A Few Goodies From My Birthday!

It was my birthday recently so I'm going to share with you a few of the goodies that I received from my family and friends.


I got this amazing Beauticology gift set, which is really cute. It has a strawberry macaron scented body wash and a raspberry cream macaron scented body lotion both of which smell gorgeous.

I got an Along Came Betty gift set with peach and apricot scented hand wash and hand lotion in it. I have already had plenty of use out of the hand lotion. The scent is amazing.

I also got an Impulse gift set with 5 different body sprays in it. I love Impulse. The one in the middle is my favourite, Sweet Smile. It is pear and jasmine scented.

I also got some perfumes.
I got two new fragrances from Avon. Cherish and Mesmerize Black. Cherish is a beautiful, floral scent and Mesmerize Black is a creamy, woody fragrance, which is quite heavy.
I also got the matching purse sprays which are really handy to throw in your handbag or to travel with.
I also got a new bottle of Vera Wang Princess, which I was really pleased with as my current bottle is running low. I really love this fragrance. It is very unique.

I was also spoilt when it comes to jewellery and I got a really pretty Sekonda watch, a ruby ring, a lovely gold necklace and some earrings.

 I got some other bits and pieces too including Jelly Belly earphones, a shoe design notepad and a lovely light pink nail polish.
I was also given a book of postcards with covers from the New Yorker magazine on them. There are hundreds of postcards to look through and the designs are really interesting. I visited New York last year and I absolutely love the place. I definitely want to go back some day!

I also got a very relevant tin to keep receipts in.

I can always feel a shop coming on! Haha! It is the perfect gift for a shopaholic like myself!

I did get a few other gift sets not shown because I have already broken into them and started using them and I also got some cash so I was very lucky and spoilt by my family and friends.

Vera Wang Princess Power

I love Vera Wang's Princess range and I own all of the collection so far so I can't imagine that this new release, Princess Power will stay out of my collection for long.

I find all of the Princess fragrances are universal. They tend to be light, fun, inoffensive, fruity-floral fragrances. From the list of notes I think this one sounds like another crowd pleaser.

The bottle is very colourful and so is the promo poster. This range seems to be aimed at younger girls. All of the Princess fragrances are eau de toilettes.

I haven't had the chance to try it yet, but I've read the list of notes and it sounds nice so I'm looking forward to trying it out.

It has top notes of pear and raspberry, heart notes of delicate jasmine, exotic fragipani and rainbow rose and a base of blonde woods, vanilla and creamy musk.

I'm disappointed to see, that like the last offering Pink Princess, Princess Power is only available in 30ml or 50ml bottles and will not be released in 100ml size like the previous 6 Princess fragrances were.

This is the 8th release from this range and it is one of the few ranges where all of the previous releases are relatively easy to get your hands on.

2006 Princess
2006 Flower Princess
2009 Rock Princess
2009 Glam Princess
2010 Preppy Princess
2012 Princess Night
2013 Pink Princess
2014 Princess Power

I wonder how much longer the list will go on.