Rimmel 60 Seconds Nail Polish Instyle Coral

I first saw this in boots in Wallingford  and thought it was the perfect coral nail polish! It leans more towards an orangey-coral, but still has an element of pink. It is however a lot less pink than some other coral nail polishes in the market. This shade has fast become one of my favourite shades for Spring/Summer! It dried super quick and only needed 2 coats. If you were in a rush, you could probably get away with just 1 coat as it was semi-opaque and only needed a thin layer on top to ensure full opacity. The wide brush is so handy, I can paint most of my nails with just 1 stroke, which is great for lazy people like me!

I'm definitely going to be trying more of this Rimmel 60 Seconds range. Do any of you have any recommendations for other colours to try? I think there's a lovely bright blue in the range?

xoxo, Erin

Vaseline Rosy Lips Review

"This", of course, is Vaseline’s 'Rosy Lips' petroleum jelly, which is basically Vaseline’s classic Lip Therapy tin, with one important difference: it makes your lips "rosy". Now, who doesn’t want rosy lips, I ask you? Raise your hand if you don’t want rosy lips. See? No one.

I'm a fan of Vaseline lip therapy anyway, and always have a tin. I've been using the "Aloe Vera" for years now, but I love this one even more. The jelly itself is scented with rose and almond oils, and the tint is perfect for creating that "English rose" look. It gives your lips a glossy wash of natural looking colour, which I love, and it can also be used to give subtle colour and glow to your eyelids and cheekbones.

I can tell this is something that is going to come with me everywhere from now on, if you want to buy some for yourself you can buy it for £1.99 from boots.

Nivea Lip Butters Review

Now originally, the reason I bought this was the smell! It smells devine and I just love it. If you like sweet scents you will love this scent.

This 'lip butter' has a thicker texture than Vaseline and feels more nourishing on my lips with a lasting feel. It pretty much does feel like thick butter on your lips, but tastier obviously!

The product is in a little tin, like Vaseline, which unfortunately likes to gather dust if you don't wash your hands right before you use it. Personally, I think I would prefer it in a twist-up variety but it hasn't stopped me using it lots!

I would recommend the Nivea Lip Butter's highly but haven't tried any other flavours, this one is too good!
Nivea Lip Butter's are available at Boots for £2.25

Review: Pretty Little Liars Book #1

Summary

Alison is perfect --- beautiful, witty, smart and popular. The girls want to be her, and the boys want to kiss her. Alison is a best friend, in more ways than one. But things are not always as they seem. Hanna is a nice person, just a little overweight. Steadily putting on the pounds since her parents divorced, Hanna is having her own time of coping with things. Emily is a swimmer, just like the rest of her family. Living the "blah" life, Emily is just blending in. Aria is different. Her likes and dislikes are borderline weird, at least to others. Aria just doesn't fit in. And Spencer has to deal with living in her sister's shadow. Sometimes, Spencer is just sick of the competition.

Things get really crazy when the girls have a sleepover at Spencer's and an argument gets out of hand. Alison disappears and they never hear from her again. Fast forward three years, and things have certainly changed. The remaining four girls don't even speak now. Aria's family moved away to Finland and just got back. Aria is used to hanging with older guys now and ends up wanting a relationship with her new teacher. Someone just bought Alison's old house with a teenager and bonds with Emily. The problem is, this new resident is helping Emily find out who she really is. Does Emily want to face the music? After many years, Hanna is no longer overweight and has a new set of friends and circumstances to deal with. Hanna finds out the hard way that wanting attention and being Barbie isn't all it's cracked up to be. Spencer is still living in her big sister's shadow but has her own agenda. It's not her fault that all her sister's boyfriends want her.

Soon, the creepiness begins. Someone is watching them all, with information on events that happened three years ago --- events that only each one of them knew...and Alison. But she's gone, right? Who else could twist their past and bring it into the future? Whoever it is, they know a little too much and are hell-bent on hurting them all, one way or another. As the girls are already spooked, things don't get any better when all their current secrets come tumbling out of the woodwork. Who's telling?

Review

Sara Shepard does an amazing job in this first installment of a four-book series. With mystery, intrigue and true-to-life characters, Shepard takes readers into a world of fake and fanciful spoiled brats. These are people who seemingly have it all, but when you delve a little deeper, they have just as many issues as the next kid. As PRETTY LITTLE LIARS expertly crafts just enough suspense to leave you waiting for the next book, one thing is for certain: high school will never be the same!

Hello 2013!

I would say that in a lot of situations, I am able to see the positive aspects but definitely not often enough. I will more than likely think of all the negatives of something before I even consider a more positive outcome. It's mostly reflected in the mood I am in. I need to stop finding things wrong with everything and start looking for all the great things in sticky situations and remember that it's not the be all and end all if things don't go as planned.

I remember that it was sometimes quite a struggle to drink enough water, but I managed to and that it made me feel so much better inside and out. I felt a lot more healthy, a lot more hydrated and my skin was also thankful. It's certainly not an easy thing for me to try and do as I'm naturally not a very thirsty person, it doesn't take me a lot of liquid before I feel like i'm going to burst from the inside out or wee myself. haha. I'm going to try and drink a lot more, whether I manage to complete a 2L bottle a day or just come close, it will be a vast improvement.

Be the best of you. This is one of my favourite quotes. I'm not sure where it comes from but I currently have this quote set as my desktop background. I like that it encourages you to be the very best you can be, surround yourself with people that bring out the best in you and don't be anything but yourself.

So those are my little personal challenges/goals I have decided to set myself. Some are working well already. I am going to really make the most of this year, and I hope you all do too. "Happily ever after starts here". :)

What sort of challenges and resolutions have you set yourself for 2013?

Are you hoping to look back over them in a year and have completed a good handful if not all of them?

Little Online Shopping Spree

It's not all that often that I will buy things from the comfort of my own home. It's not that I don't like online shopping, it's just that I tend to shop more on the High Street. However, come pay day, there were so many things I wanted to buy/try that I wasn't all that sure i'd be able to get hold of in the shops. I went onto the BHS website and bought the items below.

The first thing that accidentally hopped into my virtual basket was a beige and neon pink heart baggy jumper. I've heard such amazing things about this jumper, so of course, I had to give it a whirl and see what all the hype was about. The next thing that ended up in my basket, was a turquoise bikini with salmon pink flamingos all over, with ruffles on the edges. I absolutely love it, I think this will be really pretty in summer, the only problem was that it was too small for me, aswell as a royal blue ruffle bikini. The last thing I bought, was a pair of pink wedged sandals that were also too small for me so I am hoping to order, the wedged sandals and the bikinis again but in the next size up of corse. ;)

Messy Bun

Having long hair meant that the maintenance spent on it, can add up to quite a considerable amount of time. I loved having long hair (Then i decided to cut it, i had 10 inches cut off, i kind of regret it now) , but with long hair there were some days where i thought that i wanted to chop a lot of it off.    For days when i thought having long hair was a bit of a faff, I would sling it up in a messy bun. The bun is never the same each time I do it, but  i was always happy with how it turned out. It is quite difficult, but it's all just trial and error. Sling it up, use as many hair pins and hair bobbles as you like. It doesn't need to look perfect, and that's why it's one of my favourite go-to hair styles. I also really like now that its a bit shorter because you don't have to use up all your hair pins and hir bobbles and you can just use one hair bobble then your ready to walk out the door.

What's your favourite lazy-girl-quick hairstyle?

Xxx