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I really wanted to share this with you as I am a massive John Freida Fan! here are just come of my favorite products by JF;Love Lauren x

Summer Clothes Haul

Hey everyone.
It seems like forever ago I wrote a haul post! The main reason being my camera died and I had to find a replacement, I was considering a SLR, but then decided to go with a digital again until I get enough money to get a brilliant kick - ass SLR.

As summer is nearly here, I have been slowly building up my wardrobe with pretty dresses skirts and shorts. :) I went to London last month and I had a nice big spend up, I will show you some of things I bought from there plus a couple of online orders.

Topshop high waist hot pants.
Near where I live (in London) is an amazing market which mainly sells clothes, the latest fashion by brands like topshop,Zara,new look, asos, all saints etc
at cheap prices.
I got these topshop shorts for £10. in the shops they would have cost me £35.

I love the detailing on the buttons.

Playsuit brand unknown £10
This playsuit is just so pretty. The colours are so bright and cheerful this came in a orange and pink design too, which I was tempted to get.

Topshop Heart Garland Ruffle Dress - £10
How gorgeous! this dress is very sheer so il have to find something to go underneath, the material is so lovely and lightweight there is a silk underlay too.
This is from topshop the tag has been ripped slightly as the stall owners have to do so, but I saw the dress on the display which had the un touched tag in, its defiantly from topshop and the price tag had £50 on it! £40 off = bargain!
Had to edit this - just found the link to the dress online click here it cost £100 from topshop USA!

New look dress - £10
This dress was the first purchase of the day, as soon as I arrived at the market It caught my eye and I ran over. I was very tempted to get the other colours too which is a more nude and pink. The price tag read £25 and I got it for £10!
Boohoo sandals
I got these a while back in the sale for around £5 on boohoo.com, I love the studs! I have yet to wear these.
Republic dress £10
I got this pretty dress in the republic sale, I think its last years stock,this is a strapless dress those are just the hanger ribbons :P
I'm waiting for warmer weather to wear this, I am going London again so may take it with me.

Thanks for reading, If you have any questions just ask me, and I hope to put the rest of my recent hauls up soon!
Have a great weekend!
Lauren x

Magazine Freebies

Hello all! Sorry I have been MIA, I've just been caught up in a few things, and blogging has been on the bottom of my priorities :( which is sad because I miss you all!
However I am starting to get back into the swing of things!
I thought I'd let you all know about this/next months free magazine gifts, as I all know everyone loves a mag freebie, there's so many good gift's out too. So be sure to check out your local newsagents and supermarkets!

I picked up In style magazine whilst I was in tescos yesterday
They are giving away Nails inc nail polishes that normally retail around £10.
The magazine costs £3.70 and there a three pretty colours to chose from!
I chose this very neutral colour, I always seem to go for bright girly colours like pink,purples, and pastels. So this will make a change.

I also noticed Easy living are giving away a Cath Kidston tote bag, there's two to pick from, I'm afraid I do not have a picture of either, but I can promise you there totally cute!

Cosmopolitan are giving away Dorothy Perkins bags, there are two styles to collect,Plus there giving away 20% off Dorthy Perkins and New Look vouchers in every issue.

You may be familiar about this one; Just like last year, Glamour magazine has teamed up with Benefit cosmetics and are giving away free make up items in every issue! There are three to pick from, again- just like last year with the pencils.

This time you get to pick from these top sellers, I am sure you have seen them before, or you may even own one (or all three!) Two tint's and a highlighter. (mini)
I will be getting all three, if I can. Last year I was very lucky to get them all, as everyone went crazy for them, I ended up getting two copies in WHsmith and the last one in a newsagents in London. It's a offer you cannot miss, so I wish you all the best of luck finding them!

There's another great offer I have come across, In boots. If you buy an impulse body spray you get a Barry m lip gloss free! I love impulse and I love Barry M, so I am defiantly getting this, there are three body sprays to chose from and three lip glosses. Pink, Nude & Clear. All for £3! You can find this great offer in Boots, Tesco & superdrug.

