Pure Chimps Super One Spray is a 2 in 1 cleanser and moisturiser. Fragrance free and won't clog your pores either! It's all natural and vegan friendly too! The lovely fellas at PureChimp posted off this little bottle for me to review. It came wrapped up in bubble wrap and was a little leaky at first due to the cap being wonky but it was alright after a wipe down and luckily due to the fact it's fragrance free, didn't leave a smell everywhere. I did mention this to them via Twitter and it was all sorted out. They have lovely customer service.
Just like Lush products they even have a sticker on the bottom telling you the shelf life. Mine doesn't run out for a long time. ;) As you can tell by the ingredients, its all natural! Hemp Oil, Sunflower Oil and Safflower Oil have been used to make this cleanser. The hemp oil will soothe the skin, Safflower oil will give your skin those fatty acids to help it glow and this little cleanser will reduce inflammation and hydrate your skin!

Just spray 2/3 times on a cotton pad and wipe your face clean! Don't just use this as a make-up cleanser, use this after cleaning your face. Do deep clean your face to get all the grubby bits!
The price tag may put you off a little. It's currently £10 on Amazon right now. You can also buy from their website too. After using it my skin feels so soft and clean but since it is an oil I also thought it was greasy at first. I loved trying out this product and if you are a fan of all natural ingredients and vegan friendly products then this is for you. But unfortunately my love is with Micellar Water.

Pure Chimp - Website // Facebook // Twitter

Would you try this product? Would you prefer a Cleanser + Moisturiser or a 3 in 1 Micellar Water?

Let me know! :)

Ta-Ra

Jess

Guest Post // Top 5 Tips: Dealing with Exams & Revisions

Hello to Jess' lovely readers, it's great to be guest posting for one of my favourite blogs ever. I better introduce myself - well I'm Yasmin from YasElle  (go check me out *self promotion alert*). I am a beauty and lifestyle blogger as well as a student studying for my GCSEs.

This leads me into today's post - I bring with me the gift of EXCLUSIVE 5 Top Tips for dealing with exam prep/revision for the exam season. Now of course, these don't only apply for GCSE students, they can appeal to A Level students and higher so you could take a few of these tips whatever type of education you are in.

 #1 - Be Prioritised. Make yourself a timetable with colour coded subjects for the exams that you need to study for. You can either do this by hand - show off your creativeness or head on over to an easy access site that you are able to design one there for free. I use GetRevising as mine. Honestly, it's so easy - it allows you to prioritise your subjects easily and sorts it out appropriately and all colour coded per day.

 #2 - Organise. The key to good revision is perfect organisation no matter what subject it is. So you are not stressing yourself out finding all the appropriate items you need to help you with revision - get folders and organise your subjects by that. Also, organise your revision sessions with a separate timetable for each subject on what you plan to revise for that hour or two.

 #3 - Colours. For me, being an arty student creativity is key for my eye when revising. I like to have different coloured pens so if any keywords pop up I write them down in a pink or red. This also helps with the presentation of my notes. Leading on from this...

 #4 - Note taking. Make sure that they are notes - however don't shorten them down that you get overly confused because then you won't be learning/refreshing anything in your mind. I like to split it up into different sections. One section - in my trusty notepad following on from my revision cards and finally onto post - it notes that usually end up on my notice board by the side of my bed throughout the last week leading up to the final exam.

#5 - Rest. It is IDEAL to rest between revision and also the night before the exam. We are strangely advised not to look over your notes too much the night before your exam due to the fact that you make get overly stressed out and feel like you won't know anything when in reality you know everything. So the night before get an early night, sleep and wake up in the morning early (so no rushing around) and eat a balanced breakfast. Now you are ready to crack that exam! Remember to keep calm in all situations through the exam and enjoy yourself. Good luck for the upcoming exams - you'll be great!

 Thank you for reading and make sure you head on over to my blog.

Find the beautiful Yasmin @ Blog // Twitter // Bloglovin

Ta-Ra

Jess

*All images credited to Yasmin*

Guest Post // Cappuccino Cake Recipe

Hey everyone! I'm Caitalin. Today I'm guest posting for the lovely Jess! 

