12 Days of Christmas - Christmas Jumpers!

Hi there!

Can't believe we're on the countdown to Christmas already! Where has the time went!

I am loving Vlogmas on youtube! and I knew I wouldn't be able to commit to Blogmas! So I thought I would do the next best thing and do the 12 Days of Christmas Series! Hopefully I can handle 12 days of posting in a row even though I knew I wouldn't be able to handle 25!

As today is National Christmas Jumper Day, which I saw on the Bank Twitter page yesterday I thought a Christmas Jumper post would be most appropriate to start off this series!

Have you all got your christmas jumpers on today? I have!

ASOS - £35

 

First up is this very festive number from ASOS. At £35 this is the one of the most expesive ones I picked out! but the little snowmen were just too cute! They look kind of like frozen gingerbread men haha! Its made from a chunky ladder knit so it looks like it would keep you nice and cosy and looking festive all at once!

 

Boohoo - £15

Next is this jumper from boohoo. It has gingerbread men, stockings and candy canes what more could you want from a christmas jumper! I like that its green so it's a little different. Green is a colour I would never usually go for but this year I'm really loving all the green eyeshadow looks that are currently popping up everywhere and I even bought a little skater skirt this colour the other day!. This jumper also comes in black!

Missguided - £16.99

 

I think this is a great jumper if you want to get into the christmas jumper spirit but don't want to be too christmassy! I think it actually makes a really cute winter jumper and it's alot more wearable than most of the christmas jumpers out there and at only £16.99 I think its a great price too!

 

Bank - £25

 

The first three jumpers were all from online stores so I thought I would include a few high street ones! I love to wear red at Christmas so I think this one would look really cute and another one you could likely get away with as just a winter jumper! So at £25 I think you could get your money's worth out of this one as it would be great to even just wear out christmas shopping!

 

River Island - £35

 

This is another expensive one but how cute and snuggly does it look! I think it would look good with some leggings and some cosy fur lined boots or uggs and I love the little ball on the hat haha!

 

 

New Look - £27.99

 

This is my favourite one! How cute is it! This could definitely be worn even in January as its more of just a cosy winter jumper and my favourite part about it is the little scarf! Its like an actual little scarf! Too cute!

 

New Look - £7.99

 

I just had to show you the little matching hat to this jumper! Its like the little penguin is wearing a hat too! I think I get too easily excited but seriously how cute is this?

 

I hope you enjoyed having a look at some of the christmas jumpers I have been loving the look of this year! and I will be back tomorrow for another christmas themed post!

 

 

 

 

35 Random Facts About Me!

Hi there!

I've been pretty quiet this week but if you pop on over to The Sweet Chilli Sisters page you will see that i'm currently doing a detox so I just haven't really had the energy to keep on top of my posts so here's a litte tag for now!

In addition to my last post *Get to Know Me Tag* I remembered my sister did a *35 Random Facts About Me* so I thought I would do it too!

So here goes:

1. I’m only a tiny 5ft … people always wait for me to more but that’s it, just 5ft ha!

2. Pepperoni Pizza is my weakness … especially Dominos *nom nom nom*

3. I don’t eat ANY kind of white sauce ie, mayo, sour cream etc infact me, my mum, dad and sister are all the same ha you won’t find mayo in our house ha!

4. I’m scared of tomato ketchup haha I love tomatoes, salsa, anything tomato based but ketchup literally terrifies me, my boyfriend always jokes he’s going to put some on me when I’m sleeping, but never has because he knows his life would not be worth living afterwards! Hahaha.

5. I’m 23 … but people love tell me I look 12 thanks .. lmao!

6. I have been with my boyfriend for 6 years and we were best friends for 2 years before we got together … and we’re still best friends now awwww lol.

7. I LOVE make up but didn’t start wearing it till I had left school when I was 17, even though my friends all wore make up to school. (I must have looked like a right ugly duckling) lmao.

8.  I rarely straighten my hair, probably only 2-3 times a month

9. When I was 19 I had bleach blonde hair … or should I say WHITE hair haha but I absolutely loved it!

10.My oldest friend Stacy and I have been best friends since we were 7 and we’re still best friends now. My other best friend Nicola and I went to the same primary school (in the same year) and never really spoke and then became best friends in 1st year at secondary school, and we still don’t really know why we never spoke in primary school haha!

