P.S Love Your Nails- Nail Polish Twist Pot Instant Removal Review

Hey Guys, 

So instead of a nail polish review I thought I would do a remover review. This one is from Primark and cost £1. It is similar in style to the Bourjois pot and the Nails Inc, both of which are a lot more expensive than this Primark version. 


The Lowdown.
They cost £1 from Primarks, up and down the UK and maybe the other Primarks. It is a black tub with presoaked sponge inside that you put your nail in and twist it around and it gets off the nail polish. 

The Good.
Cheap
Easy to use
Good Value for money. 
Gets off most nail polish


The Bad.
The sponge bits, has decided to come out of mine, small bit by small bit.
A bit too much nail polish remover in the pot as it spills out a bit. 
Doesn't get glitter polish off

Summary. 
I love this little pot as it removes nail polish easily and quickly. Although it doesn't remove glitter polish, but that is totally fine by me. I will eventually get the other ones to test out as well, but for £1 and if you are curious by the pots of nail varnish remover, then why not pick one of these up. 

Whats your favourite nail polish remover? Which one should I try next? Leave a comment and I will get back to you. 

Marion <3

Love Me Beauty Box

Hey guys,

Today I got a little surprise, as I forgot I ordered the Love Me Beauty Box. But this box is packed to the brim of gorgeous treats. I got the Valentines Day edition, so it was February's box, which is completely fine for me. I'm sure they have quite recently rebranded the box and I can't remember what it was before ( I'm sure I got one). But they still have the same concept. When you subscribe, you get an email telling you when the box showroom is available and you pick which products you want. They have put together 3 slightly different boxes and you get to pick which one you would like to be sent, there is also a mystery box, if you would prefer the unknown. There is also an opt out if you don't want to try the boxes available and you can wait till the next month. This is more my kind of box, as I like to know if I will get value for money, as you see the products and you will know if you want to try them or not. The box costs £10 and £2.95 P&P so £12.95 all together. Subscribe to Love me beauty

Lets get on with what I got in this edition of the box. At the end I will review it as whole. 

Percy & Reed No Fuss Flawless Dry Conditioner (Full size 150ml for £12)
 I'm not sure if this is going to be like dry shampoo, but I am excited to try this. The card that comes with the box says its to give shine and softness to hair, even the most driest of hair. 





La Claree Smooth Day Care (£28 for 50ml)
This is a sample of 7ml of face cream, that has collagen boosting stuff in it, to prevent the signs of aging.

Bakewell Soap Company Multi Purpose Pocket Balm (full size £3.95 for 25ml)
This is a balm that will moisturise nails, lips hands and any other dry patches you have on your body. I got the 'May Chang' one that will help repair and tone dry and damage skin. 

Inner Me Beauty Me Vitamen Complex ( £15)
These are supplements for skin, hair and nails. I'm looking forward to testing these out. 

This month we got a mystery gift as it is Valentines Day box. This is a product that has been hailed a hero product by Love Me Beauty Subscribers. 
I got a Headline colours nail polish in the shade Sandstorm, which is a lovely neutral shade. These cost £9 for 10ml. I have previously gotten some of these in Glossybox and Birchbox. 

This box cost a mere £12.95 and it is worth £39.95 not including the sample size of the day care cream. This excites me a lot as it worth the money and I don't feel I have been short changed. The conditioner and supplements are the main reason I got this particular box, but I love the box with everything else included. I will be keeping my subscription going and I can not wait to get this months box. 

If you want any specific reviews on any of the products let me know in the comments and I will be sure to do that for you :)

Bye 

Marion

Glossy Box Feb 2014

Hey Guys and Dolls,

This month's Glossybox, finally got here yesterday... and I think I loved it. 
In this months box, I very luckily got 4 full sized products... Yes 4!! So this month is in complete contrast to last months box, where it was pretty much empty. 

This month the box was on a theme of 'Be Mine' concentrating on the Valentines Day sort of theme. I can live with it as the box this month is black and has lots of lipstick kisses on the lid, very pretty!

Lets get on to the products I received this month. 

The Nougat London, Sparkling body Shimmer (£14 for 250mls) 

This was a very good sample size of 100 mls and comes in the scent cherry blossom, so this wont be a for people who don't like to put scented lotions on. This is very shimmery in the bottle, but whilst on the skin, it gives off a subtle shimmer. This would be lovely for a night out on the decolletage or legs.

