I hope you've all been enjoying some time away from daily life with family and loved ones. I myself am at home at the moment after a quick jaunt to the mountains, where we sadly received insufficient snow but had a lovely time holed up in a chalet all the same! We even managed a successful roast turkey despite not having an oven - turns out sauteed potatoes are a fine substitute for roast spuds (although in fairness we are having a second Christmas dinner on New Year's Eve, because Christmas).
One of the brighter points of not skiing over the holiday is that I had more than adequate opportunities to take my camera out, whereas had we received more snow I would most certainly not have taken it with me! Visions of it disappearing over a mountain precipice abound... We stayed in the small town of Les Gets in the area of the Alps known as les Portes du Soleil - it sits just under Mont Blanc and is normally absolutely brilliant for snowsports. Apart from the week we visited... we did have gorgeous sunshine though so it certainly lives up to its name. Check out that sunset too!

As always I have been a very lucky girl when it comes to gifts.I won't go into much detail here so as not to be boastful, but some of my presents were so pretty, I just had to share! So many gorgeous beauty goodies that I shall be blogging about very soon, as well as the fabulous Pretty Honest by Sali Hughes - I would recommend this to any beauty lover if you don't own it already. What a book! Throw in a thermos flask shaped like a camera lens (I found this hilarious, my mum knows me so well) and a stunning Thomas Sabo rose gold initial pendant and I am left feeling very spoilt indeed...

Much love to you all,
Dani
xoxo