STYLING BROGUES

So yeah, I haven't done a post on here in a while, not that anyone read this blog anyway.
I though I would do a little follow up post for my latest video on my youtube channel, Styling Brogues.

Hope you enjoyed a few extra snaps from the video and enjoyed the vie-de-o too :)

Over and Out. Matt.

Nivea for Men Shaving Foam

Well, Hello!

Since I first dabbled in shaving foam/ cream a few months ago, I know, I didn't use it before, I surrender! I have been on the look out for a new one to try, since my first love, Red Herring's Shaving Cream is nearing the end of its life, plus I was off, back to uni. So a few weeks ago I popped into Boots to see the selection they offered. I never knew these kinds of things were so pricey! So, as you do, I selected the cheapest, which happened to be by Nivea for Men. A range which I had never tried before, which is no surprise, as I'm not really one for skincare.

So enough of the background, onto the product. In Boots this retails for £2.99, but as sods law would have it, a trip later that day to my local Wilko's saw they had it for just £1, typical. This actually did annoy me somewhat. But still, not a bad price point considering the alternatives and considering its size, 200ml, pretty hefty

I rather like the packaging too, clean and fresh, everything that the Nivea brand stands for, with out being too 'look at me'.
The product, a lot does 'squirt' out with just one pump (see picture 3), enough for two rounds I would say. So this reads to some wastage. Not sure if this is just a fault with my product though, as my pump was quite stiff and some force had to be used. The product allows you to glide along with the razor with little or no irritation. But, I would say it isn't the closest of shaves.

All in all, the product is good for what it does, but having said this, I have only tried two shaving foams. Although there is quite a bit of product wastage, I would recommend  having a wurl, and for a pound in Wilkos, why not?

Adios amigos!
Matt.


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The Body Shop SALE!

I am a lover of The Body Shop, and it is a great place to by gift for birthdays, or really anything! Since its my Mum's Birthday in a few weeks, she hinted, if ever so slightly, The Body Shop had a sale on. This meant that she would like some stuff from there for her Birthday. A son can always read his mothers signs!

The Body Shop always have GREAT sales. And my Mum is partial to their 'Shower Gels', which she uses as bubble baths, and they work just the same!

The deal I went for was to get three shower gels for £8, and considering they are normally £4 each, you are basically getting one free! DEAL DONE!

I chose the scents, Satsuma, Morigna and Strawberry. Of which Morigna is my Mum's favourite, and Satsuma is mine!
And because the ethics of The Body Shop is truely outstanding, it is a place that we have shopped in for years, and will continue to shop in for many to come!

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YOUTUBE GIVEAWAY | Topman Topshop and more! UK ONLY

If you arn't subscribed to my Youtube channel, you will have to be to enter this giveaway for a chance to win a £20 gift card for the Arcadia Group stores (Burtons, Evans, Dorothy Perkins, Miss Selfridge, Topman, Topshop and Wallis).

Heres the video with all the low down...

Two songs that I can't stop playing!

Oh hey, long time no post!

Very very quick post, as I just wanted to share two of my favourite songs of the moment.

So here you gogo... Primadonna (Marina and the Diamonds) and Where we used to run (Landon Austin).

They are both quite different songs, Primandonna, in my eyes, is quite techo (I am no good at classifying music in genres), where Where we used to run is more focused on the guitar.

I was OBSESSED with Marina's first album, when I was first hooked by Hollywood, then Oh No! and I am not a Robot. But having said that, Primadonna is now my favourite song of hers.

I was first introduced to Landon Austin by the YouTuber Missglammorazi. She used the song, of which now I'm hooked on, Where we used to run as a backing track for her video montage of her trip to New York.

Decided for youself if you like them here, by watching their videos:

What are you favourite songs of the momento?

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Spring Summer Style | Coloured Shorts

A trend that is going to be big this year is coloured shorts and trousers for the Spring and Summer, which I'm personally LOVING!
So I though I would do a blog post/ video on! (The video you can watch here)

Thanks for reading!
What to know where everything is from? Check the video! :)

Levis and Chino

This is my outfit from the 14/03/2012, what I wore going to lectures and university!
Hope you enjoy! :)

I also made a video on this, you can watch if you wish! :)

Hope you enjoyed!

I hope to get back into blooging again soon, so why not support me by following! or subscribing to my youtube channel - LINK

Thanks, Matt :)

Where have I been?

There hasn't been a blog post on here for quite some time...

And I will tell you for why...

One. I have been at uni! Doing uni stuff, and the work is horrific :( But its alright really.

Two. Ive been consentrating on my youtube channel, which I also havent posted on in 2 weeks, but this blog hasn't been updated since September or so.

So I will add some pictures to make this post more interesting and fun...

I do not know when my blog will be updated again, I may get back into it in the summer, but for now I am always tweet tweeting on twitter and you youtubing on youtube. So why not drop me a line and follow me and subscribe on there! We will have a blast! ;)

Bad editing I know, note to self- Must try harder!

Thank you!

I forgot how nice blogging was! :O

Here is the latest videos from my You Tube Channel

I haven't updated my YouTube channel on my Blog for a while, so here is my latest videos, from the most recent to the least. :)

Pretty Long huh?

Videos and Posts will be few and far between at the moment, as I am moving to Uni! Hope you understand
Enjoy! :)

Matt :)

Caffe Nero Vs Costa

Which one do you think I like best?

Well today confirmed my view.

