My Seventh Graze Box

Hapas Tapas
This stuff is delicious and is my favourite by far! I love love the jumbo chilli corn, it is so crunchy and flavoursome, but not too spicy. Just enough heat! A great mix of crunchy delights. 

Banoffee Pie
With some of the mixes that graze make it is always best to combine each element as they taste so much better. The fudge was really nice, small little cubes of sweetness. The banana coins were good too. 

Honeycomb Crunch
I have to say the best part by far was the honeycomb covered in milk chocolate. They worked really well with the raisins and almonds a great filling and interesting snack!

Marvellous Macaroon
This again, a lovely mix. Not too sweet but sweet enough to satisfy any need for a sweet treat. The white chocolate tasted great, paired with the flaked coconut and not forgetting the sliced almond and amaretti drops!

So overall a great box, you can use the code: EMILYA4FP to get your 1st, 5th and 10th box! Graze is great as you can cancel at any time. So if you wanted you could cancel straight after receiving your first free box!

What is your favourite snack from Graze?

My Website: Emilyboo27

So today's post is going to be a little plug for my website which has recently launched. I have always wanted to have my own business (my far off future plans will be to eventually have my own cafe by the seaside. I'm quite a creative person and like to sew. 

We recently bought a sewing machine from a charity shop and I think that is what started it off. I am currently making hair scrunchies of all sorts of material patterns. 

I then thought about making anklets/bracelets, it excited me on the vast expanse of choices you had in choosing charms to attach on to the bracelets. 

I have started off with dragonflies and stars using two different types of cord (by the way if you do have a request for a charm or pattern, just ask as I may just make your wish come true!) All items range from just £1.25 to £2.50, so very inexpensive!

So that has been what I have been up to recently...it is quite a exciting plan and it will be a great thing to do in the holidays! I hope you enjoy browsing!

emilyboo27

MUA Eye Primer

MUA Eye Primer - £2.50

I have been wanting to get my hands on this so badly. It is forever out of stock both online and in store. I'm going to put it out there now, it wasn't worth the wait.

I may have got a dud, or I don't let it dry long enough. But it seems to make everything I use on top of it crease, which is a right bummer! I was hoping to love this great bargain of a eye primer. I swear there isn't much of a availability of eye primers like with lib scrubs, which aren't too pricey and hard on your purse...anyway. It does nothing at keeping my powder or cream eye shadow on! I am absolutely gutted! 

Have you tried this, what are your thoughts?

VO5 Refresh Me Quick Dry Shampoo

VO5 Refresh Me Quick Dry Shampoo - £3.59

I bought this when it was on a promotional offer in Superdrug, I think it was bit more than a pound (£1.70). I had heard quite a few good things about it. I had just finished my batiste (which seemed to last me an age!) I was on the look out for something new. 
This ticked the box of smelling great, quite like a variety of fruits. It really made my hair feel refreshed and back to life from being dull and without a wash for a couple of days.
However sometimes when using it, it can tend to make my hair feel clogged up, this may only be achieved by washing. It didn't leave any white marks, which is good as it means you don't have to go to the trouble of getting it out.  
It is a good all rounder, but I still feel like I haven't found 'the one'. 
What is your favourite dry shampoo?

Say "Yes" to Carrots!

Yes to Carrots Exfoliating Cleanser 

I bought this a while ago, off of Fragrance Direct (which by the way I can't find any longer on their website, but it was a steal at £1.99). 

For a while I had gone off the idea and concept of exfoliating products, just because sometimes they can be such a drag to remove and the beads get everywhere and you never seem to get them all off and end up finding the beads still stuck to your face. Definetly not a good look! I now mostly use these products within the shower as it is so much easier. It is more liquidy than solid and scrubby, which is what I prefer as it is much easier to handle.

I find that this really does a good job of removing any dry patches and just smoothing my skin in general. It smells alright, if you are worried that it smells of carrots, there is no need. A great product overall! 


What have you tried from 'Yes to Carrots'?

17 Wild Metallic Eyes Cream Eye Shadow (Wild Nude)

17 Wild Metallic Eyes Cream Eye Shadow (Wild Nude) - £3.99 

The link above is for a Europe Boots as I could find it at all on their website..it may be discontinued, but I have recently seen it still in stores. So who knows!

I love the colour of this, I wanted for a while to get the colour tattoos from Maybelline. What put me off was how dark the brown one was. This is the perfect muted brown. It doesn't have too much glitter either. 

What is disappointing it the texture of it, it is very wet, this does make it easy to blend but it creases really badly even with a primer. It is alright for a couple of hours but after that, there is no hope. 

I would love if Maybelline brought out a nude/lighter brown cream eye-shadow, because I would definitely buy it. 

