Sabrina is a Lifestyle, Parenting and Product Review Blogger. A Writer, Photographer, Reviewer, Home Cook, Crafter & Nature Enthusiast. You will find a bit of all those categories here on Severn Wishes Blog, Welcome to Sabrina's Lifestyle Blogging & Honest Reviews.
As we reach half way through the year I cannot begin to wonder how fast the remainder of 2022 will go! So let us make the most of it and treat ourselves when it is within our means to do so!
What was inside the June 2022 Treatbox UK?
June 2022 Calendar Print Treatbox Original Planner and Monthly Notepad (2+ years worth of monthly pages) Watermelon Lip Balm 10ml Handbag Size Pot Flower & White ~ White Chocolate and Raspberry Crumble Bar 20g Vitamasques Nourish Multivitamin Metallic Sheet Mask 21ml Treatbox Original Gold Keyring with Quote “No Rain, No Flowers” Treatbox Print “be gentle with yourself, you’re doing the best you can” Heishi Bracelet with Gold Heart Centre (Colours at Random mine was Lilac)
My Honest Opinion for this Month
What a fabulous planner! I am all for staying on top of things like appointments and birthdays, I don’t like using my phone for everything these days as I’m trying to reduce my screen time. So using something like this Treatbox Original planner is right up my street! I love how colourful is is too!
I also really like the print this month, and the bracelet is stunning. It is lightweight and pretty against any skin tone, I received Lilac and Purple shades are some of my favourites so yay!
The Lip Balm is super summery and I have it on right now as I’m typing this out! It smells good too!
Love the fact that the Calendar Print and the Planner have the same design, colours are good!
I am looking forward to using the face mask this coming weekend on my down time self care hour and I am also going to enjoy munching the chocolate bar! White Choc and Raspberry is one of the best combinations out there, am I right?
Finally, a pretty keyring which I am going to stick on the opposite side of my handbag to the other keyring we got a few boxes ago!
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If you LOVE Purple Nail Shades THIS is the one for you!
Hello and Welcome to my Product Review today!
This Spring I became part of the UK Maybelline Team of Bloggers who Review products that are brand new out in the country. Maybelline New York is one of the leading brands worldwide for make up. I am grateful to have the chance to write reviews for them. Today I am reviewing the Fast Gel Nail Lacquer.
To see my other Maybelline Reviews after you’ve read this one, please click the Maybelline Category on the homepage of my blog.
I have been sent this sample for free for the purpose of providing a written review and photography across my social media platforms. I am always honest in my critique and review a product solely upon my own personal experience of using it.
Day Number One – Two Coats – One Hour After Application (Above)
Day Number Three – Minimal Chipping – Slight Loss of Shine (Below)
About this Product
Name: Maybelline New York Fast Gel Shade: No.8 Wicked Berry Size: 6.7 ml
Day Number Seven, Minimal Chipping on all but one Nail, still shiny as you can tell by the reflection on the nails (Above).
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My Overall Opinion of the Product
I have been impressed by the quality of this product overall, and the staying power was excellent. I tested this Nail Lacquer over 7 days, taking periodic photographs to watch the progress. I painted a clear gel base to my nails before applying the Fast Gel from Maybelline, but I chose not to paint a clear top coat on my nails for two reasons. One was so as to test this product without an additional layer and two was so that the colour and shine of the original product was in no way altered.
Overall Appearance in Use 4✩ Overall Product Quality 4✩ Colour Choices 5✩ Staying Power 5✩
The Fast Gel did lose its original heavy glossy shine by Day 7, but some shine still remained on them (see image above), and they certainly looked good from a distance. If you wanted perfect nails for a whole week for example then I feel this Gel Lacquer would definitely go the distance, providing it was applied correctly and if you also applied a top coat too. I chose not too, and I feel they would have lasted a week or longer intact if I had done the top coat and if I didn’t do any gardening (LOL) that is how my middle nail became so chipped.
