Let's Talk About The Weather!

Hey guys!

So, I guess this is my first proper Lifestyle post! How exciting! And what better topic to start off with than this horrendous weather that has been hitting the UK lately? 

I live in Swansea. A place the majority of UK citizens will most likely have heard of before, and to those of you that haven't heard of it, its a city on the South coast of Wales. Yes, I'm a Welshie! We always joke about the weather and how dreadful it is here. Sun? What is that? But lately, it seems to be especially... bad! From what I can gather, we've got off pretty lightly with the storm so I dread to think about other parts in the UK! But, what about where I come from? 

Well! For the first time ever, well, since I've been born that is (all of 19 years and 11 months to be exact ;)), schools have been closing because of the wind... yes, the wind!! Ok, that may be a slight understatement. Yes, it was wind, but this wind was like nothing I have ever seen before. A lot of the UK was issued with both amber AND red weather warnings for it and to be honest, I can see why! It caused havoc. Road closures popped up everywhere due to fallen down trees and more worryingly,  whole roofs were flying off buildings! Our fence came down and thousands of people were left without electric! I was in work, and where as we didnt have a full black out, the lights flickered away!

Unfortunately, I didnt manage to get any pictures myself, but if you fancy a look at what the weather is like down here, here is some links to our local news paper where you will find pictures, tweets and articles from our locals!

http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/wild-Wednesday-weather-tweets-pics-close-100mph/story-20620931-detail/story.html

http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Live-weather-updates-latest-traffic-travel-school/story-20612310-detail/story.html

http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/Driver-tips-truck-sent-wrong-way/story-20613900-detail/story.html

http://www.southwales-eveningpost.co.uk/pictures/Pictures-today-s-extreme-weather-S-W-Wales/pictures-20613495-detail/pictures.html

How has it been where you are? Drop us a comment and let me know!

Review-Bomb Cosmetics!

As any other girl, I love baths and I love bath products. There is in my opinion, nothing better that soaking in a hot bath. So many times, my nose has dragged me into "Lush." My purse however drags me straight back out! Yes the stuff is, well, lush, but I begrudge paying such expensive prices for something that will last no longer than a couple of minutes, but now I have found Bomb Cosmetics! 

Bomb Cosmetics isn't a very heard about company, which is in my opinion, such a shame as the products are really out of this world! Bomb cosmetics seem to be springing up in quite a few shops these days though, so keep your eyes peeled and you may just find a stockist near you soon! Until then however, you can purchase from their website. 

Usually, my trip to my local stockist, Bellaroma, is to purchase Little Hotties. The most amazing thing I have ever set my eyes on! However, I will save this review for another blog.  The point is though, I usually purchase these, for both myself and as gifts for other people, all of whom have loved them. My local store gives you a Loyalty card and for every £5 spent you receive a stamp. A full card means £5 to spend. Well after buying a few lots of little hotties, I finally filled my card and went in today to make my purchase!

After a hard week, I was desperate to have a nice hot bath so thought I'd give Bomb Cosmetics soap and bath bombs a go. They provide such a wide variety of soaps, bath bombs, bath creamers and so much more, I took at least half an hour to make my choice. In the end I went with the "crazy after dark blaster" and the "summer cherry soap". 

The summer cherry soap has the most beautiful smell with notes of not only cherry but also mandarin and litsea cubea. The smell is beautiful and it lathers up really well!!! My favourite thing about this product though is that the gorgeous smell clings to you. For a good few hours after my bath, I kept getting wafts of the gorgeous smell hiring me! You can bag yourselves this soap for just 2.49 on their website! Bargain! And it lasts for ages too!!! 

Now onto my bath blaster! I love bath bombs! Who doesn't? And I seriously wasn't disappointed by this one! When I dropped it into my bath, I was surprised at just how much fizz is in it!!!! It's definitely called a blaster for a reason! Within seconds, my bath water had turned to a beautiful blue colour and the room had been filled with it's beautiful scents! Once I had actually got into the bath, it was honestly like stepping into luxury! What really impressed me however was how soft and silky it made my skin. I left my bath feeling super relaxed! You can get yourself one of these for just 2.29! You really cannot complain with prices like these!! 

If you fancy trying out some of bomb cosmetics products then head on over to their website, http://bombcosmetics.co.uk where you will find heaps of choices at bargain prices or a stockist near you! My boyfriend has actually just ordered me the Lucky Dip gift set where you get £50s worth of their products for just £30! I'm super excited to receive it and will post a review up when I have it!

So have you tried Bomb Cosmetics? What do you think?

Cath Kidtson Nails Using Barry M

Hey Readers! 

So, this tutorial is an old one from my old account, but it's my all time favourite and proved quite popular so I'm reposting here for all new followers!

You Will Need-

A base and top coat. I'm using Barry M's All in one.

A white nail varnish.

A blue nail varnish.

A pink nail varnish.

A peach nail varnish.

A green nail art pen. (Or just a green nail varnish and a brush or cuticle stick.)

Barry M's white nail art pen.

A striping brush.

A slightly smaller but thicker brush. (As you can see in the picture.)

Step 1- After applying your base coat and allowed to dry, you need to apply your blue coat. One or two, depending on the quality of the nail varnish and your own preference.

Step 2- First we will do the stripes and flowers. I did these on my little finger, thumb and middle finger. Dip your striping brush into your white nail varnish and starting at the cuticle side, place the tip of the brush onto your nail and drag it up to the tip to create a line. Repeat this several times as required depending on the width of your nail.

Step 3- To create your flowers, we start by putting a few dots of peach nail varnish onto your nail. These can vary in size and number.

Step 4- Now we need to create the effect of petals and we do this by taking our other brush, dipping it into the pink and simply making marks over the peach as you think petals would look. You can see how  have done this in the pictures.

Step 5- The final step of this part of the design is to take your green nail art pen and create leaves. I did this by making small 'v' like shapes on the edge of the flowers.

Step 6- Now for the easy bit! Using your nail art pen, create a line of dots up the centre of your nail. Then using this line as your template, compete the rest of the dots. Each line of dots should be roughly in the centre of the line of dots before them so if you were to connect the dots, you would have a diamond shape. Once this is done, you can cover your nails in your top coat and voila! There you have it!

Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoy this tutorial and  if anyone does attempt it, I'd love to see your results!