Marshmallow Blends - Like a kid in a sweet shop!

Some of you may remember my earlier post of the caramel cupcake body scrub which I was send from Marshmallow Blends a few months ago.

Nicoletta is a fellow blogger who I have been following for months, infact she was one of the first people I followed when I started blogging back in January 2011. Her blog is here. She set up a home business called Marshmallow Blends which sells bath and beauty products inspired by bakery, cakes and sweets.

If you have a sweet tooth like me, these products are right up your street. The caramel cupcake scrub had me hooked right away.

I wanted to share what I bought:

I am so excited she has started selling soaps!

The top one is called Pink Sugar Lips soap, just look at that black, pink and white marble pattern. On the top is a pink soap lip with glitter, it has notes of cotton candy, vanilla, lemon and caramel. The smell is divine, just gorgeous and sweet without being sickly.

The second soap is called Cream Caramel soap slice, this looks just like a piece of cake with the fudge pieces poking from the top. All I can say is that this soap smells like Worthers Original sweets. Those from the UK will know what this means, anyone who doesn't know about Worthers Original - they are hard caramal butter sweets. Smooth and creamy and just amazing.

Both of these soaps cost £3.50 which I think is a fair price for a hand made soap and they are big. I will end up cutting these in half. All the soaps are SLS free which is a bonus.

Next up we have some bath melts - these are Bakewell Tart melts, £2.99 for a pack of 3. These smell amazing but are very fragile and have crumbled a little bit, so please excuse the pictures but you get the idea. I love the extra details, the little heart on the top for a cherry and the zebra and pink cupcake cases.

Finally I got a Chocolate Orange soft hearted lotion bar - £3.50 - this smells just like Terry's Chocolate Orange. The chocolate and orange don't fight to overpower each other, the balance of the two scents work in harmony together, complimenting each other well.

Nicoletta was kind enough to pop in 2 samples of products for me to try as well: Lime and Coconut Body butter and Carrot Cake body scrub.

I placed my order on Sunday and the package was with me on Tuesday, very fast postage which is impressive! I recommend checking out the products on the Marshmallow Blends website http://marshmallowblends.co.uk/home.html reasonable prices for the most amazing smelling hand made bath and body products.

Love The Pub Grub

I love going out to eat and living in North Devon there are loads of wonderful country pubs, this time my friend Emma and I chose a pub called Thatch in village called Croyde - a gorgeous costal village. We went all had and had starter, mains and puddings! 

Here is what we had:

Deep fried brie with a salsa dip and creamy garlic mushrooms with bread and butter.

For mains beef lasagna and pheasant pie

Such generous portion sizes! After having a bit of a rest and digesting the first two courses, we somehow found room for pudding! Chocolate fudge brownie and baked cheesecake. Both with Devonshire clotted cream.

This whole meal came to £30.59 for both of us! Seriously good value! The main meals with 2 for £12 and the puddings were 2 for £6 which helped the budget. The atmosphere in the pub is amazing, such a chilled, relaxed vibe. Lots of surfers pop by for a swift pint. I love the thatched roof and county style decor with wooded beams on the ceiling.

What are your fav places to eat near you? I love chains such as Prezzo and Pizza Express, Ask and so on but most of all I love the local, independent pubs and cafes, they all have their own style and quirkiness. 

Caramel Cupcake Body Scrub by Marshmallow Blends

Some of you may have heard of a lovely lady called Nicoletta and her blog Nicoletta's Beauty Space. Recently Nicoletta has started experimenting and created some bath time goodies. The initial experimenting and many hours of slaving in the kitchen has now become a fully flourished online shop which I am very excited to share with you.

The site is called Marshmallow Blends, the name gives a clue as to what sorts of bath and shower treats to expect. Get ready for lots of delicious bakery scents and adorable cupcake shaped bath treats. I had expressed an interest on the Caramel Cupcake body scrub which I had seen on the facebook page and so I asked Nicoletta about it as I couldn't find it for sale on the website. Unfortunately the scrub wasn't ready for sale at that point, but I was prepared to wait. Nicoletta got in touch to say I had been awarded fan of the week on the facebook page and  she wanted to sent me a tub of the body scrub for me to test and review.

So, here we go, I introduce Caramel Cupcake Body Scrub:

First of all the packaging is simple but traditional which I like, just a straight to the point clear name sticker on the front of the tub stating what is held within and the brand name in pink text. I think if there were any decorations or any other text the tub would cluttered. 

