Graze Box Review

https://www.graze.com/uk/

I've recently started healthy eating and increasing my exercise after realising I've gained over a stone in the past year. I put my weight gain down to my snacking all the time, not healthy snacks at that!!

I decided to sign up to the Graze box as they do healthy boxes. These boxes cost £3.99 for four snacks and you can decide if they come every week, every two weeks or every four weeks. As a 16 year old with no job and trying to save for driving lessons, a car, insurance and petrol money I opted for the month one!

I got sent some discount codes etc which I will insert photos of here incase anyone is interested in getting some free boxes! You have to sign up using a card but you can redeem your free boxes and then cancel your membership if you would like!

RY6MPLKXP-  I also have this discount code which gives you the 1st, 5th and 10th box free and gives me £1.00 off so I'd highly appreciate it if you're going to sign up so please use this code if you want!

I ordered two boxes just to see what sort of things come in the boxes. I ordered a 'Light Box' and a 'Sugar Count Box', I love these two boxes sooo much I just ordered the 'Protein Box' as well.

The light box

The sugar count box

You can order one off boxes or reoccuring subscription boxes, I ordered the light one as reoccuring and the others as one off.

So far, I am seriously impressed!! I think the price for four big boxes is amazing and there are so many deals where you can get boxes for free and discounted etc so I don't see why you'd throw away the opportunity!

I loveeee the fact you can put in preferences when signing up and then you are given a huge list of all different snacks and you can decide if you'd want to try, like, love or bin!

I'm so happy that I've signed up, I think the price is amazing and well worth it, also shipping is free so that's also a bonus and it tastes AMAZING!!

Let me know if you've tried a graze box or if you're going too!
Love, Hannah x

Skincare Haul

One of my 2017 New Years resolution was to try out new skincare to change up my skincare routine for the new year. For the past 2 years I've been an avid Liz Earle Cleanse and Polish user. Liz Earle works amazing on my skin but I just wanted to change it up a bit. As an acne sufferer, I'm really keen on trying new products to see what works and what doesn't. So, I did some damage and can hear my debit card crying as I hit up Space NK and FeelUnique. 

I'm a true believer that spending more money on skincare can be *more* justified because it's sooo important to look after your skin.

Emma Hardie Cleansing Balm
I was lowkey hoping I'd hate this because it's so expensive!... but I'm loving it!

http://www.spacenk.com/uk/en_GB/brands/e/emma-hardie/moringa-cleansing-balm-super-size-MUK200013979.html

Ren Hot Cloth Cleanser

 http://www.spacenk.com/uk/en_GB/brands/r/ren/rose-centifolia-hot-cloth-cleanser-MUK200011937.html

La Roche-Posay Ultrafine Scrub

 http://www.feelunique.com/p/La-Roche-Posay-Physiological-Ultra-Fine-Scrub-50ml

I had to have a bit of Liz Earle in here!
Liz Earle Skin Repair Light Moisturiser

 http://uk.lizearle.com/skin-repair-light-moisturiser-combination-oily.html

Ren Active 7 Eye Gel

http://www.lookfantastic.com/ren-complete-regime-kit-for-all-skin-types/11316716.html 

Ren Glycolactic Radiance Renewal Mask

http://www.lookfantastic.com/ren-complete-regime-kit-for-all-skin-types/11316716.html

Ren Daily Supplement Moisturising Cream

http://www.lookfantastic.com/ren-complete-regime-kit-for-all-skin-types/11316716.html

Ren Express Makeup Remover 

http://www.lookfantastic.com/ren-complete-regime-kit-for-all-skin-types/11316716.html

Caudalie Grape Water

http://www.spacenk.com/uk/en_GB/brands/c/caudalie/grape-water-MUS300023178.html

Ren was very popular in this skincare haul apparently, I really want to try the Sunday Riley Martian toner next, but very expensive!!

Hope you liked my first haul for my blog! Let me know if you have any of these products and whether you like them or not, I'm also up for doing a review if you want one!

Love, Hannah x

Top 5 Revision Tips

As I'm writing this, my mocks start in 2 days... is this procrastination at it's finest?

As I've grinned and beared my way through 23, yes, 23 GCSE exams and came out the other end with 1/2 decent grades (1A*, 6As, 6Bs) I feel as if I'm in a position to *attempt* to give some tips which I used when revising.

1) The obvious, don't revise the day before your exam.. 
You can't revise at 2am hunched over your desk surviving on redbull the day of the exam. As much as you may hope you can, you can't I'm afraid. Get as much revision done as early as possible.

2) Past papers are your best friend.
Okay, so if you're anything like me you HATE doing past papers but I can honestly say I think they made a huge difference in my exams and I'm so glad I did them. It gave me serious exam technique practise and came out the end of it with 2/3 of my chemistry exams with full marks. Also, do them in exam conditions- you won't help yourself copying the mark scheme!

3) Create a revision timetable
and stick to it!!! Try getrevising. I use it for all my timetables and it helps me manage my time so much better.