As I was in town, which has 4 Costas,and One Caffe Nero. I decided I was a "Iced Cooler" as they call it in Costa, but as today is the 1st of Septmeber, Costa no longer offer this drink, as it was for the summer. So I decided to stroll down to Caffe Nero to see what they had on offer, because I wanted a fruit drink.

But the "Fruit Boosters", what Nero call there fruit based drink, are a little different to the Costa verson. One, you have to take the drink out of the fridge thing, and take it to the till, where the Barista will mix it for you. Where as Costa will make you the drink, with no effort involved.

Two, the Nero Fruit Boosters, I think, are more yogurty (yeah, I make up words), even though they are dairy free, but they taste yogurt based, with a much weeker taste. And Costas are more tangy and with a little bit more of a kick. Much prefered.

As you can see from my opinion, out of the two, Nero Vs Costa, I much prefer Costas answer to the fruit ice drink. I also like the Eat verson of the drink, but my town doesn't have an Eat, but I have had that drink twice at Edinburgh Airport and in London (Near Abercrombie). Eat and Costa are on par.

But, Pret wins hands down for its Hot Chocolate, but thats another story. And I will be getting into Hot Chocolate more as Autumn and Winter approach.

Shh...Happy Blogging.



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Haul of Randomness

I went to town today, and thought I would share what I brought. Its a bit lame, thats why I am not doing a video on my YouTube channel about this trip to town. Its all from Poundland (Big spender! but I like bargains!) and one thing from Wilkinson. Its all essential, basic things really, that why it is not that interesting, so no video.

Yeah, I get motion sickness. Tasty.
REVIEW SOON OF THIS!

I'm so cheap, £1 fragrance, lol I wanted something cheap, and it smells alright!

See, told you it where lame, happy blogging! :)

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Another Random Vlog

Outfit of the Day 30/08/2011

Helping me through my cold!

I have a cold.

Such Fun (Miranda reference)

I know I have done a video about my top tips for hayfever, link to my youtube channel where you will find that video. LINK HERE

My I have rediscovered this product:

Taken from my Blackberry, quality surprisingly good!

This product lets me breathe! I can't remember if I said in the video that this wasn't as good as another Vick Sinex product, but it does the trick for me at the moment! :)

Cambridge Hollister Haul

On Bank Holiday Monday (August) my family decided we were going to go on a bit of a road trip, and chose the city of Cambridge to visit. We had been to the centre of Cambridge once before, where it rained, but luckily it didn't rain on this trip, rare for a bank holiday! I really like the city of Cambridge, but sorry I'm a Oxford boy at heart, and I much prefer the city of Oxford, and always route for them in the boat race, maybe its because I only like 30 minutes away from Oxford, and have grown up visiting the city all my life.

But in terms of shopping, Cambridge wins hands down on the choice available.

On Monday we went to Newmarket Road Park and Ride, where the parking is free (Something that is changing in all Oxford Park and Rides, except Thornhill, where charging will be introduced soon), the bus ticket was £2.70, if brought on the bus, but £2.40 if brought at the machine prior to boarding. But, Mum didn't have any change, typical, so we brought the ticket on the bus. The journey, just 12 minutes into the city.

We alighted at the city centre, at the bus station which is next to the new-ish Grand Arcade shopping centre, which has one of my favourite shops in, Hollister. When in Cambridge... go to Hollister?

Watch my Hollister haul to know what I brought:

I have only been in two Hollister's in my life, before Cambridge, the Westfield London store and the Milton Keynes store, but now I can add Cambridge to my list. Now I might be mistaken, but I know that the MK store has only one floor, but I'm sure the Westfield store only has one too. But I think Hollister missed an opportunity, both the MK and Westfield store could have easily been two stories. The MK store used to be a Zavvi store, and before that a Virgin Megastore, and that had a second floor.

Anywho.. the Cambridge store had a nice feature, a two story screen at the back of the store with the Huntington Beach live link, I know this in all stores, on each side of the till, where the changing rooms are, but the Cambridge store had it in the normal location, and also the screen spanning the two floors. On the Second floor, the till and the changing rooms were located, but also more clothes, and where the fragrances are located.

And a few of Cambridge:

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Outfit of the Day 26/08/2011

Random VLog

University, not long now!

AHH!

So today, its Saturday 27th August, this means its exactly one month until I go off to uni. I can't believe how quickly i has come around.  I mean, this summer has gone ridiculously fast, even though it has been a pretty long summer holiday. I haven't wasted my time, although I could have done a lot more in the time I had, and there is still a lot of stuff for me to do before I go to university, and I am even going on another mini holiday again, this time to Ireland, and thats in two weeks! I have still got to figure out what I need to take, although I have brought a lot of stuff, I just really need to sort out the clothes, books and pens and stuff I need. I should start that soon, I really don't want it to be the last week and me panicking.

But I have been keeping uptodate with my YouTube, and quite proud that I have been able to upload at least one video a day in this past week, and some days two videos.

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I really can't believe how quick this summer has gone, and I will soon be at my Uni. I will be keeping this blog updated, but I don't know how regularly I will be able to update YouTube though.

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Sorry!

Sorry for the lack of 'proper blogs'! Been focusing on YouTube at the moment, which seems to be getting better!

If you havent subscribed to my YouTube, what are you waiting for! I have been uploading everyday this past week! So atleast go and look! Click here for my YouTube!

Outfiit of the Day 25/08/2011