December Favorites 2013

Hello Ladies! 

Today I have my December Favorites for you! 

December is such a busy month with Christmas and family visits and school plays, its impossible to find time to really sink your teeth into something! However I managed to find time for one little luxury!  

Dove purely pampering hand cream- I love this hand cream! I use it after I do the washing up to get the nasty dish water smell off. It smells amazing, you can tell there is coca butter in there. It leaves you're hands so soft after as well. I'd highly recommend you give it a try if you're looking for a new hand cream.

True Blood season 5- Oh my goodness! True Blood is my little luxury I found time for this month and I'm glad I did! How good was the season finale? I you are over 18 ( it is very violent and rather sexy) and you like vampire 'things' I suggest you watch True Blood. I have all 5 seasons on DVD and am planning to get season 6 as soon as I can get my soft hands on it! (See what I did there, with the soft hands thing, about the hand cream.....no ok, stop now Beth).

ELF Lip Stains- I'm not really much a lipstick wearer, I find they dry out my lips very quickly and look horrible. So I thought I would try out some lip stains by ELF since I love my Max Factor one so much. I'm glad I did too! I got 'Nude Nectar' and its the perfect colour for everyday wear. Definitely going to be picking up some more in different colours!

ELF Tone Correcting Powder- Thank goodness to however came up with the idea of tone correcting powder! It has been a life saver since having Jay. My skin has been red and blotchy since giving birth as my hormones are everywhere! This poder totally covers all that up and even helps reduce the bags under my eyes. I wouldn't normally put so much faith in a powder but I'm so glad I gave this a try. My skin is even when I'm doing my make up and gives me a nice blank canvas to work with.

Taylor Swift Wonderstruck Perfume- For my birthday my lovely partner bought me the Taylor Swift perfume and I loved it. So naturally I wanted to try the second fragrance and my partner kindly bought it for me for Christmas. Oh my goodness, its divine. If I could get away with bathing in it I probably would! If you pass by a perfume shop as them if you can have a scent card and give it a whiff! 

Herbal Essences Bee Strong Hair Mask- I love this stuff so much. The normal conditioner is great too but I like to do a mask once a week just to give my hair that extra bit of pampering. I don't blow dry my hair only use heat tools like GHD's and curling wands, so my hair isn't in too bad a state. The mask just gives my hair what it needs to prevent split ends. It's so good, my hair dresser told me my hair is in the best condition she has even seen it and when I went for a trim she said she literally only had to take about 2cm off the ends. Thank you Herbal Essences! 

Touch of Pink- This fragrance is not new to my collection but since my old one had ran out I desperately wanted a new one. It's easily one of my favourite perfumes and I was lucky enough to get the Touch of Pink Ladies Night In set for Christmas. It came with this huge bottle of Touch of Pink that should easily last me ages! Thank you Santa! 

      

Of course last but not least CHOCOLATE. You can't have Christmas without getting a nice stash of chocolate for you to eat while watching your favourite movies! 

If you have written a 'favourites' post I would love to read it! Just tweet me the link @bethanymay_xx and i'll check it out! 

Until next time my lovelies!

Jay's First Christmas!

Hello Ladies! 

Last week was my little man's first ever Christmas. It was a nice a calm day with lots of presents and food! I took a few pictures I thought I would share.

The kiddies opening their presents. Keira is used to the excitement of Christmas and dove right into the Christmas pile! She was very enthusiastic about all her presents. If she didn't like any then I had no idea because she was so happy unwrapping all of them! Jay on the other hand, bless him, was a little bit overwhelmed by it all. He managed to get though a few present but ended up wanting to sit with either me or Daryl. He got some lovely present though! Most of them are for when he is a bit bigger and can play but I'm sure next Christmas he is going to be a lot more excited. Especially if he copies his sisters excitement! 

  

We watched The Croods, which was one of Keir's Christmas present, while we put away our gifts into our room. After The Croods had finished we put on Despicable Me 2, since we had all seen it before it was on for background noise while we cooked our Christmas dinner. Jay didn't eat anything as he is only 3 months old and not on solids yet, that didn't stop him having a spot at the table. This was actually the first time we had put him in his high chair. He didn't seem to mind too much until he got bored. How cute is his little Santa onesie though?! Keira had a bee in her bonnet about pulling the crackers. I swear if I had £1 for every time she said cracker that day it would have paid for Christmas! She was happy when we all sat down at the table and finally pulled the crackers though. As you can see, she put on her hat right away! 

On boxing day we went over to my Mum and Dads house to see my family. We all swapped presents and the kiddies were very excited. Jay got lots of cuddles because he unfortunately woke up with a horrible cold that morning so was on some Calpol to help him along. Keira and my Nephew George both got a hide a seek Scooby Doo, which they both we delighted about! Who doesn't like Scooby Doo! We all ate some food that my Mum had put out, she always make a nice buffet for us to pick at while there. Yum yum. 

That's it for this little memory post. I hoped you all enjoyed it. Also I hope you all had a lovely Christmas! I can't wait to see all your holiday posts! 

Until next time my lovelies! 

Where have you been?!

Hello ladies! 

Long time no see! 

As you can probably tell by my lack of blog posts I haven't blogged since September. This is because I actually had my little boy early and decided to have a mini maternity leave. 

I've been planning loads of blog posts to do when I get back into the swing of things. I'm hoping that after Christmas is over I will be back on the blogging scene. You will have to be patient with me though! Running a home, raising two children and having a lack of sleep does make you lose a bit of motivation to do things! I'm really trying to put more effort into my blog now though. I've dug out my old faithful camera to give better quality pictures! 

Also in the New Year, probably not as soon as it hits January 1st, I will be trying to lose my 'mummy tummy' and will be writing posts about the weight loss and how I'm managing it! I must admit I am VERY picky when it comes to what fruits and vegetables I like so I'm kind of limited! If I can manage it then anyone can! Im the weakest person when it comes to cutting down on the nice foods but I will give it as good a try as I can! 

The next post you will probably see from me will be 'new years resolutions'. I'm also thinking of making a post of some of the nice things I find online in the January sales! That way we can all find the good deals together! 

Thank you for sticking with me and not unfollowing my blog! It means a lot that you liked it enough to stick around! 

I hope you all have a lovely Christmas with your friends and family! I look forward to seeing some posts about what you have all been given! 

Until next time my lovelies!