PARIS 2013 OUI OUI!

This year my Mum decided that we would do something different for her birthday, so last Thursday me, my Mum and sister boarded a train to go to Gay Pari!!!
All i really wanted from the weekend was to go to Sephora (well i do love makeup!!) and to eat food!!

We started with breakfast and coffees on the train to London and then when we arrived at St Pancras had a glass of Champagne at Searcys Champagne Bar (the longest in Europe).  While on the Eurostar we had Champagne and strawberries :)

We were staying in an apartment rather than a Hotel which gave us more of a feeling for the local Paris, on the Thursday evening we went to a gorgeous bistro and had an amazing 3 course meal with wine (obviously!!) i enjoyed a ravolini starter, confit of duck for the entree and tarte tatin with ice cream for dessert :)

Friday the weather was horrendous but we carried on and did the tourist bits!!

My favourite part of the day was all the amazing cakes we encountered (ate and just perved over!) IN Angelina's (Coco Chanels old hangout) and Laduree i was in heaven, Macarons and pastries as far as the eye could see, if i lived in France i would be twice the size i am at the moment and thats not a good thing!

 Being in love with beauty and makeup my trip would not have been complete without going to lets face it our mecca, Sephora!!  I still have no idea why we dont have them in the UK or that they dont ship here!! Anyway as much as i wanted to buy absolutely everything i limited myself and purchased some Sephoras own daily brush cleaner, a Sephoras blusher and a new Ciate nail set i am in lve with this!! (will do a separate post on it! dont you worry)

While i was there i decided to keep my makeup simple and classic with a winged liner (maybelline gel - reviewed by moi here) MAC mineralize skinfinish in medium dark, Maybelline mascara and the ILAH brow kit from the #northmeetup.

All in all it was a great trip filled with cake, beauty, tourism, wine and family, who else has been and what were your fave parts of the trip?

cherrylovesit x

New brand calling: RE:store

So this is a little bit of a break from the norm but i decided you fbloggers had to know about this new brand ive fallen in love with.  So i found RE:store through a friends Instagram she had purchased one of there amazing pieces and i instantly started lusting!!

RE:store is a new fashion brand based in Manchester they are looking: 'To create high quality, unique urban apparel that inspires and encourages our customer's to join our RE:store RE:volution which never settles for normal, always strives for individuality and aims to provide our customer's with the confidence to define their own idea of original...' I love the idea of taking vintage pieces and adding a new modern edge to the garment is an amzaing idea, plus its right up my street!

These have got to be my faves items of the collection at the moment and at only £18 an absolute steal when payday comes around i will deffo be treating myself, and maybe my boyfriend (if he's lucky!) as theyve recently uploaded pics of some gorgeous tee's with neck embellishment!

I really hope brands like this get supported and turn into something amazing!  Please go check RE:store out on Facebook HERE

What do you guys think??

cherrylovesit x

Glamglow supermud clearing treatment: review

One of my favourite things from the #northmeetup was meeting the lovely ladies from Xentan and GLAMGLOW.  Id always heard amazing things about these products on the bblogger grapevine but had to yet to try any of them myself. 

During the event itself i managed to go down and speak tot hem about what the products had to offer.  I have yet to try the Xentan that we got in the goodie bags, however after a particularly heavy Friday night out (oops!!) i decided my skin warranted some much needed TLC.  I decided to use the GLAMGLOW supermud clearing treatment as this is the one that was raved about the event.

So the detoxifying mudmask contains some of the amazing tea leaves that makes GLAMGLOW something different, designed to not only leave you with instant results but to keep your skin loking amazing for days after this really is something different. 

I apologise for the above photo but i had to show it on!! so after leaving it on for 20 or so mins i washed it off using my Washi Clothes.  I am completely converted my skin felt and looked amazing and it did continue for days after! I didnt feel like i needed to cleanse after or put loads of moisturiser on because it had dried my skin out (which is how i usually feel after a facemask!)

I loved it, it really did make my skin glow and made me feel amazing without any makeup which is no small feat, i will deffo be investing in a bigger tub!!

Have you used any GLAMGLOW products?

cherrylovesit x

#NORTHMEETUP #BBLOGGERS

So i know ive been horrendous the last couple of weeks with keeping up to date on my blogging (im sorry please dont hate me!!) but here it is my roundup of the amazing #NORTHMEETUP

Toward the beginning of the year the amazing Em from www.emtalks.co.uk put out a tweet for northern bloggers seeing who wanted to come to an event, i tweeted back but really didnt expect anything as im so new to the blogging community!  But low and behold i received an email!!

Saturday i spent the entire day making over 60 cupcakes for all you beautiful bloggers, thank you so much Em for letting me supply them and to any of you who have featured them in your blog posts!!

