Maison De Moggy - Edinburgh Cat Cafe

Well hi there! Wow it has been a long time since I last wrote a blog post and I apologise! I don't want to make excuses but thought I'd explain why it's been so long.

In November I started a new job which has made me so much happier as I really wasn't happy at my old job. It's full time, Monday-Friday which is amazing but means I don't really get the chance to blog much. Or at least it didn't and I want to change that now. 

October In Pictures

1. Me and my brother on a works night out. We always take a selfie when we're out :P. 2. It wouldn't be Autumn with a standard leaves and shoes photo haha! Love the colours in this!

Review: Scentsy Warmer and Lychee Sorbet

If you love making your house smell amazing with candles, plug ins etc. then you will love Scentsy! 

If you haven't heard of Scentsy then where have you been? Everyone is raving on about it!! Basically it's a company where you can become a consultant and start selling the products to all your friends, family and anyone else who might be interested in trying them.

Curlywurlycrafts

1 year ago my friend Rachel decided to start her own Facebook page called Curlywurlycrafts where she makes frames for people to buy for themselves or to give as a gift to someone for birthdays, engagement/wedding presents, new home, new baby etc.

September In Pictures

This month in pictures post will be photos from my holiday to Florida since 2 weeks of September was spent there and then when we got back my phone was "broken" so I didn't have it for a while so that's why I don't have any other photos from last month to include in this.  My phone is fine and not broken which is a whole other story that I wont get into....enjoy!

❤️August In Pictures❤️

1. Me and my lovely Mum having a glass (or 5) of wine. 2. Me and David at his cousin's baby's christening. 3. Caroline, Jennifer and myself at the christening (David's sister and mum). 4. Kenny, Caroline, Allan, myself, David and Jennifer again at the christening. 5. Strawberry Margarita from Papa Joes. 6. Yasmin, Cheryl, myself and Cheryl on a boozy afternoon! Love these girls! 7. Us again being silly. 8. And again haha! 9. Me and David with our cool Mario hats we got in a happy meal haha!

Got A Secret...

Hello lovely ladies! 

So this week was the week where we all found out who "A" is in Pretty Little Liars after waiting for soooooo long and I don't know about you but to be honest I was actually a little disappointed. I wont say who it is incase someone who doesn't watch it but is planning on doing so in the future is reading this although I'm pretty sure there is no escaping in finding out as it is all over the internet but don't worry I wont spoil it as that is one of the things that I hate most....people spoiling a TV show for me. 

Review: Girl Online by Zoe Sugg

I know I'm a bit late for jumping on the band wagon but I had to wait until Christmas to receive my copy of Girl Online. I finished the book a while a go but have just got round to finding the time to write my thoughts on the novel.

Review: Cinders Lush Bath Bomb

Hey! I like to write reviews on bath products straight after I have used them while my thoughts on them are still fresh in my memory. Today I used the Cinders Bath Bomb from Lush and I did like it however I do have one thing I don't like so much about it.

Favourite YouTubers

Hey guys! One thing I love doing is watching YouTube videos and I actually spend most of my spare time doing so, so I wanted to let you know who my favourite YouTubers are.

YouTube became a huge interest to me about 7 years ago when I realised people can actually make a living out of making videos and simply uploading them to YouTube. That's when I came across all these different people.

Shaytards

The Shaytards are the first people I came across and could not stop watching their videos! They started as a family of 5 - Shay, Collette, Sontard, Princesstard and Babytard. They used nicknames for their kids to start with as they didn't want to share their real names but now they do. They started daily vlogging and uploading a video everyday for a year which then continued for 5 years!! Since then they have had another 2 children (Rocktard and Brotard) and are just the most perfect family ever! 

I could write about them forever but I'd rather if you checked them out for yourselves :)

50 Random Facts About Me

After seeing this post done by the lovely Alice and loved reading her random facts about herself I thought that I would give it a go myself. This could take me a while, here goes...

