Bottomless Lunch, Cocktails and Cider in Bristol

Back in October we finally (and I mean FINALLY) met up with the lovely Sophie (Sophie Rose) and Laura (previously Lola and Behold, now Laura Kate Life)

We've known these ladies from the very beginning of The CSI Girls, which is actually 6 years old this week - Happy Bloggerversary to us! We've spoken regularly on Instagram and Twitter with these ladies for the entire duration of this and we all thought it was about time we met up as rarely a day goes by without some kind of social interaction. So we picked a day in October and it happened!!

Dior Christmas Collection

Good morning lovelies!

Today we have a quick post on a lovely blogger event that we went to in Dior in Debenhams Cardiff. The lovely Anthony who we have previously met when he worked for Benefit put on a lovely product showcase for the latest collection for the festive season.

So without further ado here are some pictures!

I absolutely love Anthony, he's so cute and has the most perfect eyebrows - he's exactly the kind of person you want to do your make up! He took us through a look on a model who also has the most amazing brows, you can see the look being created in the image below.

On arrival we were given champagne and a luminous pink wristband to identify us as VIPs - this was a lovely touch!

However the most important thing is the new range:

How many beautiful products are there! The highlighters are so soft and shimmery and the two types of eyeshadow palettes are perfect for the festive season.

The range of lipsticks is also really really good - I mean look at them there is a colour for everyone. I'd personally choose Magique by default but Troublante is a lovely dark colour for winter seasons.

We both now have our eyes on the Dior Addict Fluid Shadow in Univers - such a beautiful bronzey rose gold. It's perfect for day and night and just so perfectly smooth in consistency. This is a real winner for the festive season full of parties and events.

As always we were obsessing over the lipsticks, the colour range for the full collection is also great and I've long lusted over them. One day I will own them all!

One of the products we couldn't wait to try out was the Airflash Spray Foundation. This can be used as a quick spray in the morning for a thin coating of foundation, or over your normal face of make up for an airbrush finish. When Anthony sprayed this onto the models face it was truly amazing - every tiny flaw that was still present was completely blurred out and the finish was perfection!

It felt wonderfully light on the skin and was such an easy step to finish any make up look. I picked up the Dior Skin foundation as I've bought it previously and loved it, however I am 100% sure that I will be back very soon to pick up a few more goodies.

Have you purchased anything from the Dior Festive Collection? Have you seen anything you might want to pick up?

L and M xxx

Lush Mother's Day and Spring Event

Hi there!

Last Monday we were lucky enough to be invited to a Lush blogger event, we always love attending these as they're a fun way to get to know all of the products and play around with them, as well as meeting lots of other bloggers too as there is always a big group of us!

The store is always such a happy and colourful place, its a pleasure to visit.

The latest range of Spring and Mother's Day themed products are so beautiful - the golden eggs and the carrots are so adorable! Who isn't drawn to something so glittery as the Golden Egg??




L was massively surprised that she really loved the smell of the Carrot Soap, she would have happily taken home a whole carrot!

The Mother Superior bubble bars were also amazing - how do they make them look so cute with their faces!








We also loved the Instagram frame that they had in store, you just know we were loving this. It's such a great idea for us bloggers who spend so much time on social media!

We also spent some time trying out the new scents that Lush have created, it's so interesting to see how the smell changes on different peoples skin and reacts to create different smells.










We both picked up a few things from the store (as always!) but were lucky enough to come away with a few goodies too.

Yummy Mummy is a gorgeous lilac shower gel, Secret Garden is a super cute bath bomb with flowers in and Golden Egg is just the most gorgeous glittery egg that I can't take my eyes off!

M has already used Secret Garden and here are some quick snaps:

The colours are so pretty! The pink and green are beautiful, you can't go wrong with swirls like these.

Have you been stocking up on the new Spring products from Lush? Which one is your favourite?

L and M xxx

Smashbox, Ojon and Bumble and Bumble Event

Hey All

Last weekend L and I headed off to our local boots for a Smashbox, Ojon and Bumble and Bumble event. We were both really excited as it's been a while since we've been to a beauty event with each other as circumstances lately mean we have both been mega busy.

We've both tried the Iconic primer from smashbox and drooled over the Full Exposure palette so were excited to go and see more of the products in action.





It started off by showing us the Bumble and Bumble Blow Dry Cream. Neither of us really use many hair products like this so were intrigued to see it. It's fair to say we were all very impressed with the results. A small amount of the cream was rubbed into dry hair (the model in the photos below has curly almost crimped like hair until it was blow dried as you see below!) then the hair was blow dried straight using just hands.



It was so quick and eliminated frizz so well. It seems perfect and we can't wait to try it. They also do three different types we are both eyeing up the repair one.