Toni and Guy Hair Meets Wardrobe Stick It Up Gum (£7.20 for 90ml)
This is a full size product, aimed at shorter haired people. Which obviously isn't me, but I can give it to my brother to try it out, as he likes to spike his hair up. Although on the glossybox card it says it can be used to put your hair up. We shall see and I will update you all.

Ciate London Paint Pot (£9 13.5ml)
This is the product, we knew we were getting this month. But saying that I got very excited in what shade of paint pot I got. I got Red Hot Chilli, which is gorgeous orange toned red in the bottle. I have a feeling it will go on a lot more orange than red though, which is fine by me.

Maybelline New York Master Kajal Liner ( £5.99 for 13g)
I had been eyeing these up in Superdrug and Boots since Christmas time last year, when they got released. But they didn't seem to be anything special. But swatched this and its so pigmented that I had to scrub my hand.I can only hope that it is like that on the eyes. 

Miners Cosmetics Cocktail Kiss ( £2.99 for 12ml)
This is nice as its full size but that is possibly the only positive I have about this. I do not really go for glosses and brown ones at that. 

Lastly I got a Lindt Lindor Treat Bar ( 79p)
This was nice, not a massive fan of Lindt, but it was yummy.

Hope you enjoyed your boxes this month, let me know in the comments what you got. 

Marion

Foodie Review: Pizza Express West End Edinburgh

Hey G&D, 

Just a little post about another food Place. I feel like I've ate out a lot this week, even though it has only been twice properly. 
Back to this review though. 
I met up with my other half for some late Valentines dinner.

We decided to have dinner on Saturday night, we went to the Pizza Express in Edinburgh's West End. We went around 7pm and quick enough got a table for 2. 




 


We got asked our drink order quickly, I got a coke and it came within minutes of ordering. I ordered Bruschetta then a 4 cheese pizza. 
The Bruschetta I got was incredible. It was a huge chunk of garlic dough, covered with a tomato, red onion and garlic mix, that was then drizzled with pesto and a basil leaf to decorate.

I then got my 4 cheese pizza. This was a massive chore to eat. I do love cheese, but wow. I was defo cheesed out after eating this.

 
 I also got polenta chips to share with my other half. These were served with a honey mustard dressing on the side to dip. These were amazing, but still get beaten with another little Italian in Edinburgh.

My Coffee came with a little heart design on the top. I got a Baileys Latte. This was yummy. Double expresso and baileys flavoured milk.

I somehow didn't manage to take a picture of my dessert which was a Chocolate fudge cake. Which wasn't very nice, much too rich after everything I had eaten. But here is a picture of Joe's Chocolate ice cream and fudge cake sundae.


The service wasn't the best in the restaurant, it was slow service and not very friendly. I wouldn't go back to that particular restaurant but there is a few different ones in Edinburgh luckily. 




Hope you like these sort of posts. I'm sure there will be more of these sort of ones to come.
bye

Cake Date #1

Hey Guys and Dolls, 

This is just a little review of a cake shop that has recently opened at Fort Kinnaird.  
The shop in question is Patisserie Valerie. I think this one has only been open a short while and there is another one in Edinburgh at a more central location on North Bridge. 

This one was very lovely and clean. The staff were also very friendly and child friendly, which is always a plus point. I do normally have lunches and cake stops with my 5 year old nephew. Today was no different for my cake and friend date, Johnathan was with us. 

We sat down and looked through the menu, they had everything you'd need for a 3 course meal, to a very nice cream tea and cakes. We settled for a cream tea (which came with 2 scones and condiments and a pot of earl grey tea), Johnathan had some lemon iced tea and a chocolate mouse cake, Jade had some peach iced tea and a double chocolate gateau, the best part was that it only cost £19, which is not too bad. 

It is definitely worth going too, you like something sweet. Everyone enjoyed it, including the little one. 


Bye <3

Posh Tea

Concrete Minerals Eyeshadows

Hey Guys and Dolls,


I got some beautiful eye shadows for Christmas from my friend Lauren. This is just a quick review on them. 

I got 4 colours of the shadows. 

The Low Down
Concrete Minerals are preservative free, they don't use parabens and fillers. They are 100% vegan and cruelty free and made in USA. 
They are sold on cutecosmetics in the UK and cost £6 for 1.5gms. 

They have two ranges out, ones that are matte and shimmer ones. I have 4 colours from the shimmer range. I have Smut, X's and O's, Vanity and Doe Eyed. 

lt-rght  Smut, Doe eye, Vanity, X's&O's

My favourite of the bunch is X's and O's as it's so different from what I'm used to wearing. Although for every night out I have had since Christmas I have worn it. 

