tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16853037018932986762024-02-07T17:52:07.273+00:00Jessica's Journal | UK Beauty & Lifestyle BlogJessica | Jessica's Journal ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/09536380490181140282noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685303701893298676.post-79840213196449184782016-09-03T00:13:00.001+01:002016-09-03T00:13:41.993+01:00two whole years laterIt feels very strange typing a post to publish on my blog considering it has been over <i>two whole years </i>since I last published a post on here.<br />
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Why did I stop blogging? I'm honestly not too sure as there was not one specific reason, however I also didn't actually <i>plan</i> to stop blogging. In the last few months of published posts back in 2014 I just slowly started posting less and less, which can be attributed to the fact this was nearing my GCSE's. When I finished them, despite having the long summer ahead, I just never sat down and came back to blogging and it spiralled from there. I do still read blogs (but not hardly as much as I used to...) but the passion I had for it seemed to disappear and I didn't have any motivation to blog.<br />
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I feel strangely connected yet very distant from blogging, as despite not being 'active' on my blogs twitter I still go on it multiple times a day so I still feel like I'm immersed within the blogging world, without actually being a part of it. I have actually considered re-starting blogging a few times since I last posted but I have been very busy the past two years and never got round to it...I still as I write this don't <i>honestly </i>feel like the passion I once had for it has suddenly come back, BUT something made me open my laptop and write this post which I'm not sure where its going!<br />
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I think the most important and strange thing for me sitting here and writing this as I am a <b style="font-style: italic;">completely </b>different person to who I was the last time I pressed 'publish' on a post. In June 2014 which is when my last post is dated, I was a <strike>quite</strike> very awkward 16 year old (which is still evident in my side bar and about me page..should prob change that) who had just finished GCSE's who lacked <i>a lot</i> of confidence generally. Fast forward to now and I'm 18 years old, just completed a-levels at sixth form, going to university and passed my driving test (the latter three all which happened in the last three months). Aside from these 'milestones' the most drastic difference which I see in myself everyday is <b>personal growth.</b><br />
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Personal growth is something I think is <i>so </i>important, and honestly I'm not sure how I managed to become the person I am today compared to two years ago. That sounds like I've had some life changing experiences or something which isn't true - its not quite that dramatic. However I do know my general confidence and self confidence has grown so much but this has not been without very very down points too. I have experienced quite a <i>roller coaster</i> the last two years and am I exactly at the place I want to be right now? No I'm not, but that's the best thing about your own personal growth and development, its a journey.<br />
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On that note, I have a lot of topics like the aforementioned one which I'd like to write about on here as I do think the last two years (<i>particularly the last year)</i> have been the most eventful of my entire life. When I contemplated writing about this I realised maybe a reason I fell out of love with my blog was feeling restricted to 'beauty' and I feel like now I just couldn't write purely about that, i have been exposed to so many new things I would like to share to that it would seem silly to only write about <i>one</i> topic when there are things I would really like to write about.<br />
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So who knows, despite starting University at the end of this month maybe coming back to blogging isn't a realistic task, but I think having the freedom to just right down my <i>thoughts</i> makes it much more appealing than slaving away over a product review (not saying I'm <i>not </i>going to stop these). Maybe I'll have a blog re design so it doesn't feel <i>so </i>cutesy and come back to posting more regularly on both here and my social media accounts!<br />
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But for now, I feel like the time is right to slowly return to blogging... (this was very long and ramble-y typed at 00:10 so if you've read this far, thank you Haha)Jessica | Jessica's Journal ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/09536380490181140282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685303701893298676.post-22588906074399302832014-06-22T12:58:00.000+01:002014-06-22T12:58:01.994+01:00Lush 'Granny Takes a Dip' Bath Bomb<div style="text-align: center;">
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I definitely see baths as more of a 'Winter' thing, as personally, I much prefer having one when it's dark outside and have candles burning, I find it far more relaxing! However I still like to have bath bombs during Summer, mainly to use the copious amounts of bath products I have! However, I've realised I just <i>cannot </i>have them at the usual temperature I have them. Let's just say, I had a face mask on and it was actually dripping off, not a great thought. It felt more like torture than something to do to unwind! Luckily, I learnt from my mistake and had a far more relaxing one, helped by the fact I used this lovely bath bomb!</div>
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This is quite big for a bath bomb as they are usually a sphere whereas this is flat. As it's big, it takes a while to dissolve which personally I like as it means the swirly colours stay in the bath for longer while you're in it, it's not like some that fizz away really fast not leaving much. As you can see from the (many) pictures above, all the colours begin to spread out, resulting in the bath having a light pink base with splashes of bright, swirly colour. The scent is very unique, I definitely agree with what lush says it smells like, it is citrus-y but quite a warm citrus. I really enjoyed using Granny Takes a Dip and I would definitely repurchase this as it's definitely one of the most colourful bath bombs I've used!</div>
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<a href="https://www.lush.co.uk/products/bath-bombs/granny-takes-dip">Granny Takes a Dip | Lush £3.25</a></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Today's post is a guest post from Alice at THE STYLE OF LONDON who has written a fab post about how to spot clean and deep clean your makeup brushes!</span></div>
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Makeup brushes<o:p></o:p></div>
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Towel <o:p></o:p></div>
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<a href="http://www.johnsonsbaby.com/products/johnsons-baby-shampoo"><span style="color: #ff0066;">Johnsons Baby Shampoo</span></a><span style="color: #ff0066;">
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Brush cleaner (<a href="http://www.maccosmetics.co.uk/product/135/307/Products/Kit-Essentials/Tools/Brush-Cleanser/index.tmpl"><span style="color: #ff0066;">MAC</span></a> does a good one)<o:p></o:p></div>
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I have also heard from a variety of sources that it is bad
to dry your brushes with the tip facing upright as the water will get stuck
inside the brush and so it is either best to dry them with the brush side
facing downwards or to lay them flat. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Spot Clean <o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Spot cleaning is great for when you want to quickly use a
different colour with the same brush, and don’t want to wait for ages for your
brushes to dry. To do this you just need to spray a bit of your brush cleaner
on tissue paper and then in a downwards motion, gently brush the bristles
across the tissue paper till all of the colour has gone. If I do not have brush
cleaner I will sometimes use my makeup wipes to quickly take the colour off my
brushes, and have found this works well too.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Have you got any other tips or ways you feel have worked best
to get your brushes clean? <o:p></o:p></div>
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<u>How often to clean them <o:p></o:p></u></div>
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It really depends on how much you use your brushes. If your
brushes get dirty really quickly then it might be best to do a deep clean once
a week. Because I tend to spot clean quite a bit between brush uses, I don’t
