There's One Thing You Need On Your Dressing Table...

When it comes to make-up storage, I've probably lusted after a good few hundred on Instagram and Pinterest. Whether they're acrylic draws, brush pots, draw organisers or DIY Glossy-Box-turned-makeup-storage, I've probably seen and loved them all. Whilst doing a google to get my makeup storage fix, I come across this beauty on Amazon (also sold on eBay, if that's your preference). Naturally, the first thing to do was to share my love of it on Instagram and after I was fortunate enough to get it for my birthday from one of my best friends - it wasn't a hint, I promise!

REVIEW | L'Oreal Extraordinary Facial Oil

This product has been taking up space in my skincare compartment for quite some time now, as I originally got this from a beauty sale when I had work experience at Cosmopolitan Magazine early last year. I used it once, didn't like the smell and then filed it to the back. It wasn't until I ran out of my normal face serum & didn't have any back-ups (which isn't like me at all) when I had no choice but to bring this back out again.

NEW YORK: 12 THINGS YOU NEED TO KNOW

If you have followed me on social media for the past week, you'll probably know that I have been to New York... as in the BIG APPLE! The experience is one that I will never forget and the fact that I got to experienced it with my best friend made it all so much more special! I know that this destination is one at the top of most peoples travel list, so I thought I would give you the low-down on exactly what the big apple is actually like.

THE ORIGINAL TANGLE TEEZER BEAUTY REVIEW

If you have long and thick hair, you will know the struggle of wearing it down - it gets knotty and messy in only a few minutes of going outside, and don't even talk about what it's like when we've just got out of the shower! Brushing sometimes just doesn't do it so that's why I have wanted a Tangle Teezer for quite some time. I was actually going to put it in my May Wishlist, but my parents bought me this as a little Easter present, as I had mentioned that I wanted it.

For those of you that don't know what a Tangle Teezer is, it's a small brush/comb that claims to detangle hair without struggling and pulling on the hair. We all know how painful it can be when trying to brush out knots and this was what made me want it so much. I've heard so many people rave about this product but I didn't know whether it was just a gimmick.

THE GOOD BITS

It actually does the job! Using this on dry hair definitely makes it softer and tangle free within only a couple of seconds of using it. It's also small enough to keep in any size bag so you can constantly give your hair a quick de-tangling treatment on the go. It sticks to it's word when it says it's painless and I can definitely see the difference of using my brush you get my tangles out, to using this. It's a lot quicker and easier and does all of that painlessly. With wet hair, it has a little bit more of a struggle but it still comes through in the end!

The Teezer is shaped in a way that it is easy to grip the product without it slipping out of your hands. They have a variety of different colours and patterns (the gold one is so cool) and they even have some for kids.

THE BAD BITS

The worst bit is probably it's price. At about £12, it is quite expensive so I wouldn't recommend it to anyone who doesn't need it, such as people with shorter hair or someone with hair less likely to get tangled.

However, I do love this product and I am so glad that I have finally got it and it didn't turn out to be just a gimmick! I love taking it around with me and I've definitely have started wearing my hair down a lot more since getting this Tangle Teezer! Let me know you thoughts in the comments below and also let me know of any products you think I'll like!

Goodbye 2014, Hello 2015

So here it is, my first blog post of 2015 which means that this blog is just over a year old! If you have been a follower of my blog for a while then you'll notice that there has been quite a few changes on this blog, not just the look but changing the name (twice) and the content of my blog. I will still be writing a lot of beauty post but I just wanted to widen the area of what I actually post about.

Personally though my 2014 has been eventful and although nothing significantly huge has happened this year there has been a lot of great things that have happened. Here's a few of my 2014 highlights...

Finishing my second year of uni with a 2:1

Starting my third and final year of my degree

Work experiences at places such as Heart FM and BBC

Celebrating my second year anniversary with my boyfriend

So here's what to look forward to in 2015:

Having four weeks work experience at Cosmopolitan magazine (!!)

Finishing my degree

(Hopefully) starting my first full-time, media-related job

As you can see I have had a brilliant 2014 and I'm excited for what this year has in store for me! Let me know what amazing things have happened to you last year and what you're looking forward to in 2015. 

Beauty High Street has changed into Sophie Laura's Beauty

*MAJOR NEWS ALERT*

Beauty High Street has now changed to Sophie Laura's Beauty.

I have been umm-ing and ahh-ing for a while now whether to change the name of my blog or not, as I I'm not too fond of Beauty High Street and wanted me blog to be more 'personal'. Just to clarify, this blog isn't about MY beauty - just to put that out there. The blog will still be exactly the same but just with a new name! Tah dah! Oh yeah, my twitter name will be changing too - gulp!

Please, please, pleeeeease spread the word!

MY BLOG: THE BEGINNING OF MY BLOGGING JOURNEY & TIPS I'VE LEARNT SO FAR

My first post may have been published in December and I have been blogging now and then since, but the posts from December through to June haven't really been my best work - they haven't shown what I can do and frankly, they were a big naff. So now is the time that I put my foot down and show the world (most importantly, my readers) what I can actually do. I am counting all of the posts that has been published in July as a new start - and I hope you do to. I understand we are only fifteen days into July, but in those two weeks I have learnt so much and I have changed and re-vamped my blog massively, and I hope that you all prefer this new Beauty High Street. Not only am I reviewing products any more, but I am sharing my tips and my views, as well as writing other non-beauty-related posts (which are under 'lifestyle'). These past couple of weeks I have bee reading through many, many more blogs and have come across some fantastic writers that are around my age and have become so successful in such a short amount of time (check out my blogroll) and it has inspired me to do the same, to show the world what I can do and be proud of my blog - after all, writing it what I want to do for a living.

CANDLES, MAKEUP AND DO IT YOURSELF JEWELLERY HOLDERS: HOME & DIY

I have just come back from university, which means transferring everything I have from one house to the other - packing and then unpacking in the same day. Tedious task, right? Maybe for some. For me however, I love it! I get a thrill out of placing all of my well-loved items back into their original (or finding new) places, and making my room a dream to live in. This is what I have done with it so far...

Ralph Lauren Big Pony 2 Fragrance For Women

Before this year it was very rare that I wore perfume, I was given loads of celebrity branded fragrance sets for Christmas' and birthdays' but for some reason I just didn't seem to use them. It wasn't until to started to pay more attention to the perfumes that my friends and family were wearing that I realised that I should jump on the bandwagon. I went to The Fragrance Shop one day and spent a while smelling fragrance after fragrance as I wasn't too sure what I wanted; something sweet, fruity, classy, subtle... I wasn't sure at all.

Photo: Moustache Mug

A belated Christmas present from my best friend - oh how well she knows me!

The Body Shop Born Lippy Satsuma Shimmer

Christmas, snow, the New Year, thick jumpers... Winter's such a beautiful and eventful time, there is so much to love, but also a lot of thing to dislike. Amongst things like the cold, de-icing the car and endless amount of rain, the way the winter affects your skin has to be right at the top of that list. Chapped lips is not something that people want to parade around with. Not only is it painful and uncomfortable, it's not a pretty sight.

Soap & Glory Heel Genius

As you all know it has just been Christmas which means that I have a lot of bath, body and hair products, as well as a lot of nail stuff and makeup. All of this stuff has lead me to my 2014 New Years resolution - "make more time for pampering myself" and to "use all of the stuff I have been given for Christmas this year". Every year, I always get given body and bath stuff for Christmas but always end up throwing it out the next year, but that's not going to happen in 2014. Not that now I have found a big love in The Body Shop and Soap & Glory.