What I got for Christmas

Hello Lovelies!

I hope you all had an amazing Christmas! I didn't do anything out of the ordinary, just spent it with my Mum, Dad and brother and worked an awful lot! Ten hours today, (Boxing Day sales I dislike you!) However I still had a great day and ate to my heart's content :) Anyway I uploaded another YouTube video discussing everything I got! It's a long one haha..

I received some lovely gifts this year and really have been spoilt!
If you enjoyed please like and subscribe! :) If you've done a similar vlog/post leave me a link and I'll check it out!

What was your favourite present this year?

My Favourite Things About Christmas

I'll start with the obvious one, the decorations! I love decorating my uni flat and coming back to all the home decs! I also love everything else that's festive, clothes, pyjamas, coffee cups.. I love it all and will be sad when it's gone! :(

Christmas scents! I have a growing candle obsession and at the moment I'm loving all the Yankee Christmas candles! I bought the set of all the votives to try them all out and a medium sized Christmas Eve one as that's my favourite!

Baking yummy Christmas food! I love cooking anyway but Christmas time gives me the excuse to go all out with the naughty treats ;).

Christmas nights out! Everyone loves a Christmas night out, whether its a full night on the town or just a couple of drinks at your local pub or a friend's house, it's an excuse to get glammed up and don some festive head gear!

Wrapping presents! It feels good to give and it's a good way to get your creative juices flowing.

Seeing my boyfriend. He lives far away so when we do see each other it's even more special!

I love all the beautiful sunsets we get at this time of the year.

Getting to spend time with my family, as being at university I don't see them every day anymore!

And lastly, seeing my home friends! Because most of us are at uni now it is very hard to find time to see each other as we are so busy and all live miles apart! So when we all get together at Christmas it's so nice because we have so much to catch up one and it's like nothing has changed.

I was tagged by my friend Shannon over at her blog to do this post, click here to read her's! 

I tag you all to write this post, what do you love about Christmas? :) Leave me the link if you do it!

My Week in Photos 2

Although I have been very busy working this week and have been all over the place, (back and forth from home to Sheffield!) I have still managed to fit in lots of festiveness! :) Here's my week in pictures!

1. On the train home after work with Celebrations to keep me going!

2. The Nottingham Christmas Market! 

3. A sneak peek of my present wrapping..

4. I made my boyfriend's family cookies and packed them all nice and cute, a good idea if you're on a budget like me!

5. Ready to go out! (Urban Decay eyes and Mac lipstick in Dark Side).

6. Christmas scented Yankee Candles. Yum.

7. Donning my Xmas jumper for work!

8.  New festive nails yayyy. Please last until New Year!!

9. Me and my flat mate ready for town! My Reindeer ears are from Claire's Accessories.

I'm actually impressed at how festive I've been this week! I didn't really realise until I was captioning these.. You may be lucky enough to have another blog post later tonight, as I'm attempting to pull an allnighter to prepare myself for my nightshift tomorrow! Last shift before Christmas eeeek! If you work in retail, I feel your pain!

What have you done that's been festive this week? :) Are you ready for Xmas?!

My Week in Photos

Hey Lovelies :) I've been wanting to start writing "my week in photos" posts for a while now, I'd like to post these weekly; ideally on a Sunday, just as a quick review of my week! Thought they'd also be nice to look back on for me. Also, this way if I'm busy and haven't had time for a proper post I'm still keeping you updated :).

1. Dad finally put the tree up at home!
2. Majorly wrapped up walking home from work after finishing at 11.30pm, hate Christmas shopping hours!!
3. I finally learnt now to do a fish tail braid! Thanks FleurDeForce!
4. My Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette arrived!!! It's an Xmas present so can't use it yet, but there will be a review in the new year!
5. I made my first YouTube video! The Christmas Tag.
6. Catching up with my home friends at an Xmas house party :).

Hope you're all feeling festive, 8 days and 11 hours to go!! (If you live in England) :D

Do any of you do weekly photo updates? If you do, let me know and I'll check them out! :)

November Favourites Vlog

Hi Lovelies!

So I was actually going to write a blog post about my November Favourites, I even took the photos, but then my camera wouldn't connect to my laptop! But I was determined to get the post up as it was a bit late as it was, so I just made a quick vlog instead! Let me know what you think :) The links for the items are below xxx

Boots
Gloves are from New Look but not available online at the moment.
Skirt
Top
Coat
Candle

I've entered the world of YouTube...

Hi Lovelies!
So last night I spontaneously made my first YouTube video! I watched Alfie's (PointlessBlog) Christmas Tag and as I was feeling festive I thought I'd give it a go! I'm still going to be blogging mainly with the odd video here and there, as I don't have the time or equipment to produce quality videos at the moment, but it is something I'd like to do more of in the future :) It's not as easy as it looks, I had a right 'mare editing it! Anyway here it is, my first ever video, let me know what you think and if you've done a Christmas Tag yourself leave the link in the comments and I'll check it out! :)

xxx

Urban Decay De-Slick Makeup Setting Spray Review

Hey Lovelies! 
I have been meaning to write this review for a while now. I purchased Urban Decay's De-Slick Makeup Setting Spray about a year ago now, they had an offer on the XL one so I had to snap it up! I should mention they have since changed the packaging! 

Here's my product:

 Here's the updated version:

As far as I know the ingredients are the same :). 

Urban Decay claims that the spray helps to prevent makeup meltdown, and keeps skin looking matte whilst preventing your makeup from smudging, sliding or fading. I have also tried a travel sample of the all-nighter spray, which claims to last up to 16 hours. The reason why I purchased this one instead of the all-nighter was because in reality I didn't ever think I would need my makeup to last 16 hours! And this one has the added oil control benefit. However although I do think this product does help keep my makeup looking fresh for longer than usual, I think the all-nighter actually works better! These products are definitely an alternative to using hairspray on your face too, which is not good for your skin at all! That could definitely cause pore blockages and breakouts! I definitely recommend this product for long working days or nights out when you want your makeup to last a while, and it does feel very refreshing to spritz on your face! I do think I prefer the all-nighter spray, however both products are good, but the all-nighter just tends to keep my face looking more matte and I don't have to powder as often wearing these products, so if you're skin is quite oily like mine, these will probably help you! The de-slick makeup setting spray is available at House of Fraser here and the all-nighter makeup setting spray is available here. I think these are good value for money at £19.50, you only need a couple of sprays so the product lasts ages! 

Have you ever used any makeup setting sprays? What do you do to keep your makeup in place? Let me know :)