Birthday Wishlist!

Hello Beautiful♥

So, it's my birthday next month! And, although i say i don't want to celebrate anymore now that i'm too far past 21, i still want presents, obviously, haha!

Just kidding, i'm not putting this out there for people to buy me presents, i'm just using it as a normal wishlist but as people have asked me what i would like or what i am receiving for my birthday i thought i would just share the things i'm loving at the moment in a wishlist :), so here it is:

I'll go through the items above in order from top left to bottom right and if you love anything and want to buy if for yourself or to buy as a little present for someone you know then simply click the pink writing and it will take you straight to it:

Tiara Charm // Links of London

Passport // Renew or Replace UK here

Crystal Bra // Various places such as Here

Neon Yellow Skater Skirt // Missguided

Mega Platform Shoe // Amazon

MAC Studio Fix Fluid in Colour NC20 // MAC

Chanel Hair Mist // Selfridges

Black Skater Skirt // Amazon

You Can Sit With Us Crop // Amazon

Infinity Type Ring // Various such as Here

So basically, i have liked most of these things for a long time now:

I love my Links bracelet so i love looking through the charms, i like a lot of them on the website just now such as the hedgehog with the apple, the chic handbag and this cute little tiara. Even at 23this July, i still like to think of myself as a princess, haha!

The passport is obviously because i want to go on holiday, i'm planning on bribing my mum into paying for this one for me for my birthday as she has no idea what to get me and it is something worthwhile getting, that i actually need and will use!

Crystal bra, i'm obsessed with these just now, like literally in love. I suppose they could look trashy but i think worn in the right way they are really pretty and can really add sparkle to simple outfits. I just think they're really cute and i desperately need to get my hands on one!

This yellow skater skirt has also been on my wishlist for a while, i love absolutely anything that is yellow just now for some reason and this bright skater has to be mine! Love it and it's so affordable.

These platform shoes are massive, and might break my ankle but i think shoes like this look really cute with skinny jeans and a nice top on a night out and i need a new pair of closed toe black heels to replace my Primark ones which absolutely kill my feet like nothing else!

MAC studio fix fluid is a foundation i love and i just want to go back to it after using Max Factor for some while now, we all need a change every once in a while!

The Chanel Hair Mist obviously isn't essential ad is probably quite a waste of money as i could just use my perfume to mist through my hair, i just thought this was a cool idea for hair lovers and a good present to give anyone you know who likes this kind of thing.

Can't have too many skater skirts and i actually own loads, none of which are black! This one is particularly cheap and well worth a purchase as a wardrobe staple!

You Can't Sit With Us Crop - Literally my favourite saying and movie quote, i've wanted this top for ages and ages so quirky and simple and yet again Amazon have come up trumps! Love it.

Infinity Ring - I look at infinity rings online all the time and i think they are so cute! I have always wanted a really simple cute one maybe with a little bit of sparkle on one side or something and i love the ones that are engraved in the inside, so personal and sweet! Some i have seen online have "I Love You", "Best Friends", "Forever" or some personal sayings engraved inside just for the person you are giving to. Too cute. Probably wouldn't pay a lot for one of these unless it's for something really special, i just really like the affordable cute ones like the one i've linked above :).

So that's basically my July wishlist! Which items do you like from it?

Would you like to give or receive any of these items as a gift?

A♥

YSL Volume Effect Faux Cils Baby Doll Mascara Review!

Hey ladies!♥

Last weekend my £5 credit on my Debenhams beauty club card was about to run out, so as you can imagine, in a mad rush, i had to get to Debenhams and buy some makeup!

I browsed for ages as there is nothing i really wanted to get, but then i saw this little beauty and it was pretty much love at first sight, i had to have it.

It is the YSL Baby Doll Mascara, this retails for £24.50 in Debenhams but with my £5 points balance i picked it up for £19.50.

First of all, can we all just take a moment to appreciate the beauty of YSL's packaging. So simple yet effective. Packaging always draws me to a product and will often be a deciding factor in my actually buying it and YSL never fail me on that front.