Have you tried this?

Organic Surge Cleansing Lotion

Organic Surge Gentle Cleansing Lotion - £5.99

I got this a while back when they had a massive flash sale and I got it for only £1.50. I am so happy as I got a great deal! I have almost used this all up, it is the most gentle cleanser I have ever used. 

It smells very herbal, which I don't mind. It removes all my make-up with ease (face and eyes). When I put it on my face it is very cooling. It has lasted me a very long time, even by using it everyday. You only need a small squirt. It is fairly watery in consistency. 

I don't' have very sensitive skin but if you do I would recommend you trying this! I won't be rushing out and buying, however as I already have a stock pile of cleansers to use, but if they have a sale of this, I will be there for sure!

What is your favourite OS product?

NYC Applelicous Lip Balm - Apple Blueberry Pie

I heard about these via MakeUpSavvy's posts, she raved about them. So I had to get them right? Also what else was aaamzingg, was they were on Fragrance Direct for 99p. So this went straight into my basket. I was half tempted to get the other shade that they had there called Garnet Apple, but I thought I would try this first then see how I feel about them. 

One thing is for sure is that they smell awesome! It isn't a in your face smell, which is good. As the name may suggest these do smell like apples, which is lovely! The smells doesn't stay on for to long on your lips, as I don't think I would like to go around smelling like an apple all day. 

I thought that it may be a plum/red wintery colour, but it is not to by disappointment, which is what I was hoping for but none the less I still love it. It adds a pinky but slightly berry tone to the lips, which is nice. The colour does stay on for a couple of hours but will fade, which I don't mind as re-appling is not a problem.

This does keep your lips, moisturised for most part of the day, if you aren't constantly rubbing your lips together, which I always find I do...I have no clue as to why..

I love this tinted lip balm and can't wait to try out many more! They also sell them at Superdrug for £2.49 currently on 3 for 2, so why not?!

Instyle Magazine Freebies!

In this months instyle they are doing REN skincare freebies. This includes a day cream, eye gel and a cleansing milk. I can't wait to try these all as I have wanted to try something from REN seen as it is quite a hyped up brand among beauty youtubers, blogger and a few of my friends. I am sure you all have seen it among the the shelves of you local news agents, Tesco, any other supermarkets do apply. 

I think it is great value for money as it is on special offer for £2 plus you get 2 perfume samples and something to read on your way to school/work. I have been reading a lot of magazines lately on my daily trip to college on my bus. 

Normally I cannot read on any sort of transport, as it makes me feel slightly queasy! But magazines are great as there are only short articles and many pictures to look at. I definitely suggest you going down to a shop near you to buy one! 

I think this month I will be picking up Cosmopolitan as it has a free Orly Polish in it! 

NSpa Coconut Body Butter

I love any sort of body care from shower gels, body lotion, butters and scrubs. This Coconut Body Butter from Nspa* is no exception! This smells amazing, but there is something that is slightly different from other coconut body scented products. For me it is waaay more nuttier. 

Normally, they are much more creamier and not much of a strong coco-nutty smell but, this is lovely. It really feels like something a lot more expensive as the quality is very luxurious, than it actually is.

It takes a bit to rub it into the skin but that is "the norm" with most body butters. It really makes your skin both feel very moisturised and soft! It has been 'borrowed' by both my Mum and Dad as they both suffer with dry skin. So I think that gives you a big thumbs up from all of us. 

It retails for £3 in Asda, which I honestly think could be a bit high, but a little goes a long way and it is a good quality for the money. At Asda, they mostly do have the offer on, for 2 for £4. Which is really hard to resist, as there is so much choice, and a great range of products. It also means that each product only costs a mere £2! I think this body butter could almost top The Body Shop ones. Just maybe!

Montagne Jenesse T-Zone Peel Off

I bought this at Asda for only 50p, which is an amazing bargain! I wanted something with quite active ingredients in it to remove some hideous blemishes that I had erupting on my face. Which is did eventually do. I had been wanting to try one of their 2 step treatments, ever since I heard MissBudgetBeauty talk about them. 

It applied just like a gel and started to dry. At first, it burned my face. Now I did kind of want to wash this of immediately but it wasn't a super painful burning, it did sting my eyes only a little though. It was a pain that you could cope with. Which I am am glad I did as it calmed down considerably after around 5 minutes.

I gave it the full recommended time (10/15 minutes) and I have to say it was super fun to peel it off. I also felt so much better after! It felt like all the impurities had disappeared. After peeling it off, I applied the moisturiser which sunk in pretty fast. 

The following morning my face looked and felt much better. I also had a little bit more of the moisturiser let over which I applied before doing my make-up.

