What do you think about a sale?

What do you all think about me having a blog sale,or even regular blog sales?


In the sales I would mainly sell handmade items such as cards,bookmarks and babies booties.But also I have other items I could include such as DS lite cases,keyrings etc...(these items can be found in my sell or swap video on my youtube channel)


The cards would be various different designs and alot of the time two are never the same as I make up batches of cards with materials I have so don't tend to be able to produce more than one in exactly the same.If something proved popular I could however try to replicate the same design.Unique one off kinds are great though,no-one gets the same so makes the handmade part so much more personal too.Cards would vary in price from 50p-£1.50,bookmarks 25p and booties £3,other items such as DS cases would be around £2-£3.I have included a couple of pictures of sample cards and the prices below just to give you an idea.I don't have a picture of the booties at the minute(Silly me has wiped it off the computer and I don't have any more made up!) Will include one soon, or they are featured in my facts about me youtube video so you could look there. Postage is something I have not sorted completely as this is only in very early stages(Want to gauge opinions first!) I would say for cards around a £1 and that would be a flat rate for afew too if you wanted more than one,that would include postage and envelope costs.Other items around £1.50,depending on size,weight etc...I would always keep postage prices honest and never try to gain from them.If anyone would want anything from outside U.K I would have to calculate that as and when you contacted me with your interest in an item.


All payments would be done too by paypal and anyone who wishes to ask any questions or ask for something would need to leave me a comment or send me a message though here or via youtube (Any way you prefer!,I don't mind)



This Friend card would be 50p ! Bargain : )

Also all cards,bookmarks and booties come nicely packaged in cello bags and labelled as handmade.


This congratulations one would be £1 ! Bargain again : )

These book marks are 25p as they are made from paper folding,I do use a strong sort of picture paper so they do hold shape.I then personalise with a peel off.Most prob in orders I will give these away as a freebie too !!!!!

Let me know what you all think.Like I mentioned before alot of items are in my videos on youtube so take a look there.I also have a past card designs video there which shows alot of cards.If this idea proves popular I will of course list each item with prices, pictures etc......

Thanks so much and I look forward to hearing your opinion and please if you know anyone who would want anything like cards etc... point them in this direction,it would be very much appreciated!!!!

Take care all

Natalie x

Feeling Crafty?

Just a quick post as I have noticed that I have quite a lack of craft posts at the moment seeing as I say this blog is about craft and beauty ! So I thought I would let you all in on two of my most favourite craft websites that I always use for free printable materials.Crafting doesn't need to be expensive and you can get just as good backing papers,decoupage images etc...all for free from the Internet,how cool is that?????? : )


The first I use when I need some decoupage images for making my cards(Also please check out these and any other websites for copyright info if you are wanting to sell your cards) This site has a variety of different images and backing papers to match for all occasions and is run by a lovely lady called Audrey http://www.thelilacgardendecoupagesite.co.uk/


The next has so much on it for you to do.Everything from backing papers,scrapbook elements,envelopes,stationary,origami,pop up cards,ready done cards that you just print and fold to party supplies (hats,banners etc...that you just print and assemble from paper!)

The site is run by the electrical firm Canon,seemingly to coincide with there range of ink jet printers. www.canon.com/c-park/

Hope you all will take a look and hope these have inspired you to have a go at crafting too!

Goody Goody Gum Drops !

Just wanted to let you all in on my latest hair care find that actually seems to make a difference,Gum !


I have tried the Serum from this range in the past and have been pleased with it but never really thought that I must repurchase it.On looking in my local pound shop I came across this shampoo and conditioner and thought I would give it a go and am very pleased I did.

I was only commenting not so long a go on a youtube friends video about a shampoo and conditioner that she was reviewing.I told her that I can never find anything to wash my hair with that ever makes any difference to the last bottle of something I tried.Everything I can remember trying in the past always just does the job of washing my hair but never leaves it in any sort of condition that makes the hair feel that it's been washed.This however did just that as I felt immediately a difference in the the fact that it was so much softer and silky feeling,wet and dry.

The smell is absolutely divine as it smells of Tangerine,I must say that the conditioner does have more of a smell than the shampoo.I wash my hair late in the evening so I go to sleep with a lovely Tangerine smell and even when I wake up the scent is still there in my hair too.

