Fragrance genius Jo Malone have today launched their Kohdo Wood collection. The new scents include Lotus Blossom & Water Lily (a sweet smell designed to awaken and refresh your senses) and Dark Amber & Ginger Lily (a softer, deeper scent to calm and relax). The two scents and their names are inspired by the ancient Japanese incense ceremony of Kohdo.

The Lotus Blossom & Water Lily scent contains a blend of mandarin, lotus blossom, bamboo and aloeswood to really energise and give you a boost in the mornings. The Dark Amber & Ginger Lily contains black cardamom, orchid and Kyara Wood and has been created to cleanse the senses, and help make you more positive and relaxed. I personally prefer the Dark Amber scent, it’s fresher in my opinion.

Available in this collection along with the two fragrances are a candle (£38) and bath oil (£52), visit the Jo Malone website for more information and to buy. Each fragrance will cost you £30 for 30ml and £59 for 100ml.

The newest member of the too faced collection that I have succumbed to buying is Too Faced Shadow Insurance. This is a definite must have if you wear a lot of eye shadow and are tired of it creasing, fading or melting.

Once applying this to the eye lid wait a couple of minutes before putting your eye shadow or pigment over the top, it wonderfully fights off the oil and it allows it to stay put until its time to take it off. All the more reason to wear bright eyeshadow now knowing it wont crease!

It’s a bargain at £11.00 from the ASOS website.

Lets face it, we all enjoy a bit of pampering now and again and where better to spend a day than at a Champneys Health Resort. My sister and I took my mum to the Forest Mere Complex in Liphook, Hampshire for her birthday on Tuesday and I can’t recommend it enough. We had a fabulous day chilling out by the pool, walking around the lake and sipping smoothies and eating lemon cake in the Spa Cafe!

We opted for a ‘Spa Day’ experience which gives you access to the resort and all facilities (gym, pool, fitness classes), with this package you also get a Thalasso Pool Session (salt water and mineral pool with jets to get the circulation going), a 25 minute back massage and a 25 minute facial which was fabulous. A buffet lunch is also included plus towel and robe hire.

There are other day experiences available, I have also been to a ‘Top to Toe Day’ which includes a manicure, pedicure, massage, facial and buffet lunch. You can also go for a ‘Luxury Day’, ‘Relax Day’, ‘Mother To Be Day’, ‘Bride To Be Day’ and a few others. More information about the day experiences can be found here.

After a long day of relaxing and enjoying the peaceful surroundings we headed to the shop and bought ourselves some products to take home. I purchased the Champneys cleanser (£8), toner(£8), moisture lotion(15), two in one face masks (£6 for 4) and some luxury face wipes(£5). A good days work I thought!

To get yourself some Champneys products (which are wonderful by the way) you can go on their website and browse through the beautifully packaged gift sets, make-up, face creams and accessories. Visit the Spa Shop to get your hands on some goodies.

With the summer only round the corner and holidays already booked, it will be time to get your feet out of the boots you have worn all winter and into all the newest strappy shoes and flip flops. Before doing so think about giving them some TLC and treat yourself to some of the Champneys foot range, which I think are amazing for your tootsies!

Starting with the Instantly Reviving Foot Soak which smells lush will moisturise exhausted feet, containing sea salt and almond oil; a good pair for softening the skin on your feet. Then on to the Smooth and Polish Energising Foot Scrub, this is a deodorising scrub that exfoliates, getting rid of dead skin and helps to smooth out rough and dry skin. The combination of tea-tree oil and cream leaves your feet feeling soft and re-freshed!

After the scrub, I followed on to use the Deeply Moisturising Softening Foot Butter as a good finishing point having used the other two products. It contains Vitamin E which really helps the dry skin areas and after using it will help your skin to get back to being soft and no hard skin in sight! In my opinion a definite buy for the bathroom and overall a bargain for a great pampering session.

These products can found on the Champneys Website for £6.00 each.

The new exciting MAC Fafi Collection has been launched and can be found in the shops. This collection sports a limited edition packaging and the range of makeup has the most appealing colours. I must admit I did have a spree and bought a few pieces, I couldn’t resist the stylish packaging and striking shades. Starting with my first buy the Iridescent Powder; it manages to give your skin a beautiful sheen. (£15.50) I use it both on its own or mixed with another powder as its great for adding a nice pearly colour to my skin!

The second must have I had to have was this High Gloss Nail Varnish. You can get three different finishes – Cream, Sheer and Frosted, I wanted the “Girls Will Be Girls” shade which is the Frost finish. I love it and it has a pink with coral pearl look to it, which is a great colour to go with all the floral patterns that is in the shops at the moment.

