Arthur's Antics #2

So Arthur has had a bit of manic week... and by manic I mean he has started to be disciplined! He is a bit bitey... Well, I say a bit - he is very bitey. Playing isn't playing unless it involves human flesh so we've started to try and stop this...

Mum ended up buying "7 Steps to the Perfect Puppy" which we are trying to implement - would be useful is Arthur could read it as well but there you go. I came home Friday to Mum telling me not to pick him up if he jumps up, and when I do pick him up if he bites to put his straight back down - so I did all this and he threw a major puppy strop. Opps.

Also this week, my older brother has finally met Arthur :) he lives in Cardiff with his border collie Willow who featured in last weeks AA and is gorgeous. It was great to have him finally meet Si! And they got on like a house of fire... Think puppy misses him already bless.

So here is a small account of what he did this week...

1. being pulled along by the boy with back legs spread 2. this kitchen floor is very cool 3. trapped between the boys legs

4. mischief in the garden 5. we do wonder if he can actually see with his curly locks 6. legs spread

7. eating present from the boys parents 8. i found a big stick 9. floozy showing off his belly

He also had a bath this week which I didn't manage to get a good picture of - there was a lot of whimpering and then went a little bit mad and made a "dirty protest" on the kitchen floor afterwards... Not a happy pup!

So that's Arthur for this week :) we should be taking him on his first walk within the next couple of weeks eek! Very exciting and scary at the same time! Stay tuned :)

Love Lisa & Arthur

May Favourites

Have been somewhat inspired by a range of blogs to do a little favourites post that I'll pop up at the beginning of every month to show my favourites posts from the month before.

One of the reasons I'd really love to do this is to let people know what I loved writing or trialing, my favourites products or outfits or just what I loved in May. I love reading this on others so I thought 'why not?!' so here I go :)

Here are my top 5 posts from May

First up is my review on Liz Earle's Cleanse & Polish Hot Cloth Cleanser which you can find here. The reason I chose this for number one is just because of how much I truly love the product. I has become a staple in my skin care routine and cannot recommend it highly enough.

This is somewhat sentimental for me as it was the first review I was asked to do by the brands PR company (and what a lovely PR company they are!). It was a very exciting moment for me, I love Links & the Olympics so was the perfect first review which you can find here.

Probably my favourite outfit post to date. I just love this dress from New Look - it's so flattering and has definitely got me loving the waterfall trend. Was a lovely event I wore this for as well (my Pappy's 80th) so just a great post for me. Loving the outfit which you can see more of here.

The reason I love this post is because it was slightly different for me. I love photographing my jewellery and the accessories I wear within outfit posts so this was great to do one specifically on the jewellery I got from Accessorize. I really love the photos (specifically the one above) as well. See more here.

This isn't one of my most highly viewed posts, but I just love this outfit. The Topshop dress is so so cute and one of my faves and this post also reminds me of what a great day this was. Take a peek here.

Which of my May posts did you like the most? Have I missed your favourite?

Clynol Grip Spray

Immediate PR are running a 'hair-raising' competition with Clynol for bloggers to produce funky hair styles with Clynol's Grip Spray for tickets to Thorpe Park.

I am one of the lucky ones that was given the opportunity to take part so here is my entry...

So this is quite a different look for me... Those who know me know that I

a) hate having my hair up, and

b) hate having hair out of my face as I think I look like a round squishy ball

However, I am loving this - it's quite rock and roll. My friend Amber did it for me using Clynol and we have both fallen in love with it. 

First she backcombed the top of my hair to give it some UMPH, all the time spray my hair with Clynol, which I must say smells SO good - Amber put it like this "I prefer the smell of the spray I use as the one I use smells like old grannies"... 

She then left a section of my hair at the front down, and then pulled the rest into a high pony. Then pulled my front section into a quiff with a bit of a twist. Then spray spray spray.

We have both fallen in love with this product. It's not sticky, it smells amazing, it doesn't dry like straw and it is so easy to comb through and out as well. It holds really well, which I need for my hair. Would definitely recommend this product.

*update* You can buy Clynol Products from http://www.hairsupermarket.com/ :)

Now is the important part of the review... What did Arthur think?

Well, it got his seal of approval :)

Jubilee Outfit

I thought I should do something somewhat patriotic so I've done a little jubilee outfit post!

Now, I'm probably going to go against everyone here and say I'm just not that bothered about the Jubilee (I'm sorry please don't shoot me!)... I'm incredibly excited about the Olympics but not so much the Jubilee.. However I thought I'd get into the spirit and do this post!

I usually get the boy to take my photos for me, however I nabbed my friend Amber this time and I love the photos, bit more natural then my usual stand and pose! Arthur joined in on the action as well, as you can see!

cardigan TOPSHOP (old)

tshirt TOPSHOP

skirt H&M

boots NEW LOOK

earring ACCESSORIZE (old)

ring LIPSY @ ASOS

necklace ACCESSORIZE (old)

puppy ARTHUR :)

This is a very casual jubilee outfit as I wasn't really doing much this day. I love popping these three colours together, I think it is really striking and very patriotic at the moment!

I have this skirt in about 5 different colours, they are so useful and can either be dressed up or down ridiculously easily. 

O, and yes that is reindeer on my cardigan pocket - who says Christmas cardi's and jumpers are only for December?

I hope you all had a fantastic long bank holiday weekend :) I had a lovely one which involved family, drink, cinema, drink, wii, drink, pub, drink, aquarium, drink, clubbing, drink and bowling! (no more drink...)

What was your jubilee outfit?

Origins Super Spot Remover

If you know me you know I have a real thing about my skin and my spots. They drive me crazy and I have always struggled to find a product that works and that helps.

Along with my Liz Earle Cleanse & Polish, I was recently recommend this:

Origins Super Spot Remover £12.00

I was really excited to try this as it was very highly recommended and I had a look through a couple of other reviews on blogs as well.

The first thing that struck me about this product when I received it was the size - it is actually tiny... like not even as tall as my little finger tiny. Which put me off a little bit because of the price. Saying that, I have had this for around two months now and have hardly made a dent in little bottle so it looks like it goes a very long way.

I use this at night after I have removed all make up and used my cleanser etc and then pop it on my main problem areas and any spots I can feel coming up.

Where this product comes into its own is which these upcoming products - if you pop it on one by the morning it is literally half the size. However, on already formed spots it doesn't really have any effect at all. But it's there to combat those pesky emerging ones which really helps and Liz Earle helps combat the entire problem.

I would recommend this product. I'm not a huge fan of the price, but I definitely couldn't live without this now... Lovely product and really does help which makes me feel great.

Have you used Origins before?