Wordless Wednesday

She Said Beauty Box - April

After the anticipation and excitement of the launch of She Said Beauty there were some mixed reviews in the blogosphere about their first box. Personally...as you probably read my first impressions of the box were good but as I started to test and use the product I became a little disappointed for two reasons.

1. The sample sizes of the Aveda haircare products were quite small so I only got one use from them. Not enough to test the product out thoroughly
2. The inclusion of the Collection 2000 (or Collection as they are now know since rebranding) lip cream. She Said say their box is filled with top brands however Collection 2000 is definitely not a top end brand and is more budget therefore I don't think it was an appropriate product to include in the box.

Despite this I was happy with the range of products contained within the box...the Orly Nail polish and added bonus of the nail file (which is awesome!), the We Are Faux lashes look great and have converted me a little. Overall, I think the first box was ok but She Said have some work to do to compete with the other beauty boxes out there! Oh you may also have heard that Carmine has gone to beauty box heaven and guess what?! Carmine's Product Buying Director has moved to She Said!! Hopefully this will mean that in the future we can get some great brands like the Balm and Claudie!

So anyways...lets move on to the bit you have been waiting for! Whats in the April box!!

Mischa Barton Luscious Lips in Pink Pop

Bharti Vyas Face & Neck Polisher

Filthy Gorgeous London Nail Polish in Valentine

Bellapierre Shimmer Powder in Champagne

Comfort Zone Body Expert Kit

Erno Laszlo The Hollywood Collection

And a little Lindt Easter Egg just for fun...I gobbled this up as soon as I opened the box lol

Here's a summary based on the prices and info provided by She Said...

Mischa Barton Luscious Lips in Pink Pop - Full size 8g £12 - Received full size £12.00
Bharti Vyas Face & Neck Polisher - Full size 125ml £22.50 - Received 10ml approx £1.80*
Filthy Gorgeous London Nail Polish in Valentine - Full size 10ml £9 - Received £9.00
Bellapierre Shimmer Powder in Champagne - Full size 2.35g £12.99 - Received £12.99
Comfort Zone Fruity Peel Exfoliator - Full Size 150ml £24.50 - Received 10ml £1.63
Comfort Zone Aromasoul Shower Gel - Full Size 200ml £19.95 - Received 10ml £1.00
Comfort Zone D-Age Body Cream - Full Size 200ml £48.00 - Received 10ml £2.40
Comfort Zone Body Strategist + Remodeller - Full Size 150ml £40.95 - Received 10ml £2.73
Comfort Zone Vital Leg Cream - Full Size 200ml £32.75 - Received 10ml £1.64
Comfort Zone Tranquillity Cream - Full Size 200ml £58.25 - Received 10ml 2.91
Erno Laszlo Instant Eye Repair - Full size 15ml £85 - Received 2ml approx £11.33*
Erno Laszlo Morning Beauty Rescue - Full size 50ml £95 - Received 2ml approx £3.80*
Erno Laszlo Intensive Porcelain Veil - Full size 50ml £140 - Received 2ml approx £5.60*
Erno Laszlo Refresh Moisture Infusion - Full size 50ml £125 - Received 2ml approx £5.00*
Erno Laszlo Velvet Night Cream - Full Size 50ml £175 - Received 2ml approx £7.00*

*No ml stated on sachet therefore these prices are approximate

TOTAL VALUE OF BOX £80.83

Total Price of Box £11.95

My first impressions is that this is a great box! Again it has good balance of makeup and skincare and although samples are not more than 10ml I'm really pleased because this box contains a lot more product than the previous one! I am super excited to the try out the Erno Laszlo collection as there as been quite a bit of buzz about it! What do you think about it??

For more info about She Said Beauty you can click here for their website.

Cherry Lane xoxo

Global Pics - Disneyland Paris!

One of my huge passions in life is travelling! I absolutely love visiting new countries, seeing how the locals live, trying different food, making new friends in the most random of situations and just soaking up the culture (and sun)! I've been lucky enough to have done a fair bit of travelling in the past few years and I wanted to share some of these experiences with you so I thought I would start a weekly 'Global Pics' feature. I've created a list of all the cities I've been to in the world (82 cities in 24 countries) and every week I will use random.org to select one to feature.

So to kick off...we are off to DISNEYLAND PARIS!! I went to Disneyland for the first time in April 2009 with my flatmate at the time Andrea (an Italian guy). Back then I was living in a town called Ramsgate which is in the very far south east of the UK...from there it was really easy to take a ferry over to France so we took advantage of this a few times making trips to Paris, Brugge and Brussels. We had soo much fun on our lil road trip driving to Paris in my car!

