Maggie Angus Jewellery ...

At the recent #ldnxmasbloggermeet i was very lucky enough to meet Anna from Maggie Angus.

Anna was extremely inspiring and made so many interesting points throughout the day, I'm so glad i got to meet her :) We were all given one of her adorable Fox Head rings to take home (as seen on Little Mix, dontcha know!).

I had previously heard of the Maggie Angus jewellery range after following Emma (who hosted the event) on Twitter as she works for Maggie Angus, super cool eh!?

I was casually browsing the website the other night when i came across the gorgeous Rock Star necklace - i knew immediately i had to have it and promptly placed an order as a little Christmas gift to myself :)

It came cutely gift wrapped in a black box with a baby blue/grey ribbon tied neatly around the box.

Its featured on a charcoal grey chain and the guitar and star charms hang at different lengths (something i particularly like as they don't bash against each other and jangle when I'm walking along!)

It also has a teeny tiny white charm on the clasp with Maggie Angus scribed on it - nice touch!

I love them both so much!! :)

The Fox Head ring can be found here. RRP: £12 and the Rock Star necklace can be found here. RRP: £10 (currently reduced).

The gorgeous Anna has very kindly given me a code to share with my readers so you lucky ladies can recieve 20% off!! Simply enter: MAGANG223 at the checkout. (Valid until Christmas).

Why not treat yourselves this Christmas :)

xoxo

Purple is the New Black ...

I am fully embracing my gothic side with this lipstick.

I wasn't sure about it at first as it seemed really dark but i think its because i tried it on after a long day at work (and late night shopping!) and nearly all of my makeup had worn off and i looked tired and pale.

Here we have 17's Lasting Fix lipstick in New Black. New Black is a deep, dark purple colour - I've been after a purple colour for winter for a few weeks now and literally spent an age in Boots looking at every purple they had ... as i paid at the counter my whole had was covered in swatches!

The packaging is sweet and sleek - smooth black casing with a dusky pink shiny metal tube. The tubing twists up to reveal the bullet and the casing is durable. Its been squishing around in my makeup for the last two weeks and not even a mark on it :)

Lasting Fix lipstick is fairly moisturising but as with all lip products i apply a small slick of lip balm before application to ensure a smooth finish. I find i can wear this colour best with a coat of clear lipgloss over it as the colour can be a bit uneven. It also takes a very steady hand to apply this colour, the slightest wobble and it shows up! You may benefit from a lip liner first ...

All in all this lipstick has really grown on me and is great to add a pop of colour to a neutral face during the winter months.

Have you dared to go dark for Winter?

xoxo

Kirsti's 250 Follower Xmas Giveaway ...

250!!

Thankyou all so much for taking time out to follow me and read my blog, I'm so grateful and happy.

As a thank you i thought I'd hold a cheeky giveaway to celebrate reaching 250, one lucky person will win an extra special Christmas present :)

As you can see by the picture above there are some pretty sought after gifts there :p

The lucky winner will receive:

Lush Snow Fairy

Lush The Melting Snowman

Batiste Original Dry Shampoo

Natural Collection Pink Orchid lipstick

Natural Collection Cosmic Crush nail polish

Maybelline nail polish

MUA Shade 16 nail polish

ELF Champagne nail polish

George Starry Eyed nail polish

5x nail art dotting tools

Nail art diamante's (24000 wheel)

George Faux Lash Mascara

George Eye Primer

Vanilla Lip Balm

Pink Sparkles Lip Stickers/Tattoos

Handmade jewellery

Christmas chocolates

A sprikling of fairy dust ...

Rules:

Firstly, you must be a public GFC follower on my blog.

UK only.

To enter simply leave a comment on this post with your contact deets (email or twitter is fine)

Extra entries:

Tweet about the giveaway: 'I've just entered @kirsti_r 250 followers Xmas giveaway and you can too here @ http://kirstix.blogspot.com' (+1)

This giveaway will close at midnight on Friday 16th December and the winner will be announced here over the weekend . The winner will be chosen by Random.org.

I will also email/tweet the winner and if i don't get a response within 2 days (Sunday 18th December), i will have to choose another to get the parcel mailed before Xmas posting dates.

 - best of luck xoxo

I only started blogging in February this year and since then have met some great girls and chat to the most amazing people on Twitter - i love you all :)

Thankyou again

xoxo