Surprise Glossy Box

So I was happily watching 'This Morning', when the doorbell rung. It was the lady who delivers all my parcels, which was odd because I wasn't expecting anything. Much to my surprise it was a Glossy Box - a surprise because I thought my subscription had run out. 

I opened the box to find a nice array of products including this Yves Rocher, Sexy Pulp Ultra-Volume mascara. It claims to stay on for 12 hours, and give lash by lash volume, which I was quite excited about. I've applied it today and it gives great coverage and doesn't smudge, this maybe because the formula is quite thick, so it attached itself to the lashes, instead of my eyelid. 

The brush is curved and it picks up even the smallest lashes, which is great seeing as my eyelashes are very light and it helps that all my lashes are covered. I love how thick this brush is however it is not as large as the Rimmel 'Scandaleyes' mascara, which is too big to be applied properly. 

At the moment it is £8.45 as the Yves Rocher website offers 50% off new products, which is amazing (usual price £16.90). I would buy it if I didn't already have about 5 different mascaras all taking up space in my make-up bag. I think I should use those ones up first before buying this one. But I definitely would purchase this mascara in the future. 

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Just another manic Monday...

So today I've been rushing around town, trying to get an outfit together for my parents vow renewal, which is happening this Sunday. I know I've left it a bit late, seeing as I've had about a year to sort it out, but you know. I think I work better under pressure anyway, seeing as I managed to get a bra that goes with the dress I bought on Topshop's website, some boring nude underwear and a pair of shoes from New Look. 

I'll dedicate a blog post to the outfit later on, keep an eye out. 

Anyway, on my way around Southampton I decided to check out John Lewis' dry shampoo's seeing as I had read that 'Klorane' is a really great, it also won the 2011 Natural Health Beauty award. It costs £7.50, which is quite steep considering Batiste dry shampoo is only about £2. However I thought I would give it a go. 

I got home and tried it out straight away, it tells you to spray on your hair (about 10 inches away) especially your roots then leave it for two minutes. It makes you look like you have grey streaks in your hair whilst you leave it. But after these minutes are up you simply brush it out and the grey has gone, 'hey presto' my hair looked and felt washed. It sounds unbelievable but it really does work! 

I am definitely taking this to Reading Festival this year, seeing as I won't be able to wash my hair for days and days, this product really is a must have for any festival goer.
Has anyone else got any festival must haves?

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From Dip Dye to Tie Dye

Yep, the boyfriend and I decided we had to try tie dying! 

We went to Southampton and got our hands on loads of Dylon dyes, including yellow, blue, purple and pink and of course some cheap T-shirts from Primark (£2.50) and H&M (£4.99). After rushing home we started the process of making up the dyes and putting them into some spray bottles we bought from Home Base, which were £1.99 each. This did take a while but we can use these dyes over and over again, which is great seeing as each dye was £2.90 each. 

When you've made all the dyes; the instructions are on the packet, you can start your T-shirt. We used a basic swirl design, which is where you pinch the middle of the T-shirt and twist it into a circle, it's super easy to do and is really effective. 

You can find images on how to do it on google as I completely forgot to photograph the whole thing, the excitement was too intense!  

After this you have to tie the t-shirt up with a few elastic bands; general rule the more elastic bands the more strips of undyed fabric you will get with the final result.

Once you are happy with the amount of elastic bands around your T-shirt you can then start the fun bit! 

With the spray bottles you just spray where ever over the top of the shirt, I would recommend doing this outside as the spray bottles can get a bit messy.  

Then you turn over the tops and do the same on the other side, make sure you cover as much as the t-shirt as possible, and try and saturate it as much as you can without it being dripping wet.

Above is the photo of my boyfriends and I's tops after covering them with dye. 

After this the waiting game commences, where you have to leave it in a plastic bag over night preferably in a warm place. You have to do this as it gives the dyes time to sink in, and concentrate to make the colours vibrant.

The next day you have to run the t-shirts under cold water, then undo the elastic bands and run the shirt under warm water. This makes sure any colour that has not sunk into the fabric comes out before you wash it with your usual clothes. 

You then have to dry your top off, after it's dry iron it on a high heat to set the colour into the t-shirt even more, then your done and you'll have a fantastic original tie dye top, that doesn't cost £20! 

I'm wearing mine today with my Levi high waisted shorts, which works perfectly.
Happy tie dying

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My DIY t-shirt

So as you may have read I have made my own dip dye tshirt, which you can read about here. 

I did use a grey dye, however I made a rookie error by then putting it straight into the washing machine. This then made the colour dilute, into this greeny-grey colour, so if you're planning on making your own - DO NOT WASH STRAIGHT AWAY. Put it in the tumble dryer, or better still leave it to dry somewhere so the dye doesn't transfer to other parts of the garment. Then when it's dry. iron it on full heat. 

I am planning on making this one again, but I'm intent on keeping it grey not green! :) 

So here it is:

I know I look super tired, may be the fact I couldn't sleep until 2.30 this morning and I had to dismantle our gazebo which decided to fly away last night, and subsequently has completely broken. So I am worn out and can't wait for my bed this evening. 

So here is the other t-shirt I made for my sister, this one I didn't put in the washing machine so the colour is very vibrant and it works so well! 

Has anyone else decided to do some DIY of there own?

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