The mascara itself is applied using a plastic wand with short spikes all over. Personally, plastic wands are my prefered mascara applicator over brushes and bristle wands so this was a plus for myself.

To show you one coat of this compared to my natural eyelashes with no makeup on:

No Mascara (creepy)

 Left Eye Mascara, Right Eye None

Both Eyes Mascara

 From Underneath the Lashes

I think these pictures give you a good look at the coverage and the lengthening properties of the mascara and you can really see that they accentuate my lashes quite a lot.

I think the easiest way to do this is to just tell you guys my own personal pro's and con's of this mascara and you can tell me your opinions too! So here goes:

PROS

Comes in four different shades so suits a lot of different people's needs.

Beautiful packaging.

Really lengthening.

Hardly any clumping at all and no flaking so far.

Nice formula, not sticky or too wet.

Nice smell!

Pretty name, i'm a sucker for names!

CONS

The price, i really cannot justify even £19.50 on a mascara never mind it's full price of £24.50.

It in comparison to YSL Shocking, not sure if i like it better, or the same?

I also am unsure if i like it better or just the same as my much cheaper L'Oreal False Lash Telescopic.

So, although there are more Pro's than Con's and i really do like this mascara a lot, i have to admit i probably won't repurchase as, to me, this is just not worth the price. Don't get me wrong, it's lovely and it really does look good on the eyes but is it the best? In my opinion, i like it just the same as i like my all time L'Oreal fave.

I don't regret this purchase though as i love YSL products and i do love this mascara too.

Have you tried YSL Baby Doll mascara?

What are your opinions?

A♥

Summer Hauliday!

Aloha!♥

I'm not going on holiday, instead, i am just going to keep shopping for Summery things that i will probably not even get a chance to wear, but i can still share them with you guys! I am however, apologising for advance for the bad picture quality, i just really wanted this post up so sorrrry, just bare with me :)!

I'll just begin shall i!

These are all the beauty related things i purchased recently:

Along Came Betty - One Pot of Polish // Tesco £2.99 (will be £5.99 after 3rd June)
Dove - Summer Glow // Boots £4.99
Faking It - Fake Tan Mitt // Primark £2
L'Oreal - Lumi Magique Foundation // Boots £10.99
Bourjois - BB Bronzing Cream // Boots £6.99 (will be £9.99)
St Tropez - Gradual Tan // TK Maxx £7.99
Bobby Pins // BodyCare 89p
Along Came Betty - Hands That Do Wishes Hand Lotion // Tesco £1.99 (will be £3.99)

Happy to do a review of any of these if you just leave a review request in the comments :).

Onto fashion then!

Bag // Primark £12

Sandal Heels // Primark £12

WonderBra - Red Lace Strapless // TK Maxx £7.99

Ombre Floral Cross Crop // Matalan £3 sale.

Nude Skater // Matalan £3 sale.

Striped Skater // River Island £10 sale.

Exposed Zip Playsuit // New Look £8 sale.

Polka Dot White Dress // H&M £12.99

Peplum Shimmer Panel Long Sleeve Top // River Island £12 sale.

Swirl Maxi Dress // In Love With Fashion £38

Dark Skinny Jeans // F&F £14

Polka Dot Bikini Pants // F&F Holiday Shop £3 sale. 

Floral Dress with Crochet Waist // Primark £10

Do you think i like polka dots? haha!

What is your favourite item i've been buying?

What have you been buying recently?

♥

eBay & Amazon Wishlist!

Hello m'lovelies!♥

First off, i am so sorry that i have not blogged in ages! I have been really stressy about things and have had a lot on my mind and though there is no excuse, i will hopefully be back to blogging twice a week or more from now on!

Anyway, today i am going to be giving you guys my eBay wishlist as i've been lusting over a few bargain items and i really want to share them with you guys so you can maybe pick up a bargain too! 

First off this this Feline top in copy of the Celine Paris tees. I love this and have for ages, not sure why i haven't bought it yet! You can pick it up by just searching on eBay but the cheapest seller i could currently find was here.