feel the need to deep clean my brushes this often. I don’t have a particular
day I clean my brushes, I just clean them when I feel like it needs doing. But,
if I was to put a date on it I would say I deep clean my brushes around once a
month and spot clean after every other use. How often do you think is best to
clean your brushes?<o:p></o:p></div>
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I hope you all enjoyed my guest post and it has been helpful
for some of you!<o:p></o:p></div>
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Alice x<o:p></o:p></div>
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<!--EndFragment-->Jessica | Jessica's Journal ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/09536380490181140282noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685303701893298676.post-66447609509324710532014-05-23T17:00:00.000+01:002014-05-23T17:00:00.316+01:00Coral Nail Obsession<div style="text-align: center;">
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Summer is fast approaching (I can't believe next month is June!) and with that comes bright colours! Let's just say I'm a little more adventurous with colour on my nails rather than in clothes but I have began adding some colourful pieces of clothing to my wardrobe for summer! One colour I'm really loving at the moment is coral/orange and have acquired quite a few items of clothes (including my new jacket which I love!) and nail polish. Prior to March I didn't own any coral would you believe, and now I have four! They're not all <i>exactly </i>coral, but they are all in the orange colour family so I went with coral for the ease of the post title haha.</div>
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Here are the current four I own! </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">L-R - Cute as a button, Bouquet, Terracotta, Sunday Funday</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">L-R: Cute as a button, Bouquet, Terracotta, Sunday Funday</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">♥ </span><b><i>Essie 'Cute as a button' </i>- </b>This one is the perfect mix of pink and orange, resulting in this bright-yet-not-neon shade. If there's one out of this lot you need, it's this one! I've already talked about this in my top products for March so you can read that <a href="http://jessicasjournalx.blogspot.co.uk/2014/04/top-products-march-update.html">*here*</a> if you'd like to know more</div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">♥ </span><i style="font-weight: bold;">Dior 'Bouquet' - </i>I really don't own anything like this, it's a beautiful light peachy orange shade which, once again, I've talked about in it's own review which you can read <a href="http://jessicasjournalx.blogspot.co.uk/2014/05/nails-dior-bouquet.html">*here*</a></div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">♥ </span><i style="font-weight: bold;">Orly 'Terracotta' - </i>This is a newbie. I ordered this along with another shade (NOTD coming soon with it!) from Fragrance Direct for the bargain price of £2.99! Considering this is a brand you'll often seen among the likes of OPI, I was very happy to say the least! This is definitely not terracotta, it's a bright orange which has some strong red undertones. Perfect if you want a super bright shade.</div>
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<span style="color: #c27ba0;">♥ </span><b><i>Essie 'Sunday Funday' </i>- </b>I'd describe this as a pretty much straight up orange with has some peachy tones going on to keep it from looking 'neon'. This one contains very subtle silver shimmer which is perfect for the summer as it looks lovely and shimmery in the sun! When I got this along with Cute as a button, I thought they were really similar but that's couldn't be further from the truth!<br />
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I really wish my camera would pick up them up true to colour, it's always a problem when photographing nail polish I find, very annoying, so I definitely recommend you check them out in person to see exactly what they look like!</div>
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Have you been loving any particular colours recently?</div>
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Jessica</div>
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Jessica | Jessica's Journal ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/09536380490181140282noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685303701893298676.post-31966664330074007662014-05-12T17:00:00.000+01:002014-05-12T17:00:00.438+01:00Nails: Dior 'Bouquet'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I had never been to into Dior previously, I didn't look into their collections or anything like that until one day a few months ago I saw the images for their Spring collection. Now, if you've been reading my blog for a while you know I have a <strike>bit</strike> huge thing for all things nails, so naturally my eye was drawn to them first. I loved all the colours knew I had to get one as experience has taught me to never leave something you love if it's limited edition! Despite this, I didn't buy any straight away as obviously they are expensive so I wanted to make sure I got the right colour. Fast forward a month or two (yes, very indecisive!) I decided to purchase the shade 'Bouquet' one I fell in love with instantly and settled on because I have nothing like it. Rambling into aside, here's the low down on this gorgeous shade...</div>
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The bottle has a silver mirrored, removable cap with 'CD' embossed on the top. Underneath, it reveals a much smaller black lid which you actually use to paint your nails with - the silver lid makes a satisfying 'click' upon closing which, I suppose I'm strange, I really like haha. The brush is quite short wide with a rounded tip, this makes it really easy to paint your nails. As the brush is quite dense, it picks up quite a lot of polish which is good if you have long nails, but I prefer to wipe the majority off so it isn't as messy for me! The above picture is with two coats I believe (was a few weeks ago) but I wore it the other day and I did put two coats on.</div>
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The only disappointment was it wasn't as long lasting as other Dior polish reviews claimed, however that's not to say it chips quickly, this worked out pretty average for me, 4-ish days chip free. Then again, maybe it's just my nails as everyone claims Chanel chips horrendously, but it lasts amazingly on me! The colour is such a gorgeous peachy orange which leans very slightly pink, the picture really doesn't capture the colour perfectly unfortunately. I seem to be loving peach/coral/orange nails at the moment!</div>
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I'm kind of tempted to pick up another shade, but one looks to be quite dupable and the other is baby blue which is gorgeous but I'm not sure how much I would wear it. I love the matte frost effect top coat too, but again I'm not sure how much I'd wear it but we'll see!</div>
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<br />Jessica | Jessica's Journal ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/09536380490181140282noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685303701893298676.post-86965431074879017392014-05-09T17:00:00.000+01:002014-05-11T10:10:41.305+01:00Astral All Over Moisturiser<div style="text-align: center;">
Hi Everyone! I have been super MIA over on here and all my social media and unfortunately that won't change for a while as I am currently doing my GCSE exams! I've had four already and since I had a morning one today I thought I would type up this post and schedule a few more while I have a little more time than usual!</div>
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A few weeks ago I was asked to try out Astral cream, which surprisingly I had never even heard of before. The benefits all sounded really great so I was eager to try this out! I've been using this for the past few weeks and I'm now ready to report back what I thought of it!</div>
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Upon first hearing about Astral, I thought it would be just like any other cream on the market but after trying it out I've been pleasantly surprised. First off, the consistency is really lovely, hopefully you can see in the second picture how it has a sort of whipped mousse look to it and it feels really thick and creamy. I mainly used this as an all over body moisturiser as although it can be used on the face, I just know it would be much to heavy for my skin type. If you do have dry or dehydrated skin though, this would work great. I focused using this everyday on drier areas such as my knees and elbows and by the end of the week they were extremely soft. Due to the thick consistency it penetrated through the skin leaving them really smooth in the morning.</div>
