Magazine Freebies // Cosmopolitan Magazine // StTropez Instant Tan

Everybody loves a good freebie and Cosmopolitan Magazine, have a great one for you this month - especially if you are a fake tan lover! This month they're giving a mini StTropez - Instant Tan, which is StTropez brand new tan! 

This tan is a water and transfer resistant lasts and has a 24 hours wear. You can use it on both of your face and body. It drys within 2-3 minutes and then you take it off with soap and water. This is the light/ medium colour but you can also get the medium/ dark and the full size of 100ml retails for £10. I've not had the chance to use this tan yet but I really like my bronzing mousse from StTropez so I have high hopes for this. 

Have you seen any good freebies this month?

Instagram Diary #1 & Rambles

- Pink Nail - Cute but true saying - Leighton Denny Maroon Me Knot - Walt Disney Quote - I Got Contacts - Never Stop Dreaming - Krispy Kreme Doughnut - Hello Autumn - Meet Me in Paris - 

Personally I love photography both trying to take my own images and looking at other images. At the perfect social network for this is instagram, I go through spurts of loving it on checking it numerous times a day - all the way to being to busy and forgetting about it. Recently I have gotten back into the habit of posting my favourite images and so that they don't go to waste I thought I might as well do a post on my beloved blog and share the images with you. I like to post images of my favourite quotes or sayings, beauty products that I am currently loving and if I remember outfits of the day - but they are very rare! I also try and remember to photograph my life but that is also a rarity as if something happens I forget to photograph it until the moment is over or nothing exciting is happening! If you want to keep up with me on Instagram, my username is BowsBeautyAndBecki - or there is a link in the sidebar! :)

I apologise for the lack of posts the past week, I have had a pretty bad batch of the cold for about 5 days and I've pretty much been floored with it and I didn't want to write any posts when my heart wasn't in it, I haven't even opened my laptop since Sunday - I personally think you can always tell when the person writing the post isn't interested and is writing it for the sake of it. I am still pretty chocked up but I definitely feel better within my self! 

Also the lovely Beth from Birds Words is doing a survey on panic attacks and anxiety for her university project. She told me about her project and it sounds pretty amazing and is such a great thing that she is doing. If you have panic attacks and anxiety and you have a spare few minutes it would be a big help if you could fill it in. It is also completely confidential - just in case you were wondering! Here is a link that will take you straight to the survey - link here! :)

Do you have Instagram? If so, leave your username in the comments!

Autumn Nails // My Favourite Autumn Nail Polishes

L-R // Essie - Bahama Mama, Leighton Denny - Supermodel, Barry M - Raspberry, Leighton Denny - Maroon Me Knot, OPI - Grape...Set...Match, China Glaze - Merry Berry,

It's that time of the year that the weather is getting colder and all our colourful clothing and accessories are being put away and our darker clothing is coming out along with our chunky knit jumpers, big cosy scarves and of course all types of boots. Along with that we tend to change our look with it including our hair, make-up and of course nails - today I am going to share with you some of my favourite autumn nail polishes, that I've gravitating to recently. 

Essie - Bahama Mama - 

This has to be one of my all time favourite nail polishes, it is such a gorgeous colour and I always get complements when I wear it - and when that happens you know its a good one! It's kind of in the middle of a red and a purple but it is the most gorgeous colour and definitely recommend it! 

Leighton Denny - Supermodel - 

This is one that I've never really had a chance to wear because it normally lives at my sisters house as she thinks why do I need to get nail polish when Becki has about five jars of nail polish - which is true but this is definitely her favourite and when its on her nails, I really like it! 

Barry M - Raspberry - 

As you can probably tell by the name this is definitely a shade that resembles the colouring of a raspberry. It's a gorgeous red but it is too bright, it's quite toned down making it perfect for autumn.

Leighton Denny - Maroon Me Knot - 

If you look at the bottom picture for this post you may think the swatch for this nail polish is a bit messed up but it's not and I shall explain why. This formula has a matte finish which not many of my nail polishes have, so I put a top coat over the top half of the swatch and not the bottom so you get a total idea how you can wear it. I will also add this is the only one with a top coat on it none of the other swatches have a top coat on them! Anyway this is just one of the best purples I own and I currently have it on my nails now! 

OPI - Grape...Set...Match - 

This was a limited edition nail polish from OPI from the Serena Williams collection but you should still be able to get from Amazon. It is a really nice dark purple with purple glitter and shimmer running trough it - I have to warn you this is a nightmare to get of so be prepared!

China Glaze - Merry Berry - 

As you can probably tell by the name I got this at Christmas time last year but I personally think it looks more of a autumn colour than a Christmas colour but it works for both really. If you compare all the swatches it looks like Bahama Mama and Raspberry mixed together which of course turns out a beautiful colour! 

What's your favourite Autumn Nail Polish?