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I'm Roseanne :) 33. Married to Tim 💗 I'm a Harry Potter fanatic ⚡ and a Bookworm 📚 I started this blog to document our wedding planning and its grown from there!

Work Secret Santa 🎅 Blogmas day 19 

This afternoon at work we did our secret santa present exchange! It was lovely to hang out together, do a Christmas quiz, have a laugh & nibbles. I love my present that I received, someone knows me well…

It’s a postcard book version of one of the Harry Potter colouring books. I love the adult colorings books and of course Harry Potter so this is perfect 👌 

These little postcards are so cute so I think I’m going to colour them in and use them as my thank you cards from Christmas. 

Here is one of the pages…

Today In my beauty advent calender…

Today was a lovely dark purple eyeshadow with a lovely shimmer in it. This would be perfect for the party season & to create a lovely smokey eye make up look. 

6 days until Christmas!

Ho Ho Ho 

Roseanne 🎅

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Christmas gift guide 🎁 Blogmas day 20

As it’s less than a week until Christmas I thought I would do a Christmas gift guide to help anyone who is still stuck on what to buy someone or is a last minute shopper. 

First up, 

Presents for her 

Make up

  • Make up obsession *make your own palette* These are awesome, you buy the palette and then choose what you fill it with from blush, eyeshadow, highlight/strobing or contour. The palettes range from £4-£6 in Boots with the individuals currently priced at; Contour £3 highlighter/strobing £3 Blush £3 & eyeshadow £2
  • Tanya Burr ‘Tanya presents’ beauty box. This is £20 from Superdrug & comes with lots of limited edition items from her Christmas collection.
  • Makeup Revoltuion London: 12 days of Christmas storage chest. This is £35 from Superdrug and is full of blush and eyeshadow palettes, make up spray, brushes and more.

Bath time 

  • The Body Shop box of delights £28. This comes in loads of lovely scents from Vanilla Chai to Frosted Berries. In this set you get a bath foam, shower gel, body butter & lip balm. 
  • Soap & Glory ‘Foam & fortune’ gift set £20 Boots. This comes with lots in it from body butter, face wash & shower creme all in a lovely box.
  • LUSH giftsets varying from £10-£50. These are usually themed & come with different bath bombs and/or face washes/shower creme. They have some naively Christmas themed ones.

Candles 

  • Sanctuary ‘Colour me in’ candle £10 Boots. This is so cute! You pop the candle on, relax & colour in the box. I find the adult colouring really relaxing so I just thought this would make a nice gift. 
  • Yankee candle small Pillar candle £10.99 Boots 

Perfume

  • DKNY fresh blossom £20 Superdrug.
  • Lacoste touch of pink £27 Superdrug 
  • Marc Jacobs Daisy £53 Superdrug

Other gift ideas

  • Babyliss curl secret £89.99
  • Chopstick curler £15
  • Box of Thornton chocolates £4 Superdrug 
  • Vouchers for clothes shops (easier than trying to choose an item of clothing)
  • Books, Amazon £3.99

    Presents for him

    Bath/shower sets

    • LYNX black magic speaker set £7 from Boots. This includes a body spray, body wash, deodrant and a speaker that you can use to play music from your smartphone.
    • Nivea Sensitive gift set £10 Boots. This includes shower gel, face wash, moisturiser and deodrant.
    • L’Oréal Barber shop set £20. This set includes a shower gel, skin & stubble wash, moisturiser & shave gel.

      Aftershave 

      • Paul Smith Men £16 Superdrug 
      • Diesel ‘Only the brave’ tattoo £44 Superdrug 
      • Davidoff ‘Cool water’ £25 Superdrug

        Gadgets 

        • Amazon Echo Dot £44.99. This is a hands free voice controlled device called ‘Alexa’. You can ask it to do loads of things such as tell you the weather, traffic updates, questions etc. It’s really cool. I’ve got one of these for my husband this year.
        • Fitbit. These record your steps, activity for the day, sleep & more. A couple of options are the Flex £69.95 or the Alta £84 which is what I’ve got,I love mine.
        • Beats Headphones, on ear £59.95

          Other presents 

          • Braun series 3 wet & dry electric shaver £59.84 from Boots 
          • Braun beard trimmer £19.99 Boots 
          • Games academy table tennis set £7 from Superdrug. This comes with two bats, 2 balls & a net.
          • Cadbury Chocolate selection box £2
          • Retro sweet boxes, you can do these as a one off or as a monthly subscription and are only £3.69, a bargin for those who have a sweet tooth and a lovely little treats each month! My sister did this for her husband birthday.

