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Day 4 was one of the best days so far and I am so so happy with what I have receieve today. All five products can be used, even if you one does have the strangest texture. Yankee candles advent Calendar This is in a pink shade  and to be honest I have stopped trying to guess the shade. It is sugary sweet though so it will be a nice scent to have in my bedroom. The body shop advent calendar Frosted Cranberry Shower Gel I have this already as I bought a cranberry gift set from the body shop and I really love the scent.  I had handwashes in a similar scent last year from their boxing day sale and really loved them so I am really happy to have this to bath in. Such a beautiful scent. Yummy. Youbeauty advent calenda r Essie Nail Lacquer in Ignite the night 13.5ml I love Essie nail polishes as they are a fairly good in terms of not chipping so receiving one in a nice glittery shade which doesn't look too childish but is fab for the festive season....

These are my January favourites.  I can't believe it is February now.  Looking at them I realise only one I paid full price for which amuses me.  Most were new to me in January but I really love them as they were good finds or will in gaps in my stash. First is my Mark Hill hair dryer that I got in my boots haul. It was only six pounds and I really love it as after a long time of not owning a hair dryer this has become an essential. Such a great buy and I love the flowers and hearts patterns. Next is my favourite of the revlon Colorburst lip butters I have bought this month. After seeing that so many youtubers loved these I had to buy these and this is one is in the shadeTutti Frutti.  On a side note is think I might be addicted to YouTube and I blame it for lots of my purchases. Tutti Frutti is a beautiful coral shade and I love love love it if I want a more natural look, rather than the lipstick I also have in this b...

This is my January 2014 Youbeauty box and it arrived yesterday (09/01/2014) To say I was underwhelmed by this months choices would be an understatement. The choices this month were: Sanctuary Spa Active Reverse Body Resurface & Refine Ultra Polish Melvita Fresh Moisturizing Body Milk Ginvera Green Tea Exfoliating Marvel Gel The Organic Pharmacy Masks Thalgo Cocooning Cleansing Milk Goldwell Kerasilk Duo Essie Repstyle Magnetic Nail Polish. All of these were in small samples sizes except the nail varnish and I am hoping this doesn't mark a shift in a box that was mostly full sized until now. Additionally we got a 11g bag of popchips Barbecue Potato Chips and a sample of Green People Age Defy+ 24 hour brightening cream. The magazine this month (and the box) had a theme of Detox SOS. These are the contents of my box. I chose the Essie and the Goldwell Kerasilk Duo. This is the Essie Repstyle Nail Varnish I received. I tried it out last night and th...

I bought some nail varnishes from the fragrance direct website sale a few days after Christmas and they arrived today.I managed to get 9 nail varnishes and a color tattoo for under twenty pounds and I am quite happy about that. Here is my fragrance direct booty. I managed to get a lot of darker colours as this was were in the colour palette I was missing colours. Spot the Essie!!! Looks a bit out of place among the others tbh but I had never owned an Essie, although I will soon have a second from my youbeauty box any day now and that one is a repstyle one. I swatched all of them on a piece of paper to give basic colour information so I can only give you details of longevity for the ones I have used before. The first item is the Sally Hansen complete Salon Manicure in Haute Chocolate. This has a wide, densely packed paddle brush and the colour is a rich milk chocolate and great for autumn/winter nails. This cost me £1.49 in their sale. The second item is the Rimmel...