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Sunday, 5 January 2014

2014!

Happy 2014! First of all I need to apologize for the complete Blogmas fail! As it got closer and closer to Christmas I was so busy I just didn't have the time to keep it up.

2013 has flown by, its had its ups and downs, visited some amazing places and I am looking forward to making 2014 even better. Here are some of 2013's biggest highlights for me:

I went to Dubai for the first time at Easter

In June I got to go to the races for the first time

I visited the Greek island of Santorini

I've had a couple of fun trips to London with my family

And I've had some the best times with my amazing friends

What have been your highlights of 2013, and what are you most looking forward to in 2014?

Thursday, 19 December 2013

Blogmas Day 19: Our Favourite Christmas Songs

Less than a week til Christmas!! Because we are in such a festive mood we thought we'd share our Christmas playlist....

1. Fairytale of New York - The Pogues

This is our all time favourite Christmas song! It's the first song we play on the 1st of December every year and it brings back so many Christmas memories.

2. All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey

Who doesn't love this Christmas classic? It's one of the first Christmas songs we can remember from when we were little and it still doesn't get old.

3. Jingle Bell Rock - Bobby Helms

This always reminds us of Mean Girls and makes us want to put on Santa costumes and dance along. It's such a good sing along song too.

4. Baby It's Cold Outside - Zooey Deschanel and Leon Redbone

From the classic Christmas film Elf, (not technically a Christmas song) Baby It's Cold Outside makes us feel all festive. It's a great one to sing along to as well.

5. 8 Days of Christmas - Destiny's Child

We had to feature a bit of Beyonce on our Christmas playlist. This song might not be the most traditional Christmas song but we love it all the same.

What Christmas songs are on your playlist this year?

Wednesday, 18 December 2013

Blogmas Day 18: Christmas Presents To Ourselves!

Today we finally had a catch up in Manchester after not seeing each other for about a month because of University, we both decided to treat ourselves to a Christmas present to put under the tree for Christmas day! This is what we bought...

Jess
If you've seen some of the other posts of Blogmas you will see Jo Malone pop up a few times, I'm slightly obsessed with all her fragrances and candles at the minute so decided to treat myself to a small cologne. I couldn't decide between three scents: Peony & Blush Suede, English Pear & Freesia and Earl Grey & Cucumber. After a lot of deliberation and umming and ahhing I decided to get English Pear & Freesia. It smells fresh and fruity with notes of pear, freesia and patchouli.

Sophie
I've had a slight obsession with Nars makeup recently so my gift to myself is the Nars Satin Lip Pencil in Rikugien. I've had my eye on this lip pencil since August when we went to the Selfridges beauty event, where I purchased the Satin Lip Pencil in Yu. Although there were so many tempting shades to choose from when we were at the makeup counter, I decided to stick with this colour because I'd wanted it for so long. Rikugien is a gorgeous rosy pink shade with a slight shimmer when applied. I love the soft texture of these lip pencils because they apply so easily and this shade is especially buildable. I can't wait to use mine on Christmas Day.