MERRY CHRISTMAS!

I just thought I'd wish you all a Merry Christmas and hope you all have a lovely day and there should be a few posts up very soon - including a 2015 Beauty round up!

GLOSSY BOX DECEMBER'15

I decided after watching a few gift guides from some lovely bloggers, a lot of them said about beauty box subscriptions so I may have subscribed to Glossy box after seeing a sneak peek of their December Christmas box, mainly being because of how beautiful it is in all its rose gold glory! I subscribed to the deal where you pay monthly so it's £10 a month and £3.99 for shipping which I think is a pretty good deal, I like the idea of getting items I wouldn't necessarily think to buy myself and getting a nice surprise when I love one of the items I would have never come across if I hadn't have received it with Glossy box.

My favourite product from this months box is the So Susan Statement Skin highlighter pencil, this is such a great highlighter and as soon as this runs out I immediately need to purchase it! I love the texture of it, and because it's slightly thicker than any of the crayon highlighters I've used before, it's more pigmented and stays on so much longer and by the end of the day, even if it's a long day in work my face is still glowing! This is definitely worth a try and I'm so glad I got to try it because this is definitely going to be featured in my December/2015 favourites.

I also received some skincare bits that I can't wait to try, specifically the Hylamide Pore Delete. This looks really interesting and you can use it without makeup after your skincare routine or with makeup after you've applied your foundation and before you apply powder. It's more of an instant fixer as opposed to a long-term treatment which is actually better for me, for days where I maybe want my makeup looking better than usual or when I'm going out, so I'm going to give it a go tonight for my Christmas do and I will get back to you on how I find it. They also included the Etre Belle Golden Skin Caviar eye roll on, and I don't really use products like this but I know my mum does and she might like it, although after tonight it might be nice to pop this on in the morning after being out all night and waking up looking like death!

I think with stuff like this there will always be something you may not really like, and in this instance it's the Essence Liquid Lipstick in the shade Show off, it's not really a colour I would pick out for myself and I'm not a massive fan of lip gloss. But it is interesting to try different products I wouldn't normally pick up for myself and I could always give this to my sister if she liked it which is a plus I guess. On the other hand something I may not have bought myself but has come in handy because of it's lovely shimmery colour is the Collection Long Lasting nail effects in the shade Ice Queen, particularly because of the time of year and Christmas being no less than 2 days away!

I'll have to give all of the products a good try and will let you know what I make of them and whether any of them are worth purchasing in the full size! Although the Glossy box subscription is great and the December box was beyond lovely in all it's rose gold glory but I've also heard great things about the Birch box subscription! What to do, if any of you subscribe to Birch Box let me know what you think and whether it's worth unsubscribing to Glossy Box and going with Birch Box instead?!

THINGS I MENTIONED:
Glossy Box
Etre Belle Golden Skin Caviar eye roll on
So Susan Statement Skin highlighter pencil
Collection long lasting nail effects
Hylamide Pore Delete
Essence Liquid Lipstick in show off
Starskin Bio-Cellulose second skin mask

NOVEMBER NON-BEAUTY FAVOURITES

So this may be a slightly late November non-beauty favourites, but I'm going to do it anyway because there's a few random bits that I have been loving recently! The first being the most amazing bag from Zara, I'm in love with this bag and am constantly wearing it everywhere! To be honest this was a bit of an expensive treat for me, I don't usually buy bags often and when I do they're definitely not £90 but I'm so glad I treated myself because it is completely worth it! It's real leather and such a sturdy bag, I know I'll be using this for a long time and it's just one of those bags that makes every outfit that slightly bit better and smarter. I'm considering doing a 'what's in my bag' post because I'm obsessed with it, but let me know if that's a post you would want to see?

I think I probably always have a candle in my non-beauty favourites, so why not continue this tradition with my new favourite candle this month from the oh so cheep and cheerful Primark. They have some great home bits and I can't not visit their home section when I'm there and of course I couldn't leave without picking up the cutest candle ever, it's the Frosted Marshmallow candle. This is such a 'me' candle, I love sweet scents like vanilla and marshmallow especially around this time of year and for £3 of course I was going to get one or a few dozen of them. I also managed to find the greatest thing ever....COPPER HANGERS! I have never been so happy and excited to buy hangers, they were so cheap compared to places like Tk Maxx and Home Sense, they're £2.50 for 5 I think. They look great on an open rail with some of my favourite pieces of clothing, and of course make a great Instagram photo, so if you see some grab them quick as of course almost everyone has them!

The next thing is a book I saw in Anthropologie, it's the Love x Style x Life book by Garance Dore. For those of you who don't know who Garance Dore is, she's a French photographer, illustrator and of course author and also has a lovely fashion blog not to mention some beautiful illustrated art prints that I have been wanting to get my hands on for a while! This is such a lovely book and so aesthetically pleasing, and thinking of Christmas would make such a nice gift, it has great photos and beautiful fashion illustrations with some brilliant advice on style, beauty, love and so on. The author herself is lovely and this is such a wonderful, easy read, I find myself picking this up often for either a quick read or some inspiration for an outfit and not to mention this makes a great photo and a nice addition to my shelf. If you haven't already had a look at her wonderful website you definitely need to - garancedore.com

My last favourite is a TV show from America and I managed to find it on Netflix, it's a The CW show The 100. I have been looking for another show to watch for a while after watching The Vampire Diaries, The Originals, Teen Wolf and Pretty Little Liars on repeat for at least 100 times, and that's from the beginning. I'm so glad I decided to watch it, it's so good, I managed to watch the whole two seasons in about 3 days which was great at the time but now means I have to wait until the 3rd season comes out to continue watching it which I don't think is until 2016! It's essentially about the human race and how they had to go into space to survive after the earth became uninhabitable because of radiation but now they're running out of air and they need to come back down to earth to survive. So they send what they consider criminals that are all under 18 and I mean clue in the title there's 100 of them and they have to survive on earth but they find out that there's other people/creatures living and surviving on earth too. It's all quite complicated to explain and of course there's a whole load of drama, romance, murder and so on but I can guarantee this is a great watch if you enjoyed The Vampire Diaries and other shows like that.

Hope you enjoyed this slightly rambling post, but comment down below to let me know what some of your non-beauty favourites have been!

THINGS I MENTIONED:
Zara black leather chain bag
Primark Frosted Marshmallow candle
Primark copper hangers
Love x Style x Life - Garance Dore
The 100