Hi Hunni's

I hope you all had a magical Christmas yesterday, I had a lovely day spent with my boyfriend and his family.  Off course I recieved some lovely gifts and will letting you in on what I got very soon but today I want to inside the goodie bag I recieved at the Bloggers Christmas Event because on opening this it really did feel like Christmas!

As I mentioned in the first post about this event, which you can have a wee peek at here, I decided the amazing goodie bag deserved a whole post of its own.  This was due to the huge ammount of goodies that were included and also the fact that I didnt want to overwhelm you with hundreds of photos all in one post. 

 

I just need to say a massive thank you to Lola and Victoria for organising such a lovely surprise and also all the lovely brands that were included in the goodie bag!

 

 The Goodie Bag ripped at the edges from the weight of everything inside!

I was already delighted when I seen that is was a lush bag as I expected there would be something from Lush Inside. As I was travelling back to Birmingham on the train the thought of not having a good rummage through before I got home was non exsistant, I think the whole train knew the contents of my bag by the time I got home.

 

The amazing contents and a few extra's I pick up at the Soapbox PR table

Now I dont know about you but when I first peeked at the contents at the event I felt like Christmas had come 10 days early.  There are a couple of items that I had on my Christmas wish list and was super excited to see them inside.  Which products are standing out to you in this picture?

 

Xen Tan Dark Lotion Sample, £5 of my next Xen Tan online order, Velvotan mitt, Make Believe Tanning Mousse and Bronze Ambition

I love false tan, anyone that knows me knows that I love having a slight glow (read deep bronzed) all year round but weirdly more so in the winter months.  So recieved all of these tanning themed products was a delight.

I love Xen Tan and this was the first product I ever tryed from them so I know I love this lotion, the £5 off will come in very handy.  I have never used the mitts from Velvotan but a mitt is a must have for achieving the perfect flawless tan so will definately not go to waste.  I have never used Bronze Ambition before and with the selction of matt, shimmery and instant tan I have now one for every look possible, I only recieved one of these in the goodie bag but was lucky enough to pick up the other three at the Soapbox PR table at the event.  I was gifted the Make Believe tanning mouse after Kat from Tales of a Pale face won it at the event, so thank you very much kat, iv never tryed this before and am really excited to do so.

 

Lee Stafford Dry Shampoo for Mid brown tones, Macadamia Healing Oil and Deep Repair Mask, So...? Dry Shampoo

This year I have been loving dry shampoo and haven't tried either of the brands mentioned above, I have high expectations for the Lee Stafford one as I love his hair care products.  I love hair oils and have tryed a number of different ones including this one, I love the no greasy formula from Macadamia, the deep repair mask excites me and im saving it for a proper pamper day.

 

Lush 'santa's sack' bubble bar

Before I used this one I had never tryed the bubble bars from Lush before and this was just lovely.  I love the design, the smell, the hundreds of bubbles and the overall softness of my skin after using this in the bath.  Im so glad this was in my bag as I am now looking forward to trying out different ones.

 

She Said Beauty Mini Goodie Bag

I had never recieved a She Said Beauty box before and now they are stopping the boxes I suppose I never will but this was a great insight into what you could recieve.  I am most delighted with the DHC Cleansing Oil and blotting papers as my oil skin constantly skin may have found a friend in the cleansing oil.  You know what they say give oily skin more oil, so I will.

 

Aromatherapy Associates Bath and Shower Oil, Filogra Eye Contour Cream, Di Palomo Orange Blossom Hand and Nail Cream, Guinot Peeling Radiance Gel, Etat Pur Radiant Complexion Care, Murad Eye Cream, Diamond Blend 24 Hour Moisturiser, Glam Glow Mask, Murad Pomegranate Exvoliating mask.

Wow thats a lot of skincare products, I have never been very into trying new skincare as the range I use works so well for me I was always so scared to interrupt it incase a breakout, that was until I recieved these little beauties.  I am in love with the hand cream, it is very nourishing and smells fabulous, I love highly scented products. I have been using the Murad Eye cream for a couple of days now and so far I like it but in two days im not going to see major changes.  I have used one of the Murad masks and I think I may have found my new weekly mask, this exvoliating mask drys clear and non sticky and leaves my skin soft and very refreshed.  I am extremely excited about using the Glam Glow Mask after all the rave  reviews I have read on this product but again I am saving it for a deep indulgant pamper day. 

