My Little Parisienne Box UK Review (September 2014)

I just subscribed and was very impressed with the first UK My Little Box which arrived on my doorstep today! It was only £11 plus £3.95 P&P and you would pay around that just for the sample of the Laura Mercier Primer I received. 

You can visit their website and subscribe here!

Contents included:

A 30ml Laura Mercier Foundation Primer

A 10ml Nuxe Multi Purpose Dry Oil (face, body, hair)

A My Little Beauty Stylo Lumière (highlighter)

A Cute Drawstring Bag

A Parisienne Girl Illustrated Laptop Sleeve

A Notebook (with blank pages)

A Page of Adorable Paris Themed Stickers

An Illustrated Piece of Card (I’m going to frame mine)

and An Illustrated Box to keep things in.

I love anything to do with Paris, I’m so glad I found out about them and can’t wait for my next box! 

xoxo

Holographic Hero

 I've been searching for an affordable holographic nail polish for a while and now I've found the perfect one! I discovered this amazing nail polish by Gosh (Holographic Hero) in Superdrug for under £5 and I love it but be warned- holographic nail polishes usually sell out pretty fast. It applies really well and adds a subtle rainbow shimmer to your nails. This is my new favourite nail polish.

XOXO

Mallzee: The way forward for online shopping!

 I have the answer to your shopping dilemmas! Have you ever searched through countless shops online trying to find the perfect dress? Do you admire a friend’s style but struggle to create the look yourself? Are you always giving people fashion advice but never getting recognition for your talent?

 Check out Mallzee.com which is launching later this year and those problems will be solved. You can create your own shopping mall or ‘Mallzee’ by choosing the stores you like to shop at and look at all of the brands in one place. Software will even find products to show you based on your personal style!

 If you use Facebook you can invite your friends via Facebook chat and they can help you decide on your outfit choices through polls, and you can star items that they might like. There are also great discounts, sale alerts, and if anyone buys items from your Mallzee you get paid (although I’m not sure how much money you’ll be paid).

 At the moment there are over 200 brands signed up to Mallzee such as Urban Outfitters, New Look, Feel Unique, St. Tropez, Office, Miss Selfridge, All Saints and more so you can do all of your online shopping in one place; this might be very useful when you start your Christmas shopping!

 Betsey Johnson said: "Girls do not dress for boys. They dress for themselves and each other", and Mallzee aims to give you space to make shopping social.

 If you put in your email address now and tell your friends via Facebook or Twitter you will be in with a chance of winning £100 of shopping vouchers and other goodies. Have a look for yourself and enter the competition here: Mallzee.com.

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Festive treats (for me!)

 Although I did decorate the gingerbread house (with some help from my boyfriend) I must confess that this festive treat was not all for me!

 As there are so many discounts around right now I thought I'd make the most of them and buy myself some things for Christmas.

 First up are these pretty statement stone rings, I've been wanting some for a while and with the temptation of a discount code I just had to buy them from Lily Melrose's jewellery shop www.jwlry.bigcartel.com:

 Reduced from £35 to around £15 I managed to buy this t-shirt from The Orphan's Arms on ASOS:

 I went a little t-shirt crazy, being a massive Harry Potter fan and seeing Gem wearing the Deathly Hallows logo tee on www.gemsmaquillage.com I had to buy my own from Orange Circle. My wardrobe was lacking in navy items and I thought the colour went well with the cosmic print of the logo so I ended up getting the same t-shirt:

 The Topshop sale starts on Christmas Eve and I'm sure there'll be lots of bargains so you can treat yourself after all the hard work getting everything ready for Christmas.


Lauren Loves ♥: Saving money over Christmas.



XOXO

Graze- want a free box of snacks?

 I ordered a free Graze box the other day, which contains 4 boxes of healthy snacks that you get by choosing the things you like from a selection of boxes to ensure you get something you'll like. It comes in a package perfectly sized to fit through your letter box too! 

 Sorry about the Hello Kitty thing, just covering my address. When you open it you also get a handy guide and a personalised booklet about the contents of your box:

 In my package I had the boxes: Florentine, Hazelnut Espresso, The Beach and Natural Vanilla Seeds.

 I'm not being paid in any way by Graze to promote them, I just thought it was a good idea if people are looking for healthy snacks especially as Christmas is coming and the season of colds is upon us.

 If you want to try a box for free, with the ability to cancel your subscription if you don't want another box once you've got the free one, you can use my code: 7G9GPQZD when you visit www.graze.com


Lauren Loves ♥: The Florentine- Belgian dark chocolate, cranberries and pumpkin seeds! Tasty and healthy= amazing.



XOXO

Birds of a Feather

 This weekend my boyfriend was at home and I had a lovely few days with him before he went back to university. We went to see Breaking Dawn, if anyone has seen it, how gross is the birth scene and how comical was it when Jacob first saw Renesmee's CGI face? We also went shopping, the items I purchased will follow shortly, and when I got home I found the ring I won in a competition and a letter from Charlie whose blog is http://www.new--romantic.blogspot.com/ and should shortly be changing to www.charlestownvintage.com, so thank you for my prize I really do love the bird's nest ring!

 I went to Bank and found this cozy boyfriend cardigan from Blonde + Blonde which is perfect as the weather has just turned chilly:

 As you may already know I have an obsession with owls and on my shopping travels I found a cute owl-shaped ring from Primark, which goes nicely with my wing ring and my new bird's nest ring!

 The nail polish I'm wearing is Nails Inc: Basil Street, and Model's Own: Garnet.

 I used to love Vanilla Coca Cola before they stopped selling it in the UK and I was stupidly happy to find this lip balm for £1 when I went shopping:

 So that was my weekend, what have you been up to? Feel free to leave me a link to your blog if you have one!


Lauren Loves ♥: Being cozy when the weather is cold.



XOXO

An Evening with Elle

 I recently attended the Evening with Elle event held in the Birmingham River Island, and as I was one of the first to RSVP I also got a goody bag on arrival! I thought I would share with you what I was given. As well as receiving a copy of Elle magazine I got:

Canvas Bag.

Cozy Bobble Hat.

Black Wayfarer Style Sunnies.

Beauty Products: Models Own & Dermalogica.

 Here's a slightly better photo of the nail polish colour:

Autumnal Shade.

 Have you been anywhere exciting recently or are you about to? Let me know what you've been buying over autumn too.


Lauren Loves ♥: Free stuff!



XOXO

What to buy now

 Yesterday I passed my driving test first time! During the days before my test I decided to go shopping to relieve some stress without spending too much money.

 I got some autumnal, burgundy coloured jeans from Topshop which cost £40 (without including any discounts) and some gold studded, black boots from Primark for only £15. Bargain.

 Recently I ran out of liquid eyeliner so I went to Boots and there was a 3 for 2 offer across selected ranges, and my Bourjois Liner Feutre was included so of course I had to buy 2 other items.

 For a while I've wanted to try Maybelline's Lasting Drama Gel Eyeliner; I finally gave in after Boots seduced me with their offer and got it in the shade 01 Intense Black.

 The other product I chose was a Kate Moss lipstick from Rimmel, she's launched this collection to celebrate 10 years as a Rimmel London Spokesmodel. I decided on shade number 12 which I think is a duller, classic red with a very slight hint of coral.

 As we know, Primark is always good when shopping on a budget but if you're in need of some new make up then take advantage of the 3 for 2 offer at Boots while it lasts!


Lauren Loves ♥: Make up offers!




XOXO