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It can actually be used as a lip balm too, which I tried out and it wasn't as bad as I expected. It did feel quite weird but it was pretty moisturising but I think I will just stick to this for the body haha! Astral is available in a variety of sizes and I have the 50ml tub which I keep in my desk draw. It's the perfect small size to keep in your bag or at work so you can use it on the go. There's also a 200ml and 500ml so you can keep stocked up at home.</div>
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This has become one of my go to moisturisers the past month, the only downside for me is the smell which isn't necessarily off putting but it's quite strong so bare that in mind if you don't like strongly scented things (especially if you wanted to use it on your face!) However, Astral must be doing something right as the formula hasn't changed from when it was first created in the 1950's!</div>
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<a href="http://www.superdrug.com/astral-cream/astral-original-all-over-moisturiser-50ml/invt/725184&bklist=">50ml - £1.29</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.superdrug.com/astral-cream/astral-cream-economy-200ml/invt/928143&bklist=">200ml - £3.89</a></div>
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<a href="http://www.superdrug.com/astral-cream/astral-cream-500ml/invt/27805&bklist=">500ml - £7.99</a></div>
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Jessica | Jessica's Journal ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/09536380490181140282noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685303701893298676.post-76909683006464015422014-04-15T17:48:00.001+01:002014-04-15T17:48:24.401+01:00The Perfect Lip | MAC Syrup Lipstick<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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There's nothing like a MAC lipstick and I think I've found a contender for my perfect everyday colour. I received this for Christmas and have worn this loads since I got it. I think this is one of the best lipsticks to try if you are just starting out in makeup or Mac products and here's why...</div>
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This has a lustre formula, which I know some people don't like but personally, I really do! This is more on the cremesheen side of lustre rather than being shimmery which makes it very creamy but still with the shininess of a lustre. It has a light formula which is sheer yet build able. The colour is a gorgeous mauve toned pink which I think is suitable for all year round! This is a really natural colour on me, not unlike my natural lip colour which is fairly pigmented, so if yours are too, this may be perfect for you as an everyday lipstick. Or, if you have a more lighter lip colour, this adds the perfect amount of colour without looking like you're wearing something bright.<br />
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I definitely recommend the shade 'Syrup' if you are looking to treat yourself to a new MAC lipstick (or if you are on the look out for the perfect everyday lip shade!)</div>
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Jessica | Jessica's Journal ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/09536380490181140282noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685303701893298676.post-41328432918578014442014-04-11T11:50:00.002+01:002014-04-11T12:01:08.449+01:00Mad Hatters Afternoon Tea @ The Sanderson Hotel<div style="text-align: center;">
The weekend after my birthday, my mum and I went for an extra birthday treat to The Sanderson Hotel to indulge in their 'Mad hatters tea party' themed afternoon tea! We've only been to one afternoon tea before, last year, which was just a standard hilton one so I was eager to try a themed one! I've wanted to go to this one for about a year so I was very excited to finally go.</div>
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(Warning! Quite picture heavy & apologises most are portrait, I didn't realise when I took them!)</div>
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I'm going to let the pictures do the talking here! It was a really nice environment and I liked how everything tied in together, looking slightly mismatched, but in a good way! The plates and tea cups had all different pictures on them (mine had a birdcage) and the jewellery box holding the sugar cubes was so cute and very unique! There was plenty of food, we took some home, with a good mixture of savoury and sweet. I did like the majority of the sweet things but the sandwiches weren't to my taste! There was also a 'Jelly Wonderland' which you went and got an assortment of different flavoured jelly's. Unfortunately I can't comment on the different teas available as neither my mum or I drink it, but there was quite a selection!<br />
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I would definitely recommend it if you're looking for a themed afternoon tea in London (it is very close to Oxford Street) and you enjoy lots of different foods. It was a good experience but if you're like me and are a bit of a picky eater it would probably be a bit of a waste, especially considering the amount of food you get! However, it was lovely to step into Wonderland for an afternoon :)<br />
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I would also really like to try the Pret-a-portea at the Berkeley hotel as it is all fashion inspired! Possibly a birthday treat for next year...</div>
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Have you ever had an afternoon tea?<br />
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Jessica | Jessica's Journal ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/09536380490181140282noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685303701893298676.post-22337931233414605282014-04-07T20:36:00.002+01:002014-04-07T20:36:17.594+01:00Top Products | March & Update<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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It seems like <i>ages</i> ago since I lasted blogged and it actually was a really long time ago! The reason being is because for the past two weeks I was working every single day, from when I got home from school up until before bed on my performing arts exam. I was doing costume and let me tell you, it was an <i>extremely</i> stressful and time consuming job! Luckily the final examined show was on Thursday evening and now it's the Easter holidays! I do have a lot of revision to do over these next two weeks but I am planning to schedule posts so I won't be absent on here for too long again!</div>
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With that aside, this evening I'm bringing you my (belated!) top products for March! Here is what I've been using and loving for the past month...</div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span> Victoria's Secret Sheer Love lotion - The scent of this is 'White cotton and pink lily' and although it wouldn't be a scent I would usually go for, I picked this up in a set during the sales this year and I really like it! It smells really fresh and has a nice light formula too.<br />
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span> Garnier Ultimate blends 'the shine revitaliser' shampoo - I think this is a new shampoo range from Garnier and I got this as I was out of shampoo and this was half price. I'm happy I did though as it leaves my hair feeling really, really clean! It has a citrus scent which lingers, which is always a plus!<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span></span> Treacle Moon 'Ice cream soda' shower gel - I've had this for a while but this has been the only shower gel I've been using! It has a delicious creamy vanilla scent which is unlike any other vanilla scented products I've smelt/used before. You only need a small amount and it has a creamy lather which isn't drying.<br />
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span> Dermalogica Clear Start Toner - My skin went a bit crazy last month so I made the effort to use this toner <i>everyday.</i> When I first bought this (along with the cleanser) I wasn't overly impressed, it didn't seem special! However with regular use I've noticed a big difference! My skin is still awful (that's acne for you!) but looks a lot clearer, brighter and a <i>lot </i>less red.<br />
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span> Essie 'Cute as a button' - Summer in a bottle! I got this shade for my birthday and worn it a couple of times the past month, in fact I'm currently wearing it now! It's the perfect mix between a bright pink and a coral and I think this will look amazing with a tan. If you're looking for the perfect summer colour, definitely try this!<br />
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span> Seche Vite Topcoat - Ahh, seche vite. This was in my 2013 favourites and I finished my bottle. Other topcoats I have been using have just not compared to this so I re purchased it last month. Makes my nails super shiny and drys extremely quickly, I'm really happy I've got this again!<br />
