Birthday presents

On the 30th of August I turned 22. Thank you to all the people who said happy birthday and thank you to everyone who entered my birthday giveaway. I thought today I would share with you some of the presents I received.

Thanks for reading 

Niki xx

The winner of my birthday giveaway!!

I have recently been running a giveaway in which the winner would get 22 pieces of jewellery in order to celebrate my 22nd birthday. I had so many entries and yesterday (the day of my birthday) the giveaway ended. Rafflecoptor randomly selected the winner for me.

The winner is...

Tanya (Magaluflady) who writes the blog Glitter on Glitter!!

Thank you to everyone that entered and I will be holding many more giveaways in the future.

Thanks for reading 

Niki xx

Gifts from the parents

My mum and dad have recently got back from two weeks in Malta and I thought I would just quickly share with you the gifts they brought back. 

Black satin clutch bag

Design on the front of the bag

The bag with a detachable long chain 

Purse

Flower clip

Pouches that the jewellery came in

Black freshwater pearl bracelet

White freshwater pearl ring

Black freshwater pearl necklace 

Black freshwater pearl earrings

I absolutely love my presents, thank you mum and dad!!

Thanks for reading

Niki xx

A package from the USA!!

Just a few months ago I began speaking to a girl called Jessica on twitter from America. She seemed lovely and it wasn't long before we started making plans to do a swap. If you've never seen or heard of this, you basically swap products with someone else (preferably from a different country), in order to try out new things. We decided to swap beauty products that were only available in our country, meaning that both of us would be able to try  new products we might never have otherwise tried. If you'd like to see what I bought for Jess, please go and check out her video on the swap here!!

I have never been to America before, nor have I spoken to an American or owned anything American before this experience so on the day my package arrived I was so excited!! So here we go, here are the things Jess bought me...

The New York Post!! I really wanted to read a newspaper and see some everyday things from America so I asked Jess to get me this

A lovely letter from Jessica!!

A mint green bag

A menu from one of Jessica's favourite places to eat! It's so strange to see the prices in dollars

An American flag decoration

Some little fluffy ballet slippers

Two mainstays candles in Island luau (dark pink) and Sweet pea (light pink)

Crabtree and Evelyn citron honey and coriander cleansing shampoo, replenishing conditioner and skin quenching body lotion

Peace, love and juicy couture body lotion 

Oscar Blandi pronto invisible volumising dry shampoo spray

Wet n wild wild shine nail colour in lavender (pink) and blazed (orange)

Sinful colors professional in love nails (blue) and innocent (yellow) 

Jurlique rosewater balancing mist

Jurlique moisture replenishing day cream 

Eos lip balm 

Strawberry lip smacker lip balm

Wet n wild trio palette from eyelid, crease and browbone in sweet as candy

Wet n wild blusher in heather silk

Bonne bell eyeshadow box in girlie pinks

NYX Xtreme lip cream in natural (beige) and candyland (pink) 

Two one n' only argan oil samples 

Wet n wild lipstick in 511B

NYX jumbo eye pencil in lime 

NYX pin-up tease mascara 

I am so happy with everything that I got and I will definitely be following this up with mini reviews on all of these products to let you know how I get on with them. I want to thank Jess, who is such a lovely person, for taking the time to get to know me and picking things you knew I'd love. I hope we keep chatting our days away and you've become a good, other side of the world friend! 

Check out Jessica's blog, Youtube channel and follow her on twitter @iloveny91

Thanks for reading

Niki xx

Revlon balm stains

Hi everyone. Firstly, I am so sorry that I have not done a blog post for so long, I guess things were just too hectic. However, I am back and ready to post and post and post some more!!

Last week I won a blog giveaway!! In this giveaway I won two Revlon just bitten kissable balm stains. I had been wanting to try this product for a while, so I was so excited that I won two that I could try for free. I received the shades honey and darling. 

Darling (top)

Honey (bottom)

I loved the shade honey. I've already read so many reviews about this colour, and I can see why it is such a big hit. It's a nude/pinky colour that can be worn everyday. 

This is the shade darling. When I first saw the packaging I was slightly worried as it looked REALLY purple. However, on the lips its a nice purple/pink colour and it is very wearable for day or night time. 

These balm stains apply really creamy and moisturising, so on first applying them I was concerned that they would in fact be a lipstick and not dry into a lip stain. After a minute or so, the product dries, staining the lips. I have worn both of these shades throughout the day whilst eating and drinking and am pleased to say the colour stays. This is the first lip stain I have used that felt moisturising instead of watery and drying for the lips. 

I am in love with these and I am looking to purchase the Rendezvous shade soon. 

Have you tried these balm stains? How are you liking yours? 

Niki xx

You still have time to enter my 22nd birthday giveaway here