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I've got a super exciting post today!! I received a sample of Glamglow Super-Mud Face Mask in my goodie bag from #bbloggersxmas event. I've heard alot about Glamglow and seen lots of  rave reviews of the original Glamglow YouthMud mask so when I saw a sample of Glamglow's more premium sister, its Super-Mud Clearing Treatment in my goodie bag I was looking forward to trying it.

#BloggersChrimboBox Swap with Sam from Kawaii Cherry

When I heard that the lovely Grace from AllThatSlap.com was organising a Christmas Beauty Box swap I couldn't help but jump on board! I love the excitement of mystery beauty boxes! Grace paired everyone up and a couple weeks later I got an email from her saying my swapping buddy is Sam from Kawaii Cherry!! Woohoo!! I'm sensing we were paired because of the cherry connection lol!

After a few email exchanges we got a good idea of eachother's likes and dislikes and also decided on a £15-20 budget. I have to say I had so much fun putting her box together! I actually was putting a few different beauty boxes together at the time for other friends too so had lots of product idea's in my mind!

So this is what Sam sent to me! Woohoo! I love all the gifts! I love citrus scents so the Satsuma Body Shop body butter was right up my street! The Korres lip butter in Quince is so lovely and moisturising, I've been using the heck out of it since I got it! lol My favourite item of all is the beautiful nail polish by Ted Baker. Its such a gorgeous deep navy blue colour, almost black and with a very fine microglitter adding a stunning shimmer and elegance! Its totally my kinda colour, I absolutely love it!!

What I Got For Christmas - The Cherry Edition!

Hi lovelies!! Hope you are all having a great Christmas-New Year break!! I have been doing the customary tradition of stuffing myself with good food and watching lovely Christmassy movies :-)

This year I have been lucky enough to get some awesome cherry themed gifts from my best friend, Deena. She went to the US last month so got me lots of  lovely things while she was there. She knows me so well...I absolutely love everything!!

Collection of lip balms, Lifesaver cherry sweets, Trident Cherry and  Lime gum, sour cherry Haribo, cherry Twizzlers, Bath and Body Works Cherry Blossom set, Cherries on the Snow Yankee Candle, Philosophy Have a Cherry Christmas White Cherry Shower Gel/Shampoo/Bubble Bath and I also got some festive socks from my mum :-)

I put this gift in seperately because it deserves a special mention...Deena also bought be this beautiful DKNY purse...look at that shiny gold and black plate! :-) 

Also, no Christmas is complete without a pair of festive socks a la mother lol

Did you guys get anything nice for Christmas? Post your links below, I would love to see! :-)

Cherry Lane xoxo

#BBloggersXmas Epic Blogger Meetup!

Last weekend I went to London again to a fabulous and much anticipated Christmas beauty blogger event #BBloggersXmas organised by the lovely Lola from LolaStarHeart.com and Victoria from Vik Beauty at the Reebok Bar in Canary Wharf.

It was so much fun! There were over 60 bloggers there, some who had travelled from as far as Yorkshire just to be there! Many of us had been chatting on twitter the weeks leading up to the event so it was so lovely to put faces to names.

There were also a few brands at the event including Soapbox PR, Bad Apple Cosmetics, Twisted Sista, Aromatherapy Associates, Diva Hair, and the lovely ladies from Slendertone who I met at the previous blogger meetup (here).

Lola and Victoria did such a great job at organising everything! They created a quiz for us all to test our beauty knowledge and believe me it really did! Those questions were hard but a fun way for us all to get chatting :-) They also organised some delish treats like yummy cake pops and Popchips...soo good!! On top of that there were some lovely ladies doing free treatments! Anna from Aromatherapy Associates was giving hand massages, Diva Hair curling bloggers hair with their products (check out the pic below of the rather interesting (read kinky lol) looking hair tong and the Reebok Spa ladies were giving complimentary OPI manicures. I had my nails manicured and 10 days later my manicure still looks damn good...just minor tip wear, no chips (yes I have been really lazy and haven't changed my polish! lol).

Julie from Sweets Are My Weakness and Grace from All The Slap

Grace and Aysh from Truly Madly Beauty

How weird does this look! lol

Lola and Victoria

The amazing view from the venue. If you look clodely you might be able to see the ice skating rink at the back

Lola and Vik also managed to arrange an AMAZING goodie bag for us all! Just check out all these beautiful things!! Brands include Inika, Murad, Sleek, Glam Glow, Lee Stafford, StyleFile, MagniFibres, Lush, The Body Shop, Natio, Witch, ProperCorn (omg this stuff is sooo yummy!), Macadamia, AKA and mooooreee

oh btw I bought a new camera!! The Canon SX40! This was my first time taking it out and I really wanted to test it out a little so after the event I decided to stop by London Bridge and take a few snaps...I still have a lot to learn about the settings but I'm pretty happy with the way they turned out :-)

St. Paul's Cathedral in the distance

Thank you so much Lola and Victoria for organising this amazing event! I can't wait for the next one!

Cherry Lane xoxo

Dove Shea Butter Indulgence Christmas Gift Set

I have really dry skin so moisturiser is the one product I can never do without! The one brand that I always go back to is Dove. Their products are all always so moisturising, smell luscious and never let me down. So today I'm reviewing Dove's Shea Butter Indulgence Christmas Gift Set.

This gift set comes with three products all inside a gorgeous white washbag. The bag itself is really pretty and elegant. The outside of the bag is made of a quilted faux leather type of fabric which is soft to touch. Inside the bag splits into two compartments on either side with sturdy see through white mesh and zippers to keep everything secure. The bag feels lovely and soft and looks chic too.I will definitely use for weekends away!