The rides, the smiles, the shops and the parades! Disneyland is a special place! And I'm so excited because I'm going again this June thanks to Sky! If you live in the UK and are a Sky customer you can get two free tickets to Disneyland Paris...you can pick any date from April-October...al you have to do is book before 30th April 2012! For more details click here. I cant wait to go again and what special things they have in store for their 20th Anniversary!

Have you been to Disneyland? What was your favourite ride/attraction?

Cherry Lane xoxo

NOTD Razzle Dazzle!!

Hey lovlies! I'm sooo excited because having seen this on the blogosphere for quite a while I have just got my hands on my very first Deborah Lippman polish yay!! And I was not disappointed! Its just as beautiful and sparkly as I expected!! Here I have layered two coats of DL Razzle Dazzle over two coats of MUA in black.

All the pics above were taken in daylight

This one was taken at night with flash

Hope you guys have had a good weekend! What have y'all been upto?

Cherry Lane xoxo

I won a giveaway!! Yay!!

I have to admit I dont really enter many giveaways because I'm always so unlucky and never win anything! lol and I'm also kinda lazy to do all the different entries especially when hundreds of other people have already applied but when I see a really awesome giveaway which isnt too crazy competitive then I do like to give it a go. So last week I just could believe my luck because I actually won one!! Lovely Lauren from All Things Beauty, Make-up & Shopping had a massive 200 Follower Giveaway...Thank you so much Lauren for letting me win your giveaway! I cant tell you how happy I am!! Sooo much awesome stuff! Take a look at what I won...

Cargo Boogie Nights - Eyeliner - 01 Silver
BM Beauty Mineral Eyeshadow - Storm Cloud (Dark Green/Grey)
Clinique - Dramatically different moisturizing lotion - 30ml
Eyeko - Skinny Eyeliner - Plum - Full Size
Eyeko - Fat Eye Stick - Chocolate - Full Size
Weleda - One-Step Cleanser & Toner - 10ml
Lush Toothy Tabs
Clinique - Rinse-off foaming cleanser - 50ml
Paul Mitchell - Super Skinny Relaxing Balm - 25ml
Korres - Wild Rose 24 Hour moisturiser - 10ml
L'Occitane - Dry Skin - Hand Cream - 10ml
L'Occitane - Dry Skin - Foot Cream - 10ml
Eldora Handmade Eyelashes - B142
L'Occitane - Extra Gentle Soap - 25g
L'Occitane - Verbena Shampoo - 30ml x2

Amazing and generous gifts..thank you so much Lauren!

Cherry Lane xoxo

LDN in a Day...

Ciao bella's! Last weekend I went to London to pick my sis up...She's been living in Clapham, London for the last couple of years but her contract is up so she's moving back home for a while until her next contract. So I had the pleasure of driving down to London to pick her and alll her stuff and bringing it back home in my car. But while I was there we did get the chance to spend one day together looking around (rhukrhing) the city!

We started off by looking around the Natural History Museum...I've driven past it so many times and always admired the absolutely stunning building but never got round to checking it out so this time I really wanted to see what was inside!

Then we headed over to Knightsbridge to check out Harrods and tick one off my sister's list...cant beleive she lived there 2 years and never went! lol

After tiring ourselves out by looking at the gorgeous bags, getting spritzed by about 10 different perfumes by SAs and wandering around the amazingly tempting food hall (my gosh the food was sooo mouthwatering)...we decided to indulge in some lunch from the food hall and head down to Hyde Park to have a little picnic by the Serpentine...

Lobster & Soul Terrine with a fresh french bagette and a yummy haloumi Mediterranean salad...so lush!

Then we headed over to Oxford Circus and made a trip to one of my favourite stores Liberty...I love this store! Its got such great and unique mix of different things from most famous designers and new upcoming independent ones too...all with such style! and the building is absolutely beautiful too!!

Couldnt resist a quick look in Illamasqua while we were in Oxford Circus...

We also managed to spot a few of the 200 easter eggs dotted around London as part of the big Faberege Easter Egg Hunt...grand prize is a Diamond Jubilee Egg valued at £100,000!

Somehow we ended up in Trafalgar Square...The National Gallery in the background to the 2012 Olympics Games countdown...

Then finally....over to Covent Garden for drinks, dinner and a little walk to take a peek at the Themes before we headed home...

I cant believe we managed to pack sooo much into one day...was had soo much fun!! We were pretty knackered the next though so we decided to take it easy and have a nice little brunch at a local french cafe in Clapham and look what they had! Chalkboard tables!! It was the perfect end to my LDN trip...well it was before we had to then stuff my car with all my sister's junk and head back home! lol

What did you guys get upto this weekend?

Cherry Lane xoxo