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Fashion / Travel — 2 Comments
21
Mar 13

Shopping The Streets Around The World

Hey Everyone!

A couple of weeks ago I was approached by TravelSupermarket.com to collaborate with them by creating a ‘Shopping the streets around the world’ infographic. The idea behind this is that a few beauty and fashion bloggers are asked where their favorite place in the world is to shop, OR where in the world they would most like to shop. This was done by the lovely Scarlett over at ScarlettLondon.com where she was asked where she would like to shop and where her favorite place was to shop around the world. We were then asked to pick one place from her list and write a little bit about it – So here is my infographic!

I chose New York as I have never been and always wanted to go – I would love to check out all their amazing shops! Fifth Avenue appeals to me most because it reminds me of London but I want to see how the Americans do it! haha.

I’ve been to Orlando in Florida and so I’ve seen a few of their big department stores like JC Penneys and Macy’s and Bloomingdales, but I want to see the New York stores – The massive stores!

I hope that one day I can pluck the courage up to jump on that plane and go to New York!

Thanks for reading!

Hannah x

*disclaimer – I am in no way being paid to feature this in my post , I was approached and asked if I wanted to take part ,so I did*

Mothers Day Gift Ideas

Hey Everyone!

Mothers Day is getting nearer and I thought it would be a great idea to post some ideas on what to get your mum on this special day. I asked on twitter the other day for suggestions and loads of you responded. I already had a few ideas of my own but I thought creating a post on these ideas would give you some inspiration!

FOR BUSY MUMS

For all your Mums that are busy ladies and have next to no time to herself here’s some gift ideas for her! All Mum’s deserve a good pamerpering so why not treat her to some lovely pamper gifts?

Lush have an amazing selection of mothers day bath bombs and pamper products!

Boots also have an amazing selection of gifts by Sanctuary, Burts Bees, an No7 !

Or if you’re thinking of spending a bit more money on your Mum this Sunday then why not treat her to a pamper day ? At Champneys spa’s or your local spa! From Pedicures, Manicures, massages or facials, your mum would love to have a bit of chill out time!

FOR FOOD LOVER MUMS

If your mum has a sweet tooth and loves her choccys then treat her with some luscious chocolates! Or try something different and make her some cupcakes with cute patterns on ! If your Mum loves to cook why not treat her to some cookery items?

FOR FLOWER LOVING MUMS

You can never really go wrong with flowers – unless you’re allergic to them of course. Flower baskets or hampers make great gifts! If you order online though be sure to leave plenty of time for delivery!

FOR FUNNY MUMS

If your mum has a bit of a sense of humor try looking for some jokey gifts! They can be just as fun as regular gifts sometimes!

FOR GARDEN LOVING MUMS

Does your mum love gardening? What about treating her to some cute garden tools or flowers!

FOR SPORTY MUMS

Does you mum love sporty activities? Treat her to some new sporty gear !

FOR TRAVEL MUMS

If your mum travels a lot – heres some gift ideas to make her travel journeys that little bit better!

So these are a few of many ideas that you can choose from. If your Mum is like mine and never says what she likes then go for chocolates and flowers as you can never go wrong!

If you are ordering anything online let the latest day be Tuesday or Wednesday as it won’t deliver on time for Sunday!

Treat your mum to a breakfast in bed and a nice cuppa on Sunday morning!

Happy Mothers Day!

Hannah x

@beautyblogpage

*disclaimer – i take no credit for these photos they are for reference purposes only*

Beauty / Travel — No Comments
28
Feb 13

Travel Makeup Essentials

Hey everyone!

Today’s post is my travel makeup essentials. I am slowly beginning to get back into travelling – As some of you know I have anxiety and this has affected my ability to travel. But I am beginning to get more excited and interested in travelling again!

I recently went to Paris and I thought that as Summer is getting closer (not quick enough though!) and people are starting to book their holidays, I’m going to share my Travel makeup essentials with you!

I try to carry as little as possible with me when travelling as I tend to bring a lot of shopping home with me. I can never understand how some people can take pretty much their entire makeup collection with them on holiday! I see lot’s of “what’s in my handbags” and “travel makeup” videos and I think “Why the hell do you need that?!”

It’s a matter of personal taste I guess but In my opinion – Less is best!

So What’s in my travel makeup bag?

I usually take 3 palettes with me. My face palette, eye palette and eye brow palette. My face palette has my bronzer and blush in , so i save room by taking just one palette as opposed to two palettes for blush & bronzer. For my eye palette it has all the eye shadows I need, including a black which I can use for eyeliner, and a white which I can use for highlighting. And for my eye brows palette it has the dark colour for my brows and it has a great lighter colour which I can use on my eyelids if I wanted to. I’ve saved a lot of room using these three palettes! Very handy!

I take 3 brushes with me. My angled eyeliner brush, Buffing brush and chisel brush. I can use the buffing brush for my foundation and my chisel brush for powders. My eyeliner brush, I use for my eye brows and lining my eyes.

I take a few lip colours with me. I take a natural colour for the day and darker colours for the evening.

For my face I bring a concealer and powder foundation. I rarely use foundation on my face anymore. The concealer I have has a great coverage so I find I don’t need to put foundation on. Plus I find it too heavy on my skin nowadays.

For my cleansing routine I bring a facial wash, moisturizer and spot zapper. I always get spots when I go away…Not sure why!

I didn’t photograph these but I also take tweezers, mascara, my tangle teezer hairbrush and lots of hair ties.