The Colours swatched on my hands.

Would I buy it again?
Yes I would happily buy more of these beauties. They work beautifully and last a long time with and without a primer being used. 
I do want the stack of black toned one that they have also on cutecosmetics. I will I have post some eye looks on my instagram using these eyeshadows. Check them out on Cheekie_maz on instagram.

C'ya 

M

October Glossybox Review

Its this time of month again....

So after a few months of going AWOL, its back...

After I came home from a couple stressful meetings yesterday afternoon, I got cheered up, by the sight of the arrival of this months Glossybox.

Its back to its usual pale pink colour of box and its usual packaging, although the sticker, had a little bow on it, letting us know that Glossybox support breast cancer care.

This months theme as DIY Beauty and the little card says the items in the box can be used for an 'indulgent and cosy night in'. 

The products this month is amazing for me personally. I love them all and think I will get at least some use out of all of them. The products are 

ANATOMICALS- Don't just clean it woman, scrub it body scrub 

This is a pink grapefruit scented body scrub, that comes in a 75ml sample. It smells amazing, firstly!! The little exfoliating bits, are a  good size and seem like it would definitely show a difference. As Ive not tried it properly I cant give a full review on it, but from the little bit I tried on my hand, I think it could do as good a job as Soap And Glory scrubs do.
The full size is 200ml and costs only £3.49.

Yves Rocher France- Instant anti-wrinkle moisturiser- Hydra Vegetal

This brand has been in Glossybox before but in the form of a mascara (which i really need to buy a full size of). I hope this product is just as brilliant as the mascara is, I have a lot of expectations for this. I'm slightly too young to be able to say if it does do, what it says. It says on the card that it instantly smooths wrinkles, I don't have any to test this on. But the cream itself, its luxurious moisturising and smells nice.
We got a full size product, which is 30ml and costs £18, so in fact with that one product, I'm getting my moneys worth. Yaaay

Skinetica Anti-Blemish

This is what it exactly says. You just put it on spots to get rid of them within 2-3 days. Its a unique solution for clearing skin of any blemishes, it has no side effects. I have tried this on a small spot I had on my chin yesterday, and today the spot is gone!! So I absolutely love this product, although a downside for me is the smell, its a strong chemical scent, but I shall put up with it.
For 100ml is £6.99, which isn't too bad.




Dr. Jart- Premium Beauty Balm

This cream is amazing, but not in my exact colour! Saying that the 15ml sample will be used by me somehow. It is a highly pigmented, it has an SPF of 40 i incorporated in it and firming agents, as this particular one is aimed to ages 30+ women. 
It costs £24 for a 40ml tube, that you can buy at boots.







Sally Hansen- Complete Salon Manicure

This nail varnish has everything!!! I got a beautiful dark maroon colour, that is perfect for this season. It went opaque with 2 coats. It is also a five steps in one bottle!!! It has a base coat, strengthener, growth treatment, colour and topcoat in one!! I adore this product, I've seen that there was other colour of polish in other boxes but I love mine.
Its a full sized product worth £6.99

This box has been one of my favourite one, ive had to date. It even beats the july box where i got my HD Brows kit. Everyone should subscribe to glossybox, its well worth it.

Bye guys

M
<3

MUA Rave

So for a while now, I have been becoming slightly more and more obsessed with make up by the cheap and cheerful brand MUA.

I know most people have probably heard about at least one product by MUA in the recent months. If not, where have you been???

I must admit my collection on MUA products does not reflect my love for the brand, as I have a slight limited budget recently, I haven't been able to buy everything I'm lusting after.

Although recently I have bought a couple of their single eye shadows in a couple of colours I would never normally buy, but I have a look in my head that I want to do a look on and make a further blog on it.

But i also have their very affordable gel eyeliners. I have them in black and grey, I absolutely love these, I'm a sucker for eyeliner and always trying the new ones on the high street stores. I also have the undressed palette, which I use pretty much everyday. Best £4 i have ever spent on make up. I have also recently picked up one of the new cream blushes and one of the normal £1 blushes but in one of the newer colours. 

Also another one of my favourites from this brand is their £2 extreme volume mascara I got a while ago, which is insanely amazing on my lashes and it doesn't blow the bank balance. One of the first products I ever got from MUA, along with my matte foundation I got for £2. The matte foundation gives a medium to high coverage and its buildable!! It goes on nice and creamy and blends in beautifully.

