Buff stuff!

So a few days ago I was given my first 'freebie' to test out as a blogger!

At the Vintage Fair on Sunday, preparing to write a blog post for Winchester Fashion Week, I was just having a lovely talk with Ellie LaCrosse of Betty Buff about her fun wig (from Aspire Hair), her association with RAFT and the photo shoot she recently did for advertising with busy bee photographer Carl Pendle, when she offered a whole tub of candyfloss body scrub!

Of course, I leapt at the chance (who could resist?) and am so glad that I tried this product!

It is quite rough when you are first using it, but once it is washed off, your skin is super-smooth and soft. One of the main benefits though is that it doesn't dry out your skin, so it is great for sensitive skin prone to dryness.

The smell isn't half bad either! It took me back to eating pink candyfloss at fairs in childhood, and who didn't love that? However, the other flavours that Ellie had at the Vintage Fair were also pretty mouthwatering... (And with all-natural ingredients, it's almost good enough to eat!)

So with super-soft skin, a beautiful new leather bag and scarf, plus Monday's impulse purchase of a rocky leather jacket, I feel like a whole new person!

Time for a catch-up

It has been far too long since I last did a post, so I have a few things to catch you up on!

First of all, I took a trip to the Greek island of Evia, on a walking holiday with my parents. It was amazing! A welcome week of sunshine (and lots of high winds too), amazing food and meeting new people. We walked to some amazing places, including a totally secluded valley, a gorge, the ancient roman marble quarry (with columns still there), a winery and lots of challenging and beautiful mountains! One of the many local foods that I tried was Evian honey, which with Greek style yoghurt is my new favourite breakfast. However, I was not such a fan of Ouzo! But the trip was fantastic, never to be forgotten, and I would wholeheartedly recommend a holiday with Exodus who organised it down to the tiniest detail! You barely had to make any decisions, so despite being active every day, I was able to totally switch off.

This break from reality was sorely needed as the following 3 weeks were my last ever at university, full of finishing assignments, doing my final assessments and, of course, celebrating with my friends.

The final celebration was a spur of the moment trip to Amsterdam with Claire. We went for 3 nights (4 days) staying in a basic hotel in the heart of the city (and also basically in the red light district...) and packed in as much as we possibly could! We went to Madame Toussaud's, Anne Frank's house, the Rijksmuseum, the Sex museum, the Van Gogh museum, hired bicycles for a day, on a coach trip to see villages, windmills, cheese and clog making and, of course, shopping! And once again, there was lots of amazing food right on the doorstep of the hotel.

In other news, Winchester Fashion Week is finally under way! After so much build up, I am very much looking forward to the events.

Yesterday I helped at the Brooks Fashion show which was good fun, and today I ventured back to the Vintage Fair and was once again entrapped by the amazing things! I bought a leather bag and a lovely soft patterned scarf! (Even after having told myself that I would not succumb...)

 I was also sorely tempted by this black beaded cocktail dress...

and this set of tea cups and saucers.

I also got to talk to a lot of the store holders in preparation for writing a blogpost about the event for the Winchester Fashion Week blog, including Ellie LaCrosse, owner of sensitive skincare range Betty Buff. After a lovely chat, she offered me a (large) sample pot of Sugar Scrub to try out and review, which I shall be doing later today, so keep an eye out for that post!

I was pleased to see lots of new stalls at the event, like Dolly Anna Does and The Cherry Closet, as well as some of my old favourites including Little Old Me, Classic Vault, Little Treasures and Winchester's very own Charming Magpies. There were also some slightly different stalls like Deborah Dalton's handmade millinery and Vintage in Print which had mounted prints of fashion photography and vintage Vogue covers.

So as you may guess, I am totally shopped out! Oh, wait, I'm going shopping in Southampton tomorrow... is this the definition of shopaholic?!