Review : Pink Floral iPad Cover

Pink Floral Pattern iPad Case £9.99 - Amazon

I bought this pretty iPad case from Amazon a few weeks back now. I was a little dubious about the quality at first because it is so cheap, it comes with a 12 month warranty which gave me a little faith so I went ahead and ordered it. I am so glad that I did, it is so pretty and so sturdy. 

This is one of the covers that does all of the fancy 360 degree rotating and has several grooves inside so that you can adjust the angle of the iPad. The outside of the case feels really strong and durable, it is made of PU leather. The inside of the case is super soft and has a microfiber suede lining.

All buttons are easily accessible so there is no need to remove your iPad from the case. There are magnets inside the case, as a result when you open the case the iPad wakes up, when you close it the iPad goes to sleep. So genius that it just baffles my little brain! 

You can buy this iPad case here for £9.99. It fits new iPad 2, 3 and 4, 3rd Generation wifi and is available in other colours.

Review : Betrousse Glitz and Glammour Box

Betrousse Glitz and Glammour Box £10*

I was lucky enough to receive the Betrousse Glitz and Glamour box for review purposes. The box is similar to other beauty boxes packaging wise with the tissue paper and the information card but the box itself is bigger, it is very similar to a shoe box. 

Betrousse boxes work differently to the other beauty boxes out there. They only provide full size products (yay!) and there is no subscription. You just pay a one off fee as and when you want a box. All of the products are themed and usually range for between £17 - £19. You will know what is in the box before you buy.

So... what does the Glitz and Glamour kit contain...

Tulecos Tonifying Oil 50ml £33

This sounds so interesting. It is specifically intended for use on your feet. It smells very strongly of peppermint and has a lovely cooling effect. I suffer quite badly with dry skin on my feet so am looking forward to giving this a go. Priced at £33 I have high hopes for it.

Benta Berry G-1 Exfoliating Facial Cleanser for boys and girls 30ml £14

The menu states that this will leave skin soft, clean and complexion mattified. I quite like the bold packaging of this 100% natural product and it smells amazing. Benta Berry's products are aimed at 12 - 24 year olds, I am a few years older than the intended market but will still use this as I still suffer with acne which is something that I associate with teenage skin.

Make Believe Beauty Enhance Shimmer Lip Gloss 15ml £10

This isn't a shade that I would normally choose and I think £10 is quite expensive for a shimmer lip gloss. I'll probably use this for a natural day time look in the Summer as it apparently enhances your tan.

Jason Normalising Shampoo 255ml £7.29

Another gorgeously scented product. This Jason shampoo uses Rosewater and Chamomile to balance the PH levels of the scalp. It should also help to beat frizz and keep hair hydrated. I suffer with dandruff and a lot of frizz, my ombre has also made the ends of my hair quite dry. On paper this is the perfect shampoo for me, I'm excited to try it.

Fair Naturally Mango & Sunflower Body Moisturiser 200ml £3.99

This seems to be a lower range product to the rest of the contents in the kit but that doesn't bother me. It smells good enough to eat and you get a lot of product in the tube. Another natural product.

The total box contents come in at just under £70 and it costs £10 to buy.

If you don't mind loosing the surprise element of the beauty box I highly recommend Betrousse, it is great that you know the total value of the box before you buy and that you will only receive full size products.

Their website is also worth checking out, they have an area in which you can register to test products and a beauty news section which includes tips such as how to make your own nail varnish.

You can buy the Glitz and Glamour box here for £10.

Stand Out Emails #4

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To celebrate the launch of the Great Gatsby film Frontcover are giving you the chance to win the new Frontcover to go Macaroons set worth £20. Enter here. (newsletter sign up).

Cloud 10 Beauty have money off Real Techniques brushes until 28th May. If you spend over £40/$40 use the code realtechniques20 to receive a 20% discount. Spend over £20/$20 and use the code realtechniques10 to receive a 10% discount.



I absolutely love the Princess Fall necklace by Elisha Francis London, the perfect Bridal necklace.

Week in Photos #110

I tried this for the first time today, it is so random but actually really nice.



