Date Night make-up and outfit

Date night this week was so lovely, we went for dinner in Yo! Sushi and then after wandering around the shops for a wee while, went to see the new Hobbit movie - its such a good movie! 

 Make-up wise I kept things kind of simple, to start of I used a few sprays of the Urban Decay De-Slick Spray and primed my skin with my Smashbox primer, Maybelline Dream Satin foundation and Maybelline fit me concealer to cover some redness and blemishes. Also on the face was the Bourjois bronzer and highlighter. The brows are my usual go to products, Brow Wiz and Gimmie brow - just the perfect combo. My eyes were a bit more snazzy than I usually do, but I quite like it. They look pretty, it was simple to do and boy did the shadow last forever. I used the Maybelline Color Tattoo in On and On Bronze on my lids and L'Oreal Carbon Black and Tatre Lights Camera Splashes on the lashes. I used my new Maybelline Velvet Pencil in Keep it Classy, my abs fave colour at the moment. 

I kept my outfit really casual, it was too cold outside to do much else. Of course I wore my red Urban Outfitters cardigan, I paired it with black Topshop Joni jeans and my ASOS blue stappy top along with my shine-y new white converse. 
I had such a nice night out, and the hobbit was such a good movie to see in the cinema. Gotta love a good date night. 

Jacket: Topshop. Scarf: ASOS. Jumper: Urban Outfitters. Crop Top: Topshop. Jeans: Topshop. Shoes: H&M

I just thought I would do a really quick little outfit post, this is what I wore the other day to University. Its warm, comfy, reasonably stylish and I think it looks kind of nice. 

Would you like to see more outfit posts? 

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#TheWinterProject Week 2 | Favourite Winter Accessory

I'm really late with this post, sorry - work and University take prime place over my blog. So this is the second week of The Winter Project, and the topic this week is all about the accessory's we love for the winter time.
I don't ever really wear any jewellery or any other accessory's during the warmer months. The winter months is the only time when I accessories in any way. Scarves, gloves and hats are really the only accessories I will wear in the winter and the only things I've gone out and bought so far is a couple of scarves. The one I love most is the one in the picture. It's long, soft, fluffy and super cosy. It keeps me really warm, and I love it so much - especially now the weather is getting really cold. It's from ASOS and it cost £16 - a little expensive, but y'know I'll wear it everyday and it keeps me really warm. 100% worth every penny.

Sorry that this post is quite short, but I hope you enjoyed anyway 

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Little ASOS make-up haul

So many hauls recently, can I call this a haul since there are only three items? Anyway, I made a little impulse buy, a couple of days before my spending ban started.

 I've been looking for a new mascara for quite awhile, and this one has a similar brush to the one I currently use - but its a fair bit cheaper. The Rimmel Scandaleyes Retro Glam mascara has a big brush and I can't wait to use it.

I never used to really care about how my eye brows looked, so I never really did much to them. I have recently though been trying to take better care of them, and make them look a bit nicer. I got the Lord and Berry eyebrow pencil, since it was a decent price and it looked like it could be quite good. I got the colour Brunette since it looked closest to my colour, although it looks a little light now that I have it. 

I've went from being a girl who only ever had one foundation to a girl that has quite a few different ones. The newest addition to the family is this Lord and berry one, I got this in the lightest shade possible - since I am fairly pale. It looks to be a pretty good match to my skin colour. I was a little surprised at the size of the bottle when it arrived - it seems really small - especially since it costs £19. Oops, oh well. It better be some foundation.

Do you own any of these items, what do you think of them?

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Birthday Haul

I thought it would be a better idea for me to do separate posts for my birthday. One for what I was given and another for things I went out and bought. I had convinced myself that all I wanted was make-up and other beauty things. That was until I realised I didn't actually need all the stuff I was wanting. I have a lot of self control. I did buy quite a few bits, but not an overly huge amount.
I made a couple of orders on ASOS and feel unique, also I picked up a couple of bits and bobs from Boots and of course eBay. With my birthday money I also got my blog designed, which is something I've been wanting to have done for quite awhile. Thank you Emily for doing it for me, I love it.

I made two separate orders to Feel Unique within days of each other, it didn't occur to me to do it at the same time. I had a £5 code, a birthday present from Feel Unique. I used that with my first order, I bought a Konjac sponge,  eye lash curlers and TIGI Split End Mender. I'd been eyeing up the Konjac for quite awhile and decided to just go ahead and buy it, same story with the TIGI Split End Mender. The eyelash curlers were bought since I didn't own any, and I don't think I actually have ever owned a pair of eyelash curlers. So I thought I would buy myself a pair and see how they worked for me.
The other Feel Unique order I made was for theBalm Mary Lou Manizer Luminize, this was another product I had been eyeing up for quite awhile. It was in the sale so I saved a few pounds on that, I would have bought it full price but getting it for a cheaper price is brilliant.