1. I'm scared of killer whales :(
2. My name was going to be Lindsey but my mum decided I "looked like a Gemma" when she seen me for the first time haha!
3. I don't have a middle name,
4. I have 3 tattoos,
5. 2 piercings....3 if you include each ear :P,
6. I don't like vegetables,
7. My favourite alcoholic drink is vodka and lemonade,
8. I used to be a dance teacher...
9. ...then went to dance college,

50 Random Questions Tag

1. Where were you 3 hours ago?- Working
2. Who are you in love with?- My boyfriend David <3
3. Have you ever eaten a crayon?- Ehhhhh I hope not.
4. Is there anything pink within 10 feet of you?- Yes my Summer Scoop Yankee Candle. Smells so good!
5. When is the last time you went to the mall?- I went on Wednesday to start my Christmas shopping.
6. Are you wearing socks right now?- I am yes.
7. Does your family have a car worth over $2,000?- They do.
8. When was the last time you drove out of town?- On Friday. I drove back to Dundee where I'm from.
9. Have you been to the movies in the last 5 days?- I haven't actually which is not like me. I go all the time!
10. Are you hot?- I'm going to assume this means as in temperature hot so no I'm not I am currently wrapped up in a blanket on the sofa.
11. What was the last thing you had to drink?- Some Innocent Smooth Orange juice. I love it!
12. What are you wearing right now?- My pj's which are a pair of pink bottoms with a Steps Reunion t-shirt haha! So sexy.
13. Do you wash your car or let the car wash do it?- It rains a lot in Scotland so the rain does it ha, however if I had to I'd go to the car wash because I'm too lazy to do it myself.
14. Last food that you ate?- We just had a Chicago Town pizza with stuffed crust, it was yummy.
15. Where were you last week at this time?- I was back at my parents house in Dundee.
16. Have you bought any clothing items in the last week?- I bought a pair of black ankle boots from Primark, a scarf and a pair of gloves also from Primark.
17. When is the last time you ran?- Paha ermm....Friday I think to get to my car quickly because it was raining.
18. What's the last sporting event you watched?- I can't actually think....I'm not really a sports fan unless it's gymnastics, so it was probably the gymnastics at the Common Wealth Games.
19. What is your favourite animal?- A cat defo!
20. Your dream vacation?- Floridaaaaa and I can't wait to go next year :D
21. Last person's house you were in?- My mum's.
22. Worst injury you've ever had? It's not even bad really but I did the splits in bare feet on a carpet so when my back foot slid on it it burned soooo bad then it went all horrible and my foot swelled up so much I had to go to a&e. Yuch!
23. Have you been in love?- I am...that was the first question?
24. Do you miss anyone right now?- My family & of course my wee kitten Tom who got knocked down last week :(.
25. Last play you saw?- Hmm...it would probably be Chicago in New York 2 years ago! I don't really go to plays or musicals.
26. What is your secret weapon to lure in the opposite sex?- Hahaha I have no idea....a good perfume I guess.
27. What are your plans for tonight?- The MTV EMA awards are on tonight so I am gonna sit down and watch it while speaking to everyone on the bblogger chat of course ;)
28. Who is the last person you sent a MySpace message or comment?- MySpace?! Geezo! Probably someone from school.
29. Next trip you are going to take?- I am going to Liverpool in March for my friends hen do and cannot wait!
30. Ever go to camp?- Nope I do not.
31. Were you an honor roll student in school?- I wasn't nope.
32. What do you want to know about the future?- If I'll be happy and also my family.
33. Are you wearing any perfume or cologne?- I'm wearing Katy Perry's Killer Queen....it's one of my faves!
34. Are you due sometime this year for a doctor's visit?- Nope that's me til next year :)
35. Where is your best friend?- Ashley is back home in Dundee...I miss her, I miss everyone :(.
36. How is your best friend?- I'm pretty sure she's fine :)
37. Do you have a tan?- Not at the moment.
38. What are you listening to right now?- The News is on in the background.
39. Do you collect anything?- Nail polish!! It used to be DVDs but I've stopped that :P.
40. Who is the biggest gossiper you know?- I think everyone likes a good gossip now and again don't they?
41. Last time you got stopped by a cop or pulled over?- I've never been stopped...touch wood!
42. Have you ever drank your soda from a straw?- Sometimes.
43. What does your last text message say?- "Thank you so much for the hudl. Looking forward to use it. Hope u enjoyed last night. Thanks 4 coming." - Nana awww
44. Do you like hot sauce?- Not too hot...When I go to Nandos I always go for medium.
45. Last time you took a shower?- This morning
46. Do you need to do laundry?- Nope I came home tonight to it all done :)
47. What is your heritage?- Scottish!
48. Are you someone's best friend?- Yep.
49. Are you rich?- Far from it *sigh*
50. What were you doing at 12AM last night?- I was driving back from Dundee to Edinburgh.

