Bargain Bat your eyelashes

I love False eyelashes but even more so when i can find them at a great price. The other day i was looking on eBay and came across these little beauties

You get 5 pairs in a pack for just £3.97 and £1.28 postage which costs less than your average price for just 1 pair of lashes. BARGAIN

You never know the quality when you buy from eBay Ive had some lashes that were awful and some brilliant ones too. These ones are the latter. They are soft and easy to apply and they don't feel heavy on the eyes. I really like the design with the little clusters of lashes in between the shorter ones which make the lashes look lovely and full without being too OTT.

Before eyelashes

After

If you fancy trying these out for yourself head over to eBay here and grab a bargain.

Alterna Bamboo 48hr Sustainable Volume Spray

It cant be denied that the Big hair look has and probably will forever be one of the biggest trends in hair throughout the UK and elsewhere for that matter. After all thick volumous hair has always been a sign of youth and wellness but in my eyes i always think the bigger the hair looks the slimmer the face looks and for a round moon face like mine its a no brainer.

Now i wasn't blessed with luscious thick hair unfortunately Ive always had fine hair but lots of it but with many years of colour and straightening and general wear and tear and of course ageing Ive found that my hair feels quite thin and flat a lot of the time.

I am constantly searching for volumising products and am considering extensions as i mentioned in an earlier post as i am envious when i see someone with gorgeous thick hair but hey ho i have to work with what i have and so when i was offered the chance to try the Alterna Bamboo 48hr Sustainable Volume spray i jumped at the chance.
      Alterna Bamboo 48hr Sustainable Volume spray 

The product itself is free of Parabens and other nasties which is a pleasant change and with the promise of increasing volume by 105% i was very excited to try it out. 

Reading through all the ingredients i can promise you there is a lot of brilliant stuff in this which again gave me high hopes. Bamboo Extracts and Maca Root to help with the body building and strengthening aspects.
The product is priced at £24 for 125ml so its not the cheapest of products but in this case id say you definately get what you pay for.

How did it Rate?

I'm really impressed by the product. I sprayed about 8 pumps throughout my hair and blasted with the hair dryer. The photo shows my hair immediately after drying. It gave me more volume it also left my hair feeling a lot thicker but the 3 main things that i love about this product are:

1. The fact this product didn't leave my hair sticky like 95% of thickening products do. You can still run your hands through your hair and it feels lovely and soft which is a HUGE bonus.

2. The Volume lasted all day long. Ive tried products that give great results and big hair but it usually lasts a few hrs on my fine hair so again this was a brilliant result for me.

3. If i wanted my hair bigger than this all i did was gently tease with a thin comb at the roots and it held in place for hours. No rough backcombing needed as the product seemed to hold the gentle teasing in place which for my type of hair is really the only way its going to give huge volume.

I can honestly say i will be using this product a lot in the future. Have you tried this yet and do you love Big hair like me?

Loosing the Xmas Fat Before & After Pics!

Today's post is a little bit daunting for me. At 5ft 2 and 38 years young i have found that over the last 6 months i was steadily putting a few pounds on here and there and generally eating a lot of convenience foods and feeling really unhealthy. I have always been prone to gaining weight but am finding as I'm getting older the battle of the bulge is harder to maintain. 

On New years eve i made a resolution. My resolution was to get healthy. I'm not measuring my health by weight but my goal is to tone up, get fitter, healthier and stronger. After years of dieting and loosing weight and putting it back on Ive realised that there has to be a better way.

I don't want to count calories. My metabolism is shot from eating so little and then binging that i have to try something that i can maintain that will fit in with my everyday life and not make me feel deprived.  So this is what I'm doing:

Cutting out processed foods 

Cutting out Alcohol, Coffee, Fizzy drinks

Exercising

Taking supplements

Here's How I'm doing so far.

1/1/2014          7/2/2014

1/1/2014        7/2/2014

I have also lost 10 pounds in weight

I can do 10 Press ups ( Compared to 0 )

I can run for 20 mins on a treadmill (Compared to 5)

I have to say I'm surprised at how fast my body has changed. It hasn't been easy and i still have a long way to go but i am proud of myself for what i have achieved in just 6 weeks. I am happy to share what foods Ive been eating and what exercise Ive done if anybody is interested. Thanks for reading and i will be keeping you updated as i continue on this healthy mission. If anybody has any links to healthy eating or exercise blogs id love you to leave me a link so i can get some inspiration xx

GOSH BOOMBASTIC Mascara Volume XXL Review

I'm always on the look out for a great mascara. I am not a mascara snob by any means, i would be just as happy using a £2.99 cheap one as i would using a high end brand. Saying that though i am Very Very fussy. The reasoning of my overly fussy nature when it comes to mascara is the fact that my own lashes are pity full so therefore i need a mascara that is a miracle worker. Not only are my lashes very short but they are fine too. The latest mascara i purchased was this Boombastic XXL from GOSH. Priced at £8.49 available from Superdrug.

 The brush on this Mascara is huge. The brush can literally cover the full width of my eye with one stroke which is a bonus if you are short on time. The bristles are firm and close together and the shape is straight rather than curved like a lot of mascaras. The Colour is deep black and i found it easy to apply.

2 Coats of Mascara on Top & Bottom Lashes

Pros: Its great for fast thick lashes. It builds up almost instantly and if you had long lashes I'm sure it would look stunning.

Great Colour. No chalkiness just Jet Black lashes.

Lasts really well and is easily removed

No Smudging.

Cons: Can become clumpy if you use more than 2 coats (Not that you need to)

All in all I'm happy with this mascara and for the price i am impressed. It is a lot better than some of  the higher end mascaras that Ive tried out. Its not the best mascara for me personally but if you have normal lashes that are just not particularly thick or dark then id definitely recommend giving this one a shot.