 

Lipcote Original, Magnafibres, Witch Skin Clearing Primer,The Body Shop Lip Gloss, Inika Mineral Eyeshadow and Eyeliner, Sleek Ltd Edition Sparkle 2 Palette

This is where the real wow factor was for me in this goodie bag!  I had both the Magnafibres and Sleek Palette on my Christmas list.  I hve used Magnagibres and all I can say is WOW WOW WOW, I will have to review this fully to help you understand how amazing it really is so look out for that post.  I have become really obsessed with eyeshadows over the past month or two and this palette is one I have been looking at because more than half of the palette is made up of full on glittery shadows, I have created a lovely look creating this so will also be doing a tutorial/review on that soon.  I have been using the primer for a few days and its up there with my ultimate favourite primer!

 

Bad Apple Cosmetics Nail Wraps 'Lazy Leapord', Nail Varnish *2

Bad Apple Cosmetics were one of he brands at the Soapbox PR tables and I was instantly drawn to them with the gorgeous petrol shades of nail varnish, the two I recieved are gorgeous although I am very sorry and cannot find the shade names anywhere.  The nail wraps were in this little goodie bag and given to me as I arrived at the event as I was one of the first thirty to arrive, always good to be an early bird.

 

 

So with that amazing goodie bag you are right to expect reviews for months to come!

 

 

Lots of Love

 

Gem

 

xxx

Hi hunnis!!

 

I know I have already posted today and im not one to do so but I was soo excited to share this with you I had to post it this evening!

On Saturday I attended  the long awaited Bloggers Christmas Event.  As I had never been to London or an event of this size before I was slightly nervous but the nerves were overtaken by excitement, I couldn't sleep on Friday night I was soo excited. I think the excitement was the thought of meeting other bloggers I had spoken to on twitter for months and would now be meeting them and also the opportunity to network with up and coming companies and pr's.

After travelling from Birmingham with Adam (the boyfriend) and the lovely Charlotte from Lil Miss Chickas, and having a right laugh on the train we arrived at Euston Station and met a lovely group of ladies. One of the lovlies we met Kat from Tales of a Pale Face had arranged to play tour guide and we would all travel to Canary wharf together, thank goodness because I would have got lost on my own.

Were here!

We arrived at the Reebok Bar, to be greeted by the lovely Lola from Lolastar Hearts and Vik from Vik Beauty, these girls were the organisers of this excellent event.  I want to say a massive thank you to these girls for organising the event and a huge well done on it being such a success.

Lola and Vik, how pretty did they look!

We made our way inside to one of the tables covered with sweet and savoury treats.  High five to Lola's mum's friend on making the cake pops because they were devine and throughout the day I made the most of them believe me. 

Around the room were tables from SoapBox PR with brands they work with including Bad Apple, Bronze Ambition and Twisted Sista, Aromatherapy Associates and Slendertone.  There were products on all the tables for us to try and test, the opportunity to have an OPI manicure and hand massage and amazing demonstrations by the ladies at Slendertone. 

 

 Bad Apple Nail Varnishes and Nail Wraps

 

Bronze Ambition Tanning Range

 

Lola and Vik had arranged a beauty quiz in which we could all take part with the chance to win prizes such as Make Believe Tan and Butter London goodies. Also there were a couple of twitter competitions to win prizes such a swarovski nail files and a three month subscription to Joliebox.  These were such amazing prizes, so well done to the winners!
 

Slendertone also decided to give away two of their Slendertone Face kits worth £250 and after picking the two winners they were generous enough to pick one more person, it was me! I am soo excited to recieve this prize, you can read more about it on the Slendertone Website HERE.

These were all amazing touches to the day and made us all get talking and know each other.

 

Getting to know each other and find new blogs was a massive part of the day and the part I was most excited about.  I met so many ladies that I had been speaking to for months, reading their blogs it was great to put a voice to the posts id been reading. I also got the chance to meet some ladies and find new blogs id never been lucky enough to come across so far which is great and Iv spent most of Sunday following them all and having a relaxing time reading throught their previous posts.

 

 I was super excited to meet Alice from Brigh town Girl, I love her blog!

 

 Angelica from One Little Vice and Kat from Tales of a Pale Face

 

Even Adam wanted in on the photographs

 

Myself and Charlotte from Lil Miss Chickas

At the end of the day we were all gifted with amazing goodie bags, now girls I mean amazing.  They were overflowing with amazing new products that I will be review for months to come, I have decided that it was so spectacular it deserved its own post, but for now I will tease you with a picture, please note the bag has ripped with the weight of all the contents!



The whole event was really wonderful and I would attend another one in a minute, so well organised, enjoyable and maninly so much fun!

On the day there was a lovely photographer Amal, taking photos of the day in action, which was a lovely touch!

You can view the photos here on her website

At the end of the day Lola and Vik asked me if they could improve anything about the day and I honestly had to really think about it, and all I could think of was to have name badges as noticing everyone can prove tricky as everyone looks so different in person.
 Do you think they could have done it better and if so what would you suggest?

Lots of  Love

Gemma

xxx