The Body Shop pick ups

I have a Body Shop rewards card, they are pretty handy even if you only pop in once in a while, you get a £5 welcome gift, a £5 birthday gift and 10% off every purchase, if you spend over £10 per visit which I find easy enough to manage :D you also get a 'stamp' and after 4 stamps you get another £5 free gift, if you manage to make 8 purchases in 12 months you get an additional £10!! gift.

The card is £5 to sign up but for up to £25 in freebies and 10% everything including the sales items it really is worth it, you get to pick which gifts you have, I went for a banana shampoo because I love the stuff.

 I swim, some weeks quite a lot and this stuff is amazing for dry, brittle hair, you don't need a lot to condition but twice as much as normal and 5 minutes and you have the perfect hair mask, I don't eat bananas, I don't like the taste but the smell of this stuff if enough to make your mouth water.
The shampoo is cleansing without stripping your hair and leaving it dried out.
Banana Shampoo
Banana Conditioner

Then we added a Hemp soap on a rope, my husband loves this stuff, it smells great without being too strong and leaves his skin really soft, Hemp has a lot of good qualities and isn't just a novelty soap, definitely one to add to the Christmas boxes.

Hemp Soap

And last....whilst walking around the shop I showed my husband the new Smoky Poppy range, needless to say he loved it, he really likes the original opium perfume and this had a very similar scent, a little peppery but without the bitterness, perfect for a romantic night out or in.

Smoky Poppy Perfume

 

TJ x

Floozie by French Frost

Todays post features handbags! I'm new to the world of handbags, until I was 22 I never carried a handbag around with me and before I was nineteen i'd never carried anything except a baby changing bag, in the last four years I've grown into quite the collector of handbags especially Floozie bags.

 

I have six bags and one purse in my collection which might not sound like much but for me it's a lot to go from none to six.

 

 

My first Floozie was the black polka on the left, I nipped into Debenhams for a new pair of shoes from their KG section (which is a whole other blog post) and I saw it across the room.

I'd never heard of Floozie but then I've never been one to keep up with labels so it didn't matter and for around £25 I just had to have it.

 

Since I used the bag 95% of the week for nearly 12 months eventually it started to show signs of wear so it's now stored away for best when I need a little black bag and I've replaced it with these other two, equally cute and just as durable.

 

The cream shoulder bag on the left was my second bag that I picked up during one of their sales, I had gotten a brand new cream coat for Christmas and I needed something to colour coordinate with it and this was perfect and it's slightly larger size mean I'm not left carrying a stack of books on library day as well as a bag :)

 

 

The little pink bag in the middle is so cute! I got some vouchers and went in to buy a new purse since my old one died and just after I found the perfect purse I saw this bag and knew I had to have it, it's like a compulsion to buy these bags. The navy daisy bag is my latest purchase but I'm sure it won't be my last, it's bigger and roomy but it's also summery, I have a flared, navy trench kind of coat and it's a perfect match. 

 

All the Floozie bags come in a bag for your bag, Once my bags are stored away like my first black bag I put the bag in this to store them away. The hand bags are all roomy inside despite the small looking size and each one has a zip pocket and a phone holder pocket, they have all come with an extendable shoulder strap which can be easily removed and all except the new daisy have come with a cute mixed up key ring with various little charms and details which just make the bag so much more.

The bags range in the price from about £30-£45 but Debenhams often have sales on and I've picked up some bags for a little over £20, they are worth every penny and I get a lot of compliments on my bags when I'm out. Don't be afraid to try a name you've not heard before and don't be afraid to mix things up a little, a querky little bag can make all the difference to an outfit.

We love I love...

Occasionally when my husband offers to drive us we pop into home bargains and find lots of bargains, we saw lots of mothers day stock which is ideal for next year from the little ones but best of all we found a selection of I love... which has to be in my top 5 shower gels, since we still swim once to twice a week we use up a lot of shower gels but I've found when ever we take a I love... product we get lots of sniffy noses near us and questions on what scented gels we're using.

 

I've has Tangerine dream and Juicy watermelon before and loved them but the other two are totally new to me and Choca Mocha Lala smells absolutely amazing, it may just be my new favourite.

I'm not sure the going rate for I love... shower gels but these were 89p each and I'm definitely going to pester the other half into taking me more often in case they have any more in.
Let me know what steals you find in your local HB :)


TJ x

Birch Box March

Normally i'd wait for my GB to come and post about them both but GB seem to be getting slower and slower at sending boxes so i'm not going to wait around anymore.

A note book and a short story or part of a story were the first things I found, which were hardly exciting, I miss the free chocolates and sweets, BB seem to be adding more and more paper to every box.

I receieved a large bag of bath salts.....*rolls eyes* yay! I have yet to meet anyone that buys bath salts, normally they are given as gifts or used up for the sake of it, sadly these came in a cheap plastic bag so I can't give them as gifts.

I was pleased to be able to pick my mascara this month, at least if I'm going to get yet another one I might as well be able to pick my favourite and this is one I haven't tried so it was helpful.

I also got a 2ml perfume sample....another yay! It's not my kind of scent and I've never heard of the company but I certainly won't be buying a large version.

 

 

 

Janjira isn't something I've heard of and the lack of info on the tube made me reluctant to try it but I did and after 3 days I can honestly say....it's done nothing so far, I continue for the week but I really can't see any changes.

 

 

 

Last was ANOTHER Pk product, now I love PK and I spend a lot of money with them but! I don't want one in every single box, I purchase the boxes to try new things and after 2-3 products by one company I've decided if I want to continue trying there products so lets me on BB, please.

 

TJ x