tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82258920703992375402024-03-13T00:08:56.735-07:00Sophie's PagesSophielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08439552120693759070noreply@blogger.comBlogger38125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225892070399237540.post-1520838857951570622013-03-17T05:21:00.000-07:002013-03-17T05:26:07.503-07:00My ClaireaBella Bag<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><span style="color: #e06666;">I had to share this amazing hand crafted, custom bag with you which I bought from </span><a href="http://claireabelladesigns.co.uk/"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">claireabelladesigns.co.uk</span></a></i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>I am so thoroughly pleased with this gorgeous bag! And it's pretty cool to customize it as well! You can customize the text, hair, eyes, dress and skin colour to personalize your bag! As you can see I matched mine up to my profile of blonde hair and blue eyes and a purples dress as its my favourite colour! The bag has other pretty features too like glitter, ribbons,</i></b></span><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i> a hand made with love silver charm, and Swarovski elements.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>In April I am travelling to the Gold Coast, Australia for a month and I cannot wait to show off my bag on the beach! Its perfect for a beach bag and my sister ( who I'm going with) has her own so I'm sure we'll have the best beach bags there! ha!</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>They also make awesome, special gifts and I'm sure any girl who receives this would be chuffed! The bags start at <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px;">£24.99 for a small and </span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 26px;">£39.99 for a large, a little pricey for those on a tighter budget (like me) but so worth it!</span></i></b></span></div>
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Sophielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08439552120693759070noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225892070399237540.post-90613511570297735692013-03-14T08:54:00.001-07:002013-03-15T02:45:44.858-07:00Goodbye Google Friends.<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>As most of you all know now the favourite Google Reader shall be no more as of first of July. Though there is some discrepancy over if GFC will be staying put I'd say the end is in sight for Google Friend Connect too as Google are encouraging Google +. If GFC does eventually go I'll be gutted as all 137 followers mean a lot to me. </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>In light of this I'm making the transition to Bloglovin. If you're interested in keeping up to date with my blog please take the time to follow me on Bloglovin. I've now put the link in the side or you can click the image at the bottom of this post! If you could it would mean so much to me!</i></b></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">First of all I would like to warn any of you who are thinking of using chalks and have blonde hair, DO NOT wet your hair before unless you want it to stain for a while. I followed a tutorial from a fellow blogger who was a brunette and had the misfortune of finding this out on one of the times I was experimenting.</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Another thing, if you are buying hair chalks from online, espeacilly Amazon, though they may be advertised as hair chalks they're probably just ordinary art chalks which you can pick up really cheaply from all over the place! I bought mine from Amazon for fifteen pounds and regretted it once they arrived as they were not hair chalks just normal chalk but they work pretty well, it's just a waste of money when they could be a fifth of the price!</span></i></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">An extra hand would of been welcomed whilst I was doing this as doing round the back was a pain. From my pack I chose green, blue and purple so shade my hair in. It wasn't perfect but I really enjoyed the time playing with the colours in my hair and I will be definitely experimenting more with the colours in the Spring and Summer as it's such a fun look. </span></i></b></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>This, as you would guess it, is for before and after your "Party". There are two sachets with a different mask. in. The pre party sachet is a clear light pink gel to apply over the face and this smelt really sweet which must of been the honey and melon extract. There is also Aloe Vera extracts and this really refreshed and softened my skin nicely before applying my make up. </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;"><b style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i>This I bought a few of as I wanted to test the effects. An anti-pickel pack is basically anti spots mask, unfortunately like the Muller after party pack this felt like it was burning my skin and turned it bright red. This was also a white cream substance. As I don't have a big problem with spots so I rarely liked to use this product considering the effects on my skin. I assume as it's from the same brand that there is a ingredient they use that really aggravates my skin which is a shame. The pack comes with two sachets and I found you could get three uses worth out of one sachet. </i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>This was by far my favourite mask out of them all. The mask is for cleaning the dirt from your pores and purifying them aswell as preventing blemishes and aids skin rejuvenation. The mask strongly smelt of strawberries and was a light pink shade cream. The packet said "mit peeling" which I assumed meant that it was a peel off mask however the instructions said to wash it off with warm water so if anyone knows what "mit peeling" means for this I'd love for you to share your knowledge as my German is not the best. There was a slight exfoliant in this which was nice as I was applying and it didn't dry out my skin at all and my skin was very soft once it was washed.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>Now this one is pretty much all for the pleasure whilst your in the mood for pampering yourself as it claims to leave your soft and silky. The best thing about this mask is the taste! The packet says "schmeckt lecker" which translates to tastes delicious. And delicious it was. I had trouble to resist after the first time hesitantly tasting the mask. The mask was quite greasy and sticky, when I washed it off I didn't really notice any difference in my skin but its definitely a great one to use if you just want to relax and pamper yourself and it smells and tastes great!</i></b></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">At the time the beginning was a bit slow for me, I was really eager to get back to Cinder and Kai who do have their own chapters in the novel. I really liked the insights on Kai because though he wasn’t a main player in this novel it was good to see what was going on at his end. Though I was pining for more romance between Cinder and Kai, readers were substituted by the romance between Wolf and Scarlet. The romance in definitely better in this book, I guess its more forward where as in Cinder the romance was skirted which got me very giddy.