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What did you love throughout March?</div>
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Jessica | Jessica's Journal ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/09536380490181140282noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685303701893298676.post-65363270209342152282014-03-20T16:42:00.000+00:002014-05-11T10:23:51.779+01:00Giveaway: 1st Blog Birthday CLOSED<div style="text-align: left;">
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Wow! How time flies. It's a year ago today I published my first post, which you can view <a href="http://jessicasjournalx.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/models-own-fruit-pastel-collection.html">HERE</a>! It's great to know I've been blogging for a whole year without giving up because as I've said before, I've had a few blogs before but never stuck at it so I'm happy I finally have. I just want to say a huge thank you to everyone who has taken the time to read, comment and even follow my blog in the last year, it means so much to know you are reading this! I've had the opportunity to meet and talk to so many people over here and on my twitter which I'm so grateful for! I'm just happy you enjoy reading my blog as much as I enjoy writing it! </div>
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To say a big thank you to mark this milestone (and also I am *very* nearly at 400 bloglovin' followers!) I've put together a giveaway for one lucky reader to win. Please read all the rules before you enter, I've made it easy to enter via rafflecopter too. I hope you like what I've chosen to include, everything is from brands I like/products I like or things I want to try!</div>
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<b>♥ </b>Soap and Glory 'Clean Girls' body wash mini<br />
<b>♥ </b>Soap and Glory 'Scrub em' and leave 'em' body buff mini<br />
<b>♥ </b>Soap and Glory 'The Daily Smooth' body butter mini<br />
<b>♥ </b>Bath and Body Works Hand Pocketbac 'Pink Vanilla Macaron'<br />
<b>♥ </b>OPI Avojuice jasmine hand lotion mini<br />
<b>♥ </b>Nivea Pure & Natural lip balm<br />
<b>♥ </b>Superdrug Fruit Sorbet Peel Off Mask<br />
<b>♥ </b>Revlon Matte Balm 'Elusive'<br />
<b>♥ </b>Bourjois Color Edition cream eyeshadow 'Petale de glace'<br />
<b>♥ </b>Barry M Gelly 'Rosehip'<br />
<b>♥ </b>Barry M Gelly 'Huckleburry'<br />
<b>♥ </b>Yankee Candle Votive 'Garden Sweet Pea'<br />
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Thank you for all your support in the last year and here's to the next one!</div>
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xox<br />
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Jessica | Jessica's Journal ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/09536380490181140282noreply@blogger.com47tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685303701893298676.post-25655487251327275202014-03-12T19:53:00.000+00:002014-03-12T19:53:36.261+00:00What I got for my birthday | 2014<div style="text-align: center;">
Last Tuesday (4th) was my 16th birthday! I wasn't really looking forward to it but I had a brilliant day. I was very lucky as we didn't have school so I got to spend my birthday doing something fun! I went with my dad to Westfield for some shopping (haul to follow) and lunch. I enjoyed the day a lot and since you said you would like to see what I got when I asked in my previous posts I am going to be sharing that today...sorry it's quite late, I wasn't sure how I wanted to set this out so I will mainly let the pictures do the talking.</div>
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From my grandparents I got a new pair of Uggs in the Chestnut Bailey Bow style. They are soo comfortable, soft and warm and this bailey bow is, in my opinion, one of the nicer pairs of uggs because some look quite big and bulky so the pretty bows take away from that. Everything else I got from my dad, the headphones are <i>amazing </i>and I've used them everyday since I got them, they are really handy and practical. I got Tiffany & Co earrings which are also very practical as I always forget to change my earrings so once they're in, they're in for a long time haha. At Westfield I was going to buy the Swarovski Silver Tennis Bracelet for myself but he offered to buy it for me as an extra present so that was so lovely!</div>
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From my sister I got three Essie nail polishes, from my nan I got the Bath and Body works stuff and some money and then from my mum, my main present was money so the rest is the other things she got me! The phone case is so cute! It arrived late so that's why it's not a great picture and separate to the other stuff! :)</div>
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I hope you enjoyed reading this. I'm so grateful for everything I received and can't wait to wear/use everything! Of course, there will be many reviews/posts featuring these products coming your way! Thanks for reading and thank you for all the lovely birthday messages, I really appreciate it!</div>
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Jessica | Jessica's Journal ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/09536380490181140282noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685303701893298676.post-42147459329195835532014-03-05T10:30:00.000+00:002014-03-05T10:30:00.373+00:00Nails: OPI 'Next stop...the bikini zone'<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Last weekend, while out shopping, I had a look at the OPI stand and saw the new Spring/Summer Brazil collection was out. The collection is full on creme finishes, with this one being the only one that isn't! I thought I would go for one of the brights, but too be honest, most looked dupable. I did however decide to buy 'Next stop...the bikini zone' which is a really unique shade I have nothing like.</div>
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As you can see, it is a heavily purple based/green duo chrome. I have swatched it three times on the nail wheel, firstly over a white, then a purple and finally just on it's own. Over both the white and purple there is barely any difference, so to get a slightly more opaque finish, just layer it over any colour (other colours <i>may </i>look different though) but if you want the duochrome finish to be a lot more visible, two or three coats on it's own works well. Personally, I prefer it on it's own as it looks much more unqiue, as over the the colours it just looks like any old shimmery purple! Despite this being not a typical 'spring/summer' colour I do really like it and can't wait to wear this!</div>
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<i>Have you got your eye on anything from the Brazil collection?</i></div>
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Jessica | Jessica's Journal ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/09536380490181140282noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685303701893298676.post-85626426139550122312014-03-04T10:30:00.000+00:002014-03-04T10:30:00.587+00:00It's my birthday!<div style="text-align: center;">
Hello! I'm scheduling this post to go up today as I'm sure I won't have any time to do so on the day (or want to, for that matter!)</div>
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Today is my 16th birthday! to be honest, I'm not happy or excited about turning 16, I hate the thought of getting older! Alas, it's got to happen so I may as well enjoy the day as it only comes once a year! Today I have the day off school as we have this thing a couple of times a year where we have the day off and just go in to meet with our tutor for about 10 minutes. I made my appointment for Monday though so I don't have to go in at all :)</div>
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I'm going out for the day today with my dad and sister and on the weekend I'm going to a <i>very</i> exciting afternoon tea with my mum! I'm really looking forward to it and will definitely take lots of pictures so I can do a post all about it. I'm so happy it's going to be getting warmer soon (hopefully!) and I just love Spring and Summer and find that I have so much more to blog about and of course when I can take pictures is way more flexible as it gets lighter! For that reason, I'm hoping to start posting around 3 or 4 times a week as, like I said in my last post, I really feel like I've been bitten by the blogging bug! I just want to blog about so many things! The last thing I wanted to say is that my blog turns 1 on 20th March! I definitely want to hold a giveaway some point soon to mark the occasion but also because I recently hit 350 followers, I'm now on 370 and hopefully by the 20th, 400, if I'm lucky! So thank you for all the on going support, I really appreciate it :)</div>
