Winter Wishlist

I think I must be the only person in the world who enjoys the weather turning colder. In a true homage to my Scottish roots, I am just not a creature of warm weather. To me, Autumn and Winter means beautiful colours, hot water bottles, and an excuse to drink a lot of delicious warm drinks (tea, coffee, hot chocolate, mulled wine....I'm not fussy.) Now that we have well and truly found ourselves in winter, I have created a wishlist to keep us warm in the frost, and to get us through those long winter nights. Enjoy!!

5. The new range of GORILLA PERFUMES at Lush

https://www.lush.co.uk/gorilla-perfume-home

Those of you who know me in real life will surely know about my absolute obsession for all things LUSH. Now that they have released their Emotional Brilliance makeup range, they are literally offering the full package as far as I'm concerned. I've always loved the perfumes that Lush has to offer, however I never found my "signature" scent amongst their range (In typical murphy's law fashion, my boyfriend has 3 "signature" scents from the original Gorilla perfume range- Dear John, The Smell of Freedom and Dirty).
Anyway, I digress...
I was waiting with bated breath for such a long time for these perfumes to come out, and when they did I was certainly not disappointed! It took me 3 days to decide which scent was for me, and eventually I decided on the beautifully subtle yet exotic "Sikkim Girls"- a jasmin based scent, but less heavy than "Lust", Lush's previous jasmin infused scent.
Close contenders were "The Voice of Reason", a tobacco-y scent inspired by the beat writers, "Devils Nightcap"which is a fresh, nippy scent, "Hellstone" which to me smelt like Patchouli despite having none in it, and "Furze", a feminine, flower-and-coconut perfume (I really want to get this for my mum for Christmas!)
Have you smelt the new Lush range? What is your scent? Let me know in comments below!!

4. Christmas drinks at Starbucks!

Like the Coca-Cola advert and seeing Christmas decorations come out in department stores, you know the festive season is well and truly here when Starbucks start selling their Christmas special coffees. I can't wait to try the praline mocha this year, and I'm very happy to see the return of last years favorite, the toffee nut latte :) Which is your favorite?









3. Winter Colours
In all honestly, I don't need an excuse for wearing a darker makeup palette, no matter what the season. Give me a wine lip and burgundy nail colour any day. BUT! I do love seeing all my favorite brands getting on board with autumnal/winter colours. Topshop have not disappointed on this front- in fact, I have been singing the praises of their makeup range ever since it was released in 2010 (fun collections and cruelty-free testing? gimme!!)
Here are a few of my favorites:

Topshop Nails in "Ruthless"

Topshop Lips in "Beguiled"

and it's not just Topshop....

(of course it would be Lush...but I TOLD YOU!! EMOTIONAL BRILLIANCE IS INCREDIBLE!! Patent plum lipstick...yes please)

2. onesie+hot water bottle combo. yeah, i'm guilty, don't even care. next!

1. KISS LIKE DAISY

SO, a lovely old friend of mine Katy Louise Dyer has just opened up her very own online boutique, Kiss Like Daisy. And I am IN LOVE. 

The staple Daisy piece is the bow, which can be bought as a necklace, hairpiece, incorporated into a clutch bag or even as a stylish travel pillow. But Daisy is so much more than this. Each hand crafted item comes straight from the creative mind of Katy herself, who has found a unique gap in the market to create beautiful high fashion accessories at high street prices. 

If Daisy sounds like your kind of girl, start shopping at http://www.kisslikedaisy.co.uk/# and come back soon to find out more about Daisy- I will shortly be publishing an interview with Katy, revealing more about Daisy, the concept and the creative mind behind the business.

Much love!

Sian