Review: John Frieda Full repair range.

My hair is in good condition at the moment. I haven't dyed my hair in two years,I have been enjoying my natural colour. I have been having regular trims to keep ends healthy.
I do straighten my hair quite alot tho, So my hair is always in need of deep conditioning hair treatments. My ends are not in perfect condition as you can see to the left, but there certainly on there way to healthy :)
I have tried quite a few shampoos and conditioners for dry hair, take a look at my hair section for more info.
I was kindly sent the full range to review. I love John Frieda products so I was quite excited to try this range!
My thoughts; I love the shampoo and conditioner, after a couple of months use I can tell the difference they have made to my hair. After each wash my hair feels more manageable.
I also love the deep conditioner, for an extra treat. I use this once a month, as I have other deep treatments, that I like to swap around.
The perfect ends deep infusion works fantastic on my hair, my ends do not tend to split as much.
I haven't got round to using the styling spray or root lift foam, as I am currently using another brands, I also wanted to see the improvements to my hair after using the shampoo and conditioner on their own.
They get a big thumbs up from me!

Sorry for the absence, life has been a bit crazy at the moment! Having a toddler is a full time job! She is now at school for 3 hours a day so I now have some time for my blog :)
So expect to see more posts from me!
Have a good weekend!

Pixie footwear launch

It's that time of year again where we all wrap up warm and begin to look forward to Halloween, bonfire night and Christmas!
Last year I featured these pixie boots, and this year Pixie Footwear have launched three new winter boot to there range! All named after girls names as always, Lucy, Ellie and Sophie boots :)

"Pixie believe only animals should wear their coats, so all pixie products are made from high quality micro-fibres. With their popular Winter boots, such as the Rosie from last year’s collection being spotted on various high profile celebrities  in the music industry such as the Saturdays. Pixie is continually evolving into an established brand."

You can buy these adorable Pixie boots from there site www.pixiefootwear.com
Retailing at £64.99 and go on sale on the 26th September 2012.
I am very lucky to be sent a pair when they launch, so I will update you all with pictures of me wearing them!

A review: Jergens cocoa butter

I am often on the look out for a new body moisturizer. I tend to get bored of applying the same scent every day after showering, and get excited to try something new, as sad as that may be ;)
The top factors I look for in a moisturizer is; as mentioned the scent, and something that leaves skin hydrated but doesn't have that horrible sticky film left on your skin, I often shower before bed, and I find it hard to get to sleep if my moisturizer hasn't sunken in.
This deep conditioning moisturizer ticks all the right boxes, the smell is gorgeous, and lasting. Jergens cocoa butter dries almost instantly and most importantly leave my skin super soft and hydrated. 5/5 from me!
You can get Jergens body moisturizers, in most UK supermarkets, boots and superdrug.

1D, MCFLY EASTER SUN SNOW.

1. Lush bath 2. Pretty nails
3. Hot chocolate 4.Yet another lush bath.

1. Mothers day cupcakes 2.Bambi sweater
 3.Liz earl skincare 4.My daughters first converse!

1.Blue skies 2. Water fights in our garden 3. My cuddly kitten

1. Snow?! 2.My fave Easter treats <3
3. Easter cookie 4. Easter egg hunt!

1.My 100000th Mcfly concert :D 2. Mothers day meal out 3. My princess with my mothers day gift! <3

I watched one direction on iCarly and noticed Carly wearing the same t shirt as me (:why did this get me so excited? ima geek!

I hope your all having a fabulous Easter weekend!
Hoppy Easter!

x

Lush Review: The carrot and fluffy egg

I couldn't wait to try this Easter bubble bar from Lush, but sadly I am disappointed with the result. I always give an honest opinion on my blog & I regret to inform you all that I have come across a lush product that I hate! Shocker I know, I am a huuuuge lush fan and all my reviews are rave after rave. However The carrot may be insanely cute, I didn't enjoy my bath as I normally would with other lush products. 

As you can see in the video above The colour isn't very appealing, there isn't any bubbles even tho I had swished for around a minute, the green part fell off and there wasn't any nice strong scents I would normally get when using a lush product.
The one good thing was I came out of the bath feeling super soft! I wouldn't recommend this at all. Sorry lush! :(

I want to make a positive note now, about a Easter product that I love,the fluffy egg. I didn't expect any bubbles from this as it is a bath ballastic!



Who doesn't want a bath full of shocking pink candy scented water? Lush! I recommend the fluffy egg :)

Can you guess their secret?

I do it every day too!

To be continued.......

Mothers day butterfly red velvet cupcakes!

Since it's mothers day this Sunday, I decided to bake some cupcakes with my daughter!
I decided to go for red velvet cupcakes. I have never made these before, but found it so easy! I decorated with pink glittery butterflies and red cocoa frosting.
Here's the recipe if your wanting to give it ago! 