If you haven't figured it out already then I am going to be doing a recipe post for you all today. Just a heads up...all you coffee addicts like me out there will love me after this post!

Cappuccino cake (AKA heaven!)

Ingredients:

- 250g softened butter, plus extra for greasing

- 280g self-raising flour

- 250g golden caster sugar

- half tsp baking power

- 4 eggs

- 150ml pot of natural yoghurt

- 1 tsp vanilla extract

- 1 tbsp cocoa powder, plus extra to dust

- 100ml strong coffee (i make it with 2 tbsp of coffee granules)

For the icing:

- 140g icing sugar,sifted

- 350g mascarpone or soft cheese

Method

1.Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4. Grease a 20 x 30cm baking or roasting tin and line with baking parchment. 

2. To make the cake batter beat the butter, flour, baking powder, sugar, eggs, yoghurt, vanilla, cocoa and HALF of the coffee in a large bowl with an electric wisk (or if your like me, by hand) until no lumps are in the mixture.

3. Spoon into the tin and bake in the over for 25-30 minutes. The sponge should have risen and be golden brown. If you still not sure, here is a tip: poke a skewer through the middle..if it comes out clean, its done! Drizzle with some of the remaining coffee.

4. Cool in the tin whilst you mix the icing sugar with the mascarpone. Spread this over the cooled cake and dust with some cocoa powder and if your creative, which im not...sprinkle over some coffee beans to make it look all cute!

So that's it! Pretty easy huh?

I bake this all the time when i want a nice kick of caffeine that's not in a mug!

If you enjoyed this post then head on over to my blog which you can find in the links below!

Make sure you say hi if you stop by! (brownie points for the rhyme!)

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Wreck This Journal : Introduction

After seeing these pop all over tumblr, instagram and youtube videos & a few blogs, I've been dying to buy this book but never got around to it! Then finally while buying my new camera tripod I stuck in Wreck This Journal into my Amazon basket for a lovely £3 + P&P after reading Claire's post :D It arrived the other day and I had a flick through the pages and I'm so excited to start this.
If you don't know what Wreck this Journal is. It's basically what the title says. You wreck this journal. Throw it, burn it, stamp of it, get it wet but do it creatively. Read the instructions and create a masterpiece.
I hate cracking the spines of books and one of the instructions is to do this exactly!  I will be making a blog post series starting next week on a wednesday! I will show you what I did to my journal. If you want a video as well on my newest youtube channel (not Jesstony) then please let me know. :)

I also want Keri Smith's other book called The Pocket Scavenger! Soon. I will get you soon.

Let me know what you think of Wreck This Journal! 

Ta-Ra

Nerdy Tea Girl

NerdyTeaGirl's 150+ Followers Beauty Giveaway!

Hello! Firstly, thank you for reading my blog. I have over 150 followers and 300+ on my twitter. I get lovely emails from you guys, I've made some amazing friends and I'm getting more and more confident in my writing and social skills. So THANK YOU. And as a thank you I thought I would finally do my giveaway. (the canvas giveaway doesn't count) I was suppose to do this at 100 followers but one giveaway at a time is enough!

This is what I'm giving away. it's not a lot but I tried to cover basics. Hair, Skin, Eyes, Lips, Nails.

Karen Miller White Jasmine & Cranberry Scrub 

Le Glow Nail Wraps

MUA Nail Polish

Glamour Eye Lashes

Rimmel Lip Stain

Argan Oil Hair Treatment

&

Cute Vintage Pastel Pink Cat Clipboard & Pen

Just follow the instructions and we are off to a start!

UK ONLY (Sorry)

Winner will be contacted the day after competition ends.

Please supply valid contact details

Package will be sent 1st class :)

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Good luck!

