#hertsbedsmeet - What did we get up too?

If you follow me on twitter (or any of the fellow bloggers) then you'll know that last Sunday was our first Herts/Beds blogger meet up! For some of us it was actually our first ever bloggers meet up, and can I just say, it was so much fun! 

After so much planning, prep, trying to finalize a date ect, we met up, chatted, shopped and it honestly felt like all of us had been friends forever! All these girls were so genuine and we had such a lovely time! 

We decided to meet in a central location for us, outside a lush shop. It was baking hot and we were all dressed up for the occasion! I have to admit that whilst walking from the car to Lush my heart was pounding and I was so nervous that people wouldn't like me ect ect, but once I saw the girls and started chatting, all those fears melted. 

After a mooch around shops such as TK Maxx, The Body Shop and New Look we headed over to Lush. We introduced ourselves as beauty bloggers and the staff were so friendly! They gave us demonstrations of products, talked us through different scents of there perfume range, where I did infact fall in love with one called The Sun, which as it happens I'm off to buy today! While we were in there making various purchases, a reporter from the local paper turned up to take photos for the Guinness World Record Attempt that Lush tried to do the day before, by trying to collect the most amount of kisses using their lip pouts! We got involved in the pictures, but sadly we did not feature. But it was all good fun anyway! We walked away from lush having had a lovely experience, and they had even thrown in a few samples for us! Which was really lovely of them!

Bex seriously has the cutest little boy ever! And he gives lovely cuddles!

We then went into Benifit, Bare Minerals, Boots and superdrug where we all swatched like crazy! I think by the end of the day my hand was so pink from all the lipsticks. We also popped into Clinton Cards, where I think we all fell in LOVE with the Yankee Candle range and most of us brought at least one candle. Again I'm off to buy one today! 

Now, you've heard of a bloggers hype? Well on this day, we created one! On a casual trip to Champneys, one of us picked up a lushcious body scrub, which was on special for just £2.50. Now when I say this smelt amazing. my god did it smell amazing! Review of this to come later, but 10 out of 12 of us picked this up! It is so good, so if your ever in a champneys, pick up the Distant Shore body scrub with passion fruit!

Space NK was next on the agenda, I have to admit I've never ever been into Space NK before and now I'm starting to wonder why! I fell in love with so many things! I have such a long wishlist now! 

After we had all tired out in the heat and shopped till we had dropped we went the our local pub/bar for a spot of lunch, of course picking the best spot for lighting and taking pictures! I can honestly say that I had a really good day, and it did feel like all of us girls had known each other for a long time, no awkwardness at all! We're planning another meet before christmas, and I cannot wait for this! 

Who went;

Bex At Futures
Shona At FreshBeautyxox

Jenny At Cardigans & Nails

Sarah At Sarah's Beauty Emporium

Amy At AmySarah

Courtney At CourtzMelv

Jess At JessiCull XO

Cat At What Cat Says

Sarah At Knickers & Nail Polish

Emily At Saving Emily

Hannah At Beginners Beauty

I really hope you go check all these girls out as they're so amazingly talented and kind! Also, get in touch if you do live in the herts/beds area as we're planning a few more meet ups in the near future! :)

Emily xox

Herts/Beds Meet - Final Information!

After months of talks, planning and arranging, the meet up is now less than 2 weeks away! (10 days the day this goes live!) 

My self and a few of the other girls have received massive interest in the meet up, and between me, Shona, Bex and Hannah, we've now managed to finalize the details and bring them to you! 

Orignally we planned to go to Space NK to see if we could receive a make-over, however, this will not be possible! So instead here's the plan;

1. Meet Outside Lush at 11am for a meet/greet/get to know each other. 
2. Mooch around the shops, I.e Lush, Benefit, TK Maxx, Topshop ect. 
3. No meet up would be complete without a trip to Superdrug and Boots! 
4. Go into Space Nk, Swatch, Try and Maybe buy some products, maybe into Champneys too!
5. Waterend Barn - For a bite to eat, cocktails/mocktails and seeing as it's my birthday, maybe even CAKE! 

I am under the impression that the meet up will end at the barn, after we've eaten and had a good time! :) 

EDIT!!!;

Hannah messaged Lush to see if there were any events going on during the day of the meet up, although there were no events, Lush did reply with this; 

Whilst we are not planning any events for that particular sunday we are one of many LUSH shops around the world taking part in an Official Attempt for GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS TM at collecting kiss prints!