4) Work out your best learning style
What I mean by this is are you visual, aural (music), auditory, kinesthetic (physical). You can find this out by doing this quiz http://www.educationplanner.org/students/self-assessments/learning-styles-quiz.shtml. I find that I'm both visual and verbal- I love youtube videos and posters to revise from!
(Tactile is another name for physical)

5) Be organised
Organise your notes, your revision, folders etc. It'll be so much easier to find where everything is if you know where everything is, if you come to revise and your notes are all jumbled up and you're missing 1/2 of them it'll be a lot harder to do efficient revision.

Thanks for reading and good luck with the exams!
Love, Hannah x

My Christmas Eye Look

Hi guys,

I posted a picture of my makeup that I wore for Christmas on Twitter @blogbyhan (sorry, I had too!!) and posted a poll underneath asking if anyone was interested in the look. After the poll closed, the majority of people answered yes... so here goes!

All products I mentioned will be linked at the end of the post if you're interested.

The look I went for was a very red warm glittery eye, the glitter isn't showing up as much as I'd like in the pictures though.

1) Prime the lid with Urban Decay Primer Potion and set this with the Anastasia Banana Powder using the Real Techniques Deluxe Crease Brush

2) Using Peaches and Cream first followed by Latte and Frappe by Makeup Geek with the RT Base Shadow Brush, I began to blend these through the crease as a transition colour.

Left - Right Peaches and Cream, Frappe, Latte

3) I reached into my Zoeva Cocoa Blends Palette and packed warm notes onto my lid using the Urban Decay brush that comes with the naked palette that has been sprayed with Fix+ by Mac just to intensify the pigment.

4) To me, it didn't look quite right so I got my Avon blending brush and used Substitute for Love and Freshly toasted to blend Warm Notes into the transition shades.

5) Once all the blending looked right, I began with the glitter, the most exciting part!! I used the Lit Cosmetics Glitter Base all over my lid and over where I placed Warm Notes and gently packed the Mac Reflects Rust Glitter over the top.

6) For the inner corner, I used Becca Champagne pop with the RT Accent brush.

Excuse the top part of the pan, it shattered so I tried to push it back together!

7) For Liner I used the ELF Cream Liner with the RT Fine Liner Brush to line the upper lashline and create a wing. In the waterline, I used the Urban Decay 24/7 Glide on Pencil in Zero. For mascara, I used the NYX Lash Primer with Too Faced Better than Sex. 

That's all for todays post. Hope you like this post and like seeing how I did my eye makeup on Christmas! 

Don't forget to comment and I'll reply when I can :)

Love, Hannah x

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Products used:

Primer : http://www.urbandecay.co.uk/en_GB/eyes/eyeshadow-primer/eyeshadow-primer-potion/UD515.html

Anastasia Banana Powder: https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/anastasia-contour-refills.html

Makeup Geek: http://www.beautybay.com/cosmetics/makeupgeek/eyeshadowpan/

Zoeva Cocoa Blends: https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/zoeva-cocoa-blend-eyeshadow-palette.html

Mac Fix+: http://www.maccosmetics.co.uk/product/13825/32212/products/skincare/primers/
prep-prime-fix

Mac Glitter: http://www.maccosmetics.co.uk/product/13840/505/products/makeup/eyes/
shadow/glitter#/shade/Reflects_Rust

Lit Cosmetics Glitter Base: https://lit-cosmetics.myshopify.com/collections/clearly-liquid-glitter-base/products/clearly-liquid-glitter-base-4ml

Champagne Pop: https://www.cultbeauty.co.uk/becca-jaclyn-hill-shimmering-skin-perfector-poured-champagne-pop.html

ELF Liner: http://www.eyeslipsface.co.uk/studio/eyes/eyeliner/cream_eyeliner

UD Liner: http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/prod_10701_10001_1
23932962099_-1

NYX Primer: http://www.boots.com/en/NYX-Professional-Makeup-Big-Loud-Lash-Primer_1783093/

Too Faced Better Than Sex: http://www.debenhams.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/pro
d_10701_10001_154614000099_-1

RT Brushes: http://www.superdrug.com/Real-Techniques/Real-Techniques-Eye-Makeup-Brush-Starter-Set/p/939658

Avon Brush (not the exact one, but similar): https://www.avon.uk.com/product/1516/

Happy New Year & a HUGE Thank you!

So, we've made it to 2017!

I just want to dedicate a whole blogpost to thanking everyone who has taken their time to click on my blog and read or even comment on my post. If you didn't know I had a blog back in 2013 and redoing it is something I've wanted to do for such a long time and I'm SOOO glad I did.  

I can't thank everyone enough for being so welcoming to me back into the beauty blogger community. I know I haven't got the biggest number of followers but to me, that doesn't matter, I'm just having the best time writing this post cosied up in my blanket with a hot chocolate and share bags upon share bags of quality street - I wish I was joking... 

This year I've posted 10 posts with a total of 1,090 views. To me, this is mindblowing... seeing that 12 people from Slovakia have viewed my page, 268 from USA, 8 from Canada and so many more (I don't even know where slovakia is!)

Heres to another year of more and more posts with more and more readers from places I don't even know!

Here is too the next fabulous year hopefully full of blogging and more... 

Happy New Year!

Love, Hannah x

p.s. I hope you're all not too hungover reading this...!