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The Body Shop - Body Yogurts & Face Mist Launch! 100% Vegan

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The other evening I was lucky enough to of been invited to an Exclusive event at The Body Shop - The event was to Launch two new products; Body Yogurts and The Face Mists.

For those of you who have been here for a while you will know that I am a lover of all things from The Body Shop and you will always find at least one of there products on my bathroom shelf that I use daily so the launch of two new products was exciting for me!

(Bunny Headband, Bath Bombs/bubble Bars, Strawberry Lip Balm & Almond Milk Body Yogurt - these products were purchased with my own money although the other products featured were gifted by The Body Shop)

Now I must admit when I heard that another Body Butter type product was launching I was fairly specticle about it, now since getting pregnant I have been using many different types of Body Butter/Lotions daily to try and prevent stretch marks so I have used many different brands. One thing I found with applying these different products is that once you have applied them you then have to sit around and wait for the product to 'soak in' meaning you can't just rush out or with some even sit down due to sticking to the furniture *not good*

Although it became apparent to me after watching the demonstration of the new Body Yogurts that this wasn't the case with this product, it soaks in in only 15 seconds... yes that's right! It's simply amazing and the Almond Milk scent smells delicious.

(Directly from The Body Shop's Website describing the new Body Yogurts)

NEW lightweight, fast-absorbing gel-cream formula

100% vegan

48hr moisture

Enriched with Community Trade organic almond milk from Spain

87% agree the formula absorbs instantly*

86% like that the formula works on damp skin*
3 in 4 agree they can put their jeans on straight after application*95% agree skin feels moisturised*81% agree skin appears radiant* *User trial on 104 women & men.

The other Brand new product that launched were the incredible Face Mists. These come in a range of scents such as; Coco Calming (Hydrates), Strawberry Smoothing (Hydrates), Mint Matifying (Mattifies), Mandarin Energising

(Energising) and Rose Dewy Glow (Illuminates).
All these face mists are Makeup friendly meaning you can apply them over your makeup and they will not disturb it although they do not set makeup. They are also all hydrating.

I chose the Coco Calming Face Mist because it smells amazing and will be perfect for everyday use and to pop into my hospital bag!

I hope this post may of inspired you to pop into your local Body Shop and try out some of there new products which are also 100% vegan. I am honestly blown away with the new products and I have been using both of them daily.

Once again thank you to Soton Bloggers and The Body Shop.

Until next time,

Stormydoos

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Emma's Beautique - Capital FM

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A few weeks ago I attended an event hosted by Capital FM's Emma at the Hilton Ageas Bowl. The evening was full of large and small Beauty, Hair and Skincare brands demonstrating and showing off their products. The evening also included various blogging panels and talks from Clinique and some of the other brands who attended.

The Body Shop's products looking good enough to eat! (Definitely don't do that, although they are 100% vegan!)

Clarins were offering free makeovers in store along with some great samples.

We were greeted with tasty Ice Cream from Jude's - The Very Vanilla flavour was scrumptious!

I was very excited to attend this event after hearing about it last year and unfortunately not being able to go but luckily this year I could (despite waddling round!) Once again same as many of the other events I attend I went with some of the lovely girlies from #SotonBloggers.

The event was in aid of Globals Make Some Noise charity who help support disadvantaged children and young people across the UK and all the money raised from the raffles and entry fees went to this great charity.

Of course no event is complete without some great photo opportunities!

Posing with the lovely Southampton Blogger Girlies (left to right)

Emily Spake// Alice Spake // (Me) // Kat // Rebecca Henderson

I was lucky enough to try out some of Laura Geller's new products too! Anyone who knows me is aware that I am a big lipstick and gloss girl so any chance I get to try out some new lip products I jump at. Here I am trying out Laura Geller's New York Color Luster Hi Def Lip Topper. Which I am so gutted I didn't buy on the evening because it felt incredible, I might have to make a trip to Debenhams soon.

Once we had wondered round the incredible brands and demonstrations we then sat and watched a great panel all about blogging, beauty, skincare and social media. It was really lovely and inspiring to sit back and watch these lovely ladies take their hobbies (blogging) and speak about it to a large audience.

(Left to right)

Emma // Sam Jeffery // Alice Spake // Rebecca Henderson

I would like to say a massive thank you to Emma and Capital South Coast for hosting this delightful event, The Hilton Ageas Bowl for such a prestigious venue and to all the Brands who took their time showing us their products, thank you!

Until next time,

Stormydoos

30 Week Pregnancy Update (Bump Shot)

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Once again I can't believe I am sat here writing my 30 week pregnancy update, it seems like only a couple of weeks ago I was posting my 20 week update.

Only 10 weeks to go until we meet our princess and we couldn't be more excited!

1. How many months pregnant are you?

I am 30 weeks which is approximately 8 months apparently?

2. Do you know the sex of the baby?

Yes, we found out at 16 weeks and we're having a girl.

