A Pinterest Worthy Lounge

I have some very exciting life news, I am moving out of my London flat or maisonette (so it sounds bigger) to the slightly leafier world of Walton-On-Thames and I couldn’t be more excited. This move comes with a whole lot of shopping as we are going to become landlords and rent our other place – I feel a little scared but excited at the same time. So the first room I am looking at is my lounge, in my current place the lounge is my favourite place maybe because it was the first room we painted or maybe it’s because it’s the only room we actually fully furnished and I will be sad to see my green feature wall and my massive flamingo artwork go. The only things we are keeping are the TV for obvious reasons and my bar cart, which I could not part with as I made it myself.

So first things first, Pinterest is a must, make sure you start planning your 'Ideal Home' and gather up all your ideas, it makes it easier to select the look and types of products you want to fill your blank canvas. Your room needs a focal point or something to point at your TV, that is right folks a sofa is the first and foremost the most important thing in your lounge - I would be interested to know how many days you sit on a sofa in your lifetime I can imagine its crazy but it is an important purchase and you do not want to make it a wrong one. The sofas and chairs that feature below are from The Lounge Co, as you are basically designing your own sofa at a great price. They have 24 piece range which really focuses on British design which fits perfectly with the aesthetic I would like running throughout my home. You can either hunt online or visit a local showroom mine is Chiswick and I think I will be popping down soon. When you pick your sofa it's going to be with you for a long time so you need to fall in love with your first sit. When you are happy with your sofa you are then able to choose your fabric from over 100 designs and you can get it in 4-6 weeks, I need to get ordering sharpish.

Now you have your focal point it is time to decorate with poufs, lamps, artwork, throws and even some security (which means I can monitor Dylan while I am out n’ about) I also have moved on from flamingos to cactus’ and I have fallen in love with this print from Oliver Bonas (unfortunately they only sell the frame but that is lovely too). Every room also must have a hint of rose gold and it needs to smell divine, my favourite scent at the moment being the new Wild Sage collection from The White Company, such a clean and fresh scent filling the room with garden herbs.

Check out some of my other favourite lounge pieces below:

1.    George Home at Asda lace inspired lamp, £17

2.    The Lounge Co Rose Sofa,  £549

3.    The Lounge Co, Joseph chair, £499

4.    Primark, # sign, £8

5.    Next, grey knitted pod, £60

6.    Motorola, Focus 85 HD WI-Fi video monitoring camera, £70.87

7.    Oliver Bonas, brass frame, £16.50

8.    Marks and Spencer, Statement Green wall clock, £49.50

9.    The White Company, Wild Sage Candle £28

10. Oliver Bonas, Jade Geo Throw £75

11. Willow Sofa from The Lounge Co for a retro feel. £899

12. Oliver Bonas, Tiggy Side Table, £75

13. New Look, Copper Plant, £4.99
14. The Lounge Co, Sophia Snuggler Chair, £949

This post in a collaboration but all thoughts and the the fact I need to furnish a whole house are all me.

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Raspberry, Raspberry, Raspberry

The Raspberry Hydrating Programme 'Cosmekit' is a 20-minute beauty treatment targeting the lack of hydration in your face and neck. 

So how does the kit work?

The kit contains 3 key items: The Raspberry Exfoliating Gel that help to encourage cell renewal, the Raspberry Massage Cream which prevents skin from dehydration and provides comfort and suppleness, while the Raspberry Foaming Mask offers an immediate and long lasting hydrating action.

Price: £22.50 

Available in Marks & Spencer stores and in beauty salons. 

Follow the steps below for the ultimate hydrating treatment: 

Step 1. Exfoliate

Us the Raspberry Exfoliating Gel, that combines fine particles of raspberry seeds and jojoba beads gently exfoliating the skin.

Apply the Raspberry Exfoliating Gel in a fine layer all over a cleansed face and massage with your finger tips in a circular motion. Then rinse off and dry.

Now the skin id free from impurities with the ability to breathe and is ready for Step 2.

Step 2. Massage

Use the Raspberry Massage Cream which is infused with moisturising active ingredients this organic cream delivers a mini-sculpting massage to restore comfortable, plumped-up skin.

- Warm the cream between your hands to bring it up to skin temperature. Apply it over the entire surface of your hands, from the centre of the face in an outward direction. Make gentle circular movements over the forehead, cheeks and jawline to allow cream to be absorbed.

- Next press on the pressure points, starting from the centre of the face and working in an outward direction. Follow the line  working along each on three times. Over the forehead, over the eyebrows, under the eyes, from the bridges of the nose, under and the contour of the lips finishing by massaging the temples

- Then for 30 seconds, make small pinching movements with your fingertips all of the face paying particular attention to the forehead cheekbones and temples of the cheek and facial contours.

To finish very gently stretch the face with the entire surface of your hands in an outward direction.

Step 3. Face Mask

The Raspberry Foaming Mask starts as a powder that is meant to transform into a luscious foaming mask making your skin soft and refreshed.

How to create this: Pour lukewarm water into the shaker up to the 40ml line and then shake for 5 seconds - I was expecting this amazing explosion of foam but this is what i ended up with:

But as the process had been good up to this point I decided this was a small flaw and there was enough product for a mask.

 








So apply the mask (Even if it is not much) using the spatula to your face and neck and leave for 10 minutes then rinse off with water.

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