I got the shampoo in a 250ml bottle and the conditioner in 150ml.(This is always said but why do companies make conditioner in so much smaller bottles as you always run out of it first and still have the shampoo so you have to repurchase,that may be the answer right there actually, I think we all know it,but it is still annoying! ) I got the Blue label colour which is for Frizzy Coarse hair as I have thick hair.The shampoo is called Daily Revitalising (I don't however wash my hair everyday) and the conditioner is called 2 Minute Makeover Intensive.I paid £1 per bottle so a very good bargain,looking on the website the products seem to normally retail for £3.99.The bottles I got may have made there way to the pound shop because they are from a different range they did,looking on the website they have a couple of ranges with different packaging to these.The new ranges seem to have products with the same sort of description so if you were to try these ones and couldn't get again in the pound shop you could repurchase directly from the website which is http://www.gumhair.com/

Really worth trying,so take a look in the pound shop and try it as it's definitely comparable to a more expensive brand.

In's and Out's

I have seen this on other peoples blogs so I am jumping on the bandwagon!

IN : -Getting used to my new haircut!
-Using "Gum" Shampoo and Conditioner
-Making wonderful friends through youtube
-Using my L'Oreal HIP Blush and Revlon colourstay Lipstick from my Friend Amanda
-Doing swaps

OUT : - Feeling cold
- Coming into contact with rude people on a daily basis at work
- Our cat being poorly : (
- Having lots of bad luck!
- Hospital appointments

My first swap with my great friend in the USA,Amanda !

This post is as the title suggests,all about a swap I did recently with a lady I have become such great friends with through youtube,Amanda.She is very similar to me in alot of ways as we seem to have the same taste in things we like to do and styles/colours of makeup.She does wonderful videos along the same lines as mine,so if you are interested in mine you will love hers! Go and take a look at her channel www.youtube.com/user/xoxoamandakisses to find videos on crafting,cooking,makeup,fashion and hauls(She loves those as she has a little thing for shopping!) etc... Also she has a blog www.amandaxoxokisses.blogspot.com

I thoroughly enjoyed every minute of our swap from the shopping to the wrapping and to the excitement of waiting for the package to arrive.We are definitely going to do another one and I have suggested next year now so I can make a start on everything as I have far too much makeup(Well by my standards anyway,probably not as much as others and certainly not as much as Amanda,go check out her makeup collection vids to see what I mean!) Hopefully I will be able to pick up some great things for her over the Christmas/New year sale period.

We both made videos of the things that we sent each other and they are on youtube for you all to see.I have pulled afew things out of the lots that she sent me to show on here but if you watch the videos you will see everything.


First of all is two rings,a big green square cut stone ring and a pearl cluster dangly ring,love them : )

Next is a gorgeous pair of earrings with blue cameo designs on them and cute ribbon bows and pearls.Also a great pen that looks like a lipstick! Never seen those anywhere here before and I asked Amanda to send me one as I had seen one in a previous swap video she did.

Next is a Maybelline Lash Stylist mascara.It is very unique as the wand is more of a plastic comb as in a traditional hair comb type of thing.You may not be able to see very well though in the picture I'm afraid! ( Oh the stress of cameras!)

Amanda sent me some brands that we don't get here in the U.K and this is one of them,Physicians Formula.This is a lovely cream eyeshadow set in Purple/Berry shades

These are something I asked Amanda for again and they are Dr Pepper lip balms! We get these soft drink flavoured ones over here now but more in a traditional stick shape and never Dr Pepper.I love Dr Pepper so asked if she could get me some as I know they are easy to get in the USA,I also asked for the can shape as they are so cute and I will definitely save the packaging after I am finished with the balm.

The next two things I have used every day since I got them.A L'Oreal HIP blendable blush cream and a Revlon colorstay lip duo.We can't get HIP here so I was excited to try something and this blush is great and I love the cream idea.The lipstick is wonderful too and something I have never tried.You put the darker coat on and that stays put all day(How often do you get that?) Once that is dried you put on the metallic gloss coat that you can reapply over the course of the day to change the tone of the lipstick.Amanda get me more PLEASE!!!!

Lastly out of the things I have shown is a really gorgeous Pink/Coral Revlon lipstick in the shade Silver City Pink.And the most lovely shade of Pink/Coral Wetshine lipgloss called Clearly Coral by Maybelline.

