Fragrances Part 2 - Men

So this is part 2 of my little fragrance mini series doo-darr! Today is showing a few mens fragrances which are summer limited editions: 

Paul Smith

Sunshine (100ml) - £26

Top notes: Coriander Leaves, Grapefruit, Black Pepper

Middle notes: Coriander, Nutmeg, Starfruit

Base notes: Incense, Moss, Cedarwood

Issey Miyake

L'Eau d'Issey Pour Homme EDT (125ml) - £37.50

Top notes: Yuzu, Mandarin

Middle notes: Cardamom, Sage

Base notes: Vetiver, Ambergris

Calvin Klein

Eternity Summer EDT (100ml) - £32

Top notes: Citrus Mint, Coriander Accord, Ocean Air Accord, Watermelon

Middle notes: Anise Star, Galbanum, Muguet

Base notes: Cedarwood, Red Amber, Patchouli

CK One

Top notes: Tangerine, Water Fern, Melon

Middle notes: Lemon, Sea Breeze Accord, Blue Freesia, Rhubarb, Verbena

Base notes: Incense, Cedar, Skin Musk, Peach Skin

Davidoff

Cool Water Summer Dive EDT (100ml) - £31

Top notes: Lemon Peel, Mandarin, Grapefruit

Middle notes: Basil, Sage

Base notes: Juniper, Woods

Jean Paul Gaultier

Le Male Summer Stimulating EDT (125ml) - £37.50

Top notes: Lavender, Mint, Cardamom

Middle notes: Orange Blossom

Base notes: Vanilla, Musk, Sandalwood

So thats the mens fragrances. Are you planning on buying one for that lovely man in your life? Tomorrow is going to be general new fragrance launches.

Stockists:

Boots, Escentual, Debenhams

Fragrances Part 1 - Women

Yep, it's that time of year again when your favourite fragrance gets a limited edition summer twist so here are this years releases for women: 

Thierry Muglier

Sunessence Alien Or D'Ambre Light EDT (60ml) - £40

Top notes: Kiwi

Middle notes: Stanhope Orchids

Base notes: Wood-Amber Accord

Sunessence Angel Edition Ocean D'Argent Light EDT (50ml) - £40

Top notes: Kumquat

Middle notes: Sea Salt Blossom

Base notes: Patchouli, Vanilla

Paul Smith

Sunshine for Women (100ml) - £31

Top notes: Bergamot, Grapefruit, Peach 

Middle notes: Jasmine, Rose, Peony

Base notes: Musk, Sandalwood, Virginia Cedar

Moschino

Happy Fizz EDT (30-100ml) - £23.49 - £49.02

Notes: Magnolia, Musk, May Rose, Osmanthus, Parma Violet, Cedar, Lotus

Issey Miyake

L'Eau d'Issey Summer EDT (100ml) - £39.50

Top notes: Rose, Pear, Water Notes

Middle notes: Carnation, Peony

Base notes: Osmanthus, Woodsy Notes

Gwen Stefani's Harajuku Lovers

G of the Sea EDT (30ml) - £20

Top notes: Crisp Apple, Water Lily, Crushed Berries

Middle notes: Dewy Feesia, Pink Peony, Jasmine Petals

Base notes: Sun Drenched Woods, Musk, Amber

Calvin Klein

Eternity Summer Women EDT (100ml) - £32

Top notes: Violet Leaves, Muguet, Cilantro, Verbena

Middle notes: Gardenia, Jasmine Sambac, Lotus Lily

Base notes: Creamy Musks, Mimosa, Fig Wood

CK One (100ml) - £29

This is a unisex fragrance

Top notes: Tangerine, Water Fern, Melon

Middle notes: Lemon, Sea Breeze Accord, Blue Freesia, Rhubarb, Verbena

Base notes: Incense, Cedar, Skin Musk, Peach Skin

Escada

Taj Sunset (30 - 100ml) - £22 - £44

Top notes: Indian Alphonso Mango, Blood Orange

Middle notes: Watery Blossom Accords, Sweet Primrose Accords, Raspberry

Base notes: Coconut Cream,Musks, Sandalwood

So that was the womens releases. Has anything caught your eye? For me the Escada fragrance is a must have, I buy it every summer! Also Calvin Kleins Eternity sounds nice this year. Might have to try that one too!

Mens fragrances will be up tomorrow and general new fragrances will be up on thursday!

Stockists:

Boots, Escentual, Debenhams

PTD - Challenge 43

This week at Pear Tree Designs the challenge was to create a card based on this sketch:

And I created this:

I made it a congratulations card as I sent it to Toni to say congrats on winning my blog giveaway! So I hope you like it!

Entries are to be in by Sunday 4pm so good luck!