Another must have product from MUA for me is their £1 lipsticks that come in various colours of red, pink, nude and orange. The lipstick iself is a nice consisency and its creamy enough to go on smooth and it lasts a long time. Good quality for only £1. I'm a sucker for shade 3, thats a hot pink colour, I think it has a hint of blue undertones in it. But it suits my pale skin. Easy for a pop of colour, also amazing, if you just want to try a new colour of lip. The ones im lusting after is shade 1, shade 8, shade 10 and shade 13, these are the shades I most want for this current autumn season. They also have just recently brought out some lovely lip liners in red and pink tones.

A few of my most wanted items from MUA are the nail constellations in Leo, Libra and Scorpio (a nice christmassy blend of colours). The nail constellations are a high street and more affordable take on the Ciate Caviar Manicure, which i have never had as the price of it is insane for me. The MUA ones are a purse friendly £3, but the slight drawback is that you don't get a matching nail polish with it in a set, but you can always get an MUA nail varnish for £1 which is still a lot less than the Ciate version. 

from l-r gemini, leo, pieces, scorpio and Libra

Another of my wishlist items are the mega volume mascara and the brow kit. Both of which I have seen getting some amazing reviews. I can not wait till i can have a splurge in MUA, hopefully soon, as they keep bringing out more products every month and I seem to want to try all of them. 

The one thing I think would be amazing if they brought out, is a range of makeup brushes. One can hope that these are maybe in the pipeline.

You can buy the normal £1 products in most superdrugs, which normally include, some eyeshadows, lipsticks, eyeliners and some blush and face powder. Or if you go to the larger superdrugs, you can normally find a larger selection, but not always!! Or if you have no superdrugs near you, you can browse the whole range online (MUA store) They also ship internationally and if you like them on facebook (MUAmakeupacademy) and we get to 35k likes there will be a offer for cheaper make up or free delivery, also follow them on twitter for up to date updates on make and lots of fun things (muacosmetics)

Thanks for reading guys

Bye 

M

<3

Insurgent book Review. October book challenge

Veronica Roth, Divergent trilogy -Insurgent

So at the end of my second week in Book a week October, I have completed Insurgent finally. 
I have mixed feelings about it, as there is lots of good points and bad points about the book. The majority of what i think is good, but i think it could have been better.
For the most part i enjoyed it, but i think it could have had less anti-climaxes in it towards the end of the book. It felt a little unfinished to me, there was no moment where i felt this is it. It was just one twist after another. 
Although the final twist in the story is the main one and it was one i had already assumed would happen, once the character was introduced.
I did love it though, was my final opinion on the book, but its the one final twist, that has me itching for the final book in the series by Veronica Roth.
It carried on straight, where it left in the first book of the series 'Divergent' which is a book I love!! 
This series i cant recommend it enough to people who are fans of the hunger games and books set in a futuristic world.

BLURB
"Tris has survived a brutal attack on her former home and family. But she has paid a terrible price. Wracked by grief and guilt, she becomes ever more reckless as she struggles to accept her new future.
Yet if Tris wants to uncover the truth about her world, she must be stronger  than ever... because more shocking choices and sacrifices lie ahead."


This week I will be reading Uglies by Scott Westerfeld. It is another futuristic novel. I seem to be into this genre of books to read recently.


Bye guys 

M
<3

Update on the October book challenge!

So last week I decided to do a book challenge and this is the first of a few updates on it.
Last week I read 'the perk of being a wallflower' by Simon Chbosky. It's not the longest of books but it is incredibly written.
I just couldn't put it down and read it within a couple of nights of reading it.
The story is a page turner as the story was a light but gripping story of a young lad Charlie who in the beginning is a shy and unpopular kid that you see grow by a series of letters to an anonymous reader. Throughout the story you get introduced to Charlie's friends and teacher. The story talks about Charlie being introvert and an unconventional thinker, who goes through therapy to help him with deal with these issues.
All in all I loved the book from cover to cover and I can't wait until I go see it at the cinema.
BLURB
" Charlie is a freshman. And while he's not the biggest geek in the school, he is by no means popular. Shy, introspective, intelligent beyond his years yet socially awkward he is a wallflwower, caught between trying to live his life and trying to run from it. Charlie is attempting to navigate his way through uncharted territory. The world of first dates and mixed tapes, family dramas and new friends; the world of sex drugs and the rocky horror picture show, when all one requires is that perfect song on that perfect drive to feel infinite. But Charlie cant stay in the sideline forever, standing on the fringes of life offers a unique perspective. But there comes a time to see what it looks like from the dance floor."
Bye guy
M
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