Beauty, Bargains and Beyond

Primark 12 Days of Bubbles is a Bath Fizzer advent calendar that costs £10 and contains 12 Fizzers. The set contains: Grooves Fizzer Pink Concave Fizzer Cloud Fizzer Purple Gold Top Fizzer Pastel Heart Fizzer Rainbow Multi Ball Fizzer Blue Salts Infused Fizzer Blue Crystal Fizzer Pink Sprinkles Ball Fizzer Mint Gold Top Fizzer Pineapple Fizzer Santa Hat Fizzer                    This is a great gift at a reasonable price and the fizzers are perfect for a colourful bath. You just place the bath fizzer into a bath tub fiiled with water and allow them to dissolve. Considering how much bath bombs cost these days, I think this advent calendar is very reasonably priced.                                                                               ...

Happy New Year everyone. Admittedly this is a bit delayed as Christmas is over, but better late then never I hope.  I haven't been too well over the Christmas break so all my good intentions around the blog fell by the wayside, but I just wanted to show you what I received in my advent calendars in the last week before Christmas. Here's days 21 - 24 of my Advent Calendars (see what else was in the calendars  here ,   here  and here ). In the  Clarins Advent Calendar  I received (clockwise from top): Hand and Nail Treatment Cream - 8ml HydraQuench Cream - 5ml Beauty Flash Balm - 5ml Moisture Replenishing Lip Balm - 15ml In the Kerastase Advent Calendar I received: Cristalliste Bain Cristal Luminous Perfecting Shampoo - 30ml Elixir Ultime Solid Serum - 18ml Cristalliste Lait Cristal  Luminous Perfecting Conditioner - 20ml Elixir Ultime Rich Shampoo - 30ml Finally, this is what I received in the  M&S Advent Calendar ...

Another week closer to Christmas, less than a week to go and I have a week off work.  Could it get any better. Here's days 14 - 20 of my Advent Calendars (see what else was in the calendars  here and here ). In the  Clarins Advent Calendar  I received (clockwise from top): Anti-Fatigue Serum - 3ml Instant Light Radiance Boosting Complexion Base - 10ml Toning Lotion - 10ml Eye Contour Gel - 3ml Anti-Pollution Cleansing Milk - 10ml Exfoliating Body Scrub - 8ml Extra-Comfort Anti-Pollution Cleansing Cream - 5ml In the Kerastase Advent Calendar I received: Keratine Thermique Smoothing Taming Milk - 50ml Bain Satin 2 Exceptional Nutrition Shampoo - 30ml Masquintense Exceptionally Concentrated Nourishing Treatment - 30ml Chroma Captive Shine Intensifying Mask - 30ml Bain Therapiste Balm-in-Shampoo  Fiber Quality Renewal Care  - 20ml Masque Therapiste Fiber Quality Renewal Masque - 30ml Elixir Ultime Sublime Cleansing Oil Shampo...

Wow another week closer to Christmas day, I can't believe it's so close.  I've opened up another week of my Beauty Advent  Calendars and wanted to show you what I got in them (see the previous weeks here ). In the Charlotte Tilbury The Book of Makeup Magic I received: Take It All Off Genius Eye Make-Up Remover - 30ml Super Model Body - 15ml Multi-Miracle Glow - 15ml Magic Night Cream - 15ml Mini Lipstick in Penelope Pink MATTE REVOLUTION Lipstick in Red Carpet Red  which is not pictured as I gave it away to my sister as red is not my colour.  In the Clarins Advent Calendar I received: One-Step Gentle Exfoliating Cleanser - 5ml Moisture Rich Body Lotion - 8ml Instant Light Lip Balm Perfector - 01 Rose Eau Dynamisante - 15ml HydraQuench Intensive Serum Bi-Phase - 3ml Wonder Perfect Mascara - Wonder Black  Mission Perfection Serum - 3ml I bought the Kerastase Advent Calendar when it was reduced to less than half price (£37.60 instead ...

