Decor Tip: Light Me Up

I love candles. Fact. Understatement of the century even. My fascination and obsession with them is well known to my friends and family, so much so that on Christmas or or when people come over for dinner, they don't bring the standard box of chocolates and a little something else - I almost always get a candle. A pretty but lonely stand-alone candle

I don't own candle stick holders that would accommodate the various sizes of the gifted candles. So after accumulating a small collection of candles that were looking rather sorry for themselves (and gathering dust) in the cupboard, I decided the other night, to take out 3 of them who have a) colours that are complimentary to one another and b) pastels that make them look Spring-time appropriate, and grouped them together to burn at the same time. Loverly. 

So if like me, you own a lot of individual stick candles that you just don't have a home for in any of your rooms, group them together and burn them at the same time - I think it makes for a simple but very pretty centrepiece. For example, a group of cream and crisp white candles placed next to a beautiful flower vase would look gorgeous on the table if you're having a little get together at yours in the summer/in the garden.  

One of my favourite bloggers, Emily from the famous Cupcakes and Cashmere, did a post where she grouped a lot more candles together to make for a more interesting fireplace and this is where I got the idea to burn candles together. Check out her fireplace -here-. 

If you missed my post on my Winter Yankee Candle favourites click -here- to read it on the lovely Ruby's blog! 

What do you do with individual candles that you can't place into a candlestick holder? Any other candle burning tips? 

Love, Emma xo

Currently Listening To: Right There: Take Care - Drake ft Rihanna 

My Dressing Table

Hey Hey!!

So I thought I'd make my first post an introduction to my little beauty world and what better way to do this than to introduce you to my dressing table?! (please read the disclaimer at the bottom of this post.)

Ever since I bought my first lipgloss (I was 12, it was a sticky, gloopy, cheap little tube and it was one of the happiest moments of my life), I opened the door to a world of beauty storage. At the time my make-up and beauty product storage consisted of cereal boxes with handmade cardboard "slots", shoe boxes, old biscuit tins and one of my all-time lows, an old toilet paper cardboard tube.

......Aaaanyway, moving on, I have now finally achieved my perfect dressing table. Its my little space to experiment and pamper myself, to draw inspiration from and to transform myself into whatever I feel like. 

I designed it myself so the builders bought their own wood. The mirror is from Ikea and the drawer knobs are from B&Q.

Please click on photos to see them bigger and clearer!

Left to Right: Mixture of eye brushes ranging from Topshop to Sigma; Sigma face brushes; Real Techniques by Samantha  Chapman; Random cheap brushes to throw in my bag

 Left to Right: Sephora by O.P.I Nailpolishes (unless stated otherwise)
Back Row: Nonfat Soy Half Calf; Leotard-Optional; Under my Trench Coat;  Cab Fare
Second Row from Back: (China Glaze Papaya Punch), How cute is that; BYOboy; Arm Candy
Third Row from Back: Special Request; Lost Without my GPS; And a Cherry on Top; Mr Right Now
Second Row from Front: Domestic Goddess, Caught with my Khakis Down; Read my Palm; (O.P.I Yodel me on my Cell)
Front Row: Underwater Fantasy; Opening Night; Only Gold for Me

Victoria's Secret Body Mists
Two Outer differently shaped bottles: Shimmer Mists in Amber Romance and Love Spell
Left to Right: Delicate Petals; Pretty in Pink; Love Spell; Secret Charm; Amber Romance; Wild Scarlett; Pure Seduction

Perfume Collection Post soon to come with full details!

Skin and Body Care Post to come with full details!

Disclaimer: I am inherently quite a nosy person and I therefore love to look at people's dressing tables and find new ways of displaying and organising and it is for this reason alone that I am posting this. I am in no way shape or form trying to show-off about anything I own. Nor was this stuff bought overnight, it has been accumulated over a long period of time. Please take it as sharing abit of my beauty world and nothing more than that. 

SO I hope you like it, would love to hear what you think! If you would like close-up pictures of any of the nail polishes write a comment and I'll try and put one up! 

How do you organise your collection of stuff? Do you like to display it or neatly hide it away? I would be very interested in reading any such posts so please feel free to post a link to yours down below!

Emma xo

Currently Listening to: Jay Sean - War