We've both used the Ojon oil before so it was great to hear more information on it. L can't wait to try the Rare Blend Rejuvenating oil as this is a lighter texture than the original so won't make hair greasy and M can't wait to try the Rare Blend Moisture Therapy to help with dryer ends. We resisted these on the day but will be back to pick them up soon.





Next we were shown Smashbox. It was great to get hands on with the products and try so many. We ended up with such soft hands after trying on the primers. The luminizing primer gave a great glow and will be amazing for summer nights, while we both love the hydrating and light versions which left the skin feeling so soft.

They have such a huge range of primers it can be really overwhelming to see them on the shelf but going through them individually was really helpful to see which does what, especially learning about their Primer Water which sounds like a must have!

The star of the show had to be the Double Exposure palette it has the most amazing colours and the potential to be a great all rounder. It has the nudes you'd want for everyday with some great blues and purples for smokey eyes. A great thing about the double exposure palette is that the shadows can be used wet.

Most of the time I'm dubious about this as when you wet shadows they tend to get that film layer on top you then need to scrape off. With these you can get loads of water on the brush and in the eyeshadow, apply it and then the shadows dry up and are back to  normal. Below shows how amazing the blue looks wet.





The 15 hour wear hydrating foundation is another thing we can't wait to try. We find no matter how much we love a foundation we always think there is better. With Smashbox all the products are tried in a studio on a set for lasting ability. It's a medium buildable coverage that feels great on the skin. This one could be a winner.

The eyebrow kit looked so good, it has a wax and two powders to create the brow that you want, from an ombre brow to changing your look dependent on day or night. This was one thing that L couldn't leave behind!

M is currently on a make up spending ban so had to resist purchases this day. Roll on 20th May!

Luckily we had a few goodies given to us so that we can try out some of the Bumble and Bumble products and Smashbox.

What are your favourite products from Ojon, Bumble and Bumble and Smashbox?

There's definitely a growing wishlist for us!

Love L and M

xxx

Christmas at Lush

Hey there!

Hope you're having a lovely weekend! Mine started when I went to Lush in Cardiff for the launch of their Christmas range.

I won't say too much, I'll let the photos of the gorgeous sets in beautiful wrapping paper to do the talking for me:

The Jolly holidays set has the most beautiful wrapping don't you think??

The gifts range from £10 to £100 so there really is something for everyone. There's the extravagant All I Want for Christmas priced at £99.95, containing a whopping 21 products, to Festive Cheer for £10.25.

You're a Star is a gorgeous set too, coming in at £42.50 and containing 9 indulgent products with the theme of Hollywood glamour. If I'm being honest, the gift sets are so amazing and the variety of price and contents so impressive that I wouldn't have a clue what I'd choose!

Baked Alaska might be one of my favourite soaps ever; it's beautiful and is supposed to represent the Northern Lights and smells of lemon and grapefruit, perfect for s citrus lover like me.

How beautiful is the Reindeer rock! I love the print on it, so festive.

As if that wasn't enough, there's a whole load of bath bombs and bubble bars to take your fancy! Below shows Northern Lights, and below that shows the bath bomb fizzing in warm water, such beautiful colours:

They even had a pink sparkly drink and mince pies to get you in the festive mood, who doesn't like Christmas treats?? These are the first ones I've seen this year, it must be time to start getting all other festive treats too!

Their range is endless, it's very impressive if a little overwhelming. I'm glad I've got the photos to remind me of all the products as I'd probably forget some gems otherwise!

Of course, everyone knows about Snow Fairy and they had tonnes of bottles everywhere for the people who love to stock up for the year; get in quick! They also had the infamous lip scrubs and lip tints in the Santa range







And how cute are these melting snowmen?! Adorable!

I managed to catch up with the lovely Charli from Charli Blogs who I haven't seen in MONTHS and it was lovely to rummage through everything with her. I might have been responsible for adding a few things to her basket too, oops!



We were given some lovely goodie bags on leaving with a Father Christmas bath bomb, Christmas Eve bubble bar and shower gel, mine was So White. I also picked up Mask of Magnaminty as my skin has been playing up quite a bit lately and I've heard it's really good.

It resulted in a huge pamper session after my gym class this morning and I spent ages in the bath which is really unlike me as a bath hater! Coincidentally my shower has been leaking and the kitchen ceiling is coming through, so it's bath only for me anyway at the moment.



I used the Father Christmas bath bomb this time, it was so fun to see it fizzing around and suddenly it went green! I was very surprised as I hadn't expected it at all, I've only used 1/2 bath bombs before so this was fun!

Are you a lush fan? Do you obsess over which gift set to put on your Christmas list?
Which would you recommend?

I'm going to be browsing through the lists and making my choices; I've also seen some other skincare I'd like to pick up soon!

L xxx