Next, is this Boy London skater skirt seen on Rihanna and Jesse J. I have also loved this for a while and think it's sure cute to dress up and down! More than likely not real BL but, i'm definitely ok with imitation. The cheapest eBay seller i could find was here.

I have wanted an oversized mint jumper for the longest time, these eBay ones come in loads of different colours and are so cheap that i need one in my life! They are here.

These are out of stock in my size but, i really need them! I know it's coming up for Summer but, i live in Scotland, there is a very high chance i will get good wear out of them! You can get these here.

Leigh style skinny jeans in loads and loads of rainbow colours! Granted, there are not many colours left of these on this seller right now, but you can still give them a try here.

I don't even like JD but i like this top. I've seen a few people wearing it and i think it goes really well with skinny jeans and a leather jacket or tucked into a black skater skirt with heels for a night out. And, it's really cheap! Here. They also have similar ones if you search about on Amazon such as coca-cola ones!

MAC single eye-shadow in Idol Eyes. These claim to be genuine and i'll take their word for it but at the end of the day i like the colour of the eye-shadow and £7.99 is not going to break the bank! Here.

Uch, i go on about this all the time yet i still haven't forked out for it. I just am a little sceptical on the claimed results but, i might just bite the bullet and try it. It's a lot cheaper than most other whitening toothpastes too! You can get it here.

Such a good price for the Real Techniques Core Collection. Defo going to be purchasing this from Amazon and you can too here.

This Mary Jane Fashion high waisted. faux leather skater skirt has been on my list for a while. It looks lovely and i think these skirts are so on trend and go with just about anything! You can pick this up here.

This skull cardi isn't every ones cup of tea but, it is mine! I think it's just so casual and comfy but stylish at the same time and i love anything slouchy to laze around in and at only £22.99 you can't really go wrong so, here it is.

Fifteen quid is not cheap for a sponge, but i really want to try the beauty blender so, maybe next time i get paid this will be my slight splurge product! You can get the beauty blender here.

And thats pretty much all i'm lusting after from eBay and Amazon!

If you have any of these or have bought anything exciting from eBay or Amazon please do let me know in a wee comment, i love bargain hunting and i would love to add more of your recommendations to my list!

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A♥

Massive Haul Number 2687ish..

...OK, maybe I haven't done quite as many hauls as that, but I do buy loads of new things that I can't even afford all the time, and its only manners to share them with you lot right? Rude not to! 

So this is a bit of a collective beauty and fashion haul from things I have bought over the past two/three weeks. All items mentioned should still be in the shops if you want to run and pick them up!

I'm not going to do this in any particular order of shopping trip etc, I'm just going to lump it all together and let you all see for yourselves:

OK I'll start with beauty shall I? All the beauty stuff in here is a mixture of different shops, I'll just go through it all quick!

OK so here we have:

Elf Makeup Lock & Seal - £3.75 here.

L'oreal False Lash Telescopic - £10.99 here.

 Max Factor Face Finity - £11.99 here.

Sure Compressed Deodorant - £2.10 here.

 St Moriz Instant Glitz - £2.99 here.

 Elf High Definition Powder - £6.00 here.

 Soap & Glory Sit Tight - £16.50 here.

Every single one of these apart from the deodorant is a repurchase. These are all products I've loved for absolutely ages and need in my life! If you do want me to do a review on any of these so you can see the product in more detail please do let me know! 

These were all a complete bargain! The small dotty tights you can just see lying at the front were £2 reduced from £5 from F&F at Tesco and I love them so much, they're a cute change from normal tights and at 100 denier they are great in this weather!

The mickey mouse printed tights were £3 from Primark and I've wanted them since I seen them on some of the little mix girls and thought they were so cute! 

The wonderbra was my major bargain! I've wanted this ultimate plunge bra in nude for forever as it will look really flattering under my mesh panel dress but I just couldn't justify the £34! However, a wee trip to Tkmaxx later and I have come away with this without even looking for it for £7.99! Could not be more chuffed!