The smell is to die for, I cannot even begin to describe how good this smells to me. I am think freshly made fudge, very sugary, sweet. However, this scent is more of a natural cookery sweet smell, rather than artificial sweet like Snow Fairy from Lush (which I also love too!)  there is a big difference. The sugar in this scrub is so strong and does remind me of baking a cake.

The texture and consistency of this scrub is wonderful, it is more of a paste and therefore is not runny (I find a lot of scrubs such as Sanctuary too runny) but once my skin was wet in the bath and I began massaging the product on it was as if the actual scrub particles started to melt, turning the paste into a light creamy lather. 


After rinsing the scrub off my skin felt soft and moisturized, but not oily, which is good. I find some scrubs which have shea butter in leave my skin feeling a little oily which I am not so keen on. With this scrub my skin was smooth without having the oily feeling. The scent lingered on my skin for about an hour or so after I got out the bath.


I love my scrubs to be quite abrasive, I don't like the scrubs where there are beads which pop, they do nothing for me. The texture of this scrub for me was perfect, not too coarse, just right.


At this point the scrub is not yet on the website to buy as Nicoletta is still testing it out, but I believe it will be soon.


I am not sure how much this will cost, but the rest of the products on the site are good value considering everything is made fresh and it small batches to ensure everyone gets a good product. Other goodies include mini heart shaped massage bars (trio in scents Strawberry Cheesecake, White Chocolate and Cookie Dough, £5 for all three and in a cute box) different scented body butters such as Pink Sugar and Feeling Peachy £5.99 and Coconut Ice solid body scrubs £3. I am going to be placing an order once pay day roles over and try some other items out. I am very keen to try out the bath bomb cupcakes and bath melts.


Facebook page for Marshmallow Blends and website for Marshmallow Blends

Meteor Match - Leighton Denny

The second nail polish I was sent to try from Leighton Denny's Atmospheric collection is Meteor Match, a shimmery, very pale, sheer blue laced with a slight pinkish duochrome as well as silver glitter. I wasn't as keen on this polish, I definitely prefer Your Planet Or Mine. (My earlier review here)

This polish is still pretty, but it took four coats to achieve an opaque look, I found this polish very sheer. However, it is a good polish if you would like to paint your nails with a subtle colour, nothing too obvious, good for the office.

I found the duochrome subtle, it is barely noticeable on the nail at all, which is a shame, but I do like the soft twinkle the silver glitter particles give. The glitter within the polish felt slightly gritty once dry, but that wasn't really an issue as for this manicure I wanted to add some black crackle polish over the top anyway.

I used the black crackle polish from the Andrea Fulterton Mock Crock double ended duo, then I applied Seche Vite fast dry coat. I really like this combination, the light blue of Meteor Match with the glitter peaking through the black crackle. 

I still have some more LD polishes to try, so many polishes, so little time.

Models Own - Beetlejuice - Aqua Violet

You have probably seen a ton of posts and pictures about Models Own Beetlejuice, so I hope you aren't bored as here are some more! I couldn't order the box set because one of the colours sold out within a couple of days, so instead I order three colours which I loved the look of. I got these in a by 5 save £7 offer. I got Aqua Violet, Golden Green and Purple Blue, I wasn't that keen on Emerald Black so I skipped that one and Pinky Brown was the one which sold out. Hope you are ready for lots of pictures! 

I also got a free black kohl pencil with my order, it has a pencil sharpener in the cap which is handy. 

So, the first polish I decided to try out is Aqua Violet, I just adore this, it applied smoothly, dried quite fast and looks amazing. Drool!

These polishes cost £5 and can be found here 

Have you seen or tried these polishes? what do you think? 

Your Planet Or Mine? A duochrome by Leighton Denny

I was sent some polishes from the Leighton Denny atmospheric A/W nail polish collection. I am going to do individual posts on each polish as there are some amazing duochrome polishes in the collection. 

First up is Your Planet or Mine? Hope you are ready for lots and lots of pictures!

Amazing array of colours in this polish which reminds me of a petrol stain on the floor. I found the polish itself quite thick but it dried fast and evenly, but It took me three coats to get a good, solid color.

Just in normal lighting it looks like a deep forest green, but in the right light it flicks between purple and deep red and a hint of royal blue. In some pictures there is a glimmer of gold in the bottle but for me, this didn't transfer to my nails.

Each of these polishes costs £11 and can be bought from here. 

I do really like this particular polish, the beautiful colours shine through well, the only downside for me is that I notice a little bit of tip wear after only a day of wearing this polish even though I applied a top coat to the manicure. I don't think it is too obvious in the pictures though.

What do you think of this polish? Duochromes seem to be popular at the moment, Models Own have come out with their Beetlejuice collection (review of those coming soon). What do you think of this trend?