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23 August 2015

Holiday Haulin'

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Hi there!
As I mentioned in my Travel Diary I was feeling a little bit spendy and decided to treat myself to a few things, I was on holiday after all!


One of my favourite places that I visited in London was Covent Garden, home to an array of wonderful shops including Laduree and Jo Malone.

My primary reason for visiting Laduree was to pick up some of their famous macarons, as I had never had the pleasure of trying them before. I picked up a selection of classic and seasonal flavoured macarons which came in a lovely 'green napoleon box' to match the stunning Laduree gift bag which they were then placed into. The macarons worked out to about £2 each, which although a little pricey I think was well worth it not only for the luxury assortment we received but also for the wonderful experience we had in store. I also noticed that there was a small tea room above the shop itself which seemed like a wonderful place to have a special afternoon tea and definitely something we would have done if we had more time in London.


On my last day in London I stumbled upon the Jo Malone store simply by chance and was lured in by the wonderful scent. I wasn't planning on buying anything as I had considered the products to be too out of my price range, however after smelling the wonderful 'Sweet Almond and Macaroon' scented candle my mum offered to buy it for me as a special treat. Needless to see it felt like a very luxury purchase and our experience in the store was just wonderful. The candle smells amazing without even having burnt it so I can't wait to post a full review of it. 

Additionally, before leaving Italy I was keen to purchase a souvenir of the trip, hence the white Venetian mask, I think this will be a great addition to the collection of mementos on my bedside table.



Last but certainly not least, the beauty related purchases. As a beauty obsessive, you can imagine that some of my first stops in London and Venice were none other than the Selfridges Beauty Hall and Sephora. From Selfridges I purchased a new blender cleanser soap to replace my sample, whilst the magpie in me was drawn towards the unusual Topshop matte metallic nail polish in 'Sixteen Candles'. In Sephora my eye was also drawn towards the brightly packaged 'lotus' eye and face mask, I'm curious to see how well these will actually work, but I shall certainly keep you posted.

I hope you enjoyed this rather rambly post, I'll be back soon with a follow up on some of the items featured.

See you soon!

- Molly xxx
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20 August 2015

Hunting for a Ban.do Agenda? Look No Further!

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If like me you have been searching high and low for the beautiful Ban.do agendas, then I may have just answered your prayers!

After finding them to be out of stock almost everywhere, I took to tracking down as many of the UK stockists as possible, and contacting them to see if they had any in stock.

I was originally after the 'Florabunda' 17 month agenda, but after The Little Paperie got back to me saying they had the pink 'I am very busy" in stock, I thought I should pounce before it disappeared out of stock forever!

UK stockists of the Ban.do 17 month Agenda

Little Paperie
£18 plus £3.50 postage or £4.50 first class
Available - Pink 'I am very busy' and Gold Foil

The Lovely Room
£24 plus £4.99 postage
Available - Gold Foil and Florabunda

*Get 20% off with the code "BackToSchool20"*

Roo's Beach
£24.50 plus £2.50 postage
Available - Florabunda

Also in limited supply on the Ban.do website and at Stringers Lytham.

Happy shopping #bandogirlgang, hope you manage to get your hands on one!


- Molly xxx


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10 August 2015

The Love/Hate Tag

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I was nominated for this tag by my lovely friend Paris from Life in Florals, hopefully it will help you get to know a little more about me.

10 Things I Love:

1. Scented candles
2. Disney movies
3. Barbecue bacon cheeseburgers
4. Netflix
5. Anything rose gold
6. Drinking green/peppermint tea from one of my favourite mugs
7. Haribo "strawbs"
8. Face masks
9. Colourful stationary
10. Anything I can't afford and don't need!


10 Things I Hate:

1. Agressive drivers
2. Waiting for deliveries - as a very impatient person
3. Low battery on my phone!
4. Meat on the bone - ew
5. Ads buffering on YouTube
6.  Bugs
7. Spoilers for TV shows, books or films
8. Pricey online delivery
9. When something you want goes out of stock - boo
10. Brain farts - like the one I had when writing this post whereby I miraculously forgot all my likes and dislikes

My 10 Nominees:

1. Hayley from Water Painted Dreams
2. Sofie from It's Just Sofie
3. Beth from Miss Cosmetic Blogger
4. Niamh from Little Miss Me Xo
5. Aabgeen
6. Sabina from The Words of Beauty
7. Zeynab from The Beauty Load
8. Zully from Foodie Zoolee
9. Aisling from Aisling's Beauty Bytes
10. Laurie-Elle

I hope you've enjoyed hearing a few of my favourite and least favourite things, let me know if we have any in common!

- Molly xxx


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7 August 2015

Where in the World: Photo Diary

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Hi there!

First off I'd like to apologise for my absence, but as you can probably tell from the title of this post my little hiatus was due to the fact that I've been on holiday!

Over the past month I have been all over the place, on three separate trips, you could call it my very own version of 'Planes, Trains and Automobiles'. I had a great time at Ed Sheeran's Wembley concert, visiting my boyfriend's family in Cornwall; and to top it off, seeing not only some of the most iconic Mediterranean landmarks but a few lesser known but equally beautiful scenes.

With that being said I thought it might be nice to share a few of my favourite photos.

London:


Cornwall:


Italy, Croatia, Turkey and Greece:

If you'd like to see a more detailed post on what I got up to during my travels, or what I bought then please let me know!

Until next time
- Molly xxx

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