Review: Trinité Village Christmas Collection

As you may have guessed from a recent blog post when it comes to this time of year when it's cold, windy and raining outside theres nothing I like more than a nice warm bath, maybe with some candles. Through Instagram I discovered an amazing bath company who produce handmade products with natural ingredients which are vegetarian and vegan. This appeals immensely to me as I suffer from sensitive skin and so I stick to very natural products. I instantly fell in love with this company and made a list of all the products that I wanted to try, which ended up listing pretty much the entire website. Seeing that it's nearly December which means it's nearly Christmas I thought that I would start off by testing their Christmas range.

Chilly Willy and Cooltide

There are two bath bombs in the Christmas range. Chilly Willy is so adorable, he has a a delicious spicy cinnamon fragrance although I won't lie but I'm not to sure whats going to happen to his carrot in the bath. If your a sucker for spicy Christmas fragrances then you definitely need to pick him up.

Cooltide also smells of Christmas spices although I would say that it's more subtle to Chilly Willy. Both of the bath bombs contain cocoa butter and will be very beneficial for your skin. Another thing I love about these is that they're not smothered in glitter. I love the stars on Cooltide and I think that they will look really pretty and glisten in the bath. The Christmas pudding reminds me of ginger bread and it smells like it to which I think is really cute, I wouldn't eat it though. Both the bath bombs are priced at £2.29 which I think is a very good price considering these are pretty weighty bombs.

Ginger Love and Seasons Tweetings

They have also brought out two bath melts which also have spicy scents. My favourite part of their website is the bath melts just because they have an amazing range. They are beneficial to your skin, look amazing and they smell amazing. The Christmas two aren't going to disappoint either. First of all I just want to point out that I love the names of these products, I love a product with a quirky name, something that you can remember it by. As you can probably guess, Ginger Love smells of ginger and also can I just say, how cute is he? The bath melts just look amazing, it makes me want to eat them they look so good, although they're natural products I still wouldn't advise you do this. They feel very soft and creamy in your hand and they will leave your skin feeling super soft.

Personally, these two scents are my favourite from the Christmas range, especially Seasons Tweetings. This also smells spicy but it's got a sweet fruity scent to. It personally reminds me of Raspberries but the website says it contains Sandalwood and Frankincense which I can see what they mean after reading that. It contains gold balls the type that you might decorate cakes with which I think will look amazing in the bath. The fact that his wing has broken off really saddens me but I think it just makes me love him even more. These are both priced at £2.29 also.

Spoiled Pretty and Winter Warmer

The amazing people at Trinité Village have also send me some freebies to review which is super kind of them. They send me another bath mallow which honestly smells incredible. It smells of raspberry cheesecake which is one of my favourite foods. Raspberries are my favourite fruit and cheesecake is my favourite dessert, perfect! This looks super cute and I can imagine it turning the bath water a really pretty colour. I have a list of other bath melts that I want to try in the future which unfortunately for my bank account has turned into double figures.

They also sent me a soap from their Christmas range called Winter Warmer. I love the smell of this it smells of a combination of ginger and caramel, both of which I love. I personally think that there aren't enough ginger bath products in this world. I loved the gingerbread collection from The Body Shop last year and the fact that they haven't brought it back this year saddens me deeply. This soap also looks amazing, it's a really pretty green with a creamy top with gingerbread men. As with the other products you feel as if this will be really beneficial for your skin. The soaps are priced at £2.49 which I think is a pretty good price for a soap.

I would highly recommend you check out these products. I think they would also make really good gifts all year round. I hope you enjoyed this post my lovelies.

http://www.trinitevillage.co.uk

Autumn Nails

When it comes to beauty products, nail varnish has to be my favourite item along with lipsticks. I have always loved painting my nails and I am not ashamed to admit that I own way too many nail polishes. I realised today that I haven't done any blog posts specifically on nail varnish so I thought that it was about time that I did something about that. The colours I wear on my nails change regularly it's definitely pastels in the Spring and bright colours in the Summer but when it comes to Autumn it tends to be nice rich and deep colours. Autumn is definitely my favourite time to paint my nails. As much as I love my pastels I'm definitely one for my dark colours I just feel that they look nicer and more sophisticated on my nails.