11.I took my first driving lesson on my 17th Birthday! But couldn’t deal with the stress of the test and so took a year break and didn’t pass till I was 19 ha, I actually had to get a prescription from the doctors to deal with my nerves!

12.I try eat healthy as much as I can and use Rapid Fitness as a guide!

13.I am the untidiest person ever! Mess literally follows me, my friends always make fun of me when we go on holiday because my stuff is just EVERYWHERE lmao! And my boyfriend hates it! He likes to think he’s really tidy but really he just hides everything! Lmao!

14. I have an online shopping ADDICTION! It’s really not normal

15.I love Hollyoaks and have watched it for years but record them for weeks on end and then watch them in bed all day with a hangover. No matter how behind I get I HAVE catch up, I’ve been known to have 8 weeks of Hollyoaks to catch up on quite regularly actually ha.

16.I LOVE reality shows! I know I shouldn’t, these people get to be rich and famous for living everyday life it’s so unfair but I can’t help it I love it!! Hahaha

17.Dexter is my favourite TV show and when my boyfriend and I started watching I, it literally took over our lives! It was ridiculous! Haha

18.I love watching youtube videos and my favourite YouTuber is Shaaanxo.

19. I am like the complete opposite of a morning person, my alarm goes off for a full hour in the morning, I just cannot get out of bed and so I am constantly late for everything, and you would then think that meant I’m more of a night hock then but I’m not a late night person either, I NEED 10 hours sleep a night lmao and love an early night, I sound really boring now lmao but I just love sleeping so much lolol

20.I like to think I’m organised but I’m really not, for instance I keep a spreadsheet for all my finances (geek) but still always seem to run out of money anyway, it’s a pointless spreadsheet that I have been using for about 5 years that’s never actually benefitted me that much .. but I will continue to use it lmao!

21.I wish I looked like Kylie Jenner, how is it possible to be that hot when your 16!!

22.I love reading Katie Price’s autobiographies, I’m not a huge fan of hers but her books fascinate me, there’s something really intriguing about her!

23.I tried reading the 50 Shades of Grey books but gave up about a quarter of the way into book 2, they were just too graphic for me and made me feel physically sick lmao!

24.Twilight Saga are my favourite books and also my favourite films!  I’m a total Twihard! I went to see the final film in the cinema 3 times! Obsessed I know haha!

25.My favourite colour is pink!

26.I am OBSESSED with leopard print! You will very rarely see me without something leopard print and I even have a leopard print wall in my bedroom!

27.Mexican and Italian are my favourite types of food to eat!

28.I haven't ate red meat almost my entire life, I just didn't like it, until the past 2 months i've started eating burgers .. weird haha!

29.I have a gorgeous little God Daughter named Mia! & we even share the same birthday! She’s so beautiful and I cried the first time I held her. She is just my favourite little person ever!

30.I love getting all dressed up for a night out but it does usually take me at least an hour just to do my make up oops ha!

31.I love an ALL DAY SESH! Haha, I love nothing more than getting drunk during the day with my best friends IN FLAT SHOES! Being drunk in flats is literally the best thing ever haha! It usually involves A LOT of dancing ha! 

32.I’m really close with my older sister and love that even though she’s moved out now she only lives around the corner yay. I love her cooking! She’s such an amazing cook! Also her husband James is like a big brother to me. They've been together for 10 years so he's been in my life since I was only 13 and they have been completely inseperable since the day they got together so he lived with me for about 6 years! Sometimes I have to remind him thats he's not actually my brother though ha! He's very protective of me, but its only because i'm his favourite family member ha!

 

33.When I was 21 I got laser eye surgery. It was really expensive but definitely the best thing I ever did and I think it was worth every penny! I was really blind haha!

34.I have 2 tattoo’s and would like another but it takes me years to figure out what I want   because I like them to be quite small and somewhere they can be easily hidden as I don’t want them on show on my wedding day lolol. Princess’s don’t have tattoos! Haha.

35.I have been on 8 holidays with my friends since I was 17. Loves a party holiday! Haha, they include, 4 trips to Ibiza, 2 trips to Ayia Napa, Zante and Magaluf! 