          Presents for kids 

          Bath stuff 

          • Minion bath set & squirtle £2.50 Superdrug 
          • Avengers bath & soap set £5 Superdrug 
          • 3D Unicorn bubble bath £3 Superdrug

          Toys/games 

          • Cyber flyer £12.99 Argos. This is a child’s droid which they will love flying around and is a bargin price.
          • Board games such as pie face, junior monopoly or a compendium of games with classic games like snakes & ladders, ludo etc. They have a great set in Argos for £8.99 with 12 different board games in 1.
          • Wilko colouring books & craft sets are from £1 onwards depending on the size of the pack. These are fab!
          • Lego is always a winner! Boys and Girls love it and it’s hours of fun for the young and old.

          Other ideas…

          • Cadbury Chocolate selection boxes £2
          • Chocolate Santa’s £1
          • A cute animal hot water bottle £7 You can get these in Superdrug. These are really cute and come in lots of different animals like a monkey, an elephant or a bear.
          • Christmas hair grips between £5-£8 from John Lewis.

          I hope these ideas have helped you out if your stuck & need some inspiration! 5 days to go 🎁

          Today in my beauty advent calender…

          Today was an Angled make up brush, this is super handy. I used this to do my eyebrows this morning and it worked really well.

          Ho Ho Ho 

          Roseanne 🎅

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          Blogmas day 18 🎄Sunday lunch

          Today me & my husband Tim met up with some of our friends that we havnt seen for a little while. We thought it would be nice to go for a meal together just before Christmas so we met at a little pub called the Westerfield Swan. 

          Since its almost Christmas (1 week to go!) we thought we’d go in our Christmas jumpers.

          The pub is so cosy & it looked lovely and festive 🎄

          The food was super delicious too, I went for the fish & chips for main and my favourite dessert.. 

          The warm white chocolate tart! It’s amazing.

          It was a lovely afternoon catching up, seeing little Harvey whose now 7 months old 😱 (Its scary how time flies) and just having a laugh.

          In my beauty advent calender today…

          I got this little eyeshadow brush, super handy for popping in your bag or for travelling. 

          1 week to go until Christmas! 

          Ho Ho Ho 

          Roseanne 🎅

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          Blogmas day 17: The Panto

          Every Christmas The Wolsey theatre in my home town does a rock n roll panto! It’s full of fun, laughs, colour & songs and this year was no exception. The panto this year was;

          I was unsure about it when I heard what the panto was going to be as I don’t really know the story of Sinbad but it didn’t disappoint! It was quite cool not knowing the story and what was going to happen next actually.

          Me & Tim go every year as a little Christmas tradition but he had his work Christmas meal on the day we booked the tickets (obviously not realising at the time) so I went with my sister Sarah instead. 

          It was so good, the songs were great and the set and costumes were really good too. All the actors are so talented playing all their different instruments, singing & acting.

          I would definatly recommend going to see a panto it’s so much fun 😊

          Me & Tim are going to try and get him some tickets so we can go together, we don’t want him to miss out!!

          In my beauty advent calender today…

          Todays was a lovely shimmery sheer lip gloss. I’m definatly getting a good collection of lip glosses now, but since I like lip products I don’t mind! 

          What’s yours favourite lip product/s?

          8 days to go!

           

          Ho Ho Ho 
          Roseanne 🎅

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          Festive Lush Haul ❄ Day 16

          I grabbed a few items from Lush’s festive range when I was in town with my sister last week and I thought I would share them with you. 

          Here’s what I got: 

          • Butter bear
          • So white
          • Star dust
          • Father Christmas 

          Let’s start with Butter bear; 

          ‘Father Christmas gets softening, Fair Trade cocoa butter from the Colombian Peace Community of San José de Apartadó especially for his gentle polar pal. Pop him into the water to infuse your bath with a warm and creamy perfume and dreamy softness for sublime skin. This comforting bear is also filled with fragrant cocoa powder and calming ylang ylang to melt hearts young and old.’

          This was one of my favourites, it smells so good, is super cute and I love the ones that make your skin feel all soft and smooth as well as clean.

          Price: £1.95

          Up next; ‘So white’…

          ‘Snow White had a tough time of it. If you too are likely to spend Christmas day evading evil stepmothers, stroppy mirrors, not to mention cooking and cleaning for seven singing men, you certainly deserve a dip in the bath. Crisp, apple-scented waters, as pure as the driven snow, fizz and foam, while bergamot oil and rose absolute restore peace and calm. At the core, a heart of fruity, uplifting neroli oil and orange flower absolute is sure to revive your (Christmas) spirit.’

