NEW! REVLON MASCARA LAUNCH!

I'm a massive fan of Revlon and when I noticed that they had launch 4 mascaras at the same time I knew I had to go out and get them all. I absolutely loveeeee the concept of these mascaras. 

I literally picked up these mascara's yesterday so I haven't tried them out yet so you guys will get an updated post in a couple of weeks. However you can purchase these in Boots right now for £6.99 because they are on a £3 off sale. 

If you could only pick only out the collection I would personally purchase the Super Length Mascara. This is the green lidded one. The wand on this mascara is amazing and it looks like a brilliant wand. It's massive and has very long bristles on it, I can't get enough of it. 

I'm sorry there isn't much information on this post however as I said there will be an update post on this in a couple of weeks once I've trailed them. 

Hope you are all well and I will see you in a couple of weeks. I will see you soon! I love you guys loads. Until next time.

Kim xx

Is It A Bird? Is It A Plane? No It's Classic Carmex Lip Balm!

Don't you hate it when nothing more than dry lips. I think it's something that we all have to face at some point during the winter months. My Maybelline Baby Lips Hydrating lip balm does wonders for my lips however I personally find that I'm needing something more heavy duty. This is where this bad boy makes an entrance onto the scene. 

I was having a day where my lips were just cracking and starting to split because they were so dry that I had to go and get this Carmex Lip Balm. 

This product works wonders, it's very moisturising which is obviously what I wanted it to do. I personally find that the scent of it is horrible. It's got a menthol scent and I said to my mum I feel like I've just put Vick's Vapour Rub on my lips. It made me want to vom a little bit.

I find that this lip balm is something that I use when I'm desperate for something to work it's magical on me. I use it of a night time because it is very long lasting and my lips feel very hydrated when I wake up in the morning. 

The product is very cheap, I think it cost me about £2.99. It can be found everywhere. I would check out the other scents they do as well. I highly recommend it to everyone.

Have a good day. Let me know what's your favourite lip balm below? See you guys soon. 

Much love.

Kim xx

The 200 Day Tone!

Hey there! It's that time of the year where I'm starting to get really excited for the summer! I was day dreaming over a cup of hot cocoa of somewhere hot with crystal clear blue water and barely a cloud in the sky. This is where I checked my countdown app and discovered that I'm going to Crete in 200 days! Eeek!

For any of you that might not know this will be my second trip aboard but my first going on my own without any form of family around. So I'm nervous and excited and basically a ball of emotions about the whole trip. I am going away with Tristan and this is something that is comforting me. At least if we get lost we will be lost together! Haha! 

We've staying in a 4 star adults only hotel called the Elounda Blu in a room with a private pool just off our balcony area! With a clear view of the aqua blue sea! Ahhhh.... Now I'm saying this I feel like I need to jump on the band wagon and just tone up a little for our holiday!! 

For some reason people never believe me when I say I'm between a size 12-14. I don't know why, they always react like I should be skinnier than what I'm saying I am! However I can assure you I'm a 12-14. I use to be more toned and I use to have a lot more muscle than I do now. My past history of playing sports and badminton always kept me achieve and toned. However I let go around 3/4 years ago so I see myself as a ball of blubber now. So it's time to tone up and get in slightly better shape than a potato! 

To start of with I'm going to getting back into kettlercise! For those who don't know what this is, it is where you would swing a kettle bell around for an hour and this would help tone muscle and burn fat. It's an all body work out and can literally be done anywhere. You don't need to go to a fancy gym or class, you can buy your own kettle bell and then YouTube Kettlercise work outs and there are so many to choose from. I like the ones that. Does because they have ones that are specific muscle grouped based so you can focus on abs or legs. Whatever floats your boat for that day. 

Also pairing with that I will be increasing my water in take. This is important in general, the average person should drink at least 2 litres of water a day. So I will often buy myself a 1 litre bottle and I will have to remember to drink at least 1 bottle whilst I'm at home and another one whilst I'm at work. That way my drink intake is spread out over the day. 

