Waking up in Vegas

My week has mostly consisted of working a few different contracts at the BBC along with a couple of my favorite things…

Cakes! My mum has got me addicted to Cottonrake Bakery after the box of cakes she got me from there for my 22nd birthday. They had ran out of Macaroons by 12pm, so I got some lovely pie and pastries instead. As much as I could have munched them all to myself… I unfortunately shared them with a couple of lucky people (maybe chancers is the right word!)

And Spa times! 🙂 I like to get pampered at nice places like this when the moths haven’t eaten all the notes out of my purse (it’s definitely moths that keep making my money disappear, anyone else have that problem?) And after my stints at the Blythswood Spa and Zen Lifestyle, I have grown quite accustomed to my very temporary exposure to a bit of luxury! I was invited along to Pure Spa at Silverburn for a facial, and after in depth consultation with my therapist Leanne, we decided I should go for the express Elemis Tri-Enzyme Resurfacing facial. This facial is said to restore radiance and vitality by removing dead skin cells, reducing fine lines, uneven skin tone, acne and superficial scarring.

(Sneaky picture of the relaxation room you wait in before your treatment. Herbal tea and girlie magazines for the win!)

The express facial is 30 mins long rather than the usual 70, which I think is a good idea for people on the go or feel like they don’t have much time in their week to squeeze in lengthy beauty treatments. Personally, the 30 minutes did feel just about long enough but in future I would probably opt for a bit longer (if I was treating myself in the first place – I think I’d just find the time for it) Mind you, last time I had a 60 minute facial I fell asleep twice! I didn’t get the chance to completely zone out during this facial, but the 30 minutes still worked wonders on my skin. For me, these kind of treatments in such a relaxing setting are about my mind just as much as my body. I was impressed at how hidden away and chilled the Pure Spa felt – considering it sits above a busy shopping centre. Leanne was extremely knowledgeable and we had a great chat about skincare in general! This facial was a perfect way for me to have a clean start for working on a regular routine for my skin, and I’ve promised her I’ll be on my best behavior from now on (no baby wipes, falling asleep with my makeup on etc…)

While were on the subject of all things girly (well, I know guys like cakes and spa’s too) can you guess what the above is? I’d suggest the following chat is ladies only, so if womanly chat embarrasses you then I’d probably skip this bit. You guessed yet?

Not the normal kind of thing I’d cover on the Little Blog Of Horrors, but when I was sent some samples of the new range from Lil-lets  I was extremely intrigued. I know that period chat and sanitary products can still be a bit of a cringeworthy subject for some people, but it’s one of the most natural things to happen to a woman so I don’t know why so many people fear the chat! (best P.E excuse ever though… no questions asked especially by the male teachers once the woman’s troubles bomb is dropped!)

Apart from comfort, FreshLOCK technology without the use of harsh perfumes, and different styles to suit different needs, this new range also addresses those ‘cringeworthy’ problems associated with sanitary products that us ladies often fear. From left to right we have the smaller version especially designed for teens, then the normal long version, and some night time suited ones too. One of my best friends who is a guy is about to move in with us soon, and I’d normally be quite paranoid about leaving these kind of things about the bathroom in my toiletries basket, but I thought I’d share the very top picture because once the paper label is off I think it’s quite hard to tell what these little colourful packs are (remember the sweetie wrapper tampon advert? Ha!) Which could also be quite useful for your handbag, or overnight back where you don’t want to scream from the rooftops it’s your time of the month! One thing I also love about the grey wrappers is that they’re specially designed not to make that awful noise when you open them. Again – great for public toilets and places where you don’t want to announce to the world you have your period. So overall I’m very impressed, and this new range (along with the tampon versions) have just hit the shelves so be sure to look out for them. That’s my girly chat done for now, those in disgust can look this way again!

I had a lot of fun carving my pumpkin on halloween weekend…

Jack is still sitting outside my door, I don’t want to throw him away 🙁 I was using shit ikea knives to carve him but it was still good fun. Apart from all that yucky stuff inside the pumpkin… I dunno why but it freaks me out so much! I didn’t do much on actual Halloween night, but on the saturday myself, Luisa and her fiance Ian got dressed up and went out to the ABC in glasgow. I was Princess Peach, Luisa was Sonic and Ian was Ryu!

Sonic trying to fight Mario – I’m not impressed. I really think Luisa suits the blue though!

Haha who knows… after half a bottle of peach schnappes! There were some awesome people dressed up that night, and I had to get my picture taken with a few including Max from Where The Wild Things Are, Aleksandr the meerkat and someone dressed as the horse statue (complete with traffic cone) from outside the GOMA. Glaswiegans will know what one I’m on about 🙂 Haven’t seen any pictures from in the club yet, I’ll need to steal them soon but all I can remember is a lot of dancing, a lot of Mario’s and Luigi’s who didn’t know who Princess Peach was (terrible!) and someone dressed as Salad Fingers 🙁 Too creepy for words.

We took a nice wee day trip to Luisa and Ian’s wedding venue the next day, I was stocked up on monster munch, irn bru and a double decker for the car journey (we and Gemma watched the mini episode of Misfits on her ipad touch which was good, got me all excited for the new series) But I’ll save that all for another post. This one has been quite lengthy so well done if you’ve got this far. I literally cannot wait for my week to end, I’m going to see Katy Perry on thursday and friday night after winning a meet and greet with her before fridays concert! If you’ve followed my blog for a while you’ll know about my excitement of getting to see her twice before, and how she is my total girl crush. Meeting her in the flesh is going to be bloody awesome ♥ Will be sure to share how it goes 🙂

Ayden x