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Have you heard of Qwertee? Qwertee T-Shirt Designs are fabulous and unique, a huge range of choices and sizes. The one thing though is that designs don’t stay available for long, so if you see one you like then you have to be fast!
You can check them out on social media or their website, you can also get the newsletter email every evening which tells you what the brand new 24 hour only Tee’s will be!
Qwertee bring out a brand new unique T-shirt design every 24 hours! Talented Artists and Design Students are just some of the many people who help to create the Qwertee t-shirts! You can even design one and submit it for review, if it gets passed the voting stage it could be made into a t-shirt!
I chose a Fox and Cherry Blossom T-shirt! Two things I love on the same shirt! I recently won a competition of theirs over on Twitter and I chose this as my prize. I found the overall quality to be excellent. I am a Size 6-8 so I chose the Small size tee and it fits me perfectly, but it is quite a snug fit. If you are between sizes right now, or you prefer them to be a little baggy then I would suggest buying the size up.
Here is a close up photograph of the details on the T-shirt. The colours are also vibrant.
Overall Appearance in Use 5✩ Overall Product Quality 5✩ Product Fit to Size 4✩ Unique Design 5✩ Delivery 5✩
Would I recommend Qwertee to my followers and friends? YES I would! They have T-shirts that are good quality and unique in the marketplace, and they ship all over the planet so you can buy them from wherever you’re reading this from! They also make great gifts for people as well providing you know their sizes!Would I buy from Qwertee? Yes I would!
Thank you for visiting Severn Wishes Blog today to read this Review, I hope I see you again soon!
✩ Sabrina ✩
✩ ✩ ✩ This product review features an item that I have won in a competition so I have not paid for this product. It is my own choice to review the item once I had received it to give the brand a shout out.
Hello again, it’s time for another Treatbox unboxing! Where on earth did April disappear to?
What is Inside the May 2022 Treatbox UK box?
May 2022 Calendar Print Mindful Scratch Off Calendar – scratch one off every day whichever you are drawn to Drawstring Bag made from Organic Cotton English Tea Shop – 2 x Tea Bags of Comfort Me Tea Mindful Journal – Treatbox Original Product Pink Himalayan and Rose Petal Bath Salts Mindful Cards – Treatbox Original Products x 10 White Quartz Moon Crystal and Card
What is my Honest Opinion of this Box?
Well let me begin with what I loved, because I thought that the Journal was extra special with all the time that has gone into making it unique with many various pages that would suit everyone. I look forward to using it! I also adore the Moon Crystal too. Those Mindful Cards had beautiful designs and quotes on them which is something close to my heart and right up my street. These are my top 3 items in the box this month.
The tea bags look tasty and smell nice, I look forward to those. The Bath Salts also smell lovely and delicate and I think it will make a nice relaxing bath (if I ever get the time to enjoy one – ha ha!).
The Cosmetics Bag has such a unique design and is ideal for either handbag or overnight stays. I currently use the previous bag of this kind from an older Treatbox in my hand bag, so I plan to use this one when I go into Hospital in a few weeks time for my toiletries. It’s just the right size for the basics!
The scratch off Calendar is pretty neat too! I look forward to seeing what it suggests for me over the coming days in May! If I manage to match it with something else in my day I’m sure I will pop it on my social media. As with any products that I review you can see them in use on my Facebook and Instagram.
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This Spring I became part of the UK Maybelline Team of Bloggers who Review products that are brand new out in the country. Maybelline New York is one of the leading brands worldwide for make up. I have been reviewing a few items, and today it’s the turn of the Vegan Instant Skin Perfector 4 in 1 Whipped Matte Makeup to go up on my blog.
To see my other Maybelline Reviews after you’ve read this one, please click the Maybelline Category on the homepage of my blog.
I have been sent this sample for free for the purpose of providing a written review and photography across my social media platforms. I am always honest in my critique and review a product solely upon my own personal experience of using it.