</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Overall this book made me howl with joy. The characters were improved, it was better paced, I enjoyed the romance more, it was funnier and just flowed so much better, the world created was much more satisfying and whole. I thought that it was fantastic how Scarlet and Cinder’s story intertwined and whilst I could guess what was going on in Cinder, Scarlet kept me on the edge of suspense trying to figure out what was panning out. The only bad thing is I have to wait till 2014 for the next instalment and it feels like it only just turned 2013! Noooooooooo!</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>The premise for the story is just so inventive! Cinderella as a cyborg. The idea just blew me away and was so refreshing as at first I just though “oh it's <span style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">another</em></span> retelling of a fairytale.” There’s been quite a few of them recently. I also love how the fairytale and this story only seemed to lightly intertwine at parts rather than being constantly reminded of the stories origins as at times I completely forgot about Cinderella.</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Cinder was just wow. I really digged that Meyer has made her in to a mechanic, she was intelligent without being a know it all, brave, resourceful and grounded and despite her evil stepmother and stepsister, she was loving towards Peony, her other stepsister and Iko her android. Iko is another amazing character, she has to be the most adorable and girliest android ever imagined and gifted quite a bit of humour to the tale. If I could ever have an android best friend, I’d pick her.</b></span></div>
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Sophielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08439552120693759070noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225892070399237540.post-33200829428745754352013-02-02T05:12:00.001-08:002013-02-02T05:26:35.285-08:00My January Birchbox<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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a near fatal car accident. Her memories begin a year ago. Living in Houston
with her husband and four year old son flight 524 explodes a flight her husband
is on. There are no survivors. Whilst
mourning the death of her husband Kate finds a picture of a little girl and
without a doubt in her mind she knows this is her daughter and begins to question
everything that she has been lead to believe about her life. Her discovery directs
her to San Francisco searching for answers about what had really happened four
years ago. <o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div>
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Francisco; he devotes his life to his job and his daughter after the tragic
loss of his wife, Anna when her flight crashed.
He seemingly has everything a man could desire but he still yearns for
another moment more with his wife. As Kate and his paths cross Ryan feels a
familiarity in Kate, a connection that guides them in to a passionate romance
and on to a trail of dangerous lies and secrets to discover what really happened
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kept making me turn the pages and were always engaging and the storyline well-paced.
The romance is also good and at times heart wrenching. The audience also gets
to follow not one but two couples which made it that more enjoyable to get to
know other characters well. </i></b><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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their survival after an outbreak of Lysaavirus Genotype 8; a mutation of the
rabies virus which induced high adrenaline level to turn them inhumanly strong,
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search for her brother Max after the quarantine they have been living in is
attacked my zombies and burned to the ground.
Remy and Harlow manage to escape and set off on a page turning journey,
north to where she is told her brother has been taken. Remy encounters zombies,
a lion, a rockstar and a cult but nothing will stand in her way and stop her
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it so much that I went ahead and bought the next in the series. Whilst other
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romance. The book was well written balancing the right mixture adventure,
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<b><i><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">In this beauty box I recieved the Bourjois Magic Nail Polish Remover, Orico Superico Vitamin Rich Face Oil, Dr Duve Anti Ageing and Firming eyes cream, Dr Duve skin Boosting Cream, Technic Nail Varnish in Twany Port, Amie Spring Clean Cooling Clay Mask and lastly Jing Whole Leaf Teabags.</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I already had high expectations for this I as have seen lots of posts and videos about how good it is! It did not disappoint! My nail varnish just vanished away, though I did normally have to twist my finger twice for it to be completely away but perhaps this was just me ( It usually is). The only flaws in this product that have already been pointed out is that unfortunately toes cannot be done (I did try) neither can you clean up mistakes around the edges so a normal nail varnish remover is still needed.</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Its hard to give an accurate review of the face oil for me. It was okay, I don't tend to like oils on my face, they are too greasy for me as I don't look like looking a shiny egg but I used this after the Amie Spring Clean Cooling Clay before bed. It seemed to be okay but I wouldn't buy this product I much prefer my moisturisers to rehydrate me skin.</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">These two are also hard to review there was only a small amount in the sachets and for products like anti ageing and skin boosting you need to look for the effects over a period of time. The smells were pleasant and it didn't have any negative effects on my skin, that is all I can really say. </span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Now I loved this colour and was it was great having the Bourjois Nail Polish Remover so I could test out both products at once. For <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 16px;">£</span>1.25 I think this is an amazing price for the nail varnish and will be a product that I will frequently use. It's also nice that its a full size product.</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">To be fair I haven't experienced using lots of masks but I absolutely loved this and is definitely my favourite in the box though the name reminds me of something you'd call sanitary wear (Just me right?). This was an extra item for a Christmas treat. Out of a 15ml sachet i was able to use it three times which I thought was brilliant. My skin was noticeably better after using it and it felt really refreshed though a little tight but really soft. I also liked the fact that it brought out some of my blackheads as you could tell it was working.