Where's the Witch?

I'm not a huge one for fancy dress but last night we attended a Halloween party and as it was fancy dress i thought i'd take the easy option and go as a witch.

After asking about on twitter for recommendations for a vivid purple lipstick i decided on a mix of the Sleek pout paints and after a quick trip to superdrug i was raring to go about creating a bright lipped witchy look.

Here's how it turned out !

I think i might do a little post on the Sleek Pout Paints as i am seriously impressed with them and the versatility of the shades you can make with them.

Have you been entering into the Halloween festivities?

Strawberry Cheesecake Sugar Scrub Cubes!

As most of you know i am in the process of starting up a little online business selling handmade foodie scented body products. 

I can't tell you how much fun i am having in mixing and making new products.

I set myself the challenge of making some sugar scrub cubes which were quite challenging as i wanted a gorgeous scrub that wasn't too hard and foamed up as well as leaving the skin beautiful and soft.

Strawberry Cheesecake sugar scrub cubes

Here's how the latest batch came out. What do you think?

Made with Shea butter, Aloe butter, grapeseed oil, Vitamin E and a little Shea butter soap and lots of sugar

Full of great natural products and no preservatives

I'd like to try these in lemon and vanilla sugar , coffee mocha and Apple Tart & Cinnamon Fragrance

Have you ever tried a sugar cube scrub? I'm thinking these would make lovely gifts for xmas.

BeetleJuice is in the building!

I don't often see a collection where i love the look of each polish but this is an exception. I am even going to break my no more buying polish rule and treat myself to a few of these. After all at £5 each they are a complete bargain.

 I can't tell you how much i adore the look of these polishes, i just hope they live up to the images and the multi dimensional tones are really as vivid in real life.

The collection takes inspiration from the wings of a beetle, hence the name Beetle juice and what great timing with all the Halloween festivities for the launch of these mysterious shades.

If i had to choose a favourite I'd struggle but I'm guessing third in line Pinky brown but I'm intrigued to see the Emerald Black at the end as I'm guessing it will be stunning in real life.

Launching online November www.modelsownit.com

Do you like the look of this collection and which is your favourite?

Ruling Out Red!

I'm a big fan of red lipstick, its one of those fail proof makeup items that i turn to when i want to look like I've made an effort.
Saying that though, I've come to realise Red is not the colour to be rocking during the school holidays. This is the reason Why!

Far too much kissing goes on during the holidays and who could say no to my little man?

Haha bless him. Cute but not very practical :)
Hope you are all enjoying half term. xx

Breast Cancer Campaign Raffle Results!

I'm so excited to tell you that the names have been drawn for the raffle. We raised a huge amount of £1172.50 + £222.63 Gift Aid.

Thank you so much to everyone who entered.

The tickets were picked out by my son Rocco 1 by 1 and we had a lot of fun doing it.
So here are the winners in no particular order

A year's supply of perfume from  Escentual.com 

Charlotte Ainsley

  Revitalash Volumizing Mascaras 

Aimee Burgess

Amy Brown

Lauren Colfer

Madeleine Benson

Carla Taylor

Bharti M

Charlotte Platt

Makeup monologue

Louise Hollow

Modesty Brown

Illamasqua 

Powder Blusher in Chased, Nail Varnish in Collide and Lipstick in Corrupt

Joanne Steen

Aromatherapy Associates
1 x Miniature Bath & Shower Oil Collection
1 x Deep Relax Bath & Shower Oil
1 x Relax Candle
1 x Overnight Repair Mask
1 x Rich Repair Nourishing Cream 
1 x Rich Repair Eye Cream

Lydia o callagan

Cocktail Cosmetics 

£50  Gift Voucher

Beth Parkinson

 

Gaia Creams
1 x  Raw Night Cream

Farrah Gray

1 x Raw Veggie Face & Body Cream

Paula Fitzgerald

 Orly  trio of polishes Autumn/Winter Collection Birds Of A Feather

Jade Hewit

Arch Angelz  £20 Gift Voucher

Aimeeblogs Aimee Keith

Skin Bistro  Home Spa Bath Soak

Rebecca Gosling

Louise Young Cosmetics  full Brush Set

Missy Ellie

Elemis Anti Ageing Cleansing collection

Holly Secrets

Beautybay.com

  £25 Gift Voucher

Nicola Hall

Hayley Kershaw

Diva Veloce 3800 Pro Hair Dryer

Rebecca Hams

Titanium Hot Tong RRP £39.99

Sarah Allen

Glamoriser Sleek Straightners RRP £79.99
Ines Pineda Torra

Spirulina Skincare UK 

Organic Sea Buckthorne  Anti Ageing Facial Cream with Hyaluronic acid and Argireline

