It's a new year!

So now that we about a week into 2012, one of my new years resolutions is to use up my make up and toiletry stash and not but anything unless I really need it.

At the moment I am more focused on using up all my shower gels, body and hair products as they seem to have bred over Christmas.

I also wanted to get back into beauty blogging again, as it has been quite a while since I really gave it any time.

So hopefully the this year the two will go hand in hand and I can blog about my thoughts on the products I am using up!

Here is a recent You Tube video I made with my Christmas goodies:

As you can see I got alot, plus it's my birthday in a few weeks and think I will probably wind up with more Lush and Soap and Glory stuff as well.

So to start off here is a list of my current stash. (red = currently in use)

Shower Gels

Impulse Real Love Shower Gel 250ml

S&G Clean on Me 500ml

S&G Clean on me 100ml

Body Shop Sweet Lemon Shower Gel 100g

Lush Snow Fairy Shower Gel 500g

Lush Snow Fairy Shower Gel 500g

Lush Snow Fairy Shower Gel 100g

Lush Snow Fairy Shower Gel 100g

Philosophy Gingerbread Girl Shower Gel 100ml

Clarins Bath and Shower Concentrate 200ml

Lush Angels Delight Soap

Lush Angels Delight Soap

Lush Snowcake Soap

Bath Products

S&G Calm One Calm All Bubble Bath 500ml

Lush Magic Wand Bubble Bar

Lush Magic Wand Bubble Bar

Lush Magic Mushroom Bubble Bar

Lush Candy Mountain Bubble Bar

Lush Candy Mountain Bubble Bar

Lush Candy Mountain Bubble Bar

Lush Candy Mountain Bubble Bar

Lush Candy Mountain Bubble Bar

Lush Gingerbread House Bubble Bar

Lush The Melting Snowman Bath Melt

Lush Cinders Bath Ballistic

Lush Cinders Bath Ballistic

Lush Space Girl Bath Ballistic

Lush Space Girl Bath Ballistic

Lush So White Bath Ballistic

Lush Lil Lush Pud Bath Ballistic

Lush Twilight Bath Ballistic

Body Scrubs

S&G Peaches and Clean Scrub 250ml

S&G Pulp Fiction Scrub 250ml

S&G Flake Away 500ml

Body Shop Spiced Vanilla Scrub 200ml

Body Shop Cocoa Butter Scrub 20ml

Lush Buffy

Body Lotion

Body Shop Vanilla Duo Butter 200ml

Body Shop Sweet Pea Duo Butter 200ml

Body Shop Spiced Vanilla Butter 200ml

Body Shop Shea Butter 200ml

S&G The Righteous Butter 500ml

S&G The Righteous Butter 500ml

Garnier Summer Body 500ml

Lush Heavanilli Massage Bar

Lush Strawberry Feels Forever Massage Bar

Lush Shimmy Shimmy Massage Bar

Lush Shimmy Shimmy Massage Bar

Hair products

Tresemme Naturals Shampoo

Tresemme Naturals Conditioner

Body Shop Berry Shampoo

Body Shop Berry Conditioner

Body Shop Rain Forest Shampoo 100ml

Body Shop Rain Forest Conditioner 100ml

Body Shop Rain Forest Mask

John Freida Brilliant Brunette Shampoo

John Freida Brilliant Brunette Conditioner

John Freida Brilliant Brunette Mask

T Gel Shampoo

L’oreal Studio Hair Spray

L’oreal Absolut Repair

Toni and Guy Shine Spray

Charles Worthington Blow Dry Spray

Charles Worthington Dry Shampoo

Lush Jumping Junniper Shampoo Bar

Lush Ultimate Shine Shampoo Bar

Hands and Feet

S&G Heel Genius

S&G Hand Food 250ml

S&G Hand Food 250ml

S&G Hand Food 100ml

Atrixo Camomile 50ml

Lush Tiny Hands

Lush Tiny Hands

Lush Charity Pot Sample

Lush Charity Pot Sample

Bath And Body Works Sweet Pea Hand Sanitiser

