Elle~Gance

Wednesday, 25 December 2013

New York: Day 1

Happy Christmas Everyone!!

Hope you all had an amazing day and got to spend time with your loved ones.

This is my day one post of my trip to New York, which includes the lovely Christmas decorations in the City.

Enjoy!!

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Waking up and realising your in New York City is the best feeling!!

We were so lucky to stay in an amazing apartment at The Rockefeller Centre and the view we had from our bedroom window was mind blowing!

View from bedroom window

We were so jet lagged from travelling that we slept in till 2pm on the Sunday. We sat in the bed for ages planning on what we were going to get up to and where we were going to go. We'd both been to New York before so we were able to skip all the touristy stuff, no sitting on top of a freezing cold open top bus for us!!

We eventually got up, got ready and had a very late brunch lol!

To be honest we didn't get up to much on the first day. We only had about an hour of daylight before it started to get dark, it gets dark at around 4/4.30pm in December over there.

We wandered around The Rockefeller Centre to check out the magical Christmas Tree and to get our bearings.

Christmas Tree at Rock Centre

It got dark fairly quickly so we tried to find our way in the dark as best we could and got slightly lost at times lol!

The Christmas lights and decorations are fab in New York.

Here are a few pics of the decorations on 6th Ave.

6th Ave.

Christmas wishes & kisses

Love,

Elle

Tuesday, 24 December 2013

New York Trip: Arrival

Hello there again!

Myself and my Fiance were lucky enough to head to New York for a week this month. I absolutely love New York and with it being Christmas it felt extra special to be there.

Side note - My Fiance doesn't want to be named on this so I'm going to call him J from now on :)

We got really lucky in the airport and did not have to wait in any lines to check in or to go through security!! This made me so happy.

The first Victoria's Secret store in Ireland recently opened in Terminal 2 at Dublin Airport and I was excited to see what all the fuss was about. Being honest I wasn't overly impressed with the stock they had, it was mainly there frangrance, beuty lines and accessories with only a small section of underwear.

Victoria's Secret Terminal 2 Dublin

Our flight was delayed by an hour so we had a look around the shops in Duty Free and treated ourselves to a lovely Jo Malone candle. We got the Peony & Blush Suade one and it smells so good!

The flight was a long one but I wasn't as nervous as I usually am on planes so it was a good flight for me! J always packs his iPAD full of shows and movies when we travel so we watched a few things on that but it got uncomfortable so we just watched some of the plane movies and slept.

We arrived on a Saturday night at about 8pm.When we landed we had a car waiting for us and we heading straight to the apartment we were staying at. The apartment is right across the rod from The Rockefeller Centre and the traffic was crazy!! A lot of the roads were blocked off and there were crowds of people everywhere.

We headed straight up to our apartment and dropped our bags. We were so jet lagged but our hunger out weighed our tiredness so we headed out on a food hunt. Our food hunt did not go so well. We went to a place a few doors down from our apartment called Five Guys and it was closing. It was only 10pm?!? I found that early for a Saturday in NY.

After that we went on a hunt for any fast food place and eventually we found a McDonalds. Those golden arches where like a beacon in teh night for us lol!

We got a few bits in Duane Reades (Grocery shop/pharmacy) then heading to McDonalds for 2 large Big Mac Meals. We got a take away and eventually got back to the apartment in a dazed state and devoured our food.

I was so cold after eating that I had to jump into the shower before bed to warm up.

So that is how we ended our first night in NY, exhausted with full bellies.

Love,
Elle x

I'm back in Blogland!

Hi all!!!

Happy Christmas Eve!!

I haven't written for a few weeks :( I have had no laptop and my phone just isn't as good to blog with lol!

But I'm back now and have loads to catch up on!

I am just back from an amazing trip to New York with my Fiance. So happy it's Christmas otherwise I'd be super sad at leaving that amazing city lol!

We did so much in New York so I will do a few posts on what we got up to and a few tips for anyone that is planning a trip there!

I am super exited for Christmas as I will be buying a fancy Canon camera once the sales start. Which means I will be diving into the wonderful world of Youtube!!

