A little New Years Eve inspiration for you in case you were stuck for ideas. This is pretty much the same makeup I wore for my birthday and I got lots of nice comments on it on my vlog.

Hi, I'm Lily and I'm a candleholic...

Seriously, I'm obsessed/addicted to candles so I thought it was about time I made a candle video. This one is about the more Wintery scents that I'm currently loving. 

A bit over the top | Christmas tree nails | Presents under the tree

I'm on quite a few different platforms these days and it can be majorly confusing, so I thought I'd break it down and show you guys all the ways you can follow me and my beauty ramblings.

So Christmas is over, there's still some turkey lurking in the fridge, chocolate wrappers under the sofa, but I'm now looking forward to the new year... I think 2013 will be a good one! 

Sometimes just the little things put a massive smile on my face. I may do these kind of posts from time to time, maybe when I feel down or maybe when I just fancy logging memories of great things. One of my all time favourite bloggers, Emily, has her famous 'Five Things' posts and I have always loved the idea, so call it inspiration! 

The last monthly favourites of the year!!! I have a mammoth video coming up soon where I talk through my beauty favourites for the whole year, but for now here are the products I've been loving this month. 

To all of you, I wish you a very Merry Christmas! Thank you for being such amazing readers and always leaving such lovely comments, it means the world to me. I've been running this blog for nearly three years, but the past few months have been the best, the most rewarding and enjoyable.

Unlike most of my skincare posts where I just ramble on about the product under an image of the packaging, this post required a full face shot and I'm sure you can see why. Apologies if I gave you a shock. 

Today's video is my first attempt at a nail tutorial video and I thought I'd do it just in time to give you some inspiration for the week ahead. 

Bad wrapping | Cheese party | Off to Cambridge

It's great to have people over for parties, but it can get expensive and I know from experience how the supermarket bill can really add up when you buy enough food and drink for all the guests. Last week my sister and her husband hosted a BYO Cheese Party and I thought it was a brilliant idea. 

My bestest friend Keisha Lall made a fleeting visit to London before heading back to New York where she's currently living and working as a model. Whilst she was here we chatted about everything we possibly could in the short time we had and one of the topics happened to be the stuff she carries around with her, her 'model essentials', for when she's at castings or travelling around.

I'm no nail expert, but this is the way I like to remove stubborn glitter nail polish so I thought I'd share it with you guys in case you didn't already know this way. 

A very festive video for you all today and I had a lot of fun filming this one. I got my santa hat on, sat by the tree and rambled on about some of my favourite Christmas things. 

So this is it, the final part of my winter skincare posts. My skin is quite dehydrated and can occasionally get dry so moisturising is really important for me. These are the ones I'm trying out at the moment and so far I'm really happy with all of them. 

I have had the same eyebrow routine for 7 years so this blog post is WAY overdue, I really can't believe I've never spoken about this.

I haven't taken this jumper off since I got it, it's perfect. I love the loose, oversized fit and the chunky knit is so warm and cosy. I've been a massive fan of Free People for years and always visited when I was in America so I'm really happy that they've now launched a UK website. They have some gorgeous knitted jumpers. 

I haven't done a 'What's In My Handbag' video for a while and as I love to watch these kind of videos, I thought you guys might like to too! 

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