Christmas 2012!

As far as Christmases go, I have had better! Christmas day started off so nice. I woke up quite early (maybe the excited child in me hasn't quite grown up yet) it was really nice to wake up next to Josh and get to say 'Merry Christmas' in person instead of over text from different houses. The rest of the house, minus one very hung over step dad, were awake so we went to see if Santa had been, he had! We opened a few presents with his dad seeming to be the most excited of all of us. I was completely spoiled by Josh with over £200 worth of Victorias Secret items (eeee!!) and his family got me some lovely presents too, Thanks guys! Josh probably got the best present of all in the form of his dads Mercedes SLK(!!) Everything was going so nicely, I was in the Christmas spirit and excited for the other visits I had to do. I left Josh's house and headed over to see my dad and grandma when this happened..

On Christmas day 2012 I had my first accident! The giant smash on my windscreen was actually caused by a pheasant that decided to walk into the road and then fly up right in front of my car. It was a seriously scary experience, so much so that I can't remember anything from when I hit the pheasant to when I pulled over into a near by lay-by. I managed to call my dad through my worked up state and he came out to get me, reassuring me that I hadn't ruined Christmas like I had bawled at him. I called Josh too and he and his mum came out. Josh calmed me down almost immediately, my knight in shining armour! I am so grateful for everyone who rushed out to my rescue! I'm still waiting for my car to get fixed..
After I had gotten back to my grandmas and over the shock I began to enjoy Christmas again. I stayed there for a couple of hours before my dad took me home to my mums house for another round of present opening. Me and my mum went to my aunties house for our lunch before I headed back to Josh's house to wind down Christmas with chocolate, quizzes and tv in bed!
I am so happy with everything I got for Christmas, I can't thank my family, friends and boyfriend enough for all the lovely things they treated me too! 

Christmas Day!

Hello you lovely lot! I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and Santa bought you everything you asked him for! I had a really lovely Christmas, I woke up at nine and went downstairs to see that Santa had been! I sat downstairs with my parents and we opened up all our presents while my dog ran wild with his new toys. We had 11 people in our house from about 11am till around 9pm. My mum cooked an extremely tasty meal and everyone seemed very happy! Typically a few members of the family fell asleep after dinner while the rest of us settled down to some Christmas movies. We swapped even more presents when they woke up and me and my cousin started facetiming each other whilst in the same house. 
Here is what I wore on Christmas Day:

Blue sheer shirt - Debenhams, Blue tank top - New Look, Wine coloured jeans + belt - Quiz

For the last two weeks I've had a poll running on my blog about whether you would like to see what I got for Christmas and you said yes! prepare for some pictures of some of my presents.. (please note that I am not bragging, If you don't like these posts then don't read it!)

Santa came and wrapped my presents mostly in tinkerbell wrapping paper.

I got the last three (only two pictured) vampire diaries books, season 1 & 2 of Vampire diaries and season 1 - 4 of gossip girl. I have been wanting to watch those two shows for so long!

MAC! I was so excited when I saw these. I have wanted to start my own Mac pallet for so long and now I have 6 colours to start me off as well as 1 gloss and 3 lippies! 

This is the cutest present of them all, It's a jewellery stand with some sparkles and a pearly butterfly on it! Lovvvelyy 

My favourite and most appreciated present of them all, AN IPAD! I didn't even have it on my Christmas list but I had talked to my mum about them a couple of times. She told me that she thought it would be useful, educational as well as fun. Love my mum and dad for getting me everything they did on Christmas and the rest of the family and friends for their presents! I have the best people in my life ever!

I decided to make my Ipad a little more me by sticking a glittery 'C' sticker in the middle of the apple sign, still waiting on a case for it. I'm so scared I'm going to drop it and break it!


I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and If you hit the sales on boxing day I hope you grabbed some bargains! If anyone has any book, film or App recommendations for the Ipad then please let me know! 
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30 Day Beauty Challenge - Day 22
Beauty Tips For A Big Night Out
I have one recommendation for you, A setting spray from Urban Decay! Either the De Slick or All Nighter, which is made especially for those hot, sweaty club nights. Plus they really work!
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IT'S CHRISTMAS!

Picture from weheartit.com

This is just a super quick post to say:
I hope all of my lovely followers have a fantastic day today! I hope Santa brought you everything that you asked him for. Now, get off of here, stuff your face with chocolate, your roast dinner and whatever takes your fancy, sit in front of the TV and enjoy your Christmas day! A post about Christmas Day will be up tomorrow maybe, so check back for that if you like. 
Have a lovely day and a very Merry (in both senses of the word) Chritsmas!
Love Char 
P.S. Everyone needs to listen to this. I apologize for getting this into your heads, enjoy!
http://youtu.be/7oOzszFIBcE
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30 Day Challenge - Day 21
Favourite Lipstick

I won this Mac lipstick in 'Shy Girl' on Liz's Blog and It is by far my favourite lipstick shade. Applied lightly with a little gloss it looks fabulous. A lovely pinky lip 
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Winter Clothing Essentials!

Last week I did a post on my Winter Skin Essentials so I thought I would continue this week with my picks for winter clothing essentials because, lets face it, you can't go around with super moisturised skin and no clothes unless you want to be arrested for indecent exposure! Below are my choices of things I am literally living in this season..