I tag everyone who reads this. Let me know in the comments if you do it and leave a link so I can read your answers :)

Apps I Am Currently Loving

                          

I am always looking for new apps to download that would help with blogging. I love reading posts about apps that other people are loving and I've found a few that are great! I thought it was time to do my own post about what apps I am loving at the moment. Enjoy!

Bloglovin - Most of you will be aware of or have this app as it makes blogging so much easier! If you don't know what bloglovin is well it's a website where you make a profile and then link your blog to it. You can follow your favourite bloggers on it and keep up to date with their posts. So basically this is a mobile version of the website and a easy way to check up on posts when you're on the move :).

Instagram - One of the best apps ever! I love taking pictures so this app is the best picture sharing app out there. It's like twitter where you follow people and keep up to date with their pictures.

Blogger - I have this app as my blog is written with blogger.com. This is a quick way to upload a post if you are not near a laptop or computer or even just make a draft of something you want to post in the future. You can also upload pictures from your phone straight to your blog with this app.

Hootesuit - I just recently found out about this one and it's genius! Do any of you find it really annoying when you forget about a chat that's going on on twitter and you miss out on all the fun? Same! Well if you are one for forgetting about the chats then this is the app for you! Basically it links to your twitter and you can schedule any tweets you want to send and you don't have to worry about remembering to be on twitter at a certain time! You can choose the date and the time and it does it automatically for you! How amazing is that?! It also links to your facebook and you can do the same! And to top it off....it's FREE!

Afterlight - This is my favourite photo editing app. It has so many different filters which make your photos look even more amazing! It also as a great range of borders to put round your pictures. 

Depop "Hello we're open" - This app is great for selling things you don't want or need anymore! It's like eBay in a way but with the following aspect like instagram/twitter. You set up your profile and then sell what you like. You can follow your favourite sellers and everything they sell will come up on your newsfeed.

Kardashian - Now for a bit of guilty pleasure! I love this app haha! You start off as a normal person and work your way up to be an A list Celebrity by doing acting jobs and modelling. Haha! It sounds pretty rubbish but it's quite addicting! 

Family Guy - Haha another silly one is the Family Guy app which is similar to The Simpsons Tapped Out one where you build a town and unlock different characters. Not really much to say about it but again it's really addictive.

So those are the apps that I'm loving at the moment. I would love to know what apps you are loving and which ones you would recommend! Thanks for reading! xoxo

My Nail Polish Collection Part 2

Primark

      

      

My Nail Polish Collection Part 1

BarryM - Gelly

      

        Sugar Apple                          Rose Hip                          Dragon

      

           Key Lime                           Papaya                              Huckleberry

500 Follower Giveaway! - MAC Lipstick

Hey guys! So exciting post! Since I am so so close to reaching 500 followers I decided to just go ahead a do a giveaway! Thank you so much for following my blog! It's amazing! 

I'm giving away a MAC lipstick worth £15and you get to choose which colour you would like. It has to be from this range only. Although I don't use this product I know there's a lot of people out there who love MAC products and would love to win this!

The giveaway is run by the rafflecopter below and the only mandatory thing you have to do is follow my blog on bloglovin (not my profile!) via this. This will run for a month.

This giveaway is UK only, sorry! Once I've chosen the winner via rafflecopter I will contact the winner for the address in which the prize will be sent to. The winner will have 24 hours to reply to my e-mail and if they don't then I will chose another winner.

