Bryony Bee

This is the makeup brush set I received as a gift this Christmas. The set is made by Secret Diva and includes 12 makeup brushes. The makeup brushes also arrived in their very own bag which is included when you purchase the set off Secret Diva's website, an added bonus so you've got somewhere safe to keep them protected. This set also comes in rose gold and black which look beaut.
All the brushes are synthetic and apply powders, cream and liquids and I feel this is just a really great, affordable kit with pretty much every makeup brush you're going to need to complete a nice makeup look! Since receiving these brushes I have used them pretty much every day to apply my own makeup.

The 12 piece set includes (from right to left):

1. Flat foundation brush - perfect for foundation application, especially if you like a fuller coverage!
2. Powder brush - great for setting your makeup with a powder so it doesn't budge all day.
3. Angled contour brush - I really like this one to contour with or to apply my highlighter to the tops of my cheekbones.
4. Buffer - blends in your foundation into your skin. I also use this to apply my cream bronzer and it blends it in beautifully.
5. Fluffy tapered brush - again I use this one for powder highlighting my face, on tops of my cheek bones, brow bone, nose and cupids bow.
6. Concealer blending brush - to blend in concealer.
7. Crease brush - great for a more defined look. Blend products into your crease and sweeping through.
8. Small detailed eyeshadow brush - I like to use this one for adding highlight to the inner corner of my eyes.
9. Angled shade brush - use for brow highlighting or to blend powder into the crease.
10. Lip brush - to apply lipstick to the lips.
11. Bullet crease brush - great for adding fine detail or adding shadow beneath the eyes.
12. Liner brush - ideal for the perfect eyeliner of for doing your brows.

What makes these brushes even more fantastic is the fact that the whole set is super affordable. For 12 brushes they currently cost £20! They are on offer for a limited time as the usual price is £35. I'll link their website down below if anybody is interested in checking them out! I think if you are just starting out with makeup or if like me you can never have enough makeup brushes, these are a perfect little set. The brushes are super soft and apply products just fine!

I would love to know what other makeup brushes people find just as great, let me know in the comments.

Thanks for reading! B x

Brushes available from: http://secretdiva.co.uk/12-piece-make-up-brushes--bag-set-rose-goldblack-114-p.asp

Today I thought I would share with you all parts of my hair care routine and what I use on my hair to keep it in good condition and ready for styling.
I've always been lucky with my hair as my Mum is a hairdresser, therefore I can upkeep my trims every 8 weeks or so, although more recently I have been having it trimmed less as I've moved out and I've been trying desperately to grow it. Also from my mother I was blessed with incredibly thick hair (I say blessed, I don't actually know if this is good or not). Anybody with super thick hair will know that it takes ages to dry and ages to style. It's so thick that people have even asked me if I'm wearing a wig!
Throughout the week, I tend to wash my hair about 2-3 times. I like to go at least three days after washing my hair before washing it again. If you wash your hair too much, you can strip it of its natural oils and then your scalp will try desperately to keep replacing them, (therefore making it greasy). I shampoo my hair twice as well when washing, my mum always said the first wash it to clean it and the second is to make your hair shine. Once shampooed, I go on to a really good conditioner and just apply it to the ends of my hair and swill.

Anyway without further ado...Below are a few things I am really loving at the moment when it comes to my Hair Care routine and what I apply to my hair once it has been washed.

Starting from left to right then and you may also notice these have been pictured in height order (too cool I know). First up, is Schwarzkopf's Got2b Oil-licious Styling Oil with Argan Oil. I purchased this on a whim to try it out when I felt my hair was getting a little dry on the ends. However, although it does help to add a little moisture to the ends of my hair, there is another reason why I have grown to love it. I often curl my hair on the first day after washing, come day two and three I find a little bit of this oil spread out through my hair with my hands helps to define my curls and saves me from adding more heat to my hair. I'm all good to go!

Secondly, is Lee Stafford's Hair Growth Leave in Treatment I have been using this for about a month now as I'm still trying to add a little more length to my hair. Although I haven't seen a massive difference in growth yet this really helps to condition my hair and it smells lovely. I spray it from roots to tip after washing and comb it through. It will be interesting to see whether this does help my hair to grow quicker once I have used it for a little longer.

Next up, is TRESemme's Textured Styling Spray. To be completely honest, I haven't used this product more recently but it was an absolute favourite of mine during the summer and I pretty much used it everyday. All you have to do is simply spray it into wet hair and scrunch your hair with your hands and leave to dry naturally. My hair is quite wavy naturally so this just help to define the waves and give it that beach look effect!

