Six Selfie Sunday

There's this thing going round Tumblr called the 'Six Selfie Challenge' and I was tagged to do it by two lovely people (see below for links to them). I really liked this idea because selfies are wonderful and so is storytelling. Therefore I decided to bring the challenge onto my blog because why not! 

1) This photo was taken at the Greek cookery night in Topping and Company, a bookshop, in Bath. We had gone to Bath for a weekend away and my was shocked to find out that my camera had a front facing camera, hence the ridiculous selfie.

2) I took this after I had been filming a youtube video because I liked my hair and makeup that day. And yes, that is a teepee in my bedroom. 

3) I was trying to take a selfie here, but accidentally took a ton of photos because I didn’t realise I was holding down the button. The selfie didn’t work out but I like this collection of accidents regardless. 

4) This isn’t actually a selfie, but I’m including it because I can. This is my favourite photo ever. It was taken whilst on a trip down the Great Ocean Road. We pulled into this little stop that was just a couple of trees and a tiny shop. But in the trees were hundreds of these birds (and a few koalas). These rosella birds would land on your hands to eat the food we were given and one even landed on my shoulder. Amazing.

5) This photo was taken a little while after photo 4. We were on the bus that was taking us down the Great Ocean Road and we decided to snap a selfie because why not. I was also covered in chocolate crumbs from the Twirl I had just eaten - classy.

6) This was taken before going out for a few drinks. I really liked my hair, makeup and outfit so decided to take a selfie. But due to my stunning lack of ability to take a good selfie this is the first time this has ever graced the internet. Check out that shampoo in the background though, crazzzzy! 

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I hope you enjoyed this post, and if you decide to do this too I'd love to see your selfie stories! Tweet them to me if you, @thegiddyelf :) 

I was tagged to do this by @justh0lly and @city-of-spooks on tumblr so go follow them, they're amazing - http://justh0lly.tumblr.com and http://city-of-spooks.tumblr.com

Have a great day. 

Byeeee! 

Spa Haul

For Christmas my dad treated my mum, sister and I to a day at Nirvana Spa! Nirvana is a UK spa which focuses on 'health through water' so after spending twelve hours (!!!) in the hot pools, saunas, steam rooms and floatation pool amongst other beautifully relaxing spa rooms, I left feeling very healthy and very relaxed! Whilst I was there I couldn't miss out on the chance to treat myself to a few of the Nirvana 'nspa' products they have to offer. Here's what I brought…

Micellar One-Step Cleanser - £5

The 'Nspa' products have four different steps that they recommend you follow for the ultimate beauty experience! So for step one, the cleanse step, I picked up this Micellar One-Step Cleanser. I thought it looked a little like the Bioderma cleanser and as I can't get that due to living in Britain, I decided to give this nirvana one a whirl. It removes make-up and any impurities, and as it is a 3 in 1 cleanser it cleanses, tones and protects your skin all at once; which is pretty perfect for me as when it gets to my bedtime I'm usually far too tired to do a long skincare routine! This cleanser is super refreshing and it really gently removes all my makeup fairly quickly - perfect!

Hot Cloth Polish - £7

Next up is the exfoliating step, and for this I brought the Hot Cloth Polish. This is a very creamy face wash which you wash off with the provided muslin cloth. In order to get the most out of this you need to get the cloth really hot, so I run it in hot water and then rinse the face wash off. This polish gently exfoliates your skin and clears it of any makeup and impurities. Just after using this once I noticed the difference in my skin, it was like a million times softer and it looked instantly clearer and healthier. I love this!

Spa Treatment Masks - £6

For step three, the treat step, I got these Spa Treatment Masks. This has three cloth face masks and two eye masks in it and oh my gosh, they smell amazing! They contain papaya extracts and apparently papaya smells delicious - who knew?! Not me, haha. These masks are a treat for your skin and help to improve the overall condition of your face, so are perfect for having a relaxing pamper night. I love having a little face mask session every now and then, so as soon as I saw these in Nirvana's shop I knew they'd be coming home with me. 

Night Repair Cream - £6

The final step is the moisturise step, and for this one I didn’t even have to think about what I was going to buy; the Night Repair Cream is literally my holy grail beauty product. I could not live without it. The night cream protects, repairs and moisturises your skin, and I never go to sleep with smothering my face with it first. I've really been able to see the difference in my skin since I started using this, it’s been so much clearer and if I have any problem areas, such as redness or spots, they’ve often reduced or completely gone when I wake in the morning. And as if this night cream wasn’t amazing enough, it smells great too! I love it, end of. 

And that’s everything I brought on this trip. But i’m sure I’ll be adding to my nspa collection on my next trip to the spa! 

I hope you enjoyed this post, have an amazing day! 

Byeeee :) 

Red and Pink Gradient Nails

I've been really loving gradient nails recently, and after seeing a photo on tumblr that used red and pink to create the gradient effect I had to recreate it. 

I used these three colours to create the look. They're from the brand Beauty UK which you can buy from Superdrug if you live in the UK. (Unfortunately they came from a set and don't have individual names on the bottles, sorry!) It's a pretty cheap brand - £2.99 for a larger bottle than I have here. They have a ton of colours to choose from and they go on really well, so I'd definitely recommend these to you if you're looking for something more affordable than some of the bigger brands. 

As you can see in the photo above, I used the red nail polish on my thumb nail, then moved on to the dusty pink shade on my index and middle fingers, and then the light pink shade on my ring and little finger. And then I did the same again on my other hand. 

I used two coats of each polish so that the colours were really bright! 

The best thing about gradient nails is that you can adapt it to make it look however you want. You can use so many colours to get the desired effect and so you can match it to your outfit, style or just whatever colours you're really digging right now. 

I hope you enjoyed this post and you should definitely try out the gradient effect yourself if you like it (black and grey looks super cool too, if you're interested)! 

Thanks for reading, have a lovely day. Byeeee! :) 

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PRODUCTS: 

Beauty UK polishes: http://www.superdrug.com/search?q=beauty%20uk:name-asc:category:nailpolish&page=2&pageSize=10&resultsForPage=20#.U8v5uom9Kc0