Saturday, 23 February 2013

Taaj Micellar Cleansing Water - Review


After seeing so many people rave about this, I thought I should jump in and see what all the fuss was about. Practically every blog I read had a review of this somewhere, and although I was intrigued, I didn't think I'd be as impressed as I was - I've always been fairly happy with my Simple make-up wipes, and they're cheap too!
Nevertheless, I was still super excited when the postman (woman actually) delivered it, only 2 days after I ordered it (with free postage I should add!). 

As a cleanser, it claims to have soothing and calming properties, which I would completely agree with. It has a very refreshing scent, and leaves the skin soft and revitalised. Unlike some other make-up removers, it doesn't dry out the face, and it isn't harsh on the eye area. It's such a lovely cleanser to use during the day if i'm at home and having a no make-up day, or in the morning it's refreshing and removes any other small traces of make-up left overnight.

When it comes to removing make-up, I wouldn't say I was completely amazed, in fact it probably did a similar job to my Simple wipes. I was slightly disappointed by this, as there have been so many marvellous reviews on how well it does remove make-up. However, as it has so many other great qualities, I am still extremely happy that I ended up buying it! 

I was going to buy it from Amazon, but whenever I tried, it was always sold out, so in the end I bought it from the JolieBox (now BirchBox I believe) website. From this website, it retails at £16.00 (I think Amazon was a little more) and can be bought here. This is slightly on the pricey side, for me anyway, and so I don't use this every time I remove my make-up, but I think it was *cue preppy American voice* totally worth it, and I'll definitely be re-purchasing when it runs out!

Xxx


Saturday, 16 February 2013

When In Doubt, Redecorate.


The new wardrobe, surrounded by many rubbish bags...

As you know, I should be departing for America tomorrow, and I've been quite down about it.
But what better way to take my mind off of it than to channel my inner artist into decorating! My bedroom has been quite, umm, childish for a while, and looking around me now, I can see it is in desperate need of some new design.

So today, my mum and I went off to look at a few interior decorating shops to get some ideas - and boy were there a lot of things to take in. I've always loved art and design, but never actually made it to interior design/decorating, so this is completely new territory for me.

The only thing we ended up buying were about 9 mini paint pots (which I seem to think are quite cute) and some eyeshadows (I couldn't help myself when walking past boots...whoops!).

To add to my 'not going to America' sadness (I sound so depressing - sorry!), my camera still isn't fixed *angry face*. I absolutely love photography, and I really miss taking and editing my photos, so I've resorted to using either my laptop or phone (both of which produce rather bad quality photos). I still have no idea when it will be ready, but I do know that once I get it back, there will be many 'photo happy' blogs.

Xxx