My Little "Road Trip" Box Review July 2015

It's official, My Little Box is the best beauty box out there at the moment. I was trying to put my finger on the exact thing that makes me love the box so much and I think that it's the perfect mix between own brand and well known brands being in the box. Not to mention the quality of the own brand items, this stuff is liquid gold.

The theme for this box is 'road trip' which is super handy because I am jetting off on holiday soon so all of these picks have been welcomed with open arms.

The first thing that caught my eye was the Travel organiser, aka the handiest thing ever, theres a pocket for your money, passport and EHIC/credit cards whilst also having a zip- i'm in love!

I always write postcards to my grandma when i'm on holiday (I'm aware I'm too cool for school) so seeing a pack of postcards with a pen attached to it was a nice touch.

Onto the beauty items... WOW. The first thing I picked up in the pouch was the Garnier Micellar Water which I've had my eye on forever. I'm a big bioderma fan but i've head this is just as good, but a little cheaper, so I am really excited to try it out.

I love Essie Polishes, the finish is glossy and you never need many layers to make it opaque. I recieved the shade "Roarrrrange" which is a vibrant orange.

The own brand choice for this month was a body sorbet, the smell reminds me of the Miracle Moist Aussie shampoo, which isn't something I normally go for. The sorbet is cooling and so perfect for dealing with the summer weather.

Last, but definitely not least, we have some flash tattoos. I am in love with them! I'm saving the three bowed arrow for when I go on holiday but I am printing all the rest of them anywhere I physically can.

This months box was spectacular and well worth the price. Sign up for £11 + P&P here.

Topshop Wishlist

It's around this time of year that topshop captures my heart and holds it stronger than ever before, and also the time I become BROKE. Oh well, at least i'll rock it in style. Here are my picks, linked from top left to top right:

1. Plunge V neck cami £16 http://fave.co/1AmkRmB
2. Statement necklace £9 http://fave.co/1Aml1dI
3. Petal Skirt £35 http://fave.co/1F8tnlE
4. Bleached babydoll wash dress £15 http://fave.co/1F8trlm
5. Bangles £8.50 http://fave.co/1AmlpZW
6. Satchel £40 http://fave.co/1F8tuOd
7. Heels £49 http://fave.co/1F8twWs
8. Floppy sun hat £28 http://fave.co/1AmlEnI

Bio-Oil launches new body confidence campaign

Bio-Oil are working closely with the Body Gossip charity to take a selection of Body Philosophies into schools to inspire body confidence amongst young people. As part of the campaign Bio-Oil will be funding Body Gossip to run a Body Confidence Performance Project in 20 schools nationwide. From 1st June to 31st October you can nominate a school to receive a free Body Confidence Workshop here: 
http://www.bodygossip.org/nominate-a-school

I headed straight over to the www.mybodyphilosophy.com site to see what everyone had been talking about, and I have to say, some of the stories got me more teary than watching "Marley and Me" *Sobs quietly*. They really inspired me and I'm so glad I stumbled upon it- bring me to why I wrote this post. Your body is beautiful. People may insult it, but most of the time it's because it's not the "normal" look. Remember when everyone used to mock big brows? Then, BAM Cara Delevigne came on the scene and people started drawing their eyebrows on like there was no tomorrow. And that's just it, body image has become a trend- this year it's killer curves, next year it could be no curves at all. Don't change your image because of what others like, be the person YOU want to be. That's exactly what Bio-Oil are trying to encourage people to do- respect yourself, your body and your skin. Every part of you is beautiful, you are not a trend!

If you're no longer in school I recommend taking a look at the My Body Philosophy site, it's truly inspiring.

Chanel 99 "Pirate" Lipstick Swatch + Review (Rouge Allure)

I am in love. Let me just start off by saying that. 

I have owned Chanel products before, and liked them, but found that my skin didn't work too well with them. When browsing through the Cosme-De website I stumbled across the Chanel section and decided to take a peak through the lipsticks, and was really drawn to "Pirate". After endless hours of googling swatches and reading reviews I took the plunge and decided Pirate would be mine.

First of all, the packaging. The packaging, oh my. *Be still my beating heart*. The lipstick comes in a bullet, to eject the lipstick you have to press the gold chanel button on the top and it pops up.

Next up, the smell, I adore the smell of lipsticks, especially MAC and dior, but had never smelt a Chanel one. I was extremely pleased and was left sniffing it all evening, revealing the crazy make-up crazed teen side to me.

I didn't use a lipliner with the lipstick but the shape of the top created such a defined, and polished, look which took less than a minute- Chanel, can you please share your secrets with every lipstick manufacturer in the world? It would make my life so much easier.

The texture is really silky, leaving a slight glisten but not a shine. The colour stayed on for 4-5 hours without re-application but did disappear upon eating, naturally.

I'm obsessed with this lipstick, although it doesn't come cheap at £26, but I think it's completely worth it. HOWEVER, that being said, Cosme-de have very kindly given me a discount code for 10% for ALL of my readers- just use "TALISA10" at the checkout and with this you will also get a free sample of the O'slee "Honey Sugar Mask" AND there is free shipping with my code. Ain't they kind! Buy Pirate here for £23.40.

