I'm leavin' on a jet plane, Don't know when I'll be back again...

Er ok, so that’s a lie, I’ll be back in just over 3 weeks but a girl can dream, eh!

I am off backpacking around Thailand for a few weeks and will out there for New Years and my birthday! To say I am over excited is an understatement! I fly out ridiculously early tomorrow morning and can’t wait for some sunshine and adventure.

Whilst I am away I have some amazing bloggers guest posting, I can’t wait for you all to see some of the awesome posts they have got coming your way!

I shall see you at the end of January – hopefully sporting a good tan!

xXx

 

Merry Christmas!

T'was the night before Christmas...

Christmas Eve has always been my favourite day of the Christmas period. I find Christmas day always a slight anti climax after the big build up! Whilst Christmas Eve is filled with excitement and cheer, everyone is in good spirits!

My typical Christmas Eve is spent last minute present shopping (I am terrible for this!), delivery said presents to friends and watching Santa Clause the Movie (the old version with Dudley Moore) which has became a bit of a tradition!

In the evening all our family all gather together for a Chinese and then I head out for a few festive drinks with friends!

It’s my favourite day of the year!

What’s everyone else up to today?

Merry Christmas Lovelies!

xxx

 

Christmas Tree Nails

 

First up, apologies for the dodgy photos, I used my phone instead of my usual camera which doesn’t have a flash!

Ok so if you’ve been reading my postings over the past month you may have gathered by now that I am a huge fan of Christmas! My love of it, this year, has even extended to my nails! I was lucky enough to receive some pretty cool Christmas Tree Nail stickers from my #bloggersecretsanta and was so excited to give them a try!

For a base colour I used Barry M Textured Nail Effect Nail Paint in Majesty. It’s a fab glittery gold that has a cool texture to it making it look a bit edgy, I adore this polish on its own but thought it would be a great back ground for the Christmas Trees!

The trees themselves were so easy to apply, all you need to do is peel off the stickers and stick them on to your nails. EASY! I love the final look! I’ve used nail wraps before but not nail stickers. I think these are fab for a night out, and are just so simple to use!

Christmas Cocktails: The Mistletoe Kiss

Christmas is the season of fun filled festivities and merriment, a time for family, friends, food and some fabulous drinks. As the song goes ‘Tis the season to be jolly’ and after a few cocktails you will be well on your jolly way! Therefore each Saturday on the lead up to Christmas I will be sharing with you my favourite festive cocktail recipes. I hope you enjoy and let me know if you try one out!

A Mistletoe Kiss

 

 

What you'll need...

50ml Gin

50ml Grenadine

1tbsp Lemon Juice

Crushed Ice

Pour all the ingredients into a cocktail shaker and shake well. Fill champagne flute with crushed ice, and pour in mixture. You can decorate the glass by coating a layer of sugar around the rim.

#bloggersecretsanta

As I explained yesterday, I’ve participated in two bloggers Secret Santa’s this year. The second one I joined in with was set up by the gorgeous Hayley from ‘Tea Party Beauty’. One of the funniest blog posts I’ve read for a while was written by this lovely lady ‘24 Hours to Live - The End is Nigh’, if you have not read it, go now!

So to say I was a little excited when I received a giant red parcel box is an understatement! My excitement then escalated when I opened up the beautiful gold gift box inside to find all these fabulous treats!

I feel so spoilt with all these gorgeous pieces! I especially love the Lush shower gel and the cute little bath bomb. So i would like to say a massive THANK YOU to my Santa, the beautiful Jessica from ‘Beauty, Bits and Bobs by Jess B’, I feel really spoilt!

 

#secretsanta13

 

I’ve been a little naughty this year and got involved in two separate bloggers secret Santa’s! I loved the whole process, stalking someone via social media (not in a creepy way, obvs!) and finding new fab blogs to read and follow. Trying to establish what you think they would like and making it personal to them. I had so much fun playing Santa and hope my giftee’s likes their goodies!

So the first Secret Santa I got involved in was set up by Hannah Bailey who blogs over at ‘hannah bee’. I love her blog, so go check it out if you haven’t already!

I was so excited when this box of goodies arrived and my Secret Santa was revealed as Georgia from ‘What I Adore More’, a very cute blog which I can’t believe I hadn’t come across prior to this Secret Santa!  

Georgia was so thoughtful and I received a beautiful Cath Kidston notebook and this gorgeous mug along with some yummy chocolates (which may have lasted all of five minutes, oops!). It was such a lovely present to receive, so I would like to say a massive thank you to Georgia!