I've picked out a few of my favourite nail polishes for Autumn and what I have been wearing the most recently. Some are new releases this Autumn but the majority are ones that I've had in my collection for a couple of years now.

Starting from the Top to the bottom:

Plum, Barry M - £3.99
This has to be one of my favourite nail polishes I own although I definitely don't wear this colour enough. Do you do the thing where you don't actually use your favourite product as it looks so nice that you don't want to ruin it or that you don't want it to run out or is it just me? Purple is my favourite colour especially dark purple which makes your nails stand out and will look very nice with a berry lip. The gellys have an amazing consistency they are my favourite formula and the great thing about Barry M is that they have a massive range of colours yet they are very affordable and the cheapest brand that I will mention in this post.

Taupe Modele, Bourjois - £5.99
I'll be honest with you on this one. I never thought that I would wear grey nail polish it's something I've always ignored along with brown and yellow. Although this season grey nail polish has been very popular and I've seen a lot of pictures of it on Instagram where it actually looks really nice. Especially if you're wearing a grey jumper I actually think it looks really sophisticated. I think I've been converted. This is the only nail polish that I own from Bourjois I don't know why, I guess I usually stick to what I know best from Barry M. I was searching for a grey and this was the nicest one I found in Boots. As soon as I painted my nails I fell in love with it. The Bourjois polishes are very sheer compared to Barry M although they are super glossy and they last a long time. I will definitely buy more from Bourjois in the future.

The Lace Is On, Essie - £7.99
I don't know if this is still available as it came out last year as part of their Autumn collection where I thought it was going to be limited edition. It is such a pretty colour and I think that it's a shame that it's limited edition a it's one of my favourites. I don't normally go for nail polishes with shimmer in them but this honestly looks gorgeous on your nails. It looks more purple in the bottle but once painted it appears more pinky and I find I can't stop staring at my nails when I wear it as they just glisten. If you can get your hands on this one I would highly recommend it. I don't own many Essie nail polishes as they are more expensive although the ones I do own I love and they are of an amazing quality if you're prepared to pay a little bit extra. Like Barry M, Essie also have an amazing colour range and I love the quirky names they give to their polishes. It just make me love them more, and yes i am aware of how weird that sounds.

Raspberry, Barry M - £2.99
This is one from their classic nail polish range and one of the first Barry M nail polishes that I ever brought. It's also the one that I am currently wearing the most at the moment. I am someone who loves their berry colours and this one is gorgeous and very wearable in the day and the evening. I think that berry colours look the nicest on my nails and I would be happy to wear this colour all year round.

Chilli, Barry M - £3.99
This one is from their most recent Autumn/Winter gelly collection. When I first saw this collection for the first time I wasn't over excited by the majority of the colours but when I went into Boots I fell in love with this one. When I first saw the pictures I thought I already have a red I won't need another but this is an almost off red, it is a red but with slightly orange/brown undertones. I know that how I'm describing this isn't making it sound like the prettiest colour but trust me it looks gorgeous on the nails. It's a dark red so perfect like Raspberry to wear on an everyday basis as it isn't too bright and in your face.

Watermelon, Barry M - £3.99
Oh what a surprise another Barry M gelly for you. I'm not a massive fan of bright green nail polishes but I do love a dark or pastel green. This one is from the original gelly collection and it's still one of my favourites today. I think that it looks very flattering on your nails by making them defined and I usually wear this one in the summer as well just because I love it so much.

Let me know in the comments what your favourite nail polishes are at the moment. Also, do you call them nail polish or nail varnish? I never know which is right so I tend to use both.

A Lush Christmas Haul

Oh my what have I done?

For months now I have been so excited to write this blog post but I've held off for as long as I could but now it's mid November to me it's Christmas and time for a Lush christmas haul. So I went a little crazy on the Lush website and ordered quite a few products to review for you all. I just want to say that I'm not showing off and I have paid for all of these products by myself. I had to keep justifying this massive spend to myself for several reasons. One -  I rarely go to Lush throughout the year I only tend to go near christmas as I love all their christmas products and it just gets me super excited for christmas. Two - I've just started a new job and it was like a 'well done' treat for myself. But as soon as the parcel arrived to day my guilt of my large spend soon went away and I started taking pictures straight away. I ordered these goodies online as I have spent ages looking at the products on the website and reading blog posts on all the products that I had built up a pretty large list of the products I wanted to try that it would be slightly embarrassing to go into a shop where I would be left carrying loads of baskets. It was so exciting when the package arrived and all the products were protected with those foam things that remind me of white wotsits and I was so happy that none of the products were in packaging so I could take pictures straight away. They were also all in very good condition and survived the journey. Now I didn't buy all of the Christmas range but I have brought a fair few so time to stop rambling on and actually review these little christmas treats.