I Hope you all found this helpful!

LoveLauren x

Valentines cupcakes

I made lovey dovey cupcakes with the boy on valentines day. How special :P he never wants to bake with me, but he wanted to on valentines. He really enjoyed decorating too!!
Mine are mostly pink,(above) the redish ones are the boyfriends. He decided to make a hangman for one of them, and the others are really chocolaty!!
Did everyone have a nice valentines day? I hope you did!
I made the frosting just right. I followed the instructions out of my new hummingbird cupcake book! easy steps and there's so many more id like to try, so watch this space for more baking posts :) I hope you like them!





Fancy a cupcake anyone?

Valentines photo shoot

Hello!
So two Saturdays ago I had another photo shoot. Two in less then a month, go me!
Since valentines day was approaching i thought of a lovely idea, why not have a valentines photo shoot? So I bought rose petals, a rose, a lovely rose head band (that's actually a brides maid head band) too pretty! :)
and also a lovely red rose dress. Which may I add was a last minute buy, my original one hadn't arrived in the post. So the day before the shoot I went on search for a 'valentines looking' dress. It turns out this was the perfect one and fits the shoot perfectly, it is from river island, on sale from £30 to £1o!
The rose petals on the dress fit in so well with everything else! I also put a few curls in my halo hair extensions this time, instead of poker straight. I did this using a standard straighting iron. It was pretty easy!



I hope you have a Happy Valentines day what ever your doing, I made some valentines cupcakes today and will do the same tomorrow, I wanted to make heart shaped cookies but could I find any cookie cutters? No! :(
Me and the boyfriend will be spending a lovely day together and in the evening getting a take away of my choice.. I'm quite excited :)

Xx ♥ Xx

The Body Shop Haul

Just before Christmas I made an online order at the body shop, I kind of felt like I was cheating on Lush at the time (I think I have a lush problem, but who doesn't :P)

I was spoilt for choice as there was 20% off off everything! I don't know if you saw my blog post,letting you all know about the little offer, I hope you got some lovely goodies too.This is what I got....

I got a cranberry bath lily, these are inexpensive and last a while so I always pick mine up from the body shop.

A strawberry gift set, including shower gel and body lotion.
My favorite smell is the scent of strawberries!
So I had to get this, I remember my sister always used to buy strawberry scented bath products from the body shop when I was little, I used to love the strawberry soap but forgot to pick one up this time. The shower gel is what I'm currently using, smelling very sweet indeed. Then after my shower I apply the lotion and I smell lovely if i do say so myself ;)

Coconut foaming bath. I also love the smell of coconuts, I bought a 400ml bottle so it will last me quite a while, this bubble bath leaves my bathroom smelling lovely, it has a strong scent.
Grape seed glossing serum. A best seller on the body shop, I read all the great reviews on the site and had to purchase, it smells lovely, but I wouldn't expect anything less from the body shop, and it leaves my ends glossy and healthy, highly recommended!

Coco butter, this smells Delicious, and so moisturizing! I have used most of it up already, I especially use this after exfoliating and before fake tanning. Then the day after I fake tan to make it last and look more natural.
Almond shower gel, I love the smell of almonds, and I have used a fair amount of this also. It lathers up really well and leaves skin baby soft.

At the moment the body shop have a special valentines offer so head over to there website. You will get 30 % off your order if you join there facebook, plus free delivery! so go treat a loved one, or yourself :) ♥

Halo Hair Extensions Review

I have had the pleasure to try and review some amazing extensions from Halo hair. I have never worn extensions before, so I was ever so excited when halo offered me some to review. The last time I had long hair was when I was 16, after the chop I've always kept my locks short.
I choose the colour chocolate, if you are unsure of what colour you want you can always contact halo which I found was very helpful.
The extensions I received were 20" full head clip in Remy human hair in chocolate brown #4

The extensions come in this box pictured above.

28mm long clips with silicon tubing.
The clip is easy to operate you just slide down into your hair and click into place.