Ta-Ra

Jess

Garlands of Ellfi

Last week was pretty lousy but it wasn't all bad! The lovely Elle, one half of Garlands of Ellfi and I got talking and we thought it would be a good idea to do a little swap. My Midnight Tea Parties Jewellery for a lovely Garland she has made. I chose a white and ivory rose garland as I'm planning on getting married in August and I thought it would be lovely to have these at my wedding, not just for me but for my bridemaids too! What better way then to try them out. Elle also kindly put in a little purple & pink rose headband too, which is adorable.

I've seen some highly priced rose garland headbands out there and Garlands of Ellfi is definitely not one of them. Handmade with love and care. These headbands are beautiful and affordable. Perfect for those spring/summer days that are coming soon! What I love about Garlands of Ellfi is not only does the name sound like something from Lord of the Rings or some mystical land but they have a variety of headbands! Elle has made super cute kitty ear headbands and has even started on mouse ears! She will even customize them for you. ( I've asked for black kitty ears)

I've met Elle through blogging and I consider one of my new best friends. We've chatted alot since introducing ourselves and we have alot in common! She's a geek, I'm a geek. She has a weird and slightly feminine boyfriend and so do I! ( I'm kidding Tom & Tony, don't kill me :P ) Elle is wonderful to talk to and I feel as if I had a problem or I needed someone to talk to, Elle would definitely been there even if she lives like a thousand miles away!

Ta-Ra

Jess

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SOCIALLY AWKS

I'm one of those people who are shy, quiet and won't speak up about anything unless I'm quite comfortable to be around you. I'm what you would call a "loner". I was pretty much just that in High School. I had a few friends but not many. Mostly one or two close friends I could relate to at that time. And I'm still in touch with these friends too but I wouldn't say I hang out with them as much as I would like. Life gets in the way. Being an adult and finding time to socialize is quite challenging for me. I'm just getting by with dealing with my rent and everyday essentials and this is why I don't go out and buy the latest outfit or beauty products and my blog isn't full of these reviews. I would love to be able to do a make-up haul sometime!
I have low self esteem and body issues. I'm not confident and I get nervous whenever I meet someone new. Oh how I wish I was 5 years old. That age when you could just walk up to any kid on the playground and automatically be best friends for half an hour. My body and looks are not up to my standard. I'm what doctors would class as obese even though I'm only 3 stone over my perfect weight! I hate my body and I hate how I feel about it. One of life's lessons is to love yourself and that is hard when you are consistently loathing your body. "But you're beautiful" some of you say. It's all just good camera angles. Something I've been able to do since our MySpace days. I hardly have full body pictures and I hate it when other people take my photo. "Check out my five chins!", "Eww look at my skin!", "I look pregnant!". Just some of the thoughts in my head. I am always the girl behind the camera, not in front. I'm always trying to eat healthy but I fail everytime. Hello Chinese takeaway. I'm trying to slowly become a vegetarian...slowly...

You may be wondering why I'm writing this post. Since I started blogging, I've been making new friends, booking events to attend because I hardly go out and its one of my goals to do new things and experience new adventures and it suddenly hit me that I would be meeting people I've only ever talked to online. I have online friends that I've known forever and they've seen me on skype once or twice but never have they met me in person. Same goes for everyone I'll be meeting through blogging or through Newcastle Comic Con. I'll be a nervous wreck. "What if they don't like me?" , "What if they find me repulsive because I'm not as thin as others?!", "What if they think I don't like them because I can't find anything to talk about?" These thoughts run though my head.

Don't get me wrong. I can't wait to meet everyone , have connections and new people to hang out with. Sometimes I just need a girl friend to hang out with and eat food, shop and watch films without feeling like I have nothing to say to them or worrying that they might not like me. I'm around my fiance 24/7 because I can't go outside on my own. I feel like everyone is staring at me. Even though most of the time, no one really cares. I just can't help but have this feeling.

So if I'm shy when I first meet you. It's not because I don't like you. It's because I have no idea what to say to you or how to react. Socializing has never been my strong point and I'm cooped up in my house, wishing I had money to go to Starbucks and have a natter. I'm thankful blogging has let me know some amazing people.

Are you as socially awkward as me?

Ta-Ra

Jess