I bought 3 Beauty Advent Calendars this year, Charlotte Tilbury, Clarins and M&S. Here's what was in each advent calendar in the first 6 days. Charlotte Tilbury The Book of Makeup Magic : Day 1 - Goddess Skin Clay Mask - 15ml (worth £9) Day 2 - Charlotte's Magic Cream - 15ml (worth £21) Day 3 - Wonder Glow - 15ml (worth £14.44) Day 4 - Nocturnal Cat Eyes to Hypnotise - On The Prowl - 2.5g (This and the mini eye pencil below retails for £29 for the set) Day 5 - Rock N Kohl Iconic Liquid Eye Pencil - Supernova - 0.8g Day 6 -Lip Magic - 5ml (full size worth £25) Total Value £98.44 I am really pleased with the first 6 products in this box as I have wanted to try most of them and the eyeshadow, whilst not necessarily the colour I would have chosen (see swatches below), is a great colour for the party season. Clarins : Day 1 - Instant Smooth Perfecting Touch - 4ml (worth £7.06) Day 2 - Blue Orchid Face Treatment Oil - 2ml (worth £2.13) Day 3 -...

I really couldn't resist the Marks & Spencer Ultimate Beauty Advent Calendar when I saw it in Leeds store the other day.  I really thought I'd missed the boat with this one as they were already sold out online and I couldn't get into town on the day they were released. Luckily they were still available in store when I went on Thursday, so I would advise you to get to your nearest store asap if you still want to buy one as they will probably sell out pretty quickly if they haven't already. It's a real bargain at £25 when you spend an additional £25 on beauty products, which is really easy to do considering M&S now stock Ren, Pixi, Stila, L'Occitane, Leighton Denny & Nuxe to name but a few.  I also used a 20% voucher which made it £20. It's worth over £200 and if you don't want any spoilers don't look any further. Here's what's in the calendar: Pur Minerals - Volume Vixen Mascara Mini - 4.8ml  Stila Lip...

Whoops I've done it again as the classic Britney Spears song goes.  Yes this is my 2nd beauty advent calendar purchase and it's a biggy, but it had to be done. The Charlotte Tilbury Book of Makeup Magic costs £150 and it's still available on Charlotte Tilburys website here . It contains 12 mini and full size products and is a mixture of makeup and skincare. The reason that I bought this is because it's a great opportunity to try out a range of Charlotte Tilbury products without paying the cost of the full size products.  You can find a list of the contents here (I won't list them as I don't want to spoil it for anyone).  One of the products contained in this most luxurious of beauty calendars is the yet to be released Magic Night Cream which means that you get to try out a product that is not yet available to buy. I love how each product is stored in a box rather than behind a door that you need to tear open as this means that the box will not get...

I can tell Christmas is close because all the beauty advent calendars are going on sale.  My first beauty advent calendar purchase this year is from Clarins (it does not appear to be available to purchase online anymore). There are 24 mini clarins products which is a great way to try out a brand. I also received 6 deluxe samples as my order was over £60, along with 3 additional smaller samples.  Delivery was also free and the Clarins Advent calendar costs £60.   Free samples received with order I can't wait for December so that I can start opening this calendar.  Have you bought any advent calendars yet?   Leighlee I bought this with my own money.

Hope you have all had a great Christmas.  I thought I would do a quick post on the Primark Jewellery Advent Calendars that I bought and blogged about here , to show you what was in them. This one was £10 (£5 in the sale during December).  It has 12 sets of earrings, 4 midi rings, 4 bracelets and 4 necklaces, with a number of them being matching sets. I thought this was a great alternative to a chocolate or beauty advent calendar and it was a great price.  I'll definitely be looking out of them next year. This one was £8 and was a 12 days of Christmas advent Calendar.  This has 4 pairs of earrings, 2 rings, 3 bracelets and 3 necklaces.  Again another great buy and I particularly loved this rings in the one. I thought both of these were a great buy and would definitely purchase a Primark Jewellery Advent Calendar next year if they sell them. What do you think of these Advent Calendars? Leighlee I bought these with my own m...