Pictures of The Day

Well today me and Mummy LouLou went on a road trip, well not really my mum had to go to the local Peugeot garage to get her car serviced and to sign some forms for her new car order. The dealership has recently moved to the other side of Durham so seeing as the weather was nice I went with her and we decided to make a day of it. Here are some pics of my day :)

The purpose of the trip -  the inside of the Peugeot dealership, lots of new car smells but lovely fresh coffee

B and Q - Whilst the car was being serviced we headed across the road to B and Q - OMG this store is huge, we got some wall lights, and spent ages looking at the plants

Then we stopped for a cup of lovely Whittards tea in the coffee shop - mum had a caramel slice but I was super good and had nothing ;)

Next we headed to the huge Tesco's near by - they have a great gluten free selection and their Easter selection was great loads of lovely chocolate - yum, yum :) These were new and they are gorgeous I love Aero and the little lamb was so cute :)

Not only that but I also got this how cute - a little hollow, chocolate egg in a ceramic Hello Kitty egg cup :)



Finally not the best picture of Durham Cathedral taking whilst coming back through an increasingly gloomy Durham

Hope you enjoyed a little glimpse into LouLouLand today -  any questions please ask and I'll see you soon I have loads of all ready xx

More Batiste - It's Tones Time

As you know I am a huge lover of Batiste dry shampoo and I was recently made aware about their new launch Batiste Tones. I know a lot of people have a few issues with the white residue of traditional Batiste varieties so hopefully this product is the answer. Batiste Tones comes in 3 varieties - Light and Blonde, Medium and Brunette Hair, and Dark and Deep Brown. As well as freshening up the hair and helping with oiliness, Batiste Tones obviously contain colour, so they can also be used to hide grey hairs, and to hide regrowth on coloured hair.
I was sent the one for Medium and Brunette Hair

and the one for Light and Blonde Hair

This is probably my biggest issue - it was a hard choice as to which colour to go for - as you know my hair is notoriously two tone I have natural mid brown hair with lots and lots of ash blonde streaks.

Thankfully I was sent both colours to try but I have to be honest and say neither of them really worked on my hair colour. The Medium and Brunette was straight away too dark for my hair admitadly it covered the blonde but that isn't really the look I personally wanted If however you were covering grey I can really see the advantages of this product - these pics were take after I'd had my hair coloured - sorry they aren't great

Before

After

Powdery is the obvious word with this I had a lot of brown powder fallout which wasn't great if your wearing a white top, and it also had a tendency to stain your skin a bit, and your hairbrush :(
The Light and Blonde still wasn't perfect, it did cover to some degree but it still left a powdery residue - I did a few before and after pics before I got my hair done last week so there were plenty of roots to cover

Before

After Spraying

After Working Through

As you can see after the initial spray it looks super powdery, after working it through a bit the powder is still evident, but it looks a bit better.
If you have darker hair I think Batiste Tones will be much better for you than the traditional sprays which may leave a white residue. However if you have multi coloured or toned hair like me I really don't think these sprays are that great an investment - these are probably the two colours that are the closest to my own hair but I just couldn't make them work for me :(  Batiste Coloured Dry Shampoos are available in 3 shades and retail at around £2.99 for 150ml spray. Any questions please ask, and please check out the Batiste website for more details x

(Batiste Dry Shampoo in Light and Blonde, and Medium and Brunette Were Provided For Review Purposes)

NOTD - Beauty UK - Smokey Lilac

If you watched my recent haul video then you'll know that I got a couple of Beauty UK nail polishes to try, one of which was number 51 - Smokey Lilac

The name described it perfectly predomnantly lilac but with a grey, smokey tone. I have to say I really like this polish, this is two coats and for a cream it actually applied really well and it appears to be pretty self levelling so you don't seem to get many streaks.

Please excuse my terrible, dry cuticles, but I really wanted to show this one off. My first Beauty UK polish experience appears to be a good one, and I can't wait to try the other shade that I got, and even better still they are only £1.99 each - bargain :) Any questions please ask xx

This Weeks Goods and Bads

Hey guys it's good and bads time again :)

Bads

• My Aunties Health - They have potentially found another two aneurysms, including 1 on her lungs - she is going to have a full body scan today but understandably we are all rather concerned.
• Comments On You Tube - I've had a couple of blinders this week that really got me down on Saturday - it really makes you wonder if it's all worth while and it also makes you wonder why people are so nasty
• The Foot - the aches and pains are back after a week or so off :(
• Toxic Nature has launched on ASOS but all the things I want either aren't there or have already gone  :(
• The World In General - Everything is so awful when you watch the news now, if it's not the devastating news from Japan, it's the violence in Libya - the world is a scary place at the moment :(

Goods

• I lost 4lbs this week :)
• Still on the mini high of my shopping trip last week I felt like a human being again
• Project 10 Pan - I have another 3 products that are on the final straight :)
• The weather how nice is is at the moment admittedly it's freezing at night still but we have sunshine and the nights are getting lighter too :)
• My lovely blog, twitter and you tube subbies - you make me realise that it is worthwhile after all - I am at 399 blog followers which amazes me daily

I hope you all had a good week and if not I hope this week is brighter x

Wednesday's Haulage

As you probably know through my bleating on twitter I actually managed a proper shopping trip this week - On Wednesday me and my mum took a little trip to the Metro Centre - I only managed 5 shops in the Red Mall, including Starbucks ;) and I'm paying for it now but it's definitely progress :) I mainly bought some fashion bits and a few accessories, and my mum was kind enough to pay for all my goodies from Primark - I bought a few things myself too which has seen me go over my spending limit this month but still I've been good for two months so I think I deserve a treat - Unfortunately I haven't has the energy to edit pics of all my goodies so I made a You Tube video of my haul instead



