Going RED!!

Ok I've taken the plunge, I've booked my appointment for this Thurs.....to go RED!!
I'm a natural redhead but I've had my hair highlighted for 15 years, over half my life!!

Since having my baby daughter Poppy and seeing how stunning her hair is, this has prompted me. Also my beautiful friend and fellow blogger Laura is an absolute fox who totally embraces her natural fiery colour.

I know dying my hair, to be my natural colour may seem strange, but I simply cannot bare to have huge roots. So in the mean time, I'll have it professionally done while I'm growing it out. Avoiding the chavy look!!

Poppy

Laura

I was bullied at school for being a redhead, constantly being called ginga, carrot top, fag end. These names sound pretty harmless but when you hear it almost everyday, its hurtful! So this was probably what drove me to go blonde. But after years of having highlights, it just became...me, I have the ditzy personality that comes with being blonde!! Lol!

Although I now feel I need a change, with so many years of being bleached my
hair is looking and feeling dry. Ariel is my hair inspiration, one day I want long flowing red hair!!!!!

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......One day!!

Barefoot SOS....And The Winner Is.....

Im so sorry I'm announcing this almost a week later than promised!!!

The goodies for this giveaway are....

The Barefoot SOS Soothing Face & Body Wash and the Daily Rich Body Lotion!!

Anyway, the winner of the Barefoot Giveaway is.....

Victoria Aka Love Being Mummy To Two!

Congratulations Victoria, I will email you shortly!!

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Barefoot SOS Giveaway!!

Who loves a bit of girly, Brit pop? I do! So I’m a fan of The Saturdays. If it’s acceptable to have a favourite girlband member at 29, my favourite is Mollie. However, Frankie is apparently a huge fan of the Barefoot SOS Soothing Face & Body wash, to help calm her sensitive skin.

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Barefoot is a luxury brand offering skincare, bodycare, haircare, bath and shower products . Barefoot pride themselves on being experts in natural ingredients to bring the most effective results to your skin. The award winning products are free from synthetic chemicals including paraffin, parabens, fragrances and artificial colours.

So to celebrate Frankie’s love of this brand and The Saturday’s fabulous UK tour which kicked off in December, I’ve been given the chance to give away the Barefoot SOS Face & Body Wash (£16) and Daily Rich Body Lotion (£22) to one lucky follower!!

To enter this Giveaway you must be a GFC follower, leave a comment simply saying SOS or tell me who your favourite Saturday is, leave your email address and your GFC name, and 'like' the Barefoot Facebook Page.

For a second entry, Tweet – 'Enter @FlossiesBeautyL Barefoot Giveaway http://flossiesbeautylove.blogspot.com/2012/01/barefoot-sos-giveaway.html'

This Giveaway will only last 1 week ending on Wednesday 11th Jan at 9pm!

Good Luck!!

Lush Storage!!!

For my Birthday and Christmas I received quite a bit of Lush, I love the stuff so I was super happy!!

However, I find if you keep the bath bombs and bubble bars in the paper bags or gift boxes, the moisture can get to them and they can go a little icky!
One option could be to use them up quickly, but I like to savour my delicious smelling bits and bobs and not use them all up for the sake of it! I like to use them when I have a good 30 mins to an hour in the bath, that’s only the weekends for me really!!

So to keep them lovely and fresh I bought this cute glass jar for £3.49. I got mine from a local store which sells just about anything, it’s not a chain, but I’m sure you can get these from places like The Range, Wilkinsons, Ikea, etc!

I chopped up my bubble bars, most into quarters so I can get 4 baths out of each one, then packed them all into the jar.
I have it sitting on the windowsill in the bathroom. As well as being functional it also looks really pretty! I have kept the soaps and bottles in the polka dot gift box I got from my aunty so you can still smell them in the bathroom and even the hallway!!! Lovely!!!

LUSH!!!!!!

Urban Decay Mariposa Palette!

Hey lovelies, I’m so sorry for my lack of posts lately, all due to a long list of reasons but mostly pure laziness.....Sorry!!

Anyway, how was everyones Christmas?? Mine was so perfect and magical, the kids just loved it. I’m also a big kid myself, so I’d pretty much been counting down the days since September!!!

I got some lovely presents this year, check out my Christmas Haul Video here. One of my favourite gifts was from my brother and sister in law, they spoil me every year with luxury skincare or makeup and this year was no exception! 

In my beautifully package polka dot bag were two gorgeous Nails Inc polishes, a bare Minerals Lipgloss and mascara, then lastly I opened my favourite gift....An Urban Decay Mariposa Palette  . I’m a little embarrassed to say I had a little cry when I opened this, my brother in law, husband and mother in law were all a little confused by my reaction. With my husband asking ‘Are you actually crying over makeup??’ But I’m sure any makeup addict/junkie would understand my tears of joy for the work of art I’d just received!!!!

There are ten beautiful shades in this palette, 6 of them being new colours. The only colour I have used before is Gunmetal which is in the Naked Palette! So far I’ve used Skimp, Wreckage, Mushroom, Spotlight and Limelight. Each eyeshadow is super pigmented, with great colour payoff.

I can’t wait to have a play with the other colours, teal is my favourite colour, so I’m looking forward to experimenting with Haight and Money!

Thank you so much Stewart & Sally-Ann.....Love you!

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And the Winner is.........

Ok, I'm announcing this a little later than planned and before I do, I just want to say thank you so much to my lovely followers for supporting my blog!! I love reading your comments, Tweets and feedback!!

