Giveaway Winner!!

My amazeballs Rafflecopter form has chosen a winner for my Maybelline Baby Lips Giveaway!!

...Anna Forrester!!

Well done Anna, hope you enjoy your little prize!! Please leave me a comment below with your email address and I will be in contact!!

Thanks to all who entered and stay put for another little America giveaway!!

NY Fashion

While I was in New York I took so many photos of just beautiful items, that I could either not afford or didn't need. I thought at least I could share the pictures on this blog and we could collectively drool over the beauty of some of the things I found!

Zara long wool green and studs coat (amazing boots too!)

Alexander McQueen heels

Pretty dresses in Saks

A very beautiful but very overpriced UO necklace

Amazing bangles in Tiffany's!

Nail varnish with a naughty name ... hehe

Jimmy Choo

If I went again I would love to take some street style photos, but I just wasn't brave enough! Also I was with my mum, and didn't want to drag her around while I chatted to strangers!! While I was away I picked up a couple of things to bring back for giveaways - you can enter my first one here

Real Techniques Expert Face Brush

All of us girlies by now are in love with Samantha Chapman's Real Tecniques brushes. Most of them are now a staple part of our makeup routine and personally I have been loving using the Stippling Brush to apply my foundation.

Until this .... haha

The brush is rounded and very dense. This means that it buffs foundation into the face leaving a flawless completely airbrushed finish and the brush does not absorb loads of product, which was my only complaint with the stippling brush.

I'm just .... soooo undecided about this brush. I love that it's firm and buffs product in incredibly well, but I can't help thinking that its almost buffing all the product back off again! Sometimes I feel that its all so well blended and buffed that I never have enough foundation on!! Should't complain about having such a perfectly natural finish but ... I feel like I am actually putting more on than normal. I think this brush would be better suited to contouring cream products, on the cheek, as it is shaped well for that use and it was also hard to blend foundation in trickier areas such as around the nose/eye as the brush does not budge out of its shape - which is where the stipple brush is better suited.

As ever though, the RT quality is amazing, the taklon bristles are super soft and it's a pleasure to apply your base. Has anyone else tried this brush yet???!! And what are your feelings on it??!

Have you all also entered my giveaway of a little treat from America?! Click here if you'd like to enter!!

Hope your all having a lovely weeek.xx

New York, New York

I thought I would share a quick few photos from my trip to New York. The main reason I went over was because my uncle was getting married, and I'd never met him before so I flew over with my mummy to meet a whole other side of my family which was quite exciting!

I had a couple of days in the city which I spent mostly in midtown / uptown doing shopping!! I will do a series of posts soon with all my goodies! Then we travelled up the Hudson river to Stonypoint, NY where my uncle had hired an amazing house by the lake for all the family wedding guests, to chill, drink and eat LOTS!

Up the Rockafella building

The most beautiful Sephora

Crazy half-naked deaf/mute guy

Shouty road sign!

Mummy and I ready for the wedding!

Aunt Viv!!!

I also met the original Aunt Viv from the Fresh Prince of Bel Air!!!!! She was at the wedding and she was so, so nice. She even added me on facebook!!! EEEeeeee now we are besties. I practically know Will Smith. But how pale do I look next to her!!!?

All my haul bits are yet to come and also a post on America fashion!! Have you all also entered my giveaway of a little treat from America?! Click here if you'd like to enter!!

Hope your all having a lovely weeek.xx

GIVEAWAY : Maybelline Baby Lips!

In New York I picked up a little somethin' for my UK readers, as sadly some of the beauty bits over the sea are a little out of reach for us British girls!!
I wanted to get something pretty small for postage's sake, but something fairly unobtainable in the UK and as far as I know, these have not yet been released here! The prize for this giveaway is the Maybelline Baby Lips lip balm, in 'Pink Punch'.

This cute little lip balm claims to give 8 hour moisture, make your lips 82% visibly less dry, 94% less rough, 77% more supple and 77% better looking with a slick of sheer colour! Whoa they went a bit mental on the research didn't they!

 All you have to do is follow my blog, and follow me on Twitter. I have a new account and am very fresh to the Twitter world with zilcho followers so if you could follow me, introduce yourself and say hello that would be super duper lovely and I will try to get into using it!!
This giveaway is open to UK readers only I'm afraidy, enter using the Rafflecopter form below and good luuuck to everyone!! a Rafflecopter giveaway

EOS Summer Fruit Lipbalm and GIVEAWAY

In America one of the things I definitely wanted to try and get hold of were the EOS (Evolution of Smooth) Lipbalms, purely for 'done that' value since I seriously am not in need of any lip products.

It didn't prove difficult since every supermarket and pharmacy stocked the balms, for around 6 dollars. I chose the pink summer fruit version! They are made with shea butter and jojoba oil for 'happy, moist super smooth lips.'

The consistency is like Body Shop lip butters if anyone has tried them before? It has quite a strong fruity smell which is not unpleasant but would make me feel a bit queasy after a while! I like that they are 100%, natural and 95% organic, paraben and petrolium free and not tested on animals.

You can get hold of EOS balms on Ebay for around 5 pounds with postage, an example seller is linked here.

While I was away I picked up a couple of exciting America things to give away to my lovely readers sooo ... later on this evening my next post will be about a giveaway of another American beauty product that we are yet to see over here in the UK! Sadly for this reason it will be open to UK followers only. Can you guess what the prize will be ??!!

Maggie Li for Glossybox September

This is by far the most exciting Glossy box I've had in a very long while, and I'm quite pleased with the contents.

This months box has been designed for Glossybox by Maggie Li -a London illustrator. It's a really pretty pastel creation that I'm sure we will all be finding alternative uses for! The theme was 'Rising Stars' introducing us to some of the most exciting 'up and coming' stars in beauty... Here's what I got:

Rodial - Glamoxy Snake Serum (anti wrinkle treatment) and 5 Minute Facial (resurfacing clay mask).

Loreal Tecni Art Full Volume Extra Mousse - Claims to create 'big boudoir hair' and overall volume that doesn't weigh hair down. Luxury sample size!

Balance Me Wonder Eye Cream - Triple action cream designed to soothe tired eyes, smooth away dark circles and reduce appearance of fine lines.

The Body Shop Vitamin E Moisture Cream - The best selling daily moisturiser (have no idea how this is 'up and coming?!)

Loreal Tecni Art Liss Control - Mini smoothing serum

Lady Gaga Fame - 'Opulent, crushed floral fragrance that's black like the soul of fame but transparent once airbourne.'

I'm quite pleased with all the products I recieved - did anyone else get a similar pick?! Mini reviews to follow!!