Home Decor Hack - Tea Lights

Hello Everyone!

As we are now in the cooler months and the candles have made their appearance in our homes I've managed to dig out a gigantic box full of scented tea lights! Mmmmm!

I absolutely adore scented candles and I really am itching to get my hands on the Yankee Candle Christmas Collection. However, I've decided that it was about time that I used up at least some of my little tiny tea lights before investing in yet another candle. My Yankee Candle obsessed mind is telling me off right now for not buying any BUT my financial mind is thinking hold up lady! You need to use up what you already have first.

So, I've set myself a little challenge - Use up at least half of the tea lights and I can treat myself to a Yankee Candle.

The only problem with this is, I hate having tea lights just set on tables on their own. I like having candles in glass containers. I don't know why, I just like how they look. Yes, I'm slightly weird. So I've just managed to whittle down four glass contained candles. Two were from The Disney Store and two were from Glade. I cleaned them all out and removed the end of the wicks from all of them.

Once I had cleaned them out I removed the tea lights out of their foil containers and popped them into each glass.

By removing the original packaging you allow the wax to melt into the shape of the container, which will make sure that the wax will go down. Minimal clearing out for the next candle! 

These are the Imagination Winter Candle Glasses that I got for Christmas last year. I love these glasses as they're so pretty, they're slightly cloudy so they give a nice glow out of them when the candle is lit. When all my lights are out it also gives a nice shadow too. 

These are the Glad candles that I bought last Christmas, I kept the glasses because I thought they were really pretty and would come in use someday. They look so nice lit up and the colours and patterns on them are so christmassy it gets me all festive and happy.

I love how pretty they look in the dark and lit up. 

As an extra hack with the glade glasses, as they are quite wide containers you could chop up the candle wax and pop it around the original candle. 

So there you have a very quick but cute home decor hack to use up your old tea lights.

Sophie

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Get Ready With Me: Anniversary Meal

 Hello Everyone!

So today was my second anniversary with my boyfriend. Aww! We had planned to go out for a really nice meal in a posh restaurant as last year we couldn't really afford to go out anywhere. So, I bought myself a really pretty dress as I thought I'd make myself look really nice for a special occasion. 

Here is how I got ready! Prior to this I had washed my face and removed my makeup using normal soap - I never usually use soap on my face it's a one off  as I've ran out of my normal cleanser : (

Oh hello bare faced me! 

First off - foundation.

I use the Bourjois Paris healthy mix foundation in Light Vanilla. 

  

Next I use my Concealer brush to blend my foundation over my dark circles.

Next up - Pressed powder and Blusher.

I use Rimmels Stay Matte Pressed powder in Pink Blossom and I use Rimmel's Lasting finish soft colour blush in pink rose.  

 Then I pencil in my eyebrows using Rimmel's Eyebrow pencil in Dark Brown.

 For my eyes I went for a light smokey grey look to match the colour of my dress - clever me!

I used the Bourjois Paris Smokey Eye palette in 01 gris dandy.

Normally with my eyeliner I tend to go for a thick line, but as I had done a light smokey eye I thought it would be more fitting for a thin eyeliner. I'm using the Revlon Colourstay Liquid Eyeliner in Blackest Black.

For my mascara I'm currently loving Rimmel's Accelorator Endless Mascara. I also use an old spoule from Rimmel's Scandaleyes to help seperate my lashes and give them a little volume.

Lip liner is so important when using a darker lipstick. Darker Lipsticks tend to bleed into your skin which is not a good look. I'm using Maybelline's lip liner pencil in 338 Midnight plum. I'm going slightly over my lip line to prevent any slip ups, I also go over my lips lightly in the pencil just to give my lipstick some base.

The finished face and hair! :)

To see my blog post about all of my make up brushes that I currently use click here

This is the dress I wore tonight. I bought it off another girl on an app called Vinted - I'll be doing a post about this app after christmas for you guys so keep an eye out!

My boyfriend and I after we left the restaurant.

Sophie

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Winter Warmers - The Wish List

Hello Everyone!

It's definitely getting colder in the Midlands right now and I've just looked into my wardrobe to find that I hardly have any winter wear! This is not good for me as I quite like going out for walks during winter and wrapping up without warm clothes is as much use as a chocolate teapot.

So I've compiled a wishlist of winter warmers that I really really would love to have right now. I hope it gives you some inspiration for what to wear over the next few chilly months!

All of these items are from New Look. It's definitely one of my favourite high street stores and I think it's very affordable for us girlies who havent got an extremely tight budget but don't want to push the boat out too much!

Here come the coats!

Left to Right

Camel Faux Fur Collar Boyfriend Coat £59.99

I think this one is my favourite out of the three, it looks really smart and looks a lot more high end rather than high street. I love that the faux fur end half way down the coat rather than just the top collar around your neck. It just looks so cosy! At almost £60 I actually wouldn't mind spending this amount of money because the quality looks really good.

Fashion Union Burgundy Faux Fur Coat £55.00

I really like the look of this coat, it would be perfect with a black top underneath with leggings and ankle boots. Definitely a great statement item to add a splash of colour to your outfit!

Mink Leather-Look Faux Fur Collar Jacket £44.99

This coat would be perfect for everyday use, I think it would go really well with a pair of black jeans and boots. I'd probably wear this just as a casual coat as even though it looks pretty smart I'd wear it just to go round a friends house to keep me warm.

Next up, keep calm now guys, it's time for the FLUFFY JUMPERS!

Left to Right

(Top Row) Pale Blue Necklace Trim Fluffy Jumper - £24.99

Pale Grey Loop Sparkle Jumper - £24.99

(Bottom Row) Cameo Rose Pink Fluffy Boxy T-Shirt - £12.99

Shell Pink Popcorn Knit Jumper - Sale! £14.50

I would team all of these up with a pair of leggings or a pair of jeans with some cute ankle boots. I was never one for wearing pink in winter,  I'm a monochrome winter girl. So for me to like these items its quite a shock! I really like the Pink fluffy t-shirt the most, it just looks so comfy!

To finish the looks I picked out these three accessories.

Left to Right

White Faux Fur Hat - £9.50

Pink Faux Fur Headband - £6.00

Pink Flip Top  Fingerless Gloves - £6.99

I would love to have all three of these! I think I like the white fluffy hat the most. I think it would look really good with wavy hair and a plain coat. Having a fluffy coat and fluffy hat would be too much faux fur. I think you should stick to just one statement item in an outfit.

So there you guys go, that's my winter warmer wishlist for you guys!

I hope you liked this post, let me know if you did and I'll do more of this style post.

Sophie

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