sweet as…

Next Jumper, Matalan skirt, Primark tights, Forever 21 Necklace, New Look flats.

Gosh I’ll be glad when I can get my foot in to shoes again and wear the outfits I want to wear! A foot injury for a shoe addict? Worst nightmare! Fingers crossed it won’t be too long before I’m back in heeled boots and all manner of outfits; things just don’t look the same with a bulky bandage underneath!

Still, nothings broken and I have my latest beauty product favourite to brighten up my days:

‘Make Your Statement’ with the classic scent of NEW Jergens® Original Beauty Lotion Cherry-Almond Body Moisturiser

NEW Jergens® Original Beauty Lotion Cherry-Almond Body Moisturiser has finally crossed the pond to UK shores. The undisputed classic and original ‘beauty’ focused lotion famed for its cult cherry-almond inspired fragrance will now be the go-to body moisturiser for UK women making their ‘statement’ with beautiful soft skin. A new formulation to the UK market, this soothing mix of moisturising ingredients gives dry, dehydrated skin the thirst quench it needs, with a special dose of the classic fresh and awakening cherry-almond scent, leaving skin looking and feeling softer for longer.

With a unique blend of nourishing and softening emollients, NEW Jergens® Original Beauty Lotion Cherry-Almond Body Moisturiser works with the skin to moisturise and softenover a 24 hour period, ensuring skin is smooth to the touch, even at the end of a long day. Unforgettable sweet cherry and a hint of almond doubles not only as a fresh scent but as a gentle kick-start to the morning, allowing beautifully soft, healthy skin to be a daily ‘statement’ that will stand the test of time.

NEW Jergens® Body Moisturisers are uniquely formulated to make a beautiful difference to skin- a difference that can actually be seen, felt and experienced. That’s because Jergen’s body care experts believe it’s not enough for skin to feel its best it should look its best too.

Experience the beautiful difference Jergens® moisturisers can make to skin

NEW Jergens® Original Beauty Lotion Cherry-Almond Body Moisturiser 200ml
RRP £3.49

The smell of this lotion is INCREDIBLE, not overly sweet and sickly but enough to remind you of a Cherry Bakewell (smelling like baked goods is never a bad thing!)
I’ve raved about Jergens products before, I love how fast they sink in and how good they leave my skin feeling and this one is no exception. Although I was sent my sample for review I will totally be re-purchasing this time and time again, I’m a fussy bugger when it comes to moisturisers but this one ticks all the right boxes!

Jergens are also giving away a number of prizes including a designer handbag by Michael Kors, a designer scarf by Mulberry, a pair of designer shoes AND the complete range of Jergens moisturisers which includes 12 Jergens products. The prize is worth over £600!


Plus, Jergens is also giving 10 runners up the full range of Jergens moisturisers and a year’s Marie Claire subscription for the year.
http://bit.ly/AccessoriseYourSkin

Now, if you’ll excuse me I’m off to drown my sorrows in the Cherry Drops sweets that came in the package. I’m sure sugary goods heal muscles better than anything…

Have you tried this yet? Have you come across any other fabulous products that smell like sweet treats?

xxx

Snacking Saturday: Nims Fruit Crisps

I might be better known for my tweets about sweets and biscuits, but I do have a healthy eating side to me too and when the folks at Nim’s offered to send me some of their range of fruit crisps I was pretty darn excited.

• Nim’s are a unique range of innovative, delicious, crispy snacks. They are not to be confused with dried fruit, freeze-dried fruit or chewy baked fruit
• Nim’s are made from only the freshest fruit with no additives or preservatives of any kind. They are simply sliced and dried into delicious, crunchy crisps to enhance their natural flavour
• Each 22g – 24g bag of Nim’s has only 62 – 78 calories
• Nim’s are so healthy each bag counts as one of your five a day!
• Nim’s are thinner, which gives them a different texture and better flavour
• Nim’s have a large variety – kiwi, strawberry, melon, orange, pineapple, mango & pear and many more are being trialled all the time
• Each bag of Nim’s has 2 different fruits, carefully balanced to complement each other
• All fruits in Nim’s (except pineapple) have skin, core and pips left in, making them a far more wholesome and natural product 
• Nim’s are high in fibre, high in Vitamin C, fat and gluten free and are suitable for vegans, vegetarians and coeliacs. They can be eaten anytime and anywhere!
• Nim’s are packed in transparent bags so you can see for yourself how beautiful they are!

I was sent four flavours; the three you can see above plus the Melon and Orange variety. On the whole I LOVED these. The Melon and Orange I couldn’t handle, my sweet too likes sweet, which the Orange wasn’t (apparently these are the darkest dark chocolate of the fruit snack world!)
Pineapple and Mango were my overall favourite, two of my favourite fruits in portable snacking form? SOLD!

You can buy Nim’s products direct from the website or search for a local stockist. If you are looking for an alternative snack for work, or fancy trying something new/going on a health drive then give these a shot! Marvelously more-ish it’s just as well these are so good for you….
those three bags at the top of this post lasted me less than three hours. Oops.

Have you tried these? What did you think?

xxx

Phase Eight; Collection 8

Taking opulence to brilliant new extremes, Phase Eight have just launched Collection 8; a range of limited edition dresses designed to add sparkle and shine this party season.

Costing from £250 and available now the collection includes lashings of lace, luxury fabrics and more than a smattering of sequins.

