21st Birthday Haul!

Hi everyone,

A couple of weeks ago I turned 21! When asked what I wanted for my birthday, I said I didn't mind. Besides, what do you get the girl that's got all she has ever wanted? In which case everyone decided to go down the route of giving me money. I was so grateful for what I received off of friends and family. I wanted to put the money to things I really needed or things I have wanted for a while. I also treated my boyfriend to a couple of meals since he has been so good to me recently.

First of all I will start off with one of the presents I did receive and that was the Marc Jacobs Decadence perfume.

Decadence

I absolutely love this perfume! This is going to be one of those perfumes that I am going to use sparingly. The good thing about it is you don't need a lot of it either, so it's going to last me ages! You can find this luxurious woody scent here: boots.com. I was also gifted a lovely necklace with my birth stone on from my lovely grandma. You can see this here.

My boyfriend and I decided to go on a shopping trip to Bluewater. The first shop we went into was The Body Shop.

Drops of Youth

On the day we went The Body Shop were giving away free samples. You can see the little pot of Hawaiian Kukui Cream. I won't lie to you this is the real reason I went in. I had not brought anything from The Body shop in a long time and a sample could rekindle my love again. I used to love the mango lip balm and the born lippy satsuma shimmer lip balm. In the middle of the store there was a little stand displaying the 'Drops of Youth' range. The lady working on the stall called me over and started explaining and demonstrating the new 'Youth Liquid Peel'. Oh my goodness! If this stuff does the same to my face as what it did to the back of my hand, I am going to be one happy girl! I will definitely be doing a review on this. You can find the 'Youth Liquid Peel' here.

We then went into Lush. Now I am like a child in a sweet shop when it comes to Lush, so many things I want but I can't have everything. I'm always well stocked up on Lush products anyway but when you're near a Lush shop, it has to be done. To be fair to myself, I was pretty well restrained in the Lush shop. I came out with 4 items. 'But why are there only 3 items in the picture below?' I hear you say. That is because I brought 2 'Rose Bombshell's' so I could put one in my giveaway. (Which you can enter here! Sorry it is UK only but there will be more in the future as I am thinking of doing one every month!)

Bath bombs

So as I already mentioned I brought 2 Rose Bombshells and if you like the smell of Rose Jam bubble bar this could well be the bath bomb for you. An easy way to describe it's scent is of roses. Next up was one my boyfriend picked out and that was Avobath. I've never tried his one before, so I thought I would give it a go. As you can tell by the name it has avocado in and smells so refreshing. The last thing I brought was Over and Over. This stood out to me because of its refreshing citrus scent and the top coating being a bath melt. Head on over to my Instagram where you can see and watch me try out my lush products.

We then decided to go into HMV and there was one reason I wanted to go in there. That reason was to finally get my hands on Louise Live! I can honestly say I laughed all the way through this! Louise is such a down to earth person and I love how she just says it how it is. This is why it made it all the more funnier. You probably already have, but if you haven't and need a laugh go out and buy Louise Live!

Louise Live

Again, for the laughs my boyfriend and I decided to buy Mrs Browns Boys. For those of you who are unware of what Mrs. Browns Boys, it's a comedy about a family living in Dublin, Ireland. All of the Characters are played by family and friends. It's informal in the way that they leave in mistakes and banter between the cast.

Mrs. Browns Boys

I then also brought the Harry Potter colouring book. I can't remember how much it was, all I know is it was on deal when you spent so much. I did however find it on Amazon in case you were interested.

Harry Potter colouring book

We walked round for a little longer and on a corner I discovered Kikki.K! I am a massive stationary fan, so you can only imagine the look on my face when I found the shop.

Kikki.K notepad and pen

These were the two things I brought for myself. I brought one other notepad for my giveaway. I loved the simplicity of the everyday notepad. Not only that it's bright and easy to work on. I also brought the blue matching pen. Can I just add that I am actually in love with the Kikki.K website!

Inside the notepad

I recently brought 2 Kiko Milano products for my giveaway. I then realised I never brought anything for myself to try. I found this lovely shade which was on special offer.

Smart lipstick: 928 Peony

This is shade 928 Peony. It was kind of an impulse buy, but when I go home and swatched the lipstick, I realised how well it went with my skin tone.

Swatch of 928 Peony

The last place I went to was H&M. I headed straight for the accessories where I found this phone case for £1! I love phone cases and I get bored very easy so I like to swap and change them quite regularly. So obviously when I saw this for £1 I had to have it.

H&M phone case

I plan on doing more haul posts in the future and already have a mini boots one planned.

Tasha x

Itsatashathing: My bucket list

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share with you the things I really want to do and get out of my life, so I thought I would make a bucket list post. This could be anything from places I really want to go to, things I want to do or things I want to achieve. I can then write about them once I have (or if) I achieve them and share with you my experience. This way we can go on a little journey together. I will also update the list and make you aware each time something new comes up. I'm sure as I enter parenthood I will have a lot more goals and wishes in my life.

1. Visit the Harry Potter studio tour around Christmas time. This is because I would really like to see the set dressed up for Christmas.
2. Go to New York at Christmas. It just seems like a fairy-tale
3. Continue my blog and just stick with it. I love writing my blog, I feel like it's a complete getaway for me.
4. Have the perfect wedding. I see myself getting married in a lovely church or castle, surrounded by the people we love the most. having lovely pictures taken afterwards and then on to a lovely reception.
5. Go on holiday to Florida. It's always been my dream to go to Disney world and have a magical time. Especially since Harry Potter world was made.
6. Visit Ireland. I've always wanted to visit Ireland.
7. To document as much as I can of our little girls life. Those early days are priceless and days you can never get back. I want to make the most of them and make something for us to remember them by and to show her when she's older.
8. To reach 1000 followers! I honestly don't know what I would do if this happened, other then throw a massive giveaway.
9. Start a YouTube account. I think I am a little to nervous to do this at the moment but I'm working on my nerves.
10. Go swimming with dolphins. This is something I have always wanted to do and haven't been able to do so yet.
11. Become a make-up artist. Again it has always been something I have wanted to do but never known how to achieve it.
12. Do a charity run/walk. I don't mind for which charity as long as it goes to a good cause.
13. Complete a reading list. I haven't actually completed a reading list but now I have started blogging I feel I should.
14. Have a day trip in London sight seeing with baby when she is old enough. I was about 12 when I experienced London for the first time (in the respect of sight seeing) but I feel it would be even more exciting when you are younger.
15. Prefect the art of cake making. Not to blow my own trumpet but I am not to bad at making cakes but I would like to make the extravagant ones.
16. To be able to forget any past unhappiness and focus on the future. A lot of my anxiety is from past experiences, I don't really talk about this on my blog because I want to show the happy me. However, if it's something you would like to know about let me know. It's not that bad it's just things I find hard to let go of and they end up in the way of my adult life.
17. Go on a Family Picnic. I love picnics and to do this as a family would e lovely. I have a few memories of them as a child so I want the same for my little girl.
18. Have a race track experience. I would love to go in a Ferrari around Silverstone race track.
19. Go to a blogging meet up. I would love to meet other bloggers.
20. Own my own home. I would love to one day own my own house.

I hope you have enjoyed reading this. I dare say I will be adding to it over time as I think of more things I would like to do and get out of my life.

What's on your bucket list?

Tasha x

P.S don't forget to ask myself and Dion questions (they are anonymous but feel free to add your name if you want to be mentioned) here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScV3PZ81nv_1AIzVNVjsL2oIfLxTCBpDLHtu0KlRjpVSiViiA/viewform?c=0&w=1