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I recently attended a special preview cinema screening of the film; Kill Your Friends at the CourtHouse Hotel.

The film stars Nicholas Hoult, James Corden, Georgia King, Craig Roberts, Jim Piddock, Joseph Mawle, Ed Skrein, Tom Riley, Ed Hogg, Rosanna Arquette, Moritz and Bleibtreuand. There is also the special appearance from Rosanna Arquette. 🙂

It is based around the record industry, but the rather dark side of. Nicholas Hoult plays an A&R man who has to search out for new talent in the music world, as well as the next ‘killer tunes’ in more ways than one.

The film isn’t what I usually would go to see, (that is more me and not a reflection of the film) but it is well made and entertaining. The humour is very English, dark and on-point.

Nicholas Hoult’s acting is superb, as was all the actors.  It is somewhat contrived in parts but that I think was the beauty, as it is meant to be exaggerated.

I especially liked how Nicholas Hoult’s character spoke to himself and/or the audience.

Apart from the seedy parts (which were obviously there for a reason) this is a good film, humour is good and the acting, also tremendous. So I would recommend it for just that.

The soundtrack is also worth a listen. #KillYourFriends is out in UK cinemas today. So do give it a watch!

I recently attended the Beauty Blogger Awards hosted at The Pillar Hall at the Olympia Exhibition Centre, London in October.

The awards were equally great, as the Olympia beauty show was also held right next door, so I could kill two birds with one stone. It was also good to pick up some more makeup goodies, especially ones that can’t be bought in the UK. I will be doing a haul and blog post soon.

The event was also a way to attend workshops, learn and meet some great brands with great products! The brands there were some exciting ones including NYX cosmetics, Magnitone, Skin Accumax, Bio Sculpture to Tweezerman.

The awards were fun, informative and an excellent way to recognise and reward blogger achievement.

The workshops were really good, useful and a good way for other key speakers to pass on their expertise. I found the losing your mojo workshop most informative and created ideas for me on how to decide blog content and how to easily revive old content.

The lovely people from BestSecret provided a fabulous goodie bag worth £250!

The American brand NYX was also there and had an amazing Photo Booth which was rather fun; including a fan to make your hair more glamorous looking. LOL. Take a look at the photo below. NYX cosmetics also provided an amazing goodie bag full of a rather generous amount of NYX cosmetics, which I was very really pleased with as I am a huge fan!

I also found Antonia; The Cosmedic Coach who was speaking at the event very enlightening, her advice was very beneficial and made sense. Her advice of having a media kit was something I never ever thought about really, especially as I am an Online Marketing professional myself.

All in all it was such a good event that I will be putting it into my diary for next year for sure.

Until next year…

Here are some pictures from the day:

I recently went to Lush in Wimbledon to indulge in their beautifully fragrant bath bombs and bath beauties. The haul is coming soon!

Whilst there I discovered a really cool product not only great for the bath but also for kids!

I bought the fun bath putty that can be made into cool shapes! Versatile and mouldable, it’s called Fun which can be soap, shampoo, bubble bath or whatever you want it to be – the only limit being your imagination.

I was very intrigued and it piqued my interest as it had many possibilities!

It is like play dough (but in soap form) that kids can have fun creating whatever shapes or figures they want, whether snowmen, teddies or – the possibilities are endless.  Once finished, it can be crumbled into the bath. It is best to crumble under running water to create Lush bubbles!

I bought the Magic of Christmas, which is glittery but doesn’t make a mess. Smells nice and creates some great bubbles and fun in the bath.

My son loved it and of course he wasn’t put off by the glitter. LOL.

You can see the video here and I love the description – “It’s a magical time of the year, so release your inner illusionist and stage a bath of stimulating juniperberry and zesty tangerine bubbles to send your mood soaring. This bright, lustre-filled bar is just the trick for shaping into your own witch or wizard, or shampooing hair with.”

It’s a must have and fun for all ages!

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I recently got a new box which is called Pink Parcel.  As it is cancer awareness month and it’s all about pink, I thought I’d link the two together and tell you about this new subscription box called Pink Parcel.  It is a really good idea, as every time of the month instead of a bout of moodiness and being down, you can look forward to a pick me up.  The box offers either an option of tampons or towels according to preference. It also includes and few indulgent products, you can say “feel good” products.

The box comes in three parts, for now, for you and for later. The for now is as the name suggests to use now, if presuming you are on, but I guess the beauty of this box is that it is timed to co-incide with your cycle – what a cool concept!.

The for you is the exciting part of the parcel where the indulgence lies. This box is packed with beauty and lifestyle goodies.

I had some fantastic products in my parcel. A really deep maroon that would be great for the Autumn or Fall season. The nail polish is an OPI one, so from a good respected brand. There also was an Elizabeth Arden serum with beads, which I am excited to try! There are a lot of other products that can be seen in the picture, so go one and get your box! You can get the pink box online here.

It’s well worth the treat! – A great concept and a great thought!