El's Beauty Bazaar

So after a long hiatus on hiatus on the blog i've finally decided to get back into the swing of things. So without further a do I'll now launch into my next review. When I was away a couple of months ago in Portugal I stumbled across a Kiko shop which had just opened. Having seen they had a massive sale on I just couldn't resist going in and picking up a few bits and pieces. Although I had heard of Kiko I didn't really know much about them or their products other than that they were an Italian based firm that sold mainly around Europe (although I now hear they have a store in London). So after having a browse I picked up a couple of their gel eye shadows, a lipstick, a lip gloss, a blush and a highlighter. Having tested and used all the products I have to say the eye shadows are definitely a stand out favourite. I picked up the colours 'Lime' and 'Innocent Rose'. Although they look fairly similar in the picture one is a more pink colour and t...

Had to share this with you guys. Absolutely love this song. Summer to a tea. Hope you guys are all good. More beauty posts coming soon! Lots of Love El xxx

Is music. So I thought I might try mixing things up a little bit. Not every week, but most weeks I'm going to start posting tracks on here that are my most listened too and highly recommend. It might be fairly sporadic as will only be when I think a track is really worth sharing and I might just add it into my usual posts. What do you all think? I've being toying with the idea for a while and have decided to just go for it. I love listening to music of any genre and love sharing tracks with my friends so thought I would include you lot in that too. My taste in music is a bit all over the place. There isn't really a specific genre of music I love so each thing I post is going to be fairly random and will just be what I'm into at that moment in time. So a word of warning it might not be to everyone's taste! So here's my first track of the week.. So this is Changes by Faul & Wad Ad Vs Pnau.  I heard this about 3 weeks ago and it screame...

Now I know this isn't the most glamours of posts but I just had to quickly tell you all about my new obsession with Nivea creme. I have been suffering with extremely dry skin recently, especially on my legs (I blame the weather) and have found this to be one of the only things that works in combating the dryness. My house mate first introduced me to this in the summer, strangely enough, when we were on holiday as they used it to moisturise after we'd been in the sun all day. I didn't really think much of it until I went back to this pot in a last ditch attempt to get rid of my dry skin and found that this tub worked a near miracle at getting rid of the dryness I was suffering with. Now admittedly it's pretty difficult to work with as it takes a while to rub in.The creme is so thick but perseverance does pay off as I'm now left with baby soft skin after only a few days of use. The creme also smells really fresh and as you can see from the above picture I am ...

A few weeks ago I picked up the mascaras from the 2true pro range to test and at £3 each you can't really go wrong. The whole range, which can be found at superdrug, is not only super cheap but also offers really high quality products. The nail varnishes are a particular favourite of mine so thought I would branch out and try a few more products from this drugstore brand. I have to say for a drug store mascara and the price they really are amazing. My favourite is the wow! mascara in the non waterproof version (pink tube). Not only is the packaging gorgeous but this rivals my false eyelashes when I've put on a few coats. At first I wasn't too keen on the plastic wand, as I usually go for a fibre wand however I soon got over this feature due to the amazing volume and length the mascara gave. The second mascara I picked up was the the waterproof version of the wow!mascara (blue tube). I was quite surprised to find this had a completely different wand and I did fin...

This is just a quick post to let you all know how much I'm loving this line of products at the moment. I sort of forgot about the Bodyshop until recently when I went in with a friend and spotted this range! Since starting work my skin has been a bit all over the show; either really spotty or really dry so I thought i'd give this range a go to try and calm things down a bit. I have to say its worked an absolute treat and my skin has never really looked better! One of the stand outs in this range is the deep cleansing facial wash it smells gorgeous and leaves my skin feeling really clean without drying it out. The moisturiser is also up there too as it keeps oil to minimum but still hydrates my skin so it isn't dry. I have already repurchased the facial wash twice and will definitely be doing the same with the rest of the products when they run out too. Not only do they actually work but also smell gorgeous too! You can find all the products here  and usually the bodysho...

This is just a quick post to say how unbelievably jealous I am of all you American readers who have a Bath and Bodyworks near you. When I went to Abu Dhabi a few weeks ago I got extremely excited when I spotted a Bath and Bodyworks in one of the malls over there (we don't have Bath and Bodyworks in the UK). Naturally I made a beeline for the store and bought the most ridiculous amount of stuff... Above is just a selection of my favourite body washes. They smell so gorgeous and are luxuriously thick! My day was made even better when I found out that due to all of the products being repackaged there was a massive sale on all the products in old packaging so I managed to get each shower gel for 15 dirhams which is approximately £2.50 ($4) compared to the 60 dirhams (£10) they were originally priced at. As you can see midnight pomegrante is the current fave but japanese cherry blossom is a close contender! If anyone knows anywhere I might be able to get any of the Bath and Bodywork...