Snow Fairy, So White

Shower gel wise there are three that have been brought out for Christmas and I picked up two. The first being Snow Fairy which is a Lush christmas classic. Whenever you go into a Lush shop at Christmas or think of the christmas range, Snow Fairy is what everyones buying or talking about. It has a very distinctive sweet scent which I wouldn't say is christmasy. It's only christmasy in the fact that it is only brought out at christmas so if you love sweet scents this is definitely one for you.

The second shower gel is called So White which I believe this is new this year. There is also the So White bath bomb which has been brought out before but I think the shower gel is new this year but I may be wrong. To me this smells of fresh apples which I love the smell of, I think that there needs to be more bath products that smell of apples in this world. Both the shower gels contain a small amount of glitter to go with the christmasy feel.

The Melting Snowman, Snow Angel

Moving onto bath melts, again there are three in the collection and I picked up two of these. Bath melts aren't as exciting as bath bombs or bubble bars but they are filled with cocoa butter and have lots of benefits for your skin leaving your skin feeling super soft afterwards. On the left we have The Melting Snowman and just look at him, how cute is he.  He has a spicy scent and also he's slightly chocolatey and I'm not 100% sure but I think his buttons maybe chocolate.

The second bath melt is called Snow Angel which is one of my favourite scents from the collection. To me it smells of marzipan which I love, I know many people hate it but I personally love it, it's the only part of a christmas cake that I actually like. The only problem with this one for me is the glitter as I'm not a massive fan of it but the scent is definitely worth it.

The other bath melt is called Star Light, Star Bright and I didn't pick this one up as it's covered in glitter and theres only so much glitter that I can take. Although if you like glitter then I would recommend it as it will leave your bath a beautiful silver and light blue colour. I also really love the smell of it, it's meant to smell of Lime and Ginger and I love ginger bath products.

Christmas Eve,  The Christmas Hedgehog

After using the Sparkly Pumpkin from their Halloween range I now love bubble bars and I picked up a few. With bubble bars you crumble a chunk under running water and it creates bubbles whilst releasing a scent and changing the colour of your bath water. The good thing about these is you can re-use them so you get a lot of value for your money. Christmas Eve contains Irish Moss which is meant to be a relaxing scent. I love the simple design of it (it's a half moon if you weren't sure). I find this one quite difficult to describe the scent of but the best that I can come up with is a mixture of floral and sherbet. This is more of a subtle scent from the collection if your not a fan of strong scents.

The Christmas Hedgehog is another adorable one, I love the minty colour. It has a combination of a floral and spicy scent. I would say it isn't my favourite scent from the collection but its just adorable and perfect for this time of year. It has a small amount of glitter leaving your bath glistening without being too much.

Candy Mountain, Holy Golightly

The next two are my favourite bubble bars. Candy Mountain contains the classic Snow Fairy scent with a small amount of glitter and it would be a good combination to use together.

Holy Golightly is a bit of a show stopper for me. First of all it's massive so you will definitely get a lot of baths out of this one. Yes it's glittery which bugs me but it's similar to the amount of glitter that was on the Sparkly Pumpkin which wasn't over powering in the end so I'm giving this one the benefit of the doubt. I love the scent of this one which is spicy and it has the same scent as Hot Toddy the other shower gel that I didn't get and seeing as they have the same scent I thought I would try and save money and just get one. Seeing as I've spent so much I don't know why I bothered but it's the thought that counts. To be this guy smells like christmas, it's just that classic christmas scent. It will also leave your bath a gorgeous dark green colour.

Drummers Drumming

The last bubble bar that I picked up is Drummers Drumming and yes it has bells and yes it makes a noise. I'm not joking but this kept me entertained for about 5 minutes. This is similar to the Magic Wand that was brought out last year. You wave this under running water and then dry it so that it can be re-used multiple times. This is meant to have a strawberry and cream scent to it which to be honest I don't really get, it is sweet but it's slightly floral too but I love the smell of it.