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So...I kind of went off on a tangent there and there was not really a point of this post other than to just let you know that and just a few little updates!</div>
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2) What things would you like to see in my upcoming giveaway?</div>
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Jessica | Jessica's Journal ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/09536380490181140282noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685303701893298676.post-33869509230240786202014-03-02T19:18:00.000+00:002014-03-02T19:18:00.591+00:00Top Products | February<div style="text-align: center;">
I've done it! <i>Another </i>favourites post! So it may be only my second this year but I don't think I've ever had two or more consecutive months before. I've only got five products to share but I feel like February has just gone so fast! Well, it is the shortest month, but not by a lot!</div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span> <i style="font-weight: bold;">The Body Shop Honeymania Shower Gel £4: </i>At the end of January I won some Honeymania products from <a href="http://onelittlevice.blogspot.co.uk/">Angelica's</a> blog giveaway. I have a full review of everything coming soon, but I've used the shower gel a lot the past couple of weeks. The scent is delicious, smelling of yummy honey but not at all sickly and it foams up well and you only need a tiny amount (as you can see from the bottle which looks barely used!)</div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span> <i style="font-weight: bold;">Dermalogic Clear Start Foaming Wash £13:</i> I needed a new cleanser so decided to try this as I put it on my recent <a href="http://jessicasjournalx.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/wishlist-1.html">Wishlist in January</a>. So far, I really like this. It has a gel-like consistency and my face feels really clean. I think it <i>has </i>cleared my skin a bit and it definitely looks less oily! I also got another product from the range, a full review once I've used them more will be up soon.</div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span> <i style="font-weight: bold;">Dior Addict Lip Glow Colour Reviving Balm £22.50: </i>This was quite an impulse purchase but I'm so glad I bought it! It is <i>sort of </i>a lip balm, but it 'revives' your lip colour, leaving them looking really healthy! It adjusts to your natural lip colour, but <i>better. </i>Once again, full review to follow!</div>
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I think I've been bitten by the blogging bug lately as I seem to want to post about so many things. I am going to try and post around three times a week from now on and hopefully that will actually follow through! Also, it's my birthday on Tuesday and I wanted to know if you would like to see a 'birthday haul' style post or not? Let me know!</div>
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Jessica | Jessica's Journal ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/09536380490181140282noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685303701893298676.post-26045481265533409262014-02-26T17:12:00.002+00:002014-02-26T17:12:53.801+00:005 things to be happy about<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span> My giveaway prizes from <a href="http://haysparkle.com/">Hayley</a> arriving this week. A gorgeous new mac lipstick and eyeshadow along with a lovely card.</div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span> My birthday being next week <u>and</u> getting the day off school! My birthday is next Tuesday (4th March) and luckily, at school we have this thing a few times a year where you meet with your tutor for 10 minutes but other than that you are off. 1) This year it falls on my birthday, yippee! 2) I managed to get an appointment on the day before after school, so I don't even have to go in at all.</div>
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Sometimes it's nice to sit back and appreciate the little things which can often be overlooked. Sometimes I think negatively about a lot of things that happen, so I'm hoping to do more posts like these in the future, appreciating a handful of things that have made me smile and that I'm happy about.</div>
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So...A little belated post here! I actually placed a <a href="https://www.lush.co.uk/">Lush</a> online order around three weeks ago as a kind of "whatever, I'm gonna treat myself" little thing. The majority of things I bought I'd never tried before so thought, y'know, it was a good excuse to buy it. I <i>still</i> haven't used a couple of these things yet so I can't give a mini review of everything, but I will for the things I have tried out.</div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span> <i style="font-weight: bold;">American Cream Conditioner 100g £4.50 : </i>I can't really smell the strawberry in this, but it's very vanillary! I've used this twice and it has made my hair feel very soft and less tangly when I comb it out after washing my hair, I don't know if I'd repurchase as it's quite expensive and isn't "Wow"</div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span> <i style="font-weight: bold;">Vanilla Puff Dusting Powder £4.75 : </i>This is a vanilla scented powder which, you guessed it, I haven't yet tried but I will soon as I really want to try it out! I tested a little on my arm when I got it and it did make it feel very smooth.</div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span><span style="color: #c27ba0;"> </span><i style="font-weight: bold;">Twilight Bath Bomb £3.25 : </i>I've had this a few times in the past and I like to use this before bed as it is a soothing lavender scent. It also makes the bath look very pretty with a swirly pink/lilac/blue pattern. This is great if you have trouble sleeping, to be extra comforting.</div>
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Jessica | Jessica's Journal ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/09536380490181140282noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685303701893298676.post-60691533786890498742014-02-19T22:20:00.001+00:002014-02-19T22:20:22.463+00:00Patisserie De Bain Strawberry Cupcake Hand Cream<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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For Christmas, I received this gorgeous hand cream in my stocking. I knew I was getting it because I told my mum how much I liked it so was so excited to be able to open it and start using it! It has quickly become my current favourite hand cream and here is why...</div>
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First of all, how cute is the packaging?! The box it comes in is so pretty, but I love how it comes in a little jar, it reminds me of a mini pot of jam! So maybe not the most practical packaging (it does also come in a tube if you prefer that), but I prefer to keep this at home so it's not a problem for me. It does look quite small, but you only need a small amount as it's quite rich yet sinks in incredibly quickly without feeling greasy or too heavy. The scent is very sweet, smelling obviously of strawberries but it's not a 'fresh' strawberry scent it's kind of quite 'bakery' if that makes sense, it's quite a warm strawberry smell (that literally makes no sense but it's the best I can describe it!) the point is, it smells edible and absolutely delicious! </div>
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Jessica | Jessica's Journal ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/09536380490181140282noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685303701893298676.post-55718002597967921632014-02-16T21:11:00.002+00:002014-02-16T21:11:32.896+00:00Lush Close to You Massage Bar<div style="text-align: center;">
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I've been slightly MIA on here lately...oops, and I feel really bad after setting my self the goal of posting more this year! I'm just so lazy, even when it's something I love! I think I definitely need to start scheduling posts so I can write a few when I feel in a bloggy mood and then spread them out! Anyway, Valentines day has been...and gone and yet I'm still doing a little review of this valentines product from Lush as it's still available to buy!</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">If you've never tried or come across a 'massage bar' from lush before, it is essentially a body lotion in solid form. It contains lots of butters which on contact with warm skin begin to melt, so all you do is rub it in between your hands a bit and then rub on. I think the majority do it this way but you could also break a little piece of and use it like that!</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I was excited to see a limited edition massage bar called 'Close to You' (£5.50) as usually, they don't usually come around all that often and I was even <i>more </i>excited on discovering it has the scent of one of my favourite lush bath products - creamy candy bubble bar! I actually ordered this online a few weeks ago along with some other goodies which will feature in a haul soon but I had smelt it quickly in stone and seemed lovely. This is quite a 'novelty' product, it's a little more messy and fiddly than a body lotion in a tube but they do feel nice when you apply it and they are lovely and moisturising. I find the scent lingers for a long time and is quite strong which is a good thing but unfortunately, for this one, it wasn't great for me! I love the creamy candy scent, but in this type of product I found it way too sickly and overwhelming and after the first few uses I haven't used it again as it makes me feel a little sick :(</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I may put a little in the bath and see if it works as a bath melt? I'm sure the scent would be a lot softer but would linger! I do like the lush massage bars (I am a fan of 'Each Peach') and I would recommend this if you like the smell - but be warned it is rather strong!</span></div>