What I would say though is if you have terribly dry or sensitve skin I wouldn't suggest you trying this as it has a very strong smell to it and it might give you a bad reaction as it is so active. 

I can't wait to try out another face mask which I picked up at the same time which is for dry skin. So look out for a review to come soon!

What are you favourite Face Masks?

Fragrance Direct Haul #2

T Zone Dual Action Power Scrub 99p

I bought this because my skin has been a bit aggressive lately, I think this is probably due to the stress of sixth form and homework. I knew that the active ingredients, would help out my skin. So far so good, full review to come.  

Manhattan Go Big Eyeshadow Pen (Sandal Wood) 99p

This has been raved so much about by the wonderful MakeUpSavvy. As soon as I saw that they sold it at Fragrance Direct I immediately popped it into my basket. What is great is that I have been looking for a eye shadow pencil, but a lot of the current drug store offerings are a little out of what I would like to pay for...

NYC Applelicious Lip Balm in Apple Blueberry Pie 99p

This again was one of the top products that MakeUpSavvy, talked about. I have been trawling the internet to find something lip related which would suit the more colder months that are arriving. I thought that this would fit the bill perfectly and would be great for sixth form as I was worried that if it was a dark colour it would slip and smudge. This is a little pinker than I would have wanted but great product all the same and it smells so good too!

NYC Liquid Eyeliner in Pearlized Black 99p

Annoyingly I can't find the link to this on the website, I guess it is sold out...I bought this as I have been itching to try eye liner on my top lashes. I thought that if I found a super cheap option, it wouldn't feel like such a waste. I think I may need some much needed practise on the steady hand front...

W7 Eyeshadow Brush 04 99p

I have been wanting to build I my brush collection for a while now. I had my eyes on something that would be good to blend eye shadows together. This is really good and super cheap. 

N Spa Shower Comb 99p

Once again something, I have wanted to get is a shower comb. I feel like sometimes my conditioner doesn't get the help it needs to lock back in moisture. It also helps greatly to get the tangles out! Great price for a awesome product!

NYC Nail Polish Quick Dry Lincoln Center

Last but no means least, is this polish. I had been wanting to test out something else from NYC also I had winter colours in mind so opted for this. However it is a little darker than I was anticipating, but I am sure I will be able to work with it.  

So as you can see I got some great products for amazing prices! 

What have you purchased recently?

Love Emily x

Daisy Nails

L-R Essie Avenue Maintain, Collection Hot Looks Lemon Soda, Sally Hansen French White Tip, Seche Vite 'Fast Dry' Top Coat & Dotting Tools

So, it may not be the time for floral nail art, but I created these the other day and thought they were to cute for you to miss. I really was so pleased at how these turned out. 

Some part of me was dreading that they would come out looking like fried eggs (please tell me they don't). But since being at Sixth Form (which by the way is going great, alot of homework but not too bad), I have been getting quite a few comments on my nails. One saying that they thought they were nail wraps. 

These were really easy to do as well. You only needed 5 dots of white in a 'flower ring' type shape, dot on some yellow (I used two different size dotting tools as I thought that would be most appropriate. 

And there you have it, slap on some Seche Vite and you are good to go. I really like the finish that it gives, very shiny but it might just be me and my active hands, but the nail polish still chips as fast. But I will still continue to use it to see how it goes and it great for nail art as there is not too much drying time as Seche Vite does it all for you. 

I think next time I might try small daisies and more of them, with maybe a mint green or baby pink background?

LUSH Sweetie Pie Shower Jelly

I had been wanting to try one of these. I would always go into Lush and wobble the jellies that they had on display. I have to say that this one was by far by favorite. The other one is called Whoosh and has more of a manly scent. They brought another jelly out around Halloween time, which was lime scented and green. It was also shaped like a skull. I would of loved to try this but they had all gone when I got there. 

Now lush suggest that you can put it in the freezer or just use it as it is. I haven only used it in the latter. I think that if you put it in the freezer, it will be very good to cool you down after a hot day. You just tear a small bit off of the jelly. Now what I like to do is place it, inside my bath puff/lily. Get it a little wet so that it can lather up and then just wash like normal. I think that way is better, otherwise if you just have it in your hand it tends to jump out of your hands and almost go down the plug hole. 

It smells just like berries and cherries. It will stay on your skin for quite a while but not all day. Which lathers up really well. 

The second method, I haven't tried but I can imagine it would be very refreshing and something that I will be trying soon (what?! I think I may have to wait till the summer to try that!)

Overall, I think it is great as a treat but not something I would buy all the time. 

You can buy LUSH Sweetie Pie Shower Jelly for £3.10 for 100g or £6.25 for £240g

Have you tried the shower jellies? 
What is your favourite product from Lush?