 

Lush Face Mask!

Last month my sister and I attended the Fabb Event Glasgow and one of my favourite treats I got given on the day was a facemask by Lush! I actually used to work on Buchanan Street, so was right across from the Lush store in Glasgow and have never purchased anything from there, shocking I know! I went in several times but was always just lost with the amount of products, so would just walk around the store with a very intimidated look on my face and then just walk back out haha! 

The girls at the stand were very friendly and helpful and gave us a little background knowledge into some of the products and explained how everything in store is hand made and to feel free to ask any questions when in store and the staff will recommend products and explain anything about the products we would like to know.

We were then given a little goodie bag which contained a Mask of Magnaminty Face Mask.

THIS IS MY NEW FAVOURITE FACE MASK!!

The smell is really minty and fresh and when you first put it on its like *POW* mint! But I do quite like it because it feels so clean and refreshing on your face. My only negative i have about this product is that because its fresh and handmade it has an expiration date so I'm so upset some of it is going to go to waste! I've used it once a week since I got it and its not even half way done! I usually use it on a Sunday night after I've washed my hair to give my face a nice glow for the week! It really does make your face look just so glowy and healthy, I love it!

My boyfriend is a plasterer and so his face gets dry and his pores get blocked a lot due to working with plaster everyday so I managed to persuade him to use this one night with me and his skin honestly looked so amazing afterwards! His skin was just glowing! 

I'm so impressed with this facemask I really want to try some more Lush products! 

Anyone recommend any Lush products for me to try?

Stila All Over Shimmer Duo in Kitten

Hi there!

 

I thought I'd do a little review of my Stila All Over Shimmer Duo in Kitten! Honestly until this year other than the ysl touche eclat, I did not know anything about highlighting and when I would see these really shimmery products in store I would think, what are you ment to do with this?, you'd look like a glitter ball if you wore this over your face haha! I know know don't laugh at me haha. However for Christmas last year I got a Samsung Galaxy Tab and YouTube tutorials came into my life!

 

Since discovering YouTube tutorials my make collection has continued to grow including highlighters, I bought the Sleek Contour Kit and this was my first highlighter I owned and when a friend of mine who is a make up artist complimented my highlight I was so pleased and so started to look at more highlighting products!

 

Shaaanxo is my favourite YouTuber! She's from New Zealand and her make up always looks flawless and stunning! So when she raved about her holy grail product being the Stila All Over Shimmer Duo in Kitten I just had to have it! I have had this for a few months now but it was so difficult to track down, every UK website I could find it on was always sold out! However since finally getting my hands on it, it seems to be popping up alot more, they even have it on ASOS now! (I got mine from the Stila Website which is currently sold out again)

 

I love the packaging, it's smaller than the palm of my hand and really thin so takes up little room in my make up bag and its pink and shimmery! What's not to love! It also comes with two different shimmer colours which can be used individually or mixed together so really its 3 highlighters in one and for only £15!

 

I really like this highlight and my preferred way to use it is my mixing the two sides together, however I love using the bronze side in summer. The product is really soft and creamy so it's lovely to use, it swatches beautifully and the colours are stunning! However my only negative about this product is that although the swatches are pigmented I feel it doesn't show up as well on the cheek bone as other highlighters I have tried (for example mac soft and gentle which my mum has got me for Christmas) however I do really love this highlighter! and will still continue to use it even when I get my new mac one but I think this is better suited for day time make up as when I'm going out I prefer a much stronger contour and highlight!

(Top swatch is both colours mixed together, middle is bronze side and bottom is pink side)

All in all I really like this product and would recommend to anyone on the look out for a new highlighter it's really 3 highlighters in one so great value for money and it's also great for travelling due to the compact size!

 

Hope you enjoyed my review of this product!

 

Paul Mitchell Fab Faves

Hi there!

I thought I would do a first impressions post on this as usually I will try use a product for a while before I think about doing a review on it, but as this has a leave in conditioner, this is something I would only maybe use once or twice a month and as this is a Christmas gift set I thought it would suit better to do a first impression and after a few months if my opinion has changed or if I have any other comments on them then I will do another post to update you guys!