It was such an amazing day cocktails, beauty and girls!  It was my first ever bloggers event so i was super nervous to meet everyone, but i have to say everyone i spoke to was so nice! It was nice knowing i wasnt the only newbie in the room and getting some great tips from the pros who have been blogging for ages.

I got to meet some amazing people who fingers crossed i will see again at other events...Charissa-Rae www.charissarae.com, Laura from www.heroineinheels.blogspot.co.uk Niki from www.beautyshaker-x.blogspot.co.uk and a few girlies who i already knew Victoria from www.inthefrow.com and Ashleigh www.prettygirlrich.blogspot.co.uk the 2 girls who actually inspired me to start blogging, and obviously not forgetting EM!!

I had such an amazing day and want to say thank you to all the amazing sponsors GlamGlow, XenTan, Blanx, Arbonne, Ilah borws, Nikki for Anne Semonin and CapitalFM for the red carpet area!!
The goodie bags were literally the best thing EVER!! i have never been so excited to open anything ever haha!!

I will do a blog post on my fave products from the goodie bags but thank you to Faceb4, Xen Tan goodies, Blanx, Elemis, Dr Hauschka, Lee Stafford, Burts Bees, Arbonne Makeup, Witch, Label M, Neil & Wolf, Batiste, GlamGlow and so many more i cant even remember!

All in all it was such a fantastic day and really made me feel like part of an amazing community! So again Thank you Em and to everyone i met on the day sorry if ive forgotten to mention anyone!!!

Help! Please answer....

Hi guys!! so i was wondering if a few of you could answer these questions for my beautiful friends dissertation i would really appreciate it!

So i figured because were all interested in beauty and makeup we could really help with some questions she needs answering:

How do you feel about yourself in todays society?
Do you feel pressured to look a certain way by people or the media?
Are you happy with yourself?

Also if you are willing please attach a photo of something your insecure about

I would really appreciate it if any of you could just answer these questions!!

Thanks BBLOGGERS!!

cherrylovesit x

OOTD: New Look Midi

It was only last year that i realised midi dresses are the best design for my shape so im a bit obsessed with them now to be honest.  I picked up this gorgeous dress at New Look in there designer bit.  I cant for the life remember what the brand is called, as it doesnt have a tag inside!! But it was an absolute bargain at £18.

I love the purple in dress as it matches my hair!  So i went with my simple black heels, and rocked my newest BarryM nail varnish in mint, and my skull clutch from Primark.  The midi is super comfy as its just a jersey material.  Im genuinely impressed with this as New Look isnt somewhere i go into very often but they have a great range of jersey midi dresses between £16 and £25, plus there not all black like in some other shops.

All in all i loved this outfit because i was comfy but felt sexy at the time!

cherrylovesit x

March Glossybox Review

So this months Glossybox is "Get City Chic with Glossybox" i actually really liked what i got in this month, its much more of a mixture of things than previous months.

 

The first thing i loved is this months Glossybox was the edition of a little book, its a great little travel book its really cute!  In the middle there are some really cute little stickers, i dont know much il use it but i think its a really great addition to the box.

TRESemme Salon finish extra hold hairspray - Full size £4.69 - I actually use hairspray quite a lot, because i have shorter hair i find its the only thing that really holds my hair in place.  This TRESemme hairspray smells really good and does hold your hair in place, however, i dont like that it makes your hair a bit clumpy i usually use Silverkrin and think il stick with it.

Juicy Couture - CoutureLaLa - Full size £63 - Im not a massive fan of Juicy Couture but do like some of there previous perfumes but find some of them a little bit too sweet.  I actually think this is a move away from the usual sweet scent, this is a much lighter fragrance.  Using bright florals its a lovely fresh summer smell that i really like.  I also like that its a pump spray tester as you can get quite a lot of uses out it.

Elizabeth Arden Eight hour cream - Full size £25 - Eight hour cream is one of those miracle all rounders.  It works great for hands, cuticles, dry skin, lips (see an all rounder!!) i actually have always loved this product and having a tester size is great for my desk at work :)

Nails Inc - in St James - Full size £11 - Ok so i have a MASSIVE collection of nail varnishes but i dont have many reds, so im really glad i got this colour, i love Nails Inc anyway and think there varnishes are good quality.  Shame this didnt come in the February box for Valentines though.

Jelly Pong Pong lip blush - Full size £12 - I love that this is a full size product!! In america they have a thing very similar to Glossybox but you get full sizes.  I actually really like this colour its a really light pink sheen that does exactly what it says it gives your lips a lovely 'blush' 

All in all pretty impressed with what ive got this month but we need more full size samples come on Glossybox!! Dont let the americans beat us!!

cherrylovesit x