Guest Post

Hey guys, check out my guest post on Celia Blogging. It is a full, in depth review of the Vichy Dermablend Corrective Foundation. Click here to read it. I absolutely love Charagh-Bibi's blog so be sure to follow her on Bloglovin here if you don't already and I hope you like the post x

L'oreal New Miss Manga Mascara Review

Extra beauty post as I missed last weeks:

So I've always liked L'Oreal mascaras, I won't lie Maybelline is my favourite "drugstore" brand for mascara,I've never been disappointed when I try out one of their new mascaras unfortunately this product did not have the same effect. 

I was really excited by this new mascara as I thought the concept of a 360 degree flexible brush was intriguing and innovative. I also liked that there are three colours: turquoise, violet and black. I'm not a big risk-taker with mascara I usually stick to black but I thought if I like the product I will go back and try another colour.

Unfortunately I do not think I will be trying out the other two colours due to the fact I was quite disappointed in this product. I felt the unique quality of the product (the brush) doesn't actually move at all when applying the mascara it just acts as a normal brush. 
When first applied this is far from "Mega Volume". Unless I apply pencil eyeliner to my tight line I find it only lengthens my lashes. When I apply more to help the volume it clumps my lashes together. With this mascara the more you apply the more volume you get but that comes with clumping for me.

This product is for those who want very natural looking lashes or quite heavy mascara. This is not my preference and as it was quite expensive for a highstreet mascara at £8.99 I feel it was a bit of a waste of money. 

However every cloud has a silver lining it will be useful for natural days because I quite like how it looks with only one coat.

This is quite a controversial view about this products, other reviews I have read said how much they love this mascara, I just feel that it is not my cup of tea. Oh well I'll stick to my Maybelline Volum' Express One By One for now.

2014

HAPPY NEW YEAR - may this be your healthiest and happiest yet!!!!

I decided after Blogmas I would take a little break just until New Years and WOW what a New Years, anyone else still feeling a bit tired? No just me... ok.

I hope you all had a lovely night and have a good list of "New Years Resolutions", I know I have, that we all hope we'll keep this year.

This post is just a "to let you know what's happening". 
So I will be sticking to posting every other day - 

Monday - fitness

Wednesday - catch up

Friday - beauty/fashion

Sunday - food

(mostly healthy with the occasional treat)

I hope this is ok with you guys as I want to be posting as much as possible without going back into Blogmas mode.

My posts will go up early in the morning on post days so those of you who wake up early and like to read blogs, or workout, or cook can see my blog before work/school/the day/whatever it may be.

What they will be:

Fitness:
Each Monday I'll post different posts relating to fitness. This will include workouts, mini workouts, diets, DVD reviews and more.

Catch up:
So this will be my "Mid-Week Rambles" which consists of me talking about my life, other people's lives, the news and whatever else has occurred in that week. 
I'm not certain yet but I may also do reviews as well, first impressions, long term review etc. 

Beauty/fashion:
This will be about make up or fashion or anything beauty related. I'll do tutorials, likes/dislikes, look-books, reviews and more.

Food:
Every Sunday I will post a healthy recipe (most of the time) that will help you on your quest for healthy balanced lifestyle. As I am a fussy eater I will make sure they taste delicious (this will be judged by me and my family) and look appealing because we all know "you eat with your eyes".

So I hope you will enjoy reading my blog this year as well as having a lovely and prosperous 2014 and I will see you next Monday!

We're All Going on a Fitness Holiday

This week my mum (salsa as I call her) and I are staying at 
The Body in St Lucia. My friend came to the resort this summer and I've heard non-stop about how great it was. The food, the activities, the treatments, the fitness, the list goes on.
For Salsa's birthday we decided to come here as a special treat as we are both into our fitness and beauty. I arrived only yesterday and already I am so impressed. The fitness regime looks fantastic, the activities - water sports, hiking, swimming, cycling - look great fun and the food... Let's just say I'm ready for dinner and I haven't even had breakfast :)

Our room is perfect with picturesque views on can only dream of, palm trees, clear blue sea and sky and fit lifeguards strolling around. Sounds weird but even the smell of this place (or perhaps just St. Lucia in general) is insanely good. The staff are all extremely friendly and there are no kids screaming as this time of the year you must be 16 or above - perfect for relaxing.

The other thing I'm really excited about is, it's Octoba Yoga. They have added in extra yoga classes for this month only with guest teachers and different styles which I am really excited to try because I want to start yoga to gain my flexibility back.

Last night we were exhausted after the 9 hour flight and with England being 6 hours ahead of St Lucia, we chilled. Had some afternoon tea, a little look around, watched a beautiful sunset, had some dinner and hit the sack. Waking up at 6:00am here. 

We've got a list of activities we want to do today and we're ready to go!

I've got a feeling this is going to be a good holiday!!

My Views

The bed - extremely important to me... Sounds a bit weird for sleeping

Bit of relaxation

Cute touches

A little taster of what I'll be getting up to 

Very excited about the yoga month

http://www.thebodyholiday.com

Mini Haul 1: Foundations

So last week I went on a mini shopping trip and bought a few bits and pieces from Superdrug and Boots. 
As I bought quite a few products I have decided to show you each category separately and give a mini review on each product.

Revlon Colorstay foundation

(110 Ivory)

As you can see from the images above, this is a good coverage foundation and feels fairly light on the skin. However, this is going to sound contradicting, it looks very cakey (on my skin) and it is very noticeable that I am wearing foundation. 
However the product is true to it's name and stays on for the majority of the day, I do not think it would last 24 hours like it says on the bottle but you can be the judge of that. Having said that I reckon this would be good for a night out.

*I know I put a lot on my hand in the pictures, it was so it would show up on camera

Revlon Nearly Naked foundation

130 Shell Coquillage

I much prefer this foundation as it looks more natural than the other and still stays on for the majority of the day. However if you have oily skin I would recommend using a setting spray or powder to set it.
For me this foundation has better coverage and looks much better than the colorstay foundation.
So far I have no complaints about this product and would most definitely recommend it to friends.


Both foundations are good, however as the nearly naked foundation is a new formula I think that is what makes it better than the colorstay one. Or maybe it's just me being tricked into thinking because it's a new formula it must be better. 
Let me know if you have tried these products and what you think of them.

Thanks for reading,
Much love x