Carmen Balza

Organic Sea Buckthorne Anti Ageing Skin Serum 

Naresh Joshi

Organic Sea Buckthorne Eye Contour Cream

Jennifer Kelly

Appliances online
£20 Gift Card to spend with Amazon

Gloria Mrsglobug

Vichy selection of skincare from the Aqualia range.

Mary Rushforth

 La Roche-Posay  selection of skincare

Ladybug

Roger & Gallet full set from the Fleur d'Osmanthus range.
Rowena Cosmetic Candy

Amarya

Cura Noctis Night Cream for sensitive skin by Ananne 

Shifa fijiwala

Santaverde Aloe Vera Body Emulsion 

Katie Colquhoun

Sleek Cosmetics  gift box packed to the rim with pink cosmetics. 

 Asma Mustafa

        

OPI

Nice Stems Mini Collection

Touring America Mini Collection

Beth Gloss Galore

OPI

12 Full sized nail lacquers

Joanne Constantine

Daniel Sandler

£120 worth of mixed cosmetics 

Lauren O Donovan

Jess from Lovely Jubbly handmade Jewelry

Katie Crompton

Savar

Energising Body Wash 

Justine Pendlebury

Advanced Hand Repair RRP £19

Jenna Sutherland

Nourishing Body Lotion RRP £19 

Samantha ( Makeup advice forum)

 Hamper packed full of mixed Beauty products + 2 Nanoblur donated by a fellow blogger at Beautywowzer

Alisa Robertson

 

 

Congratulations to all the winners 

Please bear with me while i sort out all the prizes. Some of the companies will contact you directly and i will be contacting some of you as well. I have a lot of products to post out so please be patient and i promise to get things sorted ASAP.

Thankyou to all the companies who have donated such beautiful prizes and to all you bloggers and friends who have taken part. 

Love and hugs

Nicoletta xxx

New Layered Body Bars!

Hello ladies, how's everyone doing?
I have been playing around with some of my ingredients and came up with a few new massage bars which i made this afternoon. I'm actually really pleased with how these came out as they smell Amazing if i do say so myself :)

Bakewell Tart Massage Bar!

Dark Chocolate & Vanilla Bean Massage Bar!

Now I'm dreaming up other duo combinations, I'm thinking fairy cakes and buttercream next ? ?
I've finally found something i love doing that will hopefully make me a few pennies as well :)
Hope you are all having a lovely weekend
xx

We did it! Update on the raffle

I'm sure a lot of you already know but for those of you who don't: WE DID IT!




 We Hit The Target to raise £1000 in aid of The Breast Cancer Campaign Charity. In fact the total is now £1102 which is flipping BRILLIANT.

If you have not had time to enter then you still have today and tomorrow to enter as the raffle will not close until 12pm Friday 21st October.
The prizes are all finalised and if you want to check out all the prizes then take a look here

I cant wait to draw the raffle and see who wins what.
You can enter the raffle by making a donation here. The money goes directly to the charity and you get entered into the raffle at the same time.

On behalf of the Breast Cancer Campaign Charity and myself THANKYOU xxx

Breast Cancer Big Charity Event !

I am overwhelmed and amazed at the generosity of everyone who has contributed to this event and made it possible. Everyone from Big companies to individuals have rallied together and donated some amazing prizes for you to win.

If you somehow missed my last post then please see here as to why i am choosing to raise money for Breast Cancer Campaign.

Now onto the exciting bit, what can you win?

A year's supply of perfume from  Escentual.com . You the winner will get to choose 6 bottles of fragrance which will be sent directly from them to you. Worth over £200

10 Revitalash Volumizing Mascaras worth £19.95 each

Illamasqua have donated

Powder Blusher in Chased, Nail Varnish in Collide and Lipstick in Corrupt worth over £45

Aromatherapy Associates Have donated:
1 x Miniature Bath & Shower Oil Collection
1 x Deep Relax Bath & Shower Oil
1 x Relax Candle
1 x Overnight Repair Mask
1 x Rich Repair Nourishing Cream 
1 x Rich Repair Eye Cream
Worth £229.50

Cocktail Cosmetics have donated £50 worth of Gift Vouchers to spend at their store online which sells loads of fabulous brands including OCC, Sigma, Sugarpill and the Z palettes.

