Friday, 23 November 2012
Thursday, 22 November 2012
Winter/Christmas Candle Haul
Hey,
So... I have a confession... I
Yankee Candle Medium Jar- Christmas Cookie
This candle is described on the website as "buttery rich, vanilla scented, Holiday sugar cookies" and that is really the only way I can describe it! It isn't my favourite of the ones I bought as I usually don't like vanilla scented things but this smells yummy so it passes the smell test, which is all that matters. The medium jars burn for around 65-90 hours.
Primark- Festive Fig Three Wick Candle & Cinnamon Clove Scented Candle
(Left: Cinnamon Clove Right: Festive Fig) |
My mum picked these up for me in Primark a while ago now, so I can't remember how much they were but I'm sure both of them were under £5. Unfortunately the snowflake design on the top of the smaller one didn't last more than a few uses which was disappointing but to be expected really. The cinnamon clove one smells sweet more than spicy cinnamon, and reminds me of clove sweets and claims to burn for around 20 hours. The Festive Fig scent is more woody and not something I would have usually gone for but I was sold on the fact it has three wicks (shallow I know but shhh) and the scent has grown on me the more I've burned it. It claims to burn for 15hours, which I can't understand as it's the larger of the two but burns for five hours less! Overall I would definitely recommend picking these up, even for the price being so much cheaper than Yankee Candles for example, but just as good.
Yankee Candle Small Tumblers- Red Apple Wreath, Sugared Apple & Christmas Eve
(Top: Sugared Apple Left: Christmas Eve Right: Red Apple Wreath) |
Glade- Spiced Apple Candle & Limited Edition Spiced Apple and Cinnamon
(Left: Spiced Apple Right: Spiced Apple & Cinnamon) |
(Can anyone else sense a theme running through my candle choices!?)
These are another two that my Mum picked up for me because they were on offer in our local shop and well, who can have too many candles that all smell of similar things! Not me! The packaging of these is really Christmassy and festive which is nice but might look a bit strange if I'm still burning them in July, which is possible with how many I have to get through. The scent doesn't seem to be as strong with these which is a shame as I like candles that can fill a whole room with fragrance as they're burning. The Spiced Apple and Cinnamon one is definitely my favourite of the two as it smells really strongly of cinnamon, which I love and it's really Christmassy. These burn for up to 30hours.
Yankee Candle Large Jar- Black Cherry
Now, I know Yankee Candles can be really expensive in the shops but I have discovered a way to slightly reduce the price. First of all, there are ways to buy the Yankee Scents before you invest in a giant expensive candle you might not like such as the tea lights or (my favourite way) the wax tarts that are put in a special burner above an unscented tea light. The second thing I would reccomend doing is buying the candles online from either Yankee Direct.com or Yankeedoodle.co.uk (which is where I bought these from although I have used both sites). The only downside to this is you can't smell the candles before you buy them but I think it's worth it for the reduced prices these sites offer. For example the RRP of the Large Jar Candle is £20 but I bought the Black Cherry one for only £14.25 which is pretty good. Also I'm sure on both sites if you spend over a certain ammount you qualify for free P&P and also free gifts, which are usually sampler size candles of a selection of scents.
I hope you enjoyed my little haul and thanks for reading, I'm now off to go and sit smelling the cherry candle coz it's just that good!!!
Lauren
xx
Sunday, 18 November 2012
Headache Helpers...
Hey,
Firstly, i have an apology to make which is related to the subject of this post. I'm sorry I had such a big break between my last post and now but I had a few days where I had really bad headaches and being on the computer always seems to make them worse so i had to have a little while off until I was sure it wouldn't hurt my head or eyes to look at a computer screen. Thankfully today seems to be that day so I'm back!
I get headaches or migraines quite a lot, usually for about a week at a time then they die down again for a few weeks and I'm fine. The problem is because of my emetophobia I find it impossible to take painkillers in a tablet form and it's very difficult for me to take medicine of any kind. I'm nearly 22 now and from the age of about 14 until earlier this year I didn't take any kind of medication for anything. Finally this year I was able to manage soluble paracetemol but only when it's mixed with water and juice and it takes me ages to sip it slowly. So because of this I had to start finding other ways to help when I was in pain. The following are my top three things that I reach for whenever I feel a headache coming on!
