Friday 22 March 2013

Ebay Goodies..

Hello..

Just a quick post for today about my ebay and the bargains you can pick up there..

I've been doing ebay on and off now for years, it's something that keeps me busy when i'm bored and also helps me make a little £££ than going out and spending it!

I have all sorts of things for auction and 'buy it now' - some used and some new. A few of the brand new items, i am lucky enough to get my hands on for a small price or even free, so with those items, i donate 10% of the final sale price to different charities.
A lot of the charities are local to me and others are well known.. with each different listing, i aadd a new charity so that i can support lots..

Katie Piper Foundation
Brake the road safety charity
Cats Protection - Dewsbury, Wakefield & District Branch
ChildLine
Genesis Leeds
Hollybank Trust
Lucie Blackman Trust - Missing Abroad
Mercy Ministries UK
The Helen Bamber Foundation
WEST YORKSHIRE ANIMALS IN NEED

I sell things like herbal tea, regular tea, coffee, cosmetics, beauty items, toiletries, tissues, nail varnish, items from glossybox,birchbox,shesaid etc, jewellery and food items.. just depends what i have at the time really.
I would do car boot sales but as i don't drive, i find it much easier to use ebay as i can do it whatever time of the day.. so have a nosey if you like, you might see something you fancy ;)

I am going to try and get back into blogging, i used to blog a lot while at work, but we don't have internet access there anymore :(

anyway, that's it for now..

Rachel ♥

  p.s.. i am posting this without viewing it first because blog post pages don't load on the computers at my local library for some reason - so hopefully this looks ok when posted! :-/

Tuesday 2 October 2012

Glossybox,She Said & Jolie Box on Ebay..

Hey folks.. I'm back! :D

I will have some review & haul posts coming within the next week (possibly even tonight!) as i have been on a bit of a crazy spend lately! :-/ - so untill they are ready to be posted, i thought i'd post the link to my ebay..

The products that are listed at the moment are items from Glossybox, She Said and Jolie Box.. i just pick out the items i really want and bang the rest on ebay... appart from me getting a little of my money back for these items, i'd much rather they went to people who are actually gonna use them rather than them sitting in my drawers collecting dust! Also it's a good chance for you to try these items without having to sign up to a beauty box! (if you're not already that is :p)

so just click the link below and see what goodies are on offer.. :)

http://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/dexter09101/m.html?_nkw=&_armrs=1&_from=&_ipg=&_trksid=p3686

that's it for now, catch you later..

Rachel ♥♥♥

bitta this.. bitta that..

This cute little kitty strolled up the street and decided to wait with me at the bus stop for 20 minutes the other day!.. she just sat there and let me stroke her.. she 'meowed' as i stepped on the bus! awww.. i didn't want to leave her :-(


And this gorgeous little thing visits me at work..
He used to visit me over a year ago, then stopped :-( - i thought maybe his owners moved house or something, then last week while i was at work, i heard something squeaking, so i opened the door and there he was! :D
I went to the petrol station next door to buy him a pouch of food, he ate it then curled up in my boss's chair and went to sleep!

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I bought these yummy macaroons from Ocado.com.. they were a little pricey at £6.79 but once i took one bite.. i knew they worth every penny!
You get 12 per box.. 2 lemon, 2 raspberry, 2 pistachio, 2 vanilla, 2 strawberry and 2 chocolate.. they are only a little bigger than a 50 pence piece but they are cute little bite size things that go great with a latte ..another sneaky box just popped into my basket for my next order ;)

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Has anyone tried this??.. it is so nice!
It just tastes like Um Bongo... but fizzy! :D

Rachel ♥♥♥

Friday 27 April 2012

April Gossybox

I am lving this months Glossybox!

This box represents all things natural and organic, from the box it arrived in to the lovely goodies inside. Usually it comes in a black box with the Glossybox logo all over it but due to the natural theme, it came in just plain cardboard box. The actual glossybox inside has a papier mache / recycled paper style effect and is a pale greeny/beige colour. Last months Harrods box came a week or 2 earlier than usual so it seemed like a long wait for the April one - was definitely worth the wait though, here's what was inside..




YES! NURSE Protect your lovely hands hand cream: £5.45 for a 50ml tube - I love it when i recieve full size products (don't we all! lol)
(enter GLSSY to recieve 50% off your first monthly bottle)
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AYUURI Natural body wash: £4.95 for 200ml - Thumbs up Glossy box for another full size product!! I'm not usually a fan of Rose scented products, i feel it's a scent for the more mature person. This however isn't as strong and actually smells really nice. I have enough bath and shower products on the go at the moment so i think i'm going to take this on holiday with me.
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CAUDALIE Vinosource SOS thirst-quenching serum: £29.00 for 30ml - This is a 10ml sample, so considering this little tube is worth nearly a tenner, i'm definitely getting my moneys worth in this months box! It's not a product i would normally use so it may end up on my ebay in week or two

(visit their website to recieve a free travel kit when you spend £40)
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♥ INIKA COSMETICS certified organic lip liner: £11.75 per liner: The 3rd full size product!! I don't really use lipliners, i may experiment with this or i may not, haven't decided yet!
(enter GBX0412 at the checkout to recieve 25% off when ordering on the INIKA website)
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♥ FIGS & ROUGE Lip Balm £3.29 for an 8ml tin: OMG Glossy box - 4 full size products - wow!! I love this, i'm wearing right now and it is sooo smooth. On the card it says it's a lipgloss but on the tin it says its for lips, face and body! I don't feel it would last very long if you used it for anything other than a lipgloss so that's what i'll keep it as.
(enter FIGS20 to recieve 20% off all the figs & rouge balms)
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So, for a box of products costing £10 - there is £25.44 worth of full size products and then the Caudalie luxury sample worth almost £10... this is an excellent box!! - because the Harrods box was such a good one, i wasn't holding out for anything spectacular in this months box.. how wrong was i?!!
A massive thumbs up Glossybox, i am super happy! :)




Tuesday 10 April 2012

Holiday Check list

I'm getting sooo excited about my holiday!! I'm not going for another 3 months.. July 12th to be exact but i can't stop thinking about it! I'm like a kid at christmas! lol
I am going Kefalos, Kos in Greece for 2 weeks.. it's going to be bliss! I keep looking at photo's and reviews on trip advisor and imagining all the things i'm going to do when i get there - i really cannot wait!!!!