We bought a new plant and a pot from IKEA, wonder how long until we kill this one. This is the pot that is commonly used for storing make-up brushes. what an odd blogger I am actually using it for the purpose of which its meant!
I had my loan statement through, so pleased that it is paid in full next year.
My family are freaky.
This Police helicopter flying over our house was quite loud and annoying.



I went to a fun day at the local park yesterday with my sister and her children, we had a great day and the kids loved it. Gracie even held an owl.
I went out and had far too many sambucas last night. No hangover today though thankfully as I had a lot to do.
Pretty red sky.
I never want to leave my bed.



Today has been so nice. I decided to take to the garden to fill in my appraisal form. Kitty was a little too hot bless her.



Kitchen re-organisation with kilner jars and luggage tags. It looks a lot better than having tea boxes hanging around everywhere.



Yummy food this week. I made Slimming World diet coke chicken again because I loved it so much. I'm going to try the Zero Fanta chicken this week.
Our IKEA trip obviously meant meatballs.
Homemade chips, these were so good.
Chocolate crisp biscuits from IKEA, these are lovely.



We went to the Stuffed Dormouse for food today, I took Spencer out to celebrate his new job. The food there is beautiful and they do two courses for £10 which I think is a rather good deal. I had a lamb dinner followed by a gorgeous handmade chocolate orange cheesecake. I love the little cow cream pourer that came with Spencer's apple pie!

Perfume : Flash Jimmy Choo

Sparkles of Pink Pepper, Tangerine and Strawberry introduce a flash of White Flowers and Tuberose to this Eau De Parfum fragrance. Intoxicating and dangerously sexy, the scent parades on a catwalk of addictive Powdery Woods.

I received a sample of Flash with a Debenhams order a while back and instantly fell in love. As if the glittery packaging wasn't enough it also smelt amazing. It went straight onto my Birthday wishlist and thankfully my brother-in-law chose to buy it for me (cheers Leighton!).

The perfume smells absolutely beautiful, the packaging is, well, flashy (sorry, couldn't resist) and looks gorgeous on display. 

The scent sticks around for a long time on me, lasting a full working day and more.

Flash comes in a variety of sizes starting at 40ml for £36. Debenhams currently have 10% off Flash perfume.

Home : My Favourite Corner

I've shown you my getting ready room before (here), it hasn't really changed very much so I'm not going to go into too much detail on it, I just wanted to show you the one corner of this room as it is my favourite corner in my house.

This corner is home to some of my most precious items. My shoes are housed in the cupboard, my nail varnishes all displayed on my IKEA Ribba shelves, some of my favourite photos & bags (yes, I have a weird thing about collecting nice bags) and now my pretty new mannequin* from Out There Interiors.

I have a few changes that I want to make to this room now, including the addition of some French furniture, I think the chest below would look perfect in my getting ready room.

Review : Mac Russian Red Lipstick

Mac Lipstick in Russian Red £14 (currently on offer for £12.60 at Debenhams)

This may seem odd for a blogger but this is only the second Mac lipstick I've owned. I was super pleased to receive this for my Birthday as I've been fancying trying out Russian Red for quite a while now.

I am in love with this colour, it is so flattering on me. Despite the slight bleeding the lipstick itself is perfect. It has a matte finish and lasts ages without transferring. I had a glass of water about five minutes after application and found no trace of lipstick on the rim of the glass. I find it to last all night even when drinking, a lot, with no need to re-apply. The best part is that it didn't dry my lips out at all. The downside is that I now want more Mac lipsticks.

What is your favourite Mac lipstick? Are you a fan of Russian Red?

Week in Photos #109

I made Chili Con Carne from the Hairy Dieters cookbook in the week. It was really lovely and quite easy to make. The recipe says it serves five, we had five portions exactly. It worked out well as we had a busy week so having this on hand to re-heat when we wanted tea made matters a little easier. 

I'm not sure the Hairy Bikers would approve of the mozzarella that I covered it in :-/

Yummy fajitas with pretty flowers. 

The new Maryland cookies are delicious. 

We bought a Tesco meal deal for £6 which consisted of Cottage pie and veg and this marshmallow chocolate pudding thing - lush and such a bargain.

Kitty wanted my hangover Dominos. I was actually going to be good and make a nice chicken fried rice. I went into the kitchen to make it only to discover that my washing machine was leaking and my kitchen flooded. Five soaking towels later and I decided a take-away was the way forward.