Nail Polish Remover

Nail Polish Remover

Face

Clinique Liquid Facial Soap Mild

Clinique Take The Day Off

Clinique Clarifying Lotion

Clinique Clarifying Lotion

S&G Off Your Face Wipes

St Ives Face Wipes

St Ives Face Wipes

Neutrogena Pink Grapefruit Face Scrub

L’Oreal Face Wash

Garnier Toner

Clarins One-Step Gentle Exfoliating Cleanser

Clarins Hydra Quench Intensive Serum

Mac Pro Eye Make Up Remover

Lanacane Anti Chafing Gel (I use it as primer)

Gosh Velvet Touch Primer

S&G Face Soap and Clarity 150ml

Body Shop Vitamin E Facial Oil

Body Shop Tea Tree Face Scrub

Body Shop Blue Corn 3 in 1 Mask

Body Shop Oats and Honey 3 in 1 Mask

Body Shop Aloe Vera Face Wash

Body Shop Aloe Vera Toner

Body Shop Aloe Vera Day Cream

Body Shop Aloe Vera Night Cream

Body Shop Aloe Vera Eye Cream

Body Shop Aloe Vera Serum

Body Shop Aloe Vera Face Scrub

Mac Fix +

Mac Fix + Rose

Mac Studio Fix Moisture Lotion

Lip Balms

Body Shop Pink Grapefruit Lip Butter

Body Shop Yes Yes Yes Lip Butter

Body Shop Aloe Vera Lip Treatment

Body Shop Natural Lip Roll On Berry

Korres Jasmine Lip Butter

Mac Pink Fish Tinted Lip Conditioner

Mac Tender Baby Tendertone

Mac Sweet Tooth Tendertone

Lush Bubblegum Lip Scrub

Lush Bubblegum Lip Scrub

Lush Let Them Eat Cake Lip Bam

Lush Maple Taffy Lip Balm

Lush Snow Fairy Lip Tint

Dental

White Glo Toothpaste

White Glo Toothpaste

Dentyl PH Cherry Mouthwash

Deodorant

Body Shop DeoDry Stick Nice and Breezy

Body Shop DeoDry Stick Fresh and Floral

Body Shop DeoDry Stick Cool and Zesty

Dove Beauty Finish Roll on

Dove Beauty Finish Roll on

Sure Crystal Diamond 150ml

Sure Crystal Pure 150ml

Sure Crystal Aqua 150ml

Sure Minerals Fresh 150ml

Sure Minerals Pure 150ml

Dove Beauty Finish 250ml

Sure Crystal Diamond 250ml

Fragrance

DKNY Women 50ml

S&G Mist You Madly 250ml

Collective Haul and some tips and vouchers

Got a collective haul for you all today, I've been super busy lately but still managed to pick up some great deals!

First of all I picked up some Body Shop goodies using a 50% off code that was floating around last week. I think this has now expired though.

I bought the Guava Berry Shampoo and Conditioner, Carrot Moisturiser and Japan Adzuki Bean & Rice Wash Grains.

There is another 50% code for sale items at the moment. Making sale items even cheaper!

It is VMQ2

I used it last night and it worked fine for me! (another Body Shop Haul to come soon)

Then I picked up a mineralize skin finish natural from Mac. I use this everyday and mine had ran out!

Also got some great deals at Boots. There are 2 free nails inc limited edition colours available when you buy 2 Dove deodorants. They are Havana and Copacabana.

I bought 4 deodorants and got the 2 different colours.

There is also a voucher you can print for £1 off the deodorants here:

https://dove.kukutoo.com/akoyaukfb

I printed out 2 and used them both! You need to use a different email address for the second voucher and can only use 1 per transaction. So split your shopping into 2 sales so you can use both vouchers! I also got a 10% off deodorant voucher in the recent mailing vouchers from Boots and used that as well. My mum got a 25% off one, so make sure to open your letters from Boots!

