It is day 5 of my December giveaways and today I have a L'Occitane My Comforting Essentials gift set for one of you to win.

It is day 5 of my December giveaways and today I have a L'Occitane My Comforting Essentials gift set for one of you to win.
A firm favourite to unwrap on Christmas morning at our house is anything from Soap and Glory. It always smells lush and is a treat to use. So today I have for you the Soap and Glory The Pink Credibles gift set giveaway.
Inside the tin is Clean on Me creamy clarifying shower gel, The Scrub Of Your Life body buffer, The Righteous Butter body butter, Hand Food hydrating hand cream and Bright and Beautiful radiance boosting mask.
Make sure you enter using Rafflecopter below and good luck!
a Rafflecopter giveawayToday I have for you all a Champneys body butter gift set giveaway. Champneys is one of my favourite body care brands and I love their body butters.
Inside you'll find the citrus blush enlivening, summer dream rewarding, heavenly days relaxing and cloud nine indulgent body butters.
Make sure you enter, using Rafflecopter below, and good luck!
a Rafflecopter giveaway*AD - GIFTED* This time of year my focus always shifts on to wellness and self care. My mood always dips slightly as the season changes. The colder, wetter weather and darker mornings and nights are not something I enjoy at all. Even if your mood doesn't change with the seasons we're moving in to a busy, expensive and stressful time of year, Christmas. Today I'm sharing my tips and tricks on how to have a perfect pamper night to relax the body and mind.
Most of us know we need to look after ourselves, body and mind, but I'm sure a lot of us forget about ourselves in our busy days. With working, looking after families, housework, exercise and cooking etc it can seem like there just aren't enough hours in the day as it is. But you can't look after anyone else or keep running at full speed if you don't make some time for yourself too. The more you put in to your self care the more you will get out of it.
The majority of my perfect pamper night takes place in the bathroom. For me, my bathroom is my happy place. A place where I can be totally alone to relax and hide myself away from the world. I don't have the bathroom of dreams, it's super small but has everything I need and I have made it a cosy, relaxing space. My ultimate house goal is a large bathroom with a huge freestanding bath. Imagine the relaxation (and insta photos) I could get in one.
If I am having a pampering night I have to start with a clean and tidy house. There is nothing worse than spending an hour or so pampering myself only to have to do the washing up or ironing afterwards.
Change the bedsheets. Getting in to clean, fresh bedding is the best feeling in the world. And getting in to clean, fresh bedding after a perfect pamper night is even better.
Have a long hot bath. Add your favourite bath bomb, bubble bath or bath oil and soak all the stress and tension away. I love relaxing in mine with just candlelight and wearing a face and hair mask whilst I'm soaking to make it even more luxurious.
Pamper your skin. Whilst I religiously stick to my facial skin care routine I can't say the same for the rest of my skin. So a good exfoliate then moisturise with my favourite body butter or lotion is a real treat.
Treat your tastebuds. I love a huge mug of hot chocolate or a glass of fizz when I'm relaxing. A bar of chocolate or slice of cake is always a good idea too.
Give yourself a manicure and pedicure. A lot of you already know I am a former nail blogger so always keep up to my nails but if you don't, do them. A fresh manicure always makes me feel happier and more "put together".
Have an early night. That crisp fresh bedding will feel amazing after a perfect pamper night. Curl up in bed with a book or your fave Netflix show and enjoy the rest.
One of my favourite stores for homeware is Wilko but until a few weeks ago I had no idea they have their own beauty range. I spotted it when I was queuing up at the tills and had to leave my place in line to have a good look. One product that immediately caught my eye is the Wilko rhubarb and vanilla body scrub.
As well as the Wilko rhubarb and vanilla body scrub there is a whole range of beauty goodies in the Wilko Fruits range. There is hand lotion, body lotion, body souffle, bath foam, body scrub, bath bombs, hand wash and shower gel. Each item comes in a choice of seven fragrances. Rhubarb and vanilla, blueberry and morello cherry, coconut and vanilla, passionfruit and watermelon, strawberry and pomegranate, nectarine and passionfruit and watermelon and guava. All seven scents smell amazing. Even better than the choice of products and fragrances is the price. Each item is just £1, and they are 3 for 2 at the moment!
The Wilko rhubarb and vanilla body scrub comes in a 250ml squeezy tube. It's bright pink colour really stands out on the bathroom shelf.
Once you take the lid off you can really smell the gorgeous rhubarb and vanilla fragrance. It has a lovely sharp, fruity hit of rhubarb with a delicate creamy note from the vanilla, very much like rhubarb and custard sweets.
The scrub is a thick gel with plenty of exfoliating crystals in. It isn't too harsh a scrub so makes a great general exfoliator. I don't find it tough enough to remove my fake tan when that is ready to come off.