I love everything I received,so a big thank you goes out to the wonderful Amanda x

A New Series!! Nailpolish of the month

Welcome to a new monthly series! This is entitled Nail polish of the month (How ingenious! anyway it will do) This may sound silly explaining but here goes,each month I will be showcasing a nail polish that I am wearing and obviously liking the most that month,I will show you all the bottle and it actually on the nail.I know this is not the most exciting post to look at but some people may be interested so I thought I would go with it.

Septembers polish of the month is the Creation Lamis polish in (These have no names I'm afraid!) a lovely Matt light Grey.Having worn this a few times I would say this has a Blue/Purple tone to it as well as light Grey.In this picture I am wearing it over some plain stick on false nails,this is the first time I have worn polish on top of false nails and I love it! You seem to get a good lovely glossy even coverage over the base of the false nail.I wouldn't do this all the time as I don't like to always have nail glue on the nail as this may be damaging long term to the nail condition.I may be wrong but that's just my opinion.

These Creation Lamis polishes I have spoke about in videos before and I got them from my local market at the bargain price of 3 bottles for £1 !!!!! These are a Belgium brand and I have never seen them sold elsewhere.I have 9 various bottles from this make and they have become my favourite brand.Obviously they are not widely available so you may think why am I showing you,but don't worry I will feature polishes that are more well known in the future.I just have to include these as I think they deserve a mention and they are my true favourites.


If anyone has any ideas of a monthly series they would like to see me do please leave a comment or message via here or youtube(WellThatsNat) xxx

Meeting a friend!

This week during a lovely week off work!my Husband and I went to meet a friend of mine at Meadowhall shopping centre in Sheffield.We live quite away from each other so we sort of meet in a place in the middle,which is just about here! We have met her here before so we know what it is like,for those of you that have not been I will tell you a little about it,I'll try not to make it too long winded!

Meadowhall is a shopping centre that sits on it's own outside the centre of town.To check out more whats there take a look at there website http://www.meadowhall.co.uk/ to give you an idea it has alot of big name shops including LUSH,Debenhams,Boots,W.H.Smith,Radley,Bench,Crocs and Primark to name a few.It is mainly more high end shops I would say which may appeal to some and may be a turn off for people too.I would say I prefer more of a balance as I do love a bargain(There was a pound shop though,years ago though when I visited they didn't even have that!)
A good plus to the centre is that they do have free parking which is always great for shopping trips.There is also a large central area called the Oasis Foodcourt where it is a mass of tables circled with food outlets on two floors.These are mainly high end prices again but there is a MacDonalds at least (My choice every time!) Also there is a large cinema too if you wanted to make a longer day of your trip and do something else besides shopping.
I would say though that I find it easy to get lost in there,maybe because I have not been too often but I think it is mainly to do with the decoration.Nothing stand out in there,no focal points really,so to me one end looks very much the same as the other and although the list of shops sounds alot you find yourself covering the same ground alot,well in my opinion anyway! All in all an O.K place to go,but as it is quite away from me I wouldn't really go unless I was meeting my friend as it is nothing special but if you are looking for a change and you live not too far away,give it a go,you just might like it.

Now for what I brought (Only got a couple of bits,I was really good!)

Firstly is LUSH,I got some more of the toner water to try.Currently I use the Eau Roma one,but I do get blemishes so decided to try the Tea Tree one and see if it helps more.The prices of alot of things in LUSH have now gone up so this is now £3.10 for 100g.I also got a sample of Whoosh Shower Jelly.

Next I brought a cardigan from Primark in Navy.I would have got more there but this was the only one they had in a size 12,everything had gone in other colours etc..in a size 12! It is a lovely Navy colour but didn't show too well on camera.I have now got another one of these in Brown from my local Primark.These are £6.85.

On the journey home we stopped into Ikea and we picked up a candle(Only thing we could find to buy as didn't want or need anything else!) This is in my favourite,a Rose scent,at last something in a Rose fragrance.My Husband wasn't too keen on it so I will have to burn it when he is at work! Hopefully it will smell as so many scented candles smell great and then when you burn them they hardly give of a scent at all.These are only £1.19 so it doesn't matter if it doesn't,great size too,a really large jar for the price.Says on jar burn for 30hrs so a bargain!

Oh,also had hot dogs and ice cream in Ikea,you just have to,an Ikea tradition I think! Yum x