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You may or may not know, depending on how big of a Mickey Mouse fanatic you are (for me its all about Mickey as he is where it all started) Disney store are launching a limited edition set of Mickey merchandise each month this year to celebrate decades of the true original Disney icon. The series is called Mickey Mouse Memories and on the 18th of each month in the UK Disney Store in store and online are launching the limited collection.

Each month in the collecting there will be a limited edition plush toy, mug and a set of pins (I will try and link them all below, if they are not sold out). Let's face it I wanted them all, however the plush was quite big and if I collected all twelve it would take up a lot of room. The mug was amazing, a really good size and a really nice design and I love a good mug, but I have a rather substantial mug collection, something my boyfriend is not a fan off as it takes up a lot of room in our very small kitchen. Twelve more mugs would not go down well. Therefore I opted for the pins.

I already collect Disney pins from the Disney parks, no I am not a hard core pin trader....yet! I tend to just buy the ones that I like and I have a few from some independent shops, like my Jack and Sally coffee cups from Park Bound Buttons which were shown in my Disney Christmas Haul. So I thought the pins would be a nice addition to the collection. I am going to attempt to collect the pins from each month and I will share them with you. Let's take a look at January.

First things first they are a set of three pins, naturally this is set one of twelve and they are £15 for the set, which is a pretty decent price I feel as the pins from the Disney Parks are sometimes £15 for one pin. The pins are the official Pin Trading pins so the quality is very good and they have the official stamps on the back and the Mickey shaped rubber backs.

The back of the packaging explains a little bit about the Mickey Mouse Memories collection and reads:

Celebrate the everlasting memories of Mickey Mouse with our monthly limited release collectible series of twelve unique designs inspired by Mickey's experiences through the years. Revel in the happiness Mickey has brought to generations by collecting them all.

For January the theme is Mickey's Silver Screen Debut, so all of the collection is based around Steamboat Willie and Plane Crazy. All black, white and sliver and all super cute. I am a sucker for anything old school Mickey so I love the theming this month, really classic designs and perfect for any Mickey Fan.

Are any of you collecting Mickey Mouse Memories? If so what part of the collection do you like the best?

You can buy Mickey Mouse Memories January at Disney Store Online here (I think the limited edition plush has sold out)

You can see my Disney Christmas Haul here

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I seem to be forever on a mission to find that one magical product that will help my uncompromising skin. Usually I seek the advise of the the YouTube and Blog Yoda's for this, which usually ends in me screaming 'WHY DO THEY MAKE THIS LOOK SO EASY?' at my computer screen. However, the Shills Deep Cleansing Black Mask from blackmaskcleansing.com seemed to be popping up all over my social media, as from time to time beauty fads do. Everyone was raving about how good it was now it pulled all the dirt out of your pores, and the satisfying part was that the effects were visible when you pull the mask off. I was sucked into the hype and bought it even though I had to ship it over from America, that's how curious I was to try this. Was this the product that was going to fix all my clogged pore problems?

No, no it was not. The mask was fine, but just fine, I have used better just from the high street. Many peel off masks work just as well. I am not saying that Shills Cleansing Black Mask works any worse than these but I was expecting something that would change my life, maybe my expectations were too high, but that is the power of social media.

The mask is quite thick and sticky but applied pretty well, even though you have to use quite a lot of product to get the right coverage. The problem I had to start with is that it takes an extremely long time to dry. Usually I don't mind waiting for masks to dry if they feel amazing. When I say feel amazing I am talking for instance about the masks from Lush as they smell amazing and feel so refreshing or GlamGlow where you can really feel the mask working. Both masks from these brands have changed my life (at least the face mask section of my life). But, in my opinion the Shills Cleansing Black Mask mask smelled funny and didn't feel anything happening.

Even with this rocky start I still held up hope. I had seen on the Facebook videos that this was a painful mask to take off. I would have settled for pain, at least then I would feel like it was working. Alas, there was no pain and nothing on the mask when I pulled it off. One of the appeals of the videos is that you could physically see all the gunk from your face in the mask. I know it sounds gross but again it is an indication that the mask actually did something , that is the satisfaction that I was looking for, but there was nothing. Don't get me wrong it did make my skin feel a little smoother but all of my blackheads were still visible on my face.

Now, this probably won't stop me buying something just because I have seen it on the internet, because let's face it the internet influences most of my beauty buys these days, but this particular product did not work for me. Of course this is just my opinion and I would love to know if any of you have tried it and what you thought? Am I just doing something wrong?

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