My Little "French Riviera" Box Review June 2015 (Unboxing)

I got a lovely surprise this morning when I received the latest "My Little Box", I'm slowly falling back in love with beauty boxes because of them- hallelujah for no repeated products/ 5ML perfume samples IN EVERY BOX! This months box did not disappoint. 

The first item I reached for was the Kerastase Nectar Thermique Nourishing milk. I am a huge fan of Kerastase so was thrilled to receive this deluxe sample. I popped a little into my hair and it smoothed it out and made is smell delicious- big thumbs up from me. Buy the full sized product here for £15.38.

The next thing I picked up in the box was the Gommage Marin salt scrub. I love scrubs, adore them even, so when I saw this I was overjoyed. This reminds me a lot of Lush's Rub Rub Rub and sticks to your skin really well. This isn't for sale on their site yet, but when it is you can find it here: http://www.mylittlecorner.fr/beaute/my-little-beauty.html

The next item really surprised me, I'm not much of a sunglasses person (my head is HUGE so all glasses look tiny),  the rim is matte and the glasses are flattering on. I was really surprised to see Sarah Lavoine as the designer, I'm a huge fan of her home ware items, if you fancy a look at her work here's her website:  http://www.sarahlavoine.com/en/collections

The nail polish is a gorgeous vibrant teal colour that is flattering for all tones.

Once again "My Little Box" has completely donned the beauty box game and I was left thrilled. Sign up for £11 + P&P here.

Essence HAUL

I was very kindly sent a few Essence products to review from the lovely people at Wilko's, i'd never tried out Essence before so I was rather excited to test them all out.

The first product to catch my eye was the gorgeous pastel coloured "All About Romance" eyeshadow palette (£3.50). When I lightly swatch fair priced eyeshadows i'm a bit of a snob and expect them to be chalky and lacking in pigmentation- this product put me in my place! The silky easy to blend colours had amazing pigmentation and the colours are all easy to wear and can be used for lots of different occasions. This is definitely my new day-to-night palette!

Next up I tried the 06 "Barely There" long lasting lipstick (£2.30), this was far more sheer than expected but the colour is gorgeous and the lipstick is, as the name suggests, long lasting.

The packaging for the "Lash Princess False Effect Mascara" (£3.30) is super cute, the tube is shiny and black with green rubber detail for grip on the top of the wand, making it look adorable whilst providing grip.

The last products in my box of treats were two of their "I Heart Trends" Nail Polishes in 05 "Pure Soul" and 06 "Baby Doll" (both £1.80 each). They were quite watery and as you can see kind of leaked to the side of my nails, this works when you apply three very thin layers but it's not one for a quick polish and go. 05 is the top picture and 06 is the bottom, as you can see the colour is quite similar but 06 has a lovely golden shimmer in it.

 
Have you ever tried essence before? Are there any products you'd recommend I tried?

UK Drugstore Haul June 2015- Boots & Superdrug

Superdrug and Boots are having some epic reductions at the moment so I thought I'd show you what I picked up!

In Superdrug the Neutrogena 400ml deep moisture body lotion was reduced from £5 to £2.48, we use these all the time so this was a great deal for us so we picked up 6- 3 sensitive lotions and 3 normal lotions. Buy the sensitive lotions here and the normal lotions here. They're ultra moisturising and easy to use with the pump.

Naturally, I cashed in on some beauty deals. The collection 2000 concealer is a favourite so even though it wasn't on offer I picked it up for £4.19 here.

Boots are doing a 3 for 2 offer on maybelline at the moment so I picked up two of the Fit Me concealers for £5.99 here and their Lash sensational mascara for £7.99 here. Superdrug have a bit of a better offering for maybelline at the moment with 2 products for £10 but the two products I wanted were out of stock in store and online so I opted for boots.

I've been hearing a lot of things about make-up revolution but I hadn't got around to trying them so I picked up their Vivid baked highlighter in golden lights here for £3.

Reviews of all of these are soon to come so keep your eyes peeled!

I've owned my previous hairbrush since I had been 13 so the matte layer was gradually wearing off and it became quite sticky to hold so I picked up the Tresemme paddle brush for £5.99 (reduced from £6.99) here.

Next week I'm going on holiday so the SPF haul was a must! I picked up Simples kind to skin SPF30 moisturiser here for £6.99. I normally stick to suncream but the Nivea SPF20 tanning oil was half price, reduced from £14.99 to £7.48 here.

I also picked up a classic Nivea lotion in SPF 20 here for £6.28 reduced from £12.59.

Then we have the things that just needed topping up. I've heard great things about dove conditioners so opted for the dry oil dove conditioner for £2.97 reduced from £5.99 here.

Dad opted for his classic deodorant and shaving cartridges- the deodorant is £1.79 here and the cartridges are £14.99 for 3 here.

Our toothbrushes were reduced from £18.75 to £12.50 here.

Hope you enjoyed this haul!