TK Maxx Beauty Haul.

It's no secret that I love a good TK Maxx bargain, so why not make a post about the few things I got in my most recent online order! It's so tempting to just keep adding things to your basket but I always like to research any products I find in TK Maxx's beauty section first, especially shades swatches and reviews other people have posted online. A bargain is all very well and good, but it's still a waste of money if I find out it doesn't suit me when I receive it.

Ciate Olivia Palermo The Smouldering Eye Palette £12.99 (RRP £35)
Eyeshadow palettes are something I don't own a lot of so this caught my eye instantly. The colours are stunning and have really cute shade names, like Amaretto and Blondie. The palette contains 4 mattes and 5 shimmers.

Nars Pierre Hardy Boy's Don't Cry Blusher £12.99
I believe this Blush was released in 2013 and is now unavailable but who cares when it looks this beautiful. The pan itself is bigger than standard Nars blushers so I have a feeling this will last a long time.

Nars Radiant Cream Compact Foundation Refill in Deauville £9.99 (RRP £28)
I bought this with the idea of slimming down my travel makeup bag. The size of this is perfect and means no more foundation bottle taking up space. This will definitely be coming to Paris with me next month!

Have you bought any gems from TK Maxx lately?

Look Incredible Deluxe Box, September 2016.

Another month has passed by, which means it's time for another Look Incredible box. It's definitely my favourite part of the month! I was a bit disappointed this month, not with the products themselves but with the fact there's only four products instead of the usual five!

Tarte Lipsurgence Natural Matte Lip Stain in Lovely (RRP £18.50)
Let's start with the product that I haven't decided if I like or not yet! This lip crayon is matte yet promises to boost lip moisture by 6000%. Sorry, not buying it! It's not as drying as other matte products, I will say that but it definitely didn't boost any moisture for me! Also, not a colour I would have chosen personally. Smells nice and minty though.

L-R: Too Faced eyeliner, Tarte lip stain.

Too Faced Bulletproof Eyeliner in White Lie (RRP £19)
I don't own any white eyeliners so this is a nice little addition for me. I'll definitely be using this in my waterline to make my eyes look bigger and I might try it all over my lid as as an eyeshadow base. Happy with this!

BareMinerals Deep Cleansing Foam (RRP £20)
As far as I can tell, this seems to be a discontinued product but that doesn't mean I'm unhappy with this being in the box! I'll definitely be trying this, I just have a lot of other skincare to get through first!

Too Faced Selfie Powders (RRP £32)
Another Too Faced product! Too Faced are one of my favourite brands so I'm definitely not complaining. As soon as I saw this wrapped in bubblewrap in the box, I knew it was a palette of some kind so I was very excited. I'm looking forward to trying this, Moon River especially. I've seen all different kinds of reviews for this product so it'll be interesting to see how I like it. I might do a full post just on this after I've tried it.

So four products with a total value of £89.50. The standard box's value came in at £80 I think so there isn't a big difference but the standard box had five products. It's making me consider restarting my subscription to the standard box so I'll have both... I'll wait until someone posts a photo next month to make up my mind!

Do you have any boxes from Look Incredible? What did you think to this month's offering?

Eating out in Bude, Cornwall.

As soon as I've got accomodation sorted for a holiday, food is the next priority. I'll be straight on Tripadvisor checking out restaurants and making lists of where I'd like to eat. I'm just glad I have a boyfriend who is happy to go along with my in advance planning!

Bude was no different and a month before we actually set off on our holiday, I'd already booked tables at restaurants for every night of our holiday except one. So let's get into where we ate...

The Deck.
www.thedeckbude.co.uk

The Deck is located on Summerleaze Crescent overlooking the beach, so we had a great view from our table in the window. We both had ribs but they do other food such as burgers, seafood and hanging skewers. This was the only night I couldn't manage a dessert... I even had to leave some of my ribs, a fact that makes me sad as they were the best ribs I've ever had! Best meal of the holiday and no doubt my go to place if I was ever in Bude again.

Elements.
www.elements-life.co.uk

Another place with a great view, this is a hotel that overlooks Widemouth Bay. The restaurants gets busy so booking would be advisable. The only issue we had here was parking, the car park is very small but there's a free car park a few minutes up the road. Elements specializes in Italian with a good selection of pasta and pizza. The other half had steak and I had chicken saltimbocca. The dessert selection is really good but I didn't even need to look at the menu when I was told the cheesecake of the day was white chocolate and malteser!

The Bank.
www.thebankatbude.co.uk

This cute little place does tapas, but as they like to say... Cornish tapas, meaning the portions are bigger than spanish tapas. We had six dishes between us and managed to squeeze in dessert too. I had a mocktail called the sunrise and I need to have a go at making it myself, so sweet and tasted like skittles! Definitely worth booking if you want to eat here, it gets very busy.

