Beauty Box Swap with Tania

At the beginning of the year Tania and I both tweeted that we'd like to do a Beauty Box Swap. I replied to her tweet and before you know it we were planning on how much to spend, what sorts of things to buy and how long we should have before we post them to each other. We decided on a price range of £15-£20 and to have the box posted during the last week of January which we both managed to do!

I was so excited to see the box when it came as I knew it was going to be this, (I only went to take some rubbish out) and I rushed back in to open it and see what lovely things were inside! Tania also sent a nice little note as well as notes on each little present too! So, on with some photo's of the box swap...

The box came filled with some lovely boxes and a gift bag with the items wrapped in some colourful tissue paper. The first one that I opened was the the polka dot gift bag.

Inside I found an Essie nail polish in 'All Tied Up'. I'm wearing this nail polish right now and I really like it, so keep your eyes peeled for a post on this very soon! Next up was this bath bomb which smells so so so nice that when I picked it up it took me a while to put it back down! I can't wait to try it out and then I might even need to buy some more. And last but not least from this gift bag were three candles which also smell amazing (as you can tell I really do like my scents) but I am yet to try these out too.

Next up in this box is a Calvin Klein eye shadow and a Collection 2000 lip stain which both actually match perfectly when I tried them out! I might do a FOTD using them both to show you what they're like soon. There was also this metallic silver/gold bracelet with diamante's which I love. 

And in the final box were these three Grace Cole products. A body wash, body lotion and hand and nail lotion, which also smell really nice. Tanya has also asked me to do a review on these which I will when I get around to testing these out, I already have a larger Grace Cole set of hand wash and hand lotion which I got for Christmas so I'm sure these will be just as nice to use.

You can see Tania's post on what I sent her in our box swap here. I'd also just like to say thank you again to Tanya for doing this box swap with me, I've really enjoyed it and loved picking out the items!

Have you done a box swap before or anything similar?

Abigail x

**100 Follower Giveaway** Soap and Glory + Barry M

If you follow me on twitter you may know that the other day I reached 100 followers on bloglovin! I am so happy about this and I wanted to say a big THANK YOU to all of you that have made this happen, following, commenting or even tweeting me.

The Giveaway:
I'll be giving away the Soap & Glory Eyes Box AND a Barry M nail polish (which I think matched the eye shadows well).

In this set you will get the:

• Thick & Fast Super volume mascara
• SIX Eye shadows
• Smoulder Kohl waterproof eyeliner
• Plus a mirror and brush (for the eye shadows)
• PLUS the Barry M Nail Polish

RULES:
This giveaway is open to the UK only, I will contact the winner by email after the giveaway has ended (4th Feb). You must have your own blog (and twitter account if you enter with your twitter), not one that you use just to enter giveaways, if you do this you will be disqualified.

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Abigail x

2014 and Wish List: THE SALES!!!

I found this on pinterest (here) and thought it was a great thought to start the new year with!

I hope you all had a good time celebrating the new year last night/today, Happy New Year to all of you lovely readers! Yesterday it made it 4 months since I had written and posted my first blog post and I can't believe how well my blog has done, getting nearer and nearer to my first milestone now.. 100 followers! That itself gives me so much motivation to continue to post regularly (when I'm back at uni it does get a lot harder) but I'm going to try and post at least twice a week. Another resolution, or more of an aim is to get myself a part-time job this year so that I will be a lot better off financially. But, I can only TRY with this because I've been applying and going to job interviews for a while and I still don't have one so we'll see and hopefully it'll happen very soon!

Anyway, on with what this post was originally aimed at.. my wish list of the sales!

1. AX Paris Aztec Skater Dress £16.99

2. Bed Head Shampoo and Conditioner £20.96

3. L'Oreal self-tan mousse £7.49

4. Soap and Glory Gift Set £4.00

5. Miss Selfridge top £15.00

6. Dorothy Perkins Chain Necklace £7.50

7. No.7 Mirror £15.99

8. Macadamia Flawless Finish Set £29.35

Do you have any new years resolutions? What's on your wish list?

Abigail x

NOTD: NYE

These Ted Baker nail polishes are perfect to add a bit of sparkle to your nails! You can find them in 'The Great and the Gorgeous' gift set by Ted Baker here. And if you haven't already you can read more about the gift set in my recent post here.

Abigail x

Ted Baker The Great and the Gorgeous Cosmetic Gift Set

Not too long ago I won the 'Ted Baker, The Great and the Gorgeous Cosmetic Gift Set' (available here) over on Saida's blog. It's a great set for any make-up lover like myself so I thought I'd show you what's inside...

Bronzer

I really like this bronzer, I think it's perfect for this season too!

makeup brushes

shimmer eye cream

super fine liquid eyeliner, great if you prefer a thinner line like myself and also if you like to build it up!

fake eyelashes!

eye shadow glitter!

Two Illuminators!

Two lip crayons

The colours of these lip crayons are so beautiful

Two nail polishes perfect for this season!

This is the perfect gift set and it's now half price in Boots so I'd grab it whilst you can!


Abigail x