Cocoa Brown 'Meet the Family' & Luxury Gift Set

Hey Ladies,

I hope you are all well! Now you all know that I am a huge fan of the Cocoa Brown range from Marissa Carter. I first fell in love with Cocoa Brown when it was released around this time last year. I still cannot believe that CB is one year old! How far its come and how popular it has become, which really is no surprise to anyone who loves the brand! From Cocoa Brown 1 Hour Tan, to the newest addition of the scrumptious Chocolate Whip Body Moisturiser, Cocoa Brown has given us an incredible family of products to suit all our tanning needs!

The entire Cocoa Brown Range has something for everyone, and looks after every aspect of maintaining your tan, which is not only unique, but also fantastic! The range offers the original 1 Hour Tan, Night & Day Tan, Tough Stuff, Chocolate Whip Body Moisturiser and Tanning Mitt.

These two beautiful tans are the Holy Grail products of my tanning regime first we have Cocoa Brown 1 Hour Tan, you can read an in depth full review here, I cannot count the amount of tan-phobes I have converted by recommending CB, and who now, would never use anything else! The Cocoa Brown Night & Day Tan is perfect for those of you who need that perfectly developed tan in a hurry! You can read a full review of this wonder product here. Whether it's longevity you need or a perfectly developed tan in a rush, Cocoa Brown have you covered!

Cocoa Brown Tough Stuff is an absolute must have product in my opinion, even if you don't tan I think that this product would be perfect for you! This is incredible for removing stubborn old tan, for preparing the skin for that new layer of tan, or just fantastic as an exfoliating body treatment! It is scented beautifully and is the most stunning pink colour, perfect to indulge your inner pink obsession, because lets face it, we all have it ladies!

Chocolate Whip is the newest addition to the Cocoa Brown family and isn't it just a beauty?! Smelling as edible as it sounds Chocolate Whip is designed to make your flawless Cocoa Brown Tan last longer and fade flawlessly, it is an oil free body moisturiser, with Vitamin E and Panthenol. The Vitamin E helps to lock in moisture, help with the appearance of scars and stretch marks and helps keep the skin soft and supple! Panthenol is fantastic for creating a barrier against everyday environmental damage, and prevents the skin from become dehydrated, an added bonus as we enter the colder months. So in short, Chocolate Whip is choc (see what I did there?!) full of goodness to help keep your skin in tip top condition all year around!

And now, for the star of the show... the MOTHER of all gift sets, I give you the Cocoa Brown Luxury Gift Set! Containing 3 full size products and a tanning mitt, for the unbelievable price of €19.99! This will be available exclusively in Tesco stores from the end of November! These are sure to sell out as soon as they hit the shelves. Containing Chocolate Whip, Tough Stuff, and 1 Hour Tan, this is sure to be the perfect gift for any Cocoa Brown fan, as a stocking filler, for someone who is just starting to experiment with tanning or lets face it, for yourself! A little self gifting never hurt anyone, right?!

I am so in love with this gift set and with the entire Cocoa Brown range. Marissa really has created a line of pure perfection here, and only that I myself have been converted from someone who never wore tan, to someone who squeels with delight at the very mention of a new product release from the line, I would never have believed that self tanning would become an area of the beauty industry that I would become so obsessed with! Be sure to keep an eye out for these ladies, they are bound to snapped up quickly!

That's it for now ladies,

I hope you enjoyed!

What are your favourite Cocoa Brown products?

Will you be purchasing the Luxury Gift Set?

As always let me know below!

Until next time

xoxo

Aundrea

Lancome Happy Holidays: Winter Collection 2013

Hey Ladies,

I hope you are all well. It's my favourite time of year and bit by bit the Holiday collections are starting to trickle onto the  makeup counters, and it is such a welcome sight! This year Lancome's Winter Collection  is inspired by the magic of a snowy scene (fingers crossed we'll have our own snowy scene soon!) the satin radiance of snowflakes and the glitter of frost set to adorn you in enchanted light.

