L'Oreal Casting Crème Gloss in 550 Mahogany

This is just a quick post with my thoughts on the dye. I really want to show you pictures but no camera in the house is working, not even the webcam!

So, when mixed in the bottle, it was a gorgeous shimmery violet. Application etc... was fine and now my hair is unbelievably soft - this is one reason why I am starting to love dying my hair. And the colour? A deep brown with warm red tones running through it. I really like it :) Although, I am tempted to go redder...

I don't want to get carried away with dying my hair though because a few months ago I said I would never do it. 2 semi-permanent and 2 permanent dyes later... hehe.

I will try whatever I can to get photos today :)

Does the colour look like the colour on the box? Pretty close, yes! Remembering that everyone's shade will be slightly different depending on your hair colour and how long you leave the dye on.

UPDATE: I've just seen my hair in the sun and it is gorgeous! Shimmering red tones everywhere. I said before there were red-ish tones, but in the sun they are a lot more vibrant :)

Goodies!

A few weeks back, I won Sarah's competition - Thank you!

I received the package a few days ago containing Skin MD natural shielding lotion and some samples. I'm glad I won as this 120ml bottle is £14.99! Will be reviewing soon :)

Superdrug have also sent me some goodies. The NYC products came a few days ago and I received the Elite products a while back but I didn't mention them in a post because I didn't want people to think I was bragging. I will be reviewing these products as soon as possible. I have already reviewed the NYC Mosaic Face Powder a few posts down as I already have this product.

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Thank you Dove :)

I received this in the post this morning from Dove. I signed up to Dove a while ago now and as they knew when my birthday was, they sent this cute card and body wash. Its small things like this which make me smile, so thank you Dove :)

NYC Mosaic Face Powder - Pink Cheek Glow

Shade: Pink Cheek Glow

Price: £3.99

Where to find: Superdrug

What they say: N.Y.C. New York Colour Mosaic Face Powders are ultra sheer soft, natural pressed powders. N.Y.C. New York Colour Mosaic Face Powders are made up of four harmonizing hues in one mosaic powder in the right combination of colours to enhance skin tones. When the four neutral colours in N.Y.C. New York Colour Mosaic Pressed Powders are blended together, they create a perfect single shade that balances and enhances all skin undertones.

What I say: This gives the cheeks a natural glow and is not shimmery, which I know some people hate. Its not high in pigmentation which for me is a good thing because it means the colour is build-able and I don't end up looking like a clown after one swipe. The type of brush you use to apply this definitely depends on the pigmentation of the end result. For example, my ELF blush brush gives a more intense colour than my ELF complexion brush as it is more dense.

I don't think this is the best blush I have used as its just an average colour blush, but it is a good subtle product for every day use.

Would I repurchase? Yes, although I will not need to for a while as there is a lot of product!

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& a few more...

I received a few more birthday presents today! Lucky me :)

Hand warmer, Lush Avobath ballistic, Accessorize anchor earrings & a chocolate slab from Thorntons (Which I ate)

Here is a close up of the earrings. The photo is such bad quality! I really can not wait to get a camera.

Not as many posts this week because I have a lot of coursework to do, but will try and get a few up.

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A few more...

Here are a few more presents I got for my birthday which I forgot to include in the last post. More chocolate - yum!, watermelon purse with two lip glosses, manicure set and a cute little pot.

I've just got back from my birthday 'party' which was really fun, although I didn't win at bowling! but I did have the whole of the restaurant sing happy birthday and a large chocolate cake :)

My Birthday!

It was my birthday Wednesday (20th January) and I was 17 :)

My sister got up at 4am to make me a birthday cupcake and breakfast - how sweet!

Tomorrow is my birthday 'party' where me and 18 friends are going out for a meal and then bowling because I haven't been in years!

Here are my presents from friends:

Lots of goodies! There's two mini cheesecakes because my best friend knows how much I love my cheesecake lol, a hugeeee hoody because my other friend knows I love them, a bottle of Irish Meadow (Same as Bailey's but with a different name) and lots of other stuff which you can see :)

Here's some close ups of a few presents which you might not be able to see from the photo above:

How cute are these Accessorize stickers?

Lovely necklaces :)

5 pairs of earrings and a ring. The ring and three pairs of earrings are from Accessorize - my friends know me too well.

A close up of a pair from Accessorize which I loveeeeeeee!

A cute chocolate monkey!