This week i'm loving - S5 Replenish Serum

S5 Replenish Serum for Dry or Scarred Skin - c/o

I've never really had terrible skin or suffered from acne but when I do get the rare spot it seems to always unfortunately scar my skin. It leaves awful blemishes and doesn't really look very nice. This serum claims to reduce dryness, maintain elasticity and improve scarred and damaged skin. At £44 it isn't the cheapest product to try but thankfully it's an investment as it does exactly what it says on the tin. I've used it everyday in the evening after I've deep cleansed my face for over a month (I think - I'm useless with timing!). I leave it it sink in for around 10 minutes before I apply my moisturiser. I was a bit nervous it would make my face feel greasy at first because it's a oil but once the moisturiser has been applied all is fine and dandy. I must admit I'm not over keen on the strong smell but that's just personal preference and I'm willing to overlook as I've found it's made a difference. My scars on my face have significantly faded making them hardly visible and the dryness around my nose has improved too. The bottle seems to last forever as you only need 3-4 drops on a cotton pad to get even coverage. The cost per use will certainly even out and the 44 smackers will feel like small change. I'm now eager to try other S5 products.

Have you even tried anything from the S5 range?

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The American Dream



Pizza takeaway or indeed any sort of pizza is by far my favourite food to consume. I'd eat it for breakfast (cold pizza mmmmm), lunch and dinner if I could get away with it and it wouldn't make me the size of a house. So when Dominos got in touch offering me a voucher and a party pack to help celebrate the fact they've just launched two new pizzas, The New York Deli and The Carolina - very aptly named the American Legends. I was very much on board with the idea. It just so happened the party idea coincided with the fact it was my boyfriends birthday so we had a mini celebration in the garden. My dad and I got into the spirit of things and decorated the garden with all the bits and bobs - I was very much impressed by the sheer quantity of products and garden ended up looking pretty snazzy.

So down to the most important thing which was how the pizza tasted. We plumped for the New York Deli as I'm not a fan of mustard nor BBQ sauce on a pizza. The frankfurters, ground beef, ham, onions and crispy onions went down a treat. It had just the right of meat on it without being overpowering and the base was a dominos perfection. I'm not much of a fan of deep pan to be honest and dominos in my opinion has the right amount of dough. I find the thicker the dough the more greasy thus making you feel fuller quicker. I'm all about shoving as much pizza in my gob as possible. No Dominos order is complete without the garlic pizza bread - it's what dreams are made off! I may have picked the biggest piece of the bunch...

Thanks so much to Dominos for the pizza party - it made a Tuesday night much more exciting than usual.

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The Social Wine

When I received an email in my inbox asking if I wanted to pop along to a wine tasting evening to create the first social wine, I couldn't type yes please fast enough. It was also brilliant to take my mum along and give her a little peek into the blogging world. I have to say she has networking down to a tee!

A unique joint project between Tesco and wine company Enotria, the evening was about creating the world's first social wine. It really such an amazing idea and it was very exciting to be part of it. We were asked to blind test three whites and two reds and then pop a ball in the glass containing our favourite letter or number. As you can imagine we really got into it! We were showed an indepth video detailing exactly how the wine will help the Enaleni community in South Africa. The wine will enable the community to see their produce on the shelves without a third party producer. I can't wait to see it in the shops come October and see what the final bottles taste like.

There's an amazing South African trip of a lifetime available to win on the Facebook page. You'll be able to see first how exactly how the wine is created. All you have to do is download an app and submit name ideas and label designs for the wine. You have until 13th July to get your ideas forward and the top ten ideas will be published online on 15th July for a week for everybody to vote. The winner will be announced on 22nd July. It's very excited indeed! I'm so, so sorry for the late notice in telling you about the competition but I haven't had time to think recently but I like to think you work well under pressure! Real life gets in the way sometimes. Good luck!

Thank you so much to We Are Social, Enotria and Tesco for our invites - we both had such a lovely evening.

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