Georgia Ruby fashion and beauty

December is always a pretty busy month with Christmas and new years. I'm just so sad its all over now. December is by far my favorite month of the year. Here are the things I've been loving this month.

Daisy by Marc Jacob - I absolutely love this perfume the scent is devine, its very floral and feminine. i love the bottle almost as much as i love the perfume its so beautiful with the daisy's on the lid. I know it's really about whats inside but the bottle looks gorgeous on my dressing table. I really want to try more from the daisy range. There quite pricey but the scent is long lasting so the bottle goes a long way.

Soap and Glory's Whipped clean shower butter - this shower gel smells lovely, it has a sweet vanilla scent which is strong but not over powering. I've never used a shower cream that is so moisturizing. It leaves my skin like silk. If your in a rush and don't get time to moisturize the whipped clean shower butter is almost like a two in one but i wouldn't recommend skipping moisturizing daily. It retails at around £7.00 which i think is good value seeing the bottle is large and lasts twice as long as cheaper shower gels.

Nivea shaving balm - I'd heard lots of rumors about how the Nivea shaving balm makes a brilliant primer and i couldn't resist to give it a try. The Nivea shaving balm contains glicerine which helps your foundation adhere to your face, its found in most high end primers. I found it made my skin feel so soft and my makeup defiantly lasted longer. Nivea shaving balm retails at around £5.00, its such a bargain considering primers can cost £20.00 or more.

Now for a few random favorites

Paperchase - For Christmas i got a beautiful note book which i'm using to write my blog ideas and a inspirational postcard which is so cute. Paperchase sell beautiful stationary which make lovely gifts or can be a treat for yourself. I'm just sucker for pretty things haha. Paperchase can be quite pricey but the products are such good quality it's worth paying the bit extra.

Yankee candle in clean cotton - I'm a massive fan of Yankee candles and clean cotton has got to be my favorite scent it smells so clean and fresh. I rediscovered my love for it when i got it brought for me for my birthday. I try to buy different scents but i always come back to clean cotton. I've tried a range of candles and yankee candles are far the best. Again yankee can be expensive but there's often offers and sales where you can pick up a bargain.

well those were my favorites of December what were yours?

At the moment boots are doing a special offer, if you spend £15 or more you get the rouge glamour gift set for free. It's lovely as a gift or a nice treat for yourself.

The gift set contains smoky stories quad eyeshadow in the shade 06 upside brown, the volume glamour max holidays mascara in the colour ultra black, rouge edition velvet liquid lipstick in the shade hot pepper and so laque ultra shine nail polish in the colour rouge escarpin. Together these products cost over £25 such a bargain, specially if you were buying Bourjois Paris makeup anyway. The Healthy mix serum is my go to foundation so I stocked up on it and got the gift set for free.

This set is perfect for the festive season with glittery eyeshadow, red lipstick and red nail polish.

The mascara is one of the best mascaras I've ever used it makes my lashes look so long and dark. I would defiantly buy it again.

The eyeshadows goes on beautifully and on the box there's a guide on how to apply them which is handy if your quite sure.

The nail polish is a beautiful festive red and has a lovely shiny finish. I wouldn't say it's massively long lasting but I don't find my nail varnish lasts unless it's gelish.

The lipstick again is a beautiful festive colour but I wish it wasn't Matt. I just don't get on with Matt lispticks. I suffer with dry lips and Matt lispticks don't apply well to them. If you like Matt lispticks then don't be discouraged.

Overall I love this gift set. It's such good value for money. Bourjois Paris are sneaky I may have got it free this time but I will defiantly be repurchasing some of the products, products I would have never gone out to buy before.

I'm gunna be sharing with you what I've loved this month, my hair and beauty favourites and a few random favourites too.

I've really been loving Jimmy's Choo's blossom perfume. The scent is beautiful and really long lasting. It has a sweet and floral scent and is quite similar to the original Jimmy Choo perfume that I also adore. Not only does the perfume smell Devine the bottle is so pretty, it graduates from

Dark to light pink and looks lovely on my dressing table.

Another favourite of mine is Paw Paw moisturising balm it's brilliant for dry hands and lips. I really suffer from dry lips in the winter and don't find anything other than paw paw works long term. I find it really restores moisture into my dry and cracked lips.

A makeup favourite of mine this month is Arbonne's lipstick in the colour copper. It's a brown coloured lipstick with a hint of glitter. I'm not usually a fan of glittery lipsticks but it's quite subtle and perfect for the festive season.

A couple of my random favourites this month have to be the app restaurant story 2. You basically run your own restaurant, it's a lot of fun and rather addictive. My other random

Favourite is adult colouring books, I've always loved colouring and I find it so therapeutic.

