Barry M - Espresso...

I put this on a few days ago as I needed a bit of a change and even though it's black and not really appropriate for summer, I just love it. 

I try to stick to darker shades for my nails during autumn and winter, if you didn't see, I did a post all about this last year. I just think the colder months really suit colours like dark red, black, mustard, dark blues etc. When it starts getting close to summer, I always go for the pastel colours but when I was looking, I just couldn't find any I wanted to wear. I had a pastel yellow one on for about 2 days and then it started chipping and gradually got worse. I really need to invest in some new ones soon! 

I decided to go for my trusty Barry M - Espresso. It just lasts for so long and I think it looks great on. I know this sounds really soppy but the weekend we got engaged I had black nail polish on so when I wear it, it always reminds me of that and the first picture I took of my engagement ring. I think this colour looks best with it too to be honest! 

 I've always loved Barry M products, especially their Gelly High Shine Nail Polish. I didn't realise until I bought Espresso that it was actually matte and I hate matte nails. It makes me feel funny, so I topped it with the Barry M Base Coat, Top Coat and Nail Hardener which gives a lovely shine. 

What colour do you love wearing on your nails in summer? Have you got this Barry M nail polish?

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My Favourite Scents...

I'm not the type of person who has a massive wardrobe full of new clothes, a huge beauty collection, all the things typical bloggers have but as I have posted quite a lot about makeup and beauty I thought I would do a post a little different and talk about my favourite scents. 

I don't have a huge amount of perfume, just a few favourite bottles but the ones I have are some of the best. 

One I have had for a few months is the Boss Orange Eau De Toilette which I just love. It is the perfect scent for the warm weather. It's a fruity scent with hints of vanilla and it isn't too strong. I can just put a little bit of this on my neck and wrists and I can smell it for hours, but its not overpowering. It's one of those that would make people ask what perfume it is, for all of the right reasons. I love the packaging too, this is quite pricey but it is on sale every so often and you can get a smaller version in a gift set too. George got me this for our first christmas and he bought it me again this year for valentines, I think it will be one that hopefully he will get me every so often on special occasions!

Another perfume I use is The Body Shop Amazonian Wild Lily Eau De Toilette. I got this in a huge body shop set. It was over a year ago now but I bought something the body shop had on offer. It was around £80 reduced to £40 but the contents was worth way more than that. It was a bag just full of all their different products and I think there was actually more than one perfume in there. I did a post on it a while ago which you can read here if you want. This just smells really fresh, as described on the website, it has an aquatic scent and it isn't a really strong scent. This is one I just put on if I am in a rush, I also like to spray a bit around the flat sometimes to freshen it up a little bit!

What's your favourite perfume?

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A Trip To Manchester For The Corrie Tour

Hi Everyone! Sorry I haven't posted in a while, I say a while, its only been a week but to me thats a long time as I'm so used to blogging now. I just haven't really had the motivation to blog to be honest. I'm not sure why but I just haven't wanted too and I feel like i'm running out of things to talk about, sometimes I think I just bore people! The weather is also making it really difficult to take photos for my blog! It's either too dark or the suns too bright - blogger problems I know.

Anyway, I wanted to do a post with pictures from Manchester. If you read my last post you will know that we were going away for a few days. Well we went to The Corrie Tour and it was so good! I'm such a fan of the soaps so once I heard about this, I knew we had to do it. Once we got there we met our tour guide, Martin who was absolutely lovely and we were taken around the full studios. It was so interesting to see inside the houses and see how it's actually all filmed, it wasn't at all what I expected. After that we then got let out onto the street and we were allowed as much time as we wanted to walk around and take photos. It was so strange been in this place that you see on TV all the time, but so special too. Everything is so much smaller than you would think too. If you haven't been I really recommend it whilst it's still there. I still can't believe it's all going to be gone soon!

Aswell as the Corrie Tour, we also did some shopping! You can't go to Manchester and not shop, there are some fab shops there including a huge Primark. I mentioned in my latest wishlist that I wanted to get some things for the flat and I finally got some bedding! I had been wanting a new set for ages as I want to change the bedroom up a little and I found this pretty set from Primark for only £11! I love the pastel blue colour, it will be lovely on in Summer I think.

I also bought a few clothes too. I really needed some new jeans so I got the Dark Blue Super Skinny ones from New Look and I also got a new top from there but I can't find it on the website! In Dorothy Perkins I found a nice top for summer which I can't wait to wear!

James Bay is one of my new obsessions so I was very happy to get his CD. I think I love every single song, if you haven't heard any of his music please go on youtube and have a look because he really is so good and his albums just gone to number 1 too!

I love going on these little mini breaks and going to places we haven't been before, its nice to get away sometimes. It was so lovely to spend some time together in one of our favourite places, eating good food, shopping and of course seeing the Corrie set. Have you been on the Corrie tour?

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No7 Hot Cloth Cleanser...

I was so happy to get this for christmas as I had been wanting to try it for ages. I have sensitive skin so I try to be as careful as possible and only use products I know won't mess it up. I had heard good reviews of this and somebody I watch on Youtube had said it was particularly good for those with sensitive skin.

I have been using this for quite a while now and I'm really not sure about it. The first few times I used this I noticed that I was breaking out in spots the morning after. I thought this was just a coincidence and maybe my skin was just particularly bad at the time anyway. I have never come out in some sort of rash or had a proper reaction but I really don't know if it is this that is making me break out. 

Something good about this is how soft my skin feels after using it, thats part of the reason I carry on using it to remove my makeup! It does remove it all very well and as I said my skin feels so smooth and soft, but I just feel that every morning I'll discover a new spot. I was just wondering if anyone else has had this problem?

Comparing this to my Garnier Micellar Water, the micellar water wins hands down. I don't necessarily get the soft skin feeling after using it but I don't seem to break out with that.

I'm just so confused! I don't know whether to persevere and see if anything improves or to give up now and just stick with Garnier!

Whats your favourite brand for skincare?

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