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Jessica | Jessica's Journal ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/09536380490181140282noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685303701893298676.post-21468687157194501962014-02-02T10:54:00.002+00:002014-02-02T10:54:43.914+00:00Top Products | January<div style="text-align: center;">
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At the start of the year I decided I wanted to try and do a favourites post every month of this year, showcasing the products I've loved and used the most. So far so good as I have some products to share which definitely have been my top products. It's not loads but they all genuinely have been favourites in January.</div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span> <b>The Body Shop Raspberry Body Butter -</b> <i>yum. </i>This smells like raspberry yogurt and I've been using it nearly every day to keep myself hydrated through this awful cold weather.</div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span> <b>Lush Ocean Salt Scrub - </b>This won't be for you if you have sensitive skin, it's <i>very </i>abrasive but if you have congested skin this works really well and making you skin insanely soft! Just make sure your scrub very lightly as the first time I used this I scrubbed a bit too hard and my skin was all red and blotchy!</div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span> <b>PINK Sweet & Flirty Body Mist - </b>I got four mini PINK body mists for Christmas and this is without a doubt my favourite. It's such a sweet, sugary girly scent which I've used every day. It's a really light scent but as I find perfume way too strong no matter what the scent, this is perfect.</div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span> <b>Patisserie De Bain Strawberry Cupcake Hand Cream - </b>Another Christmas gift was this adorable hand cream. It comes in the cutest little pot and smells <i>delicious. </i>It's quite thick but sinks in really well, I will have a review up of this very soon.</div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span> <b>Ciate Speed Coat - </b>This mini topcoat from Ciate came in my Mini Mani Month I got in the sale and it has fast become my favourite topcoat. It's really really shiny (on par with seche vite I'd say!) and dries quickly too. I think this will be a repurchase when I finish this mini bottle</div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span><b> Burt's Bees Acai Berry Lip balm - </b>I'm sure this has been discontinued but I was desperate to try a nice smelling burt's bees lip balm and I found this in waitrose. It was the only one left and I've been looking for it for ages after my friend said how good it is, and I really have to agree! This has been my 'go to' lip balm. It smells great and makes my lips really soft and isn't too waxy or greasy feeling - perfect!</div>
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So I mentioned at the beginning of the month I would be going on a spending ban and well, it hasn't <i>exactly </i>gone to plan (oops) but I haven't actually bought that much so that's OK. I do however plan to buy hardly any beauty products (as in, only things I really really want not just for the sake of oh that looks nice, I'll get it buys!) for the next couple of months as 1) my birthday is at the start of March, so anything I want I can ask for, for my birthday and 2) I'm trying to save my money as I will hopefully be going to Florida in the Summer so I want to have as much spending money as possible! So, I thought I'd compile a little wishlist of things I really am wanting at the moment! There's not loads I do want, but these items are top of the list :)</div>
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♥ <i style="font-weight: bold;">Dermalogica Clear Start Set </i>- After reading a post on this set from dermalogica today on <a href="http://teenagebeautyblog.blogspot.co.uk/">Mia's blog</a> I want to try it even more. I have really bad skin and have heard a lot about this range previously so I think I will definitely be trying this soon. It's just over £20 for 5 small sized products so it seems like it would be good value.</div>
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♥ <i style="font-weight: bold;">Origins Checks and Balance Face Wash </i>- Another skincare item I have only recently been intrigued by is the Origins 'Checks and Balances' face wash. I like Origins (my HG moisturiser is origins gin zing) and I would like to try a cleanser at some point. Many people have said this works great and it has really good reviews too.</div>
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♥ <i style="font-weight: bold;">Lanolips Lemonaid Lip Balm </i>- This is currently <i>the </i>lip balm I am desperate to try. I've seen numerous reviews and I really wanted this for Christmas but it was out of stock <i>everywhere!</i> I'm making it my mission to track this down!</div>
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♥ <i style="font-weight: bold;">Essie 'Marshmallow' </i>- White nails are quite love it or hate it. I <i>think </i>I love it but I really want to get a more sheer, but still opaque, white to try which isn't too stark as no one wants tippex nails! This isn't from the diffusion line so it's hard to come by but I would like to try this, or any other sheer-ish white polish.</div>
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♥ <i style="font-weight: bold;">Korres Lip Butter </i>- I've wanted a korres lip butter for <i>agess</i> but I've never bought one! I'm not sure what shade to go for but since these have become available at Debenhams recently I think I need to go and look at them...</div>
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♥ <i style="font-weight: bold;">Macadamia Luxe Travel Set </i>- After getting my hair cut two weeks ago, I really want to keep it in great condition. I'm not a big hair products person but recently tried, and fell in love, with Moroccan Oil. Macadamia Oil is another much raved about brand and seeing as this travel size kit contains six products I think I will give it a go. I'm most eager to try the deep repair mask!</div>
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♥ <i style="font-weight: bold;">Butter London 'Knackered' </i>- Would you believe I've never tried Butter London? I really want to and the colour which has caught my eye the most is Knackered! It's a shimmery/glittery shade which is just amazing! search some pictures of it to see it in all it's glory.</div>
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Jessica | Jessica's Journal ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/09536380490181140282noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685303701893298676.post-35893693852786792492014-01-20T18:33:00.000+00:002014-01-20T18:33:01.858+00:00Favourite Winter Nail Polishes<div style="text-align: center;">
Hi girls, I was in two minds about posting about my favourite Autumn/Winter nail polishes as I'm sure, like me, you are beginning to bore of dark shades and are looking forward to warmer weather, wearing pastels and brights. As I took the pictures a long time ago, I didn't want them to go to waste so decided to post it regardless, more as an insight into what my favourites were that I got lots of use from in the past few months!</div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥ </span><i><b>Essie Bahama Mama - </b>Everyone </i>was raving about this shade throughout Autumn, so I bought it as I don't own a shade like it. It is a deep, deep plum creme and the formula is phenomenal! After trying this shade, my mission is to try more Essie cremes this year!</div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥ </span><i style="font-weight: bold;">China Glaze Tinsel Town - </i>This has a slight OPI liquid sand feel about it, in the way it is borderline matte but contains glitter pieces. It's a gunmetal colour with silver glitter and is lovely as an accent nail with a deep red!</div>