I'm off to Potters resort for a weekend with my other half and I thought I'd share with you what beauty travel essentials I will be taking with me. I thought this might be a useful post as it could be used as a check list or give you some ideas of what to take with you if your toiletry bag is looking a bit sparse. If you haven't heard of potters resort it's an all inclusive holiday resort in Hopton, England.

I will warn you I am an overpacker and bring more than I need as I'd rather have it and not need it than not have it and need it. You might find not all products I mention are essential for you.

I bring my usual skin care products. if your interested in my everyday skin care routine I've done a post previously going in the detail.

I always bring a body butter such as soap and glory's sugar crush and Johnson's baby oil as the spas and swimming pool dries my skin out.

I bring my usual shampoo and conditioner and a deep conditioner such as a Aussie 3 minute miracle pouch as like my skin, my hair gets dried out in the pool. I also bring an elvive hair anti frizz serum to apply to my hair when it's damp for added moisture.

I end up with many miniature shower gels and creams from Christmas and my birthday.If I'm just away for the weekend I tend to take those with me as there the perfect size when your for a couple of nights. The one I'm taking with me this time is soap and glory's clean on me. you can purchase various mini products in boots or superdrug.

A few random bits I bring with me are Vaseline and paw paw which are great for dry lips and hands, nail polish and soap and glory's heal genius.

I obviously bring the real essentials like toothpaste etc but I won't bore you those too much.

Those are my holiday essentials for when I'm holidaying in the uk. if your interested what I take with me when I go abroad please comment below!

After I did my last post it left me wanting to buy more nail polish ( a shocker i know). After talking about the Higher end drug store polishes and salon polishes I thought I'd try something a bit more affordable, I'm forever looking for those hidden gems in Superdrug or Boots.

I came across MUA's nail polishes, the packaging is almost identical to Essie the only difference is MUA's polishes are slightly smaller. There only a pound each and they were 3 for 2 so I got three polishes for two pounds! For a pound each I'm so Impressed. The polish went on lovely and I've had it on for 2 days and it's yet to chip. I didn't have high hopes as the polish was so cheap but I was so Impressed.

Some of the colours were very close to colour of the Essie polishes. There's Great dupes at such a low price. For example MUAs lavender is very similar to Essie's Fiji.

Overall their great polishes if your trying to build a collection on a budget or if your new to nail art and don't want to spend a fortune. I'm defiantly going to purchase more MUA polishes ( not that I need anymore nail polish haha)

Painting my nails is something I find really therapeutic and I love the finish effect. Don't get me wrong I love getting my nails done professionally whether it be gels or acrylics but doing my own is the second best thing.

I have quite a collection of polishes after a recent clear out I've got around 80 polishes and I have tried a lot of different brands in my time. So I thought I'd share with you which nail polishes I like the most.

Barrym nail polishes make up a big part of my collection. Barrym have a huge range of colours and types of nail polish. These include Matt, crackle affect and Gelly shine. You really can find the colour to match any outfit. They retail at around £3.99 which is such a bargain. My only con with Barrym is there not very long lasting they chip quite easily with or without a top coat. My favorite polishes by Barrym include Mushroom, berry ice cream and shocking pink.

Another brand I love is Essie. Again Essie have a large range of colours but I also love this brush on Essie nail polishes. The brush is quite large and so easy to paint with my nails always come out so neat when I've used Essie polishes. Essie retail at around £7.99 slightly more than Barrym but personally I think the formula and brush of Essie polishes are better quality than Barrym and worth the bit extra. My favouite Essie polishes include Bikini so teeny, knockout pout and Berry Naughty

whatever paint you are using you need a decent top and base coat. My favorite top and base coat are by OPI which is a salon used brand. There Slightly more expensive than the drugstore brands i have mentioned but if you want a professional finish there defiantly the polishes to use.

There's a few of my favorite polishes please comment and tell me yours

I'm a massive lush fan, partially there bath bombs. If you haven't tried lush bath bombs are like no other. There made with natural sources. They don't just fizz and disappear like regular bath bombs they can change your bath water numerous colours and have Various surprises inside them such as flower petals, glitter and sequins. There just beautiful and such a lovely bath time treat.

I try to buy different bath bombs each time I go to lush, I picked up sex bomb on my last visit and wow I would defiantly buy it again. The name might be off putting or might lure you in but it didn't really bother me.

The bath bomb it self is pink and purple with a rose in the middle, When placed in the bath it turns the water bright pink and the petals disperse into the water. the scent is very floral and is just gorgeous!

The sex bomb bath bomb retails at £3.50 It's such a lovely treat and I'd rather have one lush bath bomb than a cheap set of them.

I absolutely love lush bath bombs, I can't wait to try more especially the Christmas range.