Carmine Beauty Box

After trying in vain to sign up to GlossyBox (their website frustrates me!) I gave up on joining up with a beauty box until I noticed Carmine on a blog. It was easy to sign up plus due to a special offer it was half price for the first box, normal box is then £10 pls p&p. I am really pleased with the products included, I knew what was in there because I obviously saw it on a blog to sign up. So far I have used the eye shadow which had a lovely pigment mine was the peach colour. I also used the handcream which although isn't my favourite scent it left my hands lovely and soft! I am already looking forward to the new box and it will be nice not knowing what is included and getting a surprise!So its a 10/10 from me, I know its their first box but I am hoping future ones will be just as good!!

I am enjoying gaining the extra hour today with the clocks going back seeing as I had an epic lay in until 10:30! which would have actually been 11:30 if the clocks hadn't gone back. Haven't had a long lie in like that for a while so I obviously needed it!!

Did some more nails with my Glee nail varnishes, the glitter one is lovely and sparkly!and also did some purple nails with other varnish which didnt come out so well in the picture!

I recently tried all four of the 17 magnetic nail varnishes, no pics as they chipped within a day! but they are quite fun to do so I will get a piccie up when I next do them!

Hope everyone is having a lovely weekend and enjoy the extra hour!:)

Gleek Out

Working my way through my glee set polishes, I LOVED this polish when I saw the bottle, but on application it looks more gold than green which is a bit disappointing, this is with 2 coats though so its good quality!and I do love the name of it!

Anyone else starting to feel festive now the nights are drawing in? I know its only September but Christmas is my favourite time of year, not for the presents (though they are a bonus) just for the whole atmosphere!

I love the tradtional decorations but since I love the colour pink I love these decs I found on weheartit:

Bought some new A/W clothes from Very.co.uk which should be delivered tomorrow so looking forward to receiving them and having some nice new snuggly clothes to wear!!

Hope everyone has had a good start to the week, lets hope friday is here before we know it!

Arielgina

Blue Monday

 I hate hate mondays, but nail polish always makes me feel a bit better - this is 'Sue vs Shue' from my Glee OPI pack - excuse the messy nails though as it was a looong monday!! Looking forward to using all these colours, shame the bottles are so little as I don't want to use too much!

Have I mentioned how much I loooove Hello Kitty? I got these cute earrings from Missguided.co.uk (£4.99) they make me feel like a sparkly little girl hehe!

These nails are from last week with a free Nail polish I got with Marie Claire magazine, quite a nice colour for the winter I think!Only thing I found is it did smudge quite easily!But I do looove the bottle!!

Thank you for the lovely comments on my blog recently!! Hope everyone is having a good week, is it friday yet?


Much love

ArielGina

'Express yourself to yourself' Glee nails

I decided to try one of my new glee nail varnishes today from the set my sister brought over for me from the USA!I love this colour this is with two coats though and from the pictures I am thinking a third coat may well be needed!The bottles are so cute and tiny I feel like a giant holding it!!

Have had a nice quiet bank hol weekend which I really needed! Done a bit of online shopping on missguided.co.uk which is my first shop from there so looking forward to my items arriving this week!!

Bought this cute Peter Pan esque collar top in Next , got one in black poka dots aswell but it's currently in the wash as I have already worn it!

Hope everyone has had a great weekend, shame that even the 3 days weekends go so quick though!!

ArielGina

I heart Urban Decay

After my devastation of not being able to find Urban decay in Boots etc any longer (and being told by a boots worker that they had gone bankrupt???) I got a very kind relative to get me some goodies from Sephora in the good old U S of A :) and here is my haul:

Also I sneaked in these Glee nail varnishes :) Can't wait to try it all and will show results soon :)

Argan Oil and some retail therapy!

After reading about Argan Oil on a few blogs I decided to give it a try!I got the following products from Boots which amounted to a total of around £30:

The shampoo and conditioner felt very smooth to apply and had a lovely smell!! I also used the heat protector spray before straigtening my hair, and finally used the Argan Oil itself as a kind of frizz ease being careful not too use too much !! My hair is quite fine but also has a bit of a frizz too it, I have used these products for a week or so, and so far I am not as impressed as I thought I would be, they seem to add frizz to my hair rather than take it away? However they smell so yummy and feel like they are 'good' for your hair, so I am not going to give up and will keep using them, but I am sad that it didn't work as magically as I thought it would!!

A few weeks ago I also tried this LA Science follice shampoo which again I had read about and decided to try (bought from amazon for around £15) This works like a 2 in 1 as you don't need to use conditioner. It stimulates growth and thickness and I would recommend it for anyone with quite fine hair as it made my hair feel more volumized!

I have been a bit of a Very.co.uk addict recently and got the above tops, my favorite is the bottom one I love bows :) I just bought some new shoes and sandals from Very which will be arriving next week - excited!!

Thank you for the lovely comments on my blog recently and for all the great blogs out there which I enjoy reading so much espcially on a lazy sunday morning like I had today!!

Wishing everyone a good weekend and a great start to the working week (why does monday come around so quickly?)

ArielGina

My first blog award!

Thank You to Rachel from Island Girl Insights for my first blogger award (http://islandgirlinsights.blogspot.com/)

Rules Of Award

1. Write a random fact about yourself

2. Pass The Award On

3. Notify The Bloggers Who Got It

 

 

Random Fact - I was born on friday the 13th :)

 

 

 

 

I award the following lovely blogs:

 

Rachel and Island Girl Insights: http://islandgirlinsights.blogspot.com/

Taylor Marie at Bows and Brownies: http://bowsandbrownies.blogspot.com/

Gertrude at Bows and Pearls: http://g-bowsandpearls.blogspot.com/

Charlotte Elizabeth at Confessions of a Small Town girl http://charlotelizabeth.blogspot.com/

Hannah Michelle http://hannahmichelle-beautyblog.blogspot.com/

 

 

 

Hope everyone is having a good week! I have just purchased Lee staffords Argan Oil hair products and will write a review once I've used them for a week or so, I have read so many good reviews about Argan Oil so I hope it works!!

 

 

ArielGina