You can see Video content of my Reviews on my Facebook or Instagram
I was pleasantly surprised with this makeup because a little of it on your finger or brush goes a long way. It was so soft and easy to apply to my skin with a great match! Light was the colour I was matched with online, and it blended in well and minimised the look of redness, blemishes and even my dark circles somewhat too. I highly recommended this product if (like me) you don’t have much time in your morning routine for applying makeup, As a single mum I need something that I can apply fast but without compromising on its effectiveness. With having a 4 in 1 application this cream saves me lots of time in a morning, and since the initial review I have frequently used it and applied it after my daily SPF moisturiser. I feel like there is barely anything on my skin, and I found my skin felt breathable compared to some makeup which can feel physically heavy set in the pores of the face. The Vegan formula is also something I can really get behind and I’m always trying to go Vegan friendly when it comes to makeup. The 4 in 1 Matte Makeup was also easy to remove, I use a Garnier Face Wash and then a Garnier Micellar Water to remove any makeup that I apply. I would recommend for people to at least try this makeup for themselves and see if they get as good a match, it has true to skin shades and self adjusts to fit your unique tone. I have sensitive skin, and I had no reaction to this makeup.
BEFORE & AFTER
As you can see in my images, before I had quite a lot of redness in my skin, and afterwards that redness is reduced and so are my pores.
Overall Appearance in Use 4✩ Overall Product Quality 5✩ Skin-True Match 5✩ Staying Power 4✩
Now that I have used this product for a few weeks I will say it is excellent, easy and fast to apply, saving me lots of time, and a great match to my skin, no reactions and a good staying power. It did go a little cakey one time when I was outside a lot of the day and I think that may have been the wind drying out my skin. Other than that one occasion its been a fantastic product. I would recommend people still applying their usual SPF face cream about 15 minutes prior to putting on this matte makeup. SPF is so important and the extra moisture will undoubtedly increase the makeups staying power.
About the Skin Perfector Matte Makeup Vegan Whipped Matte Makeup Available in 6 Self-Adjusting and Skin-True Colours Contains a 4 in 1 formula of Primer, Pigment, BB Cream and Powder 4 Benefits in 1 of Blurring, Concealing, Evening the Skin Tone & Mattifying the Finished Look
Wishing all who have read this review a happy and healthy remainder of April!
Thank you for visiting Severn Wishes Blog today, I hope to see you again soon!
I recently became a part of the UK Maybelline Team of Bloggers who Review products that are brand new out in the country. Maybelline New York is one of the leading brands worldwide for make up. Today I am lucky enough to be bringing you a brand new review, and it features the Colossal Curl Bounce Very Black Mascara.
Having now used this Mascara over several weeks I can say that it has great staying power and a lightweight feel. The curl effect the wand has is great and I think the very black colour is striking. It has a great overall appearance and the quality of the mascara is excellent due to it being wax free and waterproof. It had minimal clumps upon application and it coated my lashes with little effort. One coat was sufficient but if I wanted an all day long look I would apply two coats. I am impressed with this new mascara and would rate if 5 stars overall, my favourite aspect is the ease of which it curled my lashes and the fact that it doesn’t weigh my lashes down so it feels more comfortable to wear than some others I have tried.
See my images below for my natural lashes compared to one application of curl bounce.
Natural Lashes
One coat of Curl Bounce Mascara
Wishing all who read this review a happy and healthy remainder of April!
Hello! It’s Treatbox Day! And it’s time for the April 2022 Treatbox Reveal and Review.
View my Unboxing Video over on my Facebook or my Instagram.
Hello April!
It’s been quite a nice start to the month, some sunshine with occasional snow showers – the usual weird mix for Spring! But the Blossom is out and that is my favourite! I was very much looking forward to Revealing this box due to the success of March 2022, I was not disappointed! Let’s unbox this one now!
What’s Inside the April 2022 box from Treatbox UK?