4Head Stick
(picture from the 4Head Website linked above) |
Kool 'n' Soothe For Migraines Cooling Strips
(picture taken from the Kool 'n' Soothe Website linked above) |
Tiger Balm White Ointment
(The White Ointment inside) |
(The box and pot) |
This is my latest discovery and probably now my favourite of the three. I heard about this through one of my best friends Marion and she told me about it knowing how bad my headaches had been at the time. It's sort of similar to the 4Head Stick except you have to apply the oitment with your fingers which can be a bit messy and you have to remember to wash your hands straight away but I find it works better for me than the stick now. It smells really mentholly again, it sort of reminds me of something you would use when you have a cold like Vicks but I love those sorts of smells. It says you should apply it at half hour to hour intervals until the headache goes but it seems to sort me out after only one application which is amazing. It can also be used in the same sort of way as the original Red Tiger Balm which is for muscular aches and pain I think, sort of like Deep Heat. It's a proper little wonder product for me and although it seems quite a small pot, a little goes a long way with it although I am guilty of piling it on just because I love the smell of it. It tingles and it just feels like it's working which sounds a bit lame but I love that about it. Again its £4.70 from the link above with free P&P but I think it's totally worth this price and lasts for ages anyways.
I hope that if you suffer from headaches but don't like to take tablets either that this post has helped you find something that might make it better. Has anyone got anymore headache cures like these? Or ways to get around taking traditional painkillers?
Thanks for reading
Lauren
xx
Monday, 5 November 2012
October '12 Favourites...
Hi,
Ok so it's the start of November (jeez this year has flown by so quickly, hasn't it?) so it's time to look back on my favourite products/things of the month. Firstly, I would just like to say I know some of the photos in this post aren't the best but I only took them quickly on my phone so hopefully they do the job alright! Also, where possible I've included links to each of the products online :)
The Body Shop Born Lippy Stick Lip Balm
(L-R: Toffee, Lychee Shimmer, Plum, Pomegranate) |
(L-R: Toffee, Lychee Shimmer, Plum, Pomegranate) |
(Top to Bottom: Toffee, Lychee Shimmer, Plum, Pomegranate) |
Bourjois Magic Nail Polish Remover
Nails Inc London Pinkie Pink Nail Polish Supporting Breast Cancer Campaign
This is a gorgeous pink glitter polish, with the idea being to paint your pinkie finger nail with this colour to show your support for the Breast Cancer Campaign that ran during the month of October. Nails Inc donated £1 from the sale of every bottle to the campaign and I thought that this was a really great idea for such a good cause. The price is a little steep at £11 a bottle but then most Nails Inc polishes are around this price. Unlike with most glitter polishes, I felt that there was a good ammount of glitter with the application- I didn't feel that the glitter was staying in the bottle rather than making it onto my nails so this makes the price tag a little easier to deal with and I'm pretty sure that most of the Nails Inc glitter polishes are like this. The one problem I did find was that if you apply the nail polish too thickly it can peel off easily but when I reapplied it with thinner coats, it didn't happen again. Also if I remember correctly, there is a 10 or 20% discount code available to first time customers on the Nails Inc website, it should come up automatically the first time you enter the site and then just put in your email address and they send the code to you.
Here's some more information about the Pinkie Pink Campaign =)
Broadway Nails Impress Press On Manicure
(D090 Space Cadet) |
So, those were my favourite products from October... I wonder what I'll be loving this month! What have some of your faves been? =)
Lauren xx
Friday, 2 November 2012
A Quick Introduction...
...that probably won't end up that quick knowing me!
So, I will be the first to admit that I'm useless at these sorts of 'describing yourself' things, so bare with me here!
Hi, I'm Lauren and I'm nearly 22 (but my brain still feels about 17 to be honest) and I live near Edinburgh in Scotland. One of my favourite things to do is writing, mostly creative, but I thought that starting this blog would be another good way of writing something a bit different to my usual. Basically this blog is going to be a mixture of everything that I love and want to write about, or things that are important to me. It's hard to say what that might- one day I might write about my favourite things of the month and the next it might be about my love of Irish rugby players or music and bands I love. Who knows what's going to end up on here!! Also I would like to warn everyone at this point, I have been known to ramble on quite a bit so if you can handle that brilliant! :)
The other main thing I will probably blog about quite a bit is suffering from emetophobia and anxiety issues. Emetophobia is basically a phobia about anything to do with being sick, including me, other people, any thing you can think of that comes under that subject really! It's been a major part of my life since I was at Primary School but it has been at its worst for the last four years. It effects all aspects of my life currently, for example I find it difficult to leave the house without feeling anxious and I feel anxious most of the time. I'll go into it more in another post but I felt it was important to mention it here because it is such a major part of my life.
Ok, I think that's enough for now but I'll leave my links here, feel free to follow me on Twitter and Instagram =D you'll probably notice a pattern in my usernames!
Twitter- https://twitter.com/LaurenM26
Instagram Name- LaurenM262
More Information about Emetophobia- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emetophobia
Bye for now!
Lauren xx
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