Get Rid of Clutter, and Get Freebies/ Make Money...!

We all amass an amazing amount of clutter in our lives, from beauty products pots and tubes, to those no longer loved handbags and shoes.

Why not have a spring clean of your items, and end up with some extra cash, some new products to try, or refilling those beauty essentials you may be missing?

A Rather De-Cluttered Desk

LUSH

Lush Cosmetics have an amazing recycling scheme for all of their black pots, if you're anything like me then you may have loads of Lush pots everywhere for every single purpose, but did you know it's worth keeping hold of them when they are empty?

If you bring 5 empty black pots (of any size, from those face masks up to your pots of Rub, Rub, Rub) cleaned out and ready to recycle, you will receive a fresh face mask in return from the fresh face mask range!

I highly recommend their Brazen Honey or Love Lettuce masks which have natural exfoliants and leave your skin feeling amazing.

You can read more about their recycling scheme and why they do it here.

MAC

Mac Cosmetics also have a similar scheme, if you return six items of empty product from liquid foundations, mascara tubes, lipstick tubes etc you will receive a MAC lipstick of your choice.

You can return these instore or online here, so you can de-clutter AND pick up that tube of Ruby Woo!

Want to get rid of other old make up and skin care packaging in an environmentally friendly way too?

You can also deposit any empty packaging from any brand to your nearest Origins store or concession for them to recycle.

You get nothing but good karma in return, but isn't that one of the best beauty regimes?!

Dear Mum...I have made loooooads of money...

EBAY

Yes it's one of the most used and easy ways to create some space and make some cash, but listing hundreds of items that may or may not sell can be a bit annoying, but there are a few tips and tricks to make this easier.

If you have items that you've never worn still with the tags, shoes that never made it out of the box, and branded hard to get ahold of items, you could make a small fortune!

Keep an eye out on their announcement page for free listing dates, here you can list items with no insertion fee's (you may still have to pay for extras like more photo's etc, but be thrifty) so it's not the end of the world when grandma's knitted jumper doesn't sell.

You can also post up multiple items quicker with Ebay Turbo Lister, a downloadable tool for adding in hundreds of listings so much easier.

I've also found the Ebay phone app to be quite quick and easy when in a hurry, you can even snap the photo's as you list.

Just be sure your photo's are clear, neat, flattering and the item description is clear and easy too.

I shall be adding many many items to be Ebay sometime soon, I have a lot of very nice stuff that I just never wear, so keep your eyes peeled!

FACEBOOK

If ebay isn't your thing, what about flogging your goods to your nearest and dearests via a Facebook album?

I've sold many items via Facebook, there's no limit to how many photo's you can add, you can sort it all quickly and easily via comments or messages, and there's no fee's to worry about.

It also means theres no time limit on the items selling so you can have them up and available there for a while.

I generally do this for a month or so before listing whatever remains onto ebay, it can be a little tricky at times (so many people love the shoes I buy but not my tiny feet....not my fault!) but it's worth a shot, especially as you can just use those same photo's for ebay if you do list them.

H&M

If you have a load of old worn tshirts and unused fabrics you can actually make something back for them.

For every bag full of textiles you bring to H&M, you will receive a £5 off voucher for purchases up to £30 in store. 

There's a maximum of two vouchers per day, so if you take two bags in at a time it will work out better for you to save some money on your next H&M splurge.

You can read more info and all about the scheme here.

So go forth, declutter, and make some extra dough!

You can use all that extra dough on my ebay listings, go on....there's many lovely shoes...!

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My Little Superhero Box...

Everyone wanted to be a super hero at some point, some still do, some try, and some succeed.
I however was more enamoured with the sensual not quite bad but not quite good allure of Catwoman, from Julie Newmar to Michelle Pfeiffer, the whip cracking, skin tight outfit wearing, and ever purring catwoman was who I wanted to be.
However I can still appreciate the outfits and ideals of those 'do-gooders' when unmasked, and de-clawed, and so I was excited when opening this months My Little Box revealed an ode to those superheros, fictional, and the ones we hold inside us.

Although nearly 30 (yes, I'm ancient in blogging terms) I do love a good sticker set, and of course that cat mask sticker matches my own so very well.

I will be sticking these everywhere, and now need a new phone case just so I can add some of these onto them.

So far, one point to the good guys!

Every box contains a My Little World magazine, a refreshing brightly coloured mini zine with a difference.
From it's eye-catching style shots, to it's tutorials, it really is a lovely little read which covers things you may never have known about otherwise.
This months featured an interview with a popular instagrammer, a blogger (carrie from Wish, Wish, Wish), a dancer from the Crazy Horse about her make up routine, and of course Gat Ramon who collaborated for this months box (collaborations seem to be a big thing for their boxes right now, pretty sure the last few have been).
There are also short tutorials for nail art designs, red lippie, and hair buns.
Just what every Super Woman needs.

I must admit this box was a little more bare than some of the others I have received from them before, usually they are so jam packed I did raise my eyebrows (now hidden behind a handy surprise shielding fringe) when I saw that there was only two items hidden under the magazine.
But I tried to not judge too quickly, before I checked out exactly what there was on offer here for my £15.00 monthly subscription fee.