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Jessica | Jessica's Journal ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/09536380490181140282noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685303701893298676.post-20945693324376968942014-01-05T16:46:00.000+00:002014-01-05T16:46:44.514+00:00NOTD: OPI Japanese Rose Garden<div style="text-align: center;">
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For Christmas I received OPI 'Japanese Rose Garden' from my best friend. We both picked one out and I chose this one because I've wanted it for absolutely ages but have never bought it! I remember really liking this back in 2011 so that gives you an idea of how long!</div>
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I love pink nail varnishes in general and I just love the colour of this! It's a slightly dusky mauve toned pink which is a creme but has silver duo chrome which is very visible in the bottle and also on your nails in the sunlight. This had a nice formula, the swatch was two coats and it is fully opaque. I must also mention, I also got an OPI topcoat for Christmas which I used for the first time over this and this manicure lasted chip free (not even <b>any </b>tip wear!) for 4 days! I'm going to try it over a few different polishes and see if it's just as impressive so I will report back on that.</div>
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I hope you all had a fantastic new years eve/new years day and by the looks of it many of you are making new years resolutions or like me, aims for the new year. Yesterday I posted about what I'm aiming to achieve this year, if you would like to read that you can do so by clicking *here*! But, onto today's post which is a haul! This will probably be the last for a while as I am trying not to buy any more beauty items because I really don't need any more and also it's a way of saving money of course! I went shopping at my local shopping centre on boxing day and the day after I went to Oxford Street and I also placed a couple of online orders! So here is what I've bought in the sales...</div>
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">Victoria's Secret - </i>Unfortunately, not many good deals on the clothing (I love PINK!) but all gift sets by both VS and PINK were half price, yay! I picked quite a few VS sets up but only got two in the end, <b>Sheer Love (£7)</b> and <b>Pure Seduction (£10) </b>sets which both contain a mini shower gel, body lotion and body spray (and pure seduction comes with a cosmetic pouch which was why it was a bit more) both scents smell lovely. I also saw the adorable little makeup bag(?) thing which wasn't on sale at £9 and is a little pricey but it's the perfect size to go in my new bag I got for Christmas and I love the pink and sparklyness of it! Pink didn't have many great sets but I saw the <b>Phone Case (£5) </b>and couldn't resist, it was originally £17.50!! So all in all some great bargains and I wasn't even going to go in as I didn't think they would be having a sale!</div>
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<i style="font-weight: bold;">Selfridges - </i>In the other beauty bit of Selfridges where they have the 'cheaper' brands I saw Nails Inc had lots of sets on sale! I restrained and only bought one thing, a <b>Full Size Nail Trio (£10 was £25) </b>which has three full sized polishes for less than the price of one! I will probably put up a NOTD featuring them all soon so look out for that! I'm regretting not getting more sets now! I also got an <b>EOS Pomegranate Raspberry Lip balm (£5.99) </b>as even though not on sale I <i>finally </i>found where they have them in store so obviously had to get the one I've been wanting for ages!</div>
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My friend who is a fellow nail polish <strike>hoarder</strike> lover, alerted me to the fact the <b>Ciate Mini Mani Month (£21 was £42) </b>had gone down to half price! I looked in selfridges but they didn't have it and I looked on the website and they had sold out too but luckily I tracked it down on John Lewis website and did click and collect! I picked it up the other day and I am so happy with it, 23 mini bottles and one full size for £21? yes please! I'm opening one a day in January as I don't need to take them all out at once (even though I did and looked at them all before putting them back haha) so I'm looking forward to trying these all out.<br />
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Finally, an order I placed while waiting for dinner on Christmas day. I ordered the <b>Philosophy Fruitcake Mix (£12 was £24) </b>and <b>Shortbread Cookie Shower gel (£7 was £14) </b>from Debenhams, thinking they would be sold out - wrong they were in the shops when I went out the following day! Anyway, I did click and collect for these too and just need to get down to the Oxford Street debenhams again to pick them up!</div>
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Phew, a lot of things! As I mentioned though I am now on a sort of spending 'ban' and will be doing 'project pan' along side it to try and use up more products. I will have a detailed post soon as I am going to document it etc! Hope you enjoyed reading about all my bargains and I'd love to know what things you managed to find this year, let me know! :)</div>
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I actually cannot believe it's 2014, it really doesn't seem like a whole year ago I was saying I can't believe it's 2013 already! 2013 was an ok-ish year with not much to report on, it just went very quick! For me, 2014 is quite a important year which will see some significant changes. Come May it will be my last day of school which I'm kind of happy about because I don't like school but I'm also sad about it as it's all I've been used to from the age of 4! I will of course be starting sixth form/college which I'm really scared about too! I'm not looking forward to my GCSE's but I'm looking forward to finally finishing them and fingers crossed getting good results then having the very long Summer ahead. Aside from that lengthy ramble, the point of this post is to write down some things I would like to achieve/see happen this year. I haven't called it 'resolutions' as that has a sort of stigma attached to it when you won't follow it through - but all of these I am hoping will be a success!</div>
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<b>Re Start My Business</b> - I did a post a while all about my little handmade business, Petal Dreams, however since then not much has come of it. I sort of rushed the last bit of it and it wasn't as organsied as I would have liked it to be. This year I'm hoping to start from scratch with it, sort of like a 're launch' and figure out exactly what I'm doing and everything like that. It's fun and exciting but also hard work - I think Summer will be the time I will be working extra extra hard on this.</div>
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<b>Use my Clarisonic more</b> - I bought a Clarisonic Mia <i>agesss</i> ago and I haven't used it that much in the last year. I really want to start using this every other day in the evening and hopefully I will see a difference - I don't want it to go to waste as it was a lot of money!</div>
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<b>Finally sort out my skin</b> - I'm not sure how much I've talked about my skin on my blog but well, it's pretty awful. I've had acne since about 11 or 12 and it's still going strong now. Summer/early Autumn last year it looked really great - my skin tablets (started taking them in Feb) were working good and I was really happy however at the end of December my doctor changed them and I had about 3 days when I didn't take any and it's flared up really bad and I'm not feeling good about it :( I'm hoping this year I will finally see the back of it (or the worst of it gone)</div>
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<b>Have more fun</b> - I want to become more confident and just do more things, go to new places and have fun. In the summer holidays I really want to do lots of things I haven't done before!</div>
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<b>Manage time better</b> - I want to make adequate time for everything in my life which includes blogging but also spending a lot of time on homework and revision.</div>
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<b>Complete my spending ban </b>- My bank account was well and truly battered October - December and although I love buying things the past year I have become way way better at saving money apart from my occasional large splurges. Since getting new things for Christmas and buying myself stuff I am putting myself on a one month spending ban but I will have a separate post on it!</div>
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<b>Improve my pictures</b> - I'm hoping for a new camera for my birthday which will not only help with taking pictures for my business but will be great for blogging, I love clear pictures on blogs! I also want to become more creative with how I take pictures.</div>
