to us why this one particular product should become our No1 Christmas bestseller. It’s not your classic hippy dippy Lush herbal offering. Instead it is an intensely sweet, fruity pink shower gel loved by people everywhere." This is the best selling product within the Christmas Collection, it gets released every year and it flies of the shelves as soon as it comes in store. Last year I heard from everyone about how amazing it was, however I never really thought I would like how sweet it sounded, this year I thought I would see what all the fuss was about and OMG its amazing. I now see why everyone loves it so much. It can be used in the shower, bath, as a shampoo and also in the washing machine with bedding to make it smell incredible. I only bought a small 100ml bottle which was only £3.50, however I'm really considering buying a few bottles of the 500ml so that I can stock up on it before it leaves again after Christmas.

Lush is definitely my favourite shop at the moment and some of the products are just amazing. Next time I'm hoping to get my hands on and try;

• Gingerbread House Bubble Bar
• Phoenix Rising Bath Bomb
• Golden Wonder Bath Bomb
• The Melting Snowman Bath Melt
• Magic Wand Bubble Bar
• Cinders Bath Bomb
• Fairy Jasmine Bath Bomb
• Twinkle Bath Bomb

Have you tried any of the Christmas products from Lush, if so which are your favourite?