Beauty, Bargains and Beyond

  *I received these products for free but the opinions are my own. The Humble Co. was established in 2013 and is based in Sweden. This company was founded by a dentist to design and develop eco-friendly dental products which offer an alternative to the regular plastic products that most of us use. Based on this I was so happy to try these products out. Every Humble purchase goes towards funding projects for the benefit of children in need. You can read more about the companies philosophy here . The Humble brush * has a handle made from 100% biodegradable, sustainably-grown bamboo (the fastest growing plant on earth). Bamboo is also naturally antibacterial which means that there is no need to use fertilisers or pesticides during its cultivation. The Humble brush comes with 1 handle and 3 easily removable brush heads. The box is made from recycled materials, and the individual wrappers on each product inside the box are made from paper and are compostable.  The products are also certi

I recently took advantage of the Cult Beauty goody bag offer when you spent £170.  I don't know about you but I always save up my big purchases for times when there is a goody bag offer, because I get to try out loads of new products for free with my purchase.  First of all I will show you what I purchased and then show you the free goody bag that came with it. I stocked up on some more Supergoop! Unseen Sunscreen SPF 30.  I bought the limited edition 73.9ml supersize.  This cost £40  This is my holy grail sunscreen because it goes on clear and does not leave my skin looking or feeling greasy. Briogeo Curl Charisma Rice Amino + Shea Hydrating Co Wash.  I have tried and loved some other Briogeo products so I thought that I would give this one a try.  I have curly hair that gets so knotty if I use shampoo, so I tend to use products like this one which leaves my hair easy to brush through and with frizz free curls.  This is a new purchase for me, so I will let you know how I get on

   *I received these products for free but the opinions are my own. I was recently sent some  Beverly Hills Formula Products * to try out and have been using them over the last few weeks and wanted to share my thoughts on them. Beverly Hills Formula Professional White Advanced 2 in 1 Whitening Kit Plus Touch Up Pen * - £25 This is an easy to use teeth whitening kit that you can use at home.  You just place the whitening strips onto the lower teeth first and then the upper teeth and leave on for up to 1 hour.  This is ideal if you work from home like me as I can just sit at my desk working while I am using this product.  After 1 hour you just remove them and rinse your teeth.  There are 28 whitening strips (14 upper and 14 lower).  There is also a whitening pen that you can use for touch ups or on the go which is a perfect size for my handbag when I'm out and about.    Superdrug currently has this product on offer for half price £12.48 here . Beverly Hills Formula Professional White

I recently picked up my birthday gift from Space NK and I just wanted to share it with you.  Space NK is one of my favourite beauty stores and I can't resist browsing their website and stores.  I am a member of their loyalty programme NDULGE which has a number of perks, one of which is a free birthday gift.  The gift this year included 4 deluxe size samples and is a great little freebie.   The gift included: Darphin Intral Daily Rescue Serum - 5ml KIEHL'S Retinol Skin-Renewing Daily Micro-Dose Serum - 4ml Malin+Goetz Peppermint Shampoo & Cilantro Hair Conditioner - 10ml each As a member of NDULGE you also receive points for your purchases which is currently 1 point for every £1 spent. You receive a £5 voucher for every 100 points.  You can also top up your points balance by reviewing the products that you buy, for which you will receive 10 points per review (up to a maximum of 10 reviews a month). You may also be invited to exclusive brand events and gain early access to sa

I occasionally visit the The York Designer Outlet   to grab a few bargains.  Here's a recent haul from The Cosmetics Company Store. Clinique ID Dramatically Different Hydrating Jelly (includes the hydrating jelly base 115ml and the active cartridge concentrate for uneven skin tone) 10ml - RRP £38 usual price in store £28.50 I bought it on offer for £15.  Bargain. Clinique ID Dramatically Different Moisturising BB-Gel (includes the moisturising BB-gel 115ml and the active cartridge concentrate for pores and uneven texture) 10ml - RRP £38 paid £28.50 (there was an offer on in store, I think it was if you spent over a certain amount on Clinique that you received a free product I can't remember if it was spend over £30 or £40). Clinique Moisture Surge 72-hour Auto-Replenishing Hydrator 30ml.  I received this free for purchasing the 2 items above. I couldn't find an exact match but there was something similar costing £25 on Boots website (I'm presuming the item I received

*I received this product for free but the opinions are my own. I am definitely not a cook, it's not a case of won't cook it's more a case of can't cook I'm rubbish. I have tried to cook over the years but it's very rare that I have made anything decent. I have even tried the meal delivery plans where you are sent the ingredients you need and a step by step plan and I can still make a mess of it, so when I was offered the chance to try out the Love Yourself Balanced Diet Meal Plan* I jumped at the chance. This is not only a meal delivery plan that delivers the meal ready cooked you can also choose the amount of calories you want to eat per day and the plan I was sent was 1500 calories per day which allowed me to stay within my planned calories on my current diet. The meal plan includes 5 meals per day.   They are cooked each day using fresh ingredients and delivered daily each evening.  The meals include breakfast, lunch, dinner and 2 snacks and you can also