Jewellery Storage Ideas

 

As I may have previously mentioned, I'm currently going through the re-decoration of my bedroom. This is turning out to be a very lengthy process for a number of reasons: 1. I'm a student and don't receieve much income so sourcing budget friendly items is rather difficult. 2. I'm a perfectionist and will refuse to buy said items unless I am completely, 100% sure that I adore them. 3. I'm waiting for a small amount of building work to be finished in my room before I change anything around.

 

But, I'm taking this impatient time to allow myself to completely plan out exactly what I want in my bedroom. Wether that's the paint colour, furniture or decorative touches.

 

My first matter of importance was nail varnish storage (which I have actually sorted out and will hopefully be posting soon). Next, I've moved on to jewellery.

 

Personally, I don't wear a lot of jewellery but I seem to have accumilated a small collection through Christmas, birthdays and jewellery sales in my favourite stores (I'm looking at you, Topshop). Here is a small montage of inspirational photos focussing on the storage and display of jewellery.

 

 

 

Necklaces & Bracelets:

 

 

Photo sources: Pinterest

 

As you can see, I have two obvious ideas in mind: beautiful little dishes/plates or displayed in empty photo frames. As beautiful as the dishes are, I think I'm leaning more towards the photo frames for a 'reminder' of what jewellery I have, simply because it's displayed more simply and is visually easier to take notice of what pieces I have. The dishes are more of a decorative touch, where-as the photo frames are more of a storage device if you see what I mean. I can imagine a pretty dish containing smartly arranged pearl necklaces on my dressing table, with an ornate photo frame laden with necklaces and bracelets hanging above it!

 

Rings & Earrings:

 

Photo sources: Pinterest

 

 

Kind of similar to the storage above, these two ideas feature either hanging up on the wall or creatively thrown into a container of choice. For earrings, I'm liking the simple rail as it's a quick and easy thing to source and to install. A trip to Ikea's kitchen section would be ideal for something like this, and for a budget friendly price too. As for rings, I think I prefer them all in a jumble together, displayed as they are in these photos on either a pretty cake stand or a dish.

 

I hope you liked this post and that you've gained some inspiration from it. I'm not entirely certain on what I'm going to go with yet, but the photo frames are my favourite. Keep a look out for more roomspiration ideas as I spend my nights procrastinating on Pinterest when I'm supposed to be doing my theory work.

 

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My Week #3

Photo Captions: warm chocolate fudge cake and vanilla ice cream // my night routine: animal crossing new leaf and the perks of being a wallflower // my recent lush storage and collection post // painted my nails with barry m gelly nail paint in blue grape // OOTD for my brother's birthday meal // fish and chips at said birthday meal!

 

Product of the week: My favourite product this week has to be the Avon Diamond Shimmer Face Pearls. I use these pearls as a highlight on my cheekbones, cupid's bow, forehead, chin and down my nose and it's beautiful. It's a very light shimmer and the colour isn't too dark or too pale for my skin tone and isn't too obvious when worn with a darker foundation, either.

 

Purchases this week: Recent purchases include the Lush Sex Bomb & Think Pink bath bombs (which I included in my lush storage and collection post) as well as a new handbag for college and a cute little leopard print make-up bag, both from Primark. I'd been in desperate need of a new bag as my current one wasn't up to lugging around folders and notebooks for college, and I found a simple black one in Primark for just £12. Also whilst in the bag section I picked up a cute make-up bag for just £3!

 

Watched this week: I actually went to the cinema three times this week! Once with my boyfriend, one with my dad and once with my little sister. With my boyfriend, I watched The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in 3D. It was actually a brilliant film, much better than the first Hobbit which I felt was rather long and boring. Orlando Bloom also made an appearance in this one, which I was very happy about. (He's a very hot elf, fyi). With my Dad, I re-watched Catching Fire. I know, I know. But I just couldn't resist. It was just as perfect the second time around and my dad actually really enjoyed it. Finally, I took my little sister to watch the new Disney Princess film, Frozen. It was such an adorable film and although there is an awful lot of singing involved, the new Princess and Queen are both amazing. The main plot of the film is that 'only an act of true love can thaw a frozen heart', but the incredible thing is that the act of true love in this instance was sisters love, not romantic love. I thought this was a brilliant move on Disney's part - about time they showed younger girls that life isn't all about love and finding a man!

 

Highlight of the week: This week at college was actually a very good one! I finished my final assignment and got four pre-observations done, two on clients. I also managed to get my client to re-book in for a treatment and she's requested me as her therapist! Very excited about that!

 

Blog Posts this week: My Lush Collection and Storage // Book Review: The Perks Of Being A Wallflower

 

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My 'LUSH' storage and collection!

If you've been reading my blog for a while (or if you take a quick click through my archives) you'll notice that I'm a little bit obsessed with Lush. I use their Seanik Shampoo Bar religiously and treat myself (and my little sister) on occasion with one of their spectacular bath bombs. As I'm very frequently called playfully by my family, I'm a 'tree hugger' which basically means that I adore Lush's environmentally friendly standards and am always on the look out for how to cut down on packaging and unnecessary waste.

 

Tree-hugging aside, I thought I'd show you guys my Lush collection and storage today! I'm finally very happy with the way I store my bits and pieces and thought it could give you guys some ideas if you're looking for other ways to store yours, too.

 

 

 

I got this large glass jar from Matalan for £2.50. Now I know that Lush sells their own 'Fizz Tanks' but I like seeing what I currently have, which reminds me to use them and also, I just think it looks pretty in my bathroom. The lid is completely air tight which means that no steam can get in to get everything soggy!

