Everything arrived in a cute little box with this lovely purple pouch inside! There was a handwritten tag too which added a lovely personal touch. I couldn't wait to open it and see what was inside!
Showing posts with label Island Girl Insights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Island Girl Insights. Show all posts
Saturday, 12 May 2012
Blog Swap!!!!
I meant to do this post ages ago, however I then managed to get the worst cold ever known to mankind and then be snowed under in uni work and meetings. So I'm sorry to Holli that this has taken me so long to put together! Hopefully it's worth the wait.
A little while ago I participated in something called a Blog Swap. It was organised by the lovely Rachael over at Island Girl Insights. I was paired with Holli, from Dragon Mommy, who sent me some awesome things!
Everything arrived in a cute little box with this lovely purple pouch inside! There was a handwritten tag too which added a lovely personal touch. I couldn't wait to open it and see what was inside!
Look at all those lovely goodies!!! I'm so glad there were sweets in there too! I have a massive sweet tooth.
Lets start with the sweets seeing as they were perched right at the top there. These are some bubblegum flavoured bottles from River Island. Bubblegum isn't a flavour I normally go for but these were lovely!!! The sugar on the outisde added a nice sourness which complimented the super sweet bubblegum really well.
Last of the edible items is this adorable, teeny, tiny Lindt bunny. Holli must have some telepathic powers or something, Lindt chocolate is my all time favourite!! Especially if it's in bunny form.
Next up is this little face scrub! I've not tried it out yet but it's just the sort of thing I'm bound to like. I also have really dry skin so this should be perfect for me!
I also received this purple shatter nail polish!! I love painting my nails, though I don't have much time to do it. Shatter polishes are a quick way to make my nails look funky, except I've only had the black one until I got this! It's from Barry M, my fave, and the number on the bottom is 322 (incase you were wondering). I just couldn't wait to try it so I swatched it for you all over a couple of coats of Rose (086) from GOSH.
My penultimate item is this eye shadow from MUA. I've never tried anything from this brand before, I'm not into make up that much. It's a pale pink (I just suck at colour correcting photos, sorry) with a slight shimmer to it. When applied it's quite sheer, perfect for me, and looks really beautiful and pearlescent. Perfect to change up my everyday eyeshadows a little!
Last, but definitely not least, is this adorable owl necklace from River Island. I don't know if you noticed but I happen to like owls a little bit! I love the colours on the owl's body and it's big bejewelled eyes! Definitely my new favourite necklace!
I would just like to say a big thank you to both Holli, for all of these wonderful things, and Rachael, for organising the blog swap in the first place! You're both wonderful! If you want to see what I sent to Holli then click here to go to her blog.
Everything arrived in a cute little box with this lovely purple pouch inside! There was a handwritten tag too which added a lovely personal touch. I couldn't wait to open it and see what was inside!
Thursday, 17 November 2011
Giveaway at Island Girl Insights
My friend Rachael is having a giveaway over at Island Girl Insights!
Enter the giveaway and you get the chance to win a Vaseline Lips tin (including Original, Rosy Lips, Cocoa Butter and Aloe Vera), two pairs of snuggly winter socks, all 5 Models Own Beetlejuice Polishes, a MAC Lipstick of your choice AND some chocolates! What more could you want from a giveaway?!
Head over to her post and enter the contest by clicking here! Good luck!
Enter the giveaway and you get the chance to win a Vaseline Lips tin (including Original, Rosy Lips, Cocoa Butter and Aloe Vera), two pairs of snuggly winter socks, all 5 Models Own Beetlejuice Polishes, a MAC Lipstick of your choice AND some chocolates! What more could you want from a giveaway?!
Head over to her post and enter the contest by clicking here! Good luck!
Monday, 8 August 2011
Indulging myself in Harry Potter
So if you know me at all you'll know I'm a big Harry Potter fan. (And I'm ever so envious of Rachael at Island Girl Insights who has actually been to the HP theme park!!!)
Since the last film came out I've pretty much constantly been obsessing about HP. It's probably not healthy but I don't have a job so it's doing a good job of filling up my days. I've been doing everything from reading the books and watching the films to re-playing Lego Harry Potter Year 1-4. (Must. Get. 100%!!!)
