My Trip to Madrid

On the 6th July me and my boyfriend headed to Madrid for a 4 day city break, i thought i would share a bit about what we did and a few photographs of our holiday, i hope you enjoy!

Day 1

We had only arrived in Madrid at 3 o'clock due to being delayed 2 hours and by this point we were very sleepy after having no sleep and having a 7 hour coach journey from Liverpool to London. So when we arrived we explored the hotel and the local area. Our hotel was situated on the Gran Via, one of Madrid's largest shopping streets and to be honest it really reminded me of Oxford Street so its safe to say i spent alot of time here!

The View of the Gran Via, Madrid from our hotel room. 

The roof top bar in our hotel.

The view from the top of our hotel 

Day 2

This day we went to one of Madrid shopping centres in the morning, the had all the usual shops but we went at such a good time of the year because all the sales were on so i picked up a few bits from Zara, Pull and Bear and Starvidansds. I may do a haul let me know if youd like that. 

Later that day we decided to visit Retiro Park Madrid's most well known park, its known for its beautiful gardens and big lake were you can hire out boats which we most definitely did and it was lots of fun, heres some photos of the park!

Day 3

This was our last full day in Madrid before heading off tomorrow afternoon and we got lost, this whole trip we had used the metros and today we did the same we researched before we left how to get to the largest shopping centre in Madrid that had indoor skiing and mini golf only to be told when we got there that we were miles away so we decided to go and look at the Santiago Bernabeau stadium, which is where Real Madrid play. 

Then later we stopped of for a drink, were i got a strawberry slush (my favoruite thing in the entire world) and it was just as good as it looks! 

Finally here is two photos of me and my boyfriend whilst we were in Madrid, i don't think I've ever put up a photo of us two on my blog, so for those of you who don't follow me on my social media, this will be the first! 

 Have you been away recently or have any holiday planned? 

Blog Sale...

Thought id put up a few things i have for sale, trying to get rid of a few things and clear out my wardrobe i want to have a minimalistic wardrobe of all my favourite clothes.
So if you are interested in anything then comment below or tweet me! I haven't put prices as most things id accept any offers. 

H&M Size 5

Aldo: Size 4 Brand new

Fujifilm Bridge Camera

Skort: Small

Skirt: Newlook Size 6 RRP £50

Brand new Bag

Brand new dress size small

Clinque Mascara (Mini)

Infallible Foundation: Vanilla swatched once 

China Glaze and Essie Nail Varnish Brand New

Accessories Eye Shadow pallete 

Nails Inc, ORLY, Barry M Nail polish all brand new 

Ciate Nail polish all brand new 

Boohoo size small dress Brand new with tags 

Size small dress Brand new 

H&M Boots Size 5 

Clinque Chubby Stick Lavish Lilac 

Haul Time Again...

Bag: Florelli £16

Shoes: Dorothy Perkins £12

Hair Ties: Primark £1.50

Bath Bomb: Lush (Dragons Egg)

Bath Bomb: Lush (the comforter)

Olay Moisturiser: Tesco

Books: Tesco £3.50 each

Heres another haul again, all these items were bargains in my opinion and i love all my little purchases, i hope you enjoy having a little nosey!

What have you been loving this month?

Haul Time...

Blanket: Primark Cushion(left): Primark Cushion(middle): Primark Cushion(right): Ebay

Sandals: Newlook

Lipbalm: Happy Jackson

Travel Bottles: Primark

Makeup Sponge: Primark

Makeup Bag: Forever21 

I haven't done a blog post in ages due to uni exams, so i thought id start again with one of my favourite type of posts a haul! I hope you like this post and i will be posting alot more frequently from now on. 

Have you bought anything nice recently?

Helena x

Gumbies Flip Flops

I was very kindly sent these flip flops by Gumbies, for those of you who don't know Gumbies are a online footwear store available in the UK, Europe, USA and Australia who provide afforadble footwear for both Men, Women and also Children. Gumbies also sell a range of clothing in these departments too!

