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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Having taken some inspiration off of a local companies idea I decided to come up with my own Easter treats to gift my nearest and dearest this Easter. There fairly easy to do yourself and can even be done last minute one night after work or whenever. I just thought they were a little different to your bog standard Easter egg and something the kids, and even adults, would enjoy. Let's get into it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When I heard Zoe was releasing a collaboration with ColourPop I decided I were going to treat myself. I love the Zoella Beauty range and despite it not being makeup orientated I were intrigued to see what this collaboration would offer. I've never tried ColourPop either, so it was a win win situation in getting some of this collection and also trying the brand for the very first time.</span></div>
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<a href="http://www.abritishsparkle.co.uk/2019/03/zoella-colour-pop-collection-mini-haul.html#more">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE »</a>A British Sparklehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17727822730107445106noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499829606470591234.post-33886979105348870662019-03-09T13:00:00.000+00:002019-03-09T13:00:02.848+00:00Bomb Cosmetics £25 Surprise Box<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Recently <a href="https://bombcosmetics.co.uk/" target="_blank">Bomb Cosmetics</a> put out a very fun and inexpensive way to sell their remaining Christmas stock and I were quick to jump on the bandwagon. I've seen them do the lucky dip boxes throughout the year before and were always intrigued to see which products would come in them and whether they'd be either disappointing or really really good. I'm a big fan of Bomb Cosmetics and were really looking forward to this parcel arriving - Although a bit apprehensive due to the mixed reviews. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Manchester is one of my favourite cities to visit for drink, food, entertainment or a big shopping spree. You could easily make a weekend of it and choose from a selection of different <a rel="noskim" href="https://uk.hotels.com/de10607765/hotels-near-king-street-manchester-manchester-united-kingdom" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">hotels in Manchester</a> to stay in. I know the city is a huge choice when it comes to hosting a hen/stag do's, which is where I'll be attending a hen do towards the back end of 2019, and the hotel will definitely come in handy after a day of celebratory drinks.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Recently me and my partner decided to take a trip into Manchester for a day date. We left our daughter with her grandparents and took the train into the city for a mooch around. We had every intention of exploring the city to see what quirky activities we could get up to, and maybe throw a teeny bit of shopping in alongside that. Our main focus points were;</span></div>
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Hey!! Wow, it's been a while since I wrote on here. Makes me realise just how much I miss being here and typing away on my little space on the web. I'm back with this post, 'What I Got For Christmas'. I love these sorts of posts and despite my absense didn't want to miss out on writing the 2018 edition, plus I know plenty of others love reading these sorts of posts too. I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas.</div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">You know when your mind goes blank and you sit there all quizzical wondering whether you've ever reviewed a restaurant that you've previously attended or not? Well, I'm here with one of those moments whilst I write this post - Lets call this the updated version where even more food is involved.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">So I'm back with a review of <a href="http://truebarbecue.com/">Red's True Barbecue</a>. I attended the one based in Manchester City centre, but there's various other one's scattered around the country. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> The Old English Company is every bloggers dream. They sell an array of greeting cards, stationary, accessories, gift wrap and homeware. I've teamed up with the Old English Co to show you guys their new enamel pin collection and also tell you about the fab competition their running in order to win that collection. In the process I thought it would be nice to tell you what the brand are all about and show you some of my favourite pieces off the website. </span><br>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Well over a month ago, maybe even two, I took my first ever trip to Edinburgh. It was the most spontaneous trip having booked train tickets just the night before, but one that was sort of necessary because my house was being completely rewired and we needed to find an alternative place to lay our head. I've wanted to go to Edinburgh for quite sometime prior to going. I just love how historical and old school Edinburgh looks. It's so very super pretty. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> This post is massively overdue and I'm happy to finally be writing it. Hauls and celebratory posts showing what is gifted on Birthday's, etc, are amongst my favourite types of posts. It's been a little over a month since I turned 27, and I thought I'd share with you how I celebrated and what was gifted to me on my Birthday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">After what appears to have been the longest January ever, February has finally hit our shores and now the countdowns started to the day of love, Valentine's Day. I teamed up with Personally Presented to bring you a few gifts to inspire you on your Valentine's gift quest, and also some Mother's day inspo. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Long ovedue on this post, but I'm finally here with the 2017 edition of what I got for Christmas. I hope you have all had a fantastic Christmas and an amazing start to the New Year. I was totally spoilt at Christmas and very overwhelmed from the generosity of my family. My baby girl also celebrated her first Christmas and in true baby style she mostly enjoyed the wrapping paper.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">Party season is now upon us, whether that's the works Christmas do or the New Year celebrations it's well and truly here, and thinking about what to wear can be somewhat of a blag. Christmas is a day I really like to get my glam rags on and make a real effort to dress up a little. I've teamed up with Quiz in order to deliver you a selection of my personal favourite party dresses. Quiz definitely have exceeded my expectation's on the party dress front and they've got a great selection to choose from. And if that isn't enough, Quiz, have now expanded into Spain, with the opening of three new stores and an e-store. The stores that have opened are in Madrid, Islazul, TresAguas and Xanadú, with more stores due to open in 2018. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"> I'm such a huge fan of Wonderbly (formally know has lostmy.name) and what they have to offer. I'm such a book worm and love a personalised gift, so although these books are on the younger side I love to be able to gift them to my children. I've got a few books from Wonderbly now and love each and every one of them, and so do the kids. I really want to get my hands on <a href="https://www.wonderbly.com/en-US/personalized-products/roald-dahl-my-golden-ticket-book" rel="nofollow">My Golden Ticket</a>, which is a collaboration with Ronald Dahl about Willy Wonka's chocolate factory.. a film I'm so obsessed with!!! Original of course. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">Wow. It feels quite bizarre to be sat here writing on my little space on the internet again, and yet feels so completely natural. It's quite apparent that I've taken some time off of blogging, too much actually and it's now over two months later. Last time I wrote on my blog I was adamant that I was definitely going to get back into the swing of things and hopefully deliver some great content, life then got a little (a lot) hectic and the blog was once again brushed under the rug. I'd love to say I'm finally back but I don't want to give false hope when life is still crazy busy. We can hope though right?! Without rambling too much lets get on to my life update...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia,"Times New Roman",serif;">I've really enjoyed bits and pieces that I've tried from the last couple of collections from Zoella Beauty and when I saw Zoe was releasing yet another range I was excited to see what was on offer. I loved the whole vibe surrounding ice cream and the way she went, alongside friends, promoting the range (see in her vlog). I decided to choose three of the products that caught my attention in regards to packaging and only because I wasn't stuck for anything in-particular with having the biggest collection of bath products you will ever see!!! Let's get on with it shall we...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">This post is way overdue but I thought it was about time I told you about my first Ed Sheeran encounter. I was fortunate enough to attend Ed Sheeran's Manchester Arena tour date. Knowing full well how hard it was to come by these tickets and being very lucky to be in the position I was to purchase 2 I really cherished every moment, that and it being freakin'<b> Ed Sheeran</b>. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">On the day the tickets went on sale I had numerous tabs up on various different sites and was met with a queue on all of them. I then started hearing that tickets had sold out within minutes and I was close to giving up and walking away from my laptop and I did, sort of. I left my laptop and went about my day for the next hour, numerous sites started coming up sold out and I left just 2 tabs open with very little hope and when I come back to close my laptop down I found I'd got through to purchasing one on one of the sites with the other coming up sold out and this is well over an hour in. I managed to purchase 2 tickets, I've never been so thankful in my life having waited for this moment since Ed Sheeran's very first tour I was feeling really blessed and really lucky. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's been a couple of months since I went to The Forbidden Corner and I thought it was time I shared my experience with you. I first visited The Forbidden Corner when I was about 14 years old and thoroughly enjoyed it enough to want to go back many moons later with my own children and family. It's a few hours drive from my home, but very scenic and full of beautiful countryside from A to B. They advise you to book online prior to visiting to guarantee a good experience, entry and obviously room for your car in the car park. </span></span></div>
