Girls night in!

As much as I love a night out with my friends painting the town a very classy red I equally enjoy a cosy, relaxing night in all the same. So I've decided to take you through my perfect night in, in this blog post! I hope you enjoy!

I like to start the night with a relaxing bathtime soak. For a treat I popped in a Lush bath bomb too. 

I used the Think Pink bath bomb which leaves the bath a lovely pink colour as well as smelling nice and sweet! 

I don't know about you, but my day tends to revolve around when I'm going to eat and what it'll be. I am a classified foodie! We settled on having a Chinese takeaway and I had a quarter duck, spring onions, cucumber and pancakes. My favourite! 

Followed by homemade cocktails! For this one start by putting some ice cubes in a shaker. 

Followed by a shot of peach schnapps. 

Then I add a shot of vodka. I pour in some orange juice and shake. 

I pour the cocktail into a hurricane glass and top up so it's just over half way with orange juice. 

I slowly top up with cranberry juice so they don't mix with one another. 

I popped my Prairie Charms floral design straw in the top to finish the look. More can be found here!

The second cocktail I made was a fruity rum punch! I put two shots of Bacardi in the shaker with a few ice cubes and the juice of half a lime. Followed by two shots of orange juice and pineapple juice. 

Ta da! Finished with a peach striped paper straw from Prairie Charms as seen here!

We stuck the TV on and watched Saturday night British telly like Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway, The Voice and tried to find a film too. Settling on Bridesmaids! 

Settling down for the night with a film, a facepack, some drinks and freshly popped popcorn, perfect night in if I do say so myself! 

We popped the popcorn with coconut oil as it has a higher smoking point meaning it's a bit healthier. Once I heard the last one or two pops I transferred the saucepan of popcorn into a bowl and stirred through the salt and sweet flavour! 

I got those cute little pink and white snack bags from Prairie Charms as seen here.

Thank you so much for reading I hope you liked this post! What's your idea of a perfect night in? 

All my love A, x.

Granny Takes a Dip Lush bath bomb review!

Personally, I think there is nothing better than taking some time out for yourself of an evening, running a long hot bath, with maybe some music playing or a film and popping a gorgeous bath product in as well to feel ultra luxurious.

Recently I chose to try out for the first time Lush' Granny Takes A Dip bath ballistic. I've never actually tried it before but the way it looked and it's smell lured me to buy it. 

Unfortunately mine didn't travel well at all and broke up a little bit nonetheless I was still very pleased with it. It is a large coin shape with pink, blue, orange and green circles and costs £3.35. 

The bath bomb has lovely citrusy and spicy scents in it like ginger, black pepper and sweet lemon. All these essential oils used are great for boosting energy leaving you feeling better and uplifted! 

As this bath bomb is a slow fizzer I just gently lowered it into the water and unlike a regular bath bomb where they fizz and bob up and down this one stayed still and gently foamed. As you can see from the above picture the bath bomb slowly fizzed and foamed unleashing the vibrant colours all around the bath. 

You can see how vibrant the colours are in this shot too. I really love this colour combo too, blue and hot pink! This also leaves the bath water a nice plummy purple colour too.

How good does this bath look! You just want to jump in for a quick soak. I really enjoyed this bath bomb for a first time go and reckon I'll definitely repurchase soon. However I do often prefer a fizzy bath bomb compared to a slow fizz one so would give this a 4 out of 5. 

What's your favourite Lush product? I'm a big fan of all the bath bombs but my favourite has to be Dragons Egg! 

Thanks for reading, all my love. A. X

Shopping in Bristol!

Yesterday, my mum and I went shopping in Bristol for the day. We live about an hour away from Bristol so it's not too far in the car. Originally we were going to go to Bath shopping for the day but decided on Bristol instead as we haven't been there in years, it has a lot more shops (a much bigger and better Primark) and they're only about 15 miles away from one another so it's not too far at all. 

I love how Bristol has a lot more shops or even has bigger high street shops there so there was a lot more choice in them. I'm going to share with you some pictures of the things I bought. 

First of, Primark. 

I picked up this lovely camel coat after a bit of umming and ahhing over it. It was only £23 which I thought was a steal considering it's very comfy, feels lovely and soft and it could also pass as a Zara coat or something. 

Here's a close up of it. 

I got this white polo neck for £4 which will be a great staple in the winter. 

I picked up this £10 hooded sweatshirt as it's great for slouching around the house in or walking for the dog. 