You can see the collection on Phase Eight’s website (here to be exact)
Pictured above are my favourite dresses (from top-bottom): Paloma, Cinderella, Colette and Grecian Embellished. You may recognise Cindarella from my last Phase Eight blog post.

Which dress has your heart racing? I’d sell my left kidney for any of these!
xxx

Hello Real World

1. A few of my purchases from my trip to Holland

2. Hospital paperwork, also from Holland

3/4. Primark jumper dress (really old now) and Tesco tights. No shoes because wearing them hurts.

5. Tired face.

So I have returned from my travels; I actually got back Wednesday evening but have been in an exhausted stupor since.
It was a whirlwind trip to Holland and mainly fabulous. Best friend and I stayed with my Aunt and Uncle + two cousins and were pretty much waited on hand and foot. We chilled out, watched films, explored Deurne, Eindhoven, Nijmegen (home of the Bridge Too Far) and a town in Germany which is driving distance from where my family live.

I also saw rather more than I wanted to of the Dutch healthcare system after an accident in Zara (careless lady trailing bag strap which I didn’t see) led to the fear of dislocated toes and broken foot/ankle. Thankfully I escaped with sprains and bruises galore but I’m strapped up and limping for the forseeable.

Well,
I’m back to work today…lucky old me. Still, one day until the weekend then a fun/exciting week ahead!

How has your week been?

xxx

Mother Hair Straightener Review (by My Mother!)

A couple of weeks ago I was contacted about reviewing a new hair styling product by Mother, a brand I had admittedly not heard of before.
The press release sounded fabulous though and with a hair-mad Mum, I once again handed over to her to put this product through it’s paces!

Mother Says:

“Introducing the UK’s first ever salon professional interchangeable hair styler – Mother Hair
Styler. With its unique 2-in-1 design, the Mother Hair Styler is the professional hair styling industry’s first significant innovation within the last 10 years.
Presented in a stunning gift box with a set of wide and standard Titanium plates, this styling must-have cuts out the tiresome effort of chopping and changing between various tools to create the look you desire. Also included is a robust, easy-to-wipe silicon heat-proof mat, patented designed heat covers that are virtually indestructible and a pair of sectioning clips – all this for just £140 A bargain compared to the prices of a straightener with only one set of plates!

Tirelessly keeping up with the ever emerging hair trends was once the preserve of celebrity hair chameleons such as Rihanna, Katy Perry and Jessie J. But for the average woman, spending time and money on an array of straighteners and tongs to “keep up with the Kardashian’s” can prove to be an expensive effort – until now.

Click on the wide Titanium plates to smooth, loosely curl, and of course straighten long thick hair or use the slim-line Titanium plates to smooth fringes, short to mid-length hair or to create a mass of ringlets on mid-long length hair. Its premium Titanium plates ensure moisture is locked deep within the hair shaft for a mirror-shine finish; kinks and frizz gone is just one passing through the hair.

Mother Hair Styler is the ultimate styling tool to take on your holidays as its all-in-one styling versatility means no need to lug around extra hot styling tools. And if that wasn’t travel savvy enough, unscrew the plug to reveal a 2 pin point international plug, so no need to bring an adapter!

In a rush? Mother Hair Styler’s smooth as glass Titanium plates heats up to a red hot 230 degrees in 30 seconds flat; with the variable temperature digitally controlled in order to give you the power to go as hot as needs be. And no more straining to reach the mirror to style your hair because of a ridiculously short swivel cord – Mother Hair Styler’s lengthy 3 meter cord goes the distance to ensure your styling experience is quick, easy and effortless as possible”.

And My Mother Says:

I was very excited to receive this straightener to review as I have a love/hate relationship with my hair – curly and frizzy, which I have over the years managed to get under control courtesy of various models of straighteners.  Firstly (not that should sway you in any way) but this was beautifully packaged and presented so was very keen to try to the product out.  I used the wide plates first off knowing I would have to change to the slim plates for my fringe and shorter sections later.  After reading the instructions and changing the plates, which needs to be done with the lock activated, I set to the desired heat setting and within seconds was ready to straighten.  My hair glided through the plates, and being wide it took much less time to do each section, and had very straight and glossy hair by the time I had finished.  Then the slightly tricky bit (first use!) of changing to the slim plate while the wide ones were still very very hot.  I had to lock the straighteners, fit the cover to the large plates then press the release buttons and gently ease the plates out, then simply pop the slim plates in place and touch the heat setting and it automatically heated to the setting I had just used earlier.  Slim plates again glided through my hair and shorter side sections, leaving it shiny and straight. 

Although these are quite expensive if you struggle with your hair getting it poker straight then these may just be the ones for you.  Fab idea having the 2 plate option, relatively easily to use and sure this will get easier after a few goes with them, the heat proof covers for both plates is a nice little bonus, ideal if you have used them and then want to pack away, or perfect for holidays etc meaning no waiting for the plates to cool before packing inside a case (so long as the tool is wrapped in a heat mat or towel – as they are still quite hot, but not burning hot, to touch).  As a final word my hair stayed straight, despite the dismal drizzly rain all week, until my next wash and straighten session. 

For stockist details visit: www.motherhair.com or to stock the Mother Hair Styler System in your salon call: 01274 299 772 

Have you heard of motherhair before? What do you think of the idea? I’m currently loving my hair wavy but will be giving these a try in the near future to see if even the hair handicapped can cope!
 

xxx