The tshirt has been made for My Little Box in association with Gat Rimon, a chic french designer with a penchant for simple lines and patterns, producing some clean lines and plenty of high style outfits.

These tshirts are also available on his own website, retailing at €39,00 each making the box price suddenly more worthwhile, and ranging from three different slogans.

I was very much hoping for the We Can Be Heroes slogan shirt that I spied via instagram, but was rather disappointed with this I Believe I Can Fly tshirt which, as a child growing up in the 90's, reminds me only of renowned pedophile R Kelly, which means I'm now highly unlikely to wear this shirt, especially not in public and makes me side eye slightly at how this was approved.

The man is a pedophile, how about we not ever glorify anything he has ever done ever....?

Every box contains a small bag containing some beauty products, ranging from skincare, to haircare, nail products to make up generally from their own in house range My Little Beauty.

I'm quite a fan of Caudalie, the french company who use an extract of grape seeds known to be significantly more effective than vitamin E, and this year the company turns 20 years old!

This hand cream sinks in so lusciously and quickly, leaving hands baby soft.

The scent is very subtle but also very pleasant and I'm sure this will be going into my handbag for day to day usage!

Kerastase is a parisian hair care company, but research shows that they are owned by L'Oréal whose animal testing information is overtly contradictory and confusing, which makes me steer clear or anything owned by them.

I may try this conditioner if I somehow run out of my trusty American Cream conditioner from Lush, where I work so always buy bottles of making it pretty damn unlikely..!

My Little Beauty products are always just a bit exciting, as although they are sold separately on their website My Little Corner, they do not ship to the UK just yet making each one a unique product your friends will want but cannot get (thats the super villain in me coming out again).

This months was a lip and cheek tint in a rather fetching peach with gold shimmer base, aptly matching my hair and colouring perfectly.

It blends nicely but didn't quite have the longevity I would have liked.

As it's handily handbag friendly size it can be used on the go too so the longevity problem can easily be solved, and to be fair I have never yet met a blusher who can last all day.

Not one of it's best boxes, but not one of the worst either.
I have some items to keep me happy and entertained (I write this with stickers aaaaall over my face), there were also some items which forced me to get my claws out within this review.
Well, what more would you expect of Catwoman?!
Miaow.

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Little Bit of Lucky Dip Romance.....

Valentines day is not over yet....!

Not if you subscribe to Lucky Dip Club.

Keeping that romance going just a little bit longer, when this box arrived at my house I finally got valentines gifts at last! To be fair we've both been too busy and it came and went with no lovey dovey celebration for us.

I instantly recognise a lucky dip club box when it arrives, with its colourful arrays of butchers string tied around the box, to the various colourful slogan logos that seal the boxes.

On the Lucky Dip website there is also a countdown clock too so you can keep an eye on when each monthly subscription will be delivered.

Of course subscriptions only open on the 1st of each month until the boxes sell out, which happens within a matter of hours if not the first hour they become available, so if you want to sign up, be prepared to set and alarm for early.

In the last and again in this box is a new addition to these subscriptions, a fold out newsletter with info from Leona (who hand packs these boxes!) with additional highlights from other companies and mini interviews etc.

On the other side of the newsletter is a lovely poster, book backing paper, wrapping paper etc matching the themes of these boxes.

Paper tape has become somewhat of a big thing amongst the crafty lot, it is so very useful and can be used for so so so many things.

This is the second roll of paper tapes I've received in my Lucky Dip box and they have come in so handy, plus the designs are always adorable to boot.

I never knew I needed one of these until this arrived inside the box.

There is a huge range of these Popcult pencils available to bring out the geek in you, but Lucky dip have teamed up to bring personalised loved up pencils for doodling your name with your intendeds surname and practising your new signature.

Eraser end to destroy the evidence.

You can find more from Popcult on this site.

Each box contains a brooch, and as an avid collector of brooches this is what I look forward to the most.

This is pretty cute, and I love a bit of sparkle but I can't imagine I will wear it as much as my many many others, it's a lovely brooch it's just a bit pink!

Craft lovers, this is totally the box for you.

Each box contains a crafty kit, ranging from homemade bunting, to sew it yourself sleep masks to now in this latest instalment, love heart slogan patches.

Each kit contains four pieces of coloured felt, an embroidery needle and some embroidery thread to stick on it!

I miss sewing as it has been quite a while, but these may just need a bash at!

I used to have a necklace similar to this that my nana gave to me, I wish I knew where it was now, it was a small gold envelope that opened, and inside contained a small gold letter with the words 'I love you' stamped onto it.

So this necklace bought back many a nostalgia memory for me, and I will definitely be wearing this for a while.

The newsletter mentioned that charms like this will now feature in each box for the rest of the year, so can be collected and worn either as necklaces or used to make your very own Lucky Dip Club charm bracelet.

I love charm bracelets...!

Once again this box made me so happy that I signed up for the automatic monthly subscription, this way I won't miss out on these boxes coming to my door each month, inspiring, crafting, and even bringing back childhood memories in one little box, Leona never misses the mark.

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