April Calendar Print Light Blue Ribbed Cloud Design Socks Gardners Cookies (Egg & Dairy Free) Iced Biscuit “Behind the Cloud. the Sun still shines” Treatbox Original Sticky Notes – Cloud Design “You Got This” Treatbox Original Shopping List Notepad – Dusky Pink Cloud Design Treatbox & The Make Arcade Collab – Umbrella Glitter Shower Make Your Own Craft Kit Treatbox Original Positive Affirmation Card “Stay Close to People Who Feel Like Sunshine” Treatbox Original Keyring (Cloud Design) “Never Forget How Amazing You Are” Treatbox Original Self Care Daily Checklist (2 + Months Worth) Timeless Aromas Heart Shape Wax Melts in Candy Cloud Scent
My Honest Opinion on this month’s Contents.
There were several really nice and unique Treatbox original items in this April box, which I will most definitely be using! The shopping list comes in particularly handy for someone like myself, and the sticky notes are again a great piece of stationery that can be used all around the home. It was also nice to have an array of different items, an edible one, a wearable one, a make-able thing and plenty of positive affirming ones too.
I love the socks! I love socks in general but I love the quality of these socks that we receive from Treatbox, they wash and wear really well. Love the clouds design! Again the keyring and the small card are positive reinforcement because I am sure we could all do with some with everything that is going on for us all both personally and on a global scale.
Love the idea of the self care checklist, though I’m not sure if I will get to tick off a square every single day – though I will certainly try! Self Care is not Selfish yet as a single parent some days I do struggle to find that balance. But I am trying to do better for myself.
Overall a lovely box, some really useful items, I look forward to a cup of tea with my biscuit and I will sit down and attempt the Craft Kit before the end of the month! And I promise I will put the finished piece on my social media for you all to see it! (Hides face in hands) Sewing is not my forte folks but I am very craft orientated so I shall give it my best shot!
The April 2022 Treatbox was filled with a positive and self care importance vibe, and with the calming clouds design I definitely feel as though it’s starting April off in the right way. Now let’s hope it stays that way!
Thank you so much for joining me for this April 2022 Treatbox UK Unboxing, Reveal and Review. I really hope that you have enjoyed reading this blog post. I will be uploading various photography during the month from the products featured this month so don’t forget to follow all my socials and keep in touch for all the latest from Severn Wishes Blog!
When you have tough cleaning jobs to do you often want something that can give you a helping hand. Look no further than the Must Have Ideas SUPER SCRAPER.
This fantastic tool comes with a thumb space for easy grip and is ergonomically designed to aid you in a variety of “around the home” scenarios. It’s made of tough Nylon and won’t scratch the surfaces you are using it on, plus it’s so handy you’ll wonder how you ever managed to do these things without one! They are currently available for £9.99 as a buy one scraper get one free. (Price correct as of 19th March 2022 and does not include Postage). These Super Scrapers are so durable that Must Have Ideas state they should last a lifetime.
Let me go into my very own list now, of the 19 ways that I have personally used my Super Scraper around my home. – so far! Here is my “How To Use the Super Scraper” in your life!
Aiding in the Removal of Batteries in kids toys
Scraping off burnt on food off oven trays without removing the metallic surface beneath
Removing dried limescale from around the kitchen sink area
Opening Packaging, Letters and Sealed Boxes
Removing Mud from Shoe Grooves
Removing Small Stones from inside Wellie Boot grooves
Getting burnt off food and stains off of Hob Ring Surfaces
Aiding in Lifting and Scraping Dried on Food off plates
Removing Dried on Paint off Kitchen or Bathroom Tilesor a Ceramic Bath
Removing Stickers that children have used and are stuck on flat surfaces
Removing dried stray Silicone Filler lumps from off Bathroom tiles
Remove Dirt from down the sides and edges of built in kitchen Appliances
Aiding the smooth Removal of a Cracked Screen Protector on a Mobile Phone
Aiding in the removal of dirt around the edges of seals inside my Car
Removing trapped dust and dirt from along a window ledge
16. Helping to Remove Sticky Tack or Chewing Gum from Shoes 17. Easily Open Tins or Cans with Ring-Pulls by using the Super Scraper to Life the Pull Up for you 18. Gently Scratch off Gambling Ticket foils with ease 19. Price Labels can be really tricky to ease off surfaces but the Super Scraper makes it a breeze
My Thoughts on the Product
I never imagined coming up with so many ways in order to use one simple little product! But this tool is something else! And every time I have a situation where I’m not sure of how to get past it, I now turn to the Super Scraper to help me. Overall I am so pleased to have had the chance to review this product for Must Have Ideas and it has been an excellent and useful tool in my life for the last few months. I think every home should have one, it saves you time and effort and sometimes even the hassle of removing or cleaning or dislodging items that would otherwise have eaten up more of your precious time resolving the issue in question.
