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Charlotte Tilbury Magic Foundation: An Exciting New Launch

8/27/2015







Back in July - which seems like absolutely years ago now, I headed to London for the afternoon for the launch of Charlotte Tilbury's new Magic Foundation*. You may have caught a few snippets on Instagram (I also vlogged the day too which you can see here), but I wanted to wait until the product had actally launched to really spill the beans on just how good this is. Believe me, it's been a hard one to keep in!

A Simple Step That Gets Me Up In The Morning

8/25/2015

Amongst all of my unfortunate bad habits - being untidy, never volunteering to do the dishes and staying up later than I should, not waking up in the morning is one of the worst. I've been through practically every alarm tone my iPhone has to offer and still have yet to find something that properly rouses me out of my coma-like state of sleep. Then, once I do regain consciousness, the next hour is usually spent staring blankly into space trying to figure out where I am and what I'm supposed to be doing.

Enter the Aromatherapy Associates Revive Oil*. I've had this gathering dust in the back of my bathroom cupboard for months, but as I'm not a particularly big bath taker it's so far gone mostly unused. The smell of this though is enough to get my things working again so I've been pouring a few drops onto the floor of my shower and letting the steam do it's work. The whole room get's filled with the scent of rosemary mingled with sharp grapefruit which does wonders at kicking the sluggishness and getting my brain back into gear!

* Gifted PR Sample

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The Date Night: A Red Inspired Get Ready With Me

8/24/2015







I've been itching to share this video with you for so long and that moment is finally here! Last weekend Darren and I went on a date with a difference. Instead of just settling for our usual haunts (our local Nando's and cinema), we dressed up in our Sunday best and went to the beautiful and much more elegant Hotel du Vin in Winchester.

I've been working in collaboration with Estée Lauder and Modern Muse Le Rouge* which, from the first sniff I knew was going to become a favourite! The scent is rich and comforting with notes of vanilla and musk melded together with a sweeter edge of rose and raspberry for a juicy afterthought. I absolutely love it and along with the beautiful packaging makes for the perfect Date Night fragrance.

Red as a colour has always appealed to me - hello, have you seen my lipstick collection? and I was inspired by Le Rouge to go all out with an absolutely stunning dress from Coast and red heels to match! Roses are also some of my favourite flowers so a bunch delivered to my door pre-date was a lovely start to the evening. We ordered cocktails, chatted until the restaurant was deserted and had a wonderful evening that I can't wait to repeat again!

The Week: Catching Up

8/23/2015

I think it would be fair to say that this little space of the internet has suffered quite a bit of neglect in the recent months after possibly the most jam packed few weeks I've had to date! After getting back from L.A. at the end of July (that seems like so long ago now!) I went straight back into travelling and took a week out for some family time in the South of Wales. No 3G, very little internet and the being in the best company made for a perfect getaway by the beach and coming back down and falling into my usual schedule after two amazing weeks away from home has been tough!

Back to reality it has been though and I've been hopping back and forth between London and home on a weekly basis now, which after a two hour train journey there and back has left very little time for much else. Making the move up there is now a debate I have with myself on a daily basis! I also spent yesterday at V Festival in Chelmsford which luckily turned out to be the one sunny day in a handful of rainy ones, hanging out with some of my favourite girls and taking in some great music. Although we didn't stay late enough to catch everyone (the secret Kasabian fangirl inside me definitly shed a tear at missing them!) we managed to catch some amazing acts.

Next week is a fresh start and a clean state though and I plan to dedicate most of it to reorganizing my life, starting as that usually does with my ridiculous floordrobe. Hello, my name is Alix and I am messy. I ordered Marie Kondo's 'The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying' after seeing so many rave reviews about how it is, indeed, life changing. Let's hope so anyway as a tidy home leads to a tidy mind and hopefully a much more consistent approach to producing content for you all! I've started with a set of step-ladder shelves I picked up from Ikea last week and already feel slightly more at peach with my overflowing amount of mostly needless possessions. I feel an extreme clear out coming!


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July Favourites

8/03/2015

Excuse the monthly cliché of pointing out how quickly the last four weeks have gone by, but seriously.. what happened to July!? One minute I'm rounding off the last part of #ICovetJune (playlist here if you're still not caught up) and the next it's August and I'm left wondering where the last thirty-one days have vanished to.

I've been living in different time zones and out of a suitcase for most of the month - no doubt a key factor in my confusion, leaving beauty as less of a priority and more of a space saving issue. It's been all about the multi-tasking products! Because of that, I've switched up my usual favourites routine and picked out just five of my most used and most loved products from July. Those favouring something on the less simple side, fear not.. with the amount off stuff I brought back with me on said trips, I can guaranteed you'll be in for an extremely long winded one next month!

This Week: Seven Days in L.A.

8/02/2015


Warning: this post is currently being written under the influence of some serious jet lag. Rambling and senselessness may ensue..

After a whirlwind seven days in L.A. - and two eleven hour flights that I'd honestly quite like to forget, I'm finally back in the UK! Over the week I definitely embraced the US a lot more than I thought I would; the weather was beautiful, the people were lovely and the coffee came extra large. Our first three days were filled with meetings, panels and parties at Vidcon, which flew by so quickly I barely had time to register how amazing it was to be a part of such a massive community. It's always so overwhelming when I get to see the other side of the camera, and the people that actually take the time to watch and support my videos!

Then came the shopping. I ran into the first Sephora I saw like a child in a candy shop and didn't come out empty handed. An instant upgrade to VIB may have even happened.. Trust me, I won't be buying any more make up for a long, long time to come! At the moment I'm trying to figure out how to break a haul down into manageable chunks, rather than throwing everything into one thirty minute ramble-fest (unless thats actually something you'd all like to see - answers on a postcard below!) so expect there to be a few videos coming up on my US purchases soon!

On the weekend we took an Uber to Santa Monica where we pottered around some more shops, eyed up bags in Kate Spade (where another sneaky purchase may have been made..) and took a stroll along the pier while I snapped as many photos of palm trees as I physically could manage! I went with the full intention of vlogging the whole trip, but definitely forgot to pick up my camera on more than one occasion thanks to the insane schedule we kept to. I'm looking forward to sitting down this week and putting together the clips that I have into something fun for you to watch!

It was a great week, surrounded by some of my favourite people. L.A., I miss you already!



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Mid-Year Beauty Round Up: Make Up & Skincare Favourites

8/01/2015

Rounding up the best in beauty has become a bit of a yearly thing now and I usually dedicate the first few days of January to trolling through a years worth of monthly favourite videos (see the playlist here if you fancy doing the same!) in order to pick out the best of the best from the whole twelve months. As we've just reached August though (can you believe it!?) I thought I'd revisit the same format of video but look back at how things have changed over the last six months. Not surprisingly, quite a few things have remained the same, but I've also discovered some new life-long favourites and changed my mind about a few old ones!