The Drink: Cherry Sourz

A little bit of a different post on S&D today but I just felt like changing it up a bit. I wanted to tell you all about my drink of choice, the drink that every one of my friends seems to find hilarious, Cherry Sourz and Coke. This is always my pre-drink of choice and I can't even tell you how much I love it. It goes down so easily and tastes amazing! I'm not usually a lover of anything Cherry based but for some reason with Sourz it's different. It's not the only thing I'll drink but if they have it in a bar, then it is definitely what I'll drink. All I can say is I have quite the stash in my little alcohol cove in my room (ahem, 4 or 5 bottles... oops!) and I'm not ashamed to say it. One thing I will say is that this drink wont be for everyone as it is super sweet, but for those of you with a sweet tooth, then I'd say give it a try. It's also great as a shot.

So that's the student in me's blog post... I just couldn't resist sharing it with you all and expressing my love! Super tasty... 

What is your drink of choice? 

Lorna x

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Introducing Greenland

Greenland Body Butter in Mint - Lavender* £7.95, Hand Cream in Coconut - Tangerine* £5.95, Face Mask in Lime - Vanilla* and

Lip Balm in Pomegranate* - £4.95

The first thing you'll want to know about me is how much I love a fruity scent when it comes to body products. The Body Shop Satsuma shower gel turned me and now I'm obsessed, so when these arrived through my door, well I couldn't have been more excited! 

Greenland is a total new brand to me and so is their Fruit Emotions range included here. As excited I was about the fruit scent, I was a little apprehensive about the mixture. I love coconut and mandarin separate, but together? I didn't know what to expect. 

I can't explain it properly but honestly, they're lovely. All of the products are super moisturising and it does what it sets out to - add moisture. I like the bullet format the lip balm is and I like the fact that it isn't tinted - makes a nice change from the colour I always seem to be adding to my lips. 

They're affordable products and you really get a great deal here. They're a nice treat and I know for sure I'll enjoy using them up. 

Have you tried any products from Greenland? 

Lorna x

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Yankee Candle Wax Tarts

I'm not sure if you'll have realised quite yet but I've got a new obsession and it's to do with anything home fragrance related and of course Yankee Candle have something to do with that. I love popping over to their stands or stores and having a good sniff of all the scents and subsequently falling in love with all of the scents, and of course needing to buy them all. That's normal right? 

I loved the Yankee Candle wax tarts, the fact that they are so affordable always makes me head straight over to them first. It's okay, with the wax tarts, it's okay and affordable to own all the scents! I needed to get me a wax tart burner and stat to stop me from buying all the samplers (only slightly more expensive, but a less intense in scent) so I headed over to eBay and bought the cheapest (and okay) looking one I could find. I think it cost me only a few pounds? Well, I won't go on about that too much as I don't love the burner, I don't think it's that nice looking and once I've got a bit more money in my purse then I will be picking up a new one. I have my eyes on this beautiful white owl burner, it's beautiful right? 

None the less, the one I have will do and it allows me to burn all these beautiful scented tarts, I'm currently burning the Mandarin Cranberry scent and enjoying it so much! The scent fills the room and I really mean that. I've got quite the collection and honestly everytime I see them, I expect I'll pick up another, I just can't quite help myself... 

Do you have a candle addiction like me? Tell me all your favourites!

Lorna x

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2013 Favourites: The Skincare

I think I saved the best for last, skincare is my absolute favourite. I've got quite the collection and although I do love trying out new products, these are the ones I always go back to and my skin just loves them. I have normal to dry skin for reference. 

To remove my makeup, I used to always use the dreaded face wipes as honestly I didn't know any better. My eye's are super sensitive and can't deal with much on them and as I'm a lover of eye makeup, I need something to take it off easily before cleansing but then I found this, the L'Oreal Paris Skin Perfection 3 in 1 Purifying Micellar Solution, it takes my makeup off easily and my eye's can deal with it! For cleansing the Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish is beautiful. Super gentle and really creamy, it cleanses my skin while keeping it hydrated. I then always go for the Liz Earle Instant Boost Skin Tonic along with the Liz Earle Eyebright, I love using this when my eyes are feeling sensitive or a bit sore, along with when I feel as though I'm having a slight allergic reaction. It is super soothing and one of my all time favourite products. I will always repurchase this. On to the moisturisers, my two favourites are the Clinique Moisture Surge Extended Thirst Relief and the Origins High Potency Night-a-mins, they are really moisturising and work great with my skin. My favourite moisture mask is the Origins Drink Up Intensive Overnight Mask, super moisturising and smells amazing. I also love the Aesop Parsley Seed Cleansing Masque, really great clay mask! 

That's the end of my 2013 favourites series, better late than never right? I hope you liked the series. Let me know what your 2013 favourites were in the comments below! 

Lorna x

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GIVEAWAY: Personalised Emma Bridgewater Mug!

I'll start off by saying, how cute are these Personalised Emma Bridgewater mugs?! I love them so much, and the exciting news? Well I've got one to giveaway to one of you! 

These would be perfect for a gift! Have you got any birthdays coming up that you need something for? Or maybe you could store this away in time for Mothers Day or Fathers Day? I can only imagine the look on my mum's face if she opened up one of these, she loves her cuppa's and I love buying her mugs to go with it! 

All of the Terms and Conditions and how to enter are in the Rafflecopter form below, Good luck everyone!

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Lorna x

*Mug is being given away by Emma Bridgewater and it is a UK only giveaway unfortunately, sorry guys!

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2013 Favourites: The Makeup Brushes

Along with Makeup experimentation, 2013 was the year my makeup brush love began. Real Techniques was definitely to blame this. The Core Collection was my first, and the buffing brush is my definite favourite brush of the year. The Starter Set came next and the base shadow brush was my favourite for that. It is perfect for blending eye shadows. I love blending my concealer in with the Zoeva 110 Face Shape brush, although I can imagine it has some other great uses too! Eco Tools brushes too were another favourite, I bought a set off of eBay after recommendation from Fee, I can't tell if they're real or not but honestly I couldn't care. They're so soft, and are some of the greatest brushes I've ever tried. 

I'm currently on the hunt to expand my brush collection and would love to hear all of your recommendations! What were your 2013 makeup brush favourites?

Lorna x

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2013 Favourites: The Hair Care

Hair Care isn't something I'm that big on. I'm more of a wash my hair the night before, let it dry naturally and get up and go kinda girl. After going for chop, I've noticed I can't really do this anymore and so my GHD's have definitely come into use. Firm favourites from what I have been using in 2013 have been the Dove's Intensive Repair Conditioner, I've got through so many of these this year and rightly so. They're great! I love the Headmasters Big Glam Hair Style Extend Volumising Dry Shampoo, so much better than Batiste, even though I do use it religiously, I've just found a new love with this. I'd often use it to just volumise my hair before a night out or in the morning. It just gave my hair that bit extra, and I loved it. It's brought on this new love of hair products and I just want to try more out. 

What we're your 2013 Hair favourites?

Lorna x

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