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...

Topshop Blush in Head Over Heels Review

I brought this blush in a set in the Christmas sales with the lipstick Wicked (Review here) and am also giving a set away in my giveaway (check that out here). I've been meaning to review it since. It's a really lovely blush because it's well pigmented and easy to blend plus this colour looks really natural on the skin, It lasts all day and sits well on top of my foundation. However as I'm not a big blush fan I feel that £9 is rather excessive and probably wouldn't pay that much for it. However I'm really happy with it overall and its quickly become my everyday blush.

Giveaway! ENDED

This giveaway was actually to celebrate my blogs one year birthday and getting 10,000 total page views which both happened at the end of December, so yes I'm rather late (No change there!) but better late then never. I really do enjoy writing for my little space on the internet and I really value each and every view that I get, so this is really just to say thanks to all of you readers.

Winner will receive-

Topshop lipstick in Wicked (Review here)

Topshop Blush in Head Over Heels

Compact tangle teezer

Soap and Glory gift set with mini Hand Food, Clean on Me, Scrub of Your Life and The Righteous Butter

Toni and Guy bag with Hairspray, Dry shampoo, and Heat Protectant.

The rules are simple, all you have to do to be in with a chance of winning is follow me on bloglovin (There's a button on the right), and tweet about the giveaway with the hashtag #BeautyByAGeekGiveaway.

You must be a UK mainland resident and the giveaway will end a month from now (9th April at midnight GMT)

May the odds be ever in your favour...

Top shop lipstick in Wicked

PS I totally forgot to mention I got my hair cut! It's like a little bit longer than shoulder length now, and I said goodbye to my blonde :(

I've been meaning to review this since I brought it in the sales, oops! I'm very very very late to the topshop lipstick party, but I have to say I seem to have finally found a product that lives up to the hype! I'm absolutely in love with this lipstick, it's easily my favourite lipstick formula (excluding my liquid lipsticks). It's matte on the lips but doesn't feel drying, it's creamy and very well pigmented too, plus rather long lasting. It's a dark rust red in the bullet but comes up more purple toned on the lips. I'm really disappointed that these are usually priced at £8 since I got this one in a set with a blush for only £6 (Bargain!) However I would say that they are definitely worth the £8, I genuinely prefer it to my MAC lipstick and will definitely be picking up some more. I'm also rather annoyed that we're coming up to spring now because this is the perfect winter lip shade, though I'll continue to wear it well into spring because it's easily my favourite lipstick at the moment.

So has anyone got any colour recommendations for my next one?

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...