christmas goodies+festive summary

hello lovelys,

i hope you all had a great christmas, and as promised, here is a little summary of mine. i didn't take too many pictures on the day, so the ones i have to show you are mainly christmas trees, and now looking the picture of my presents looks very bright and surreal in contrast!

before i start i'd like to say that i am definitely not gloating or bragging, but i love to read these posts and i think everyone like to have a cheeky little nose at what people have received, even i they don't like to admit it! so i am definitely not showing off, it's the last thing i'd want to do... but here are some pictures!

christmas tree on christmas eve

gorgeous festive wood burner at my great-aunties

christmas tree at my grandparents on the day after boxing day (?)... and my sock!

amazing festive display at a hotel (taken on my phone-sorry about the blurring)

cutest little face ever

some of the gifts i recieved!

i had an amazing christmas this year. i didn't really know what i wanted so mainly got little gifts from my family, and then some money and a stocking from my parents. i got quite a few clothes but they are impossible to photograph so they will hopefully be shown in an ootd soon! i also got quite a few nail varnishes but they didn't fit in the grid and two have already been featured (this post) so i thought i'd leave them out, and can do a seperate post if requested!

i thought i'd show you some of the smaller, more unique gifts i received so...

really big words trivia quiz (stocking)

owl necklace (parents)

l'occitane almond shower oil (grandparents!)

divine dogs puzzle game (stocking)

cath kidston purse (great auntie and uncle)

jack wills 'english velvet' soap and sephora 'lagoon' bath fizz (stocking)

sass&belle owl decoration (stocking)

dog brooch (brother)

monsoon picture frame (family friends)

so that is just a snippet of the things i received! i mainly showed you smaller gifts and stocking fillers but i just had to put my new purse in there. isn't she a beaut? i've wanted a cath kidston purse for sooo long, and i'm soooo pleased with it! i got some goofy things, like the dogs game but it's all in the

name of festivity, eh? and i've been wanting that shower oil for aages, though why my mum asked my grandparents to get it i'll never know!

i had an amazing christmas, and please link your festive summaries down below for me to read, as they're my favourite type of post to read!

i should have some new year themed posts headed your way tomorrow but for now, bye!!

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Festive party nails!

Hi everyone!

 

I hope you all had a great Christmas, and got everything you wished for and overall had lots of fun! I certainly did, and thought I would show you what's on my nails at the moment!

 

This is such a simple and quick style to put on your nails, but still has all the glitter and festive colours you may want for New Year. Obviously the colours may not go with your outfit, but you could easily swap them out to match.

 

Sorry if the pink nail looks weird, I was rushing out the door and it was still wet when I took it!

 

Mavala- Peacock Green

Barry M- Raspberry

Topshop- Jem

 

I actually thought Jem (the glitter) was red when I first saw it on the Topshop website. I put it over Raspberry to make it more opaque and it was pink! But i can rock pink and green, I'm fine with that...

 

Anyway, Jem is an absolutely gorgeous glitter. The light kept reflecting off in weird ways so I couldn't take a photo of it, but the chunks of glitter in it are amazing. There are different sizes and... just everybody get yourself to Topshop asap.

 

Jem and Peacock green were both Christmas presents, and I love the green equally as much as Jem. It's such a gorgeous festive colour, and Mavala is such a lovely brand in general; there little bottles are soo cute!

 

I think I've rambled well enough about my nails for one post so goodbye! I hope you've enjoyed this post, it's my first nailsy one so let me know what you thought! I'll hopefully be popping up a small selection of my Christmas presents up in a post soon so watch out for that!

 

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Models own wonderland collection!!

Hi everyone!
I don't usually do this type of post as I think they're better when their PR have contacted you, but I just had to share this new models own collection with you.

According to their Facebook page, it's available in their bottle shop in Westfield now and in boots stores. As far as I can see, it's not on the boots website just yet buy is coming on the models own website next Friday, the 12th of October.

They say...

"Five magical polishes ranging in gradients of subtle to dense glitter for a sophisticated grown up glimmer. For a manicured finish use the iridescent shades to give an accent of glitter, or be brave and layer up the polish until it's opaque! Each polish gives a different nail finish from frosty to full on snowstorm."

The colours are Jack frost, a wash of iridescent soft sparkle in a translucent cloudy base; Snowflake, a mesmerising transparent mix of white gold flakes; Southern lights, an opaque holographic multi-tonal glitter in a lilac finish; Northern lights, a fine holographic multi-tonal glitter in a pink finish; and Blizzard, a dense mix of hand cut glitters to give a silver day-night sparkle!

I personally love it, and think it's the first collection I've ever loved every single polish of, and really want to buy it now. I love that there are transparent AND opaque glitters and think it's a properly festive collection. Buutttt, it could also be worn in other seasons!! These sets usually retail for £30 but I'll update you when I know.

What do you think of this new collection?! Have your bought it yet?
Bye!!xxx