Then last week was the release of the Magical Quill Clues which granted you early access to Pottermore. I managed to be one of the lucky few who registered on the very first day so hopefully won't be waiting for my welcome email for too long! *fingers crossed*
Anyway to celebrate my 21st birthday last week (YAAAY!) I decided to experiment with some Harry Potter related recipes I found here a few weeks ago.
I made Acid Pops, Liquorice Wands, Butterbeer and Cauldron Cakes.
That's a picture of my cauldron cakes without their handles. Aren't they adorable?!?! I'm making a video where I talk about everything birthday related so I'll be posting that soon, where you get to see completed Cauldron Cakes! With handles and EDIBLE GLITTER!
I have to say they were surprisingly simple to make and were delicious! You can find the recipe for these here. (Looks at how cute they look with the handles!!!!) I substituted buttercream for the filling as it's hard to find marshmallow fluff over here and I really couldn't be bothered making my own.
I will post more birthday happenings once all the birthday happenings have happened... In other words I've not been to my parents yet so will put the video up once I've seen them and all by birthday things have finished!
DFTBA!
Since the last film came out I've pretty much constantly been obsessing about HP. It's probably not healthy but I don't have a job so it's doing a good job of filling up my days. I've been doing everything from reading the books and watching the films to re-playing Lego Harry Potter Year 1-4. (Must. Get. 100%!!!)
Then last week was the release of the Magical Quill Clues which granted you early access to Pottermore. I managed to be one of the lucky few who registered on the very first day so hopefully won't be waiting for my welcome email for too long! *fingers crossed*
Anyway to celebrate my 21st birthday last week (YAAAY!) I decided to experiment with some Harry Potter related recipes I found here a few weeks ago.
I made Acid Pops, Liquorice Wands, Butterbeer and Cauldron Cakes.
That's a picture of my cauldron cakes without their handles. Aren't they adorable?!?! I'm making a video where I talk about everything birthday related so I'll be posting that soon, where you get to see completed Cauldron Cakes! With handles and EDIBLE GLITTER!
I have to say they were surprisingly simple to make and were delicious! You can find the recipe for these here. (Looks at how cute they look with the handles!!!!) I substituted buttercream for the filling as it's hard to find marshmallow fluff over here and I really couldn't be bothered making my own.
I will post more birthday happenings once all the birthday happenings have happened... In other words I've not been to my parents yet so will put the video up once I've seen them and all by birthday things have finished!
DFTBA!
P.S. DFTBA = don't forget to be awesome. I think you should all check out Vlogbrothers.
Monday, 20 June 2011
My life is...
Kinda weird at the moment! I've been making a box/basket all week for this show. Stupid thing kept falling a part, clearly it hates me. Thankfully it's all in one piece now. I've also made some antlers for the show.
You can make anything out of wire and paper mache! These antlers are now painted and attached to a headband. Got some funny looks carrying them on the bus on the way home! Hehe.
Had some pretty freaky dreams last night too. I was in NYC for some reason, even though I've never actually been there, and then I was watching season 3 of Glee but they'd killed off Blaine. Next thing I know there's an escaped giant racoon running loose and trying to attack people! Then it turned into a giant red panda, which looked more like a Sylvanian Families toy than a real animal. Then I woke up!
On a completely different, yet pretty awesome, note I was awarded the Butterfly Award by Rachael at Island Girl Insights!
You can make anything out of wire and paper mache! These antlers are now painted and attached to a headband. Got some funny looks carrying them on the bus on the way home! Hehe.
Had some pretty freaky dreams last night too. I was in NYC for some reason, even though I've never actually been there, and then I was watching season 3 of Glee but they'd killed off Blaine. Next thing I know there's an escaped giant racoon running loose and trying to attack people! Then it turned into a giant red panda, which looked more like a Sylvanian Families toy than a real animal. Then I woke up!
On a completely different, yet pretty awesome, note I was awarded the Butterfly Award by Rachael at Island Girl Insights!