The last thing I bought in my make up spree was an awesome bright lipstick which is great at making your final look on a night out! The limited edition FAFI Lipstick has 6 shades I chose “Flash-N-Dash” and stands out when wearing it with your eyes framed with some eye liner and mascara and cheeks with a pearly shine. A fun and exciting buy in my opinion!

I do love make up and enjoy trying out new products even if I didn’t realise I needed it. I recently bought a lip plumping lip gloss by Clinique called Full Potential Lips, the colour was what initially what attracted me to the product and I found it fantastic! The gloss has a gorgeous sheer and instantly gave me more noticeable fuller lips which stayed put for ages.

There are 10 exciting colours which can match with lots of looks. I chose 13 Luscious Lilac which is my favourite but there are plenty of nudes so if you’re not looking for a lot of colour and just want it for plumping then there are 6 to choose from. I must say I will be adding to the collection very soon! So for kissable lips I definitely recommend this one. Check out the Clinique Website for all the colours.

I had my hair highlighted a while ago and sadly it started to fade as coloured hair eventually does so, I thought I would look for a shampoo that prolongues colour. I successfully found L’Oreal Professional Shine Blonde which enhances blonde hair, and sure enough after one week I had noticed a brighter shine to my hair.

The shine blonde shampoo is purple in colour which brings out the blonde tones in either natural or coloured/highlighted hair. There is also the shine blonde conditioner to go with the shampoo, both of which I have and smells yummy!

You can also get in the same range Vitamino colour shampoo which prevents colour loss by locking in colour after getting it coloured. This is next on my list to use when I next get my hair coloured to use immediately after.

This range has impressed me and I think it is money well spent, considering it can be expensive getting your hair coloured every few months.

I recently bought a load of Benefit makeup for the first time and have to say the brand has totally won me over. I was attracted to the stall in my local House of Fraiser by the unique illustrations and appearance of the products so went over for a closer look. I ended up throwing out all my old make-up to make room for the new pots and boxes – I couldn’t bring myself to throw away the packaging, its so pretty.

I purchased Dr Feel Good (£19.50) – a skin smoothing balm that helps reduce imperfections and lines, it feels lovely against your skin helps set a base for foundation. I wear it every day and really notice the difference in the texture of my skin, not cheap but a total must have! I also discovered their Non Fiction Foundation (currently on sale at £14.60), a light covering foundation that leaves skin looking natural rather than OTT. It’s by far the best foundation I have ever bought and has a lovely scent that people often comment on.

If you get a chance try their Creaseless Cream Shadow/Liners, they are so soft and natural looking but give that litter bit of shimmer and sparkle to your eyes. I bought the Birthday Suit shade (£13.00) and wear it every day. The great thing about these eye shadows is that you can wear them on their own with some black liner and mascara, or you can use them as a base and build up different tones on top of them. A great buy in my opinion!

I couldn’t leave the Benefit stall without trying their renowned Bad Gal Lash Mascara (£14.50). It is fantastic for both daytime and evening lashes; I don’t think I’ll ever use another mascara.

They also gave me a sample of a new moisturiser which was great but I cannot find it on the website.

Check out the Benefil Website for all the products.

I can never make up my mind when it comes to my hair, one month I want it short then I see someone with long flowing curly locks and I get jealous and wish I had kept it long. Well I recently discovered a new product called Fast, the product apparently increases hair growth by up to 50% every month, so if your hair normally grows an inch a month you can expect it to grow 11/2 inches if you use this product.

It is recommended that you use it every day and it comes in the form of shampoo or conditioner. I’m going to give it a go and if you’ve already tried it please let us know if the results were good! So hopefully by the summer my hair will have transformed from the long bob I currently have into long beach hair ready for my holiday! More info at www.body4real.co.uk.

Via Luscious Locks

Every time I watch strictly come dancing I fall in love with the makeup, it’s not for the faint hearted and you won’t get everyday wear out of it, but every girl gets glamed up every now again, and shimmery sexy eyes are the way to do it, and just think how long they will last.

All the bright colours of the glittery eye shadows look fab and there will be a colour to suit any eye colour. If you’re going to wear a real stand out eye makeup then my advice is to keep it simple on the lips, a nice light pink or neutral shade is best.

Too Faced makeup is gorgeous and they make the perfect eye product for any disco diva out there, Shimmer veils glittering eye glosses let your lids explode with disco ball glamour for hours of crease-proof color and shine, and they’re only £9.30 each which in my eyes is a real bargain for such a good product.