Summer Essential Product - Promensil Cooling Spray

Hi Everyone!

I hope you are all well.

Today I am going to be sharing a gem of a product that is absolutely perfect for summer and it is the new Promensil cooling spray*.

Primarily designed to treat symptoms of menopause, it also doubles up as a really highly effective cooling spray that immediately refreshes your  skin especially when you are on a hot sweaty tube train or all warm from walking around on a hot day or dancing at a festival! The spray draws heat away from the skin and is really quick in reducing the skin temperature and any redness on your chest or neck area. For the best results keep the areas uncovered and re-apply as and when you need to.

This is the perfect addition to any handbag to use on the go or for your bedside table to handle night sweats and the spray retails at £14.99 at Boots stores/online.

Let me know if you have given any cooling sprays a try before and your experiences in the comments.

Thanks for reading! Love Sally X

Keep Calm, It's Boot Season

Hey Guys,

I hope you're all well and having a lovely weekend. Today is a long overdue post on my new boots I was sent to review from JD Williams (http://jdwilliams.co.uk/).

Among the many things I love about autumn fashion (layering, thick opaque tights, fluffy cardigans to name a few), I always love to dig out a good pair of boots to wear now that my flat dolly shoes just aren't cutting it, who wants chilly toes after all. 

JD Williams are a regular haunt for me for shoes, mainly because they do wide fit, stock size 9's and in funky styles. There are so many to choose from, at the moment there are 777 styles in their boots section over all, 79 of which are new in which I think is pretty impressive and they cover everything from wellies, ankle boots, knee highs, mid length and shoe boots. 

The shoes I will be sharing today are the Catwalk Collection Buckle Biker Boots*.

They are a gorgeous soft black leather with buckle detailing, an exposed gold outer zip and metal hardware to the heel, perfect to wear with a cute dress and leggings/tights or jeans. 

I paired my boots for this outfit post with a plain black duster jacket and my trusting grey marl skater dress over leggings which is a typical work or evening outfit for me. 

They are really comfy and I love that I can wear a woolly pair of socks with them because I have the extra room from the wide fitting meaning i'm all nice and toasty and I'll get loads of wear from them all through winter.

What do you guys think of my new boots? Let me know in the comments below and I hope you enjoyed my outfit post, more to come soon!

Thanks for reading, love Sally X

Beauty UK Posh Palette in Masquerade Review

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Hi Everyone,

Today I am going to be doing a little review of an exciting new palette from the new Posh Palette range launched by Beauty UK. These palettes retail at £5.99 and if you can get them on a 3 for 2 deal  you can get all 3 for just £11.98! The palette I received to review is the Masquerade palette which consists of smokey colours but there is also the Eden palette with neutrals and the Festival palette with fun bursts of colour.



The palette packaging is very sleek with a simple white plastic case with black text design and it's much larger than the usual Beauty UK palettes. There is also a mirror on the inside lid which is a bit small to be honest and not of a huge benefit for application, which could also be said for the bog standard double ended foam top applicator which I never use. (Good though if you are just starting out and don't have pro brushes though). 

The eye shadow pan size is similar to MAC and very different to the usual size for Beauty UK which is small but domed whereas now it's flat but bigger. I much prefer this format as it looks a lot more professional, I've always thought the generic palettes looked a bit child like and cheap in the past. I know better than to judge completely on packaging and the swatches have always been great, but let's face it we all want a pretty looking addition to our makeup kit. I think this is why I have so many Urban Decay palettes, they almost become fashion accessories with their awesome palette designs and look so nice in your handbag.

Below are my swatches, these are a bit of a mixed bag with some very sheer but others very pigmented. I found the darker colours had a lot more payoff on the skin and for me worked really nicely. 

Over all, I do think the palette is a bargain and good value for money and would make a cute addition to any makeup collection. 

Have you tried this palette yourself? What did you think?

Thanks for reading! Love Sally X

Gift Set Haul

Hi Everyone!

Lately I've been splurging on lot's of bargains at the bootsales and thought I would do a little haul of the giftsets I have picked up recently. They are all brand new and no more than a few pounds each or considerably cheaper than the RRP. Enjoy!

1.Boots Eastern Spa Set- £2 Contains exfoliating gloves, a rose candle, body wash, body cream, hand cream and bath essence.

2. Boots Natural Collection Strawberry Set- £1 Contains shower gel, body spray and body cream 

3. Victoria's Secret Set- £7 Contains fragrance mist and body lotion

4. Chocolate Indulgence Set- £1 Contains flannel, bath crystals, bath bombs, candle, bath gel, bath confetti, bath creme and body cream

5. Victoria's Secret Love Spell set- £8 Contains body lotion, fragrance mist and body wash

6. Paul Mitchell shampoo and conditioner set- £1

7. Accessorize set- £2.50 Contains eyeshadow palette, lashes and lipgloss

And finally 8. Beauticology set- £1 Contains gingerbread body wash, caramel fudge soap and choc chip shower gel.

I hope you like my bargains and thanks for reading! Sally X

Nails of the day

This is 2 coats of the wonderful "Golden Touch" nail polish by Fearne Cotton for Boots. The polish came in a set of 6 as below which I got for the 50% off price of £6! The quality and colour pay off is surprisingly high for a product that cost just £1 or £2 full price and I can't wait to try the other colours.

 

Thanks for reading! Sally x