With shades of iridescent black and glistening garland topped off with a dazzling red lip, this collection lives up to the promise of Happy Holidays! All the magic of the season seems to be captured right here in this stunning collection of elegant, chic and glistening products! Lets have a closer look, shall we?

The Hypnose Ultra Dazzling Colours are truly a thing of beauty, offering a high concentration of pigment and sparkle within a waterproof mousse like texture these are just incredible! They are easy to apply, smooth application with a great colour payoff and once they set the do not budge, fade, crease or slide. The colours I have, shown above are Emeraude Eternelle, and Saphir Noir. Black Sapphire is a pretty accurate description of this little beauty, black as coal, with a stunning silver sparkle, almost like a dark sky with stars twinkling. Just gorgeous! The Eternal Emerald is not as it appears in the pot. It transfers to the eye as an almost blackened green, this is a colour certain to make your eye colour pop! When paired with the Black Sapphire they combine to make a really fantastic, elegant night time look for the eyes!

Also on offer from Lancome are a set of 4 Christmas Decorations, containing miniature products! When opened these beautiful hanging decorations reveal a different festive treat including Rouge in Love Lipstick, Hypnose Mascara, Gloss in Love and Vernis in Love! I think these would make a fantastic gift for the makeup enthusiast in your life (even if that happens to be yourself!). They are incredibly packaged it really is a lovely idea!

 On the face: Lancome's Teint Idole Ultra 24 Foundation, and on the lips L'Absolu Rouge 132 Caprice

On the eyes: Lancome's Hypnose Ultra Dazzling Colours in Saphir Noir & Emeraude Eternelle, Hypnose Mascara, and Lancome's Art Liner in Black

That's it for now ladies,

I hope you enjoyed,

What are your thoughts on this years 

holiday collection from Lancome?

Will you be indulging?

As always, let me know below!

Until next time 

xoxo 

Aundrea 

Shu Uemura Art of Hair - Ultimate Remedy Line

Hey Ladies,

I hope you are all well! So as most of you know, I am on a long road of hair recovery. I wont go into too much detail, but hair damage and loss has been a big issue for me over the past two years. I am constantly on the lookout for new ways to pamper my hair, and when I heard about Shu Uemura's Art of Hair Ultimate Remedy Line, I knew I'd have to give it a go!

This collection of products is designed to nurse even the most helpless cases of hair back to health. The products use ceramide as a sort of cement to repair the hair fibre from within. It works to recover solidity and strength of the hair while also nourishing and smoothing for a glossy and soft finish! Here is the sciencey bit: Ceramide is a lipid naturally present in the hair fibre, that binds the cuticle and cortex together, providing the hair with protection, resistance, and impermeability. When applied to ultra damaged hair in high concentration, it penetrates the hair fibre and restores it's solidity and strength from within! This leave the hair with exceptional shine, tone and body, ceramide also prevents the loss of proteins and protects against any risk of future external damage. Pretty incredible right?

The Ultimate Remedy Shampoo with its Lotus Infusion and ceramide 1000PPM (parts per million, so the higher the PPM the stronger the product) gently purifies the hair without any irritation to the scalp. On first shampoo I found there was little to no lather with the product, on second shampoo there was a world of lather! The scent is just exquisite, and that is an understatement. I think if heaven had a hairdresser, their products would smell like this!

The Ultimate Remedy Extreme Restoration Conditioner is again infused with the lotus and ceramide 1500PPM, so stronger again in comparison to the shampoo. This restores nourishment whilst maintaining the softness and flexibility of the hair. I applied four small pumps of the product on to my hair and left it to work its magic for 3-4 minutes, which was fine with me, it gave me time to enjoy smelling my hair. it was easy to rinse out, and then I moved onto the last step!