The winner of the Lauren's Way and Vivo Giveaway is..............

Shellx85x

Could you please contact me with your email address as you didn't leave it in your entry comment. I will try to gets the goodies out early part of this week!!!





Giveaway Update

Sorry I have not picked out a winner yet, I've had a hectic few days. I'm out today, so I promise to announce a winner tomorrow!! I will then send the lucky girl/guy their package on Monday, so it should arrive in time for Christmas!!!!

Also sorry I've been a bit slack on blog posts lately, I've bought some lovely bits and bobs lately which I want to review, so I'll get those up hopefully next week!!

Thanks for being patient!!

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Laurens Way Self Tan Mousse Review

I’m a fake tan lover, I’ve tried so many, gels, lotions, sprays and mousses, all different brands, drugstore and high end! I can honestly say I think I have found the best yet!

However I didn’t have high hopes initially as I’m not normally keen on Celebrities slapping their name on a product and it selling for that reason alone, regardless of the quality! I tend to think it could be poor quality, with a high price due to the name attached.

So when Lauren Goodger from The Only Way Is Essex launched her own range of tanning products, I was pretty sceptical, I hadn’t felt the urge to order it as I’m also a fan of St Mortiz mousse and it’s super cheap price of £2.99, and I thought how can something which is gonna be pretty similar, but 5 times the price be worth it!!
Then at the beginning of the month I attended the Lauren's Way press launch, where I got to meet Lauren and Nev, her business partner. We got chatting to Nev and he told us that Lauren actually has a lot of input into the product line, which now includes lashes and hair extensions, and soon makeup!!

At the event we were lucky enough to receive a goodie bag, inside was a Lauren’s Way Mousse, an Instant tan, a set of Laurens Lashes and a tanning mit!

I knew I wanted to try the mousse to compare it to the super cheap St Moriz. I instantly saw a huge difference in the products. Lauren’s Way mousse is a beautiful, very natural golden colour, tinted, so when being applied so you can see the colour instantly, it doesn’t have the green tint you initially get when applying St Mortiz. It somehow, despite not being a lotion, feels almost moisturising when you’re applying it, maybe not quite moisturising but less drying on the skin than St Mortiz

 Amazingly there isn’t an overwhelming stench of curry and biscuits in the air or on the skin after, there was a very subtle hint the next morning, but I don’t believe a self tan will ever be smell free!!

The colour I had in the morning was so natural looking, a really beautiful healthy golden tone, not at all orange. I’m naturally very pale, but I feel I could get away with two applications!!

So as you can tell I am very impressed with the mousse, I think I’ll give the lotion a try when this runs out.

The Lauren’s Way range is available here, the mousse is priced £17.95.

Check out my Lauren's Way Giveaway!!!

300 Follower GIVEAWAY!!!

I promised I’d do a giveaway once I hit 300 followers! Well I’m there now!! Whoop!! Thank you so so much to my all my followers and your support! It makes me so happy that you enjoy reading the blog! I LOVE doing it!!!!!

So to celebrate I’m giving away a few goodies which I’ve mentioned lately!

Lauren’s Way Tanning Mousse

Lauren’s Way Glam Lashes

Vivo Red Red Lipstick

Vivo Ultimate Base Concealer Kit

Ok, the rules......

For 1 entry

You have to be a GFC follower of mine

Leave a comment starting with “All I want for Christmas is.......”

For a 2^nd Entry

Tweet -  ‘Take a look at  http://flossiesbeautylove.blogspot.com/2011/11/300-follower-giveaway.html to enter @FlossiesBeautyL GIVEAWAY!!’

For a 3^rd Entry

Do a blog post for this giveaway!!! Make sure you tell me you've done it!!

Please make sure you leave me your email address in the comment box too!!

The Giveaway will end on 15th Dec - My Birthday!!!

Good Luck Lovelies!!!

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The Lauren's Way Press Launch! Pic Heavy!!

Ok, so I know event posts aren’t the coolest, but living in Cambridge I don’t get to go to many, so when I get to go to one like this, its super exciting to me!!!

Laurens Way tanning was launched earlier this year, but the brand has had a bit of a relaunch, it’s been repackaged and new products added, hence this launch!!

I met up with Stacey at Piccadilly Station, we then headed to the super stylish Jewel Bar where the event was taking place. We met up with Laura ,  Natalie and Charli.

We got our drinks, had a good look at the products that were dotted around. So I had a look at the hair extensions, lashes and the tanning products, I’m a Laurens Way virgin so I was very excited to take a look!

We then spotted Lauren who looked stunning, better in the flesh. The press are rotten, she is gorgeous, and really slim! She looked fab in a beautiful Lipsy dress. We then had our photos taken with her, she is very sweet, I don’t think the show does her justice. I was expecting her to be offish, but she was actually lovely, happy to pose for photos and chat!

We then met Nev, Lauren’s business partner! What a cool guy, very funny! Pretty hot too!! Lol! I then mingled a bit more where I saw the lovely Zoe and Karla Powell, I then got to meet the very glamorous Ree , who I was excited about meeting as we Tweet quite a bit and I love her blog!

Later, we sat in a booth and had such a giggle, I even had a cheeky hug with Tony Mortimer!!! Legend!!

As we left we were given goodie bags! Very excited to try the range out!! I will be reviewing the products very soon!!

Thanks you Lauren and the Lauren’s way team for a fabulous night!!!!