Christina Aguilera By Day Perfume Review

At the moment this is my everyday perfume and I can not get enough of it! I brought it awhile ago for around the £10 mark from TKMaxx, I was mainly loving the bottle at first as its really vintage and screams glamour but then the scent really impressed me.

It has a really musky scent with hints of flowers I would say it's quite a sexy perfume scent, I have the bottle in 30ml but I wish I had picked up a larger one now. I used to have the By Night scent from Christina Aguilera but never picked up a new bottle when I ran out. I think I may need to invest in some more of her perfumes!

I would say this scent is very summery but it doesn't stop me using it! What are your favorite scents at the moment?

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MAC Rebel Review

On a recent Blogger chat I asked what lipsticks would be good for Autumn and Winter, the response was mainly pointing towards MAC's Rebel. At first in the shop I was like wow way to dark and almost vampire like, but once I tried it on it was a really dark red rather then the purple it showed up as.

MAC has put its prices up now to £15 for lipsticks and I do think this is a good price for the lipsticks you get, it's really pigmented and stays on well as well as the shades being in a massive variety I think MAC have a great range and would happily pay £15 for most of the lipsticks.

What AW13 shade do you currently love?


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6 Month's on Blogger!

Wow Happy 6 month birthday to my blog! It's gone by so fast and I've had some much fun reviewing products, joining in in #BBlogger chats, attending a Blogger event and most of all reading everyone's blogs. I have so much I want to do with my blog, first to improve my blog post's just spend more time writing them as well as trying to take better photo's, I see some great shots people have taken and then look at mine and just think eurgh. I also have some giveaways planned and I'll be visiting some amazing new destinations (shops!) like Paris in January and New York! in August 2014, so stay tuned for the blog post's.

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DIY Triangle Nails

I was looking into the world of Tumblr when I came across a trend for nails which was to put triangle on the nails, So I thought I would try it myself and was extremely surprised at just how easy and fun it was to do!

Step one - place nails stickers onto your nails creating a cross

Step two - Paint the small triangle closes to your cuticles 

Step three - Carefully peel of stickers and paint the rest of your nails with a different shade!

It was really fun to do although I still definitely need some practice!

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Primark AW13 Haul

I recently made a AW13 Primark wishlist but when I visit my local store there wasn't any of the items I liked or the ones I found didn't look right. But I did however pick up some lovely items I'm hoping to use this Autumn and Winter.

I picked up a lovely matching red bag and purse set with a gold lock front, there were £5 each. There was surprisingly a lot of room in the purse which I thought most of the purse's I had picked up recently were lacking.

I also recently picked up some sleep in rollers which I loved so this time I picked up the bendy curlers for £1.50, it was a pack of 8 so I picked up 2 just to make sure I don't come up short when I use them.

I was also on the hunt for some dolly shoes and found some lovely black ones with a gold bow on the front for only £6. I was really impressed as the bow was a hard one and not a flimsy one with I'm not a fan of.

I was on the hunt for some new black socks and came across a three pack of Bamboo socks and thought the pattern was cute (little triangles) so I picked some up for £3.

Lastly I went to the home section and found a 3 wick candle in a lovely Blueberry and Blossom scent for only £3.50! I was so happy they had some in stock as I've been dying to get my hands on a 3 wick candle!

Have you been in to have a look at the AW13 collection from Primark, what did you think?

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August Glossybox Reviews

This months Glossybox has been impressive, all the items I got I've enjoyed using and have been great quality.

My favorite product to use has been the make up remover pen by Oceane, it's been great to you when I've been getting ready for a night out. Its really easy to use and works really well. It also came with replaceable tips which really impressed me.

I also got the Emite Eye Lash curler which was spoke about quite a lot in the blogger community. I use it before applying mascara to create a soft curl, so I press quite softly. I was also impressed as this eye lash curler didn't pinch the sides of my eyes like previous ones I've tried.

I was extremely pleased to get a Jelly Pong Pong product as it's one of my favorite online stores I love there brand. I got the eyeliner/shadow I enjoyed using this product as an shadow as it smudged well and gave a great coverage, using it as an eyeliner was a little tricky due to the tip of the pencil being quite large.

I also got a purifying exfoliating facial polish by the brand Urban Veda, this wash has a minted scent to it and one of my favorite skin care products witch hazel. I enjoyed using this product it left my skin feeling fresh and cleared my skin nicely. It also had pretty cute packaging which is a nice bonus.

Lastly I got the TRESemme keratin smooth which I still haven't used yet,naughty Jess!

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Having A Sensitive Month

Every now and then my face, head and hands have a little moment and go all over sensitive, which means I have to stop using all my favorite products and switch to non scented and soothing products. I don't mind to much as it only happens a few times a year but I usually do a whole month detox on my body to clear it up and start fresh.

My head is usually the worse I get really bad spots all over and it goes all dry and itchy, which is not the most attractive thing in the world. But to clear it up I have to use a really strong smelling shampoo called T-Gel and in between washes I use Simple shampoo. It smells so strong it sometimes makes me gag, and it always leaves my scalp feeling tingly. But thanks to this wonderful product it allows me to use strong smelling shampoo's for a few months.

My face always comes up with this horrible spot rash across my forehead and I can never seem to get rid of it, so I'm always using my collection 2000 concealer and sometimes I go out with my MAC foundation on as it covers it better, this is always a bother as I try to save my MAC products for special occasions and not for when some pesky spots want to appear!

My hands are horrible when I have sensitive months, they go so dry and crack sometimes as well as around my nails being so dry I tend to also have really soft nails so they break or chip easy. I have to use a really strong moisturizers like Sudo Crem and wear cotton gloves in the night to try and soften my hands.

I've been quite lucky recently as I sometimes get eczema which is not a pretty sight, but recently its been under control which I'm happy about.

Do you ever get super sensitive skin, how do you cope and what products do you use?

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