Jurlique Opens first UK shop on London's Oxford St

Jurlique is one of those brands I just love. The Rosewater Balancing Mist is a must have desk item for me and I go through around 4 bottles of it a year, it is soooooo good! So upon hearing Jurlique were to open their very first UK store was quite exciting, more so to go along and see it for myself and honestly, it is a little aesthetically pleasing treasure trove which makes you want to touch and photograph everything - it is so instagrammable!

Based on Oxford Street here in London, just a stones throw away from Selfridges, the flagship store is described as being 'A little taste of the Jurlique farm from Australia and an oasis of calm on Oxford Street.'  As well as featuring all of Jurliques products, plus a few store exclusives, there is a treatment room to be found at the back of the store. Inside the room, I was treated to an amazing hand massage in it with the warmest most comfiest treatment bed I have possibly ever sat on, and it is just so calm, so relaxing and so quiet! You would never ever think you was inside a store on one of the busiest roads in London.

At the store opening, if you follow me on Instragram, you might have seen that I got to create a herb jar.  In this jar I was able to place some herbs - Lavender, Calendula and a few others before adding an essential oil of choice and I chose the Revitalising blend which promoted a revilitised and clear sense of being to leave the body feeling energised and refreshed - something I think we could all do with from time to time.  

Now the jar sits on my desk at work and when I feel the need to be refreshed and revitalised, I open the jar and inhale the scent, such a lovely idea and I am glad that I have one.

The new flagship store can be found at 489 Oxford Street W1C 2AU and will be open from 9.30am-9pm Monday to Friday, 10am-9pm on Saturdays, and 12pm-6pm on Sundays. I can't wait to book my facial and go back for a visit.

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Create your own necklace with J&S Jewellery

When given an opportunity to create my own necklace with charms, life got a little bit interesting.  I absolutely love my Pandora and Thomas Sabo charm bracelets, but a necklace is a whole new ball game. Based in Norwich J & S Jewellery have an amazing tool that gives you the opportunity to create something unique, something very you and something that would make an amazing gift.

Why buy off-the-peg jewellery when you can customise your own personalised pendant necklaces online without a hefty price tag? At J&S, our mission is to make it easy for you to express your style and individuality with bespoke charm jewellery.

I have just created my very own necklace which is personal to me and I found it so easy to do and a little bit obsessive and you can see my creation and how I did it throughout this post. Get started by selecting your choice of plating - silver, gold or rose gold. Next pick your chain; choose satellite (a delicate chain with evenly spaced silver plain beads between chain lengths) or trace (a simple, dainty chain with uniform links).

Now the really fun part, time to design that necklace with some simple dragging and dropping motions of the charms to the position of your choice. It is at this point that I am sure you will click and drag every single charm across, delete them, re-add them and so on and so forth until you reach a combination that you like. I found it much easier to start with a centre charm, of which there are 11 to choose from, then try a few other combinations with birthstones, chunky lettering and symbols, before adding more centre charms and then removing, re-ordering their place on the chain and then switching between different necklace plating before finally deciding on the 'one'

For me choosing the centre charm and the first charm I didn't hesitate with is the Heart Key Charm and more because of its meaning - "Symbolising awakening, knowledge, curiosity, new beginnings and opportunity, the key reminds us to learn from the past when unlocking doors to a better future. It can also be of romantic significance: key to my heart".

So the other charms that I choose include two letters R and S which could either stand for my initials or the first name initials of myself and the mister.  Then I chose the birthstone option and Ruby a I was born in July and I have absolutely nothing with Ruby in or on it. Sat in the centre of the necklace is the Tree of Life symbol which I was drawn too for its design and the final charm is the Rainbow Crystal disc which stood out to me with the colour of the stones.  Here is my necklace in all its glory.

The reason that I chose these charms is so I can chop and change them as I see fit, I sometimes like to change my charms around on everything else, so it is nice to have the option to do just that with this necklace and it cost just £30 in total. I am also impressed with how well made the chain is and how nice it sits.

If all of that isn't enough, there is a final finishing touch which allows you to add a gift card for free and there is a variety of options to choose from and these are just some of them.

I am really so overly impressed with J and S jewellery from the concept, being able to design my own necklace to the actual product, it was such a fun experience and definitely something I would love to do again because they make such a perfect gift.

If you would like to make your own necklace then I have a discount code for you. For 25% discount on all purchases until the end of December use the code BEAUTYQUEEN16

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Fleur de Force Eylure Petit Fleur & Fully Fleur Lashes

Eyelashes are one of those beauty items that you either love or hate I think.  I love them but hate applying them and at times can be heard to mutter rather a feq obscentities until I get them right.  Eylure are one of those brands I really really like, their products are easy to apply and they come in all different types, textures and styles.

A few weeks ago I had an amazing delivery which I did share on instragram from Eylure featuring two brand new lashes from a collaboration with Fleur de Force and they are just absolutely stunning.  They also came with a handwritten note and a beautiful bunch of flowers too, which was such a lovely touch.

Petit Fleur’ is described as being a sweet and subtle textured ¾ length lash with a light kick at the corner. The lash is designed to add a secret lift to your lashes and features softly-tapered tips. 

Fully Fleur is described as being a full & fluttery lash with a kick-out corner and naturally-tapered ends, perfect from desk to dancefloor.

Both sets of eyelashes come with the lash glue adhesive and I love that the packaging is just so pretty with pastel shades working with a grey, black & white tone backgroound.

Fleur de Force Eylure Petit Fleur Lashes are £5.25 and the Fully Fleur Eylure Lashes are £5.95. Find them HERE and are currently on a three for two offer!

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