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Terrorism in this county has really hit home these past couple of months and not only been very upsetting but quite alarming too. Being a northern girl myself and Manchester being quite close to home and Manchester Arena being somewhere I've attended several concerts at over the past 12 months was quite frightening for myself, although not anywhere near that of those who were at the Ariana Grande concert when tragedy struck that night. Victoria Station (locatated underneath the arena) was somewhere I went with my baby girl a mere 9 days before and only 4 weeks previous had I attended the Ed Sheeran concert at Manchester Arena it's self. I feel fortunate that it wasn't one of those events that were struck when I attended myself but heartbroken and saddened by the tragedy that unfolded and for the victims, the injured, the families, friends and tragically the 22 that lost their lives. I call them Manchesters 22 and would like to just taken a moment to remember those who so tragically lost their lifes and were taken way too soon. To thank the emergency services that responded so quickly and to the police that are still continously patrolling the streets. I'd also like to take a moment to remember those killed and think of those seriously injured and fighting after the terroist attack in London just a few days ago.</div>
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I received my first #GirlCrush box back in March and I was rather impressed by the contents alongside how much I paid and the value of the what was inside overall, however, March for me was the month I signed up purely down to the fact it was my Birthday and I thought it would be a nice treat and something a bit different, like a box full of surprises. Having been impressed with March I then decided to carry on my subscription and see what April would be all about and I wasn't disappointed nor ecstatic about the contents although it still was a good selection. They were changes made to the website which led to everyone's subscription being cancelled and those who subscribed to #GirlCrush were emailed and told to resubscribe and I decided not to on this occasion but I'm certainly intrigued to know what the May and June edition will entail and I may resubscribe soon! You can see the March box <a href="http://www.abritishsparkle.co.uk/2017/03/hashtag-boxed-opening-little-bit-of.html">here</a>.</div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> It's been quite some time since I uploaded a haul and I've done quite a bit of shopping over the past month and treated myself to some bits and pieces that mainly consist of lots of bargains. I've not added everything into this post in photo content and will be sure to try and link those pieces at the bottom of this post - enjoy.</span></div>
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If there's one thing I love that's a lovely cup of tea and a tasty piece of cake. I'm not much of a cake eater, but I definitely appreciate a tasty piece of cake every now and again. I've heard of bakerdays for quite a while now having seen them scattered among various blogs with a similar post to that I'm in the process of writing and always was intrigued by the concept of a 'letterbox cake' but never went ahead and bought one, however, I was recently offered the opportunity to review one bakerdays letterbox cakes and jumped at the chance.<br>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;">It's not the first time I have had the pleasure of reviewing a book from the lovely people at lostmy.name, so when they got in contact with the opportunity of reviewing the latest addition to their book collection I jumped at the chance. I previously expressed my love of personalised gifts and the fact that it's in book format (another love of mine) is just a added bonus. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif;"> Easter weekend is finally here and for most of you, your long weekend off work will have began Friday. Easter is the one day a year where we can get away with chocolate for breakfast, dinner and tea, to just go crazy on the sweet stuff and overindulge. Whatever you're doing, however you're spending it, I hope the weather is as magical as the chocolate you're munching into. I hope you have a great day and weekend. </span></div>
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Finally, what started off has the fastest pregnancy and then went into a slow last month and half my baby girl is finally here. It's been a whirlwind of adjusting to the needs of a newborn after 5 and half years since having my last baby and it's not been the easiest adjustment with two slightly, older children one of whom is autistic and quite dependent on me at times. I feel like I've taken to it like super Mum, although it's still the holiday's and I'm dreading half term coming to a close and school beginning on Tuesday. Let's me introduce you to...</div>
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