I am really pleased with the Wilko rhubarb and vanilla body scrub. For the price I wasn't expecting much but it is a great body scrub. I really love the fragrance and how clean and soft my skin feels afterwards.
I definitely want to stock up on more of these and try more from the Wilko Fruits range.
E'lifexir Natural Beauty is a new body treatment range made from natural and organic extracts. The range contains 99% natural ingredients, are suitable for all skin types and are vegan.
The E'lifexir Natural Beauty Push Up Buttocks gel contains cherry, cranberry and orange water, stevia and mate leaves, scotch thistle and black elder extracts. It smooths, shapes and firms and helps improve cell renewal and protect collagen.
The stevia and mate leaves extract helps redefine the contours by smoothing the skin. Scotch thistle helps renew and protect collagen and prevents and reduces stretch marks. Black elder helps improve microcirculation and decongestion of the skin tissue. Cherry, cranberry and orange water provides antioxidants.
There is 150ml in the tube. You apply it twice a day in an upwards, massaging motion.
As always I'll start my review with the packaging, as for me a product has to look good on my dressing table as well as do what it claims. I love the packaging! The bright colour tube is really eye-catching and if you have the whole set of E'lifexir products they would look great stood in a line.
The E'lifexir Natural Beauty Push Up Buttocks gel is more of a cream. It has a perfect consistency, not too runny and not so thick you can't work with it. I use quite a generous amount each time and after 4 weeks I have about finished the tube.
I have been using the gel twice daily for four weeks now and can definitely say my bottom is looking much better for it! It looks and feels firmer and less dimply and just feels in better condition.
I won't share before of after photographs as I'm just not ready to share my bum with the internet...and I don't think the internet would thank me if I did.
The E'lifexir Natural Beauty Push Up Buttocks gel won't give you a Kardashian bum or turn your size 14 bottom into a size 8 bottom. But, it will give you a firmer bottom with less cellulite and it will really improve the skins condition.
I will definitely be ordering another tube once this one has gone.
There are six products in the E'lifexir Natural Beauty range.
You can buy E'lifexir Natural Beauty Push Up Buttocks gel and the other products from Holland & Barrett and they are £15.99 each. At the moment they are on buy one get one half price offer.
Would you like to try the E'lifexir Natural Beauty Push Up Buttocks gel? Which of the other E'lifexir products would you like to try?
*AD - GIFTED* Despite not being a super "girly girl" (hello messy buns and regular make up free face) one thing I always keep up to is my nails. A fresh, chip free, manicure makes me feel put together and feminine. In my nail blogging days (you can find my nail instagram account here) I would paint my nails daily. Nowadays I'm happiest with a gel manicure every 2 weeks. I have been sent the Pink Gellac starter kit to review along with a few other gel polish colours. As a disclaimer I do already have a few Pink Gellac gel polishes in my collection so it is a brand I already know and love.
The Pink Gellac starter kit has everything in you need to start doing your own gel polish manicures at home.
To prep your nails ready for starting your manicure is an orange stick and nail file / buffer. There is a bottle of primer, base coat, gel polish and top coat. The LED lamp is also in the kit along with cleansing and removing wipes. There is also a great instruction booklet too.
The first of the Pink Gellac gel nails polishes is Dynamic Pink. This is a bright, popping pink perfect for the warmer months. It will look gorgeous on toes on holiday too.
Next is Beautiful Black, a glossy black shade. I don't tend to wear black in the Spring and Summer months but will be bringing this back out as soon as Autumn hits.
This is Lipstick Red, a glossy bright red that is my perfect red shade. This is a colour you can wear all year round. It is brighter than the bottle suggests so is a nice surprise once you start painting.
Lastly is Vintage Nude, a classy peachy nude shade. This is paler than the bottle suggests but is a work appropriate shade that you can wear any season. It is a sheer gel polish so if you have longer nails you might get a visible nail line through it.
I really like the Pink Gellac starter kit. The kit has everything you need to apply and remove a gel polish manicure. I don't need the instructions but they are really detailed and a gel polish beginner can easily follow them.
The products inside the kit are easy to use and great quality. I had one manicure on for two weeks and another for three weeks. Neither had any chips and I only removed them as they had grown down and were lifting at the cuticle.
I know from the other Pink Gellac gel polishes I have that, kept out of the light, the bottles will last a long time and stay in perfect condition.
I have used lots of different gel systems over the years and the Pink Gellac starter kit is up there with the best of them. I really recommend it and will be adding more colours from them to my ever-growing collection.
You can get the Pink Gellac starter kit with one colour here. Or you can choose four colours with the kit here.
Do you do gel manicures yourself? Have you tried any gel polishes from Pink Gellac before?
*AD - GIFTED* Of His Bones by Tracey Scott-Townsend book review Today is my stop on the Of His Bones by Tracey Scott-Townsend book tour. Of...