The Christmas Boutique Decor| Christmas Week

This week for me officially kicks off the Christmas Countdown, WELCOME TO FESTIVE WEEK! Yes it is fast approaching Christmas and for me the best part is that I get to decorate the house in lots of pretty decorations and this year with the help of The Christmas Boutique I can make me whole house look even prettier! In this post I am going to talk through some of my favourite picks! If this doesn't get you in the festive mood then I don't know what will! 

Gingerbread Man/Woman Tea Light Holder* £9.99 - 

Light Up Christmas Trees* - Buy Here 

This area of the newly decorated fireplace is by far my favourite but that's mainly because I am candle obsessed! This cute little tea light holder is perfect to hold my Yankee Candle Medium Jars in and looks pretty sat on the top of the fireplace and then we have the two trees on the side pulls it all together and the light patterns on them change from time to time like fairy lights.

Three Heart Cluster Bells* £12.99 -

On the actual fireplace I decided to hang up the large cluster bell heart, to add some modern feature to the old fashioned fireplace. The set comes with three different sized hearts, but I decided to use the largest size as it looks more effective and when you shake it - it sounds like jingle bells! 

  Set of wooden snowflakes £4.99 *- 

Set of Four Frosty Snowflakes £5.99* 

Set of Two Hanging White Reindeer's £5.99* - 

The other decorations that I've put around the fireplace are actually all tree decorations but I thought of using them a little bit differently and keeping to the style of decorating the fireplace (which if you haven't already guessed then the fireplace is our main place of decoration this year). At the top the wooden snowflakes are in my favourite colour - purple and look pretty at night and with everything else but I also think they would look nice on a tree too. Then we have the frosty snowflakes which are the cutest things ever, and I love how they look on the side of the fire I am still undecided whether I should put the other two up as well. Then finally the best till last, the reindeer's how CUTE ARE THEY? They are so sweet and very fragile so I had to be careful with putting them on the bottom of the fire but they look perfect!

Father Christmas Gift Bag £8.99* - 

How sweet is this large gift bag? Typically, we just put presents out but I think this year I'm going to defo put them in year and give them out because it is the perfect thing to round up everything on christmas day.

The Christmas Boutique offer such a wide range of Christmas Decorations and are all able to buy online with various delivery options! If you like some of the stuff I have mentioned in this post, then make sure you check out the website for even more goodies and the selection of things they have to offer. This time of year I think is the best time to start buying because there is so much more to get, then leaving it to last minute. 

*this post contains pr samples, all opinions expressed are my own*

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100 Years of Glamour|Max Factor

Last week I attended a very glamour screening of 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' courtesy of Max Factor at the Every Man Cinema in Leeds! When the invite popped in my inbox, I was super excited and a little startled that I had even been considered to come! I look my friend Aimee along as my plus one because she is just a big of a fan of the film as I am. 

Before went to the screening we went for a bite to eat at the resturant downstairs and then at around 6 ish made our way up to the private room. Inside we greeted to drinks, finger food and makeovers. They had there amazing Max Factor makeup artists there doing different looks on everyone and might I say they were doing a fab job! After a quick little photosesh in front of the huge display we made our way into the screening room.

I have never been to the Everyman cinema in the trinity and no matter how many times I have gone shopping there - going to the cinema is something I haven't done. It isn't like any ordinary cinema its special, comfy and luxurious. They had sofa's instead of chairs, little stools next to you for your food and drink and you are allowed to take PIZZA INSIDE!! I was mind blown and can't stop talking about the place, it was truly amazing. 

Upon arrival in the screening room, we were greeted to a goodybag from Max Factor on our chairs. Each one had the latest issue of Marie Claire and Instyle Magazine, A bottle of water, popcorn, sweets and some makeup goodies which i have fallen in love with and will be blogging about soon! 

It was an evening full of sprarkle, glamour and fun and I would like to say a big thank you to Max Factor for inviting me I had an amazing evening! 

Find out more about the cinema here. 

 

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A Visit to Specsavers in Leeds...Part 2| The Glasses

If you missed my previous post about visiting specsavers in Leeds, then be sure to read it here. In this post I will be showing you my fancy new pairs of glasses and how they have been doing over the past few weeks of me road testing them. Under Specasvers 2 for 1 offer I managed to get two beautiful pairs, one for everyday and then one for the evening time to change things up a little along with having really super thin lenses that Specsavers provide which is great for people like me with really bad lenses. 

