Essie Nail Polish - Watermelon £7.99

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Soap & Glory - Mist You Madly

In January, especially in Scotland, it is hard to survive the winter months without your hands turning into well, what I would imagine the hands of a crocodile to feel like. Everybody should give their hands some extra TLC in the winter time - we forget how much battering our hands go through on a daily basis! The following products are my favourite hand care products all year round but especially for the winter months.

Hand Care: Cowshed Cow Pat Hand Cream

Cowshed £8

Although the name is some what off putting... The Cowshed, Cow Pat hand cream is incredible! In comparison to popular favourites like The Soap and Glory Hand Food and The Body Shop's Hand cream range, The Cowshed nourishes your hands and really heals them. The other hand creams show instant relief from dry hands however, you will find your hands are thirsty for more cream within hours where as the Cowshed cream satisfies your hands completely for the entire day, or longer! I hope more beauty bloggers soon catch on too how great this product is and help to spread the word! This is the smaller size 50ml tube as I like to transport it around in my handbag for hand thirsty emergencies!
Find it here

If you are interested in what key pieces you will need to create an on-trend Spring / Summer 2014 wardrobe, then keep reading! I have translated the luxury brand trends to every day street-style fashion. I mean, I could show you fabulous dresses like the Jean Paul Gaultier butterfly dress to the left, but personally I wouldn't walk around the centre of Glasgow like that! So please see below for some street style images.

I have been searching my entire make-up loving life to find a make-up remover that doesn't sting my eyes and cause them to be red and irritated, and now I have found one!

The Skin perfection 3 in 1 purifying Micellar Solution claims to:
1. Dissolve make-up
2. Unclog pores and remove impurities
3. Tone and sooth skin.

Firstly, the product feels like water. Who wouldn't want to remove make-up with something that feels as pure and as clean as water! Because of this it feels cooling and purifying whilst removing all of your make-up.

D.I.Y Bow Ring 
What you will need:
1. Thin wire in any colour
2. Scissors

I used a make-up brush to represent the shape of the finger.

Firstly: cut the wire to about 20cm - (the longer the wire the bigger the bow) and place the make-up brush or equivalent in the centre of the wire. Wrap the left side over the top and the same with the right side to form the ring itself.
Next: Take the remaining wire on the right hand size and make a loop, bringing the wire downwards. Do the same with the left hand side.
Lastly: Curl the edges up and cut off the excess wire.

Winter is my favourite time of year as it is both my birthday and Christmas!

Fairy Lights

As my friends are spending Halloween at my flat this year, I thought that I should decorate my flat to make it look as seasonal as possible. These glitter pumpkins are so easy to make and look nice on the centrepiece of a table with tea light candles or used to decorate the top of a fireplace.

Make-up look Vougue.com Blazer - Topshop £65 Crop Jumper - Topshop £34 Ciggerette Trousers - Topshop £42 Handbag - Topshop £40 Heels - Topshop £48

From 12pm last night I refreshed my online banking every ten minutes anticipating my student loan arriving - unfortunately it never came... As I had been preparing for my (what feels like free money)/loan to arrive, I was very disappointed when I found out that there had been a problem with it. So of course, as a shopaholic I spent the afternoon in denial looking around the shops in the city centre! AND this is what I found...

Forget spring cleaning - September is the best month to organise and start fresh. September is the month when the winter clothes make their way onto the wooden hangers in a wardrobe and the summer clothes unwillingly head into boxes under the bed.

NEXT Mirror - £125 Twig Heart - £24 Rose and Magnolia candle - £8 Duvet set - £45 - £75 Cushions from left to right - £16, £12, £16 IKEA Chest of Drawers - £100 The White Company 3 x Vase - £30 Painting from my Great Granny's beautiful and inspiring collection - Jean Shaw.

Over the past few months I have accumulated a number of favourite beauty, fashion and random products to share with you but these three products are at the top of my list. I have been using these things all summer but I think that they will be especially useful for the upcoming winter months! I will do a separate post with my fashion favourites as I have so many of those.