Cocktail Hour!

Here's another cocktail from our favourite cocktail bar: Dark and Stormy

It's another rum based cocktail, with 50ml (normally of Havana rum) topped up with ginger beer and some lime juice, nice and easy!

It's served up in a long glass or a highball glass with lots of ice and a wedge of lime for decoration.

I don't normally drink ginger beer, so this was definitely a change for me and I absolutely loved it!

It was really refreshing and I will definitely look forward to drinking it over the summer!

We also had a few nibbles with these, mixed olives, pistachios and fried corn which we thoroughly enjoyed!

Do you like ginger beer? What bar snacks do you like? 

L xxx

NOTD - Max Factor Disco Pink

It's Nails galore at the moment!

I had a splurge in Boots the other day (bad bad bad! Supposed to be banned!) seeing as all of my foundation was suddenly too orange for me to wear!

I went and bought a few Max Factor goodies (review coming soon) and when you spent £15 you got a free gift box.

In it was a make up bag with 2 nail varnishes, mini eyeliner and mini mascara.

I was quite pleased with the colour of the nail polishes as purple and pink are good all round shades.

This is the pink:

It's conveniently called 'Disco Pink' which makes me love it even more!

It was really easy to apply and was opaque in 2 coats.

I thought it might have been difficult as I'm used to the No7 and China Glaze size bottles and this one is tiny in comparison!

But the brush strokes came out just fine.

What do you think?

I love the colour, looks good on my pale skin and although the flash was on in the photos making it appear a little bluer than it actually is, I think it would suit almost all skin tones.

It's definitely filled a little niche in my collection!

Have you picked up the free gift? What did you buy to get it?

L xxx

Review: Tigi SLS free Shampoo and Conditioner for Thick Massive Hair

After writing a post on SLS (which you can read here) I've been looking into finding products that do not contain it.

Tigi have a Sulfate free shampoo and (I think) conditioner that I managed to find in my local TK Maxx (meaning it was cheaper than the RRP!) so I grabbed it as fast as I could!

The range is their Superstar range for Thick Massive Hair, which in my book is ALWAYS a bonus!

My hair is fairly long and I have a lot of it, but I still like to maximise it as much as possible and make it big and bouncy, so I was looking forward to seeing the results of the products and the effect of them being sulfate free.

 

The shampoo is harder to lather up than your normal shampoo, due to it being sulfate free but I noticed absolutely no difference in the cleaning of my hair which ultimately is what a shampoo is all about.

If a product can lather up and do as good a job as it can compared to a product with the sulfates in, I don't see why using a product with them in is necessary!

I will definitely be looking into using sulfate free products more often, and have recently bought a Naked shampoo and conditioner set to try.

I also quite liked the pump on top of the bottle which worked really well and is quite solid, some of them are flimsy and don't do a very good job.

 Also the packaging......BRIGHT PINK = LOVE!!

I'm quite girly but normally prefer things to remain simple with packaging, this works for me as the shape and design is simple and in one of my favourite colours

 

The conditioner doesn't state on the front that it is sulfate free but the contents as far as I have read do not mention any kind of sulfates so I'm a little confused with this.

 

Anyway, it's a good conditioner, not too heavy but feels good enough being applied to the hair that you know your hair will feel silky smooth afterwards.

I wouldn't rave over the conditioner and tell everyone it's amazing, but it definitely does leave my hair feeling good and if it doesn't contain sulfates then that can only be a bonus!

I would definitely like to keep using sulfate free products as I believe using products with sulfates in do lead to irritation of your skin. However mainly I would like to see if it reduces the amount of hair that I lose each day.

Even though I have a lot, and a certain amount of hair shedding is natural, I do seem to lose quite a bit of hair each day, and I'm interested to see if this changes!

Do you use sulfate free products? Would you be willing to pay a little bit extra for them?

L xxx

NOTD China Glaze and LIse Watier

As my nails were looking nice after taking photos for yesterdays post on OPI nail envy I decided to paint them. I like doing my ring finger a different colour so picked out my favourite OPI Coconut Kiss as an accent shade. This is a gorgeous shimmer purple that applies amazing and leaves the nicest finish.

I used Lise Watier Polish in Glamour as the other colour. It a grey colour with a fine pink glitter through it to make it a very pretty shade. This bottle comes with a light in the cap to help illuminate the nail when you paint it. This seems a little gimmicky to me.

I've not tried any Lise Watier polishes before but the application was lovely and smooth and had a gorgeous finish in two coats. They retail for $12.50. I got sent this from a friend so I'm not sure if they are available in the UK sorry.

Have you tried and Lise Watier make up products before?

Love M

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