Sunday 30 October 2011

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?

Friday 28 October 2011

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.

Thursday 27 October 2011

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?

Wednesday 26 October 2011

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

Sunday 23 October 2011

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



Aimee Burgess
Amy Brown
Lauren Colfer
Madeleine Benson
Carla Taylor
Bharti M
Charlotte Platt
Makeup monologue
Louise Hollow
Modesty Brown



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
£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





  £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




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




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



        

Nice Stems Mini Collection
Touring America Mini Collection
Beth Gloss Galore




OPI
12 Full sized nail lacquers
Joanne Constantine





£120 worth of mixed cosmetics 
Lauren O Donovan



Jess from Lovely Jubbly handmade Jewelry

Katie Crompton





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

Saturday 22 October 2011

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

Thursday 20 October 2011

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


Sunday 9 October 2011

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
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