Another one of my favourites is from TRESemm

that I never miss in my haircare routine. It is their Heat Protecting Spray. Everytime I wash my hair I will spray this in before I've added Lee Stafford's Hair Growth Spray. I believe that this is one of the main reasons why my hair stays in a good, springy condition and refrains me from getting loads of split ends because believe me, I've been there! It's one of the best heat protecting sprays I've used.

V05 Mega Hold Mousse, the first time this got used in my hair was on a girls weekend in Manchester. We had all booked into a blow dry salon to get our hair curly blow dried before a night out (highly recommend a curly blow dry, makes your hair super bouncy and awesome). The hairdresser used this in my hair before blow drying and I found that the blow dry lasted me pretty much until my next wash. Whenever I curl my hair now I always use a little golf ball sized amount throughout my hair to help give it some hold.

Silvikrin Hairspray, the maximum hold one (number 5). I know there's numerous amounts of different hairsprays out there but my Mum has always used this one on her customers and it used to always be the one I used to steal from her. However, I have tried other hairsprays and I don't find them to give as much hold as this one or I find that they hold your hair in but make it super crunchy.

Batiste Blush Dry Shampoo, this is a life saver in the mornings when I'm getting ready for work and I realise my hair is starting to go greasy. I spray a little bit of this on my r massage it in, it dries up the grease and again I'm good to go!

To style my hair I usually use either my wide plated GHD's if I want to straighten it, my thin GHD's if I want to curl it or I may use curling tongs/heated rollers depending if I have the time.

What's your hair care routine? Are there any staple products that you couldn't live without? Let me know! B x

Okay, so it's been quite a while since I last went to Thailand, 2014 was my last time to be exact but I really wanted to do this post as it's one of the best places I have ever travelled to.
In the summer of 2014, my boyfriend and I set off from London Heathrow to Bangkok for three weeks. We had three weeks in Thailand and had only booked a hotel for the first two nights in Bangkok for when we arrived, which was rather scary at the time, having zero experience travelling!
Bangkok is crazy and there's nowhere quite like it. From scorpion street food, to the late night massage parlours, Tuk Tuks and a lack of highway code. It's crazy but awesome! During our stay, we took advantage of a leg massage, visited the Grand Palace, took a few rides in the Tuk Tuk's and visited the famous Khao San Road.

After our two night stay in Bangkok, we booked an all night sleeper train to Surat Thani which meant from there we could get a connecting ferry to the island of Koh Samui. Samui does have an airport which meant we could've flown from Bangkok but getting the train meant it would save on money and also the train would be an experience! For anybody thinking of getting the overnight train, I would highly recommend buying second class tickets, if not first class (but these sell out quickly) as third class does not have air conditioning which means it gets super hot!
Koh Samui seemed to be a very popular island, it was much busier as well as pricer compared to some other places in Thailand. However, we still enjoyed some time relaxing, mostly on the beach everyday drinking Watermelon smoothies, mmm.

From Samui, we went on to the island of Koh Phangan, again travelling by ferry. Koh Phangan is super famous for it's wild Full Moon Parties. However, I would also recommend the Half Moon Party that is held in the jungle...Same sort of thing but not as crowded and still really great. During our stay in Koh Phangan, we stayed at the Sun Cliff Resort in Haad Rin, I would really recommend staying here, the rooms are so good, taking into account how affordable they are and it's in a really good location! Far enough from the beach so you don't get woken up by all the beach parties held every night but also close enough to walk to the beach if you feel like joining in!

A trip I would also really recommend visiting when travelling Thailand is going to Ang Thong National Marine Park. We booked this as a day trip which also included snorkelling and kayaking! It had fantastic views which the photos do not do justice. The emerald lake was beautifully stunning.

Last but not least, our last destination was Phi Phi, probably my favourite part of our trip. I loved how small the island was and that there wasn't a car in sight. It took quite a while to travel to from Koh Phangan, about 12 hours to precise via coaches and ferries and a very early morning wake up call but it was so worth it! It was crazy to think how the Tsunami of 2004 had effected the island so drastically and yet it has been restored back to how it is today. A trip I would also recommend whilst staying here is a boat trip to visit Koh Phi Phi Le and seeing Maya Beach (where the film The Beach was filmed). We booked this as a day trip too which also included, cliff jumping and visiting the monkeys at Monkey Beach!

Finally, we headed from Phi Phi on the ferry back to the mainland, where we caught a flight from Krabi back to Bangkok ready for our flight back to the UK. I really want to go back to Thailand one day and explore some more places that I didn't venture to. It's such an amazing place, with picturesque views, awesome people and it's one of the cheapest places I have ever visited.