First up is my, slightly too big, red duffel coat that I got last year. It is so freaking warm, honestly, I can go out in the winter months wearing just this with a long sleeve t-shirt on underneath and still feel toasty. I find that it adds a nice pop of colour to my typical dark jeans or leggings that I constantly reach for. Pairing it with a floral scarf with similar colours just adds a bit of cheerfulness and warmth around the neck.

Accessory wise I have been a little obsessed with beanie style hats with long tassels. Apart from the white hat with the hearts on which is from Forever 21, the rest is all from primark at bargain prices. I think the most expensive thing was my hat which was £5! I like to wear the hats when I have my hair down, if I wear my hair up I will pop on either the grey or pink head band to keep my ears warm!

Leggings are one of my winter essentials, I honestly have about 6 pairs of just plain black leggings in my wardrobe. If I'm having a particularly lazy day I will just grab a pair from my wardrobe and pair them with a hoodie and my long riding boots.


WELLIES! I am slightly hoping for snow so I can get out in my brand new wellies, lovingly purchased by my wonderful boyfriend, and walk around in some fresh snow. To be honest, I would probably just wear these out any day if it was particularly cold and icy or if I just fancied it. Normally I would wear leggings with a pair of thick long socks just poking over the top to keep my legs extra warm.


What are your winter essentials, let me know in the comments! 
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30 Day Beauty Challenge - Day 18
Favourite Beauty Expert
To be honest I don't really have a favourite trained beauty expert but I really love watching beauty gurus such as Macbarbie07 on youtube. She is I think like 15 or 16 and she has amazing talent in the beauty and fashion tutorials. The quality of her make up tutorials are to a nearly professional standard. she's not shy to film her videos either. One of my favourite gurus.  

Secret Santa Presents!

A few months ago I participated in a bloggers only secret Santa over on Navilicious Beauty's  blog, She arranged the whole thing and managed everyone  to make sure they all got their gifts sent and received by the deadline. My secret Santa was extremely organised this year as I got my gift in the post back in November. The lovely Claire sent me these goodies: 

Claire was a very generous Secret Santa and I was very pleased to see lots of the Soap and Glory pink packaging when I opened my present. I hadn't tired any of these before but have always wanted to so this was the perfect gift.

First things first, I love the smell of these products! I can't really describe what the smell like but boy do they smell good! I use hand food every single day and use the body butter after I've had a shower to keep my body smooth and smelling lovely!


The 'Scrub Em' and Leave Em'' body scrub is so nice to use after I have shaved my legs, they are literally so smooth and silky afterwards. Love it. 
I try not to use the body wash regularly because I want to keep it for as long as possible due to how much I love it. Big versions of all the soap and glory products are 3 for 2 in boots right now and I have been so tempted to get 'hand food', 'Scrub 'Em and Leave 'Em' and 'Clean, Girl' every time I have been in there. I fear for my bank balance sometimes, I really do.

I have never really been a huge fan of lip plumping products because I tried one once and it actually hurt my lips. With the 'Sexy Mother Pucker' lip plumping gloss you can't resist wearing it due to the beautiful shimmery pink gloss. To avoid a tonne of plumping I tend to apply a small amount to the centre of my lips and rub it around with my finger tip. Everyone needs to own this gloss, honestly!


The 'Glow Lotion' is going to be perfect for the summer when the legs are out on display. Spraying the smallest amount onto the legs and lightly rubbing it in gives your legs the most amazing shimmer. It leaves no colour to your skin but leaves them looking flatteringly beautiful. Another must have from Soap & Glory.

Thank you so much Claire for all these lovely presents, I am extremely grateful for them  and very pleased that you were my Secret Santa! 
Everyone, get on over to Claire's blog and check her out!
XX 


30 Day Beauty Challenge - Day 15
Your Favourite Piece Of Jewellery
My favourite item of jewellery I own is my ring that I got from my boyfriend. I wear it every single day.


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Christmas Decorations!

Last weekend I helped my parents put up the Christmas decorations, the final touch to the run up for Christmas Day! Our house looks kind of bare and we only have a small tree because of our dog always needing to go out to the garden so we can't put our big tree up in the living room by the door any more. Christmas is at our house this year too so we can't put the big tree up in the dining room either, no big tree this year! I thought I'd share a few pictures with you of some of the decorations we do have up though! 

Our Christmas tree! Decorated with mostly Disney decorations and a red and gold theme

Our fireplace! The stocking is out every year but santa never puts presents in it! they all go under the tree. The snowman and boy toy at the bottom are my dogs favourite thing to pull off and play with. They sing together! 

This Snowman is owned by my family, my aunty and my grandma, all three were bought by my grandma for us all! He lights up too!

Two of my favourite decorations, our two parachuting snowmen which hang from the lights in the living room!
Outside we have a light up reindeer who moves and the house is surrounded by pretty twinkling blue lights! We do have more decorations then just these but these ones are my favourites!
Have you done a similar post? Link it in the comments, I'd love to see what your decorations look like! 
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30 Day Beauty Challenge - Day 11
A Bag You Want To Have

I have wanted to own a Mulberry Bayswater bag for so freaking long! They are super nice and very mature, smart looking. I will own one one day when I earn the money all by myself!
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