Paris Haul!

Now, most of you will be disappointed that I didn't get a chance to get anything from any of the lovely French Pharmacies. We went into a couple but I decided not to purchase anything, hoping to go to City Pharma (recommended by Lisa Eldridge). We managed to go to City Pharma but it was Closed, it being a Sunday and all which I obviously didn't realise, sad times!

But, I did however manage to get a few goodies from L'Occitane. I found that the products were cheaper than British prices so obviously I was going to pick up a few things.

From left to right, this purchase was inevitable, I absolutely love the Dry Skin Hand Cream, it was one of my first ever posts here on this little blog. It's such a life saver for the winter months for me.

Next up is the Precious Eye Balm; not going to lie, this was a bit of an impulse purchase. I have a new obsession of finding the best eye cream for me. This says it combats a whole load of 'problems', so I'm looking forward to doing a proper review in a couple of months.

Last, but not least, is this little cult product, the Cleansing and Softening Shower Oil. I've seen this making its way around YouTube and wanted to give it a go. I've used it once so far and it looks promising.

So thats it, no Bioderma I'm afraid. But I have a sister-in-law who's French, so I can always get that when I run out when she goes and visits family.

♥ RP ♥

Happy One Year!

This is just a quick post to say a little HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my little blog. I genuinely can't believe that it's been year since I started this blog. I have to admit there were points where I found it hard to keep up with posting regularly but I stopped putting pressure on myself and it's become a lot more enjoyable. It's been a huge learning curve for me in terms of my creative 'web' skills, but i've totally enjoyed learning all those little things. I never thought that I would have a blog and now I can't imagine not having it. It's changed so much in a year, hopefully for the best.

The main part of this post is to say a massive THANK YOU to the readers, whether they just pass through or you're a regular. All the comments really make my day like you wouldn't believe, I never can wait to get back to reply to them. Although this blog may not have a huge following the little following that it does have, I love. I've made some incredible beauty friends through this amazing blogging community.

So once again THANK YOU. Here's to many more years of blogging.

♥ RP ♥

Beauties in Paris!

Obvious from my last post, I went to Paris! It was a brilliant getaway, although when we got back we were all so very tired.

Let me start off by saying how absolutely freezing it was -2, I was freezing my little patooti off! But hay ho you carry on, don't you! As soon as we got there we dropped our bags the hotel and left to explore the city.

Although my friend and I knew a little french we were lucky to find that most people spoke english, but having gone there I really want to learn French properly again. Reading french is ok for me but learning to speak it would be amazing.

D1 Anyway…having not eaten anything the first thing we did as eat there was a lovely little restaurant by the hotel, the food was amazing! Well, I thought it was, I had a salmon bagel with chips, I mean it was so cute…queue picture…

...attractive I know ;-) We then set out to go to see Notre Dame. This cathedral is absolutely incredible. The architecture both inside and out is so beautiful. We then walked down some little streets and found some cute souvenir shops and desert places, so without question we got some desserts and since we all wanted to try some we got macaroons, they were indeed delicious.

Next we stopped off at the Lourve, that place is huge! We only visited two wings and got to see the Mona Lisa, which was the main site to see obviously. That took us into the evening so we went back to the hotel relaxed and went out to dinner at a cute Moroccan restaurant called 404. The atmosphere in that place was so chilled and romantic. Definitely a place to check out if you like good Moroccan food.

D2 We went to the Champs Elysees and checked out their store. Nothing different to London, other than their humongous Sephora and the fact they had car dealerships in the middle of this high street! That was weird. At the end of the Champs Elysees is the Arc de Triumph so we kinda killed two birds with one stone.

Next was the Eiffle Tower. We got tickets to go right to the top! I loved it! We picked the perfect time of day to go just when it was turning dark so we got to see the city in both light and twilight.

D3 We to Laduree to get macaroons to take home with us. The queue for that was ridiculous, we wanted to go to the musee d'orsay but we had to skip that part because we also wanted to go to Angelina (a tea room) for my friends birthday. The queue fro Angelina was just as long as Laduree but it was totally worth it.

We got back to London at 10pm and back home at 11pm. We got a lot done in three days and if you haven't gone to France or Paris I would highly recommend it. It's a very different lifestyle compared to England, with their cute little pharmacies, cafés and restaurants. They don't really have chain retailers which is nice. They take their food seriously which is always a plus, but if you're a vegetarian you will find it super hard to find good food. If you are vegetarian then stick with the Italian restaurants they have.

Sorry this post is going up late but as soon as we got back home I fell ill with Norovirus! Not fun! I feel for you if you have/had it.

Hope you all have had a good week/weekend!

♥ RP ♥