So this is my travel make up essentials. You don’t need a huge amount when traveling. You just need the basics. If you’re good at light packing then maybe find a concealer/foundation palette instead of taking foundation and concealer bottles (saves room). There’s lots of ways to get your makeup bag nice and light for traveling whilst still taking enough products.

Hope you enjoyed this post!

Thanks for reading!

Hannah x

@beautyblogpage

Beauty / Fashion / Travel — 2 Comments
26
Feb 13

Paris Trip – HAUL

Hey everyone,

So I am back in the UK ! Had a lovely time in Paris, so glad I went. Thank you for all the lovely messages that some of you tweeted/commented!

I didn’t buy a huge amount in Paris because It was a little bit more expensive than I had thought. I loved Sephora when I was out there but I was absolutely gutted on Sunday when I went to go and buy a lot more of their products and they were shut I was a bit annoyed that most of the shops are shut on Sunday. I understand that they have Sundays off but if you are going over to Paris for a long weekend then Sunday is NOT a good day to shop!!

I bought more food than I did clothing/beauty products (typical of my family ) , Below are my purchases!

BIODERMA & SEPHORA

The first items that I purchased were the Bioderma Makeup Remover and the Sephora Eye Makeup Remover. I had read some really good reviews on both of these products and I have to say that I agree! Both amazing products! I purchased 2 bottles of Bioderma which came to 18 euro which isn’t bad at all! And the Sephora eye makeup remover cost just 3 euro!

FOOD….FOOD!

I bought a lot of food when I was away. My family and I have this thing that whenever we travel we go to a supermarket, run straight to the sweet isle and see what they have. We compare a lot of the candy sections to Walmart & Target in America because lets just face it….You can’t beat American candy right? Carrefour was like Walmart only with British prices. I had to stock up on these Fruit Candy’s because they are so amazing! Also couldn’t resist a giant Milka bar!!

GREEN TEA? YES PLEASE!

Okay so when I saw these in the Supermarket I just had to try them – I had seen these in a beauty guru’s video and liked the sound of them. I am now an Arizona Green tea fanatic… not kidding. I must have bought about 20 cans of this when I was away! It tastes so amazing , there’s no added sugar or colouring, it tastes so refreshing and you an also heat this up like a hot green tea too!

SHOES

I found these on my last day in a really cute little shop called Ella & Moi. All the shoes and clothes were under 30 euro and I saw these for 19 euro’s and I couldn’t resist. I’ve seen shoes similar to this in river island and new look and I just had to buy them. they’re super comfy!

KIKO COSMETICS

Before buying these products I had heard about Kiko Cosmetics through a press release I received a few weeks ago. Their products look awesome so when I found the shop I was over the mood. I would have bought more but the Sunday shop closures prevented me ! I bought 2 lip liners and an Eye liner , they’re really soft and well pigmented – A more in depth review will be up soon

H&M

I found an H&M when I was in one of the malls and decided to have a browse. I found these really cute jeggings from only 9.95 euros and I couldn’t resist. They are really different and I’m so glad i found them! I also bought this pink checked top for summer , I can never find these short sleeved one’s in the UK so I bought this one for just 9.95 euros

So these are my purchases – I didn’t buy a huge amount but I’m happy with the items I purchased. I really enjoyed Paris but I wouldn’t suggest going there if you are only going to shop because I think you might be disappointed. For the UK residents it’s not much cheaper as the exchange rate is terrible, but for US citizens it would be ideal as the dollar-euro rate is great.

Thanks for reading!

Hannah x

@beautyblogpage

*disclaimer – all items were purchased with my own money , i am in no way being paid to feature any of these products*

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23
Feb 13

Paris Trip – Day 3

Hey everyone!

Today was a shopping day! Usually I avoid shops at all costs on a Saturday because it just gets too busy and frustrating! But we decided to go ahead and have a shopping spree!

Had breakfast this morning and then jumped on the metro to go see Marche D’Aligre which at the time I thought was going to be a lovely big market full of clothing stalls and accessories etc but it turned out to be a fruit & veg market with meat stalls too. Eek!

After this mistake, we jumped back onto the metro and headed towards Italie 2 which is a big shopping mall!

It was okay but it was filled with more up market shops which made my eyes pop when I saw the prices ! One thing I have notice here in Paris is that the prices on clothing always seen to be either €24,99 or €34.99… Mainly those two price and nothing else :S weird

I saw the most gorgeous coat in Zara an nearly bought it but they didn’t have my size could have cried! Hopefully I’ll get it on the UK somewhere!

It got to lunchtime and mum and me were so tired so we headed back to the hotel for a power nap and a cuppa.

In the evening we headed over to the Bercy 2 mall around the corner and had another mooch around there. I think Bercy 2 is the best Mall here to be honest. It has a massive Carrefour market, Tati, H&M, and various smaller shops which are more affordable. I bought a few bits and bobs but I’ll do a Paris haul post on Monday!

Today wasn’t too exciting – just a chilled out shopping day ! Tomorrow is our last day gonna miss Paris but I will be glad to have a nice English cuppa tea and a cuddle with my doggy when I get home!

Thanks for reading!

Au revoir!

Hannah x

( just a couple of pictures from today. My lips have been so sore I took one of the mini honey jars from breakfast and made a lip scrub with it! Haha!!! I have a new love for macaroons too!!!)

Shopping The Streets Around The World

Mothers Day Gift Ideas

Travel Makeup Essentials

Paris Trip – HAUL

Paris Trip – Day 3

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