It’s been a little while since I have re-visited my Cologne adventure here on the blog, so I thought I’d share with you the place we stayed for the first night of our visit.  As a reminder, I headed over to Cologne in July for the Beauty Bloggers Secrets party with a group of other […]

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Missed day one of exploring Cologne? Read it here. Sunday was our last day in Cologne, it had come around so fast!  Feeling surprisingly fresh after the cocktails and lack of sleep the day before, myself and Lissa headed to the Chocolate museum to meet Rachel and Hayley whilst the other guys split off to […]

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The day after the Essence Beauty Bloggers Secrets Party I had decided to make the most of being in Germany and do some sightseeing so we set off exploring Cologne. After breakfast, we headed to the hotel we’d booked for the second night.  The hotel was the Metro One and for the price I really […]

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A few weeks ago I was lucky enough to win a trip to Cologne to attend the Beauty Bloggers Secrets party.  I won it through Mary from Strikeapose, who was one of four bloggers who were invited by Essence to design a makeup pallet, and this month it made it into the permanent collection! We arrived […]

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When I first heard of The Library of Fragrance about 18 months ago, it was because I’d been searching for a book-scented perfume for years.  Yes, I actually am that book obsessed, I just couldn’t find any in the UK.  Then I came across The Library of Fragrance.  Back then they had some scents on offer […]

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