Unusual gift ideas

I've never known life without the internet, as such I cannot imagine what it would be like to buy presents without it! Of course physically going to the shops is great fun too. However going to the shops can sometimes (especially during the festive period or sales time) feel like you are searching for a needle in a haystack. That is why I love finding new websites where I can buy little gifts that aren't necessarily available in the shops. 

This vintage style necklace with polka dot bow and heart locket is available here. The heart is a little locket and actually opens up with room for a photo, now you've just got to decide who the lucky person is who gets to be inside your locket! It's only £10 and came packaged in a cute little pink net bag :). IKandi will be continuing to update the website so keep an eye out.

Other bargains on the site include clutch bags at £20 (I've seen similar ones in the shops for about £40 so this seems a real steal!): 

Another website I've recently discovered is bedcrumb. Have a browse of the site yourself and you'll see the cute quirky designs. I have one of the bedcrumb brooches (see below, cute aren't they!), at first I wasn't sure how to wear it, as having a soft cotton brooch is really quite unusual but it looks great on knitwear or pinned to a bag.

A real hate of mine is paying £4/5 for a mass produced card... that's why I love bedcrumb cards, they're hand finished and range from around £2.75 - £3.25 check them out here!

Oh, and did I mention, shipping is free to the UK with any bedcrumb product. Perfect!

Do you prefer shopping online or instore?

Blogger, Elizabeth xx

MAC's Wonder Woman collection launches in NY today

Sometimes I wish I lived in America just so I could get my hands on the new products first... The Wonder Woman collection is bigger than normal MAC products...  woohooo!!

... The launch will be happening in the UK on the 10th Feb so look out!! What do you think of the new Wonder Woman range for MAC? Will you be buying any?

Images in this article sourced from racked.com 

Barry M Nail Effects

I've finally managed to pick up a bottle of Barry M Nail effects! I tested it out on Mum on Monday evening, since then she's been baking/cooking/shopping/working... so I thought that was a good test for nail durability!!!

The colour underneath is Nails Inc Caramel (free with 2 diet cokes) and the top coat I used Sally Hansen Hard As Nails With Nylon (because I couldn't find an ordinary top coat anywhere in the house!)

Soooo... here are the results, the photos are off the webcam so sorry for the poor quality:

It looks a lot better in person, and Mum was really pleased with the effect. Tip: you must use a top coat or the nail effect flakes off everywhere!! I think I'll apply two clear coats over the top next time I use this because it did chip a little on day two.

I've only managed to pick up the denim and caramel colours from Boots Diet Coke offer, but I really want the other two!!

Have you managed to get all the Nails Inc Diet Coke colours?