Project 365: #144 Thai green curry

After indulging in a Chinese takeaway last night, a healthy stir fry seemed like a good way to go tonight!  No noodles, just mange tout, courgette, butternut squash, onions, spinach and bok choi chucked in a wok for five mins and some chicken cooked in a thai green curry sauce.  Not really much else to say about this, other than that it was delicious!

Rituals Yogi Flow shower foam review

According to the Rituals website "Yogi Flow foaming shower gel sensation is a unique shower foam containing organic ingredients sweet almond oil and Indian rose.  Ancient Ayuverdic ingredient sweet almond oil restores the skin's moisture balance"  So does it really do what it says?

Product

When you squirt the gel out of the bottle, that's exactly what it is - gel.  Then it starts to foam......and it grows.....and grows......and grows......  Pretty amazing actually - you don't even need to rub it!  It's a bit strange using foam as a shower gel - the first time you use it, it feels a bit like you're covering yourself in shaving foam!  The foam spreads very easily so you don't need to use too much which means that the bottle will last a decent amount of time.  The scent is very light and quite flowery.  Not that horrible, strong flowery smell though - strong enough that you notice it but light enough that it's not sickly - just right!

Price

At £6.50 for 200ml, I don't think Yogi Flow is too extortionately priced.  Probably a little on the expensive side for a shower gel but it's really a pampering product rather than an everyday product and for that, I'd be perfectly happy to pay £6.50.

Effects

The scent of the foam really makes you feel like you're using a luxury product and it definitely made my skin feel nice and smooth.  I couldn't smell the scent of the foam after my skin was dry, but I'm not really a fan of that anyway - it usually tends to cause a problem with perfume!

Would I buy it at full price?

Definitely!  I'd be relatively happy to pay £6.50 for this product - not for everyday use but definitely for when I want to pamper myself.

I received a free sample of the Rituals Yogi Flow shower foam in my December GlossyBox but the views here are entirely honest and I have not been paid to write this review.

Project 365: #143 Hello beautiful purse!

It was my birthday the other day (27 - argh!) and Danny made me give him a long list of things I wanted.  Top of the list was this Ted Baker purse and the boy did good in getting me the bigger one than I'd mentioned!  I absolutely adore it - not only the outside but the inside is beautiful too!

I was completely spoilt to be fair (by everyone - not just Danny!) - in addition to the purse I got a couple of charms for my Pandora, a pair of Dune pumps, a couple of DVDs and some Calvin Klein pjs and dressing gown (literally the softest thing ever and the most comfy pjs ever too!)

♪ ♫ These boots are made for walking.... ♪ ♫

Don't get me wrong, I like handbags and clothes as much as the next girl, but shoes are my true love.  Nothing compares to that feeling you get when you put on a new pair of shoes.  Paolo Nutini couldn't have put it better when he said "I put some new shoes on and suddenly everything is right..." (is it a little concerning that this is one of my favourite quotes of all time?)

In my eyes, you can't beat a good pair of shoe boots.  With your feet enclosed, you don't have to worry about your shoes slipping off when your feet are cold or when the shoes have lost their brand new tightness.  You still get that buzz of wearing a stunning pair of heels but you can also walk in them without having to clench your toes with every step and contend with every male within a 10m radius thinking (and if you work in my office, loudly saying it too!) "she can't walk in those shoes - why is she even trying?"

I adore Kurt Geiger shoes and these shoes are from their Carvela brand.  With their fleecy appearance, 'Stella' shoe boots are perfect for the cold days that we in the UK are accustomed to at this time of year, whilst still maintaining the stylish look for which Carvela and Kurt Geiger are renowned.  There's nothing more flattering than a pair of high heels, especially when combined with a platform for a bit of extra height, and these are bound to live up to the expectations of comfort that I've already built up through owning a number of pairs of Kurt Geiger heels.

I'm convinced.  I need these shoes immediately.  And that's what buying shoes is all about, right?

Project 365: #142 Easily lead

I met up with Aisling for dinner the other night and towards the end of the meal, she suggested we go and look at the Mulberry handbags in House of Fraser.  I'd always promised myself a Mulberry handbag as a reward to myself for qualifying but Ash is extremely good at persuading me to buy things and since she has three Mulberry handbags herself, I panicked a bit!  I made her promise not to bully me into it, since I could get 25% off by getting my mum to buy it (staff discount at John Lewis!) and she agreed.  Then we got there.........and saw big red signs stating that House of Fraser had 30% off.  Uh oh!

The first bad I saw was a teal Heritage Bayswater satchel and fell in love!  Ash did too and instantly began trying to convince me to buy it (yes, the agreement that she wouldn't instantly failed!)  When I looked at the price, I knew I had to have it - a saving of 30% is a huge amount of money on a Mulberry handbag!  You only live once, right?

Another Nails Inc deal!

Hi girls!

First thing's first - a big hello to all my new followers!  A lot of you seem to have discovered my blog through Leanne's 'few to follow' on Friday so a big thanks to Leanne for featuring me last week :)

Now on to a deal that I had to tell you all about......most of you know how obsessed I am with Nails Inc polishes and when this deal came around before, I definitely took advantage - I fully intend to again this time!  On Friday (27th January), Nails Inc are running a promotion of 6 varnishes for £19 (includes delivery and are full size versions which usually retail at £11 each)  The only downside is that you can't choose the colours you receive - it's a lucky dip.  Nails Inc have stated that the colours included are:

1. 2. 3. 4.

Also included are Aspen (metallic red), Chelsea, Maple Street (chocolate brown), Blenheim Terrace, Berkeley Square (deep grey), Villiers Street (vibrant red), Culford Gardens and Garrick Street (metallic blue).

Project 365: #141 Nail varnish addiction

I spent this weekend tidying my bedroom and sorting out all my old study notes which I no longer need - the plan being that if I start to clear out some stuff now, it'll be that much easier when we actually buy a house and it comes to packing up my things to move out.  My bedside table was a bit of a state - it tends to become a bit of a dumping ground for things that I can't be bothered to find a home for before I go to bed, and since it's actually the top of my chest of drawers, it's pretty big (hence it collects even more stuff!)  Now granted, I do always sit on my bed to paint my nails, and I have been changing colours a lot recently, but this is probably a bit of an excessive number of bottles to have found just out on my bedside table?  Whoops!