Beauty, Bargains and Beyond

Hi everyone, I'm back from my holidays.  I just spent 2 weeks in Los Angeles and had a great time.  I saw a few minor celebs, visited Disneyland and Hollywood and more importantly spent an absolute fortune at Sephora, so you will be seeing a few haul posts over the next few weeks (I have to justify my spending somehow).  I will also be doing a giveaway so look out for that.   Here's my Sephora haul - Part 1. I was on holiday with my sister, so I have included some of her stuff as well, since we will be sharing some of the box sets.   I'll start with some of the holiday gift sets that I bought.     Sephora Favorites Super Stars - cost $75 (approx £50) actual value is showing as $280. This set contains: - 0.085 oz Anastasia Clear Brow Gel - 1.7 oz Bumble and Bumble Surf Spray - 0.50 oz Deborah Lippmann Treatment-infused Nail Color in Cleopatra in New York - 0.50 oz Josie Maran 100% Pure Argan Oil - 0.17 oz Na...

I just thought I would do a quick update to let you know that I won't be able to post much in October, but bear with me because I will be doing another great giveaway at the start of November. I started this blog in May and I can't believe that I have done 50 posts already.  It's been really enjoyable and I want to thank you for following me and reading my blog :) Take care everyone and see you in November. Leighlee

I went shopping last week and I swear I wasn't going to buy anything but when I saw this bargain I couldn't resist. I have wanted to try out some of the Phyto hair products for awhile but they are abit on the expensive side so I always talk myself out of it but when I went into TKMaxx last weekend and saw these box sets I couldn't resist.  I bought the following:   Winter Essentials for Frizzy, Unruly hair - Control Frizz and Smooth which included the following: Phytolisse Shampoo - Perfect Smoothing Shampoo 200ml Phytolisse Mask - Express Smoothing Mask 200ml Phytodefrisant - Botanical Straightening Balm 100ml This box set cost £16.99 rrp on the box is £49   Winter Essentials for Dry hair - Hydrate and Illuminate which included the following: Phytojoba Shampoo - Intense Hydrating Shampoo 200ml Phytojoba Mask - Intense Hydrating Mask 200ml Phyto 7 - Daily Hydrating Botanical Cream 100ml This box set cost £16...

After the success of Septembers Use it or Lose it Challenge, where I chose 8 products to try to see if I liked them or not (I decided to get rid of 3 and keep 5),  I thought I would pick another set of products to use in October.  For anyone that missed Septembers challenge update the link is here . The products I have decided to use or lose in October are: Vanitas Versace Perfume  4.5ml - I received a trial size in a beauty box ages ago and never got around to using it.  I did a post on my perfumes awhile ago and promised that I would use more of my perfumes. Avon Glimmerstick Diamonds Eye Liner in Smokey Diamond - Another product Ive had ages and not used.  I must admit I have hooded eyelids so I'm not sure eyeliner works for me but I'm going to try a few of my eyeliners in October and see if they are worth keeping.  The other eye liners I will try are: Elf Shimmer Eye Liner Pencil - I cant find a name on the pencil but its a smokey gre...

I have seen loads of posts about free gifts when subscribing to various magazines and some of the gifts really make it worthwhile subscribing.  I took advantage of a recent offer to subscribe to Instyle magazine for £8 for 6 issues.  The normal price for the magazine is £3.80, so that's a saving of nearly £15 off the cover price.  The free gift on offer was a Rituals set worth £36.     I have used a couple of Rituals shower gels in the past which I really liked, so I couldn't pass up this great offer.  The set includes:   Happy Buddha Foaming Shower Gel 200ml - Organic Mandarin & Yuzu Touch of Happiness Rich, Nourishing body cream 200ml - Sweet Orange & Cedar Wood Good Luck Scrub Sugar Body Scrub 200g - Sweet Orange & Cedar Wood   I cant wait to try all these products as they smell delicious.   Its definitely worth looking out for subscription offers as soon as the new magazines hit the shelves as...