Beauty Buys

Hi All,

Thought I'd show a few beauty purchases from this weekend. I apologise now for the pictures my camera isn't that good at the minute.

I made use of my £5 No7 voucher and picked up the Intense Volume Mascara which is usually £11.50. They also have a free eye palette offer with any mascara purchased so all in all a bargain at £5.50!

The mascara creates quite a natural look so I don't think it will be replacing my current favourite Rimmels Lash Accelerator Mascara which is amazing!

It doesn't clump or give you spider eyes so for the bargain price you can't complain :)

Here's the eye palette which has a nice style to it, unlike some freebies you can get. Its the smokey rose quad and the casing says "Beautiful, wearable smokey warm metallic tomes to take your look easily from day to night."

The colours look great but I'm not really impressed they don't show up well and they're all a bit too tame for me, I prefer strong eye looks.

Here are some swatches:

As you can see only the darker colour really stands out on my skin tone but I'm sure I'll get some use out of them.

I also picked up the Rimmel Kate lipstick in 08 a week or so ago. I absolutely love this the colour is perfect for me and it applys really smoothly and evenly. It has good staying power too, so this is definitely a winner in my book.

It's a nice pinky nude colour perfect for any occasion and I know I'll get plenty of use out of it.

Hope this post wasn't too bad, its my first attempt at a beauty post so fingers crossed I haven't rambled on to much or not enough :)

Haul!

I love shopping sooo much! It really is an addiction to me. My only problem is I buy too many tops and barely buy jeans, pants & skirts. I live in leggings so I thought for a change I'd pick up this skirt to wear with my wardrobe full of tops:

Black Skirt £3.99 H&M

This is the only thing I bought to go on my bottom half so I hope you like tops!

I love the colour of this vest, it really suits my hair colour and complexion Its a touch darker in real life:

Top £7.99 H&M

Stripey tops are a must have and I love the slouchy look of this one:

Top £6.99 H&M

I also bought this blouse and it is absolutely gorgeous! I've been looking for one like this for about a year so I'm really pleased. (I've tried to take pictures that will best show off the back detail of the shirt):

I can't wait to wear this with leggings, a belt and a leather jacket!

I also bought a few things from Primark. Since Autumn has well and truly set in I bought a couple of cardigans. I have a lot of long cardigans so I thought I'd pick up these short one which are £6 each

My office is freezing and a co-worker insists on opening windows so I'm sure I'll make the most of these.

I picked up this vest because I love the colour. Its actually a little bit more of a burgundy colour then it looks here. Perfect for lazy days I think:

Top £3.50 Primark

These tops were supposed to be on sale at £3 each but when I got them to the till they were £1 each so great bargains!:

I love the colour of this blue one, wasn't too sure about the asymmetric hem but I love the leopard print style and for £1 or even £3 you can't complain.

Finally I bought this necklace. I thought it would go with the pinky lace top from above. The stone detail is pink and not coral like it looks:

Necklace £1.50 Primark

All in all a productive days work. Mainly a basics shop but worth the hassle I think :) 





If you never try you never know

Hi all,

This is my first attempt at writing a blog so please be kind haha!

I’ve been reading these blogs for a while and they have inspired me to try it for myself. I’m hoping that (as they already have so far) they will inspire me to be more adventurous in my own style and to get out of my usual apparel and try something different.

I’m into high street style and beauty, mainly due to my current budget, when I can manage to stick to it! I love a good bargain and I usually have a mixed style (in my opinion).

Hopefully my blog will interest you J so anyway onto what I bought today.

I’m trying to be good as I have a shopping trip with a friend planned on Saturday but I just couldn’t resist this dress.

I thought it would be perfect to wear to work on Friday, as I’m going out for drinks and a meal straight after with a meeting in between. I think it’s a great transition outfit, just throw on some heels and a few accessories. What do you think?

Dress £14.99 from Tk.maxx

I can’t wait to wear it and I’m really looking forward to the weekend. Anyone else got any plans?

Nessa J