Goodluck! xoxo

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Mr Nutcase Personalised Phone Case (plus discount code)

Hey everyone! I received an e-mail from MrNutcase asking me to write a review on their website in exchange for a free personalised phone case! I was so excited to be asked to do this as I actually need a new phone case as mine is getting to the stage where it's all discoloured and starting to crack! 
The website allows you to create a customised phone case where you can upload your own images from your computer to make a phone case which means something to you! There are only 4 easy steps in which you have to take to make these custom phone cases which is shown below.

There is also a wide range of different phone brands available for example:

• apple
• samsung
• blackberry
• nokia
• htc

plus many more! Once you've chosen your model you can then choose a pattern of what you want your design to be like. You can then add text and back ground colours if you like and then you're done! Just simply proceed on to checkout and fill in your delivery details.

These are £14.95 I believe but MrNutcase have been very kind enough to give me a 10% off discount code for you lovely people so if you fancy bagging yourself one of these cool cases then enter 'Thanku10' at the checkout to get 10% off a case. This is my one...I've chosen to pick my favourite pictures of me and my pals! It looks awesome! 

Thanks for reading! xoxo

(PR sample)

TAG - Blog Your Heart Out

Hello! Hope your Monday has been a good one! The gorgeous Corrie over at corriearnold.blogspot.co.uk has tagged me in the "Blog your heart out" tag so here I go :).

1. Who/what encouraged you to start blogging?

For the past 5 years I have been a big fan of Shaytards on YouTube which then has lead me to watching videos by beauty gurus such as Zoella, ThatsHeart, Tanya Burr etc. Since watching these amazing people I have taken a great interest in the YouTube world but I don't have the confidence to make videos. I came across Tumblr one day and started posting pictures and things that I found interesting. I loved doing this but still didn't find it was the right place to be for a more serious blog. This is when a friend of mine introduced me to Blogger and Bloglovin and here I am today :).

2. How did you choose what topics to blog about?

I obviously try to choose things to blog about which I think people would like to read about but of course I wanted to make sure it was something that I would want to write about. I do like the beauty side to it but since I don't wear make up and wouldn't know the first thing about it I try to stick to more nail polish and other beauty related things. I just try to blog about anything really and try to look at it from my point of view - would I want to read this? Does that make sense?

3. What is something most people don't know about me?

This is actually a hard question because I can't think of anything :( I guess being a blogger is one of them? I've not really told my friends and family about me being a blogger apart from my boyfriend. I'm not sure why I haven't, maybe because I don't want them reading it and thinking I'm a noob (haha) however my boyfriend is so supportive of it and I love that!

4. What three words describe your style?

Ermm again I'm not too sure....trendy, quirky annnnnnnd girly? haha I'm sorry I'm so bad at this!

5. What do you love to do when you are not blogging?

I love to dance! I have done since I was very young. I love spending time with my friends and boyfriend. Going to the cinema is also a fave of mine!

Did I do okay? Haha I'm not very good at tags :P I tag:

Annie - anniewritesbeauty.blogspot.co.uk

Daisy - daisydaisyxxo.blogspot.co.uk

Ellis - ellistuesday.com

Melissa - theinkedblonde.blogspot.co.uk

Let me know when you've done yours! :) xoxo

The TMI Tag

I've never done a tag post before so thought I do one as this one I've been tagged to do seems fun! Hope you enjoy my lovelies!