</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">Now, I do not normally drink green tea as I dislike it and this was no exception. In my cup it vaguely reminded me of urine and the taste wasn't pleasant either. I also though it was an odd thing to put in a beauty box as from the in card description it has no benefits aimed at improvement to beauty.</span></i></b><br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">Adding insult to O-less, since her move, she has an oversexed neighbor with the loudest late-night wallbanging she’s ever heard. Each moan, spank, and–was that a meow?–punctuates the fact that not only is she losing sleep, she still has, yep, you guessed it, no O.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;">Enter Simon Parker. (No, really, Simon, please enter.) When the wallbanging threatens to literally bounce her out of bed, Caroline, clad in sexual frustration and a pink baby-doll nightie, confronts her heard-but-never-seen neighbor. Their late-night hallway encounter has, well, mixed results. Ahem. With walls this thin, the tension’s gonna be thick…</span></span></i></b><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>One of the things I loved most about this book was the mixture of young adult, paranormal romance and horror genres. For me it was a really interesting as sometimes the book seemed so "normal" then all of a sudden you were hauled in to the horror or paranormal, though sometimes it did seem not weave well together. By this I mean parts of the book seemed to become one genre, e.g this chapter was young adult, that chapter paranormal, the next pure horror, but when I reached the end I knew I had thoroughly enjoyed my time reading it.</b></span></div>
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<i><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">For years, the local Spook has been keeping the County safe from evil. Now his time is coming to and end, but who will take over?</span></b></i></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666;">This I won from the Stella Giveaway hosted on the telegraph. It is a lovely eyeliner by Inika worth around 13 pounds. Its also really useful as the lid has a sharpener on it. I also won some dove bodywash and some body oil on this giveaway to.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"><i><b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">The Grimm Diaries are pages written in a Book of Sand, where each fairy tale character confessed the true stories once altered by the Brothers Grimm two centuries ago. To keep the truth about fairy tales hidden, the Brothers Grimm buried the characters in their dreams to never wake up again. But the curse is broken now, and the characters are allowed to wake up every one hundred years. They intend to tell the truth about really happened, and about an untold cosmic conflict between fairy tale characters.</span></b></i></span><br />
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<b><span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 18px;">The Grimm Diaries Prequels explores the characters from the Brother Grimm fairy tales and other famous stories which the author has concocted a horrifyingly mesmerizing world. The prequels are diary entries made from the Snow White Queen, Alice Grimm,Peter Pan, Little Red Riding Hood, the Devil and Prince Charming however you will encounter many more familiar figures on this journey. The prequels have been released to give readers a taster of the soon to be released series. The first book called Snow White Sorrow is due to be released in February 2013.</span></span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 19px;">Yes, I know what you are all thinking. Its like The Hunger Games right? Wrong. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 19px;">This book is astronomically better. The similarities stop at that it is a totalitarian society and that the shows are televised. Try this book and you will be exhilarated by the ideas and intelligence executed during the Monster Shower.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 19px;"><b>The only reason I felt I was obligated to rate it as a four star and not a give a five is that I thought the relationship between Decca and Leo could have been built up better to give an even better impact, however I still loved every moment! Also I did notice a few minor grammatical errors in my version but honestly I really didn't give a damn.</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 19px;"><b>I loved all the pop culture references linking it back to our current time and it was just so entertaining the whole way through. I started reading it earlier this morning and I just could not put it down. </b></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif; line-height: 19px;">My heart is yearning for the next book which was already released as the Girl with Golden eyes however the Author, Cameron Jace decided to rewrite the next instalment as he wanted to give his readers a better version as it was pointed out as being to similar to The Hunger Games. I'm pretty sure I will be thinking about this book incessantly till i can my hands on the next one!</span></b></div>
</span></span>Sophielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08439552120693759070noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8225892070399237540.post-20980064619268398502013-01-05T06:28:00.000-08:002013-01-12T12:38:50.684-08:00British Brook Challenge 2013<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>I recently discovered The British Book Challenge which is to encourage readers to read more books by British authors.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>I devour probably hundreds of books each year but i find myself terribly lacking when it comes to reading books by British authors so this year i plan to reprimand this by joining this challenge that will surely encourage me.</i></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>I am not to sure what I shall be reading this year as I am awful at knowing where my books come from so I shall be adding more to my list as the year goes on, however here is what I do hope to read this year.</i></b></span></div>
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<b style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18px;">Blood Ties by Sophie McKenzie</span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #e06666;">If you'd like to also join this challenge please head over to </span><a href="http://www.feelingfictional.com/2012/12/british-books-challenge-2013-sign-up.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #6fa8dc;">Here </span></a><span style="color: #e06666;">and sign up.</span></i></b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i>My British Book Reviews:</i></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b><i><span style="color: #e06666;">January - </span><a href="http://sophiespages.blogspot.co.uk/2013/01/book-review-spooks-apprentice-by-joseph.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">The Spooks Apprentice by Joseph Delaney</span></a></i></b></span></div>
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