What I Got For My Birthday & Christmas!

Today I have a What I Got My Birthday And Christmas post because I love watching/reading these types of posts so I wanted to do one of my own. I'm just going to say the typical disclaimer that I'm not doing this to brag, I just wanted to do one because I love these types of posts.

I'm also combining my What I Got For My Birthday with my What I Got For Christmas because my birthday and Christmas are quite near so I thought it would be the best way to do them.

Enough rambling, lets get started with my birthday presents! 

Lets start with my birthday presents because my birthday was first on 8th December!

The first present I got was this handbag which I love because I love the shape of it and because of the colours it goes with everything. I haven't got a handbag like this and I wanted one for a long time so I was happy to get this. Side note- I actually chose this so I know it's from Primark.

Is it weird to buy yourself Christmas presents?!? Well I bought myself this from Tesco as a pre-birthday present to pamper myself and it was really cheap so it didn't matter. It included a skin polish, body lotion and bath crystals which is the perfect mini set to pamper yourself.

I had wanted to try eos lip balms for a while now so I was really happy to receive this pack of 5 with such amazing flavours/scents/whatever you call them.  There is Sweet Mint (which is heavenly), Strawberry Sorbet, Passion Fruit, Blueberry Acai and Summer Fruit and they are all amazing.

Cath Kidston is a brand I have a love-hate relationship with as some things are really cute but some looks like their old-fashioned 1950s wallpaper and I'm not a fan of that. However I love these and they all smell amazing. I also love the small size of these as they fit in ANY handbag.

I had wanted to read Girl Online On Tour for ages as I loved the first book so I was really happy that I got this for my birthday. This book is really amazing and had me hooked; I couldn't put it down! I don't know what book I prefer as they're both amazing! Also the cover is super adorable.

My amazing friend Cerys got me this beautiful heart necklace which I love as it's so simple but cute and I love simple things like that. Cerys also got me a Superdrug gift card (which was amazing as I'm always in Superdrug) and I got this with it...

So I bought this with the gift card Cerys got me and I got the Zoella Beauty Wonder Hand Moisturising Hand Cream which was something I had wanted for ages. I was actually going to buy this with my birthday money so I'm so happy I had a gift card. This is super moisturising and smells delightful!

I love Along Came Betty products because the packaging is super cute and the products are really good and moisturising or whatever they claim to do. This set contained bath soak, shower wash, skin polish, bath crystals and body lotion and it also came with some exfoliating gloves. 

The Body Shop is a shop I hardly go in because in my local shopping place it's outside and I rarely go to them outside shops but I decided to have a little look at the Christmas stuff and saw this cute mini shower gel set to try out what scents I like. These are all 60ml which is the perfect travel size.

I have wanted to do another Trying American Candy post for ages now so I thought this set would be perfect to use for another Trying American Candy post. I have no idea when that post will be posted as I've planned the post, took and edited the photos but I haven't actually wrote it so yeh :)

As you guys might know I have a Sharpie problem and addiction so obviously I got a massive pack. Actually the ones I bought last year with my last birthday money are kind of starting to run out and get grubby so I got this massive pack, which also have ultra fines, because it was super cheap if you got something else so I got...

Obviously me being me to get that offer I wasn't going to get something expensive so I got something quite cheap because that's me but honestly who would get something expensive just to get something cheaper?!? I got this OK multipack which has OK, New and Star magazines which are the magazines I read.

So now lets move onto my Christmas presents 

With the bottle that has the body lotion lable (the one the left) that's suposed to say body wash but I'm an idiot and put body lotion instead!

This was the Christmas present my friend Cerys got me and it's really amazing and things I will use. The scent is amazing and I know I will enjoy using these. I also love the florals on the packaging as it's super cute.

These are from my friend Lily and one of them is my birthday present and then the other is my Christmas but I don't know which is which so I've included them both in this section. These both smell amazing- I was so excited to use these that I've already used these because I was impatient but luckily I took a photo before hand!

I then got this Technic gift set which is really cool as it has so many lip colours and I love wearing lip products you get 3x lip crayons and 3x lip glosses in nude, pink and red which is the perfect set as they're all colours I will wear and they're all pigmented and long-lasting.

I also then got this set of lavender scented product which is really nice. They're all products I will use and the scent is really relaxing. I'm really glad there is a fragrance mist as I've been searching for one for the longest time and this set includes it so I'm really happy and I love it!

My sister got me this Bomb Cosmetics gift set which is absolutely amazing. It all smells amazing and they're all different to Lush which is cool. I usually go for Lush bath products but these products seem amazing so I can't wait to try these. I also love how cute the gingerbread man bath blaster is with the gold sparkles.

I got this £20 New Look gift card which is really cool because I love New Look and my local shopping centre has a new branch so it was cool to have this. I got 2 things with this which were a bag (obviously) and some fairy lights which I will show you below.

The first thing I got in New Look  was this bag which I love. I love the size of it as it's a great size and I love the blue on the sides as it's quite different. The bag is also like the Givenchy Antigona which everyone is lusting over and this is a cute dupe if you like that bag but don't have the money.

I also got these fairy lights which are the most adorable fairy lights I've ever seen. I love pink flowers in general and these add the little cute touch to my room which I love. I've got these over my dresser and they look so adorable and Tumblr-y which is really me!

I also got this £10 Argos gift card which I got a set of 4 makeup bags which I'll show you below and they're really pretty and essential for me.

As I said above I got this makeup bag set which is super cute because there's 4 makeup bags in 3 different sizes. There is 2 small ones (the blue polka dot and blue stripe one), a medium sized one (the red and white polka dot) and the large clear one which is great as I always need makeup bags.

I also got the Joe & Caspar Hit The Road DVD which is so cool as I love Joe and Caspar. I did know I was getting this as I asked for it so now I'm glad I've finally got it. I haven't watched it all yet but the bits that I have watched was hilarious such as Caspar failing at singing and him also falling into the river at Italy.

To go along with DVD I got the official calendar. I thought I would go with something a bit different than the last couple of years (I had Little Mix for the last couple of years). The pictures are from the DVD (obviously) and also quotes which will be really cool to see their journey from a week in 12 months!

My main present was my new phone however I actually got this in October so I have had it for a while. This is the Microsoft Lumia 640 and I love it and now I FINALLY have a smartphone I'm always on it checking Twitter and Instagram or texting- I'm now a proper teenager, let's say!

I also got loads of Zoella Beauty products which I'm so excited about as I wanted these for ages so now I've got them! I got the fizz bar, body scrub, solid fragrance and lip balm. I now have lots of Zoella Beauty products so I will be doing a haul some time in the future.

As well as getting Zoella Beauty products I also got some from Lush which are amazing and my favourite products from the Lush Christmas collection. There is Candy Mountain bubble bar, So White bath bomb, Butterbear bath bomb and Snow Fairy shower gel. Lush had a 50% Boxing Day sale so I got all of these for half price.

Finally I got this backpack from Superdry which I love. I love the floral patten so much because florals are my life. I'm going to use this as my school bag because it's massive so I will be able to fit so much in it and I'm sure it's good quality as it's Superdry.

Thanks for reading this super long post but I thought it was better to combine them. I also relized I got so many body things so either it's because I smell or so I have a lot so that'll not need to buy any! You can follow me on Twitter or Instagram @_louisecarter_ if you want to, the choice is there, you can take it or leave it.

Thanks for reading

Louise

xxx