Mini Yankee Candle Sale Haul

Hi beaut's!

It's no surprise that I'm a crazy candle lady, I literally have to have a candle burning in my house at all times so when I saw Yankee Candle had a sale on online I just had to make a cheeky purchase. I didn't go too crazy mainly because lots of the candles had already sold out and I also got bought quite a few Yankee Candles for Christmas so I didn't really need more but I like to stock up and I just cant resist a sale hehe.

Berry Trifle £18.99 now £9.50

The first one that went straight into my online basket was a medium glass jar of Berry Trifle, I actually reviewed the votive of this a few days back (Link HERE) and it's safe to say it's one of my favourites, as you'd expect its quite a fruity yet sweet scent and raspberries and cranberries definitely comes through, theres a light vanilla fragrance too which comes from the vanilla cream but the berry scent is definitely what comes out on top and is the most recognisable, arhhh it's smells sooooo good!

Snowflake Cookie £8.99 now £4.50

Next I went looking for a glass jar of Snowflake Cookie and the only variation they had left was the small glass jar so that's what I went for. To me this smells incredibly good just like sugar cookies and icing, very similar to Christmas Cookie actually, I love foodie scents.

I then decided to finish off my order by getting a couple of votive's purely because they where only 90p each. I opted for Gingerbread Maple which I've had before and loved, if your into sweet yet spicy scents then Gingerbread Maple will be right up your street, to me it smells very much like when your baking your own gingerbread, all the way from making the gingerbread dough to when they are baking in the oven and to when they are cooling down, it literally fills the house with a Christmas baking vibe. Lastly I went for Christmas Memories, again I've had this one before and really enjoyed it. It literally has every scent that you associate with Christmas all piled into one candle. It smells like sweet/spicy baking with hints of mandarin, cinnamon, cloves and ginger, it's so warming!

Did you pick up any Yankee Candles in the sale beaut's? 

Benefit Real Cheeky Party Kit Review

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You may have seen if you read my What I Got For Christmas post that my boyfriend generously got me the Benefit Real Cheeky Party Blushing Beauty Kit for Christmas, even though this kit sadly isn't available anymore I couldn't not do a post on it because I'm seriously in love with it and have used it everyday since Christmas Day, plus you can buy all the products within the kit separately and theres nothing limited edition within the kit so I thought I'd give it a 'cheeky' review, did you see what I did there he he!

Firstly lets talk packaging, I thought Benefits Christmas line was so fun this time around and I loved the Real Cheeky Party's bright green and pink polka dot party theme. The kit itself comes in a very sturdy tin and the products are set into a thick foam base that again is really secure. Within the kit is 8 products in total including four powder blushes, a bronzer, a highlighter, a gel eyeliner and a mascara, below is the full rundown....

 Dandelion - a pretty soft peach with a hint of pink and a minute golden shimmer-sheen running through it, I can see Dandelion being the perfect Spring time blush! Rockateur - a deep dusky rose colour, this has been my go to blush most days recently, I absolutely love it! Sugarbomb - a peachy-pink shade with a subtle golden sheen, this is quite a glowy blush that will come in handy in the Summer months and could even be used all year round when I want a real glow to my cheeks. Lastly for blushes is CORALista  - a peachy coral shade with pinky tones and a frosted, gold finish. The perfect shade for the Spring and Summer. Their is another powder within the Cheeky Party Kit but this time its in the shape of the ever so popular Hoola Bronzer, a medium brown bronzer shade with a matte finish. I've actually been using Hoola to contour with everyday since I got it and love it, I think it's quite a universal bronzer shade that would suit most and it blends out beautifully. Each square powder has 5 grams worth of product in instead of the usual 8 grams which is what the full size boxes contain. 

Next up is the sample size of the Watt's up! Highlighter, this is a champagne coloured highlighter that has a cream to powder finish, it does need a slight bit of warming up with my finger in the pan but it looks beautiful on the cheekbones and down the centre of my nose. Lastly within the kit is two makeup products that claim to help achieve bigger, sexier eyes, theres a deluxe sample of the They're real! Push-up Liner and a deluxe sample of the They're real! Mascara. I already knew I loved the mascara as I have the full size and love how long and separated it makes my lashes look but I was keen to try the Push-up Liner after hearing so many positive and negative things about it, my first impression of it are its super black, easy to apply but only if I pop the gel on the back of my hand and then pick it up product with the applicator, without doing it that way I did find it slightly time consuming to apply and lasting power is incredible, to the point of me thinking it was super glued to my eyes, my god it's a bugger to remove!

Overall I've been getting on with this little kit so well, I had been lusting after Benefits boxed blushes and the Hoola bronzer for years but their £23.50 price tag always put me off but this way I've been able to try so much Benfit makeup and have loved it all.

Did you get the Benefit Real Cheeky Party Kit beaut's? What do you think? I'd love to know!

Yankee Candle 'Berry Trifle' Votive Review

Hey beaut's!

For Christmas I was lucky enough to receive some Yankee Candles and one of those was a Berry Trifle votive which was part of my present from my secret Santa at work! Berry Trifle was actually a limited edition scent that Yankee Candle released just for Christmas so it might be quite difficult to get hold of now however, the Yankee Candle website do still have a few left in the sale which I took advantage of he he.

Berry Trifle  is described as a 'mouth-watering fragrance of fresh berries, tangy and sharp, nestled on a bed of soft vanilla cream' oh my goodness, sounds good enough to eat doesn't it! I'm a HUGE fan of berry scents in general so I knew I would like Berry Trifle and it turns out I absolutely love it! It's quite a fruity yet sweet scent and raspberries and cranberries definitely comes through, theres a light vanilla fragrance too which comes from the vanilla cream but the berry scent is definitely what comes out on top and is the most recognisable. The scent throw is medium, it's definitely not overpowering but fills the house with it's gorgeous scent really quickly, I've even had comments about how nice my house smelt when I've been burning Berry Trifle which is definitely a good sign of a nice smelling candle.

All the Yankee Candle votive/samplers claim to provide up to 15 hours of fragrance and Barry Trifle certainly lasted well, I think because the scent really lingers and fills the entire house you don't have to keep it alight for so long so you can certainly get a good few uses out of it that's for sure.

Have you tried Berry Trifle beaut's? What did you think? I'd love to know.