Gifts for the Girly One

For those with the ever popular iphone a Phone Case is an easily attainable and cheap stocking stuffer or secret santa gift. I brought one for a friend the other day on ebay for only 98p which was a wine glass with liquid that moves, very cool! Jewelry suits a recipient of any age and any budget, H&M do really pretty jewelry for great value, or you could got to a fancy jewellers if you're looking for something a little more upmarket. Perfume is always a safe bet for anyone really, though it can be quite hard if you don't know what scents they like or wear. If you know what perfumes they do wear, staff in places like The Perfume Shop can help you pick out a similar one. Keep ing to the theme of smells, Yankee Candles are a great gift idea, some safe scents that everyone would like are ones like strawberry buttercream, christmas cookies or vanilla buttercream, though my favourite is black cherry. A cute Wintery Bobble Hat  is the perfect gift for the current weather and they're great for hiding a bad hair day too. Another great gift for helping a girl survive the British weather is a sturdy but also pretty patterned Umbrella like this Parisian themed one (I may very much want this one myself). Another item that suits the weather is TV Box Sets because who doesn't love curling up to watch their favourite show when it's raining outside? A little pamper night gift with a nice box of Chocolates, a Lipbalm and Hot Chocolate Set would be another great universal gift, perfect for a secret santa gift, friend, sister or colleague. If you don't fancy putting your own gift set together, you can get them ready made at Lush. If you're looking for a more expensive gift for a loved one, High End Makeup from brands such as Chanel, YSL, MAC or Charlotte Tilbury would be appreciated by most girls who wear makeup and like pretty things. Which means most girls I know really!

Two more gift guides left now, aimed more at the parents, so I hope you found this one inspiring...

New York City: The Haul

Oops... There goes most of my savings...

So as you will know by now, I went to New York CIty for 6 days at the end of June and who can resist doing a spot of shopping whilst in New York! I don't think I really brought that much but my money sure seemed to disappear fast. That's the story of my life to be honest...

 NOTE: All of the prices are minus tax which is currenntly 8.75% I think.

 Victoria's Secret-  2 body mists for $3.00 each in the 75% off sale

 CVS- Nyx jumbo eye pencils in milk and black bean $4.50 each, plus the nyx eyeshadow base in skin for $7.99, EOS lipbalm in Blueberry for $4.69 and a l'oreal infallible eyeshadow in amber rush for $7.99 which is actually for a friend and shouldn't be in this photo,

 MAC-I bought my first ever MAC product whilst in New York from the store in Time Square! My friends very kindly gave me the money for the lipstick for my birthday back in March and I finally figured out which colour i wanted to buy so got it whilst i was in New York because it was cheaper. The colour is Creme Cup.

 Bath and Body Works- 5 hand sanitisers for $5 and a watermelon lemonade candle jar which was half price so cost me $6.25

Duane Reade Supermarket- 2 (huge) packets of twizzlers for $5, which is a bargain price considering what I pay in England for them and a big packet of Jolly Ranchers Crunch and Chew because someone brought me a packet for my birthday and I actually fell in love with them, plus they were only $3.79.

I'd hate to know what I would of spent if I'd gone for any longer than 6 days.

New York City: Hand Luggage Essentials

This is the first installment in my holiday series this year! I was especially lucky this year as my parents took us to New York, which is just a dream come true! So I have decided to do a series of holiday themed posts, I have four more posts planned so far but I might come up with more so watch this space! Today we obviously have my 'Hand Luggage Essentials' plus I have my 'Holiday Makeup Bag', a 'New York Haul, a look book of sorts for my holiday and some photos actually from New York planned.

Hand Luggage Essentials by frankenwhale featuring Henri Bendel

So here's what I carry with me when flying- purse, sunglasses, camera, warm socks (It's so cold on planes!), ereader/book, food/sweets, chewing gum, mobile phone, headphones, a drink (Remember to buy it after security!) and then a make up bag. Except with no actual makeup in usually because I try to avoid makeup when flying because it dries out your skin so much. However I do carry a mini body spray, hand mirror, lip balm, moisturiser, hand sanitiser, bobbles, tissues and oil sheets.

Hope this helps you out if you're going on a trip soon...