2014 in Review and 2015 Goals | video

Hello!!

What a year it's been! In terms of blogging I've been to some awesome events, shout out to (Paul Mitchell, Kamigata, The Celtic Manor and Coffee with Curry's. I've had some incredible opportunities such as the Superdrug Beauty Studio launch, being the Boots No7 Match Made Lipstick launch in Cardiff guest of honor and meeting the top dogs at Benefit. I really hope more and many opportunistic and event come along in 2015 aswell!

I've made a quick video up of my highlights of 2014 and my goals for 2015:




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Take care and have a blast!

See you on the other side

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What I Got For Christmas

Hello!!

Hope you all had an amazing Christmas, I had such a blast, Ive been all over the place and what a wonderful time it was!

I know that showing off what you get for Xmas is a little bit braggy but I'm so nosy and love seeing what others got so I thought I'd share mine too! I was SO spoilt this year what I'm about to show is only a small portion of what I was given:

Sun photo frames, mood cuff, Astrology watch, Dream butterfly.

Kanken backpack (I've wanted one for so long!), Unsolved Mysteries DVD, Jo Malone candle and bath oil - OMG it is the nicest smelling set I've even encountered - true luxury! 

Bee mug (my new fave mug ever to hit my shelves), beefayre Winter candle, ThisWorks Deep Sleep set, Narciso Rodriquez edt (gorgeous smell, I've wanted this for years).

I got many other things and also a surprise trip to Glasgow in Feb (I'm coming for you Glasgow bloggers!) and a gorgeous yellow Rains coat. But my favourite gift had to be this beautiful, antique, taxidermy fox head from my mum:

I know it's not everyones thing but I love him so much, it's gorgeous!

Link me up with your xmas present posts!

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The Cowbiscuits Christmas Speech

This time of year is so busy, so much to do, so many people to see, so many days spent in bed all day hungover -  it's chaos! I'm back home in Devon now, then back in Wales on Boxing day.

So I've decided not to force any posting and rather let them come to me until after this busy period just so I can chill my brain out which feels a little frazzled around this festive time and have a proper relaxxx. 

I just want to say a massive thankyou to everyone and anyone who reads my little blog, I know I'm just a tiny fish in such a massive pond these days but I do this for me as my own little scrapbook and for no other reason. 

Thankyou to everyone who has supported me this year, checked out my Youtube and commenting on my posts - it means so much!

Wether you celebrate Christmas or not this time of year is always a weird one that seems to last forever so I hope you enjoy any time off you have, any time you get to spend with loved ones and any treats you may get (also the food - ohhh the food!). 

Be safe and have fun! 

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Mercure Spa Day at Holland House Cardiff

Last Sunday me and Ross were so so lucky to be treated to a spa day at the Holland House Mercure Cardiff. Lucky for us we live literally a stones throw away and this is actually the same place where I joined the gym in Summer. It was a gorgeous, sunny Winter's day and we woke up bright and early and not hungover ready for our spa session to start at 10am.

We went up to the spa treatment area which is really gorgeous, relaxed and has little Welsh Love Spoons hanging on the door with each number on - cuute! We donned our robes and slippers and headed to the relaxation room which was really peaceful with huge bed type things to snooze on.

There was also a little kitchen area where you can make yourself some herbal tea and where the lunch is served which i'll get onto in a bit...

Our treatment was called the Rejuvenate Day which included:

- A Discovery facial

- Tranquility scalp massage 

- Cleansing and purifying back treatment - which was like a facial for your back which included massage. 

It was basically heaven, I also got a sneaky little leg massage included which Lord knows I need after being on my feet 8 hours a day! 

The products used were Decleore, they were fabulous and the whole treatment was amazing, however my one little complaint which I know is definitely not the staff's fault at all they were all amazing but the one thing was that after the treatment they try to make you buy the products that were used. Now this is fine but the weird hard-sell at the end of being so relaxed and also if you've shelled out £90 each for the day I think trying to get you to spend an extra £30 odd for each product is a bit cheeky. 

Anyway, moving on - the food! After the kitchen bought us the wrong order we finally had our lunch. I had the chicken fajita wrap and Ross has a cheese and pickle sandwich, it came with a tiny bowl off Wheetos and a tiny soup too! 

Like I said before I went to the gym here and used to regularly swim, steam and jacuzzi in this very spa, so we didn't spend much time here really as it bought back bad aching muscle memories :P

I had such a lush relaxing day and I would definitely go for a treatment there again the as the spa staff were amazing and knew exactly what they were doing.

Where is your fave place to spa?

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LUSH Father Christmas Bath Bomb

Hello!

'Tis the season and all that so here is a little review of LUSH's ultimate festive bath bomb - Father Christmas*!

At first glance this bath bomb doesn't look exciting or anything special, little Santas face looks like he's been stuck in the snow for a while and knackered from making all those toys, but once it's in the bath theres an awesome festive treat:

It's Bright Greeen!!

The novelty of coloured baths does not wear thin on me one bit so as soon as I dropped him in the hot water and he started fizzing out green I was so excited for my neon bath!

Not only does it suprise you with the cool colour change it also have tons of bubbles too which most bath bombs don't produce - maybe it's his wicked beard?

The smell is basically Snow Fairy which is the most popular LUSH product ever, people literally buy tons of bottles in the 3 months it's around for. I usually wait until the Boxing Day sale and grab a small bottle for myself. I love the scent, it's sickly and it's sweet but it does grate on me after a while as I prefer deeper scents. But for this bath bomb the scent was like a lighter cotton candy version of Snow Fairy and was actually not that overpowering.

I also used my Miss Patisserie soap bar*, their website is all new and fancy now so I couldn't see it on there but I'm pretty sure it's a lavender based one and they have a lavender soap which is similar online now.

Have you tried any of the festive LUSH range yet?

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