The reason why I'm talking about water because often you can feel hungry however could actually be your body crying out for water. So before you sit down to eat always drink a glass of water and wait around 20 minutes. If you are still hungry then eat.

Crap food. I know personally I eat a lot of crap food, I like things that I don't have to prepare or think about I like to be able to get some food out the cupboard or fridge and it's done. I have a really sweet tooth. I personally find cutting it all out in general is a bad idea because all your body craves is sugar. I find that cutting back will be more helpful. Instance if you have 2 cans of Coke a day, cut back to one! You still get your sugar fix but you don't get as much sugar being taken into your body. 

I have found myself recently cooking pasta and adding a small amount of mayonnaise and added ham or chicken into it. This is a high carb and could be a high protein meal (dependent on how much meat you add).

Change other small things in life like:

  - Taking the stairs instead of the lift whilst out shopping. 

- Have brown bread instead of white.

- Do sit ups or run up and down the stairs at home during the adverts of your favourite TV shows. 

- Swap Sugar for sweeteners.

- Add a slice of lemon to your water. Lemon actually kickstarts your body in the morning and helps your metabolism wake up a bit. Faster your metabolism is, the quicker you will loose weight when paired with a good diet and exercise! 

- Make sure you walk at least 10,000 steps a day. Most smart phones now days you can download a pedometer App onto it. I've got one on mine and I walk around 12,000 steps on an average work day. If not buy a pedometer! 

There just a few things that you could change in your everyday routines to help you lose weight, tone up or just eat slightly healthier! ☺️ 

So right now at the start of this 200 day tone, I'm 11st 1lb. So my target is to try and get to 10st 3lbs. Which is a target lose of 12lb, I believe this is a good target to aim for with the amount of time I got. 

I will stay keep checking in with you guys as the week process. Have a great day! Let me know below whether you are starting to tone up for a holiday or just in general. Let me know what you guys are doing to help you get to that target weight. 

As always, until next time. 

Much love 

Kim xx 

Kiko Pearly Eye Base Primer Review

Hello there! *waves excitedly* I'm back with a beauty product review. If you are wondering my blog has taken a slightly different route in what I've posted recently. I absolutely love beauty products and I love reviewing them however, I find myself talking about the same product as other bloggers out there. I know it's always going to happen especially if it's a popular brand. It's been nice taking a step away from the beauty posts and doing a bit of life and photography posts instead. I've waffled on way too much already so lets get into the product. *hoping you're still reading and haven't clicked off.* haha. 

In a recent Kiko haul I done I purchased this little gem of a beauty. It's the Kiko Pearly Eye Base Primer. This is the only eye primer that I own in my makeup collection. Shock Horror!

It definitely does do what I expect it to do. It does help give a bit more of a shine or as it's states a 'pearl' effect to the eye shadow when laid over the top. I do find it very easy to work into the skin and is not drying to my eyelids. I do suffer with dry eye lids which is so strange. It's a weird place to get a dry patch on. 

I believe that the product costs around £6.90 which I think is a good price for the quality of the product.  I do feel like it will last me a really long time because I'm not one for the wearing a lot of eye make up very often. I work 5 days a week where I only wear foundation. I really don't have to look "presentable" all the time!! haha. I pretty lazy when it comes to makeup, the less I have to do the better it is for me! haha! 

I would reccomend this product to you! It's a brilliant quality product. What eye primers would you recommend for me to try? What's your favourite? 

Until next time

Much Love 

Kim xx

Life Has Been Different Lately!

Before I jump into this, I thought I would point out that this is a bit of a ramble because I want to just talk to you guys. 

My life as well as everyone else's is a roller coaster of a ride. Some people's roller coasters are scarier than others, with sharp turns and dramatic drops here there and everywhere, not to forget the never ending corkscrew that exists. 

Basically what I'm trying to get at is that my life has been on that never ending corkscrew, where things were just spiraling out of control. However now it's starting to level out again. 