If my review has not yet convinced you that you need one of these, then why not head over to the Must Have Ideas Instagram page where they often share videos of bloggers and testers like myself, using their products so that customers can see them in use.
About the Super Scraper
Made from toughened Nylon Ergonomic Design for Ease of Use It Won’t Scratch Surfaces You Clean Able to get to Hard to Reach Areas due to Long Thin Design Sharpened Corners allow you to open packaging or slide along corners to remove dirt
Small but Mighty Super Scraper!
Thank you for reading this blog post today, I hope you have enjoyed it. If you want to know more about the awesome products available from Must Have Ideas please click the link at the bottom of my post and visit their website. They have many wonderful and innovative products for your home and garden to help make life a little easier.
If you have any questions relating to this product please leave me a comment either here or on social media and I will be happy to answer it to the best of my knowledge.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend and thank you for visiting Severn Wishes Blog!
Today I am lucky enough to be showcasing a brand new LEGO Harry Potter set which came out last week! I have reviewed this product during the start of March and I have already provided my finished article to Argos when I submitted this blog post. The product was supplied to me through the Argos Testers Community for the purpose of an Argos Website review. This Year (2022) marks my sixth year as part of the program and I am very grateful to still be a product tester for them.
Hello! I’m Sabrina! And I am an Argos Tester, this means that I often get items sent to me for the purpose of an online review. I test products and take photographs of them before submitting my findings and honest thoughts to Argos. This latest campaign was LEGO! I was very excited at the thought of testing something that I already love, I enjoy making LEGO at home on a regular basis.
#ArgosTester #ArgosTesters #ArgosTestersCommunity
I have written this article about a product that I have been supplied for free, in order to test and then review it. This is my experience with said product and my honest review about the product listed below. I have already submitted my review to the Argos Website, and it has been accepted on to live public view when this blog post has been published.
Let’s talk about this product! LEGO Harry Potter!
My Argos Testers Review
An incredible addition to the LEGO Harry Potter set this one contains the Hospital Wing from The Prisoner of Azkaban. In this story Ron has already had his leg injured and is lying in the Hospital feeling sorry for himself, while Harry and Hermione are up in the clock tower ready to turn back time with the Time Turner. There are some beautiful pieces in this set, and well thought out LEGO pieces. Including the Time Turner, the Clock which is rotatable thanks to the cog mechanism that is set up during the build, the Hospital bottles like Skele-Gro and even the accuracy of the small Box of Bertie Bott’s Every Flavour Beans! Even Madam Pomfrey with her Trolley of elixirs and various potions for every sort of ailment is a genius use of LEGO pieces. I loved putting this set together, it took just less than two hours and was fairly straight forward to complete. This set is designed for ages eight and above due to the smaller parts and the more complicated aspects such as the mechanisms for the clocks. I thought the additional items such as one owl and the fact that the set is hinged are really fun. You can choose to have the Hospital straight and the building closed, or use the three hinges and remove the central bar across the inside and you can open the room right up for playing. Overall it is a very aesthetically pleasing LEGO set with many quirky and fun aspects to it. I love the look of the outside with its many windows and the multiple clocks. The characters clothing is accurate to the film in this series and this set would look great alongside the others from the same film. This set is a must for any Harry Potter LEGO enthusiast.
