Forks and Brushes

Period included: 25 Dec 2013 - 29 Dec 2013

A very merry Christmas from 5000 miles away!! I hope you are all eating too much already and opened all the presents on your wish lists!

It is Blogmas Day 24!! Christmas Eve!! When I first thought about doing Blogmas, it seemed such a challenging idea and I was thinking "will I be able to do it?" Coming up with a topic daily and actually getting down to do it are very different. But here we are!! The end is in sight! My last blogmas post will be tomorrow on Christmas Day.

Image capped from Showtime, USA Another TV show blog post today. Homeland Season 3 finale was aired on UK Channel 4 last night.

Image from Channel 4/ 4 on Demand website Last night after finished watching Strictly Come Dancing on BBC1 (Did you watch too? I am such a big fan of the show!!), I wasn't quite ready to go to bed yet, and I suddenly remembered that I haven't yet caught up with the Derren Brown: The Specialist show on Channel 4, which was aired on Friday, but I missed it because I went to the Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park (which was brilliant! You can catch my blog post here ).

Last night Scott and I went to Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park. As Scott put it, going to Winter Wonderland has become our Xmas tradition. No, it is not London Eye.

It is Blogmas Day 20! Not long now til Xmas! Yay! That also means there aren't that many days left to get your Xmas shopping sorted! I have a last minute gift idea for book lovers! Well, yes, I know, it is a bit random...

As we are deeper into the winter, indoor heating is up, our skin getting drier. I have been trying out two famous night facial oils at the moment. They both get high praise from beauty bloggers, but before I tried them, I always wonder which one should I get or is it worth to get both?

*SPOILER ALERT* If you are waiting for your Birchbox and want to keep the surprise til then, please look away NOW ( only showing the box cover as a teaser, hee hee.. ). Otherwise, please read on.... I have subscribed to Birchbox for a few months now.  I don't normally blog about my box because I can never decide when is a good time to reveal my box. Too early, it will ruin the surprises to other people; too late, the post becomes not relevant anymore. However, since it is Blogmas and I basically document about my December life ( well, mainly my purchases ), so I am doing this quick post as I just received my box yesterday.

Excuse my very short nails and my dry fourth finger (Nothing seems to be working on my dry cuticles at the moment, arrrgh!) The polish is very reflective to light If you don't wear sparkly nails in Xmas, then when? Recently, I have been loving the Maybelline Color Show Brocades in Knitted Gold.

When everyone's eye is on Too Faced: A Few of My Favourite Things palette (post here ), I spotted this little box sitting at the corner - Too Faced All I Want for Christmas gift set, exclusive pattern designed by Celebrity Decorator Mary McDonald.

This is it! The Urban Decay Naked 3 Palette is finally upon us... I have Naked 1 and Naked 2, so Naked 3 is a must to continue my collection.

If you have been reading a couple of beauty blogs, or any beauty blogs in the past few weeks, you won't miss this beautiful palette - Too Faced: A Few of My Favourite Things palette.

The ultimate luxury eye palette for daily neutral eyes has to be Chanel’s Xmas Collection Eye Palette in Charming this year.

Today's post is about a little gadget that I came across by accident.

Despite I have a whole drawer of nail polishes, I still can't help myself when I saw this glittery box in Boots! It is the Capsule Colours Collection by Nails Inc. It is a Limited Edition set and exclusive to Boots. The set contains 8 Minis and a full size of their Gel Effect Top Coat.

I couldn't believe it when Rachel Phipps tweeted me to say "Congratulations Georgina! You are the winner of my Rick Stein Live giveaway ! Please email me." I remembered I was crossing a busy road while glancing my down my phone ( I know, I should never do that again ), I was stunned and almost stopped in the middle of the road!

Blogmas Day 9, it's Monday. A fresh start to the working week... boo.. I work in an office, a law firm, it is a real office. Never-ending paperwork, never-ending phone calls... It could be so depressed. I keep a small bunch of essentials by my computer to help me getting through the days.

With the stress that I have been feeling lately (Check out yesterday's post about my favourite on-the-go Stress Relief Aid ), falling asleep has becoming a problem too. It takes me a long time to fall asleep, and I would wake up in the middle of the night as well. So I have been looking for products that would help my bedtime routine.

I am a huge shower gel fan, so I always look for new shower gel to try out. In the world of Lush, apart from bath bombs, they have some amazing gels too! My favourite of in the bunch are Grass and Rose Jam.

Blogmas Day 6! And it is friday!! Yay!!! I have been quite stressed lately... stressful at work, competing and battling on the trains... (why there seem to be so many more people everywhere recently?!) So I have been looking for some on-the-go stress relief solution to keep me calm whenever I needed. Here are my two current favourites:

The rumour IS TRUE! Dior Cream de Rose Lip Balm works magic! It is worth £20 for the decent size pot! For a long time, I was just like all the other beauty bloggers and YouTubers… I have all sorts of lip balms already, do I REALLY need another one? Yes, it's from Dior, but it is £20!! £20 for a lip balm? Really??

Last night I went to Kiehl's at Covent Garden to meet Lily Pebbles and Anna . They were hosting an evening at Kiehl's heaven, sharing their all time favourite Kiehl's products.

We are in December and the party season has officially started! All the work-do, friends gathering & girls night out must be filling up your diary thick and fast! With the amazing party dress and flawless makeup, you need some extra sparkles to brighten and lift the whole look. Today, I have three different textures of eye/body glitter to make sure you will sparkle in the parties!

Yesterday I went to visit the Harry Potter Studio, woo hoo! There is no better way to start off December in Hogwarts with Harry Potter! I am a huge fan of the books (I went queuing up at midnight for the release!!), and I do love the movies too!

My current favourite accent nail combo is Rimmel Salon Pro by Kate in Rhythm & Blues ( Boots £4.49) and Essie's Winter Limited Edition in Stroke of Brilliance ( Boots £7.99).