Oooh what's this you ask? Well I will tell you now my friend

I was nominated for the Liebster Award by Carla so I thought I may give it a shot so you can learn a little bit about me!

The Rules:

• Give 11 facts about yourself
• Answer the 11 questions given
• Nominate 11 other bloggers
• Set them 11 questions
• Put the award button on your site

11 facts:

right then let's go!

1) I love dogs and have a 4 year old Golden Retriever

2) I used to do horse riding but I quit because it was too much effort (lazy!)

3) I have two guinea pigs that I adopted from the Blue Cross but they hate me...

4) My favourite place I've been (so far) is probably Chicago, but I think that'll change as I am going to München in Germany next year!

5) I speak good German (my first language is English by the way)

6) I study French but I'm awful at it

7) It's become a tradition for my friend and I, and our mums, to go christmas shopping every year, but we always go somewhere new each year

8) I could spend hours in any comic book store or art store

9) I have bought every Pokemon game since Sapphire for the GameBoy

10) I love christmas

11) One of my favourite scents is cinnamon apple

My answers:

1. When you were a kid, what did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to be an actress, and I still love drama but I'm not sure about being an actress anymore!
2. Do you have any pets? 1 dog and 2 guinea pigs :)
3. What’s your favorite Disney movie? I have 3: Mulan, Beauty and the Beast, and Frozen
4. Cold or hot weather? preferably neither but if I have to choose... probably cold because that usually means christmastime!
5. What’s your favorite band/musician? My Chemical Romance, purely because I've liked them since I was 7 and it's kind of just stuck!
6. If you could change your name, what would it be? I don't really like my name, but I'm not sure what I'd change it to... probably Lauren? I'm not sure!
7. What’s your greatest virtue? No idea! Probably that I try to be nice to everyone I meet, even if they're extremely rude!!
8. What’s your favorite animal? Goats. Full stop. I just think they're really cool. I also love dogs and guinea pigs... they're close runners up.
9. Do you have any special talent? I'm grade 5 singing, but I'm not actually sure of my actual talents...
10. What’s your favorite colour? purple!
11. Do you believe everything happens for a reason? yes. Sometimes no. Mostly yes.

I Nominate:

(more nominations will appear as I think of them!)

Sophie

Sunny

Shannon

My Questions:

1) Favourite animal?

2) Favourite TV show?

3) What do you feel is your greatest achievement in your life so far?

4) Favourite movie?

5) What is your favourite hobby?

6) Favourite food?

7) Favourite animal?

8) Favourite place?

9) What is your best memory?

10) What one place in the world to you want to travel to the most?

11) Create a new word + define it

Thanks again to Carla for the nomination, I enjoyed doing this.

Byeee!

-Mantha xo

Skincare: How I Keep My Skin in a Good Condition

Being someone who has been getting awful breakouts for a number of years now, only recently have I found some products that I have found to be particularly affective on my skin.

First up is the Lush 'Mask of Magnaminty' this is just a face mask I found at lush a few months ago, and it has literally saved my skin! Most products will take a week or two before you start to see a difference in your skin, but I found indstantaneous results from this one. After one use, my spots were a lot less red and irritated and my skin was super smooth! Not only this but, as you may guess by the name, it contains mint, which is apparently quite good for your skin, and leaves mine feeling & smelling fresh. I just smooth on a thin layer to my face and wait for 15-20 minutes before I wash it off with warm water. If my skin is looking a bit icky and I'm in a hurry I find that I can just put some on troublesome areas and leave it for 5 minutes just to give my skin a little boost. I would definitely recommend this, it's a true life saver!

315g tub, £9.75 from Lush (I hear there's also a self preserving one, I think it just lasts longer, but I haven't tried it)

Next product is another Lush one. You really cannot go wrong with Lush! This next one is a solid serum called 'Full of Grace' the lovely assistant in Lush recommended it to me, and after I tried it on my hand I couldn't resist; it left it feeling so soft it was unbelievable! You just glide it over your face and leave it. It goes on quite thick, so I would recommend using it before bed so that your face doesn't look like it has a layer of grease on it. I put this on under the mask of magnaminty, as it opens up the pores and really allows the face mask to thoroughly cleanse my skin. It seems to help my skin but is quite pricey for the small bar you get, so if you're a little short on cash I'd recommend to just get the mask and leave this for another time, because I find this works best paired with the mask, but the mask can be extremely helpful either way. 

Full of Grace serum bar, £8.25, Lush

Right we're now onto my final product of the post. I apologise in advance as I got this one when I was on holiday in America, and you can't get it here in the UK (I was quite disappointed, as I love this) The product isn't a Lush one, would you believe, but a Clean & Clear moisturiser. I was in Chicago a couple of months ago and had run out of anything for my spots and my skin was looking awful, so I popped to a Walgreens that was two blocks away from my hotel and found this to try, I am so glad I did! Not only does it smell lovely and fresh, it reduced the appearance of my spots and left me with amazingly soft skin! I put this on in the morning and just before I went to bed, but also whenever I felt my skin needed a little boost. I would definitely recommend this to anyone over in America, it's so quick and easy and sinks into your skin quickly!

Not sure of the price, sorry! It was quite cheap though, around $10 in the skin care section at Wallgreens :)

But my number one tip has to be: Drink LOTS of water! You will notice an amazing difference if you start drinking more (that is, if you don't already!)

Anyway, I hope this helped some of you!

Byeeee!

Manth xo

Ooh! Before I go, I want to ask, has anyone tried the 'Skin Drink' moisturiser from Lush? It has good reviews and I was wondering wether or not I should get  it x

Hello Everybody!

Hello! This is my new blog, I will be posting beauty, fashion and life related things, so I hope you enjoy and stick around.

I think it's only appropriate that we get to know each other, so let me tell you a bit about myself. My name is Samantha, or Manth, sometimes Mantha and I'm British. My favourite colour is mint (no prizes for guessing that!) and I seem to have bit of an obsession with Soap & Glory, Lush, Benefit and Mac. Oh gosh! This wasn't really planned out well! ooh what else? I really love photography and art!

If you have any questions you want to ask then feel free to leave a comment and I'll be sure to answer!

Until the next post,

Cheerio for now!

Samantha x