Natural Collection Vanilla Body Spray Review

The other day my friend brought this body spray to school in the P.E changing rooms and WOW I instantly fell in love with the smell!

I thought that the vanilla body spray was from BodyShop or from an expensive shop as the smell was just scrumptious. But no, it was from Boots for only £2.03! I couldn't believe it. In my next shopping trip, I bought two of these and a face scrub from Soap & Glory as there was a 3 for 2 offer on body products. My sister also loved the smell and bought THREE of them.

Advantages: Cools skin down and leaves a yummy scent, inexpensive, subtle smell - not too overpowering, lasts a reasonable amount of time  if put on body, a few sprays is enough, comes in other scents such as Ice Musk, Wild Strawberry, Passionfruit, Samphire and Sea Minerals, Mango and Papaya and finally Apple and Lime

Disadvantages: Does not last a long time if put on clothes (I know you're not meant to, it's for skin/body but hey I had to think of something!)

I sure will be purchasing more of these in the future...Lots of love,

Soap & Glory Scrub Your Nose In It Review

Let me start by saying that I have started using Soap & Glory products only recently after reading extremely positive reviews on it before I decided to take a shot. I can honestly say that Soap & Glory is my favourite brand in Boots.


I absolutely love the pink retro packaging with quirky and too-good-to-be-true wordings. The pricing is a pretty good balance between drugstore and counter products...it's more affordable than counter brands yet more expensive than drugstore brands.

£7.40

Let's look at Scrub Your Nose In It. It's a lovely pale green scrub with very fine micro particles, but you can leave it on your face for 3 minutes, as a deep-cleansing mask because it contains pore purifying clay to absorb all your impurities. So it's a multi-tasking marvel! It has the consistency of toothpaste and smells very minty fresh.

Click on image to make it larger if it's not clear enough! :)

Why I bought this? Well, I have been looking for a scrub ever since my skin had gone out of hand! My nose was very oily and tended to flake a lot which was frustrating and annoying especially in school (I attend high school, currently in year 11 doing GCSEs). Whenever I itched my nose or even touched it, a few flakes appeared and I had to rub water over it to remove it. As you can imagine, I finally decided to take action and fight back! haha

I had tried Neutrogena Visibly Clear Blackhead Eliminating Daily Scrub (£4.49) for the blackheads on my nose which was okay but not a miracle. As it is a scrub, I took it as it will help my blackheads AND help my flaky oily skin  but it did not. I also tried both L'oreal Perfect Clean Gel wash for blemish prone skin (£4.99) and L'oreal Perfect Clean Soothing Foaming Cream Wash (£4.99). They claimed to gently remove dirt, oil and make-up for a deep pore cleansing experience. Yet again they failed me.

Then I discovered Soap & Glory Scrub Your Nose In It as I was searching for a face scrub online. The next day I went to Boots and bought it.

Honestly, is it too good to be true?! After the first time I used it, I immediately saw some improvements. My skin felt smooth and my nose did not flake at all. I use this twice a day for maximum results. My skin does not dry out afterwards. As for my spots, what can I say?  I mean, really, I'm trying to avoid posting "they're all gone"; because I'd never believe a review on a product that claims that. I'd just be a skeptic and think "Well, they probably didn't have that many spots in the first place". But seriously, my spots vanished within three weeks. The redness disappeared and the spots had calmed down and reduced in size until they were completely gone. I haven't broken out since! I'm sure I will never "tire" of this life-saving product and get over the wonders this does to my skin.

I hope you've enjoyed reading my review and found it helpful. Lots of love, 

Eyeshadow Terms -Eye Diagram

Hello guys and welcome to my first blog post! Let's jump straight in:


There are different parts of the eye and by knowing these, your beautiful eyes can stand out and grab attention...just by applying make-up correctly. Below is a useful diagram to help you understand make-up terms for applying eyeshadow.

Eye Diagram

Brow bone: The brow bone is the part on your eye that needs to be highlighted, generally people will use a lot of shimmery pastel colours or very similar colours to your skin tone to open up the eye and catch the light.


Crease: The crease is the place in which you are going to blend the colour that you used in your brow bone with the colour on your lids to contour the eyes. To blend them you can use a colour between those two colours or you can use the highlighter color to blend everything out. Think about a gradient going to dark shades to light ones, starting to the lid towards the brow bone.


Outer V: The “outer V” can help you to define your eye and correct some errors that can occur when you are playing with makeup. (like using to much shadows at the end of your crease and making your eyes drop a little bit) To find the outer V you need to imagine a line connecting the outer edge of your eyebrow with the outer part of your eye (that is one part of the V) and the outer part of your crease. To contour or blend the colours you can use a angled brush or a fluffy one.


Lid: The lid can be divided in 3 parts, inner lid, middle lid and outer lid. If you really like to play with colours you can apply the lightest colour in the inner lid to open up the eye a little bit and you can add different colours in the middle and outer lids, just remember to put the darkest colour in the outer lid. Now if you want a subtler look you can apply just one colour in all the lids, this works really nice for a natural look or for a smokey eye.


Upper lash line: Here is where you can have fun with colourful eyeliners to bring out the lashes, or if you are looking for a sexy look you can create a cat eye with a black eyeliner, or gel and if you want to make your lashes look longer and beautiful, you can use a thin eye liner to delineate your upper lashes. (Please note that this is not shown in the above diagram)


Waterline: There are 2 waterlines in your eye, the upper and lower waterlines. The upper one can be found underneath your upper lashes and people use to line this to make the eyeliner stand out. this process is called tight-lining. Now the lower waterline is sometimes called the lower rim, because it is in the bottom rim of your eye. Apply products here can be difficult sometimes because this line is very watery and the colours tend to fade very fast. People usually line the lower waterline to enhance and attract more light into the eye, specially with a white colour.


Lash line: The lash line can be divided in 2: Inner and outer lash line. You can apply different colours here. It would be nice if you use the same colours that you used to fill your lids.


Inner corner of the eye: This small place between your nose and your eye is where you need to apply a highlighting colour to bring out your eyes. Make sure to blend well the colour and use a very small smudger brush.


Lashes: The lashes are not labelled in this picture but they can easily be seen here. You have 2 set of lashes: Upper and lower lashes and people usually apply one coat of black or brown mascara to them. Brown mascara is used to have a more natural and subtler look and black can be use to have a natural look as well but if you apply more coats of mascara the effect can be very dramatic and beautiful.

The lower lashes can be found beneath the lower water line and these lashes are very short and sometimes can be hard to put some mascara in them, if you are using a regular wand try to wiggle the brush a little bit to deposit the color in the lashes, but I have found that the best way to apply mascara to the lower lashes is with a fan brush specially design for mascara. You don’t need to apply more that one coat of mascara to this lashes and please make sure to get rid of clumps because that can make your makeup look less natural.


As a woman, you can change your appearance from day to day in ways that men could never ever hope to. You can change your hair style or colour, your outfit, your makeup, your nails, your entire look. This builds suspense! It keeps them interested and can make you feel chameleonic and discover the power of your own self image.


You can use eye makeup to achieve the perfect look for any occasion. In the future, I will post a series of tutorials to help you recreate wonderful looks. My main goal here is to help you see the beauty that you already have and explore with you the infinite possibilities that makeup can do for you so you my friend will always look and feel sensational, no matter what :) Until then, ba-bye.