Inside you will find these lovely treats from Dove's Shea Butter Indulgence range

Indulgent Nourishment Lotion 250ml
Indulgent Nourishment Hand Lotion 75ml
Purely Pampering Nourishing Body Wash 250ml

As soon as I opened the bag I was hit with that gorgeously rich cocoa chocolately scent of the Shea butter! It's so heavenly...especially for someone with a sweet tooth like me! lol

The body lotion has a slightly lighter texture to the hand lotion as you would expect, both absorb into the skin  quickly without it being oily or greasy but giving me a nice sheen. They both leave my skin feeling really soft, supple and hydrated and the divine scent lingers for hours too :-)

The body wash is also soo lovely! I actually have a little soft spot for Dove body washes...because my skin is so dry I always try to give it as much moisture as possible and I've found Dove body washes to be really creamy and hydrating. I absolutely love those new Go Fresh frangances they introduced last year especially the Plum and Sakura (omg it gorgeous!) anyways back to the Shea Butter! The Shea butter is just as creamy and luxurious as their other body washes with that added cocoa scent. So moisturising and sweetly scented! :-)

This elegant set makes a lovely gift for Christmas or a nice little stocking filler. Dove Shea Butter Indulgence Gift Set retails £12.99 but is currently available at Superdrug for the bargain price of £9.99!

Cherry Lane xoxo

*PR Sample

Dove Winter Care Limited Edition Moisturisers

It is getting sooo cold over here where I live in the UK! We're reaching temps in the minus (I'm talking Celsius). The harsh winter cold and unforgiving wind is makes my already crazy dry skin even worse! Over the past couple weeks I have been trying out Dove's new Winter Care moisturisers and they have really been my saviour!

Winter Care Nourishing Body Lotion is a light formula containing Deep Complex, a blend of skin natural nutrients and rich essential oil to help nourish my skin. I've been using it mainly on my body before I go to bed. It absorbs very quickly and made my skin feel so much softer.

Winter Care Rich Nourishment Cream is a much thicker and richer cream giving me a much more intensive hit of moisture. This has been a saviour for my dry flaky legs! Because its a more rich and intensive cream its perfect for area's like elbows and knees where you need that extra nourishing protection.

Saying all that my favourite thing about Dove Winter Care is its absolutely gorgeous scent! Dove describe it as amber with sweet florals...for me its a beautiful delicate sweet fragrance which smells really clean at the same time. I'm rubbish as describing scents but believe when I say...you have to check it out!

Dove Winter Care Nourishing Body Lotion (250ml) retails at £3.99 and the Rich Nourishment Cream (150ml) retails for £3.29. Both are available exclusively in Boots and are currently on offer at under £3.

Cherry Lane xoxo

* PR Sample

#XmasBloggersLunch Meet-Up in London

I ♥ London! Sooooooo much!!!! lol This weekend I went to London to meet up with a friend coming from the US (more on that in the next post) and to attend my very first beauty blogger event!! Woohoo!! Man I had such a good time!!

 Two beautiful chica's...Safira from Miss Stylicious and Julie from Sweets Are My Weakness (a girl after my own heart lol) organised a fab blogger Chistmas get together in Kensington at a lovely little pub! I've been chatting to Safira for quite a while over Twitter so when she told me she was organising this event I jumped at the chance to meet her!

I was a little nervous going to my first blogger event, not really knowing many other bloggers. Overestimating how long it would take me to get there I actually arrived 15 mins early to an empty pub! I was the first one there but luckily 5 mins later the lovely Grace from All That Slap arrived greeting me with such a warm welcome and big hug!! She was the only other person apart from Safira who I had chatted to over Twitter beforehand so it was so great to meet her! After that the party got started and lots of fun bloggers came rolling in.

It was so lovely to meet so many wonderful people! Everyone was so incredibly friendly and genuinely wanted to meet everyone else so it was a great vibe! There are two chicks I wana give a special shout out to....April from A Pretty Wardrobe and Sophie from Sophee.co.uk who were just super sweet! And also LiLi from Lets Get Lippy...for some reason we only got a chance to speak briefly but she sent me such a cute email afterwards to say hi :-)

Julie, Aysh, Safira, LiLi, ??, Sophie, Jo, Chelsea, ?? and Hayley in the hat :-)

Me and Safira

We were also lucky enough to be joined the beautiful and inspiring Brooklyn Stylist Hilary Rushford who started her own business Dean Street Society and offered us some interesting advice on how to create a long term focus/aim for our blogs and also how important branding can be to getting noticed and potential opportunities it could lead to. Thanks Hilary, I really enjoyed your talk!

We were also treated by the lovely Slendertone ladies who kindly spent the whole day speaking to each of us on a one-to-one basis explaining how their Slendertone Face (here) product works and generously gave us all one to take home and try.

Safira and Julie managed to snag us some awesome goodies too! Check this lot out!!

 

Thank you so much Safira and Julie for organising a fab event! I hope you guys do one again soon! :-)

#XmasBloggerLunch love...

Jo from Madamoiselle Lala

Aysh from Truly, Madly, Beauty

Chelsea from Fashionista on a Budget

Mona from Chipped and Chapped

Banx from Glitter's Wall of Fame

Grace from All That Slap

Sophie from Sophee.co.uk

Marie from Miss Drifted Snow White

April from A Pretty Wardrobe

Tolu from Fashinate Me

LiLi from Lets Get Lippy

Hayley from Fashion and Me

Safira from Miss Stylicious

Julie from Sweets Are My Weakness

Hilary from Dean Street Society 

Cherry Lane xoxo