In the full head box you get:

4 pieces 2" wide with one clip

2 pieces 6" wide with two clips

Finally 2 pieces 8" wide with three clips

I also got two mini shampoo and conditioners with my extensions.
My first impressions when opening and feeling the hair was; my, how soft! This is 100% human hair, that has been treated and its just how I would like my own hair.I'm working towards this ;)
I wanted these extensions especially for a photo shoot. A couple days before the shoot i started to watch videos showing me how to apply the extensions. I took a big risk when trying these on for the first time, as I left it till the morning of the shoot, I was late for my train, make up done, 10 minutes to get my hair sorted! As I said I have never worn extensions so I was pretty nervous that I'd mess it all up. However i found the whole experience of putting these extensions in well and truly easy! I applied the two widest pieces at the bottom, one 6" in the middle and the smaller pieces around the top layers of my hair. I left one piece out as my hair looked full as it is.If my top layers were longer id of probably used them though.
I am very happy with how they looked, so natural. The photographer didn't even notice that my hair was fake! untill I told him. He thought it was my own :) I'm going to share with you a few pictures of me in the extensions from that shoot. For my next one, I'm going to go for a more wavy look and style the extensions.For before photo's to give you a rough idea how long my hair was before applying them skip to this post
Scroll to the bottom of this page for an exclusive discount from halo!

all images are copyright of the photographer.

Halo have very kindly given me my own code for my lovely readers to use on their site if you are wanting to make an order, you will receive a 10% discount! just type in the code:
HALOLOVESLAUREN

http://www.halohairextensions.com/

Anymore information or questions you want to know just send me a email :) parisboutique@hotmail.co.uk

Thanks for reading, I am having a blogging day and scheduling posts for the week including lots of hauls xx Lauren xx

Lee Stafford Hair Growth Treatment Amazing Offer!!

Today I had to pop into town to get a few things including another lee stafford hair growth treatmeant, I hit the pan on my last, I am very impressed with it I must say, I was thinking of doing a review, but there are so many around...anyway on to the point of this post! The treatment costs £7.14 in boots, I went to the till to buy, and the lady said it is on offer, You can pick two of these up for £8! Amazing offer i must say. So if you use this or even want to try now is the perfect time to go grab them whilst stocks last. I'm unsure when the offer ends.You can buy most if not all lee stafford products in boots two for £8 so why not have a look on the website

There will be a halo hair extension review coming up this week so look out for it :)

Lauren xox

Lauren Conrad inspired make up for photo shoot..

Hey all!
I had a had a photo shoot on the 15/01.
I had to do my own make up and hair.
I have always gone for a dramatic look with photos.
This time round I wanted to try something a little more natural..
My inspiration came from my idol Lauren Conrad. I have her new style book (which is fab) and followed the make up steps to create her signature look..which involves bronzer, a peachy blush, nude lips and liquid eye liner.. and this how it came out...
What do you think? :)

x

Fearne Cotten's Favourites Hatbox

Hello!
I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and new year. I did! despite being a little ill..I didn't let it ruin my day, had a perfect time with my little family, and I got some lovely things :)
I popped into my local boots to have a look at the half price gift sale. I was a bit spoilt for choice! There were such lovely things on offer, I was very close to getting the front cover eyeshadow palette book, I may still do that (if theres any left)
On to what I did get..
I picked up fearnes favourites hatbox.. £40 reduced to £20! What a bargain! It is packed full of make up chosen by fearne cotten herself.

Pretty pink bow..

Inside!

Back of the make-up bag

Front of the make-up bag (love the skull design!) with leopard print powder puff

In this pretty hat box you get:
♥ A heart shaped make-up bag
♥ An eyeshadow compact, with a pretty skull design on the front :]
♥ Three eye pencils
♥ Two eye shimmers
♥ A mascara
♥ Four lip glosses
♥ A lipstick

I will be showing you each item individually once I have better lighting for swatches so check back soon, so far I'm very impressed with the eye shadows,there totally my colours.
I have another gift set to show you too which I got for Christmas! expect that post in a couple of days.
Did you pick up anything nice in the sales?

Lauren x