Cool Summer Legs from Kiko

Er... typical England... where has the Summer gone?  I'll not be put off by a lack of sunshine, the following products for anyone who wants their legs to look and feel lovely.

They might be hot and tired because it's a hot Summer's day, or maybe you've just been on your feet all day and your legs are hot and tired...

Lets look at the incredible Light Legs Crackling Mousse (£12.90) first.

This is an example of a product that does exactly what it says on the tin. This mousse is light, it crackles, it has a gentle light fragrance and it's ICY cold. The coldness and the effervescence really soothe tired hot legs, it's a most peculiar, but refreshing sensation. I would strongly advise not using this if you're feeling a bit chilly!  Such a great product!

The second product is the Firming Iridescent Cream (£12.90)

Another lovely product for Summer this lotion is again, very lightly scented and nourishes as you apply it leaving your skin instantly feeling more supple.  It also seems to turn into an oily texture as you massage it in, in a really good way, it's just lovely.

The only possible disappointment is that although it's called an Iridescent cream, it's not really that iridescent. For me this is a good thing, I don't really want iridescent legs, but it adds a sort of glow to the skin regardless, it's just not one I'd describe as iridescent.

I love it. I don't have smooth skin on my legs at all, and I always admire girls with glowing skin and now I create that with ease, this does just what I want it to do, creates the illusion of skin so soft and smooth it shines. Perfect.

Both products are available from www.kikocosmetics.co.uk and do be sure to head over as there's an amazing sale on right now (I've just spotted it so I'm heading back there for a proper look!).

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L'Oreal Color Riche Neon Pops!

So i love with these beauties that popped through my letter box a week ago. Introducing the L'Oreal Color Riche Neons for Summer!

I love the combination of colours but most of all, I love the Yellow! It's just stunning on!

Here's how I've been wearing them.

Wasabi Hint (green) and Acid Watermelon (pink)

And here's Flashing Lilac (purple) and Banana Pop (yellow). Please forgive the photograph, it was taken with instagram although there are no filters applied. I think you get the gist though.

The gist is that these shades are awesome.

I haven't found these to be sheer like most neons are and that means you don't need to bother with white underneath and the formula is a breeze. Just gorgeous nail polishes. The yellow is my favourite. It's opaque, bright, not streaky and just gorgeous.

The polishes came with the most amazing balloon!

Our balloon escaped out of the back door and there were tears from Lola and I nearly cried too. We loved it so much!

The L'Oreal Color Riche Neon Pop polishes are £4.99 and available from Superdrug and Boots (although I can't see all the shades on the Boots site).

The fabulous balloon came from the wonderful Bubblegum Balloons.

Nail Bindi's and Glitter and Flitter!

I've got a few little nail art bits to show to you today. Now before reading on, do bear in mind that nail art is not my forte!


Left - Sapphire Chunky Hex Glitter and Right - Silver Flitter Glitter Strips (both £1.65 each)

If you have skills you can do amazing things with these two little pots of joy. I can't even begin to tell you how sparkly these are and your only limit is your imagination. Of which I have none so I've just stuck them on my nails to show you how incredibly shiny they are!

Sapphire Floral Arch Nail Bindi's (£1.50)

 
Oh oh oh these are GORGEOUS. Don't look too closely at my photographs because I had a top coat malfunction but what a gorgeously simple way to get eye catching sparkly nails with minimum effort.

Easy peasy, do your base colour (a French Manicure in my case), stick the stickers where you want them to go, then top coat. Hey presto beautiful nails that are just a bit different.

All of the above have come from sparkly-nails.co.uk who I highly recommend for nail art goodies. They have everything you can possibly want at brilliant prices so head over and take a look.

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It's been a Tough Week.

I don't know if there's anything in the world more painful than watching your child suffer... whether that be a physical suffering, or an emotional suffering. It's fair to say that for a parent, this can translate to a physical nearly-pain like feeling. Very hard to describe.

I've talked before about the problems we have with Chloe and I don't want to go into too much here really, she'll probably read this one day and she certainly wouldn't thank me.

But she's facing difficulties, socially (amongst other things), and at six years old she's been having social difficulties for most of her little life.

So the school as a whole have been great at getting an Educational Psychologist referral and appointment but not all that great at any thing else, so today (Friday), I think I've finally made the decision to move her to another school. It's not an easy decision and it's not set in stone at this point but I owe it to my children to give them the best childhood I can, and the best education and the best school life I can. And having a school that actually seems to care would be a good start.

This crazy beauty deserves the best of everything and that means finding her a school where her teachers don't find her annoying or irritating (and if they do, they are able to find a more diplomatic and sensitive way of saying so!).

If anyone has experience of moving a child to a new school at about this age (6), I'd love to hear how it went for you. Please share. Thank you.

The New Lancome Gloss in Love

Too much pretty!

Welcome to the newest products in the Lancome cosmetics range. Gloss in Love. Lightly sparkling, extremely shiny and lovely moisturising glosses. Available in twelve shades, I've got two to show you. Pink Pampille (left above) and Peach Show (on the right above).

First thing is the opening mechanism. It's a gimmick really but I love it, it just makes for something a bit different.  All you do is press the little square button and the lid pops up and you pull out the wand and off you go.

I realise now I'm actually writing the post that I forgot to take photographs of the applicators but it's sort of double sided and you use the curved side to coat the lower lip and the pointed side on the top lip. It works perfectly.

As for the colours they are gorgeous. Pink Pampille is on the left here and Peach Show is on the right. Both are lightly sparkling, with the the pink shade having just the merest hint of sparkle.

Pink Pamille:

 Peach Show:

Beautiful products that deliver on all counts. They feel a bit thick on my lips and I'm not overly keen on that sensation, but the thickness lends itself to a very good wear time. They promise 6 hours... I get more like 4-5. But hey, that's good going for a gloss!

Really like these and love the sound of Glitter Mania!

They are £20 each and available from Lancome Online.

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