The other two bubble bars are the Magic Wand: which smells of Snow Fairy and seeing as I have a few products with that scent I thought I didn't need it even though it's super cute. The other one is The Christmas Penguin but to be honest with you I wasn't over whelmed by the scent so I didn't pick it up.

So White, Butterbear

Bath bombs. So White is the bath bomb I mentioned early with the same apple scent to the So White shower gel. It's a simple white bath bomb with no colour but it's the scent that you're paying for with this product.

Butterbear is super cute - I think I've said that phrase way too many times in this post but I can't help it. Again, he's another white bath bomb with a cocoa scent and I think he has great skin benefits as well. He's one of the cheaper bath bombs.

Dashing Santa, Father Christmas

Moving onto our Father Christmas bath bombs. Dashing Santa has a citrus scent which I don't normally like but I love the smell of him and he will leave your bath a orange/peachy colour. He reminds me of the smell of satsumas which always remind me of christmas.

Now I'm not sure about this but I think the scent of Father Christmas changes each year but as I didn't buy him last year I'm not sure. The Lush website says that this year he has the Snow Fairy scent which he defiantly does (another Snow Fairy product for you all here). He will turn your bath red to a bright green representing those classic christmas colours.

Shoot For The Stars, Luxury Lush Pud

I love the smell of Shoot For The Star, it reminds me of sherbet. This will look amazing in your bath, it will turn the water bright blue leaving a shimmering trail of silver glitter. I haven't tried this before but I can't wait to use it.

The Luxury Lush Pud is another of my favourite smells from the collection. I love the smell of christmas puddings but I don't like the taste, mainly because I don't like dried fruits. This smells like christmas puddings and it looks like a neon christmas pudding. It will leave your water mainly bright pink with the multicoloured patches around your bath. This smells like the Twilight bath bomb which is another Lush classic so if you like that you should definitely give this a whirl.

Cinders, Golden Wonder

The last two bath bombs that I picked up are Cinders and Golden Wonder. Cinders is smaller then the other bath bombs but I love it because it contains popping candy and no glitter. I love the popping candy bath bombs as you can hear it popping in the bath. This has a spicy scent which I love as it's not too over powering. When I read about it on the website I didn't think I would like it but when I smelt it in Lush I loved it and I know I've said this a few times but it is one of my favourite scents from the collection, possibly my favourite, crazy I know. Definitely one to pick up!

The last is Golden Wonder which is the biggest bath bomb I've ever seen. I've never used this before but when you shake it, it rattles - I have no idea what's inside but it excites me immensely. This will leave your bath water a beautiful teal colour and it does have glitter but a different type to the usual glitter as it's almost like a glitter paint that's been painted on rather then actually being rubbed in glitter. I don't know how to describe the scent of this one it's quite unique but I will say it's slightly citrusy.

So there you go a massive Lush Haul. There are other christmas products including lip tints, lip scrubs, cleansers, soaps, massage bars and more but I personally love the bath products from Lush and it's what I always go for. I hope you enjoyed reading this my lovelies and let me know in the comments what your favourite Lush products are.

Did you see my Lush Halloween Haul? You can click here to see it.

Soap And Glory Goodies

I have been so excited to write this blog post for you all, writing review posts on new make-up that I'm trying out is my favourite thing to blog about only because I simply enjoy using make-up. I purchased these about a month ago and before writing blog posts I like to try the products out first so it's a bit more useful then me just saying "this looks really nice, I can't wait to use it". These items were the first make-up items that I have purchased from Soap and Glory, I don't know why it has taken me so long to try their make-up products. It may be because the only way I can think to describe them is a high end high street brand. They are a high street brand yet they are more pricy then other high street brands that are the regulars in Boots and Superdrug. I think when you're starting out with make-up it's good to go for more affordable brands so you can afford to purchase more products so you can work out what does and doesn't work. Although seeing as I've been wearing make-up for a few years now I have an idea in my head of what sort of make-up I like and I seem to be upping my budget and trying more expensive products to see if the quality is so much better that it is worth saving for. Sorry I've realised that I've rambled on a bit now but to sum up this blog post - I have loved using these new make-up items.