I've been through the stress of both my parents going to hospital appointments after hospital appointments and having operation after operation to find out whether they both had cancer. This was a 4/5 month long process where, I was thinking the worse! To see my parents go through that stress was awful. They kept a brave face on things, which is something they do in every situation they are in. They wanted to protect us kids from the stress of it all, so I was the only one out of us, 7 who knew the full details because I'm the only one still living at home. Luckily, both my parents have come back clear from it all, one of them had a cyst which was Benin and the other one found to have a condition. That I can't pronounce or remember how it is spelt. Doctors and their long words! Haha! So that was a definitely a shock and a half for me. 

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Next, work life. My job is something that I love doing however I feel like I need something more exciting or just something different to do. I don't feel like I fit in anymore, or that people who I thought were my friends have my best interest in heart anymore at work. There's always office drama which I can't be dealing with. I feel like you could create an episode of Coronation Street or Hollyoaks from some of the drama that happens at times!

I feel like I've reached my potential, there's not much else I can do. I don't want to be re arrange shelves at work for the rest of my life! I don't want a job that I do because it is easy money, which it is. I don't want to be the one to pick up the pieces or come to the rescue because I don't get paid enough to deal with that stuff when there are plenty of other people who get paid more than me that can do that. 

So job hunting is now on the front in my life, just got to get my CV rewrote by my sister. She's used to work for a massive recruitment company in London so she knows what's she's doing! 

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Love life, it's still the same however we don't get to see each other as much as we use to, due to personal circumstances changing. I've found that pretty hard to swallow and to deal with. I got so use to it all being the way it was, however, things always happen for the better as they say! We are still seeing each other a lot and we try to still have a date night a month whether it's a cinema date or a night in, movie and takeaway date. 

Tristan has stood by my side for nearly 3 years now and his still standing there now. 

His done so much for me, whether it's; building my confidence up, making me learning new things and have experiences. The whole shabang, his developed me and pushed me as an individual. His built me up to be someone who has confidence with everything I want to do! I do love Tristan for that. We are a couple who push each other to be the best we can be. We treat each other the same, I push him as much as I can to be the best he can be too. His the guy that I click with on all levels. 

What makes me go all gooey inside is that his brilliant with my younger nephew and niece. He can play and interact with them. He finds them both adorable and cute. They make you smile no matter what. A man who is brilliant with kids which is just amazing! 

So that's just some of my ramble out the way if I spoke of any more of my life I think you would need a good hour or 2 to read the whole post. Haha. 

How's your roller coaster been recently? Are you on a cork screw yourself or are you just going around a small bend? Let me know. Sorry for rambling! Thanks for reading guys. Remember I love you all, your support is so needed. I appreciate it all. 😘 

Much love 

Kim xx 

Bespoke and Oak Co. Review! + CAKE!

So on the 1st February was my one of my elder sisters birthday and I was looking for something different to buy her because I want to get the normal stuff like chocolate or just some bath bits.

I thought it would be really cool to get something different or something that she would keep and love forever. Something that she will treasure. My sister is an amazing baker and has her own little business from producing cakes and cake toppers.

Whilst having a nose around on Notonthehighstreet.com I discovered a company called Bespoke & Oak Co. This company produces so many different products however the one that caught my eye was this spoon. I love the slogan that is on the spoon.

It ties in so well with her little cake business as well which I absolutely love. Baking has become a real passion for her since she had my little niece Georgie about 3 almost 4 years ago. She decided to take the plunge in starting her little business just under a year ago. 

I wrapped the spoon up in some clear plastic wrap I had, added a couple of little bars of chocolate and finished it off with a pretty little ribbon. 

Jenny absolutely loved the gift and she said that she will treasure it forever and she will hang it up somewhere. It's going to have pride of place in her kitchen. 

The spoon cost £9.50 and delivery was free. So for a gift that was under £10 it had really hit the spot. Here's Bespoke & Oak's link for the spoon. It arrived within a couple of days of ordering the product which was amazing. I thought it would of taken it longer because of it being free delivery.