          It looks & smells amazing in the bath as the colours comes through…

          It makes the water this gorgeous dark green with the yellow and blue mixed together from the core, festive! 

          Price: £3.75

          Star dust 

          ‘Follow yonder twinkling, shimmering star all the way to the bathroom. The earthy spice of rosewood harmonises with the sweetness of vanilla absolute and bergamot oil for rejuvenating celestial waters. If you need a little post-party recovering this Christmas, just look skyward. Note: wise men not included.’

          Price: £2.95

          Father Christmas

          ‘Before making this, Father Christmas must have stopped at a sweet shop for stocking fillers because it smells like freshly spun candy floss. Soak away the hours in sweet, mouthwatering waters as the blushing red of Santa’s cheeks fizz away to reveal a vivid, holly-green centre.‘

          I havnt tried this one out yet but I can’t wait as I love sweet smelling ones. 

          Price: £3.75

          I hope you enjoyed this mini Lush Haul!

          What are your favourite festive treats from Lush? Any recommendations? 

          In my beauty advent calender…

          I got this lovely baked highlighter today! I’m a big highlighter fan so I can’t wait to try this out!! 

          Ho Ho Ho 

          Roseanne 🎅

            

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          Blogmas day 15! Beauty advent calender 💋

          1o days to go until Christmas day!!

          How exciting, the 10 day countdowns begun & it will soon be here before we know it.

          I’m still not feeling great today which is so frustrating, I’ve missed a whole week of festive fun 😔 but best not to dwell, let’s take a look at my beauty advent calender today. 

          As you’ll know from previous posts (Beauty advent calender) I have a beauty advent calender this year for the first time! In today’s window I got…

          A mini compact mirror. This is so cute & super handy to pop into your bag.

          It’s a lovely matte black finish with ‘Join the Revolution, Make up Revolution London’ written in rose gold/copper on the front. So cute.

          What have you guys got in your beauty advents? What’s your favourite piece so far?

          Ho Ho Ho 

          Roseanne 🎅

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          Christmas home haul: Blogmas day 14

          As you’ll have guessed by now I love this time of year! So I decided to show you some of the home bits that I have been picking up throughout late November & December so far.
          This candle is a lovely frosted matte red colour with snowflake patterns on it.

          Inside its silver with the red snowflakes printed on. It’s so pretty ❄

          I also picked up this candle holder…

          This is like a clear bottle with a gold glitter star on the front. There is a gold frame suspended inside the bottle for a tea light to sit in, super cute! 🌟

          These both came from Tiger and were not more than £3 each.

          Also from Tiger my lovely friends got me this cute little lantern light. I didn’t technically buy this so I’m unsure of the price.

          It’s a lovely ceramic matte lantern with little holes in it. It looks lovely and snowy and when it’s lit it like a starry sky…

          I also picked up these little Yankee candle wax melts. I picked these up from a garden centre and I can’t wait to burn these in my wax burner. 

          ‘Christmas cookie’ is so yummy smelling and smells just like Christmas baking. ‘Strawberry buttercream’ isn’t particularly Christmassy  but it smells sooooo good. I really want to pick up ‘Candy Cane lane’ before Christmas as it is super christmassy & smells so fresh and minty.

          & finally Christmas bedding ♡

          I love this so much and I can’t wait to put this on closer to Christmas 🎅

          I love the pattern, it’s so cute with little Father Christmas’s, penguins & reindeer with little red stars. This comes from Asda and was only £12. 

          I love Christmas and these little additioms make me feel even more festive 🌲

          What have you guys found for your home to add a touch of Christmas? 

          My beauty advent calender…

          In today’s window I got a mono eyeshadow in the colour ‘New tral red’. This is quite different to the eyeshadows I have but I think this would go really well with some of the pieces I’ve got for my Christmas make up look so keep your eyes peeled for that!

          Ho Ho Ho 

          Roseanne 🎅

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          Feeling festive 🎄☃ Blogmas day 13

          I am so glad I had pre written this post as I’m ill & couldn’t face it today! Horrah for pre planning. 

          So now that we are just over halfway to the big day it’s important to make sure you are feeling christmassy! So, if your not what can you do? Look no further!

          1. Christmas songs: These always put me in the Christmas spirit, you only listen to these songs around this time of year so they’ll hopefully bring back festive memories & who doesn’t love a good sing song.

          2. Christmas shopping: I know this can be a bit stressful but if you choose when/where you go wisely it can be really fun looking for the perfect gifts & maybe a few christmassy bits for yourself.
          3. And if your ahead with your Christmas shopping why not do some wrapping? This will save you time later and it always makes me feel super festive.