These flipflops are priced at £20 along with all the rest of the flipflops on this website, these flipflop comes in a range of colours and designs including: Pink, Green, Blue and Black. 

Personally i love the stripe design of these flipflops, with stripes being my favourite pattern these are definitely suited to me and i think that these will be perfect for the summer. One of the things i like about these flipflops is that they are fabric as i think they tend to keep your feet alot cooler than the rubber type material do and the cotton material is very soft on these shoes so adds more comfort to the shoe. Also these flipflops are incredibly comfortable because of the sole of the shoe is made from a rubber material making is softer when you walk. 

Overall i love my flipflops and would highly recommend them to anyone! 

You can find Gumbies at the following:

Website- Gumbies

Love Beauty Box

Love Me Beauty

For those of you who haven't already heard of this brand, this is a monthly beauty subscription box. I have seen a lot of subscription boxes around and always feel like there is too many to choose from so when i got a promotion code with my Boohoo order i thought why not give this a try at £20 for the three months, normally these boxes are £10 per month.
I only have good things to say about these boxes, first of all on the website you are asked to select a number of your preferences, such as skin type, hair type and favourite type of product etc.. You are then assigned a beauty expert accordingly who will suggest the products they see fit and give some advice. Also you are able to go to what is called the boutique and view all the products and select the products you wish. One thing that is defiantly a positive is the range of different products available to chose from every month and also that the products do change every month every now an again you may find the odd product crop up again but I've only ever seen this once. 
On to what i chose in the February box:  Mirabella Lipgloss, Organic Surge Face Mask, and two Nails Inc Nail Polishes, i have tried out each of these products but will do individual posts for these products but i have loved all the products so far and am really pleased with this box. Next month will be the end of my subscription but i think i will extend my subscription as i have been really pleased so far and i will definitely show you all what finds i get in my March box. 


Any recommendations of any monthly subscription boxes?

Elf Nail Polish

I was recently sent this product by the lovely people at Product Testing UK, this is a nail varnish by the cosmetic company, elf. For anyone that doesn't know elf is a cosmetic, accessories and tools company who have a wide range of amazing products so if you haven't before i do suggest you check them out because there prices are also amazing!
Id never ever tried out there nail polish previously so i was excited when i received this, i recived the colour Mint Cream which is such a cute colour especially for spring and summer. This nail varnish is priced at £2.50 each and for the price it is most definitely worth it, they have a wide range of colours and from my experience i would say that you only need one coat for this nail varnish which is amazing for a nail varnish this cheap and this nail varnish leaves a lovely glossy look to you're nails and last a couple of days which is in my opinion and experience a very good standard and i am very pleased with the product and will most definitely be purchasing again. 


You can find Product Testing at:
Twitter- Product Testing Uk
Website- Product Testing

Coloristiq Nail Varnish Rental

I was recently very kindly sent these three nail varnishes by coloristic. 
For those of you who don't know coloristiq is the UK's first online nail polish rental subscription service, with over 170 nail polishes. 
This is a very simple process, Coloristiq will send you 3 nail polishes where you are then able to use each polish 3 times and you then return these polishes within 30 days where you will then be sent you're next box of polishes, this subscription costs £14.49 per month including returns postage. Coloristiq have a range of brand including: Essie, OPI, China glaze and Morgan Taylor. Personally i think this is such a great idea because doesn't everyone get bored of there same old colours and i think this is a great unique idea for a subscription box.
I was sent three shades one by Essie called 'Warm and Toasty Turtleneck' and two by China Glaze, the red shade is called 'Tip Your Hat' and the clear shade is called 'Chillin With My Snow-mies'. I love all of these shades, normally i would of been drawn to the Essie shade because i tend to stick to these darker colours but in fact my favourite has to be the combination of both the China Glaze shades together i think it is such a cute combination.

What is you're favourite?


P.S You can get your first box for free just email info@coloristiq.com and they will do this for you!