Yankee Candle Halloween Wishlist

Today I am guestposting over on the lovely Georgina's blog Make-up Pixi3 who is in hopsital having her first baby. So I thought I would bring a Halloween theme to my blog with my Yankee Candle wishlist. 

I absolutely love Halloween, I just we celebrated the event as well as some of my American friends who decorate their houses and have amazing parties. As a child I used to love Trick or Treating, the joy of getting buckets full of sweets was amazing, it is a wonder how I still have a mouth full of my own teeth with no fillings whatsoever.

With Halloween comes a lot of limited edition products from some of my favourite brands and one of those is Yankee Candle who have some of the most amazingly decorated jars I have ever seen and with a wishlist as long as my arm, these are just a few of my favourites:

1 Halloween Cat Candle Shade - I absolutely love this and it has been on my eBay wishlist for a long time, though sadly it never seems to be available here in the UK. I love cats, have three of them myself and this candle shade is simply amazing.

2 - Ghostly Treats has the scent of gooey marshmellows, imagine them after roasting on an open fire - that scent!

3 - Happy Halloween Candle which uses a potion of black liquorice spiced with anise and cloves

4 - Candy Corn - The familiar, sweet scent is a fond reminder of Halloween fun and treats.

5 - Witches Brew which is said to be a spicy sweet aroma of exotic patchouli

6 - All Hallows Eve has a mixture of Midnight Jasmine and Evening Air

I love how each one of these jars has its own little theme and how decorative they are, each one of them is designed specifically with Halloween in mind, right down to the actual scent. Even after using them all up, they would look great as storage jars!

Those are just some of the candles I am wanting to get my hands on.  Do you have a favourite Halloween decoration?

Hillarys At The Harbour

When you buy your first home, the first thing you dream about is decorating it. I never thought it would be something I was that bothered about, but actually I am and spend many hours on Pinterest looking at all kinds of interior design pictures wishing that was my home or particular room.

When Joebloggers invited me to an event called 'Hillarys at the Harbour' I was really looking forward to going because, I have always wanted to go to this particular hotel to see whether the views are as spectular as some friends had told me there were and because I wanted to know more about the brand Hillarys, whom you might recognise for their blinds and curtains.

The event itself was held at the stunning Chelsea Harbour Hotel, the world stunning really isn't the best description to describe it, but it is everything and more. The views from the balcony were breath taking over the harbour and as I dreamt of owning one of the yachts, the real reason I was there was to see the new collection that Hillarys were to showcase called House Beautiful Collection, which is a collaboration with the magazine House Beautiful.

The collection itself featured a lot of bright prints, bold colours and amazing patterns which are said to have been inspired by architects from across the world.  At the even, those present were very lucky to be able to look really closely at each design. I particularly loved the Lattice design which is a small-scale geometric design.  Each Pattern comes in three colours which can, if necessary be put together for layering when and where necessary.

Once we'd had a chance to look around, we all took a seat to listen to the Head of Product Design at Hillary's, a fabulous and very knowledgeable lady called Sarah Quilliam, whom had been on hand the entire evening to answer questions and queries that we might have. Throughout her speech, Sarah told us all about the inspiration behind some of the designs, how long they take to put together and how all the photos on the website and in brochures are taken which show the products inside the homes of actual people, not in a factory where I had assumed everything might be taken to create that perfect photo, but no, they source a house/home and use those which actually I liked the sound of.  After Sarah had finished her speech, we had a brief talk from a lady called Julia Goodwin, who is the editor of House Beautiful magazine and with whom the collaboration is shared with.

This was my first time attending an event like this and I had a great time and really enjoyed learning more about a brand I had only heard of, but never used or seen, other than on the TV or through mentions from friends and families and I was surprised at how much time and effort goes into each aspect of creating a product, getting it ready, publishing it, creating the media profile and then getting the finished product out to potential client and customers.

Have you ever used Hillarys?

How to wear the AW14 Blanket Scarf

With autumn well and truly announcing its arrival, the one accessory that seems to have really taken off is the 'Blanket Scarf', a trend I have seen more and more of my friends mention on social media.

Whether it is striped, checked, an Aztec design or with fluffy bits, there are quite a few I am liking the design of.  With that in mind, Accessorize have produced a YouTube video to show have you can use just one scarf and wear it in five different ways:

Have you got a blanket scarf? How do you wear it?

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Alesha Dixon Rose Quartz Perfume

I am not usually a fan of celebrity perfumes, I just don't like them. However, when I was sent the Alesha Dixon Rose Quartz perfume**, I didn't want to like it, but I just did!.

Rose Quartz is the first fragrance in Alesha's crystal collection, named after the precious stone that promotes a feeling of love, self worth and positive thoughts, something she also happens to believe in.

So the bottle, well I have to say it is lovely, it takes on the ombre look with the pink shade working its way down through the bottle, being more noticeable at the bottle and it has a lovely chunky feel to it. To look at, it actually reminds me of a crystal that my Nan has around her home to ward off bad feelings and the likes, only in a bigger form. 

The scent is described as being a floral symphony with opening notes of bergamot, grapefruit, geranium and magnolia throughout. Also mixed in you will find Patchouli, Rose, Jasmine, Vetivert, Amber, Cedar and musk. So on a first spritz the fruity notes are the first thing you notice and then once the scent has settled down, the more musky smells become apparent, with Rose, for me, being one of the more dominant scents.

A 100ml bottle will cost you just £25 which is an absolute bargain because it is so affordable and with the scent lasting almost all day on my skin, it is rather impressive. I only needed to re-apply if I had a late meeting or was going out in an evening.

Are you a fan of celebrity perfumes?