New year Boots treats

Having spent quite a lot of money in Boots buying Christmas presents I managed to accumulate a few points on my advantage card and what better way to spend them than to treat myself to a few things!

Summer is still a while off and the winter makes me feel very pale so when I saw that cocoa butter has a bronze lotion that gradually adds a natural looking tan I just had to buy it and the fact that it was on offer made it even better!
I don't normally use foundation but I do like BB cream as it is a bit more natural looking. I have had these annoying lines under my eyes for a while (it's definitely not due to sleep deprivation) so I thought I would try this BB cream eye roll-on to see if it would remove them.

I know dental floss isn't much of a treat but I have managed to avoid the dentist recently and hope to hold out a bit longer so good dental hygiene is a must!
Earrings are probably the only jewellery I wear regularly so I like to update them every so often. There was a large range of jewellery on sale and I picked up this set for only £2 - Bargain!

I have been saying that I am going to cut my hair short for the past year...or maybe a bit longer than that, I have even put it on my bucketlist. I am sure that I will get round to it at some point in 2015 but until then I thought I would treat my hair to a nice conditioner to keep it under control.

I had just over £20 worth of points on my advantage card and this lot came to around £16 so I even have a few pounds left over towards my next shop!

Have you treated yourself to anything in the January sales?

Blog Birthday Bodyshop Bonanza

There's nothing like a bit of alliteration to get us all excited...okay that would just be me then! But hopefully what will get you excited is the chance to win this bunch of Body shop goodies...

Last week I celebrated my first year as a blogger... I would love to tell you how exciting and life changing its been but frankly, most of the time it just felt like I've been talking to myself on the computer! Dont get me wrong I have really enjoyed it, which is why I have carried on! And I have loved having chats with other #lbloggers #bbloggers #mbloggers and the rest of the alphabet bloggers on twitter and reading and joining in with some Linkys on other blogs.

I wanted to put this giveaway up earlier in the week but if you read my last post you would know that it was pretty full on already!

So here is what I am giving away..

• Indian night Jasmine shower gel
• Vitamin E gentle facial wash
• Cocoa butter body scrub
• Vitamin C energising face spritz
• Pink refining bath Lily
• Mango soap

So for your chance to win just enter via the rafflecopter below and be sure to check terms and conditions. This giveaway is open to UK residents only.

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Beauty product of the month - February

Ive never been one to buy lots of beauty products. I would only ever go into superdrug or boots to buy baby things and essentials. There were just so many cosmetics, I wouldn't know where to look first so I would just pass by them to get to the items I needed.

Just recently, what with Christmas, selling body shop products, subscribing to Glossybox and basically having a teen daughter that has just started obsessing over her looks, I find myself surrounded with make up, skincare, perfumes and all sorts of other fabulously smelling stuffs... I think I just made that word up!

I still don't overdo it with make up or anything but I do have certain products that I favour and tend to get into a routine of using, so I've decided each month I will share with you my favourite beauty product, be it haircare, make up or toiletries.

I do love The body shop products (lookout for giveaway coming soon) and have been using their seaweed skincare range. The item that stood out for me is their pore-cleansing facial exfoliator.

It is for combination/oily skin and is described as an 'oil balancing polish to deep cleanse pores and reveal smooth skin.'

I only use it weekly as it does feel like a deep cleanse. The texture is kind of runny like honey but with grains of sand to exfoliate and it has quite a pleasant, subtle scent. The thing I liked most was that when I used it at night my face still felt fresh and smooth the next morning.

Within the coming week I will be celebrating my one year blogiversary, so to celebrate that I've kept at it that long and because, well, I'm just nice like that, as I mentioned above I will be doing a Body shop giveaway!! I don't have any of the above item but I may have something from one of their other fab skincare ranges to add to the box, so keep your eyes peeled.