Rules Of Award
1. Write a random fact about yourself
2. Pass The Award On
3. Notify The Bloggers Who Got It
Ok so a random fact about me... I love video games!!! Especially old ones. Or Nintendo ones. Or Lego ones. Or The Sims.
Er unfortunately I don't really know that many bloggers and the 2 people I want to give this award to have already received it but hey ho, they can have it twice! :) I give this award to Rachael at Island Girl Insights and Amy at Caterpillar is Very Hungry.
Tuesday, 17 May 2011
Friendship
My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me. ~Henry Ford
For me that should probably say the silly side of me rather than the best in me... Oh well.. I love my friends and I wouldn't be who I am now without them. They're the people who I would drop everything for, I'd travel all night to get to them if they asked me to.
However there's always that one person you consider to be your best friend (and I'm not including boyfriends or girlfriends in this). That person for me is someone who I've known for almost 14 years now and her name is Amy. We've not always been as close as we are right now but she was always there to cheer me up, even if she didn't know that she was doing it. I will always be grateful for those school days when I'd be feeling down until I got into class and we'd write ridiculous notes about bent umbrellas and Spongehead und Senor Bose. There's also a famous incident involving some stairs and a plastic sword which I will never forget, not to mention the many highlighter fights!!
Reminiscing about good times with Amy would be nothing without mentioning our almost unhealthy obsession with Pokemon. I can still name all 150 original pokemon if you show me their picture. The newer generations just aren't as good though, they're slowly getting more and more cutesy. What happened to the epic pokemon like Ho oh, Lugia and Charizard?!
So why am I rambling about my best friend? Well I just found out that she's also writing a blog! Ok neither of our posts our going to win us Nobel Prizes or anything remotely prestigious but I hope we can give you some amusement. Amy is also an amazing artist so I'm sure she'll be uploading pretty pictures from time to time! You can check her blog out here Caterpillar is Very Hungry!
While I'm on the topic of talking about friends blogs you should check out ISLAND GIRL INSIGHTS. I also know the author of this blog from school, though I've never been as close to her as I'd hoped. She's a lovely girl and writes a very good blog!
I hope you check out both of these blogs and you all appreciate your friends. After all they're the ones who are going to be there when everything turns to shit and they'll say "Well at least we had some awesome times together!".
***EDIT*** Here's a freaky kawinky dink for you. My last 2 posts have been about people who inspire me yes? Well I just googled Gerard Way (because I'm just that cool) and he has the same birthday as Amy!!! Clearly it's a sign from the universe/fate/God/whatever you want to believe in.
For me that should probably say the silly side of me rather than the best in me... Oh well.. I love my friends and I wouldn't be who I am now without them. They're the people who I would drop everything for, I'd travel all night to get to them if they asked me to.
However there's always that one person you consider to be your best friend (and I'm not including boyfriends or girlfriends in this). That person for me is someone who I've known for almost 14 years now and her name is Amy. We've not always been as close as we are right now but she was always there to cheer me up, even if she didn't know that she was doing it. I will always be grateful for those school days when I'd be feeling down until I got into class and we'd write ridiculous notes about bent umbrellas and Spongehead und Senor Bose. There's also a famous incident involving some stairs and a plastic sword which I will never forget, not to mention the many highlighter fights!!
Reminiscing about good times with Amy would be nothing without mentioning our almost unhealthy obsession with Pokemon. I can still name all 150 original pokemon if you show me their picture. The newer generations just aren't as good though, they're slowly getting more and more cutesy. What happened to the epic pokemon like Ho oh, Lugia and Charizard?!
While I'm on the topic of talking about friends blogs you should check out ISLAND GIRL INSIGHTS. I also know the author of this blog from school, though I've never been as close to her as I'd hoped. She's a lovely girl and writes a very good blog!
I hope you check out both of these blogs and you all appreciate your friends. After all they're the ones who are going to be there when everything turns to shit and they'll say "Well at least we had some awesome times together!".
***EDIT*** Here's a freaky kawinky dink for you. My last 2 posts have been about people who inspire me yes? Well I just googled Gerard Way (because I'm just that cool) and he has the same birthday as Amy!!! Clearly it's a sign from the universe/fate/God/whatever you want to believe in.
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