I used the Amie face mask that She Said Beauty provided for the Cardiff blogger meet. It is super refreshing. I have at least one more use out of it so will use it up before reviewing.

I tried coconut water for the first time, Tesco have it on offer for £2 so I couldn't resist. It is lovely though I do worry about the extra calories I'm drinking when I have this instead of water. Just because it is a healthy drink doesn't mean that it won't add pounds.

I made Slimming World diet Coke chicken using this recipe. While preparing it smelt and looked disgusting, don't let this put you off though as the end result was delicious. I think I'll be trying the diet Fanta chicken next.

I went to my sister's 30th birthday party on Saturday (hence the hangover). I am so annoyed that I didn't take any photos, I wanted to get an OOTD of my new Chi Chi dress but I was just having too much fun to stop and take photos. This is my make-up and my new side fringe that I had cut in Saturday morning. 

I'm wearing Mac Russian Red on my lips, I had this for my birthday and love it! Review coming soon.

I hope you all had an awesome week and aren't suffering as much as I still am. I've decided to try and give up the Jaiger bombs, I cannot handle the Red Bull come down, I am still so tired.

eBay Watch List #13 - Comic Print

POW Ring £9.83 + £3.88 P&P. ❤❤ Bubble POW Ring £7.99 with free P&P. ❤❤ Hot Pink POW Necklace £6.50 + £1 P&P. ❤❤ POW Necklace £6.49 + £1.20 P&P. ❤❤ Boob Tube Bra £5.99 with free P&P. ❤❤ Crop Top £4.99 with free P&P. ❤❤ Midi Bodycon Pencil Skirt £4.99 + £1.99 P&P.  

Comic print seems to be everywhere lately. I'll be honest, when it first came out I wasn't too keen, but, it really is starting to grow on me. Most of the comic print clothes seem to be very tight fitting so I won't be wearing these. The accessories however I do love. If I wasn't so skint I would most definitely be buying the first POW ring and the second necklace - aren't they pretty funky?

High Tea at The Angel Hotel, Abergavenny

This year for my Birthday I decided that instead of spending £50+ going out with the girls on a night out that the jaigerbombs would make sure I didn't remember I would do something a little more civilized, we would go to The Angel Hotel in Abergavenny for High Tea. The Angel Hotel is quite well renowned for their afternoon tea, having won the Tea Guild's Top National Award in 2011 I had very high expectations.

The booking process was simple, I filled in the online contact form and received an email reply pretty much straight away. I called to confirm things and pay my 50% deposit and received the confirmation by post within a couple of days. 

The fact that we were a larger group meant that we had to book into a private room, this cost just £2 each extra and really made the day even more special. We were placed in the sitting room as the usual private rooms were fully booked (typical me, leaving things until the last minute). The sitting room was lovely, we walked in to comfy sofas and chairs, a log fire and a beautifully set up table. I was very impressed with the length of time they booked the room out for us, I can't remember exactly how long but I think it was three hours. Even when this time was up they didn't put any pressure on us to leave.

The staff were very helpful and attentive, they took drink orders as soon as each person arrived and even made suggestions to save money such as buying bottles of wine instead of a glass each.

We did worry when they started bringing the food in, we didn't think they would be able to fit it all onto the table but they managed and it was an amazing spread.

Each stand is shared between two people. There were two of every sandwich and every pastry but annoyingly only one of every cake. We wanted to try them all so all opted for cutting each cake in half to share with our partner. On top of what you see in the above photo we had an individual trifle each and warm scones with cream and jam. They waited for us to finish this before bringing the scones in so that we could enjoy them warm.

I opted for the whole rosebud tea which was absolutely delicious. I loved that it came in a clear pot as it looked so pretty, though some of my friends did say this put them off as they didn't like to see all of the 'twigs'. I liked that my pot had an inbuilt strainer, it made it a lot easier than faffing around with a tea strainer, though it did take me using a strainer and it being empty to realise there was one in the pot.

We had a fantastic day, even those who thought my choice of Birthday celebrations quite odd and a real sign that I'm getting old ended up absolutely loving it. The pastries and cakes tasted just like little bites of heaven, I'm drooling just thinking about them.  I highly recommend a visit if you're in the area.