This jewellery is all just random. I bought it all in a chain within Debenhams but I can't remember if it was Warehouse or Miss Selfridge or another! However I got two ear cuffs, the one still on the backing with the skull and the cross was on sale for £1.25 from £2.50, the other one with the pastel diamontes was £2 from £4 and the necklace with the spikes and pink stones was also £2 from £4, I think! I love them all, they're not usually what I'd go for but I thought they were pretty and I've always wanted to try an ear cuff so why not!

In other accessories I also picked up these:

These were all from Primark, the studded belt was reduced to £1 from 3, the other belt with the chain I think was still £3 and the glasses were also £3. I've never worn the glasses yet as obviously the weather has been pathetic, but I thought I'd throw in a wee pic of them on, still with tags n that! Haha.

Anyway, aside from me posing wishing it was summer, I'm eventually onto the fashion:

These are all from different shops, going to try and show each one as well as possible:

Cropped Bardot top £8 from Boohoo.com

Wet look skater skirt £9.99 Missguided.

Free Spirit fringed crop top £3 Tkmaxx.

Textured white skater dress £14.99 H&M.

J'aime crop top £4 Primark.

Floral dress with crochet waist band £10 Primark.

Mint green waterfall front blazer £15 Primark.

I love all of these fashion pieces sooo much! 

You will also know if you read my last post, that this I was kindly sent these beautiful shoes from Barratts:

Spiked shoe boots* Barratts.co.uk £32 here.

And that's pretty much all I've been buying! 

This post has taken me ages and I need to get going to town for more shopping ;-). Expect another haul very soon!

Have you been buying anything exciting recently?

A♥

Rimmel Apocalips Lip Lacquer Review!

Heey ♥

First of all, i haven't posted in five days, i know! I am very sorry for this but i have been feeling really really rubbish of late and am only starting to feel slightly more human today! Doing a wee fake tan and making a few new gym class plans really does make you feel better!

Anyway, today i'm reviewing two of the Rimmel Apocalips Lip Lacquer range. 

I know there have been a lot of bloggers reviewing this and everyone and their granny now owns them but some of you still wanted me to share my thoughts so here they are!

When i popped into Boots, i instantly loved all of the colours in this range. I had to stop myself from buying every single one and just settled for two! I picked Nova and Galaxy.

I'll start with Nova, go onto Galaxy then do a quick bringing together of the overall product.

NOVA

I picked Nova as i hardly own any light pink lip products. I tend to shy away from these shades for some unknown reason as i really do love them but i just feel they sometimes don't suit me. Nevertheless, i bought it for a change and to try something i usually wouldn't. 

This is Nova on the Lips. (My teeth look squint, they're definitely not! My smile however, really is squint! My sister loves to mention this on a daily basis!) It's a really pretty colour despite how much i thought i would hate it. I am really really excited for Spring to hurry its ass along so i can pop this on with a little spring dress! It is definitely a cute little S/S colour!

GALAXY

So Galaxy is a lot darker and is sort of a burgundy wine colour. I always go for shades like this, i think they suit me and they remind me of Rimmel's Matte Kate Moss lipstick in 107 which is my ultimate fave lipstick even before MAC's Russian Red which used to be my go-to lipstick before! 

The photo's probably don't look as dark as the colour really looks in life as the lighting in my room is really bright today but it does show that it is a darker shade than Nova. The shade is less pink than it looks in these pictures, more like the swatch on my hand above.

Overall Review

I love the colours of both of these and i do not regret purchasing them, however, as with every product, i have found a few pros and cons to these which i will list for you now :):

PROS

Beautiful colour selection

Smell really nice, similar to Rimmel Kate Moss Lipsticks in my opinion

Pretty Packaging & Names

Really pigmented

Nice change from a normal gloss or lipstick

Not sticky

CONS

Messy 

Don't have that long a staying power on the lips

Don't dry

Adding comments to the cons, i would say that what really annoys me about these products are they are messy, i apply the product, sometimes go a bit overboard, and i literally find it every where! All over my teeth and face and it's unfixable so i just have to start again.

