Saturday, 13 April 2013

I know this great little place in... // The TokenHouse



The Tokenhouse is one of my favourite shops to wander into in Nottingham.  I was introduced to the shop by Nora and I find myself going in every now and then when I have time to spare in town, waiting to start work or to meet up with a friend. It's basically full of cards, arts and crafts, jewelry and little nicknacks that you most definitely don't need but will buy anyway to add a bit of character to your room or home and I love it.  If you are ever in Nottingham make sure to check it out (they are on Bridlesmith Gate!) I went in today and decided to take a couple of pictures to share with you guys. Also, if you are looking for inspiration on how to brighten up a room, maybe this can help!

I need the bottom right tin in my life!

Yeah man, fit men wanted indeed
How cute are these?!

Do any of you guys have a place like this where you live? What is one of your great little places? I'd love to hear about it!

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Sunday, 31 March 2013

Lush Blogger Event // Review




Last Tuesday I was kindly invited to attend the Lush Nottingham Blogger event. It was actually my first ever bloggers event that I've been invited to so it was pretty exciting! The event allowed us to get a closer look at their growing range of Gorilla Perfumes, body care products including shower gels, soaps, body scrubs and massage bars. We also had a closer look at their Emotional Brilliance Make-up Range (so cool!) which has been out for a while but we were able to try demos and try on some looks which was great! 


I first went over to have a smell of their Gorilla Perfume range which smelt... lush (sorry, couldn't resist!) There was one in particular which I really loved called 'Sun' and this genuinely smelt like sunshine and summer and oranges all mixed into one. It might sound like a really weird scent to have in a perfume but I think it really worked!

After, I went over to try out their Emotional Brilliance range of make-up. This was my fave part! To make it more fun and interesting we all had to take readings and pick out three colours that stood out to us the most after the wheel had been spun round. Each colour had a positive attribute that was meant to describe you or how you felt. 

 I ended up picking out pink, brown and blue which represented me being passionate, quietly motivated and calm. I actually think this was scarily accurate!  I guess passionate is an obvious one seeing as I run a blog and am passionate about the things I blog about! I would say I'm quite a calm person also - I tend to be quite chilled out at times and not a massive fan of drama and quietly motivated I guess would have to do with me having quite a few personal goals and ambitions that I strive to achieve (although, I guess everyone has personal goals and ambitions!)

My colours!



My reading results!
The great thing about the Emotional Brilliance range is that all the make-up products are versatile - they can be used anywhere on your face - as lipstick, eyeliner, mascara etc which is pretty cool! 
Full Emotional Brilliance Make-up range
I then went over to have a look at the shower gels, body scrubs and massage bars, all of which I'm really excited to try out!
Shower gels and body scrubs
Massage bars
Moisturizers... I can't wait to try out the 'Dream Cream'
Myself, Chelsea and Ellie 


All the bloggers who attended including:
Meg from Made in a cup
Sophia from Tattooed Tea Lady
Sammy from Bellini Beauty
Chelsea from Chelsea Jade Loves
Megan from Seek My Scribbles
Harriet from Harriet Manson
Emma from Not Your Average
If I missed anyone out, please let me knooooooow!

I'm so glad I went - there was such a fun, relaxed and chilled out vibe and it was so lovely to meet and chat to some local bloggers!  The Lush staff were so welcoming and friendly and I'm so excited to try out some of their samples. I might do a review post on them if you guys are interested? Let me know! :) 
If you haven't already, make sure to check out Lush and have a look at their wider range of hand made and vegetarian products.  They also don't believe in animal testing which is a bonus and have some great campaigns going on at the moment that you can check out and sign up to!
Top right to bottom: Massage bar, Body scrub, Emotional Brilliance reading, Dirty Springwash Shower Gel, Dream Cream Body moisturiser, Gorilla Perfume, Name tag!

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