The Ultimate Remedy Extreme Restoration Treatment is a stunning rich creme masque, and oh my word does it feel like you are in a spa somewhere when you are using this! The result after using this 3000PPM are visible immediately, and leave you with what I can only describe as feeling like you have had a hair transplant! My hair went from brittle and damaged to soft, glossy and strong. I honestly could not believe the difference after one use! Just incredible and I am totally in love.

My final thoughts? I'm blown away by this collection. It truly is incredible. If I had to choose one product? It would have to be the Extreme Restoration Treatment. Out of all the masks, and treatments I have tried on my haircare journey, this one lands in first place and really sort of deserves a special place on a velvet cushion somewhere because its just that good! I absolutely recommend you give these a go if you are in the market for a new hair regime. Perfection for the hair!

 That's it for now ladies,

I hope you enjoyed!

Have you any thoughts on this collection?

Does it appeal to you?

As always let me know below,

Until next time

xoxo

Aundrea 

Tots Tuesday - Philosophy Birthday Girl Gift Set

Hello Ladies,

I hope you are all well! Tuesday's on the blog will now be a new series called Tots Tuesday! My 5 year old daughter Addison will be reviewing products in her own words, and telling you exactly what she thinks, in a way that only a 5 year old can. I thought it might be something fun and different, especially if you're looking for a gift for the tot in your life!

First up a little bit about my Addie-Bear -

Addie, can you tell everyone a little bit about yourself?
I'm 5, but I'll be 6 in December,so really I'm 5 and three quarters and a bit, and I'm in Senior Infants, but I don't know if I like it yet, there is all hard work and not much play time and sometimes I don't get to finish my lunch!

And can you tell everyone why you like makeup and all the other nice things?
Because you (that's me) have lots of it, and you're always taking pictures of things and its fun to play with and I like things that make me smell nice except sometimes I don't like the horse shampoo, because I'm not a horse mammy.

So Addie, can you tell me what you get in the Birthday Girl set?
You get lipstickgloss for your lips, and you get a shower gel that you use in the bath. It comes in a nice round tub with a ribbon on top, which I like because I can keep it after I'm finished the things to put stickers in, and it has pink sparkles on it because its for girls and its the same colour as my room!

Can you tell me a little bit about the shower gel and why you like it?
I like that it smells like birthday cake, and sometimes if you want bubbles you can pour some into the bath and it makes birthday cake bubbles.

And can you tell me how you think it makes your skin feel after your bath?
I think it makes my skin feel clean and for a little while it makes it smell like cake, but sometimes it makes me want birthday cake, can I have hello kitty on my birthday cake this year?

The last thing is for your lips, can you tell me a little bit about why you like this so much?
This is my favourite, its lipstickgloss that the lipstick artists use in makeup. You can put it on your lips!

Very good, and can you tell everyone what it looks like and how it feels when you have it on?
Well, it looks a bit like a honey yellow colour that has gold sparklies floating in it. You have to squeeze the tube CAREFULLY because too much can come out and you make a mess, but I don't do that! (LOL) When you put it on it makes your lips look shiny and gold and when you go like this (rubs lips together) it feels nice and gooey and then you can go like this (sort of smacks lips) and it makes a pop noise which is funny.

So, do you think people should buy this? And who would it be good for?
I do think they should buy it for people who have birthdays, but you don't really need to have a birthday to use it, because I used it and it wasn't my birthday and nothing bad happened.

Good, I'm glad we cleared that up. Nothing bad happens if you use this when its not your birthday! Did you think maybe the birthday police my come and give out to you?
Are there birthday police?!

No Addison, I think you're safe enough... Say bye bye to everyone!
Byeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

Addison chose this picture of her so you could see what she looks like

and how scary she looked this Halloween!

That's it for this weeks Tots Tuesday!

I really hope you enjoyed!

Let me know what you think,

and if you would like to see more of these posts!

Until next time

xoxo

Aundrea & Addie