3. Do you want more children?

I definitely don't want any until this little one is at school because due to my Hyperemesis Gravidarum it is likely it would occur with other pregnancies and I am barely able to function when im poorly, let alone look after a little baby too.

4. What’s been your biggest craving?

I haven't really had many cravings although I do find myself eating a lot of sweets which I never usually do.

5.What’s been the best part of being pregnant?

Growing our little human and feeling her move.

6. What’s been the worst part of being pregnant?

The sickness and not being able to work since early on in the pregnancy.

7. Do you have any names picked out?

Yes we do but it's a secret!

8. Who will be with you during labor?

My partner.

9. Do you have a birth plan?

I haven't yet spoken to my midwife about my birth plan although I believe we do so in my next appointment (next week)

At the beginning of the pregnancy I was set on having a water birth with just gas and air although now I am leaning towards wanting an epidural but its impossible to know how you will cope with the pain until it happens.

10. Will you record your labor?

I wont be, no.

11. Natural or medicated birth?

Medicated, if gas and air counts?

12. Are you scared about labor?

To be quite honest I have been fairly 'chilled' out about the thought of labour until the last few weeks when I've been experiencing Braxton Hicks. I am beginning to get more and more nervous & scared as the weeks go on.

13. What do you most look forward to after pregnancy?

Having my body back - Now as 'bad' as that may sound these last 9 months have been very difficult for me, I have experienced things that I could never of imagined and it has changed my life. Of course I can't wait to meet our baby too!

14. Will you breastfeed?

I have decided to bottle feed from birth.

15. Do you plan to work or be a stay at home mom?

I will be a stay at home mum and work the odd days when I can.

16. Will you make your own baby food?

When it comes to weaning then yes although I will also be buying baby food from supermarkets for practical reasons.

17. Do you have any nursery ideas/themes?

I actually won't be having a nursery due to our current living situation although I will put some photos below of nurseries that I do like!

So here's to the next 10 weeks, I have a very busy few weeks with various things such as my baby shower, midwife appointments and of course the final preparations for our baby. I will be posting updates on Instagram and blog posts when I can.

Until next time,

Stormydoos

Bump shot at 30 weeks.

Pizza, non alcoholic cocktails and great company! - Supermarine

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On thursday evening I was fortunate enough to be invited to an event at Supermarine in Woolston as part of the Sotonbloggers. For those of you who may not be familiar with Soton Bloggers (Southampton Bloggers) it is a group for bloggers, vloggers and influencers run by the lovely Alice Spake.

For this particular event we attended Supermarine in Woolston which is a 'wood fired Pizza' restaurant and who doesn't love a good pizza, right? This event was a chance for the restaurant to show us there new menu and we were definitely all

blown away.

One thing that I really noticed about the menu at Supermarine was that they really cater for everyone despite some of us bloggers being vegan, gluten free or vegetarian (not myself, but others!) We had a large selection of starters which consisted of; Pesto and fresh basil Crostini, Avocado and Balsamic Crostini, Sausage and Mozzarella Crostini, Nocellare Del Belice Olives and Cured Meat.

I was so gutted that I wasn't able to drink because the cocktails looked incredible although I was able to enjoy a non alcoholic mojito which was extraordinary.

The interior decor was very swarve too from the copper lights and bare ceilings to the fresh flowers on the tables it was very instagramable (perfect for a group of bloggers!)

How gorgeous is the interior decor though?!

The pizzas are all cooked in the wood fire oven which you can view from your table, this gives the pizzas a really fresh taste. The pizzas that we enjoyed were done in sections so that we could sample all of the different ones on offer at Supermarine.

They do not just do 'savoury pizzas' - We also were treated to the delightful desert pizza covered in fresh strawberries and nutella.

Now would I go back to Supermarine? Yes definitely, the pizzas were so tasty how could one not? All the staff were lovely and couldn't of been better hosts, so thank you for having us all and putting up with us positioning food to get 'good lighting'. You can find Supermarines' new menu here

I would just like to say a massive thank you to all the girls that attended this event and of course to Alice for organising such a wonderful evening, it was my first Soton Bloggers event and to be quite honest I was fairly nervous and I look forward to my next one. I came away from this event feeling so inspired and motivated after spending time with such a wonderful group of talented women.

You can find all these lovely ladies below -

We visited the Pug Cafe!

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On Sunday 25th of February we visited the Pop Up Pug Cafe in Nottingham *No I haven't gone insane!* We were travelling up to Nottingham for the weekend to visit family so what a better way to spend our sunday than at the Pug Cafe. Our family in Nottingham also have a pug called Missy so of course, she came along too!

Now if you're anything like me you had never heard of a Pug Cafe before, let alone what one involved. It was like pug heaven... pugs everywhere, running around, drinking Pugaccinos and playing with each other. Also inside the pug cafe was a lovely little stall that sold homemade dog biscuits and Sobar was catering for us humans.

We met some really lovely people at this event and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who owns a pug or simply likes them (you don't have to own a pug to go)