I got this tartan scarf as well for £5. I love tartan especially in the winter and this was such a great price too as it would probably be triple the amount in Topshop. 

 I also picked up this little purse as well for £3 which is great if I don't want to take a massive bag with me, or even to use as a small coin purse. 

Inside it is separated into two sections. 

I also got some essentials in Primark like tights, plain socks etc but thought they were a bit boring so didn't photograph those. 

River Island 

Usually I'm not the type of person to buy fake body piercing type things but this fake nose ring caught my eye. I've always thought nose piercings look quite cool but am not brave enough to get it done properly. Seeing as this was only £3 I thought I would try it out and see if it suited me then I might get it done properly. 

I got these cool earrings for £4. I saw some like this on Asos a while ago but never purchased them but I saw these in store and really liked the simple look of them. 

H&M 

I got this black and white pattern print 3/4 length sleeve top because I really liked the button detail on the back. 

See the button detail. I think this was about £12.99. 

Close up of the button detailing on the back. 

I got another black and white shirt, this one was down to £5 in the sale. 

I like the way the print is smaller on the collar compared to the rest of the shirt. 

I got another white cami top as well for £7.99. I'm really loving cami tops at the moment. 

I like how on this one the material near the chest area is a bit more sheer compared to the rest of the material. You could wear it with jeans for a casual daytime style or dress it up with a skirt, leather jacket and heels for a smart going out look. 

For the journey home we finished off in Harvey Nichols, trying our best to discreetly hide our Primark bags as I lovingly gazed at all the Louboutins, we got some provisions for the car journey home. 

Delish! Such a guilty pleasure of mine. 

These were £1.25 and looked so cute too! 

Thanks for reading, I hope you liked this post! Love, A x. 

St. George's Day.

St. George is the patron saint of England and today is St. George's Day! As I'm from England I thought I'd write a little post on how patriotic I am and what St. George's day is all about..I gather this is a slightly different post to usual but it'll have a splash of my usual beauty touch to it too haha!

So, like I mentioned above St. George is the patron saint of England. His emblem was a red cross on a white background (hence the look of the English flag).  It is believed that he was actually a Roman soldier and became well known for his bravery as he protested to the Roman Emperor about the torturing of Christians and in the end died for these beliefs. So it seems the story of him slaying a dragon in order to save the princess wasn't strictly true..

In England we don't treat today like a holiday or anything just merely a normal working day.

I realise this post may seem a bit odd compared to the usual things I blog about but at work today the delivery driver came in dressed up as St. George in a wonderful little knight's costume and we all sipped our teas and chatted about the dreary, wet weather when it made me think this is probably what being English is all about, wearing funny clothes, obsessed with tea and moaning about the rubbish weather we seem to have a lot of the time. I had a little think, and there are so many little quirks and things, us English folk like to say or do that I forget to appreciate sometimes, or perhaps things only other English people would understand!

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For example, Marmite. I for one am a lover!

An age old argument heard up and down the country and will probably remain this way forever. Do you pronounce it Scone like cone or Scone like gone? 

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Fish and chips and mushy peas will always remind me of holidays or trips to the beach in England.

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Whether you are a dunker or not, it's hard to turn down a biscuit or five. God bless the Queen and the humble digestive biscuit. 

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Ahh that typical smell of a greasy spoon cafe and the scent of a full english breakfast being cooked. They aren't the most healthiest of options but they taste pretty darn special. 

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The cornish pasty. Crammed full with beef, potatoes and other vegetables with a shortcrust pastry. I think its hard not to say Cornish Paaaaaaasty without developing a full on cornish accent! 

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Pubs. Every village, or town up and down the country has at least one. With their homely atmospheres, funny names and dart boards, pool tables and the occasional jukebox, what's not to love! 

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A cup of tea with milk (and mine with two sugars thanks) Tea is not only a drink to me, it is a problem solver once you've had a cuppa to help think things through and left your head feeling a little clearer too. Also some claim it cools you down? I'm not 100% sure on that one..

It's true. How else would you spark up conversation with the shop assistant or at the hairdressers?

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Brown sauce. Can be splattered over anything. 

One of the quirky phrases we use.. Basically means it's raining really heavily! 

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And the lady herself, The Queen. Here we see Her Maj having a little giggle as she leaves Buckingham Palace one day to see her husband Prince Philip dressed as a guard. 

I tried to emulate a union jack nail design as well as the St. George's Cross nail design too. 

Thanks for reading, I hope you liked this post! Love, A x

Please comment below your favourite things too!