My time off goals

Tomorrow is the start of my 2 week holiday from work! I can't remember the last time I've had 2 weeks off but I had a weeks holiday and a weeks lieu time so my manager let me have them off together. Instead of sitting around wasting my time I thought I would set a list of goals to do sooooo here they are:

Finish off my book

I've been reading the Christmas Cookie Club for about 6 months now, I only ever read it in bits and bobs so I never really get into it. I want to finish it and then I'll be on my way to finishing my year goals.

(Image from: Google Images)

Sort my garden

I've sorted most of my garden and planted some new flowers but there's still quite abit to do but my bin is currently full so I've had to wait to finish it!

(Image from: weheartit)

 Craft shop up and running

I want to try to sell my cards online and have a few ideas of how to do it but haven't had time to do it yet. You can currently buy my cards here and some are shown below:

(Images: my own)

Sort out my crafting stuff

I've been meaning to do this for absolutly ages! I have 6 main boxes of crafting stuff but it all gets really messy with stuff being shoved everywhere and anywhere so it needs a good sort out. My dream craft room:

(Image from: weheartit)

Blogging

I have lots of posts I want to write and haven't been able to find the time recently so I'm going to write them all up and schedule them. Posts will include: reviews of Toni & Guy hairspray, Avon mineral foundation, Beautifully Delicious products, Soap & Glory, Korres and many more!

(Image from: weheartit)

So in a couple of weeks I'll report back with how well I've done! Have you got any goals you want to do at the minute?

The week that was....

This week Chris had been away on a course, hopefully the last one this year, so I've been home alone! I wasn't at work until Friday and Saturday so I had four days to fill.

Monday was mainly spent feeling sorry for myself at being home alone :-(

Tuesday I went shopping with my mum and dad. I had a £5 New Look voucher to spend and I wanted to go food shopping and ended up taking advantage of Tescos offer of buy 1 six pack of Mullerrice, get 2 free. So I ended up with 9 packs and 4 single limited edition pots. Yes thats 52 post in total but they have the end of April on and Chris seems to inhale them so I'm sure they won't go to waste.

Wednesday was spent doing housework all day. I washed my car, and then it rained. I did some more gardening, it's taking shape now and then I did all the fiddly annoying jobs like hoovering my stairs and wiping the skirting boards.

Thursday I had my job interview. It went ok. I'm not sure if I'll get it or not. If I do I'll accept it but I'm not sure if it's really me. I guess we'll see what happens.

Friday and Saturday I was working.

And today is mothers day! My mum got her presents in a Bench bag but I tried to tart it up a little using tissue paper!

I got her some Fitflops, Panda liquorice and liquorice allsorts. I think she'll like them!


How was your week? Hope you all had a good one!

New cosmetic launches - March

 Ok, so I'm a tad late with this post but it is only just April so I think it's still alright to post! So this is another post to show some of the new products in self selection cosmetics.

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Nail Xtras crackle top coat (1 colour) - £3.99

Supreme Shine nail polish (15 colours) - £3.99

 Collection 2000

Lock n Hold lipgloss (6 shades) - £2.99

Ultimate Fix 3-in-1 foundation, concealer and powder (3 shades) - £4.99

Maxfactor

 False Lash Effect Fusion mascara - £11.99

Models Own

Models Own Pro polish (41 colours) - £8.00

No7

Poppy King limited edition lipgloss (7 shades) - £11.00

Poppy King limited edition lip stick (7 shades) - £12.00

Revlon

Just Bitten lipstain (7 shades) - £7.99

Scented nail polish (8 colours) - £6.29

So has any of these caught your eye? Or have you already bought something featured here? What did you think?

Product use up

This months product use up hasn't been as successful as other months as only five products were finished:

L-R:

Dead Sea Source shea body wash

Charles Worthington straightening balm

Tara Smith shampoo

Tara Smith conditioner

No7 luxourious foaming shower oil

Bon Bon lipbalm

I also thought that as we're a quarter of the way through the year and I'm a quarter of my way through my big product use up challenge I would do an update on how my drawer unit looks now. Original info on this can be found here if you haven't been following my challenge.

As you can see my 'drawers' are almost empty. There are about 17 products in the left drawer and 14 in the right (5 are partially used).

I also had a number of products which were part used which I wanted to try to use up (again see original post, link above.

Still open in the left pic: Everything except the last product

Still open n the right pic: Both Herbal Essences conditioners, Avon 2 in 1 and both L'Occitane shampoo and conditioner

So far I think I've done pretty well in reducing these so fingers crossed it will carry on!

So just a quick sum up. In the first quarter I have managed to use a grand total of 31 products but I still have another 13 partially used ones to finish and a million new ones to use!

I will do another big post like this at the end of June and my monthly round up posts at the beginning of every month if you want to keep track of how I'm doing!