Life's A Beach.
www.lifesabeach.info

This sits directly overlooking Summerleaze beach and does breakfast and lunch in the day, before turning into a bistro in the evening. It specializes in seafood and booking is a must! I'm not even a big seafood lover but even I loved it here. I went out of my comfort zone and tried swordfish for the first time. It's not the cheapest of places but it is worth the money.

Hebasca.
www.hebasca.co.uk

The one place I'm going to be a downer about is here. The food was okay, but nothing special. I'd say it was a pleasant meal... However, I had trouble going to sleep the evening after eating here, before running into the bathroom at 2am to throw up. Something about this meal clearly didn't agree with me, though Glenn was fine. I wouldn't eat here again when there's much nicer places to eat that didn't make me sick!

Sea Jacks.
www.tommyjacks.co.uk

Sea Jacks Restaurant is part of the Tommy Jacks hotel, near to Crooklets Beach. I believe its owned by the same company who own the Hebasca hotel but this was so much nicer! The surfer theme throughout the hotel is cute and gives out a chilled out vibe to the place. It was a really nice meal for our last night in Bude.

We went out for breakfast a couple of mornings too. The Shack is a cute little cafe, which also does lunch and is open til late in the evening too. It also does a lot of Vegan meals too.

The weir has a good breakfast selection and is a really nice setting if it's not raining when you go. (It was when we went!) It's also a pokestop if you're into pokemon go!

For lunch, we ate at a few different places. Olive tree sits next to the canal and if you're a cheese lover, the baked cornish brie is a must! It comes with a huge chunk of bread and is baked with honey, hazelnuts and roasted garlic.

Rosie's Kitchen at Crooklets beach has a massive menu and is also open into the evenings.


I've made myself hungry writing this post, my mouth is watering at the thought of those ribs!
I hope this post was helpful for anyone thinking to visiting Bude.
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Bye for now lovelies!
x

STAY: Wooldown Holiday Cottages, Bude.

At the end of August, me and Glenn had a week long holiday in Cornwall, staying at Wooldown holiday cottages near Bude. I hadn't been to Bude since I was seventeen, so we're talking over a good ten years but it was just as beautiful as I remembered.

Wooldown is a family run business and sits just outside Bude in the small village of Marhamchurch with amazing views of Widemouth Bay. There are two larger cottages for families and then a further fourteen cottages that just sleep two, most of which reside in an adults only zone. No children ruining your romantic getaway here!

Let's talk about the bathroom facilities... That spa bath! I fell in love with it, and now my plain old boring bath at home just doesn't seem to cut it anymore. Another plus was the strawberries and clotted cream waiting for us in the fridge on our arrival.  We also got a goodie bag of treats for the journey home when we checked out. Such a nice touch that we've never got anywhere else.

After our week in Cornwall, Glenn decided it was his best holiday ever so it's obvious that Wooldown would be our first choice for staying in Bude again.

To find out more about Wooldown click here.

I'll be posting another blog in a few days of places to eat out in Bude because while, yes we did have a kitchen in the cottage, we did eat out for six nights out of seven!

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Bye for now lovelies!
x

STAY: The White Lodge, Great Yarmouth

A few days getaway to Great Yarmouth has become a tradition for me and my boyfriend, it's something we do every year. Last year, we discovered the White Lodge so we had to stay there again this year!

The White Lodge is away from the main hustle and bustle of Great Yarmouth but is still situated on the seafront, making it a perfect choice! There's plenty of street parking too, so you don't need to worry about that either. Last year, we stayed in two rooms over three nights and they were both done up to a high standard, a king size room with a garden view & a ground floor double.

Ground floor en-suite.

This year we had a seaview double which lived up to our expectations and more. It might be my favourite out of all three rooms we've stayed in. Double doors open to a view overlooking the old boating lake, with the beach and sea beyond that.

I definitely have my eye on the superking seaview room for next year's trip!

Breakfast is ordered the night before and there's more choice than a full english here! Eggs on toast, smoked haddock and kippers are all available and you can help yourself to toast, fruit and yoghurts.

I can't write this post without mentioning the fab owners, Jean and Eddie, who clearly work very hard to make sure each stay is as perfect as can be. The star of the show is definitely George, you cannot help but fall in love with The White Lodge's resident staffy. The amount of tripadvisor reviews that mention him are testament to that!

The rooms range from £60 to £90 including breakfast.


Over the course of our stay, we stopped for lunch at Flutterbie's tea room. They serve homemade cakes, as well as cream tea and afternoon tea. Toasties, sandwiches and paninis are available too. we both went for bacon and brie paninis to go with our white hot chocolates.

Our usual stop on our first night every year, is HMS Hinchinbrook. A fish & chips restaurant with more choice than your usual takeaway! Tuna steaks, lemon sole, calamari as well as steaks and burgers. A definite must eat place in Yarmouth, especially if you're only visiting for the day.

A new place for us to try was OG Burger kitchen, which is where the old Olive garden used to be. It's still owned by the same people I believe, with the original Olive Garden relocating to Gorleston. I really like what they've done with the menu as you get to choose your bun, patty, preferred burger topping and a side. I don't know how they cook their fries but they were amazing!

