Memebox Wholegrain Box...

If theres anything I love it's skin and body care to pamper myself with.

I love them even more so however if the products are natural, gentle, and kind to skin.

This months gift from Memebox is perfect for this, this is their second Wholegrain box, perfect for those of us with sensitive skin who want a nice clean scrub to rejuvenate the skin and help us feel soft and lovely.

Young Face Natural Powder is a face mask and scrub filled with Nuruk, this is a type of kneaded flour used for fermenting alcohol but actually helps moisturise and brighten the skin, and also works as an anti wrinkle treatment.

Mix this powder with either honey, water, yoghurt or milk to make a face pack mixture that you can keep in the fridge and use a few times a week.

Another product from Young Face is this handmade soap made up from Mung Beans!

Sounds crazy, but they are great at calming irritated skin and acne.

Filled with skin nourishing goodies such as protein, calcium, and vitamins this will help your skin tighten and brighten.

A product I'm not likely to use, as it is filled with some rather odd ingredients such as Snail Filtrate....!

Since I have a phobia of snails, and it ain't exactly vegan I shall give this one a miss, tho it promises to tighten and replenish skin, I'd rather not put snail on my face!

A product I'm much happier to use is this Oatmeal Body Scrub, oatmeal is super kind and softening to skin, and helps with any irritation you may be experiencing.

Scrubbing the dead skin away with pieces of walnut, this product is a lot more animal friendly and natural for me, and it smells amazing too.

Whitening cream is a huge thing in asia, not so popular here as we are a land of the pasty white or the perma orange!

This cream however isn't to bleach out the skin but help with any dark spots and brighten the complexion using rice bran extracts keeping it nice and natural rather than the image you think of bleaching whitening creams.

This anti blemish cream from Seven DIAS is full of natural blemish fighting ingredients such as Soybean, Mung Bean, Sophora Root, Pomegranate and more.

These ingredients help with skin blemishes and troubles, and comes in this easy to apply tube and has a nice consistency too.

Another wonderful instalment from Memebox, and it's lovely to have so many real proper ingredients rather than chemically packed products, tho I'm rather squeamish over the snail filled product....!

Memebox have so many other boxes and amazing things to offer too, and you can give them a try this month with $5 off each order over $30 from now until the 30th November!

Just use the exclusive code Z69CFY at checkout.

What box will you try?

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Three ways to use One Scarf....

There's a chill in the air now, and it's definitely scarf weather!

In my last post I wrote about the Diane Von Furstenberg collaboration with My Little Box, which included one amazing scarf, three different prints are available in those boxes so you'll never know which one you'll get!

Inside the package containing the scarf was a guide for four different ways in which to use it, but I have so many many more ways you can use one scarf that it becomes a very handy item to carry around in your handbag.

The Classic Scarf

Lets start with the basics, there are so many ways to tie a scarf but which one gets the best effectiveness to keep you warm, but also show that scarf off?!?

This is my favourite way to wear this scarf and I can cosy into it, show it off, but know it'll stay put.

With your scarf laid out in it's full square, grab one corner and fold it over into a triangle shape.

This is a basic step for many different things you can do with a scarf, as I use scarves all the time for many different things I know that this is generally a step I use a lot.

On either side of the straight edge tie a small knot, this helps the scarf stop being lifted by the wind, but also helps it to sit much better and look a lot neater when worn.

Place the triangle section in front of your neck and tie the ends behind your neck like a bib, before letting those ends hang around the front.

This is an absolute classic but with those knotted edges and it being tied around the back it should stay in place all day, while looking effortlessly chic.

The Scarf Handbag

Yes you heard right! If you are ever caught short in need of a bag, you can make one up with just a few ties of a scarf!

Depending on the size of the original scarf you could have a little bag, or a nice big bag (which I get with this lovely giant scarf!) perfect if you get caught without at a till or on the go.

Start with the scarf laid out in it's square, grab each corner from the same side and tie them together.

Tie both sides together so you have two loose ends from each corner like bunny ears.

This will make your bag shape so you can tie them around whatever you have to carry or transport.

When they are all tied, get two of the bunny ears that are facing out the same way and double knot them together, do this at the other end as well.

This will from the handles of your bag, and you can tighten the bag up too by pulling them.

It's a great way to pack a picnic too if you don't want to carry an empty basket home, or use it to carry that bottle of gift to a party.

You can even do this to wrap a gift if you're including a scarf in there, also saves on wrapping paper!

The Scarf Turban

Whenever I curl my hair, or wake up with a bad hair day I reach for some manner of scarf. You may remember my Video Tutorial about headscarves a while ago, but this is one technique I didn't film!

One of the easiest and quickest scarf head ties to do is the turban technique, plus it hides anything you may be needing to hide.

This also starts with a triangle fold, before folding from that smallest point inwards, to keep it looking lovely and neat, and making tying it much much easier.

Tie the scarf around the head with the folded section tucked in side, and double knot it around the front, leaving those ends loose.

These are the sections that will be used to cover up the hair at the back.

Grab the loose ends and pull them to the back, tucking each side into the tied section of the scarf at the back neatly.

You may want to spread them out before tucking them to keep them looking nice and neat, and covering the hair aptly.

Now you see why I think scarves are so very useful!

Nab a DVF scarf while you can from My Little Box, or alternatively you can find some lovely vintage ones in charity shops and vintage stores, or even in your local branch of Lush where there are some lovely patterned scarves for their Knot Wrap service.

What else would you use one for?

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My Little Box with Diane Von Furstenberg

I loved my last box from My Little Box so so much, and it seemed you all did too!

I had so many messages from ladies who got a subscription after reading about my last instalment, and I'm sure they have already received and are enjoying the contents of this months box!

This month My Little Box teamed up with the legendary Diane Von Furstenberg, the lady who put wrap dresses on the map during the 70's with her amazing prints and patterns.

This has of course meant that this box is filled with bright colours, amazing patterns, darling illustrations and exclusive designer goodies.

Every box has a mix of accessories, beauty products, their own magazine, and a lovely card with their residents illustrators work which are totally worthy of pinning up.

There is also a little lip brooch too, the first of two very lovely accessories from Diane Von Furstenberg.

As My Little Box is a French company based in Paris, the beauty products are generally french companies for luxurious skin and hair care.

They also boast their own in house beauty range, varying from bits of make up to skin care, this months insert being a gentle but affective cleansing water.

The other pieces are a L'Occitaine handbag sized hand cream, and Kerastase super strong hairspray but sadly as they are owned by Loréal, a company I generally avoid I don't think I will be using this tho it is also a handy handbag size.

The headlining piece is worth buying the box on it's own, a Diane Von Furstenberg leopard print scarf which is so colourful, soft, and just generally stunning.

Inside the box is some suggestions of how to use this scarf, but I have many more ideas too that I may just share with you very soon....!

I'm very very happy with this months box too, and I really cannot wait for the next!

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