PRETTY YOUNG THING

We went into Birmingham today for a day out! It was lovely, we had a little 'date day' just the two of us! We love visiting Birmingham and are lucky enough to live in this fab city. We have stayed in Birmingham city centre a few times and there's loads of lovely hotels if you fancy a stay. Head over to Hotels.com to check out the best hotels in Birmingham.

We started by heading into the Bullring and had a little look in the shops, I love Birmingham as they have a really good selection of shops, there's Selfridges inside the Bullring aswell as John Lewis in Grand Central. I had a look in the Next for some clothes for Amelia.

We then headed for food, there's so much choice for food in Birmingham. There's the usual chains inside the shopping centers, Pizza Express, Pizza Hut, Ed's, Nandos. You get abit more choice just off the high street, we had a look at the menus and decided to go to Bodega, they are a contemporary cantina bringing fresh, homemade South American. I had Quesadillas and Clint had Tacos and we shared some Nachos. The food was so good really tasty, and really affordable, they have a lunchtime menu during the week so you get a main and drink for £7 which is really good! Some of the other places I would recommend this area is The Botanist, they do some really good Cocktails, Head of The Steam have a great drinks selection! The Ivy, this is just at the end of the road and is a little more fancy, they offer afternoon tea, so if your heading into Birmingham for an occasion i'd check them out.




We wanted something sweet but didn't really fancy anything off the Bodega menu, we stumbled upon a desert place within the bullring called my cookie dough which did these amazing cookie dough deserts so we got a couple of these and found a spot to sit outside the bullring overlooking the Cathedral.





Then we headed towards Digbeth to the Custard Factory as we booked a game of mini golf at Ghetto Golf. It's an 18 hole mini-golf experience, with a cocktail bar. It's like an abandoned warehouse which is covered in graffiti and the mini-gold is really unusual, It's such an experience. It's only £10 per person which I think is quite reasonable.



We had such a lovely day, I love exploring Birmingham and as I mentioned before we are so lucky that it's right on our doorstep. Where are your favourite places to visit in Birmingham. What hotels would you recommend?

My skin has been looking a little dull recently so i've been using The Body Shop Himalayan Charcoal Purifying Glow Mask once a week for a few weeks. I have the Facial mask brush which I use to apply the mask to my face. The brush makes applying the mask super easy but you could use your fingers or even a super old make up brush would do the same job.

This mask is 100% Vegan and infused with bamboo charcoal, Green tea leaves and Organic tea tree oil. The mask revives skin leaving it looking fresh and youthful.

The mask dries really quick and tingles on your skin, I have very sensitive skin but haven't had any problems with this mask, it hasn't irritated my skin whatsoever. I have been using warm water and a muslin to remove the mask. The mask exfoliates the skin and removes any dead skin so the skin feels really smooth and soft.

I've really enjoyed using this mask, as I said i've incorporated it into my weekly skincare routine and have been using it once a week or as I need it. I feel that it leaves my skin feeling much clearer.

The Body Shop have a huge selection of different masks so head over to their website and check them out.



* This post contains pr samples, I have not been paid for this post. The post is honest and my own opinions.

On saturday I went along to the #BrumBloggerMeet which was organised by the lovely Chloe, Sara and Hayley! We all met up at Starbucks and had a catch up and coffee. It was lovely to see all the Birmingham Bloggers again! 

We headed to Selfridges for a tour of the fashion floor and found out a bit more about the brands in Selfridges. This was good we had a look around the brand new primark thats just launched in Selfridges, it was so nice a tidy and I will be visiting the Selfridges Primark before I go in the normal one. 

After this we went and did a spot of shopping, I went along to Lush with Gemma, Charlotte and Charl to get the girls some presents for arranging a lovely meet up! All the Girls chipped in so we got them all a few bits which they loved! 

We went to Mac and then for another Starbucks (All that walking makes you thirsty!) And then headed to Bar Room Bar for drinks and food. We had some lovely talks from Benefit, John Lewis and Bodhi and we got some fabulous goodies. We also met the Lovely lady behind KrisXChi Jewellery and we got the cutest little gift bags with an unique item for everyone :) 

After a Lovely cocktail I headed home with my very big goodie bag so look out for my review on that :) 

We had a lovely day and i'd like to thank the girls for all the hard work they put into to arranging the meet up!