We will be using our beautiful Emotional Brilliance Cruelty Free Make Up range to make the kiss prints and collecting them on T-shirts so would love for you all to come down and be a part of something truly inspirational!

Otherwise we can offer you a Hello Gorgeous Workshop on the sunday at our Bloggers rate of £7.50 per person, this will last for just under an hour and include a shop tour and mini-facial masterclass, plus a lovely pot of our CupCake Fresh Face Mask made by YOU to take home!

So this is a possibility, for this I do need definate numbers, so if you are interested please Email me ASAP; rosellabeauty@hotmail.com

Thank you! :) 

Hope you all like the sound of this! I hope to see alot of you there, I know it sounds vague, but that's the idea, it's open for people to do as they feel! :) 10 days and counting! :) 

Emily xox

Beauty; Tea Tree Anti-Spot Stick - Review

WARNING - BAD SKIN PICTURES!

Some time ago I was out and about with a few friends when I was looking for a good value/not over priced treatment for spots. I was in Wilkinson when I spotted this beauty for just £1. Now I wasn't expecting miracles by any stretch of the imagination but for £1 I was willing to give it a go. The results? Not bad! 

Before;

After A Couple Of Days;

The images aren't great and you can't really tell, but the redness and the size of the spots had reduced dramatically! Like I said I wasn't expecting it to be perfect but I literally can't fault this. It even smells amazing (if you like tea tree that is!) I've even had people asking what it is that I'm using as I never have had good skin. I'd deffo give this a go :) 

Have you ever tried this? Do you like tea tree products?

Emily xox

Fashion; Birthday Dress Wishlist

It's near and it's coming fast! In 2 weeks and 3 days it's my 19th birthday. It feels almost like yesterday, that I was excited about turning 18 and legally being able to drink, go out and buy things in the shop that I couldn't before! And now I'm sat here thinking, this time next year I'll be about to be ending my teen years. I'm excited, scared and nervous, the usual things. 

So obviously, I've been thinking about what I would like for my birthday and what I would like to wear! I've been searching for what dress I want to wear for my birthday out! I'm thinking this year is going to be low key compared to last year, just a small meal with family and friends. 

I've narrowed it down to just 4 dresses and still in the process of deciding which one to buy! I wish I could buy all 4 but sadly I don't think that'll be possible! 

They're all from New Look and so far, the bottom right one is my fave! Which one do you think is best? 

What do you usually do for you birthday? 

Emily xox

Beauty; May Empties/Favorites

May was a hectic and busy month for me. I was on holiday from work, planning this party, that party, going to dress fittings and all sorts. This is the month when I really started to get into hair care and skincare, and through the process I've found some gems! 

I've found that the Lush Tea Tree water (Review To Come) is one of the most refreshing sprays I've ever come across.I have an obsession with the tea tree smell at the moment, not sure why, but I'm loving it and can't get enough! Another product that I'm using alot is the Clearasil daily clear scrub. This had a fresh smell, almost like the smell of spring time and fresh cut grass! It's really good on my skin and I will also be reviewing this at a later date. In all, I didn't really have any make-up empties faves as my face went bare most of the time, due to my massively improved skin! But with weddings/parties/events coming up, I can assure you there will be some in the June Empties! I've already been thinking of some! 

What are you May Empties/Favorites? Have you tried any of these products? 

Emily xox

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Lifestyle; Living Life In The Fast Lane...

WARNING; PICTURE HEAVY

Over the past few weeks my life seems to be moving forward very quickly. It's hard to believe that this time last year I was planning my 18th party, and now I'm nearly 19, moving out and making grown up decisions that will change mine and my boyfriends lives for the better. 

I do sometimes need to take time and think about my life and the choices I've made (Look at me sounding like I'm 80!) so far, and the choices I have to still make. I was looking through old pictures and thought it'd be a nice post to look back on in later years and see all my best/fave photos in one place :)

I have so many more, but these are just a snip-it  These photo's aren't professional or done with an amazing camera, they're personal, they're memories that have been captured and I love them more than anything. I plan on getting these printed with Photobox, who are offering 60 free prints when you sign up, which I thought was a good deal! 

Do you like photos? Are you crazy about them like me? 

Emily xox