Trimming My Stash - March 2015 Empties And Mini Reviews

Hey everyone x I hope you've all had a good, Good Friday x I've had a really busy and tiring day prepping blog posts, and baking some yummy things which should be on the blog on the next 7 days - very exciting but in the meantime it's time for my March empties post.

Benefit They're Real Mascara - 4g
Cowshed Knackered Cow Relaxing Bath And Shower Gel -100ml
Elemis Quiet Mind Relaxing Bath Elixir - 300ml
Jelly Belly Cotton Candy Bath Soak - 30g
Total - 4 Items 

Well it wasn't a great month was it? I only managed 4 items mehhh so many things just seem never ending at the moment, but I did manage to finish a few bath things so there are a couple of positives.

1. Benefit They're Real Mascara - 4g

Some days I hate this mascara, some days I love it x Hmm this is just a mini one so I'm going to review the full sized They're Real which I also own and make my mind up once and for all

2. Cowshed Knackered Cow Relaxing Bath And Shower Gel - 100ml

I think this mini bottle with a magazine freebie and I'm kind of glad it was, in ideal world it was something that I should have liked but I just didn't. I love lavender and eucalyptus but the smell of this was just so weak and insipid that you could barely make out the essential oils. This was one of my first Cowshed products and I hate the fact that I was so disappointed. This brand gets a lot of hype so if any of you have any recommendations I'd love to hear them.

3. Elemis Quiet Mind Relaxing Bath Elixir - 300ml

A beautiful, beautiful bath product and something that I'm sorry to have finished. Unfortunately I think this product has been discontinued as I had trouble finding it but it had an amazing scent  - a combination of patchouli, ho wood and eucalyptus. Not the most traditional aromas when it came to relaxation but this definitely did the job and scented the house out at the same time. If you are interested there are a few bottles available on Amazon but they aren't cheap, and you can also get a small sized bottle in a few kits from Feel Unique and Debenhams x

4. Jelly Belly Cotton Candy Bath Soak - 30g

I have no idea where this was from or how old it is but what it was, was a tin of foaming bath powder with a sweet, candy bubble gum scent. It wasn't bad and it turned the water a fabulous pink colour. I probably wouldn't repurchase it though even if I wasn't losing my bath tub.

So they were my March empties x I'm feeling a bit more positive about April's empties and I hoping to finish a few skincare products as well as continuing operation bath tub x Are you a blogger or You Tuber that posts about your empties? If you are then I'd love to hear from you so please leave me your links below x

Magazine Freebies and A Rant :)

OK you've probably read a billion and one posts like this over the last few days but never mind I just want to make you all aware of some fabulous freebies with your UK magazine. As well as super bags in InStyle and Elle this month, you can also get a free Jemma Kidd lipgloss in Red magazine and these fabulous bits - that your probably sick of hearing about lol
Glamour magazine is giving away a free Benefit pencil in July's issue - you can chose from the "It Stick" concealer, "eye bright" eye brightener, and "Bad Gal" black eyeliner pencil - I of course got all 3 but it's not bad when you consider that each magazine is only £2 and the combined cost of the freebies is over £45 - bargain!
I also picked up another copy of Marie Claire - At the moment I am majorly hacked off - I subscribe to Marie Claire and yesterday my issue came but half the pages were ripped and unreadable:( and as per usual subscription issues don't come with free gifts! I have sent an email complaining but as yet I've had no response - come on Marie Claire IPC Media get your fingers out grrr. Anyway I ended up buying another copy to read and to get the free gift which is a free 100ml bottle of Cowshed bath and shower gel - there were several to choose from so I chose Knackered Cow - Relaxing - with lavender and eucalyptus - yum!
So lots of goodies out there for you UK readers this month - oh and if you get Cosmopolitan this month there is a free novel and inside there is a little twitter quote from me on the cosmo woman - I'm famous lol

Edited to add - I've had a response from Marie Claire - they are adding another issue to my subscription - better than nothing I suppose....