Also from the advantage card machine I got a £3 off 17 Lash Defining Mascara voucher.

It is marked at £5 odds on the shelf but scans through the tills at £2.65 making it free with the voucher!

Not everyone gets the same vouchers from the machine, so pop your advantage card in and try!

I also bought a limited edition 17 nail polish, in shade Palm Beach. It is such a bright summery colour!

Because I had bought 2 17 items (even though 1 was free after the voucher) I picked up the Nail Bar in a Bag for free!

Inside it has 2 nail polishes, Knockout Red and Pink Grapefruit as well as a mini pink leopard print nail file and little nail stickers.

So all in I spent £10 odds in Boots and walked away with:

4 Deodorants

2 Nails Inc Polishes

17 Mascara

3 17 Nail Polishes

A Nail File

Nail Stickers

I also used a double points voucher that Boots had mailed out to me!

Not too bad if I do say so myself!

Claire's Accessories Nail Wraps

Last week me and my mum where in Claire's Accessories, just having a wee look around when we saw their nail wraps.

Having heard so many good things recently about nail wraps we decided to go ahead and buy them.

At £3 for a pack of 10 they aren't too badly priced. They aren't something I would wear on a daily basis as they only last a few days, and lets face it you can buy a bottle of nail polish for that price!

So we each bought a pack of them. And when we got home my mum wanted to try them out straight away, so I decided to whip the camera out and take pictures of the whole process of applying them.

Well I instantly regretted buying them.

They are not shaped properly at all and left really wide gaps on my mum's nails. I also tried a couple on, but they were the same on my nails as well.

Heres some pictures so you can see what I am talking about:

I really liked the idea of these nail wraps, but really think that Claire's should include different sized wraps and not just give 10 "one size fits all" wraps in the packet. Or maybe sell ones that you cut to size yourself. I think these would be a much better idea, because all in we wasted £6 on products that are no good to us at all.

I don't really like to say something negative about Claire's, as I used to work there as a supervisor for 3 years and I loved it! I typically love all their products, but really think they have missed an opportunity here with these Nail Wraps.

ELF Passion Pink Polish

Here are some pictures of ELF's Passion Pink nail polish.

It is a neon pink colour with gold shimmer through it, I really love this colour so much.

I think I prefer this to the Gum Pink colour I tried last week, and the brush on this one is much better as well. Plus it is only £1.50!

And ELF are having a 20% off everything offer at the moment with the following codes:

I am waiting for some Ebay money hitting my bank account tomorrow, so I'll be placing my order for some new polishes then!

Small Skin Care Haul

So last night I walked round to the supermarket to pick up a few things for my mum, and ended up buying a few skincare items because they were on offer.

So what did I buy?

Garnier Soft Essentials Day Cream (£1.69) and Face Wipes (£1.47)

I am currently using the matching Face Wash every day and I really like it, so I thought I would buy these as well to try and see what I think of the whole range

L'oreal Perfect Clean with the Scrublet (£2.48) and Goody Ouchless elastics (62p)

I've been wanting to try this new scrublet thing forever, but have just never got around to buying it!

And the Ouchless bobbles are my favourites, I hate bobbles with metal bits on them!

ELF Gum Pink Polish

Here are some pictures of Gum Pink by ELF

I really love the colour It's such a nice bright, barbie pink colour!

It is a bit thick to put on and the brush isn't that great compared to some higher end nail polishes.

But at £1.50 a bottle, I can't really complain!

ELF Haul

Yesterday I got a package in the mail!

My first ELF order in quite a while!

So what did I get?

from left to right:

Innocent, Gum Pink, Passion Pink and Mango Madness

I love all of these colours, they seem really bright and ideal for summer!

At £1.50 each I think these are a really great deal, I haven't tried any of them yet to see what I think about them, reviews to come next week though!

3 Studio Eyeliner and Shadow sticks.

I took advantage of the £1 offer on these a few days ago,

colours from left to right, Pearl/Glow, Purple/Plum and Black/Smoke.

and some swatches of the colours