What you'll need;
1 large mixing bowl, 1 small bowl and one medium size bowl
Scales
12 hole muffin tin
12 cupcake cases
Mixer/whisk
Teaspoon


For the cakes;
60g unsalted butter, at room temperature
150g caster sugar
1 egg at room temperature
20g cocoa powder,sifted
2 tbsp red food coloring
150g plain flour
140ml buttermilk
2tsp baking powder
4tsp white wine vinegar


For the frosting
8oz butter
160oz icing sugar


and any decorations you require.

I really love my new mixing bowl! its huuuuge!

Here's the cupcake cakes I went for. Pink with butterflies on them! The one mistake I made was using  bigger then average cases and you'll see why it didn't work later on.

Firstly you need to preheat your oven to 180 degrees and line your muffin tin with cases.


Add the butter and caster sugar together with an electric mixer or whisk until creamy and fluffy.
Add the egg and whisk away for another minute.

In a separate bowl mix the cocoa powder and food coloring together with a teaspoon.

Add this to the cake mix until incorporated.

Your mix should be looking like this!

At this stage add the flour and buttermilk and mix for  2 minutes, then add the baking powder and vinegar and mix for a further 2 minutes.

What the mix should now look like.

Now it is time to scoop the cake mix into the cases. I made a mistake of adding too little to the cases, as these are extra large! opps! Mistakes noted for next time..
Bake the cakes for 25 minutes.

Whilst there baking away and smelling Delicious, I like to wash up and then make a start on the frosting. I use silver spool icing sugar and butter.

Mixing both ingredients together until you are left with a lovely fluffy butter cream.

I added cocoa to mine for extra sweetness 

and 2 tsp of red food coloring!

The cakes are done! as you can see the cupcake cases are way to big and over towering the cakes, slight error there but they will still be tasty!

I added the butter cream once the cakes had cooled down by swirling them on with a knife.

and added a pretty icing butterfly! :)
And there we go! So easy. Lovely treats for mothers day! My daughter had so much fun making them with me, and even more fun eating them! I'll leave you with a few more pictures of my creations, I hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Lauren x

Instagram #1

I have had an iphone for about a month now, and i'm loving instagram! I know alot of bloggers do weekly photos, and I was thinking of doing that, but so far have failed taking photos of certain parts of my day and even a day all together, so here are a few photos from the last couple of weeks that I have taken, i may do these posts every so often (: add me if you like! laurenrose182

1. My new kitten puss in boots. 2. Addicted to those bunnies
3. My new David and Goliath hoodie. 4. Nesquik hot chocolate?! Just had to get it!

5. Daisy picking in the sunshine.  6.Pink skinny's and converse!

7.Lush! my little lush corner on my dressing table. 8. My awesome phone case!

x

Lush haul! New Easter and Mothers day range

I was unwell for a few days and my ever so lovely boyfriend said I could cheer myself up by getting some lush goodies! (best boyfriend ever)
I was eager to try the new delightful s out. The Easter range and mothers day range!

Being a mummy myself I received the flower last year that came on the stick which isn't sold at lush anymore. I thought it was way to pretty however and never used it, it sat on my shelf for ages. That never happens with lush products with me! Anyway to what I got..

 The carrot bubble bar
How cute is this! Lush has brought us a sparkly new product for Easter 2012.
When I first saw the carrot on the website I bagged it straight away. The cuteness sold me!
The scent is a blackcurranty,lemon and bergamot, very tropically!
The carrot can be used again, you just swish around your water until your satisfied with the amount of bubbles!

 Fluffy egg bath bomb

Another Easter product! I bought this for my mum back in 2010 and regretted not buying for myself! This is such a sweet smelling product. The scent comes from candy fluff dusting powder. 

 Tulip bubble bar
A new mothers day product, a re-usable bubble bar on a stick!
For this wand the scents used are chocolate orange (yum)Yuzu and cocoa bubbleroon fragrance. A uplifting treat!

Plant the label full of seeds to grow your only flowers! exciting!

Madame butterfly re-usable bubble barAnother newbie for mothers day!

The magic wand at chrismas was so popular lush have brought out TWO wands for mothers day! hurrah!
This is the one product I have used, and the smell is so light but lovely, leaving my bath water a very light rose pink. The scent is the same as rose jam bubbleroon.
I have put a video up on youtube of me using the wand for the first time which you can see below. I used mine for a minute and yet i still have a lot left!

Magic mushroom bubble bar
I was surprised to still see this on the site so added one to basket in case they sell out soon.
Its a valentines favourite of mine, even tho the smell isn't that strong, i would love to smell the strawberries more!

If you would like further reviews or videos demoing any of the products be sure to let me know! :)