Showing posts with label presents. Show all posts
Showing posts with label presents. Show all posts
Black Friday is here! Another awfully commercialised (yet amazing) shopping event which gives my credit card a severe beating every year.
This year, I've scoured the net for bargains from the usual suspects so save time and read on for the latests deals from Boohoo, Office, ASOS, Feelunique and the likes of the usual online emporiums that always manage to ensnare your hard earned cash...
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The Best Black Friday Fashion & Beauty Deals
You know how getting ready is sometimes almost as good as going out? Well, I sort of think that shopping for Christmas is a little bit similar. Y'know, with the exception of the whole RUNNING AROUND IN A PANIC not knowing who to get what and when. Just thinking about it gives me the urge to drown my sorrows in mulled wine.
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Christmas Shopping Made Easy: Handpicked Gifts For Everyone
Whether you like it or not, Christmas is coming. All the TV adverts are out, it's hats and gloves weather - I've even got a tree and negotiated with Mr FV the earliest date I can put it up (29 November - but I'd have it up now if it were up to me!)
With a whole range of Beauty Boxes available, it's really difficult to get the perfect one - there's always one product in the box that you're not keen on right? So why not make your own? I saw this great tip on Boots.com about making a personalised Beauty Box/Hamper and decided to give it a go.
Here are the instructions I followed. Watch my video on YouTube and see how I got on! Keep reading for details on how to win the box!
Stuck on what to get the beauty fan in your life? Here are some classics that always go down well...
My Top Picks For Beauty Box Fillers
My Top Picks For Beauty Box Fillers
And you can WIN this too! Worth £95. Just enter below:
The box contains a Jack Wills Microwavable Hottie, Chloe Eau De Perfume 30ml, No7 Star Bauble, Sanctuary Luxury Bath Float, French Connection Lip Gloss x 3 & Nail Polish x 2, Ghost Perfume Bauble. All available at Boots.
Will post internationally. Competition ends 12 December.
Good luck!
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VIDEO: Forget Beauty Boxes, Make Your Own Personalised Beauty Hamper!
This will sound seriously mental but... I had my first Mince Pie of the year the other day. Yup. Christmas, in October. But the festive season isn't that far away you know. Xmas lights are up on Oxford Street. Christmas gift ranges are in store. Can't escape it, CHRISTMAS 2015 IS COMING.
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Christmas Is Coming: Gifts All Wrapped Up At Lush Cosmetics!
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In case you missed it.... I'm buying a house! Well, can't quite afford a house in London, it's actually a 2 bed flat but still, it's a place of my own. And the best part? I CANT WAIT TO DECORATE! I'm not quite in there yet but I sure am planning everything already.
The lovely team at Flamingo Gifts spotted my "How To Buy A House" blog series on hunting for a house and sent me some beautiful presents which are frankly, perfect housewarming gifts! A house plant just doesnt cut it anymore.
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Happy Housewarming To Me From Flamingo Gifts!
Apologies for a bit of a lapse in blogging this week. I write a lot of my posts in the weekend to be scheduled throughout the week and as you can see there's been nowt since last weekend!
All with good reason of course and that reason is.. GIN.
Now I'm not normally a lifestyle type blog, but I really wanted to shout about the great time I had at The London Gin Club at The Star At Night in Soho.
It was Mr Face Value's birthday and I bought him a gift voucher for a gin tasting menu. Yes, a gin tasting menu. Thankfully not an 8 course monster gin feast - I wouldn't survive the night as I'm the biggest lightweight ever! Fact.
We sampled four different Gins with four different garnishes and the chance to compare them side by side was actually really interesting!
Here's a story - I used to hate gin. I thought it tasted of feet. Now that i'm a 'real' grown up, I have come to embrace my poison but I never really thought of gin having different flavours. Yes, I thought Hendricks was nicer than Gordons but I thought they were all quite similar. Right?
OH HOW I WAS WRONG.
How to 'do a gin tasting'
So basically, you get four gins with different garnishes and two bottles of Fevertree tonic - I remember we had King of Soho, NB Gin, Juniper Green and Williams Great British Gin.
I say 'I remember', I actually mean I took a photo of our menu because hella knows after four gins if I'll remember my name let alone the Gin name.
What next?