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<b>Join in with blogger chats </b>- There are so many blogger chats on twitter now and I rarely join in! I used to regular join in but I haven't been lately :( It's a great way to interact with other bloggers and find new blogs to read so I'm hoping to join in fully with at least two a week.</div>
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<b>Read and comment on more blogs </b>- I hardly ever comment on others blog posts but I will definitely be making the effort as it's always nice to receive a lovely comment! I also will be replying to all of mine which I am so bad at, sorry! I also want to discover more blogs to read which I'm sure the blogger chats will help with.</div>
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<b>POST MORE</b> - Yes. I'm sure you can gather I really don't post much! It's no fault but my own, I am just so lazy! I'm hoping to start posting 3 or 4 times a week.</div>
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This was a really long rambly post so well done if you read it all! It was probably quite boring but it was mainly for myself to use and check back on. I will definitely do an update on this half way through the year so sometime during June or July and then in one year from now (feels crazy thinking that far ahead) </div>
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<i>Let me know what your 2014 aims are!</i></div>
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Jessica | Jessica's Journal ♥http://www.blogger.com/profile/09536380490181140282noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685303701893298676.post-70744208169585106012013-12-30T20:58:00.000+00:002013-12-30T20:58:13.193+00:002013 Favourites ♥<div style="text-align: center;">
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This evening I'm bringing you my 2013 favourites! I've only done a couple of monthly favourites this year because I usually forget to do them or I just don't have 'favourites' of a month. My aim for next year is to have a favourites post every month as I want to start using lots more things and discovering new and old products which I enjoy using. I will be talking you through products I have loved in 2013 and have used lots and lots and will hopefully continue to love just as much during the new year!</div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd; text-align: left;">♥</span><span style="text-align: left;"> </span><i style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;">Lush Buche De Noel & Angels on Bare Skin Cleansers - </i><span style="text-align: left;">I thought I'd try Angels on Bare Skin cleanser again back in early Summer and I </span><i style="text-align: left;">loved </i><span style="text-align: left;">it! It's full of natural ingredients great for your skin and it doesn't leave my face feeling tight or dry, it just cleans it really well. In October I picked up the limited edition </span>Buche<span style="text-align: left;"> De Noel which is basically the same but more conditioning/hydrating for the skin, when my pot is out I will be buying </span>AOBS<span style="text-align: left;"> again though. Definitely one of my best skincare finds of the year.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span> <i style="font-weight: bold;">Origins Ginzing Moisturiser - </i>After not giving it much thought when the initial hype went round when this moisturiser from Origins was released, I ended up trying a sample sachet as I was trying all different moisturisers out at the time. When I finished my sample I knew I had to get this so I did! This has become my holy grail moisturiser as not only is the scent so tantalising and awakening in the morning it's gel bases which my skin needs, it sinks in really quickly and leaves my skin so soft. It also lasts for ages, I've used it every single day and I've still got just under half the tub left! I'm so happy I found this moisturiser!</div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span> <i style="font-weight: bold;">EOS Lip Balm 'Strawberry Sorbet' - </i>I finally tried an EOS lip balm in March! I got this from Harvey Nichols when I was shopping one day and well, I really like it! I'm not going to say it's an <i>outstanding </i>lip balm you must try but I find it gives just the right amount of moisture and it doesn't feel greasy. I think many people are disappointed in the UK when they finally try one as they're so talked about but I think one of the main reasons they are so talked about in America is purely because they're cheap and really easy to find! I recently picked up another flavour to try too so that proves how much I like it!</div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span> <i style="font-weight: bold;">Bath and Body Works 'Be Enchanted' Triple Moisture Body Cream - </i>I can't remember if I bought this this year or at the end of last year but either way when Autumn arrived this year I began applying this nearly everyday! This is very moisturising but the thing I love most is the scent and I really want to try some more products in 'Be Enchanted'! I buy my bath and body works products from <a href="http://bathandbodyshop.co.uk/">*here*</a></div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span> <i style="font-weight: bold;">Umberto Giannini Pure Beauty Shampoo (not pictured) - </i>I've been using this shampoo for at least half of this year and it's definitely my favourite. It doesn't do anything particular special but it leave my hair so soft, smooth and controllable and it just feels so so clean!</div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span> <i style="font-weight: bold;">MAC Lustre Lipsticks (not pictured) - </i>OK so technically not <i>one </i>product but back in April I bought my first lustre finish lipstick from Mac, you can find the review <a href="http://jessicasjournalx.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/review-mac-lipstick-in-sweetie.html">*here*</a> and ever since then it has fast become my favourite formula. I've gone on to buy another and I also got one for Christmas so yes, you could say I like them <i>a lot!</i> They're quite sheer but buildable and are really glossy and lightweight and the three shades I have are gorgeous.</div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span> <i style="font-weight: bold;">Seche Vite Topcoat -</i> I've been using this much raved about topcoat since around February and I'm sure it made it in to one of my few monthly favourites! Some love it and some hate it but I really enjoyed using it until my bottle became gloopy. It does exactly what it's supposed to do - dries insanely hard (and rock hard at that!) and left my nails super glossy and chip free. I got a new OPI topcoat for Christmas instead of Seche Vite as the downside is it contains one of the bad chemicals (forgot the name, beginning with T?) so thought I'd try another but yes, I really really did like how this worked.</div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span> Models Own Pastels - (Ignore the neon pink - I liked it to but I didn't mean to include a picture of it OOPS) I loved the Spring Fruit Pastels collection Models Own released, in fact they were my very first blog post which you can view <a href="http://jessicasjournalx.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/models-own-fruit-pastel-collection.html">*here*</a> they are such pretty milky pastels which I can't wait to wear again come Spring.</div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span> Barry M Gelly Paints - Another Spring/Summer love were the Barry M Gelly paints! I did a post <a href="http://jessicasjournalx.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/notds-barry-m-gelly-hi-shine-dragon.html">*here*</a> on them. I have two lovely colours and they had a nice formula and dried oh so shiny!</div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span> Essie and OPI (not pictured) - Some more expensive polish loves since the start of Autumn were Essie and OPI! I love the formula's of both brands and Essie in particular their wide brush. I can't wait to add more in the new year.</div>
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<span style="color: #d5a6bd;">♥</span> Nicole by OPI 'Tip of the iceberg' - This was my only topcoat glitter until November and this was usually on top of a cream finish polish throughout most of the year! Just a simple silver glitter which I found myself wearing a lot.</div>
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So there we have what I've loved this year! I'm hoping, as I said at the start of the post, to be using more things all the time so I can do monthly favourites because I really enjoy reading them on blogs. </div>
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<i>Let me know what you have loved this year!</i></div>
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