OK I know what your going to say "I don't have time to watch that" I understand - all you need to do is skip forward to 19:10 in the video and I've inserted all be it unedited pics of my haul x Any questions on anything or if you are desperate to see more pics of anything in the video please leave me a comment xx

Product Rave - The Body Shop Cocoa Butter

If you have ever watched any of my favourites videos on You Tube you'll probably already know that The Body Shop's Cocoa Butter range hold a special place in my heart

The Cocoa Butter Hand and Body Lotion was probably one of the first Body Shop products, bar a few Dewberry things, some Japanese Washing Grains and some Tea Rose Bath Oil Powder #OldSchooler. For me it's the perfect lighter weight but super moisturising lotion, it absorbs easily and it really does the job. though I've ventured further into the Cocoa Butter range. The Body Shop Cocoa Butter range dare I say it is heads above the Palmers range in my ease, the texture of the Palmers version is super thick, and to be honest it smells way too overpowering and sickly for me. TBS Cocoa Butter on the other hand smells, sweet but not too strong and it always makes me feel comforted.

Over the last year or so I've ventured further into the Cocoa Butter range and I've found two products that now have can't live without status. First up the Creamy Body Wash, this is a super gentle moisturising wash that you can use in either the shower or the bath, or even as I've found out recently in a foot spa :)

It looks a bit like custard and has the more subtle smell of the Cocoa Butter range and despite the inclusion of SLS I've found it super gentle for cleansing my skin, and in particular the area around my scar, and where I had my cast removed, It hasn't stung or irritated my skin at all :

Next up probably my ultimate desert island product The Body Shop Cocoa Butter Body Butter. I could ramble on for days and I probably couldn't sing this products praises enough. In the usual Body Butter texture it is super moisturising but despite that it sinks in really easily

It smells gorgeous and it really has been my skins saviour not just as an aftersun when I've been on holiday but over the last month or so it really came into own. As you might know when your take a cast off your skin is beyond disgusting and sooo dry and flaky, but using a combination of the this and the wash my skin is completly back to normally and super soft and comfortable, not onyl that but I've found it gentle enough to use on my scar now it starting to heal and I think it has really helped with keeping it soft, and comfortable and dare I say it with the healing of my skin. I really won't be without it now it's a real must have for me.


I also fancy trying the Cocoa Butter Moisturising Stick for more direct application so I would be really interested to see if anyone has tried it? I also used to use the Cocoa Butter Gradual Tanner does anyone know if this has been discontinued or is it just a seasonal thing? Any questions please ask x I intend to do a few more product raves for you so by all means let me know what type of product you would be interested in hearing about xx I'll be back tomorrow with a little haulage post from my Metro Centre trip today xx

Beauty Products and Freebies From Missguided (Pic Heavy)

Late last year I was contacted by a company called Missguided asking if I would like to try out one of their new nail polishes, being the nail polish junkie that I am (watch my make up collection vid if you don't believe me), of course I agreed. To be honest I hadn't heard of Missguided before the initial contact but they are an online women's clothing and accessories retailer, and  very reasonable they are at that. The polish that they kindly sent me was MissFit an amazing black / gold glitter

Such an amazing colour that my pics just aren't doing justice , this is two coats but to be honest one would be enough  - sorry for the bad paint job :(

Obviously I was thrilled to try out a new brand but interestingly in October / November of last year , Cosmopolitan offered a MissGuided nail polish as a free cover gift, so I picked up another colour MissCellaneous. This is in one of my favourite colour families, a lovely  nude, pink shade

 

This is two coats again here I probably could have got away with one as surprisingly enough for a cream polish it didn't actually streak too badly, it also seemed pretty self leveling too so you get quite an even finish.

Being a one for my magazine freebies I was excited to see that the current April issue of UK Cosmopolitan magazine featured a free Missguided lipgloss, my mum knowing me oh so well picked up the copy with the MissLed Lip Splash, which is a gorgeous Caramel, nude shade, and has the taste of caramel fudge amazing!!!

It's quite sheer as you can see but it's a lovely gloss which isn't too sticky - a lip shot :)

I really like this gloss especially the taste yum yum - If the colour isn't for you though I think there is the choice of at least another two colours with Cosmo, including a clear and a red so get yourself down to your newsagent before 7th April - the magazine retails at £3.50  and the 7ml Lip Splash retails at £5 it's a no brainer :) 

If you don't manage to grab a copy of Cosmo though the Lip Splash glosses are available for £5.00 each from Missguided, and come in the Caramel that I got, Clear, Watermelon and Chili Red. The 13ml nail polishes also retail at £5 each and their are a choice of 6 shades to choose from, you can also choose from 2 sets of 3 full sized polishes for £8, the Peace set includes both of the colours that I have plus a deep red x

If you fancy placing an order, enter the code 20COSMO before 30th April on the Missguided site you can get 20% off all full price items :) Unfortunately Missguided don't ship their cosmetic products abroad so a huge sorry to my international readers :( Any questions please ask x
 
(MissFit Nail Polish Was Provided By Missguided For Review Purposes, MissLed Lip Splash and MissCellaneous Nail Polish Were Both Cover Gifts With Cosmopolitan Magazine)