I also don't like how they stay wet. I know they are not a lipstick and that's fine, and i love that they are not sticky like a lot of lip glosses, but i just find they are a bit too wet. This also means that they don't stay on very long in my opinion, as soon as i drink a coffee it's pretty much off, meaning i have to re-apply a few times in a day!

Conclusions

Although i have a few issues with this product, overall i think the colours and pigmentation probably make them a worthwhile buy to me! 

I really want Big Bang, but i'm not too sure if i will invest as i honestly prefer lipsticks. I am glad i gave these beauties a go though and i will definitely use up the two i have bought!

Do you own any of the Rimmel Apocalips collection?

Do you find them the same as i do or do you absolutely love them?

A♥

Double Haul!

Hello!♥

Well done to all you beauts who managed a spending ban for the month of January! As you probably know, I am far too much of a shopaholic to manage that! I've been trying to buy less clothing and make-up though, not to much success mind you!

So you guys told me what posts you would like to see from me and included in these suggestions was more hauls! I am able to do these as I spend far too money on crap so here's my recent purchases:

I've separated the items into two different showing trips but all items are fairly recent and you should def be able to still pick everything up if you want something! Here's the first trip:

Right, items included here are:

Denim shirt with chiffon printed sleeve - Primark £12

Eylure Lash Glue - Superdrug £2.99

Pink shoes with patent black toe - Primark Sale £2

Babyliss Volume Waves Styler - Tesco £20

The jewellery items were all in the sale from Matalan:

I got the rose gold spike bracelet for £1.50

The spike, stud and ball set for £1.50 

And snog, marry, avoid set for £1!

I think this denim shirt will be really pretty with leggings or tucked into disco pants or something over the spring months, its pretty and the chiffon sleeves give it a cute twist from a normal denim shirt. 

The eyelash glue is my essential purchase, I buy this all the time and use it with every set of strip lashes I use whether they are eylure lashes or not as I think it is the best glue and is the only on that I find effective!

The pink shoes will also be cute with some jeans or something into spring and I can't resist anything pink so they had to be mine.

I plan to review the Babyliss volume waves styler soon as I love it, it gives nice subtle waves and is a good alternative to my curling wand that creates quite tight curls.

Lastly, the jewellery. Obviously I'm still obsessed with studs and spikes so I love all of these and the snog, marry, avoid bracelets are just a bit of cheeky fun and I think they're cute!

Annnd, onto my second shopping trip!

The fashion items here include:

JERK top - Primark £4

BAD top - Primark £4

Stud shorts - Primark Sale £5

Mint green mini skirt - H&M Sale £5

Floral peplum top - H&M £9.99

Leopard shoes - Primark Sale £2

So I went pretty sale mental as I'm on a spending limit rather than a ban to see how well I do! I bought the JERK and BAD tops from Primark as I already have two of the GEEK tops from Topshop which I love as they're so comfy and casual and these are so similar that I felt I had nothing to lose for £4 and they'll make good gym tops! I know a lot of people hate these, along with my topshop ones but, I'm not asking anyone else to wear them ;-).

I'm in love with the floral peplum from H&M, so much so that I really want to buy the trousers they have in the same pattern! It goes really well with the denim shorts or the mint skirt for spring/summer which were both a bargain so I'm one happy lady!

The primark shoes are general primark flats. I wear heels most days so these won't be worn that much, just on casual days with some skinny jeans or something, but you can never have enough pairs of shoes right!

Onto beauty, I bought the Rimmel Apocalips from boots for £5.99 each (i think) in Nova and Galaxy. I haven't tried these too much so I will do a review when I have given them a better test, but I love all the colours!

I also picked up the V05 dry backcomb spray and the texturising spray. I will probably do a review on these too but let's just say, I am less than impressed. If you have tried these please let me know your opinions, I'm interested to know if you got on well worth them or not.

Hope you like, what's your favourite item I've purchased?

What have you been buying recently?

A♥