My favourite product out of the trio has to be the Solar Powder. I have wanted to try this for so, so long and I absolutely love it. It is really pigmented and it looks very natural on the skin. It blends really nicely leaving your skin looking sun kissed and not fake and orange. It has a really pretty iridescent highlighter on top with two different bronzing shades. This leaves you with the option for contouring but what I like to do is get a bit of a swirl going and mixing the two and using the highlighter on top to contour with. I think that this may be my new favourite bronzer - crazy I know. It is priced at £11.00 so more pricy then other high street bronzers but I would say that it's definitely worth it and I would definitely re-purchase it when it runs out.

The second item I picked up was a blusher/highlighter in Love At First Blush - such a cute name. Again this product is also a really good quality, very pigmented. It comes with four different blush shades which you could use individually but again I like to mix them together. It also comes with a white highlighter which is also very pretty. The shades are more of a cool than warmer shade so perfect for this time of year, if you prefer warmer tones then I would recommend Peach Party instead.  This is also priced at £11.00 and I would defiantly re-purchase this again.

The last product that I picked up was an eyeshadow palette in the shade What's Nude and seeing as it was 3 for 2 well it would be rude not to. This would be the perfect eyeshadow palette for a person who loves wearing neutral and brown shades or if you're starting out with make-up and want a subtle/natural look to start off with. There are another two to chose from and I've got my eye on Smokey Dokey. One of my favourite things about this product is something thats written on the back of the product. It says "we chose not to include a cheap spongy shadow brush, because not only would it drive the price of the palette up, we thought you'd rather opt for a proper one". Now you know you have a good product when it says that. I can't stand the little cheap spongy brushes you get with eyeshadows. I always throw them out as they break, they're difficult to apply make-up with, you can't blend with them and they don't pick up much of the product. Sorry rant over. Again sorry to repeat my self but this is another really pigmented product. I love the formula of these eye shadows, they're really creamy and blend together really nicely. You have three matte shades and one shimmer shade. My favourite two would be Pink T (top right) and Aubersheen (bottom right). This product is priced at £10.00 and I would 100% re-purchase this product also.

I have loved all of these purchases, what a good buy that was and now my bank account will probably suffer as I will want to continue trying more of their products, I just love this brand so much. I think my next purchase may be a Sexy Mother Pucker Gloss Stick, or two. Let me know in the comments if you've tried any of these products or have any good recommendations of new products to try. Thank you for reading my lovelies I hope you enjoyed reading this post, I loved writing it.

October Favourites 2014

Evening my lovelies, it's the first of November which means that it is time for my October Favourites blog post. Is it just me or is time going really quickly at the moment? I feel as if November will go really fast, then it will be Christmas and then hello 2015. Anyway, I have a nice range of products for you all that I have loved using last month.

Starting with hair, the first product in my favourites is a Tangle Teezer. Seeing as my hair is naturally wavy and that I have been growing my hair, my hair has become increasingly knotty. I was then scared to brush my hair incase I was pulling my hair out from the knots. I have known about Tangle Teezers for a while now, they aren't a new product but I wasn't sure if they were worth the investment seeing as they are just another form of a hairbrush. In the hope to save my hair I had a splurge and picked one up, I think mine is called Plum Delicious. I wasn't over whelmed by the colours, I'm not really a neon sort of girl but I know the colour isn't the important part but I'm just being fussy. However, I was pleasantly surprised which was lucky looking at the price - £10.99 for a small hairbrush. I find it really useful for getting out any knots and tangles. I use this after washing my hair or if my hairs feeling knotty. I still use my old hairbrush when my hairs dry but I would recommend this if you have long and/or thick hair. It's useful as it's smaller and more compact then a normal hairbrush so good to take on the go with you and I don't know why but I just love the shape it's almost hand shape if that makes any sense.

Moving on to make-up now, the first product is a pallet from The Body Shop.

