what I got for christmas 2014♡

I hope you all had a really lovely Christmas! 

Today I'm doing a blog post about a selection of my favourite presents. I was debating weather to do this blog post but a lot of my blogging friends encouraged me to do this. So here it is!

Disclaimer: I am not trying to brag or boast about my Christmas presents. Christmas to me is not about presents - it's about family and enjoying your time. I am grateful for every present given to me by my friends and family (sorry I couldn't include every single present)♡ 

My main Christmas present was my new camera. I got the Fugifilm Finepix S1 bridge camera. The quality is so good and I am still in shock that I received this. Hopefully, you can tell the difference of my blog photos from now on!♡

    Over Christmas my Mum saves back a few presents for Boxing Day. My Mum had said to me that she wasn't going to get me these because the shoes are white and it's winter. White shoes and mud don't really mix. I wasn't expecting to receive them at all so when I opened them I was so happy :) I received a pair of white converse. Although, sadly I'm sure they won't stay pristine white for very long♡

Next I received in my stocking quite a quirky gift but one of my favourites. It's a set of alphabet stamps. You press the stamper onto a ink pad and print onto paper. It adds a vintage feel to cards or letters. I can't wait to start using this for pen palling♡

For Christmas this year I got a selection of books - one of which is the Lauren Conrad Style book. I got the Lauren Conrad beauty book in January and found it really useful. I thought the style book would complete the little collection♡

This year I ended up receiving 3 perfumes. One of which is Blissful Mistful from Zoella's new beauty range. I got this in my stocking. This smells so fresh and I have worn this everyday since. The packaging is really pretty too♡

The second perfume I got was another 30ml bottle of my favourite perfume - Wonderstruck by Taylor Swift from my sister. The third perfume I received was the Soap and Glory Mist You Madly body spray♡

I received several lovely bath bombs and lush things. 

I got the secret santa gift box from my Uncle which contained the -

Father Christmas bath bomb♡

Honey I washed the kids soap♡

From my sister I received my favourites from the lush christmas range - 

Melting snowman bath melt♡

Butter Bear bath bomb♡

From my cousin I received - 

Think Pink bath bomb♡

Creamy candy bubble bar♡

Pictured here: Father Christmas bath bomb and the creamy candy bubble bar♡

No Christmas is complete without something disney!

I received 4 disney DVD's in my stocking. 

Dumbo♡

Bedknobs and Broomsticks♡

Pinocchio♡ 

Saving Mr Banks♡

We recently got rid of our video player and the first 3 disney classics we didn't already have on DVD. Saving Mr Banks is a relatively new film but I've been desperate to watch it for months because it is about the author of Mary Poppins which is one of my favourite disney films!

I also received 2 cute little disney figurines in my stocking from a brand called BullyLand. I got Bambi and Thumper. It makes my room look very "disney-fied"♡ 

I hope you had a lovely Christmas! Let me know if you have done a similar blogpost♡

Emily xx

christmas nails♡

It's CHRISTMAS EVE! 

How quick has Christmas come around?!

I'd like to take this opportunity to wish you all an amazing Christmas and I hope you spend it with your loved ones, eat LOTS of food and be merry! And if you don't celebrate Christmas I hope you have a good day :)

In preparation for Christmas I have painted my nails!

I used - 

Barry M Matt White♡ 

Limited Edition Barry M glitter nail polish in Midnight♡ 

I painted 4 fingers a thin layer of the white nail polish and I painted the glitter nail polish on my ring finger as a statement nail♡ 

The finished look♡


Emily x

festive lush haul♡

I missed the boat with the festive lush hauls that appeared over the Autumn months but today I have a festive lush haul. Better late than never! 

I haven't been particularly 'adventurous' with my lush choices this season. The extravagant bright colours and glitters don't really appeal to me so I've tended to repurchase my two favourite products every time I've been. But, I have ventured out now when I was given a few more products to try as gifts!

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The first product, I actually bought myself, which is one of my favourites. This is new out this year and I have previously hauled this before. It's the butter bear bath bomb. One of the cheapest and one of the more boring ones (as regards to colours) but a favourite amongst all the others! It doesn't turn the bath water a colour but when I use this my skin feels so soft and nourished. You can really tell its benefited your skin. The smell is vanilla and cocoa butter.

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The second product was given to me and is one of my two favourites this Christmas! It's the melting snowman bath melt.  I have again, hauled this before. This smells like spices - a really warming christmassy scent but not one of the overpowering scents. I was also surprised at the fact that a little goes a long way - I managed to get 4-5 baths using this and each bath I took I got out feeling like it had benefited my skin. The product is made with almond oil and cocoa butter which has amazing qualities for the skin.

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Next, I got given the christmas hedgehog bubble bar. Firstly, I didn't expect it to be a bubble bar - I thought it was a bath melt at first because the product feels oily. The christmas hedgehog is so cute and is this beautiful baby blue colour. When I smelt it before in the Lush shop, I wasn't overly struck by the scent but smelling it alone without any of the other mingling lush smells it smells much nicer. The smell is fresh and quite a masculine smelling fragrance. It contains organic shea butter, rose absolute, orange absolute and ylang ylang oil.

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The last thing in my festive lush haul is the iconic Snow Fairy given to me by my friend. Snow Fairy is one of the classic lush fragrances. I'm not a massive fan of Snow Fairy because it is SO strong. It smells of bubblegum and candy scents and is glittery pink, however I'm sure if I use it in small amounts I can stomach the smell! The new formula contains seaweed which is said to have massive skin benefits.

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Emily x