Twenty...

Admittedly it's been a long while since my last post here, although I have been super busy in the past few months. I finally finished the second year of my degree, bagged myself a new job and said goodbye to my teenage years. With all that in mind this post is a lot (lot) later than normal, although I've been doing birthday posts here for years so wanted to keep up the tradition!

This year I received quite a few food themed gifts, The first of which being these cupcake sets since I've developed somewhat of a baking obsession this semester. I am now kitted out with cases, labels and pipping bags so look forward to putting them to work. I'm also a big Reese's fan so was over the moon to receive an excessive amount of peanut butter cups along with a matching set of lipbalms! Finally food wise, I got this melon fusion candle which smells incredible. If you're a fan of fizzy watermelon sweets I recommend giving this a good sniff.

 Beauty wise I was given lots of lovely bits including a Loreal set featuring their new superstar mascara, eyeliner and eyeshadow. I was also lucky enough to receive an array of beauty bits from a friend including this stunning Pixi palette, a Max Factor mascara, blending sponge and some pretty polishes. As always I cant put them all too work, and if you see anything you like let me know so I can be sure to post about it in the future!

I figured I'd also show off a few beauty bits I brought myself with some of the money I received for my birthday. I've been keen to try these library of fragrance perfumes for a while so took advantage of Boots two for £25 deal. Scent wise I also picked up this body mist from &other stories. Along with a few beauty bits I've been wanting to try such as this blush stick from make up revolution and glow pot from Topshop.

I was lucky enough to receive a few gift sets too including this beautiful set of Nip+Fab hand creams and this luxurious Laura Mercier Set.

Finally I received this lovely gift set containing my favourite perfume. So there you have it, some of 

the things I was lucky enough to receive for my twentieth birthday which was a good while ago now!

Did anything catch your eye? 

Nineteen

It was my birthday whole two weeks ago now, so today I figured I'd show you the gifts I was lucky enough to receive, as personally I love 'what I got for my birthday' type posts. We attempted to have a BBQ in the rain, which was interesting to say the least.. and I'm pretty sure I've had enough burgers to last me a life time! Along with cake.. Tesco had a 3 for 2 offer so my Mum picked up three birthday cakes! Never again can she judge me in Boots! 

Speaking of three for twos, I was in Superdrug with my Mum the other day eyeing up the new Maybelline lasting drama gel liner. I put it back on the stand because it was around £9 which I think quite expensive for a highstreet product, this resulted in my mum picking it back up and announcing she was going to buy it for my birthday. I'm so happy she did as I love this product and should have a review going up soon! As there was a 3 for 2 on, I had to pick two other products so I ended up getting this Maybelline superstay better skin foundation which I had a sample of and loved, along with this Max factor face finity primer. My good friend Angelica from  LFA also got me some lovely beauty goodies, including this Topshop glow stick in play up which I've been lusting after for some time now and an array of pretty nail polishes from kiko, She also got me this really pretty rose shaped lipbalm which i look forward to throwing in my bag as its really cute!

I love bath & body products so I was super excited when I opened this Laura Mercier gift set from a family friend. The set contains Laura Mercier's Crème de Pistache body wash, body cream, hand cream and perfume. I've been lusting over Laura Mercier for such a long time so expect to see some posts about this in the future!

I was also lucky enough to get a few bits of jewelry from friends including this necklace and two lovely bracelets. I was also really happy to get these really cute Disney PJ bottoms from a friend along with these pretty socks and candle which i cant wait to burn.

My Mum always tries to get me some new DVDs and books to go along side my other presents, this year she got me two DVDs; Going the Distance and burn after reading. She also picked up The Fault in our stars by John Green which I cant wait to read! One of my flatmates also brought me a Wreck this journal which I've wanted to own for years so I was super happy about that!

I'm a huge chocolate addict so was super happy to receive an excessive amount! Including a few of my favourites! I've been so busy lately that I some how have two boxes left, although that's nothing a couple of Netflix nights cant solve!

Finally I wanted to make an investment, rather than wasting my money on clothes and make up, so instead of having a shopping trip with the money I was lucky enough to be given, I put it all together and added a little of my own to buy myself a reconditioned ipad2.

So there you have it everything I was lucky enough to get for my birthday this year!

Eighteen . . .

I've mentioned a few times now that on Monday I turned eighteen, I spent lovely few days to celebrating with both my family and friends and while I didn't feel it was appropriate to breach their privacy in showing you pictures from the celebrations, I figured I'd put together a post of the things I was lucky enough to receive. 

I introduced my Mum to Fragrance Direct and threw a few hints her way. I received a beautiful Dainty Doll blush, Revlon nail art french mix and Kate Moss lipstick along with a top and base coat from Sally Hansen. She also picked me up a bottle of one of my new favourite perfumes Taylor Swift's Wonderstuck Enchanted.

After my exams I'm looking forward to some amazing nights in with Season six of Gossip Girl which was a gift from a family friend. Knowing my love for candle my little sister brought me this one which smells of lemon sherbets! I also received what looks like a life times supply of chocolate (give me two weeks!)

One of my amazing friends who has recently started her own blog gave me an amazing selection of goodies including some I've been waiting to try like the 17 Lipstick and On and On Bronze Color Tattoo. I'm yet to try the pretty polishes but have been left so impressed with the Accessorize lipgloss and am head over heels with the earrings!

A couple of my close friends teamed together to pick me up a couple of bits from New look including this lovely purse, Kelly Brook nail polish set and some pretty hair grips.

I loved all of my gifts, although I mainly received money. To top off a wonderful week I've spent the day laptop hunting with my amazing Grandad who announced on the day that he wanted me to pick whatever one suits me - I'm yet to find one, although I'm so excited to finally have a laptop of my own again. I think the fact that I had such a lovely few days makes it even more gutting that Monday kicks off the first of my last three A2 level exams. I'm so excited for my three month long summer, but am terrified for what the next year holds for me. Here's to hoping that everything goes to plan.