If you are wondering what sort of cakes my sister has done because I've mentioned it a lot already then here's a small montage of just some of the things she has done already! She sells cake toppers on Ebay and she can make them and post them out to you. If you are interested then here's the link for she Ebay page and if you want to see more then like her Facebook page. Show her some love! (if you want to, you don't have too!)

I hope you've enjoyed this slightly different post, it's gone of topic so much! haha. oh well, I will see you guys next time. love you lots!

Kim xx 

Picture Perfect Penguins

I know I am posting more and more picture based posts recently, however the feed back I get from you guys shows that you like them. So I thought I would create another montage for you. I have a slight obsession with penguins just like I do with hippos. The first year I went to Devon with Tristan our whole holiday was surrounded by us going to a penguin place.

Sorry if the quality of these images aren't the best this would be due to the fact that they have all been taken by my phone and not by my DSLR camera.

Until next time

Kim xx

I Desire Candles

Hellooooo everyone! I hope you guys are okay today? I feel like I haven't spoken to you guys in so long, even though I only posted 2 days ago anyway I will get into this.  

My mum went shopping the other day and she came home with a shed load of new candles that come in this very cute mason jar. They would look amazing on someone office table.

When she pulled out this Cucumber and Watermelon scented candle, I was so excited because my favourite scent at the moment is cucumber so I was just as excited to smell it. IT SMELLS SOOOOOO GOOD!

Talking to my mum about the candles, she told me that she went to a shop called 'Choice' which is at one of the shopping centers in my local area. However I don't know whether they are in other areas of the UK. If not go Desire Candles Website you can buy from their own website. She said they cost £2.99 however there was a multi buy on them so she brought around 8 or 10 different candles. 

My mum brought many different scents which all smelt the way they were described however butter cream scented candle which seems more like a cinnamon scent in my opinion.

I really do that the candle comes within a really cute mason jar. I feel like when the candle burns out you can clean it and then re use the jar for your brushes or pencils for example.

I personally find that they don't have much of a scent when burning them compared to other candle brands like, Village candle and Yankee candle. However they are so cute and they are cheap so you can't expect too much from them scent wise. 

I have never heard of this candle brand before, however I feel like I've been keeping an eye out just in case I see Desire else where in other shops. 

I'm going to be hopefully doing a candle haul in a few days over on my YT channel so keep an eye out for that coming up. 

Until Next Time 

Kim xx

Different Types Of Girlfriends

There's so many different types of girlfriends out there. I see other people in their relationships and you see that everyone's girlfriends are different with the way they act. This is just a few of the different 'types' of girlfriends out there.

Health Nut

This girlfriend is the sort of one that will go out her way to avoid certain things in food, she will treat her body as a temple and makes sure she doesn't consume something that is bad for her. She will be asking for almond milk instead of normal milk because of the diary. 

Social Media Queen

The social media queen is the girl who is always on her social media. Uploading Instagrams' and tweets all the time. They get shed loads of likes for something as simple as a photo of a milkshake. She slays at everything she does on her social media accounts. 

Judgemental

This girl is the one that finds any flaw or fault in everything that their other half does. This is type of girl I find the most annoying. They will judge everything that their other half does. Like for instance that they have had their hair cut too short or not the way it should be done. 

The best that someone can give her will never be adequate for them. They could be brought whatever she wants and it's still not good enough. 

Overly Attached

These are the girl that is so clingy. They find the need to always around their fella. They need to have the reassurance from their partner that they love them or that their relationship is stil going strong. I personally find these people to be the ones that will ask questions lot or they  try to smother their partner will all their attention. 

Over sensitive

This is the girlfriend that literally takes everything to heart, even if it has been said as a joke. It could of been something sill as they have made a comment about what food they are eating or how much food they have eaten! They will take it to heart and blow it all out of proportion! Best thing to do is probably never make a comment about weight or anything like that. 

Jealous

There's always that girl that get jealous over everything their otherhalf does. Whether they are just hanging out with friends and some of them friends are girls as well. This will annoy them and make them jealous because they find themselves thinking that they should be the only woman that their partner actually cares about. 