I also made 2 orders on ASOS. I bought a lot of stuff from ASOS, but most of it went back since it didn't fit or didn't look right. I only kept 2 things, a scarf and a dress. Since its getting colder and moving into Autumn I thought I should probably buy myself a scarf since I don't own one. I've been looking for a nice Tartan scarf for ages, I could never find one that was what I was looking for until now.  I adore it, its nice and cozy. Perfect for winter time. The dress is one that I had already bought but needed to replace since it unfortunately got a huge rip in it when I went out after my birthday.

I love Topshop, but always seem to talk myself out of buying things. I did that again, however I couldn't talk myself out of buying these shoes. I bought them with university in mind, I thought the heel was the perfect hight to walk about it. The sole seems quite sturdy and could maybe even be used when it starts to get a little icy since the sole looks like that of a walking boot. I had a pair really similar to this a couple of years ago, I loved them so much that the toes started to turn up and they got a little deformed. I'm glad I found these, since I've been after shoes like these for ages! There are a few more things that I'd like to buy from Topshop but for now that is all I've bought.

I wanted to buy myself quite a few Real Techniques brushes, but wanted to try and get them for a little cheaper. I found a site called iherb, and noticed they sold Real Techniques brushes for about half the price that you pay in the UK. I did a little research before buying anything from them, to make sure that they were legit. I found that a lot of people had trouble at customs, and they had to pay a lot of money to collect their parcel. I did find one site that told you How To Order From iHerb. She said to keep the order under £15, and I did. I bought the Eye Kit and the Fine Liner Brush, since those are the main ones I was wanting to buy. I didn't get charged any additional fees - which made me extremely happy! I'm going to place another order and get some more brushes later.

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I also went into MAC and bought my first ever lipstick from there. I got So Chaud, its such a lovely orangey red colour, I can understand why people have loads of these lipsticks. They last for such a long time on the lips, the £15 price tag might not even deter me in the future!

Another of my "high end" purchases was from Origins, I'd never bought anything from there before buy had always wanted to try some stuff out. I got a mini facial and decided for now that I would buy the facial wash. In hindsight I probably didn't need it, I do have a lot of facial washes, but now that I've got it and paid £18 for it I may as well use it - and try to enjoy it!

One of the things I bought off eBay was Bioderma, I got the Sebium  version since I have oily skin. I wanted to get a 500ml bottle but nowhere seemed to sell it. So I got two 250ml bottles for a total of £15.60 including postage.

Another of the things I got from eBay was Crest 3D Whitening strips, I have wanted to whiten my teeth for the longest time and figured this was a good place to start.

I didn't get much from Boots, I of course had to buy some Baby Lips. I also bought some Bourjois products, I had never bought anything by Bourjois before but had wanted to try some stuff for ages - its been getting huge amounts of hype recently, they seem to be bringing out products that everyone loves. I also got myself the Maybelline Fit Me Foundation Stick, I'd seem people in America talk about this and bought it as soon as I saw it in the shops. I'm not sure about it if I'm honest. It does control shine, but it doesn't give very good coverage, I would say the coverage is very light and not easily build-able.


          

I'm going to be doing posts on a lot of these products, but just in case I've not planed for one you'd like to see please let me know what you'd like to see a post on. 

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OOTD - 18th Birthday Dinner

So today I've reached a milestone in my life. Today I turned 18!!! I'm excited for going out for dinner and ordering a drink. They will look at me and think - why is that little girl trying to order an alcoholic beverage? I shall internally laugh and and whip out my ID. So yes, tonight I'm going out for dinner with my mum and my brother.
I tried to dress up a bit, since I may as well, you only turn 18 once. My mum got me a pair of beautiful black heels for my birthday. I adore them, they are possibly my most prised possession. I have an unhealthy addiction for shoes. They are quite high - they have about a 6 inch heel - and I'm not 100% sure how well I'll be able to walk in them, but hey I'll learn.
My dress is also from ASOS, and I bought it the week before my birthday. I think its the type of dress that you could wear for both casual and dressy events - depending on how you styled it. I saw it on Zoella's YouTube channel awhile ago and instantly wanted it. I really wanted the blue one, but it was always out of stock. Sigh. When the black one arrived I was more than a little thrilled with it, it is utterly beautiful. Its not like any dress I own, but I think its good different.
I wore no accessories, I didn't think it needed any plus I didn't really know what to pair with it.

           

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