As you can see from the pictures below this is a Fab Girls Finish First Gift Set by Paul Mitchell which I got from a recent Paul Mitchell event in Glasgow. I will link my review to the event here. Although this was a free PR sample I will give my honest opinion on it!

I haven't yet used the Fast Drying Sculpting Spray so I will do a separate review on this. However last night I tried the Original Shampoo and the Original Leave In Conditioner.

First the Shampoo - It says on the bottle that this is a gentle shampoo so I wasn't really sure what to expect from it however it lathered really nice (I hate shampoos that you have to use lots and lots of the product to get a good lather haha, but this lathered really nicely so I felt like my hair was getting a good clean. It smelled like coconuts which isn't a scent I would usually choose I find the smell of coconut a little sickly but that’s just me, the smell wasn't awful just not to my taste.

Next the Leave In Conditioner - The thought of leaving the shower without conditioning my hair REALLY SCARED ME!! I was so tempted to condition my hair a little before I put this is but I wanted to give a proper review so I resisted! So you apply this to damp hair so I took that to apply once I am out of the shower. So I did this, I'm not sure if I applied too much but when I started to put it through my hair I was really worried because my hair felt really .. well like I had conditioner in it, I was expecting it to be like when you apply straightening lotions etc to your hair, however it did brush through quite nicely, a little tuggy as to be expected but better than when I normally brush my hair when I came out the shower. I still felt as though I had conditioner in my hair though so I got a towel and tried to squeeze some of the excess out of my hair. It does say on the bottle small amount but I was so scared of brushing my hair because I hadn't put conditioner in, in the shower I think I put too much in haha! but once I squeezed some of it out I felt better. It doesn't say whether you can blow dry your hair or not so I wasn’t sure and left it in while I moisturized, put on a face mask and watched the xfactor and by the time xfactor had finished my hair was starting to dry. I didn't want to go to bed with it wet as I didn't know how it would turn out and was afraid of what state my hair would be in when I woke up in the morning, also because I had been lazing about with it in, my hair was starting to crunch so I decided to blow dry the rest of my hair. The crunching went away when I brushed my hair and when I was finished blow drying my hair I was really surprised with the results! My hair looked so straight and felt really soft. My hair is usually quite the frizzy mess after I have blow dried it.

This morning my hair feels really soft!  So all in all I really liked this product. My fears were unnecessary and I think I will be adding this to my hair care routine once or twice a month. I'm very impressed!

(This is a pic of my hair right after I blow dried it! Haven't even straightened it! Apologies for the half face shot as you can tell I'm not wearing any make up and I'm in my onesie haha)

 



Outfit of The Night!

Hi there!

On Wednesday night my sister and I went along to an event at Urban Bar & Brasserie in Glasgow City Centre. I will link their website here. A post on this will be uploaded soon onto our new food blog page! TheSweetChilliSisters. I thought since the post on the event won't be up on this page I would do a little OOTN!

I had to go to the event straight from the office (no I didn't wear this in work all day haha) so I brung something that was quick and easy to change into, wouldn't take up too much room in a bag and was a smart/casual kind of look!

Top - Primark

Leggings - New Look

Shoes - Dune

Jacket - Rare at Topshop 

I chose to wear this little cami style top with chain straps that I got from Primark for only £5! Can't believe what a bargin this little beauty was because I absolutely love it! They also had this in green unfortunetly they didn't have it in my size otherwise I would have bought that colour too! This deep berry colour is one of my favourite colours at the moment and at that price as if I could resist! I just wore this with some leggings and leopard print wedges and jacket! I also wore my hair in a messy ponytail just to casual up the look a little and also to show off the chain straps on my top!

New Food Blog!

Hi there!

Just wanted to let you all know that my sister and I have decided to create our very own food blog!

We are both big food lovers so thought why not blog about it together! Our main reason for doing this blog together was that two people can be sitting in the one restaurant and have two completely different opinions on the food so we thought this would be a good way to get more than one opinion but only having to look in the one place!

Our name came from the fact that we love sweet treats and we also love spicy food .. and we're sisters! hence The Sweet Chilli Sisters! Cute!

Please go have a look at our new page and follow us!

TheSweetChilliSisters.Blogspot.co.uk