Makeup

Haircare

My hair is super long as it is, but I really love the length and I want it to grow an inch or so longer so that when I get it cut, it won't be too short. I know, crazy logic behind that thought! I have it straight all the time and my natural hair is crazy curly so you can imagine how much my hair suffers. I really want to begin pampering my hair a little more and try and get it looking healthier. So I purchased these products. The first is the LOreal elvive Triple Resist Reinforcing Treatment - leave in which is £3.99 from Superdrug. I love products that I can leave in my hair as it takes forever to wash my hair as it is without all these extra conditioners etc. so hopefully this product will make a change! The other product is another leave in product which is the Macadamia oil from Primark and it is £2. It's the second time I've purchased this and it's actually really good and smells of Oranges. Which is a nice bonus.

Skincare

I always end up buying some sort of skincare product, you'll soon figure that out. But I've actually been religiously sticking by my new skincare routine lately so I repurchased the Simple Soothing Toner that is just amazing. It doesn't smell of anything and it just feels so refreshing! This was £2.99 at Superdrug. I'm also coming to the end of my face cleanser so I purchased a new one which I haven't tried out yet. My previous cleanser is from the same brand so I'm hoping this Clean&Clear Morning Energy Daily Face Lotion will be just as good, if not better. This is also from Superdrug at £3.99.

Bodycare

Finally bodycare. I've heard a lot about Soap and Glory Heel Genius and wanted to try it because going to uni has increased the need for me to walk more, which I hate, so my feet have been suffering a lot lately! So what better way to pamper them with a nice foot cream for only £5.50 from Boots! I've been waiting for boots to do their 3 for 2 offer on Induldgent Bodycare so that I could stock up on the large bottles of body wash and lotion too. I've got a third left of my current body wash and lotion and decided to be prepared for when they run out. The Soap and Glory Rich and Famous Dual-use Shower and Bath Body wash is a repurchase as I fell in love with the smell of it and it's only £6.50 from boots. Inspired, by the smell of the body wash I decided to try the matching body lotion called Soap and Glory Smoothie Star, despite it saying deep moisture body milk on the bottle, that is the name on the boots website and it's £10.

Let me know if you like this new series, or if you have any suggestions to make it better. 

Love Neelam xxx

Happy (belated) New Year! Hope you all had a lovely Christmas and enjoyed the holidays. I've decided that one of my new years resolutions is to blog more.. knowing me I won't stick to this but I really want to get into the habit of blogging. So I thought what better way of starting the new year with a '2013 favourites' blog post. Original, I know. Sorry it's late, I've been waiting for this nasty rain to clear up so I can take some decent pictures for you (poor excuse, but it's the truth!). 2013 was such a great year for me and it's the year where I've really begun to appreciate makeup and beauty and have learnt so much from YouTube Gurus and beauty bloggers. I'm hoping that I'll start trying out more products and do more reviews and swatch posts like I always promise to. So without further ado, I introduce, my 2013 favourites!

As I mentioned in one of my recent posts, I am going to slowly get through reviewing the Yankee Candles that I have recently posted. It may take a while because I am most likely to only do the review once I get bored of each candle and decide to burn another. The first review is on Snowflake Cookie, which is part of the winter/Christmas collection.

As a Christmas candle, I don't really like the typical spicy/cinnamon scents that are often related to Christmas scents, but the picture and colour of this candle looked really inviting and I am so glad I took a whiff! The scent is very similar to Vanilla Cupcake, but it has got more of a sugary scent to it. It has a typical cookie dough scent but more on the sweeter side. Do you know that smell of the sprinkles that you pour over cakes, like hundreds and thousands? It's very much like that smell! It's such an adorable baby pink colour, although not very Christmassy! The smell does make me crave little fairy cupcakes, which is really bad for the diet that I am meant to be on - oh well!

Have you tried out this candle? If you have, what are your thoughts on it?
Have a lovely day everyone!

Neelam xx