Gaia Creams have donated:
1 x  Raw Night Cream
1 x Raw Veggie Face & Body Cream
All the Gaia creams are hand crafted out of purely natural ingredients that contain no alcohol, toxins or any other nasties and come beautifully gift wrapped.

 Orly have Donated this gorgeous trio of polishes which are part of the latest Autumn/Winter Collection Birds Of A Feather

Arch Angelz have donated £20 Gift Voucher which can be used at any of their walk in eyebrow grooming bars

Skin Bistro have donate a Home Spa Bath Soak

Louise Young Cosmetics have a full Brush Set Worth £67 for one lucky winner

Elemis Have Donated this gorgeous Anti Ageing Cleansing collection that contains:
Pro Radiance Cream Cleanser 150ml
Soothing Apricot Toner 200ml
Papaya enzyme peel 50ml
Pro Collagen Marine Cream 15ml

Beautybay.com have kindly donated:

2 x £25 Gift Vouchers for use on their online shop
which sells a massive range of skincare, haircare, fragrance and makeup.

 

Soapbox PR have kindly donate 3 of the diva styling products


Diva Veloce 3800 Pro Hair Dryer RRP £49.99
Titanium Hot Tong RRP £39.99
Glamoriser Sleek Straightners RRP £79.99
Diva styling tools are available from Sally express

Spirulina Skincare UK Have kindly donated:

Organic Sea Buckthorne  Anti Ageing Facial Cream with Hyaluronic acid and Argireline RRP £24.99
Organic Sea Buckthorne Anti Ageing Skin Serum RRP £21.99
Organic Sea Buckthorne Eye Contour Cream RRP £21.99

Appliances online have kindly donate
£20 Gift Card to spend with Amazon

 Vichy have donated a selection of skincare from the Aqualia range worth £57.50 for one lucky winner including the above products.

 La Roche-Posay have donated 5 gorgeous products from their skincare range including the above products worth £59

Roger & Gallet have donated a full set from the Fleur d'Osmanthus range which includes:

250ml Honey Shower Gel
100ml Fragrance
 100gm Travel Soap
200ml Body lotion

Amarya the online site who specialize in natural and organic skincare have donated:
Cura Noctis Night Cream for sensitive skin by Ananne RRP £90.00
Santaverde Aloe Vera Body Emulsion RRP £29.99

Sleek Cosmetics have donated this gift box packed to the rim with pink cosmetics. Perfect for the girly girl including:

         Oh So Special i-Divine Palette

True Colour Lipsticks in Pink Freeze and Babydoll

Blushers in Flamingo and Pixie Pink

Glossed in Whisper and Pixie

Pout Paints in Rosette, Pinkini and Milkshake

Pout Polishes in Pink Cadillac and Frosting

 

OPI have very generously donated:

Nice Stems Mini Collection

Touring America Mini Collection

Serena Glam Slam Duo ( not pictured )

12 Full sized nail lacquers

Daniel Sandler has donated:

£120 worth of mixed cosmetics including his famous watercolour blush in Goddess

 

Jess from Lovely Jubbly has donated:

The above handmade jewelry from her online shop

Savar are a  new premium natural and organic skin care company and they have donated:

Energising Body Wash RRP £19

Advanced Hand Repair RRP £19

Nourishing Body Lotion RRP £19

 

Last but not least we have a gorgeous hamper packed full of mixed Beauty products

including:

Nip & Fab Skincare

Eye Candy Lashes

Nailene

All about Eve

Clinique

Sexy Hair

Elizabeth Arden

OPI

As you can see Companies have been amazingly generous on their part so now its our turn to do our little bit. We have so so many prizes that chances of winning something are very high.

To be in with a chance of winning all you have to do is make a donation to the Breast Cancer Campaign Via my Justgiving page here. Or follow the link on the right hand side on my page.
The money goes directly to the charity and you get instantly entered into the draw. You can donate anything from £1 upwards


Please help me spread the word by tweeting, facebooking or even doing a post about it. Good luck and Thank you so so much xxx