          4. Blogmas, yeah it’s a bit late to start it now but why not read some blogmas blog post to get you into the festive spirit? I love reading other people’s traditions/thoughts & celebrations of Christmas.

          5. Put up your Christmas decorations: Being surrounding by decorations, tinsel & lights will definatly make it feel like Christmas is on its way. Why not get a few updated decorations or additios to your tree, for this year?!

          6. Write or make your Christmas cards: It’s good to send these off around mid December anyway and it’s like wrapping in that it makes your feel festive. Make sure you write a list first though, you don’t want to miss anyone out.

          7. Christmas markets: These are so lovely & great for getting the family together too. They are really festive, super cute and can be great to pick up unique Christmas pressies. I got myself a lovely snowflake brooch from a market recently & it’s so pretty.❄

          8. Make Christmas plans: Decide what you are going to do on the big day & afterwards (Christmas eve too) This will get you organised and excited, again get family involved & make lots of fun plans together.

          9. Go and see a Christmas film or show: Every year me & Tim go and see the Christmas rock n roll panto at our local theatre. It always makes me feel super christmassy and they are so much fun to watch. There are always a few Christmas films out at the cinema around this time of year, failing that pop your favorite Christmas dvd on 👍

          10. Christmas baking: Grab a gingerbread cutter or a cupcake set and get baking. Your home will be filled with the delicious scents of Christmas and home baking, what more could you want?! And then there’s the taste testing afterwards of course. These are also great to share with Family & Friends. (Who doesn’t love a homade Christmas pressies? especially an edible one)

          What makes you feel christmassy?  What are your Christmas traditions?

          Today in my beauty advent calender…

          Today I got this lovely bronzer! It’s a matte non shiny bronzer so this would be great to bronze & Contour too.

          Ho Ho Ho 

          Roseanne 🎅

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          ‘Mr & Mrs’ Christmas: Blogmas day 12 

          So yesterday was mine & Tim’s 6 month wedding anniversary, where has that time gone?!?! 😱 I can’t believe it’s been half a year since our amazing day.

          This Christmas will of course be our first one as a married couple, so how are we making it special? How is it different as husband & wife?  

          Well I’m not sure it’s massively different to be honest haha but here are a few ways we are making it special; 

          1. Mr & Mrs decoration; as one of our wedding presents we got a Mr & Mrs wedding decoration. This is really cute & looks lovely on out tree. 

          ‘Best friends for life husband & wife 💗’

          2. Personalised Christmas cards; As I’m making our Christmas cards this year I thought it would be cute to get some christmassy stickers personalised to say ‘Merry Christmas from Mr & Mrs Byford’ 

          I got these on eBay and they are really cute & festive. I’m going to put one on each card to seal them.

          3. Wedding photos: Tim doesn’t know but I am getting some of our wedding photos printed off to go up on the wall in our home ♡ Here are the ones that I’ve chosen…

          I got a lovely white frame with three spaces in it from Wilko, only £5 that I’m going to put them in and wrap up for Tim, I hope he likes it 🙂

          & just generally enjoying the festivities together as a couple 💑 We have been to a few Christmas markets together & will be having our traditional panto trip too (Look out for those later on in Blogmas)

          Today in my beauty advent calender…

          I got this lovely eye primer. This is so handy as I find eyeshadow applies so much better with a primer. I havnt tried this one either so I’m looking forward to giving this a go.  

          13 sleeps to go, seriously!! I need to get wrapping ✂

          Ho Ho Ho 

          Mrs Byford 😊🎅

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          Beauty advent calender 🙈

          Yup I forgot to include my beauty advent pieces from the last few days! I’m so rubbish at remembering this haha.

          So, on Saturday 10th December I got this lovely eyeshadow.

          It’s a lovely shimmery creamy colour. This would look lovely all over the lid or with a more dramatic make up look. I wore this on its own today and it looked really nice. 

          On Sunday 11th December I got another lipstick and this one is perfect for autumn/Winter time. It’s a gorgeous plum shade which I love (& recently got a lip Liner of, yay!) 

          The colour of the packaging made me worry a bit to begin with as it looks like bright purple 🙈 but, when I swatched it I realised it was a lovely plum tone. Thank goodness for that haha.

          These are such a good size for your handbag too & the packaging is lovely with the simple goldey/copper writing.

          I promise I’ll try & be better at including these at the end of my posts from now on!!

          Ho Ho Ho 

          Roseanne 🎅

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