The Walking Dead: How Telltale Games Broke My Heart.

Time for something a little bit different. My blog seems to have taken a swing towards becoming a beauty blog. While that's all well and good (I enjoy writing about that stuff a lot) I do want to be able to go off on a tangent and write about something unrelated every now and then so here it is. I've been into video games since I was young. I remember going to my aunt's house and my cousin was playing Crash Bandicoot on his Playstation. I had a go but the neanderthal like hand-eye co-ordination only a toddler could possess got in the way of success. A couple of years later I owned a Playstation of my own. I started by watching my mum play the Tomb Raider series which, as a kid, I loved then in my early teens I moved onto Silent Hill, a franchise which I adore. Back then I just wanted games to scare me or challenge me, I'd never imagined a strong emotional connection with characters of a game. However, here I am writing about why playing The Walking Dead was potentially one of the most emotionally traumatic experiences of my life...

Retail Therapy Haul - with Paige! (OPI, Chanel, Clarins, MAC and more)

So after many months of not seeing each other, my good friend Paige and I decided it was time we went shopping. I needed this, not only did I actually need to buy Valentines things for my boyfriend but I just needed to get out of the house and do something. I've been feeling kind of stressed lately about a number of things. They're mostly stupid but I do get worked up very easily. Seeing her and doing some good old shopping definitely helped me relax and forget about everything else. Paige also has a blog which you can access HERE. I decided to take snaps of what she and I bought and do a little haul on the products so here it is!

What's In My January 2013 Glossybox?

First of all this is a little late, I had my dissertation due in, an exam and then ended up staying with my boyfriend for longer than expected due to the snow so apologies for that. The theme of this box is detox as apparently over the Christmas period everyone gets obese, has terrible skin and dry hair so therefore they spend January doing nothing but Pilates and eating carrot sticks. Hmm. Here's what I got: 

Nail Polish haul (China Glaze, OPI & MAC)

Throughout November and December I had a bit of an obsession with Nail Polish. I literally couldn't get enough. If I had more money I would have probably bought every bottle on Earth. I go through these phases of buying lots of one item quite frequently but this is the first time I've done it with Nail Polish, nomally it's with tights. Anyway here's a quick round up of what I bought. I apologise in advance for some of the pictures, I've done this at completely the wrong time of day and the glare from my camera flash combined with artificial light does not look nice.

What's in my December 2012 Glossybox?

So, after learning of the demise of the She Said Beauty box this month I figured I'd find a new monthly service to sign up to. She Said Beauty promoted Joliebox as their preferred partner and offered us free gifts if we signed up to them. Now, while that sounds like a good deal initially, I wasn't impressed. The gift that was offered was a lipgloss, a palette from a brand called 'So Susan' and a mini nail polish. These were all items Joliebox subscribers had previously received. The lipgloss and nail polish were from brands I hadn't really heard of and quite frankly I don't want to be 'So Susan' as she sounds like a 50-something housewife (no offence if you're called Susan, I just think it's a terrible brand name) so these gifts didn't really entice me into subscribing. That, coupled with the fact every single Joliebox review I've seen has been unremarkable put me off subscribing to them. Not to mention that in the December Joliebox they sent out a Bellapierre shimmer powder and two sachets of a Dr. Duve product, both of which I'd received in a She Said Beauty box. I don't know, it's kind of like they're recycling samples.

What's in my December She Said Beauty box? First impressions

So December has rolled around again and my She Said Beauty box got delivered this morning. I was definitely excited as I'd already looked at the sneak preview and some of these products looked really interesting. So, I opened up my box and here's what I got!

November She Said Beauty box - first impressions

Firstly, I apologise for how late this is. I've been pretty busy with university related stuff and it's also been my birthday. Sorry!

I've been subscribed to She Said Beauty since April of this year. To me it feels like a little present each month and I really love presents. I chose She Said Beauty as it seemed to be the most consistent in providing  products that I'd be interested in using and with the exception of one box it has confirmed that I made the right decision. Here are my first impressions on the November box.