Advent Calendars 2015

It's that time of year again where the shelves are beginning to be stocked with advent calendars. And these are usually full of cheap chocolate that none of us really want to eat. They are also aimed at children. In recent years it seems like big brands have seen a gap in the market for advent calendars aimed at a bigger demographic, beauty lovers. Many big beauty brands have decided to offer advent calendars full of mini (or even full) products for either 12 or 25 days. Brands such as No7, Benefit, Lush and The Body Shop are just some of the brands offering these beauty advent calendars. There are also calendars out there providing things like 25 days of Yankee Candles or 25 days of different teas. 

This year, I have decided to go for the Boots No7 25 Days of Beauty Wonders calendar. It is £38 ($57) but it is worth £148 ($223) and I think it is a bargain, my makeup bag is going to be topped up for a while! 

Not only is the calendar presented really well, the items inside it are brilliant. 

Here is what you get inside the calendar:

•  No7 Lip Crayon Delicate Pink 1.4g

•  No7 Mini BB Lip Blink Pink 5ml

•  No7 Shine & Tint Lip Gloss 4ml

•  No7 Skin Illuminator Peach 10ml

•  No7 Stay Perfect Nail Colour 4ml Mememe

•  No7 Gel Look Shine 4ml Pillarbox

•  No7 Nail Effects Sun Rays 4ml

•  No7 Mini Eye Shadow 1.5g top shade moonlight shadow

•  No7 Mini Eye Shadow 1.5g bottom shade forest fruits

•  No7 Extravagant Volume Waterproof Mascara Black 7ml

•  No7 Lovely Lashes Mascara Black 7ml

•  No7 Stay Perfect Amazing Eyes Pencil Bronze 1.2g

•  No7 Stay Perfect Amazing Eyes Pencil Black 0.8g

•  No7 Stay Perfect Amazing Eyes Pencil Brown 0.8g

•  No7 Eye Lash Curler

•  No7 Smokey Eye Brush

•  No7 Airbrush Away Primer 10ml

•  No7 Beautiful Skin Eye Make Up Remover 30ml

•  No7 Radiance Revealed Exfoliator 15ml

•  No7 Youthful Eye Serum 7ml

•  No7 Protect & Perfect Intense Advanced Intense Day Cream 25ml

•  No7 Protect and Perfect Intense Advanced Night Cream 25ml

•  No7 Protect & Perfect Intense Hand Cream Day 10ml

•  No7 Beautiful Skin Blissful Body Wash 50ml

•  No7 Beautiful Skin Perfecting Body Polish 50ml


I think it's brilliant to get so many products for such a cheap price. This is also good 
compared to The Body Shop because theirs is incredibly expensive and it is also the same price, if not cheaper than Benefit's and you get more products. I would highly recommend this product! 


Here are some other cool advent calendars available this year:

Lush: 12 Days Of Christmas 

The Body Shop Advent Calendar 2015

Yankee Candle Reindeer Carousel Advent Calendar 

Ciate Mini Mani Month Advent Calendar

Do you get an advent calendar for December? What are you going for this year? let me know in the comments. 

Soap and Glory: Review

For Christmas last year my mama (grandma) got me the massive Soap and Glory box set that had been on offer in Boots (for you Americans that's like a drug store I think, it sells perfumes, makeup, shower stuff and so on) and I have been loving a lot of the products that came with it. Because I love them so much I thought that I would make an blog post about it so you can try them out.
What's your favourite S&G product? Let me know in the comments! 

Also if you're from the UK and have a family member who loves Soap and Glory, keep an eye at on the Boots Christmas offers (when it comes, obviously) because my mama got this for about £20! 

Daily Youth:

This face scrub was something that actually didn't come in box that I got from Christmas. I thought, well, I have all of this stuff to make my body smell all nice and feel soft. I might as well treat my skin as the rest of my body, right? 
So I went to Boots myself and picked this up. I use this every time I go in the shower and it makes my face feel soft and clean. It is strange texture when I put it on my face because it lathers up like your shower gel would but I personally like that because you can't feel all the little exfoliating beads (I think that's what they are? I'm not too sure what they are called) 
This product is for all skin types so any of you can try it out :) 
I can tell that there is a big difference in my skin since I started to use this so I would recommend it to anyone. Just moisturise after and your skin will be lovely and soft. 

Whipped Clean:

I have been in love with this product since I first used it. I wasn't too sure what it was at first but it's a shower butter/gel type of thing. It really does live up to it's name as I think the texture and look of it when you put it into your hand actually does look like whipped cream. That's another thing I love about S&G, their play on words. Anyway, back to the product. It has a really sweet scent and I couldn't work out what it was until I read the bottle and it says that it's a pistachio, almond and sweet vanilla scent. It honestly smells heavenly, I wish you guys could smell it! 
It makes my skin feel lovely as well as smell nice and it is also the perfect thing to use when shaving your legs as it says on the back of the bottle. I would definitely suggest that you invest in this product as it is heavenly. 

Sexy Mother Pucker:

Sexy Mother Pucker wins the crown for my favourite lip gloss/lacquer of all time. When I looked through the contents of the box I was really happy that it came with two makeup items. One of them was a Sexy Mother Pucker lip gloss in the shade Charm Offensive. At first I wasn't too sure about the colour but as soon as I tried it on I knew that I liked it. The colour is a really nice brownish-pink and has a really nice gloss finish to it. My only criticism for this is that it can get on your teeth pretty easily. My favourite thing about this is probably the brush, it seems to be thinner than other lip gloss brushes and it's really easy to use. 
Lucky for me my mum had another one of these Sexy Mother Puckers in another shade. This one was in the shade Punch Bowl. This is a fabulous pink colour and the bottle is gorgeous. 
The key difference between Punch Bowl and Charm Offensive is that Punch Bowl has more of a plumping effect. They are both meant to do that but I can see it and also feel it more with the Punch Bowl lacquer. I will be buying this again for sure. 
I would definitely recommend this to you if you want a nice colour and a little plump. 

Hope you enjoy,
xo xo, 
Chronicles.