Halloween party decorations

Tomorrow is Halloween but as we are having our party on Saturday there's still plenty of time for putting together those last few decorations. When you have a themed party, it makes it slightly easier to plan as you plan everything around that particular theme. This year our theme is 'Pirates of the Caribbean' which just happens to be one of my favourite movie franchises ☺

They're Real! mascara by Benefit

I feel like I'm on a constant quest to find the perfect mascara and after participating in some forums and hearing which mascaras other people recommended, I found that so many people swore by this one that I thought it was time to test it out for myself. Brands such as Benefit are not readily available in stores where I live but you can buy them quite easily online. Maybe I'm strange, but I really wanted to see these products with my own eyes and be able to touch them and try them out before I made a decision to buy, so I was very happy when I was on a shopping trip one day in a different city and happened to come across a store that had some Benefit products.

Friday facial

It's finally Friday and as part of my new wind down routine to get ready for the weekend, I've decided that every Friday I will use a face mask so I can chill out and give my skin a deep cleanse at the same time. After wearing make up all week, it's good to de-clog your pores from any built up oil and dirt and it makes you feel good too.

Pretty Box Sept '14

I am new to the whole beauty box subscription service. In fact, I didn't even know they existed until I read a blog post about one. So I researched it a little and found a few in the Netherlands.
They all cost around €15 per month and you get a selection of 4-5 beauty items sent to you each time.
As many people on the web were raving about the Pretty Box, I thought I would pop the cherry of my beauty box subscription virginity and order this one first.

Healthy lunchtime salad

As part of the healthier lifestyle that I am trying to lead, I decided to invest more time & effort into my salads. Honestly my salads before consisted of mainly lettuce, cucumber and a bit of tomato with a drizzle of bog standard salad dressing. End result = Boring as hell!

So I began experimenting with some other ingredients and came up with this healthy lunchtime salad.