The Hilfiger frame is a plastic based frame and the other is metal, both of these frames are something that I have never tried before. I have always been a girl to go for the black frames and they are square shaped never on earth did I think that the rounder framed glasses would suit me but something about these two pairs and the lovely help of Julia from the store made me fall in love with them. 

The Everyday Pair - These are plastic so I feel very scared about breaking them, but they are amazing and feel so light on my face. I love the shape of them and the colour as they look so bright against my dark hair colour. 

A Visit to Specsavers in Leeds

This pair is also purple (i like the colour purple, can you tell?) but these are metal not plastic and even though these are the wider frame size they are ever so slightly cat eyed in the corners if you can see. These make them so chic and perfect for the evening because they add an edge, in the picture above in the red dress was taken during diwali and I received so many lovely comments about how much they suited me and that's the best thing. 

Wearing glasses can be a pain and sometimes can be embarrassing for some, but you have to wear them with style and you have to rock them so hard that everyone looks at you and can see that even though you wear glasses you aren't hiding behind them. Getting compliments about the frame that you are wearing is the best feeling in the world and I get all fuzzy inside because my glasses are what makes me who i am and i like that people are noticing them. 

Hope you enjoyed this post and look out for more posts in the future about glasses!

*post in collaboration with specsavers, all opinions are my own*

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2 Years On| 10 Things I've Learnt From Blogging

Its been exactly two years now since classandglitter made its debut, and my oh my how quickly these years have gone! I love every single thing about blogging and wouldn't change it for the world, thank you to every single one of you for reading and following me and here's to another 2 years! Today, I am talking about some things I have learnt about blogging over the years..

1. Write what YOU like
Never feel as thought you are obliged to write what other people write and always write what you want and you like. The YOU in this point has always been important to me and if I'm not happy with something then I won't talk about it or if I don't feel happy writing the post then I don't carry on writing it!

2. Stay TRUE
This kind of goes with the point above, but being truthful in whatever you write is the most important thing. People don't want to read something that isn't true to who you are, being honest in your posts makes it much more easier to understand where you are coming from.

3. Blogging Inspiration comes and goes
Being stuck in a rut when it comes to blogging is normal and its not a bad thing if you don't post one week because the people who read your blog would rather read something that you've put loads of effort in rather than something short and unnecessary. 

4. You don't have to have lots of money to be a blogger
This is something I have touched on before, but if you can't afford to buy all the latest releases then there is no problem! You can still blog on a budget and talk about the things that you can afford, look at more blog - its more drugstore than high end because that's my budget.

5. There's no right or wrong way
Blogging is everyone's learning curve and no where on the internet does it tell you how to do blogging correctly because each person is unique and the way you write and talk is personal to you and that is what makes it more interesting to read. 

6. Take a break and take care
You don't want to stress yourself out about your blog, because to you and me it is meant to be a relaxing thing and something that we enjoy and getting stressed about it won't help you because then there isn't any fun in it.
7.  Pictures say a thousand words
Even though, the words you write in a blog post are important the pictures you put on your posts are just as important. The picture you have at the start of the post is what draws people in and that is what sets the scene. I take so much take in taking my pictures and make sure that I take a little extra time editing them and selecting the ones that I love more.
8. Learn and Improve
There are so many things I still don't know how to do and that's okay, I can still enjoy myself with the things I do know how to do. Blogging is a learning curve for us all and I learn everyday about the complicated things like SEO and my design and edit things. We learn from our mistakes so make an attempt and then try and try again.
9. Imperfections are Perfections
If you have an ugly spot on your face one day then it doesn't matter, if you're having a messy hair day then who cares..if you've forgotten to wipe the lipstick off you're teeth then its okay! There is no need to put on loads of makeup and cover yourself up, sometimes its okay to look messy!
10. Don't think about everyone else
Your blog is about you and you are the editor, manager and creator. You need to think about yourself and what you enjoy not what everyone on the outside thinks because at the end of the day they come and go but you have to stay.

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