Heres my little holiday check list..

  • suncream
  • toiletries
  • camera / batteries / sd card
  • phone charger / euro plugs etc
  • sunglasses (could do with a spare pair tho!)
  • bikinis - eeek!! lol
  • flip flops / shoes etc
  • clothes
  • passport / insurance
  • train tickets
  • hair dryer / straighteners
  • € € €
  • insect repellent
  • puzzle book / book / mags
  •  towels
  • bag / beach bag
 So, as you can see.. i'm pretty well organised considering i have a little over 3 months to go! The holiday is paid for which is one less thing to worry about and when i get paid next week, my euros will be sorted too!
I can't think of anything else that needs to be on the list, but if you can.. please let me know!! lol

 here's where i'm going.. :D

click here to view my first post about my holiday and a couple more photo's

Thanks for reading and i'll be back later in the week with a couple more posts

Saturday 31 March 2012

Avon haul..

Years and years ago i used to buy from Avon all the time, i even became an Avon rep myself - not for long though, was too much like hard work! lol
Anyway, after a while it kinda dwindled out and i hadn't used any Avon products in years, partly because the novelty wore off and because there were no Avon reps in the area (that i knew of anyway!)
So i was just a little bit excited when a friend of mine became a rep - yay!
So for the past couple of months, i have being ordering myself a bag full of goodies!
Here's my lastest lot..


 from left to right
Cherry Blossom Hair Refresher (£1.25)
Glamorous Gold Gelled Body Oil (£2.55)
Cherry Blossom Room and Linen Spray (£2.00)

Sassy Scents 15ml Eau de toilette sprays
Vanilla Berry (2 for £4)
Vanilla Blossom (2 for £4)
Frosted Berry (£1.75)

12ml Nailwear Pro in Apricot Mystery (2 for £5)
12ml Mosaic Effects in White (2 for £5)
8ml Colortrend Nail Enamel in Surf (£1.50)

Big Colour Eye Pencil Duo in Green Dream and 
Hint of Mint (£1.50)
Onyx Lustre Tri Lipgloss (£1.99) 
Far Away Exotic perfume sample (free)

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•The Cherry Blossom Hair Refresher is great, i think this is either my 3rd or 4th bottle. I end up buying a bottle every other order now as i use it so often. It's just like a scented water i suppose, i spray on the bottom half of my hair to bring back the natural curls.

•Glamorous Gelled Body Oil - i have never tried this before, i have bought it for my holidays, to smear on over my sun lotion. I tested it on my hands and it smells amazing and leaves a very slight shimmer on the skin - perfect over a glowing tan! :)

 •Cherry Blossom Room and Linen Spray - I have several of these room and linen sprays already, (all different scents of course) so really, i don't need any more but when they bring out a new scent, you just have to add it to your collection!.. don't you?! lol

•15ml Sassy Scents Eau de toilette sprays - Never tried these before, but as they were on offer, i thought i'd give them a go. They aren't the type of scents that i would usually go for as they are quite sweet, however they are nicer than i expected them to be! and being a little 15ml bottle, the size is perfect to fit into a little clutch bag for a night out!

•Apricot Mystery Nailwear Pro and Mosaic Effects in White - I don't often purchase Avon nail polishes as i feel they are too over-priced for the quality (usually £6 each) but as these were on 2 for £5, i thought i'd give them another go as i really wanted the white mosaic effects. Haven't tested them yet so i can't really say anything else.. :)

•Colortrend Nail Enamel in Surf - Yet another bottle of nail polish to add to my 200+ bottles that i already own! To be honest, i only really bought this as i needed to spend £5 in the clearance brochure to receive the duo eye pencil for £1.50 - so that is what i did! lol

•Big Colour Duo Eye Pencil - This is gorgeous! the texture is soo soft and smooth. I haven't yet wore it on my eyes but just tested in the back of my hand.. as you do! The two green colours go great together.. just hope it goes with my blue eyes!

•Onyx Lustre Tri Lipgloss - This lipgloss is lovely, i have been wearing it from the second i removed it from its packaging - Love it! It's not gloopy or sticky which some lipglosses can be, applies really nicely and lasts quite a while compared to other lipglosses i have had.

•Far Away Exotic - This smells lovely, i have had a couple of samples of this already and because my friend knows i love it, she gave me another! :D

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p.s if you live in or around the Huddersfield/Mirfield/Dewsbury area (even Leeds i suppose if you're willing to hop on a train to come a little closer) - my friend Julie will be happy to provide you with a brochure. I know you can order online but if you're like me, love to sit with a coffee and have a good look through the brochure! - just leave me a comment and let me know, i'm sure we could sort something out! :o)
xXx

Thursday 29 March 2012

#marchphotoaday


14 - clouds

15 - car

16 - sunglasses

17 - green

18 - a corner of your home

19 - funny

20 - before and after

21 - delicious

22 - kitchen sink

23 - moon

24 - an animal

25 - breakfast



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