 

Stored away in this jar, I have one and a half bath bombs and one and a half bubble bars: Think Pink, half of the Christmas Snowman, Creamy Candy Bubble Bar and a tiny chunk of the Candy Mountain Bubble Bar.

 

 

 

 

Think Pink is one of my sister's favourite bath bombs, as is has a gorgeous florally sweet scent and fills the water with cute heart confetti and a pink colour. I also have one half of the Christmas Snowman which was part of their limited edition Christmas range, but almost the exact same product can be found in their Butterball bath bomb. It smells like cocoa butter and is filled with cocoa butter nibs that dissolve in the bath and coat your skin in softness. I'm yet to try out the Creamy Candy bubble bar but just from the sweet scent alone I know I'll love it. As for the Candy Mountain, which was also a Christmas product, I'm hanging on to my last little chunk!

 

Reviews: Think Pink Bath Bomb //  Candy Mountain Bubble Bar

 

 

 

 

As for my Lush products that aren't stored in the jar, I have four of these, also: the Seanik Shampoo Bar, FUN in Gold, Sex Bomb Bath Bomb and a tiny bottle of the Ponche shower gel. Again, two of these were part of the Christmas limited edition range and two of them aren't.

 

 

 

 

 

The Seanik Shampoo Bar is my chosen replacement for regular bottled shampoo. I've been using it for nearly a year now and I adore it! The sea salt and seaweed particles give my hair amazing texture and natural volume. As for the other three products, well, I can't give much information about these as I'm yet to use them. The Christmas Gold FUN is basically a 5-in-1 product that you can use to wash your hair, body, clothes and use as bubble bath, as well as playing with it like play-dough. The scent is their 'Honey I Washed The Kids' scent and smells lovely. Another Christmas product is the Ponche shower gel. The scent of this is very orangey and also contains tequila! Wild. I haven't used one of Lush's shower gels before so I'm excited to try it out. Finally, the Sex Bomb bath bomb is probably one of the only ones I haven't tried yet and it's florally scent is really nice.

 

Reviews: Seanik Shampoo Bar // Seanik Shampoo Bar Update

 

 

I hope you enjoyed seeing my Lush storage and the little bits and pieces in my collection, and I hope you all had a lovely week!

 

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Review: Johnson's Daily Essentials Gentle Exfoliating Wash



My skin and I, we don't always see eye to eye.

I have dryness that requires exfoliating and oiliness that requires a good clay face mask, but my sensitivity leaves these requirements as wishes. I've experimented before with a few different products to fit these needs but they've always left my skin red and sore, meaning I've had an exfoliator-sized space in my skin care routine for quite a long time.

So following my renewed love with my Johnson's Daily Essentials Day Cream, I decided to branch out with the Johnson's brand and try their Daily Essentials Gentle Exfoliating Wash. Following my own advice given in one of my very first posts, my Sensitive Skincare Guide, the key words for me with this product were 'daily' and 'gentle'. Something suitable for daily use is always a lot less harsh than something that isn't and of course, 'gentle'  properties is a must have for someone with sensitive skin. Also, the fact that it is a exfoliating wash rather than a straight-up exfoliator was a plus as this lessens the harshness, too.

Moving onto the product itself. This face wash is a sort of creamy lotion that's enriched with tiny little exfoliating beads to help buff away dull, lifeless skin. You simply dampen your face with warm water, apply a little to your fingertips and work over the skin in a circular motion to really buff it into those flaky bits. Remove with more warm water, paying attention to those little beads to make sure all product has been removed. It does have a scent to it - it's quite a pleasant scent but it's certainly powerful. It's very similar to the smell of the Day Cream, just in a more concentrated form.

After using this wash last night, my skin feels lovely. There's a little redness afterwards but that's completely normal when exfoliating as it just means that you've invigorated the skin. I follow up with my Day Cream and my skin feels soft and smooth and looks fresher. I only needed the tiniest amount of moisturiser this morning when applying my foundation and I have hardly any flaky bits.

Overall I'm very happy to welcome this scrub into my skincare routine! I'm only planning on using it once or twice a week just to be on the safe side, but for someone with oily or really dry skin it'd be suitable for daily use.

Prices vary between £3 - £4 from places such as Superdrug or Sainsburys.

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Her Heart Is In Paris

Hello everyone!

 

And goodbye to 'Mega Beauty'! I've decided to mark the fresh start of the new year, I'm going to do some work on my blog and all of the things I wasn't happy with. Firstly, the name. I don't feel that 'Mega Beauty' was a very strong name to begin with and it certainly wasn't one that reflected myself or my posts very well. I've now changed my blog name and URL to 'Her Heart Is In Paris'. I hope you don't mind the name change and I also hope it's not too much of a bother when it comes to finding me. Secondly I've been doing a lot of planning and thinking about the sort of content I want to show on this blog. Over the past few months I've matured a lot and feel like I'm confident enough to be true to myself and I've decided that this is something that my blog should be involved in. I'm not planning any drastic changes as I'm fairly happy with the posts I've put up in the past but I would love to try some new things including make-up tutorials and more nail art posts.

 

Thank you for putting up with this craziness, I'm going through the motions of changing my URL on Bloglovin but that may take a while so please bear with me until I get everything sorted. And also thank you for all of your support since I started this blog, it truly means so much to me!

 

I hope you all had a lovely new year!

 

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