You taste the gin straight, then with tonic to see how the flavour changes, and then you add the garnish and taste again. And woweee - they really were so different! I was expecting to be like "yeahhh, that's kinda different... i can kindaa taste the...cucumber? Elderflower?"
For example. Juniper Green was what I imagined 'normal' floral gin to taste like but Williams was fantastically spicy - almost like Christmas in a cup. I had NO idea gin could taste like that!
And then we took it one step further...
The GINVENTOR - that's right. We invented our own gin. How fun does this look?!
What's a ginventor..?
So you get two blank 'base' gins and a load of 'botanical distillates' like pink grapefruit, cardamon and coriander.
Now we knew what gin flavours we liked, we had a go at making our own!
Mr FV ended up with a glorious orange/clovey type gin and tonic and mine.... well.... I'm always a fan of more is more. But I can safely say that coriander, red berries and lime does NOT go. (although I was adamant at the time that my gin was friggin awesome)
So you can buy the Gin Tasting Menus and Ginventor as a gift voucher for your gin-fiend friends or loved ones. Or you can just rock up at The Star At Night and either order from their exteeeensive gin list - or choose a tasting menu to try.
Either way - I fully recommend it for a night out after dinner - or as a date venue - it's definitely something different to do!
You can find more at http://thelondonginclub.com
Now - to get on with the rest of today.... More blogging coming soon. Maybe.
xXXXx
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Life Maths: Today = Gin > Blog
The festive adverts are on TV, the department store Christmas windows have been revealed - I know it's only November but I've decided to embrace the fact that Christmas is just around the corner. Hooray!
Obviously you'll know Christmas is here when the Coca Cola advert is on TV but by then Christmas shopping should be in full flow, much like the mulled wine in my house.
So to help you kick off your preparations, I've selected a few frankly awesome gifts from the Boots Christmas range. You know I love presents! Feel free to pass this page onto your chief present buyer and say "JUST GET ME THESE LOVE, THANKS"
So what have we got here then? These are my top presents that I would want - a real mix of essentials and of course, luxuries. You don't want what you actually need at Xmas do you?
Let's take a closer look...
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Boots Christmas - My Top Present Picks!
A thing you should know about me is that I love presents. Christmas, birthdays, anniversaries aside, I'll find any excuse to get gifts.
And I mean ANY excuse. We're talking half birthdays, 6 month anniversaries and of course passing any sort of test. BTW Eye tests are totally included (especially if you're blind-as-a-mole like as me - any sign of stable eye strength calls for a huge celebration to me!)
So as much as I hate to admit it, 2013 is fully underway - can you believe it's MAY next week? The fond memories of Christmas are gone, I've had my birthday and it's another 6 months until the next present heavy session. BOO HOO.
One of the present-joys I discovered last year was that of the blogger swap. A.k.a bloggers give presents to other bloggers and they get one back!
Present fans, are you listening? You're getting a great deal here. Other than anniversaries how often do you get to buy a present and have someone guaranteed to buy one back for you eh??
It's also a great way to meet new people and make new pals. My first ever blog swap was with the lovely Beka from Beka's Beauty (a lifestyle and beauty blog) and she was such a doll - she sent some amazing products which I hadn't used before and LOVED them. And we're now social media friends. Ahh friendsss.
And I mean ANY excuse. We're talking half birthdays, 6 month anniversaries and of course passing any sort of test. BTW Eye tests are totally included (especially if you're blind-as-a-mole like as me - any sign of stable eye strength calls for a huge celebration to me!)
So as much as I hate to admit it, 2013 is fully underway - can you believe it's MAY next week? The fond memories of Christmas are gone, I've had my birthday and it's another 6 months until the next present heavy session. BOO HOO.
So what can we do about it?
One of the present-joys I discovered last year was that of the blogger swap. A.k.a bloggers give presents to other bloggers and they get one back!
Present fans, are you listening? You're getting a great deal here. Other than anniversaries how often do you get to buy a present and have someone guaranteed to buy one back for you eh??
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But, its not just about the presents of course.
It's also a great way to meet new people and make new pals. My first ever blog swap was with the lovely Beka from Beka's Beauty (a lifestyle and beauty blog) and she was such a doll - she sent some amazing products which I hadn't used before and LOVED them. And we're now social media friends. Ahh friendsss.
So how does it work?
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What's in the box? Blogger swap alert!
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