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I think this is a conversation we need to have because I know some camps of my readers aren’t happy with my spending and some aren’t happy with what I spend my money on. And that’s fair enough, I’m not snarking or bitching in writing this post, I’m opening up a discussion. I’m putting myself…

As a big fan of another of Lidl’s perfume offerings (read my review of Lidl’s Suddenly Madame Glamour, a dupe for Chanel’s Coco Mademoiselle) I had to pick up a bottle of their Suddenly Diamonds when I saw it on the shelves for £3.99. Lidl Suddenly Diamonds Perfume Review Said to be a dupe for…

“Download Tengi” my friend Amelia said “it’s like Whatsapp (our main method of communication) but you can win money.” Tengi Review To say I was sceptical was an understatement but I did a bit of Googling and couldn’t see any evidence of it being a scam so decided to take the plunge. Tengi is a…

Engagements and wedding plans have been something of a feature on a lot of the blogs I love of late and a few weeks ago I got talking to some lovely ladies about the average cost of weddings over on twitter. Considering it is only one day they are pretty damn expensive and you can…

Bought in a bind from Poundland (for you’ve guessed it – £1), when I forgot to take my shampoo on a trip, I have been incredibly surprised by this budget volumising Shampoo. What the Packaging Says: Be warned this packaging has a lot of pretty full-on claims! ” - Repair & Volume 0% Silicone - With…

As with many Aldi products these hair products definitely have the look of another brand, I’ll ask the question you’re thinking – is this an Aussie dupe? Err, pretty much. A couple of years ago I regularly used Aussie’s Mega Shampoo and Conditioner range (£4.69 each here), I thought it was pretty damn awesome. It gave…

Aldi’s recent addition to their Lacura beauty range comes in the form of a CC Cream. Not to be confused with a lighter coverage BB cream,  the CC in this case stands for ‘Colour Correction’ meaning you can get a harder working coverage for those troublesome areas in one tube. The Lacura CC Cream* comes…

Never afraid to try the cheapest of cheap products in the hope of a lovely, budget friendly gem this time I’m stepping up to try out Primark perfumes. My nearest Primark is a huge behemoth of a place which has a fairly vast beauty area similar to the men’s section in most other branches, so…

As you may remember last month. I told you about the deal we came across thanks kindly to the folks at Bespoke Offers and their useful website. So, as it tends to, time moved forward and before we knew it was time to jump in the car and head north to The Lake District to…

I’ve whizzed up a few of soups so far and I’m really pleased with it (I share my favourite so far below). It’s simple to use, you just need to roughly chop any food you put in and for warm food make sure any liquids (such as water or stock) are boiling when you add…