Free rock with the bill! 

I know Great Yarmouth isn't everyone's cup of tea but where you choose to stay definitely makes a difference. If you're after a more relaxing time, The White Lodge is a perfect choice. It's in the north part of Yarmouth, about a fifteen to twenty minute walk to Britannia Pier, which is where it tends to get busier.

For more information on The White Lodge, click here.

Look Incredible Deluxe Box, August 2016.

After seeing last month's deluxe box, I knew I had to upgrade from the standard to the deluxe box. After receiving August's, I'm so glad I made the jump! The only downside was that some people got their boxes before mine had even been despatched and I know some other had the same problem. I saw what was in the box before I even had it and it takes away the element of surprise, which I really enjoy. Maybe something for Look Incredible to take on board there.


The box has definitely improved too, coming embossed with the logo instead of just having a sticker with it on. It comes tied up with a ribbon and has the bow you can see in the photo above. Very cute, thumbs up from me.
At £35 including postage, the deluxe box is £13.51 more than the standard box but oh so worth it.

Elemis Pro-Collagen Hydra-Gel Eye  Masks x2 (RRP £16.50)
I've had these in a previous beauty box but I really enjoyed using them so I'm happy to have some more. They feel lovely on the delicate undereye area, very cooling and hydrating. Anything that is going to help with my fine lines is a go to!

Giorgio Armani Waterproof Eye Pencil in Copper (RRP £22)
It's nice to see another Armani product in this month's box and this eye pencil is a gorgeous colour but I don't see this as something I'll be using. It has definite staying power thanks to the water resistant formula, I really had to work to get the swatch I did on my hand off. I won't be keeping this as it seems a waste when I know I wouldn't reach for it. I'll be selling it on my depop so it goes to  a better home. (@dannilaura)

Benefit Hervana Ultra Plush Lip Gloss (RRP £14.50)
I'm so excited to have this as I don't own any full size Benefit products. I love the colour of this gloss and it doesn't feel overly sticky.

Clinique Chubby Stick Cheek Colour Balm in Roly Poly Rosy (RRP £19)
I'm looking forward to trying this as I don't own any other blushes in this formula, I have a couple of stick highlighters but no cheek colours. I've never even used a cream blush before so this should be interesting! The colour looks quite dark until it's blended out, so the idea of trying this on my face scared me at first but I'm going to give it a go.

Too Faced La Creme Colour Drenched Lip Cream in Teddy Berry (RRP £18)
Without a doubt my favourite thing in the box! I already own one of these in the shade Mean Girls so I already knew that I liked the formula. The colour is beautiful, Too Faced describe it as a dusty rose and I'd say that description is pretty spot on. It went on my lips the day I got the box, I'm very very happy with this!

Clockwise from top: Eye pencil in Copper, Benefit Hervana Gloss, Too Faced Teddy Berry, Roly Poly Rosy blended out.

Do you get any boxes from Look Incredible? What did you think to this month's offering?

Little Known Box, July 2016.

This is my last box from Little Known Box. I signed up for the 3 month subscription and decided against renewing. I have nothing against the box itself, I've enjoyed discovering all these brands thanks to this box but it just doesn't excite me as much as other boxes I've tried.

Soap N Skin Soothe & Enrich Intense Body Butter Travel Size (RRP £6)
This feels so luxurious with a whipped texture. This will be coming with me on holiday as it's a perfect size for my toiletry bag! I'm not too keen on the scent but it will be an absolute saviour for my dry skin so it's something I'll be able to look past.

Odylique Conditioning Volumising Mascara (RRP £17.50)
This mascara is 100% natural and something I look forward to trying. The brush looks nice and big so I have high hopes for it.

Balance Me Radiance Face Mask travel size (RRP £12)
I already own a travel size of this that I havent got round to using but I'm not going to complain about having another! Another product that will be going in my holiday toiletry bag especially now I have one to keep at home too.

Zerreau Apple Towel Off Shampoo Foam travel size (RRP £3.99)
This is the product I'm most excited about. My hair is getting fairly long, so washing and drying it feels like such a chore. Dry shampoo is such a saviour for me but I read an article online in the last month or so saying that using it frequently can lead to baldness... Not what I wanted to read! So I hope this waterless shampoo foam works wonders. It smells delicious, so it's got that going for it before I've even tried it. If it works, I can see this becoming a favourite of mine.

HJ Manicure nail polishes in Lavender & Strawberry Daiquiri (RRP £9.50 each)
I already own a HJ Manicure polish in Lavender so this one will be going on depop.(dannilaura if anyone is interested.) I love the shade of the red one, the name is so cute. The fact that LKB included two polishes when they could of just put in one is very generous.

Lastly as a bonus product we have these two sample sachets. One is an argan oil and the other is a perfume made by the same company. I won't be getting any use out of these but they are a nice little extra to the box.

Do you have Little Known Box? What did you think to July's box?