May 2014 | Isobel Rose

The Glow-Getters

Saturday, May 31, 2014

Maybe my skin is still trying to recover from winter, perhaps it's Madrid's drier climate, but my skin is looking incredibly dull and lack-lustre as of late. I'm not one to normally notice something like this (despite being a skincare fanatic) so my skin must be pretty damn shocking for me to be this concerned about it. It's so dull that I have been having to use a combination of the above to...

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Hay fever Helpers

Thursday, May 29, 2014

Just as we have recovered from those nasty, winter-long colds, the sniffles return to remind us that Spring has arrived. If you don't suffer from hay fever, then you're one lucky duck, as the rest of us never seem to get a break from the coughing and sneezing that seems to be year-long. I, for one, suffer terribly from hay fever - I actually dread the arrival of warmer weather and blooming flowers...

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Twenty-one

Tuesday, May 27, 2014

May seems to be a month bursting with blogger birthdays - Jen from Jennypurr, Rebecca from From Roses and Caitlin from Juxta Rose to name a few... (Happy Birthday girls if you're reading!) so I thought it was about time to throw my own birthday post into the mix. Twenty one years ago, on the 27th May 1993, little ol' me popped out kicking and screaming (with an already atrociously messy hair-do...

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What I've Been Loving #23

Sunday, May 25, 2014

The Body Shop Camomile Sumptuous Cleansing Butter (£12): I bought this a while back - and although I was really excited about it - I never got around to giving it a proper test due to the million other cleansers I have in my possession (hello spending ban!) I love this - there isn't really much else to say. It's the silkiest, most luxurious cleanser I've ever used and it will be going on my repurchase...

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The good'uns.

Friday, May 23, 2014

Welcome to the ultimate #ff, a post dedicated to some of my favourite blogging babes out there at the moment. I think that I must have a real thing for monochrome themed blogs as all of my favourites seem to share that common theme! I guess I just like clean, professional looking blogs (not to say that a colourful blog can't be professional looking..) I guess it's just my aesthetic!...

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My Trip to Seville!

Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Hey guys,So, you may remember a few weeks back I posted about what beauty bits I was taking on a trip to Seville with me. Well, if you didn't know, I've actually got a travel blog (which you can find here) that I started in order to document my year abroad, and I've just finished posting about my trip to Seville. I'm pretty snap happy, so I managed to take over 500 photos in 3 days, so...

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The copycat? MAKEUP REVOLUTION

Monday, May 19, 2014

Picture courtesy of the lovely Shannon over at www.raspberrykiss.co.uk Living abroad at the moment, I obviously haven't had the chance to pick up any of Makeup Revolution's products for myself, but I feel like I can make a pretty fair judgement based on the monumental amount of posts I've seen online about the brand. I'm all for offering a more affordable version of a cult product for those...

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Face of the day #2

Saturday, May 17, 2014

Hey lovelies! So the other day I decided that I was sick of not getting out, and therefore, not wearing any makeup - university work hibernation was to blame - so I got up, whacked on some slap and headed downtown. I didn't get up to anything exciting apart from popping into H&M to pick up a sports bra or two - too much information? - but it was so nice to feel the sun on my skin and, well,...

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The Beauty Ban.

Thursday, May 15, 2014

It's finally happened, I've hit rock bottom. I have finally realised that it's all too much - I have too much. I used to look back at spending ban posts and wonder why people ever did them - surely they couldn't have that much? Yes. Yes they could. And now my time has come. Moving around had made it that much more obvious. I can't keep using up half of my baggage allowance on stuff I simply don't...

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Down, but not out.

Tuesday, May 13, 2014

So, you're feeling a little down? Lacking motivation, stressed, or just plain fed up? I feel you, I have far to many days like that for my liking. Having (more or less) overcome fairly severe depression in my teenage years, and still suffering from the occasional violent pang of crippling anxiety, I have a pretty good idea about how it feels to be down. However, through that curse came a blessing...

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What I've been loving #22

Sunday, May 11, 2014

Bumble and Bumble Grooming Creme: Now this is a very recent purchase, so I can't comment too much on it - but so far so good. As a brand, Bumble and Bumble has always overwhelmed me, and I've never known what to try, but after a bit of careful research and a quick eeny, meeny, miny, moe, I settled on their Grooming Creme. This is supposed to give you a polished look without even trying - which is...

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The Battle of the Detangling Brushes

Friday, May 9, 2014

Enter the answer to every girl's problems - the specially designed detangling brush that has entered the market in the last few years, and has yet to show any signs of slowing down. First we were introduced to the Tangle Teezer, a revolutionary new tool that promised to sort out even the wildest locks in a matter of minutes. Then, I stumbled across a competitor - the The Michel Mercier...

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Remembering my adventure...

Wednesday, May 7, 2014

Back in November when I was still living in Russia, I wrote this post about the scrapbooking I had been doing to keep my memories all stored up in one little book. As you can clearly see from the photos above, I haven't been quite as good with sticking things in and writing things down, but I have still made a huge effort to keep all the little bits and bobs that you manage to collect whilst travelling....

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Is it just me?

Monday, May 5, 2014

In the beauty community, everyone and their mother seem to harp on about how eyelash curlers are such a staple in their beauty regime, and how they simply could not live without them. Well, I seem to be in the incredibly small minority of people who simply cannot understand what everyone seems to get so excited about! I've tried my fair share - I mean, which beauty enthusiast hasn't? - but I just...

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Think Pink

Saturday, May 3, 2014

Before we begin, please excuse the lions mane that I appear to be sporting in these pictures - I need a trip to the hairdressers plus a deep conditioning mask, stat. 'Fro aside, let's take a look at what I'm actually supposed to be talking about - two of my favourite new additions and the perfect spring look they combine to make. Yeah baby, I'm talking matchy-matchy. Pink lips and cheeks?...

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Be original, they say.

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Blogging is a tricky business. Everyday, more and more blogs are created, adding to an already over-saturated and overflowing market, making it even harder for us bloggers to get recognised. We're told that originality is key, but it is becoming increasingly difficult to come up with original ideas, especially in such a new type of media where copyright hasn't quite been established. So,...

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