1. What are you wearing? - A purple dress from Forever21 with a pair of tights.
2. Ever been in love? - Yup I am right now :) *blushes*
3. Ever had a terrible break up - Ermm nothing too bad.
4. How tall are you? - I'm 5ft 2....I think :P
5. How much do you way? - Last time I weighed myself I was 9st 11 I think.
6. Any tattoos? - Yip I have 3 if you want to see them, I did a post a while back on them.
7. Any piercings? - Yeah I've got my ears pierced, my tragus (in case you don't know what that is :P) and my belly button.
8. What's your favourite fictional couple? - I think it would have to be Ronnie Miller and Will Blakelee who are played by Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth in the Last Song! And it was even better that they were together in real life but yeah love that film and the book is good too!
9. Favourite show? - Desperate Housewives! But I am loving Pretty Little Liars at the moment!
10. Favourite bands?- I always find it hard to choose a fave band so I'm gonna say We The Kings and if you don't know them then you need to youtube them now! :D
11. Something you miss? - My boyfriend as he doesn't live where I do although not for long :D
12. Favourite song? - Again from The Last Song by Miley Cyrus - When I look at you.
13. How old are you? - I am 23 almost 24 :(
14. Zodiac sign? - Pisces
15. Quality you look for in a partner? - He has to make me laugh, good looking, good personality.
16. Favourite quote? - "Happiness is a choice"
17. Favourite actor? - Adam Sandler!
18. Favourite colour? - Coral
19. Loud music or soft? - Loud!! I love having my music playing full blast in my car.
20. Where do you go when you're sad? - To bed!
21. How long does it take you to shower? - Not long at all! I really don't get how people can take forever in the shower! You can still have a quick shower and wash yourself properly. Drives me crazy!
22. How long does it take you to get ready in the morning? - Again not long at all!
23. Ever been in a physical fight? - Haha yeah I have but was only a stupid little girly fight when I was like 10.
24. Turn on? - I love it when a guy knows how to dance lol
25. Turn off? - Horrible teeth ew!
26. The reason you joined YouTube? - To watch all the amazing youtubers e.g Shaytards, Smosh!
27. Fears? - Okay this is gonna sound silly as everyone I tell this to think I'm weird! I reallllllly don't like Killer Whales!! They're so scary!! :(
28. Last thing that made you cry? - Revenge!!
29. Last time you said you loved someone? - Last night when I text my bf.
30. Meaning behind your Blog name? - I have no idea it just came to me! Obviously the Gems part is a part of my name and I guess the trends but just kinda rhymed with it :P
31. Last book you read - The Hunger Games!
32. The book you're currently reading? - I'm not reading any book at the moment.
33. Last show you watched? - Revenge!
34. Last person you talked to? - My bro he's in the other room.
35. The relationship between the last person who text you? - A love/hate relationship.....Dominos text me offering 50% my next pizza order!! :(:( haha!
36. Favourite food? - Would have to be tuna pasta!
37. Place you want to visit? - L.A!!! I wanna go soooo bad :(
38. Last place you were? - Mcdonalds!
39. Do you have a crush? - My bf obvs
40. Last time you kissed someone? - It was last Sunday when saying bye to my bf.
41. Last time you were insulted? - Can't think to be honest....probably by a customer in work haha.
42. Favourite flavour of sweet? - Strawberry
43. What instruments do you play? - I don't play any.
44. Favourite piece of jewellery? - My Pandora birthstone ring.
45. Last sport you played? - Pahaha! I don't play any sport.
46. Last song you sang? - Wrecking Ball - Miley
47. Favourite chat up line? - Haha ok...."Are you from Jamaica?......Cause Jamaican me crazy!" hahaha!!
48. Have you ever used it? - Haha yeah but only as a joke!
49. Last time you hung out? - With my friends?? Ermmm we went to the bingo on Monday! Haha I love bingo!
50. Who would you like to see do this tag? - Everyone who reads this! :D

That was fun! Let me know if you do this tag by leaving me a comment linking me to the post! xoxo

Giveaway!!

Hey! As I've reached 200 followers (yey!) which is amazing to me, I want to thank you all and give a wee something back to you. So as you can probably guess by the title of this post, this is a giveaway!! I'm gonna be giving 1 lucky winner two of my favourite nail polishes from BarryM's gelly line.

        

The two are Pomegranate and Greenberry. These are sooooo nice and look great with a few coats.

Rules:

1. This is for residents of the UK only. I'm sorry to anyone who is not from the UK :(
2. If you are under 18 please get permission from your parents.
3. You must be a follower of my blog on bloglovin - not my profile (well you can do both if you like :P)
4. Leave a comment telling me what your all time fave nail polish is.
5. The winner will be selected at random by Rafflecopter and will have 48 hours to reply or it will go to someone else who will also be selected at random.

Any other entries are a bonus so follow me on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook for extra chances to win!

Good luck lovelies! xoxo

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