Now I'm really sorry but this bit will be a bit vague for you all but basically this pallet was given to be as a gift a few years ago. The Body Shop don't still stock it as it was limited edition and I don't have any of the shadow or blusher names so I can't find out if they still do any parts of the pallet separately. I'm really sorry- bad blogger. Basically I have really loved using this pallet recently and I pretty much use it everyday, just because it's quick and easy as the shadows all blend together really nicely and I love the blusher, I also think that it's a really soft make-up for an everyday look. I love the blusher, it's a pretty peachy pink with a gold shimmer. A dupe for it would be the Sleek Rose Gold blusher which I think may be my favourite blusher - there I've said it, thats a bold statement I know. There are four eyeshadows in the pallet, my favourite is the shadow in the middle of the pallet it's a really pretty soft pink with a tiny bit of shimmer that just sits really nicely on the eye lid and it looks very natural. The middle two shadows are almost matte where as the two on the end have more shimmer in them. A more high end alternative to the eyeshadows would be the Urban Decay Naked 3 pallet as it contains natural colours with a pinky/rose gold hint amongst them. A more high street alternative could be a Bourjois quad in Over Rose. I'm sorry that this isn't helpful if you want to get your hands on one of these but let me know in the comments if you have this or know of any good alternatives. 

A nail varnish that I have been obsessed with this month is a Barry M gelly in Chilli. 

I uploaded this picture to my instagram account @inherownlittleworld of the nail varnish with only one coat. I can't rave about the Barry M nail varnishes enough. I love them so much especially the gellys they are my favourite formula and I'm not ashamed to admit it but I own most of them. Barry M have the best range of colours with a really good formula yet they are really affordable. This was priced at £3.99 and I think it's worth every penny. I normally apply two coats but this picture of one coat shows how good it is as the gellys have a thicker consistency to the original ones. When I first saw the Autumn 2014 collection I wasn't overwhelmed by the colours but when I went into Boots and found this little gem I couldn't not get it. It's a really pretty dark red that is perfect for Autumn/Winter, it could be worn in the day or the night and if I could only wear one nail polish for the rest of the year this would defiantly be it.

This next item has been mentioned on my Blog quite a few times, definitely in The Lip Product Tag and my Mini Maybelline Haul.

It's a Maybelline Lipstick in 150 Stellar Pink. I would definitely recommend this lipstick for Autumn is you are nervous of wearing a berry lip. This is a great everyday lipstick. It's a pearly pink with brown/plum undertones to it. I really love the packaging that definitely floats my boat and the smell too, not something I tend to look for in a lipstick but I would say theres a hint of coconut there but don't worry it's not over powering if you aren't one for coconut. I have worn this lipstick pretty much every day in October and I'm pretty sure I will continue to wear it through out November as well. I also think that it looks really pretty with The Body Shop Pallet I talked about above as the pink tones both compliment each other nicely.

Moving onto Lush now, the first product I have recently discovered and loved is The Angels On Bare Skin face and body cleanser. I have been nervous to try face products from lush before I don't know why but I've always been attracted to the bath bombs and bubble bars more. Yet seeing as I was given a free sample I thought there was no harm in trying and oh my I love it so much. It left my skin feeling so soft afterwards. It smells really good and it's made of natural products including Lavender and Almonds. It's also meant to even out skin tone which to be honest I would say it has which is a plus as my skin is usually very uneven. You can see a full blog post on this on my blog it is the post before this one. Unfortunately that is another Lush product that I have discovered and loved and will now have to go back and buy a nice big tub of.

The Last products in my favourites post is one that I don't currently have on me, it's a Lush bath bomb called Lord Of Misrule.

This picture was from my Lush Halloween Haul blog post as I currently don't have one on me, I'm braising myself and my bank account for another Lush splurge. This bath bomb is from the Halloween collection and will only be limited edition so you need to make sure you pick it up whilst you still can. First of all it smells AMAZING. I absolutely love the smell I think that it might be up there with one of my favourites along with Space Girl, although there will never be one better then Space Girl for me. I'm really bad at describing scents and the only way I can think to describe this one is of sherbet, I wouldn't say it's spicy, sweet or fruity and it's defiantly not floral. To me it smells of Lush it's that iconic Lush smell that you smell when you walk past a Lush shop. It's really pretty too, in the bath it dissolves into a deep rich red I think it's meant to be similar to Mulled Wine to be festive. This bad boy is priced at £3.50 and defiantly one to pick up.

Thank you for reading my lovelies, sorry if I rambled on. Let me know in the comments what has been in your October favourites.