Product Name: LEGO Harry Potter Hospital Wing Castle Toy (Set Number 76398) Product Price: £45.00 Product Link: Argos Website Product Information from Argos: 510 LEGO Pieces, Ages 8 and Up, Authentic Pieces and Accessories from the Films, Characters which depict the film “The Prisoner of Azkaban”, Moveable and Posable Sections, Interlocks with other Harry Potter LEGO Sets to create a full scene for play. Contains 4 Mini Figures, 1 Owl, Two Storey Building with Technic Parts.
My Honest Opinion
As someone who loves the Harry Potter Wizarding World AND someone who loves LEGO I was ecstatic to get the chance to review a LEGO Harry Potter set. This particular one had so many incredible details and aspects that I wasn’t expecting to be as good as they were. I would recommend this set for anyone who shares that same passion and who appreciates LEGO for all its wonder.
I give the set a 5/5 for its Design, Entertainment Value and its Quality. You always get Quality toys with LEGO but to have real playable and posable scenarios right out of a film is why I rate this product so highly. Overall a wonderful addition to the Wizarding World of LEGO Harry Potter and a must for anyone collecting to build the entire castle and all its intriguing rooms.
Thank you for reading this review, I hope you have enjoyed it. You can purchase this product or read more about it by looking online from Argos, I have left the link in the product description above.
If you have any questions about this LEGO set then please leave me a comment below and I will do my best to answer them with the knowledge I have gained from reviewing this product. Thank you.
Hello! It’s time for the March 2022 Treatbox UK unboxing, Reveal and Review!
March is my Birthday month, and it is of course when we welcome Spring and everything about new life! I was excited when I opened the box and the theme inside was “Daisy” as in the flowers! I wonder what treats await me…
I decided to video record my unboxing for this Treatbox, it has been years since I did one but I felt like the time was right to bring the video aspect back! You can see it on my Facebook page or my Instagram account if you would prefer to watch the video. If not please keep reading as I unbox this amazing March box from TreatboxUK.
What is Inside the March 2022 Box?
Treatbox UK March 2022 Calendar Print Daily Mood Colouring Page Treatbox Original Notepad with Daisy’s Oxeye Daisy Seeds for us to Plant Silver Plated Daisy Earrings Clipper Chamomile Tea x 2 Bags Daisy Pin Badge “You are one of a kind so be Kind to yourself” Daisy Chain Coaster “You’re so beautiful when you bloom your own way” Yellow Daisy Pen
What is my Honest Opinion on this Box?
I LOVED IT!
Okay so I have had A LOT of Treat boxes over the years, and this March 2022 box is right up there with some of the greats. I loved the Daisy theme, and I loved how the theme was apparent across everything in the box, from the bought items through to the Treatbox Originals.
I loved every item, but if I had to pick three favourites they would be… The Earrings, The Daisy Pin Badge and the Coaster. But closely followed by the Notepad and the Colouring sheet. I think these unique colouring pages are an excellent calming aspect of the boxes and I would love to keep seeing them included in the Treat boxes to come.
Overall a wonderful box that has left me with very high expectations for April! (Oops!) I loved that we had items to do and to use and to make, rather than them all just be items to sit around gathering dust. PLUS I thought that no face / eye masks this month was a great thing too! It’s wonderful to have new things that we have not seen in Treatbox yet. I now have so many coasters that are all so unique I am just going to start collecting Coasters now, it’s my new thing 😀
A TOP TOP TOP BOX! Thanks Zoe and the Team for creating this extra special box this month!
Thank you for reading this Unboxing Reveal today, I hope you have enjoyed it.
Please pop by in early April to see the next Reveal and Review of Treatbox UK! OR Check out my social media for the unboxing video which will be going live once I receive the box!
Have a lovely month of March and I hope to see you back again soon.
✩ Sabrina ✩
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