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I personally find when it comes to me, I'm a mixture of all the ones listed above apart from the health nut one. Don't tell me a salad is good for me when you know all I'm going to do is going to get myself a happy meal! Haha! 

All joking aside, everyone acts differently dependant on their past history of being a girlfriend, as well they might just naturally have the mannerisms or the behaviour that causes them to be a certain way. Either way to look at it, if you weren't someone that your partner couldn't stand they wouldn't be with you now. 

In my relationship with Tristan I have my moments when all these things listed above come out in me. It's something that is natural. I'm personally a very over protective girlfriend so my jealous side and my overly sensitive side can come out very often. I'm not afraid to admit that! However I find being slightly jealous is a good thing because you are showing your love for them. However I try and not go over board upon it.

Anyway, let me know below what you thought of this post and as well what sort of girlfriend are you? 

Until next time! 

Kim xx 

Setting The Ground Rules - Wedding Edition

Well hello there. Today's blog is a bit of a different one. I am going to clear something up from the get go. I'm not engaged and that I know of Tristan isn't going to be proposing any time soon! Haha!... I can hint all I want however Tristan and I don't want to rush into marriage. However some couples rush into it all, it's all a personal choice at the end of the day. I personally don't agree with rushing into marriage, it's not a decision that should be taken lightly. 

Something that I personally find important when it comes to marriage is that whoever I'm going to marry they have to ask my mum and dad for permission. A lot of people may see this as being too "traditional" however I was brought up with certain traditions and values installed into me. My parents are of that age where traditional values are something that they stand by.

I would love to have a traditional wedding with a modern twist on it. I sometimes watch 'Don't Tell The Bride' on BBC Three and I cringe when I see a wedding that is a wrestler themed or even marvel themed or something that I see as not the "norm". I don't agree with this. 

I personally want a white dress and this is something that I want to stand by. I personally feel like white or ivory is what every bride should be in unless they have a deep meaning behind them going with another colour. For instance I was watching 'Say Yes To The Dress' and the woman wanted a wedding dress that was pink in colour, because their mother was a survivor of breast cancer. This I agree with but other than that I don't personally understand. 

I would love to involve my favourite colour into the wedding. My favourite colour is red and this is something that could be added into the wedding so easily through the flower arrangements, table decorations and invitations. 


This is so cute... I love this sort of thing! I think it's just the simple added touches like this that make a wedding.

I would love to have a grand venue. I want the wedding of my dreams which means something that is big and not too over the top. Some of you might know, if you've been a reading of my blog from the start that I'm 1 of 7 children so where ever the venue is, it has to be large enough to house my family and the other extensive family members, let alone the groom's family members.

I would love to have a personalised sweet cart at the wedding. I like the idea of being able to pick sweets and letting the sugar run through the nephews and niece's veins! Haha.

Someone said the other day to me would you want a photo booth at my wedding and the answer to that is hell no. I don't want something that is just 'ewwww' in my mind. I personally think that weddings should be elegant and not trashy. Some of the things I've heard about things that have happened in photo booths, I wouldn't want that to happen at my wedding.

I loved the idea my cousin had for their wedding which was to put a selfie stick on every table so everyone could get pictures of the day. Here's just one of the many photos we got last year. 

I just want to say, if you are planning a wedding and you've got some of these things in your wedding and I've said I don't like them. Don't take it to heart, it's just my personal opinion. Everyone's personal opinion is different. 

Let me know whether you liked this sort of blog. I don't normally post about things like this. However recently I'm finding myself talking more and more openly recently, which I'm really liking. 

Until next time.

Kim xx

Monkeying Around!

Hey guys! Today's post is going to be very photo heavy. It's all about those cheeky monkey's. Sorry if you aren't a fan of these sorts of posts, there will be more beauty posts coming up soon don't you worry! Let's get into this!

 

 

I'm hoping you guys liked this post. It's a bit of a random post however I do like monkeys but not as much as hippos. haha. However there will be more beauty posts coming up soon so if this didn't tickle your fancy then come back soon to see more beauty posts. have a brilliant day! 

Much love

Kim xx