I finished my Christmas shopping yesterday evening and suprisingly I got a parking spot as soon as I arrived and missed most of the crazy lines of people.

Funny story of me and my Fiance doing our Christmas shopping!

My Fiance and I went shopping on Saturday to pick up a few tings for our families and he decided to buy himself a few presents aswell. We split up at one stage while he got a few games for the PS4 and I went to Boots to grab a few girly essentials. Well I walked up to him as he was about to purchase his games and a couple of extras, the PS4 camera and stand. I almost killed him on the spot. Lets just say he would have been opening the PS4 camera and stand tomorrow. Needless to say I had to tell him not to buy them as I had already gotten them for him, I was not a happy girl after this lol!

About a half hour later I ruined on of his presents for me, we are the most ridiculous couple ever! I was shopping in Debenhams when I bumped into him buying me prefume. His face just dropped when he seen me! Bless him lol!

So technically you could say I got my own back muahahahaha lol!

In the end all we could do was laugh about it!!

Hope you guys have a wonderful Christmas Eve!! I will hopefully get around to doing the first post on my trip to New York later on today so keep and eye out for it!

Christmas wishes & kisses!!

Love,

Elle x

Thursday, 14 November 2013

BSOTM a.k.a Beauty Salon of the Month

Afternoon Ladies,

Another cold one here today! I'm rocking a pair of fabulous pink fluffy knee socks to keep my tootsies warm :)

I thought I'd start doing a beauty salon of the month post to help find the best salons and treatments being offered right now.

So welcome to BSOTM!! Hope you enjoy the first post! :) x

I am so excited because im booked in for a facial later on today and I am living for it! I can't wait to be all cosy on the heated bed getting pampered...eeeeppppp excited!

I am in the process of trying to get my skin clear and pretty for December.

My last facial was 6 weeks ago and my breakouts have cleared up so well over the weeks since. I no longer have big volcano like spots that seem to fester under the skin for weeks before they make their glorious appearence and ruin my life!

I am still suffering from redness and sensitivity on my cheeks and a few tiny pimples here and there but it is a vast improvement let me tell you.

The salon in I am going to is in Sallins in Co. Kildare and it's called Milles Beauty Rooms and I love it, the girls are all so lovely and helpful. I also get a little excited when I see the walls of the reception area, they are filled with loads of different products. Its like a candy shop for women.

They have an online store too where you can purchase all these fabulous goodies!

I WANT EVERYTHING!!!!!!

They use Dermalogica and I usually get the signature facial which lasts approx 60mins at a cost of €68. You get a taster back treatment (mini back scrub and massage) before the facial too which is great.

The treatment rooms are nice and simple and as soon as you walk in you are hit with the most relaxing aroma. They spray the pillow for your head with lavender too, helloooo relaxy sleepy time!

I will do a post on the treatment another day for you guys! ;)

Here's a few pics of the treatment room I was in....

Here's to relaxing facials and pampering!!

Do you have any favourite treatments or salons you go to?

Thanks for reading! :)

Love,

Elle x

Wednesday, 13 November 2013

Success Story - Suzanne Jackson

Hi ladies,

I went shopping yesterday evening and came across Suzanne Jackson's new book. In case you don't know Suzanne is one of Irelands top bloggers and owener of 'So Sue Me'. Her blog has grown from strength to strength over the last few years and she is a great inspiration to any blogger starting out, like myself :)

It was €19.99 in Easons and covers everything from how she got started to fashion, beauty and more.

Chapter 1 ~ Sue's life story

Chapter 2 ~ About her blog 'So Sue Me'

Chapter 3 ~ All about make-up & beauty

Chapter 4 ~ All about fashion

Chapter 5 ~ She answers all kinds of questions from her fans

Chapter 6 ~ She gives her tips and tricks to starting a blog

Friday, 8 November 2013

Swan Hand Painting

Hey guys!

Yestrerday I got the urge to do some body painting! I was inspired by an artist called Guido Daniele, you can check him out here. His work is brilliant and I was really excited to try and recreate one of his works.

He has done loads of animal paintings on hands and I picked his Swan to re-create.

I started out by sketching out the swans details on my hand.