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I don't know about you guys, but I love having an advent calendar during December as it makes me feel festive. Also, they make your morning so much more exciting, since you can open one of the doors and receive a gift. Usually, I get the chocolate calendars, but this year I decided to change it up a little and buy a beauty one. The one I got was the Tanya burr released, along with her new makeup range.

Tanya Burr Cosmetics 12 Days Of Christmas Beauty calendar- £15 from Superdrug!

Since this only has 12 days out of the month, I decided to open one every other day. I got mine from Superdrug as it was the cheapest place I could find it! The calendar comes with full sized products and eye shadows that can only be purchased within this calendar, meaning it’s great value for money! Another thing I love about it is the packaging! 

But on the flip side, I found it hard to get some of the products out and after I opened one door, they all started to open slightly.

Anyway, think this is a great bargain and I hope she brings out another one next year! 

Overall rating (out of five): ☆☆☆☆☆

Thankyou for reading my long review on this beauty advent calendar. I hope you enjoyed reading and please let me know if you have it as well!

Hello! As it's almost Christmas, I thought I would do show you a couple of DIY treats! These are very easy to make so they won't be very time consuming. I hope you enjoy, and feel free to make your own:)

These cute Candy Cane Hearts are one of my favorite simple Christmas treats. They’re a perfect addition to a plate of Christmas cookies and they are so simple.

Ingredients

•A box of mini candy canes-Try to get the ones with a dull finish (not the shiny ones) as the shiny ones tend to get really sticky after a couple of days!

•White and milk Chocolate

•Sprinkles

•A baking sheet

Directions

1.  Place waxed paper or a baking sheet.

2.  Lay two mini candy canes next to each other, creating a heart.  Continue filling the baking sheet with heart shapes.

3.  Melt the white and semi-sweet chocolates (in separate bowls), using short intervals in the microwave, or in a double boiler.

4.  When the chocolate are melted, pour into a piping bag or thicker ziplock type bag. Cut off a tiny tip from the bag, and begin filling in the heart shapes with chocolate. Personally I don't mix the flavour of chocolate together, I put the milk chocolate in one and the white in the other.

5.  After adding your chocolate to the hearts, top with sprinkles of your choice.

6.  Set the baking sheet (of chocolate filled hearts) in a cool place while the chocolate cools. Once cool, remove hearts from baking sheet and store in an airtight container.

These Santa strawberries are almost to cute to eat! They are simple, super festive, and look great on any Christmas treat plate. 

Ingredients

•Strawberries (bare in mind the one strawberry makes one Santa)

•1 cup whipped cream

•A handful of chocolate sprinkles

Directions

1.Using a pairing knife, slice the leafy end off each strawberry so they stand up evenly. Then slice the tip off to make a little hat.

2.Using a spoon or a large icing tip, place a large dollop of whipped cream on top of the strawberry base. 

3.Plop the little hat on top. Then add another small amount of whipped cream to the tip of the hat to make a pom-pom.

4.Place two chocolate sprinkles in the Santas "face" (the first layer of whipped cream) to make the eyes. 

5.Using a toothpick, place two very small splotches of whipped cream down the front of the strawberry for buttons. 

6.After you have finished making them, store them in a fridge to keep them cold or eat them!

I hope you enjoyed reading these two recipes. Please comment if you want more diy treats!

 

Hello! Today I thought I would do a haul for you guys as I've never done one on here and I've recently got a few new things.

I went shopping a few days ago and of course, I had to pop into lush. So, I picked up some shower jellies as I've never bought them before. Stupidly, I didn't smell the Santa belly one and now I hate it! It is red and has little stars inside. As for the other one, it is plain blue and smells very fresh and minty.

In my last blog, I did a review on this! It is part of their festive range and I love it! My one is in a medium jar, but you can get other sizes. 

This is a trio that Tanya burr released. Inside it has a nail polish, lip gloss and nail file. I have not tried them out yet, but I know that the nail polish is in the shade cookie cutter, the lip glosses in sugar and spice and lastly, the nail file is gold with white stars. 

A few blogs ago, I did a review on the snow fairy shower gel (from lush). The comforter smells exactly the same as one of their bubble bars! The cypress oil, cassis absolute and bergamot oil create an uplifting and reassuring fragrance. Personally I prefer this scent to the snow fairy one. I can't really explain what this smells like, but it is defiantly amazing! As with all the lush shower gels, it makes my skin feel smooth.

Yet again, another lush product, but this I have lip scrubs. I currently have all of them. The ones I've recently got was the Santa's and mint julips! The Santa one, is part of their Christmas range. It is a red with little hearts inside and it smells of Coke, which is a bonus! The mint julips smells like mint. Also it is a similar colour to the popcorn lip scrub.

Finally I got the Tanya burr manicure set! It has a good sparkly case with nail scissors, two files, clippers and this other thing, which I'm not sure what it is. As much as I love this, i will say I find it awkward to open and close.

Thankyou if you are reading this! I know the description were very long but I hope you liked reading it! 

~pastelprincessxoxxo

The one I got was cranberry ice (as you can probably tell by the title!) 

To start off with this is a dark red colour (like cranberries!) My one is in the medium size but their are a variety of sizes. Anyway, I believe it is part of their Christmas range and it smells amazing! This is my first Yankee candle I have owned, but I will be definitely buying more! It will burn up to 65-90 hours, so you get a lot of use out of it. I just looked up on their website, and im not sure how much it costs, however, you definitely get a lot out of it. Personally I love this festive scent. To me, it smells like frosty red berries with a bit of sweetness! 

I hope you enjoyed reading my long review of this candle! In the future, I will buy the snowflake cookie and Christmas Eve Yankee candles! Also, they don't just do them in jar candles, they can form as samplers, wax tarts, car and home fragrances and tea lights!

~pastelprincessxoxxo

Take your holiday season from CRISIS to CHRISTMAS with these easy tips and tricks.

Be sure to layer the tinsel on the inner branches to fill out the tree.

This is a cheap alternative to buying decorations. All you have to do is put three coats of nail varnish over it. Also it will last for years!

Use double sided tape to add a professional look.

All you need is a hot glue gun! Just find a window and use the glue gun to draw a snowflake. The good thing about this is that after Christmas you can peel it off.

This helps them from not getting lost, so the next year your wont have to buy more!

It will make them last longer.

Just spray fake snow on it! But bare in mind will look different in different coloured trees!

I know that this blog wasn't very long but I hope you enjoyed and found it useful x

~Pastelprincessxoxxo