The Beauty Box... Birchbox April 2013...

Birchbox £10 (+p&p) *

I have never been a regular subscriber to a beauty box service. I'd ordered the first glossy box due to the hype but never went back to it. I wasn't really in the position to commit to £10+ a month for some samples so I cancelled. I also tried the She Said Beauty box once and then cancelled that. I guess I just couldn't just justify it. I have to admit I do LOVE getting a random box of things through the post each month though. I now have the April Birchbox thanks to the Cardiff Blogger Meet Up and I still haven't made my mind up about whether I would happily pay for these things. Especially since discovering Fragrance Direct where you can buy so many things (and things you want) for £10.

Included in my box was the Minernesse Perfect Kiss Lipstick pencil, these are becoming ever more popular. The shade is a lovely wearable pinkish-red so would be great day or night. Next was the Paname Paris Mirror, great for in the makeup bag. I also had a very fancy soap, although I did give this to my mum, I guess this is a risk you face with the monthly boxes. I had a small sample of the Gerda Spillman Renaissance age serum, another item I wasn't sure of but will whack it on and hope. I think some boxes offer services where you can customise whats in your box, not sure if they actually do that though! I do like a foaming cleanser when I am not using the hot cloth cleasners from Superdrug so it will be nice to try the Natio one and finally I had the Weleda Skin Food this I have heard great things about and I can't wait to try it on any dry skin I have.

I'm off to Wenworth tomorrow to watch the golf, it's going to be another long day but hopefully a sunny one!

Do you subscribe to a beauty box?

Charli...

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The Night In... A Dominio's Pizza Night...

Dominos *

Picture the scene. I'm up early for work, worked until lunchtime, flew home (well not literally) got changed and then spent the afternoon playing crazy golf which I blogged about before. We were starving and when that happens the above usually happens. Yes a Dominos pizza feast. Naughty but also very nice I make my Dominos evenings last for two days by always leaving enough for a left over Dominos lunch. I do this because I can never finish the pizza in one evening unless I am feeling super fat of an evening and also because Dominos is pricey, there is no getting around it. Although saying that there are ALWAYS voucher codes available and they have actually even text me an offer today.

The two pizzas we had were the Chimichuri Pizza and the Hot Dog Stuffed Crust. The Chimichrri was created by a competition winner Maria Tyrrell, who won a comepition on This Morning and in turn the pizza headed to Dominos menus nation wide. Unfortunately Dominos actually got our order wrong and put the Chimichurri sauce on the Hot Dog Stuffed Crust pizza so Matt had both new things to try. This wasn't the first time our orders had got mixed up from the dominos local to us but this time we were too hungry to call them and get it changed although not a good time to mess up an order when the pizzas are being reviewed?

Anyway, Matt liked the stuffed crust, added a little "summin summin" to the crusts that he usually leaves. He wasn't too keen on it without a dollop of sauce though. The sauce he wasn't so keen on, but I actually really liked it. I think it made the pizza taste more sophisticated. I don't really know how to describe it other than that, it added a grown up edge to it.

And then we polished it off with some yummy ice cream.

Have you tried the new pizza from Dominos?

What is your favourite pizza?

Charli...

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The Outfit Post... The Man's Shirt...

Shirt - Matalan

Jeans - Primark

Bag - Ebay

An outfit from such a long time ago, probably middle of April. There are some things which really amuse me when I go shopping and this shirt is a prime example of one of them. Imagine being a guy then turning up somewhere and there is a girl wearing the exact same item! ha! I bought this form the Matalan clearance shop for a measly £3. Bargain. Plus it's really thick so can double up as a light jacket for the summer.

Do you have a favourite item of clothing that's supposed to be for men?

Charli...

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The Outfit Post... A black dress affair...

Dress - Asos

Shoes - She Likes *

Shock horror there is Charli stood there in a dress, with no tights and she actually went out like this. I honestly think someone should get the record books out and mark this occasion. There was a family engagement party so I was scouting the pages of ASOS for a little black dress and I didn't actually have one. There was also a 20% off code which helped. I wanted a black dress to wear with these gorgeous shoes from She Likes, can anyone say Zara Dupe?

I also like that the dress has sleeves because we all know I do not get my arms out, saying that I never thought I would wear a dress without tights... hmmmm.

PS, Sally Hansen airbursh legs is amazing for people who's shins don't take the colour of fake tan like mine!

Charli...

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